Posted by
Brian Garst on Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:47:47 PM
The RINO's are raging, and not surprisingly their anger is directed at
all the wrong places. Of course, since it should all be directed at
themselves, anywhere is a wrong place. But they somehow managed to find
the most wrong place of all to fume at: conservatives. In a rambling
diatribe of a press release that could only have been written by a high
school sophomore in a state of confused delirium, RINO group Republican
Main Street Partnership declares, "
Far Right Soley Responsible for Democratic Gains".
Aside from the fact that these intellectual heavyweights can't even
spell "solely" correctly, the memo reads like your typical lefty
blogosphere brain dump full of hate and half-baked nonsense.
"Tonight the American people made it clear that our party’s
decision to ignore the middle of the American electorate was a
disastrous one," said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, Executive Director of
the Republican Main Street Partnership. "For the last two years
centrist GOPers have warned the leadership of our party of the
consequences of pushing a legislative agenda cow-towing to the far
right in our party. Our warnings were ignored, and now our party is
paying a devastating price."
"Republican candidates all across the country were hit by Democratic
ads attacking the GOP for failure to raise the minimum wage, failure to
advance embryonic stem cell research, and failure to pass strong ethics
and lobbying reform," continued Resnick. "If leadership had listened to
our centrists members, we could have taken issues like this off the
table. Centrist Republicans in the House and Senate pushed all session
for an increase in the minimum wage, for expanded embryonic stem cell
research, and for real ethics and lobbying reform."
Since when has the content of Democratic attack ads been the measuring
stick of Republican success? Should the Republican party really be
rated on how well it adopts Democratic platforms? The press release
concludes with this bit of moronic double-talk:
"What the extreme right of our party has worked to destroy
– centrist Republicans will now step in and rebuild," continued
Resnick. "The Republican Main Street Partnership is committed to
bringing back Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party. The extreme right has
had their turn at the wheel and the results have proven devastating for
our party and our country."
That's funny, I seem to recall Reagan's party as one that stood for
principled conservatism, not liberal appeasement. If you want to know
the real truth on why Republicans lost, look no further than these
disheartening poll results from The Club for Growth.
Q: In the last four years, do you think the size and cost
of the federal government has gone up, gone down, or stayed about the
same?
A: Gone Up 73.0%
Gown Down 5.5%
Stayed the Same 14.4%
Don't know/Refused 7.1
Q: All other things being equal, which type of candidate for Congress
would you be more likely to vote for? A candidate who wants to reduce
overall federal spending, even if that includes cutting some money that
would come to your district; or, a candidate who is willing to increase
overall spending on federal programs and grow the federal budget, in
order to get more federal spending and projects for your district?
A: Cut spending 57.3%
Bring home projects 27.6%
Don't know/Refused 15.1%
. . .
Introduction to Questions: Now, I'm going to read a list of issue
topics. When you look at Washington today, please tell me whether you
think the Republicans or the Democrats are doing a better job on each
issue. If you see no difference between the parties on these issues,
just say so.
Q: "Eliminating Wasteful Spending";
A: Republicans 24.6%
Democrats 39.1%
No Difference 30.3%
Don't know/Refused 6.0%
. . .
Now tell me whether you think the following phrases better describe the Republicans or the Democrats in Washington.
Q: "The Party of Big Government";
A: Republicans 39.3%
Democrats 27.9%
Both 16.3%
Neither 9.3%
Don't know/Refused 7.4%
Q: Would you agree or disagree with the following statement: "The
Republicans used to be the party of economic growth, fiscal discipline,
and limited government, but in recent years, too many Republicans in
Washington have become just like the big spenders that they used to
oppose."
A: Agree 65.8%
Strongly Agree 43.4%
Somewhat Agree 22.4%
Disagree 26.4%
Strongly Disagree 13.4%
Somewhat Disagree 13.0%
Don't know/Refused 7.9%
Not surprisingly, the RINO's sent out another
press release attacking The Club for Growth and praising
Lincoln Chafee.
“Tonight the Club for Growth’s dishonest campaign against
Senator Lincoln Chafee may very well have cost our party it’s majority
in the U.S. Senate,” said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, Executive Director
of the Republican Main Street Partnership. “Harry Reid and the
Democratic leadership in the Senate should call Pat Toomey and thank
him for working hard to undermine the Republican majority.”
A Republican majority that counts on liberal Lincoln Chafee is
worthless. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who refused to vote for
President Bush. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who bragged about
bringing home the pork. This is the same Lincoln Chafee who voted
against Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. This is the
same Lincoln Chafee who is now promising to oppose John Bolton's
nomination as UN ambassador. Why the hell is this moron in the
Republican party in the first place, and what does it say about a group
of people who think Lincoln Chafee is where we should be pinning our
hopes for majority control?
These idiot RINO's are agitating for even more of everything that the
voters are rejecting. Give it up. Your brand of big government
Republicanism failed. If you RINOs really want to restore the Republican
party to Reagan's values, you can start by leaving it.
Cross-posted at
Conservative Compendium.