Comments on: Who can Unite the GOP?

By: silence dogood

silence dogood — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:04:44 +0000

Thanks for putting together this website.

Ah…Yes. Romney, Romney as VP is the correct answer. McCain will of course have to humble himself a bit and learn to play nice with others. Romney will now accept but with conditions. If they will just compromise on a few things I see them doing great things for our country. He will also need Romney to write his speeches for him. Go San Dimas high!!!!

http://WWW.unitethegop.COM http://www.UNITETHEGOP.com

By: wj

wj — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:05:27 +0000

Michael, I think you are looking in the wrong place for someone to unite the GOP. What will unite the party next November (if they are united, that is) is the identity of the Democratic candidate. Sad to say, but voting against someone is likely to be more of a uniter than voting for someone. And if the Democrats nominate someone that does not stir strong negative emotions? Then the GOP doesn’t unite — just that simple.

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:28:42 +0000

Eric: care to share more?

By: Eric Dondero

Eric Dondero — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:06:53 +0000

Ron Paul is most certainly an isolationist and worse he’s a pacifist. Remember, he’s also opposed to the death penalty for any reason. He opposes War in all instances.

Eric Dondero, Fmr. Senior Aide
US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)
1997-2003

By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:27:22 +0000

Robert E.: no spamfilter caught it. After seeing his third comment, however, I’ve decided not to despam the other two comments and he’s banned.

If you don’t add anything to the debate, you’re not welcome here. And commenting on our comment policy results in you being banned automatically.

This blog is not a democracy.

Anyway, thanks for your good explanation Robert. You’re right. Freedom of speech truly doesn’t have anything to do with it, since we’re not the government.

By: Bob A

Bob A — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:45:17 +0000

Gay’s, same sex marriage, abortion and religion are more contrived by the MSM and are rallying cries of the GOP when election time comes…but the reality is, abortion has been legal for 30+ years, while the GOP has had their fair share of control of either the executive, legislative or judicial branches. They have really made no strides to stop abortion while they have had control of government. We are no closer now to ending abortion than we were at any time. I believe the gay\same sex marriage issues are just rallying cries for votes, but I really don’t think they’re truly important at the end of the day. I think its just the same old same old.. prey on peoples fears and insecurities. The reality is, the GOP has been caught with their pants down on many occasions regarding gays..they scream how immoral it is, but then are caught in scandal after scandal. I consider myself somewhat conservative..but homosexuality doesn’t effect me or my family. I agree it can be "in your face" on television, but I’m able to change the channel any time I choose to. I truly believe the MSM divides us on these issues..but without the MSM forcing these issues on us, they wouldn’t be issues at all. Its a smoke and mirror show to some extent, but the public is awakening to it quickly. The internet has become the backbone of real information for the past few years, and with forums like Poligazette becoming more popular, more and more people are actually thinking for themselves instead of getting their news in 30 second sound bites. As far as religion..I will only say that I think politicians take advantage of religious people. Religious people have a "quality" that many people don’t have, and its being exploited. That quality is faith, but I think the politicians are using their faith against them. I think the government considers people with strong faith to be gullible..and therefore targets them to push their agenda. If they (the Govt.) can recruit (exploit) people who believe in things with little proof..they assume they are handed a blank check to do whatever they want.

By: Robert E.

Robert E. — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:07:58 +0000

Jeff T., this being well after midnight for MvdG, let me reply instead …

<< well since this is my 3rd attempt to post this comment without it being displayed, I can see free speech is not welcome on your site >>

This is a blog and as such is private property. MvdG is therefore free to accept or refuse any post at his personal discretion. Bloggers generally blog to promote or at least support a particular bias and there is nothing wrong with this, especially since they do so on their own dime.

If you want to be free to say whatever you want, whenever you want, I suggest you launch your own blog.

P.S.: MvdG has a habit of clearly stating when he deletes or edits a post and his reasons why. So if you simply found your post not uploaded after clicking [Submit Comment], chances are that there was a simple technical reason, most likely a temporary bandwidth overload.

By: Jeff T

Jeff T — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:17:36 +0000

well since this is my 3rd attempt to post this comment without it being displayed, I can see free speech is not welcome on your site. I love this comment and jab at Ron Paul. (with white supremacists rooting for him) If this is so important for the American voter, then try do some real reporting and look up every contribution to every politician as I am sure you will find every candidate that has a contributor who has committed adultery, someone who has stole, drug user, felon. Unbelievable.

By: libertarian

libertarian — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:40:02 +0000

Fred probably is the best compromise, at least in my opinion as a rabid Ron Paul supporter. I understand why Huckabee is popular, but I can’t explain Romney and Giuliani’s apparently high numbers without pointing to the TV coverage they get and assuming its a matter of ‘name recognition.’

Right now, the candidate who best unites the Republican party is "Hillary Clinton"

By: Allan Stewart

Allan Stewart — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:22:20 +0000

I take exception with your assertion that Fred gave us the impression that he is lazy. That impression was given to us by the e liberal media as they took full advantage of his late entry to smear him personally. All the other candidates spent years building their organizations and campaigns; Fred was drafted by popular demand only 3 months ago and had to start from scratch. You can’t make a national organization appear overnight, no matter how hard you work, and Fred’s foes have used the delay to smear him. His 5-stop-a-day schedule in Iowa will convince anyone paying attention that he is neither lazy nor lacking in energy. Of course, given his solid conservative record and the consistency of his positions, his republican opponents and the liberal press that fears him can find nothing else to attack him with, so they will continue to beat that drum hard.
If Fred can get the Iowa caucus goers to fairly assess his campaign, now on track, he will have a good enough showing to continue the campaign and bring the true conservatives together again. I am praying that happens since I see Fred as our only means to defeat the Dems in November and keep the restoration of the Supreme Court on track.