Sure, we can ‘vote them out’, but what if it’s constantly the same people running as usual? The GOP will not necessarily stand behind a candidate WE want; they have their chosen ones, and they are usually the ones who have been in forever. They have a huge war chest of $ thanks to McCain-Feingold which makes it more difficult for new people to enter the national political arena.

Because of the GOP in Pima County (includes Tucson, AZ), we wound up with the ‘blue dog’ they supported, Gabrielle Giffords, who is Nancy Pelosi’s mini-me. They completely threw a conservative, Randy Graf, under the bus in 2006 because of his staunch border security and illegal stand. The outgoing GOP schmuck, Kolbe, endorsed Giffords who ran on a ‘Well, I was a Republican once and now I’m being fitted for Blue Dog clothing, and wow, isn’t my pink sweater pretty?’ Her opponent last year, though a nice guy, was similar to McCain in his wanting to work w/ both sides. We have a real shot next year and there are, in fact, 3 or 4 GOP 2010 candidates for the Giffords’ seat – all of them new, all of them real conservatives, and at least 2 who left the GOP, became Independents then became GOP in order to change the party from within. Jesse Kelly has the momentum and has been running a beautiful campaign. He’s also young, articulate and unapologetic on where he stands. THAT’s what we need all across this nation!

I left the GOP in 2006, but if I wanted to be part of tearing up the party from within, I could think of no better place than switching back to GOP, becomig a precinct committeechick (who will not blindly endorse people because they are GOP) and having some say in what takes place in my county, city and state. I happen to be a very annoying creature and am using my talents in this regard to cause trouble. It’s fun especially when you learn from a fellow conservative that he met w/ McCain and his campaign manager last weekend, confronted them w/ the items we’re ticked off about, and said McCain is nervous right now. He should be! He may well get thru the GOP primary, but I don’t know that he will be able to defeat a Democrat this time around. He’s so much in line with them to begin with, why not just have the real thing?

If the GOP fails in 2010, it’s because of what THEY have done – not us! They keep helping Dems pass horrible, destructive legislation, Steele will not reign in his liberal contingent because he’s a gutless moron and the GOP (with the exception of a few voices along w/ some blue dogs) really could care less that you and I were called racists, nazis and the target of thugs over the summer. They were very quiet UNTIL one woman came out. They made fun of her at first, but then had to eat their words when the O administration took out the end of life clause from their bill – that was a major win for Palin! And what happened after that? Well, the day after, Pawlenty was out trying to sound as if he was with us all along. Then we heard from Grassley saying if it wasn’t for him, the bill would have passed in July! Oh, then GOP were EVERYWHERE – only because they didn’t have the guts to do what Palin did which was simply to stand up in the first place! They wanted to ride her coat tails they way they wanted to ride the coat tails of the tea parties. Glad to see the tea parties are making news regarding their protests against GOP! : )

As far as Palin goes: the liberals are going to hate everyone running against them. That goes for the Liberals in the GOP, too. Frankly, I see this as an opportunity for David to take on Goliath.

I recall a little nation becoming independent in 1948 and shortly thereafter being attacked by 7 nations who were backed up by the USSR militarily. While Israel had no fighter jets and only 800,000 in uniform, those warring with her had 2 million troops and an abundant supply of tanks, planes, ammo. Israel won. The same God that protected Israel then (and now) is the same God who Sarah Palin prays to. I’m glad He’s my God, too! I think He has big things planned for Sarah and the fact she’s launching a new political group means there is going to be some excitement in the air soon!

I don’t care if the GOP is ruined w/ a party split or the emergence of the Independents, Libertarians, Constitutionalists, etc. Ultimately, the GOP shoots itself in the foot by trying to mimmick Democrats.

But, currently there are only Rs and Ds in there with pehaps a couple I’s mixed in here and there. For me, I have to affiliate with R or D otherwise I can’t vote in the primary.

