GOP Purity Test?
Left without a party that’s representing their core beliefs, conservatives are pressing the GOP to return to its roots via a new “party purity pledge.”
Elected officials or candidates who fail to adhere to at least seven of the ten items on the list would be denied cash and endorsements.
From the New York Times:
A group of conservative Republican leaders is proposing a solution to the internecine warfare over what the party should stand for: a 10-point checklist gauging proper adherence to core principles like opposing government financing for abortion and, more generally, President Obama’s “socialist agenda …”
… While it is unclear whether the test will be adopted when it is put up for consideration before the Republican National Committee early next year, its drafting is a striking example of the intensified internal debate among Republicans about how best to handle pressure from conservatives to move the party more to the right and to recapture control of Congress and the White House.
First of all, let’s be clear about one thing – “Republicans adhering to core principles” is one of the funniest things we’ve heard in some time.
People, Republicans have no core principles – or if they do, they’re keeping them a closely-guarded secret. As far as we can tell, all Republicans do is whine about Democrats wasting money and growing government – which is exactly what they did when they were in power, and exactly what they would do if we put them in power again.
Seriously, people … if there was one group capable of screwing up the collapse of Obama-ism, it is the Republican Party.
Comments
By Liberty For Me on November 24th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I don’t have much faith in this.I think 90%(may be low guess) of all politicians are in it for power and money,not patriotism.The only difference between Dems and rinos is the people they target for votes..This appears to me to be a facade to appease.It is going to take a big push from the people to take power away from them and we are not there yet.
How many of the candidates running for governor do you think Thomas Jefferson would consider following our frame work??…If we cant get our state right, we sure cant change Washington
By Just another Joe on November 24th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Since when are politicians of any denomination pure?
By sid on November 24th, 2009 at 10:19 am
SHRINK THAT PAR…uhhh…wha…what happened? Crap! I think I was momentarily possessed by RBB. Could be an interesting strategy, but one the MSM will certainly use to blast Rs as not being very inclusive. I guess I’d have to see the test, and the grading scheme, before I could say whether I thought it was worth the effort. Besides, once elected, they can start raising their own money more effectively, and abandon any pledge.
By Rick on November 24th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Screw MSM….its thinking like MSM’s that lead to concepts like inclusion. When we became a population that cared more for “fair” than for right, When we began to accept bad behavior and the reasons behind that bad behavior, we lost the morale foundations this country was founded on. And Joe….yer right about politicians in general. As for me, when an American citizen kills a Mexican national because the Mexican has a job the citizen needs to feed his family, I’m not the one for the jury if you want inclusive or fair….
By Elmer on November 24th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Here are a few simple ideas to qualify as a responsible elected official( I dont think Republicans can swallow these common sense initiatives)
1. If the budget is not balanced my first year in Washington, I will resign. No funny money games – I mean a real balanced budget. This is the most important issue facing America today.
2. I will force Congress to vote on the ongoing wars and either officially declare war or withhold any more funds going into the undeclared war efforts.
3.Force a complete open audit of the Federal Reserve .
4. Repeal the Patriot Act.
5. Launch investigation into war profiteering and misuse of funds.
By Liberty For Me on November 24th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Rick…Mexican hatred??..You mean you cant beat a Mexican at a job??..If you are an American I am sure you would have an advantage of getting a job over a Mexican..better English..etc.If you are too lazy and jealous that’s another story…This whole immigration hatred is so misplaced.I appreciate hard working people,,its what we are supposed to be
By Liberty For Me on November 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Elmer…..You got my vote…sounds good, ELMER 2012
By RP on November 24th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Heck, they’ll all take the pledge and swear they adhere to it. But will they really ? How can you tell when they’re lying ? Their lips are moving.
By Rick on November 24th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
By Lib…have been for 57 years….grew up with Mexicans, like them as people. Grew up all over the world, found most people want the same things I do. Work, a decent life, opportunity for my kids, and as your name implys, freedom. Just don’t like illegals. Has nothing to do with hatred, has everything to do with 12.1% unemployment and the long term affects. IF I were out of work and my children were hungry, ya think I’d look kindly on somebody with no right to be here working while my kids were in need. If you haven’t figured out the train wreck thats coming, well it could very well be bad for you. No hatred, just an understanding that that desperate criminal from mexico that sneaked across the border in the dead of night, has no business here.
By Liberty For Me on November 24th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Rick….Well…I don’t see that worth a death sentence…But I will give it to you just being dramatic.It doesn’t take a whole lot to figure out the illegal problem…Mexico has been here as long as the U.S. has.The only reason there is a problem today is the communist agenda in this country to destroy our economy by giving money away to anyone.Be it through welfare,foodstamps,WIC…section 8..etc.stop giving away money..Give them work I.D. cards and they wont need to sneak in…Problem solved.
Really you are blaming the wrong people…If you lived in a poor country and needed to provide for your family you would go where they were giving away money too…It only makes sense..Secession is the easiest cure
By Rick on November 25th, 2009 at 7:01 am
BY LIb, I don’t blame the illegals. If I had the lack of jobs and opportunities afforded by the Mexican Government, I’d head north also. But because they are “the face that can be seen”, they’ll bare the brunt of any backlash. The shame is, the politicians, business owners, and others using these illegals will never be called on it. These give away programs have been with us for over a 100 years now and good luck on elimenating them. If you can find support for the elimenation, call me. Secession won’t work for the same reasons that stopping social welfare programs won’t work….the American people don’t understand the concept that when government gives you something two things happen, 1. you become dependant upon the program thus government now controls what you do and 2. Government in order to give you something has to take it away from someone else. Until the American people regain the sense of being in control of their own destiny and can stand to be called mean and heartless for refusing to support these give aways, you got as much chance of elimenating them as I have at convincing an enviromentalist the global warming is nonsense.
By Liberty For Me on November 25th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Your right except for the hundred year part….but when our monetary system collapses they wont exist anymore and it will be our chance to return to real money and rewards for our labor type Republic that we should be.Its coming sooner than most think…Gold will be $1200 by Christmas and $2000 by the end of next year..People are waking up.I think the whole plan to build a world government will backfire and we will win in the end….
By Genomic Repairman on November 25th, 2009 at 11:22 am
This shit is about as stupid as the people that make their kids were abstinence rings (which was probably thought up by the fucking republicans too). The purity pledge is gayer than the shitty drawing of unicorns on a 10 year old girl’s notebook.
By Dr. Ellen Brandt on November 26th, 2009 at 1:09 am
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