So….if the people vote out all the liars and vote in Conservatives the problem takes care of itself. That’s the whole point of it not being a “party” thing. It’s a good ol’ boy network thing – you can’t fix that by adding parties.

I’m just as sick of these turncoats as you are; but we shouldn’t shoot ourself in the foot in the process. Continuing the tirade of Republicans are all liars too, or Dems and Repubics are the same – we lose the big picture.

Irregardless of R or D – vote the cronies out and in with new bold Conservative fearless blood. I wouldn’t want the rhetoric to cause fewer people to NOT vote for a Conservative simply of their party affiliation. By continuing to ring the “they’re all the same” bell…the vote will not just be split, it will be splintered in all kinds of directions.

The Statists will NEVER give up – ever. Look all over the world….they keep coming back and keep coming back until they wear out the people. We can take back ’10 and ’12 elections and begin to unravel some of this crap they’ve laid at our feet and the feet of the next couple generations…but the pendulum always swings back. Why? Because it’s people governing people and because we’re not angels – we’re people.

There is no way to remove greed for power and all the smarminess that comes with it, from the human element. None. To say we have fought these so many months and for what – for a bunch of sell outs, is to give up! We cannot. We know they are sell outs – that is what we must fix and continue to fix and teach our kids how to fix because they and every generation thereafter will be battling the same thing for all time. We are, but mere mortals.

For example, say this happens in 2012:
50% Democrats, 35% Republicans, 15% Thirdparty

Who wins?

For those wanting to make a major change in a party, become a precinct committeeperson. Yes, you have to register with the party, but you also get a voice in putting people in for various offices. I can’t wait to get my phone call from the local Republican Party asking for me to support McCain! If you become a precinct person, you can work toward running for office, too.

As for the current situation we’re in thanks to Republican sell-outs, I wonder: have you noticed what I’ve noticed? Everytime a bill could go down in defeat even w/ a Dem majority, the GOP seems to save the day! Snowe was complicit in the economic stimulus package along w/ Spector and Collins. That would not have passed without their support. Cap and Trade would have fizzled without 8 Gop congressional s**theads, including Mary Bono and Mark Kirk. The healthcare bill would have died, too, without Snowe and the current Cap and Trade debate was predicted to die also – until Flimsey Grahmnesty jumped in – I’m sure McCain is soon to follow.

Notice a pattern? The GOP are no different than the Dems. They want government control, too. They are still ignoring us and doing the opposite of what we fought so hard for all these months. Time to tell them NO in 2010 – except for people we know are truly not of the GOP machine.

I want to share a little ditty about Olympia Snowe. I had a few drinks in Las Vegas last winter and was hanging with 8 of the coolest peeps on earth when we decided to prank call members of the Senate. Snowe was one such call, and I think you should all become familar with a song that will follow her right out of office. It goes to the tune of the time honored classic ‘Let It Snowe’:

Let It Snowe:

Oh, the economy is looking frightful
And your vote was simply spiteful
Now that you’re Obama’s ho
F**k you, Snowe
F**k you, Snowe
F**k you, Snowe

I enjoyed leaving that message on her voicemail. Let’s make it a hit!

I do worry about the thought of a 3rd party though. It’s only worked before – to benefit the left. I mean Reagan took back the Republican party, didn’t he? I was young and didn’t follow politics at the time.

It seems to me from the reading the various blogs and listening to Conservative talk shows and watching the Tea Party movement, why can’t we just vote the RINO bastards out and vote Conservatives IN? There are a lot of military folk – like I believe the guy’s name was Williams who ran against that turd Murtha in PA…these guys should be winning!! They need big voices behind them – this guy didn’t have money – he was a military guy with a family; but he put up a good fight.

Isn’t a 3rd party just simply too dangerous? And anyhow – what’s to prevent the THIRD party from becoming corrupt at some point?? I mean – then there are THREE corrupt parties – - what do we do then – come up with a 4th? Seems like cleaning house is safer. But, I’m not a shrewd Congressman or Senator, so what the hell do I know?