“I don’t espouse myself to be the voice of young Republicans at all. I never have and people sometimes want to say I go around saying I’m the voice of young Republicans. That’s not true. I’m a voice and if you like that voice, great. And if you don’t, fine.” What she wants to do is remind people that there are plenty of Republicans away from the fringes.
“We’re not all crazy rednecks,” she said, although she thinks the party needs a reality check.
“I’m just frustrated that nobody seems to be listening to reason. You don’t have to listen to me. People within the Republican Party don’t have to listen to me. But, at some point, they will have to listen to facts, to trends in this country. We’re losing young voters, women voters and minority voters. … I just think it’s a recipe for failure. … The extreme right wing of the party is still running everything.”Who are you calling a "crazy redneck"? Someone who works for a living instead of putting on a sparkly princess crown every morning and slurping at the public trough like a pig?
Newsflash for you, McCain: if the eeevil "rednecks" were truly running everything, you'd be back home flipping burgers at the local Tasty Freeze. People in the political class may care what you think; this "crazy redneck" does not.
What do you all think? Is McCain the Younger part of the problem, or part of the solution?
H/T: Zip
I would imagine that Senator McRino was told, "Hey, play ball with us and we will make your daughter into someone important."
ReplyDeleteWould anyone ever give a rat's pattootie about her if she was Meghan Ladyred or Meghan Radiomattm? I doubt it.
I agree with Bill Whittle: people like this should just make it official and become Democrats. If voters want Democrats, they will vote Democrat. Why would they want Democrat-lite in the form of the Republican party?
It is also interesting to note that Republicans tend to make great gains when they are being conservative and then lose those gains when the Rinos muscle their way in.
Yep, I think you're right about "play ball and we'll make your dingbat daughter a rock star". They have their own glitzy little club in Washington, and they damn sure don't want anyone (especially crazy rednecks) casting aspersions on the King's Court.
DeleteThe arrogance and sense of entitlement of the political class make my blood boil. The rot is so deep and ingrained that it reeks. It's putrid. Gangrenous. C-diff-ish. Ew.
Her only claim to fame is her last name but the left finds her to be a useful tool.
ReplyDeleteI think a far more appropriate and beneficial role for her would be to pursue the position of Weight Watcher's spokeswoman - naturally, after she sheds a few slabs of lard off those self-important haunches. She may also want to lose the Tammy Fay look and learn how to apply makeup without a cement trowel.
LMAO!!! Florrie, I nearly choked on my coffee! :))
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ReplyDeleteWhat you lot need is a good Aussie!
ReplyDelete"Australians like their politicians blunt and pugilistic, and Abbott is certainly that. But his detractors often miss, or affect to miss, his wryness, his self-awareness, his humour. The purple, choking rage he provokes among Lefties has a lot to do with the fact that he is, in their eyes, a kind of class traitor: an intellectual who speaks demotically; a Rhodes Scholar with the common touch; an Australian Roman Catholic who inexcusably refuses to be either republican or Labour.
People of his sort are not supposed to win elections. Abbott believes in God, supports free speech, wants to crack down on illegal immigration and once called global warming "crap". He opposes same-sex marriage, though in courteous and temperate language (his sister, who is gay, campaigned for him). He has no time for the notion, favoured by some Melbourne cleverdicks, that Australia is an Asian power: his country's alliances with Britain, the United States and the other Anglophone democracies are central to his world-view."
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100234883/tony-abbott-won-because-australians-trust-him/
Melbourne "cleverdicks"? That's hilarious! This expression must be added to our TCKT lexicon, and used often.
DeleteThe Labour camp must be crapping their britches. The cleverdicks in America would be wise to take notice; they could be next.
Very happy Abbot won, and it couldn't be better timed.
DeleteBut I'd caution that Australian politics, like that of many democracies, simply oscillates. A good part of his election is very likely attributable to the simple fact that he and his party have not been in power. After some years of him the mood will likely shift again.
And Australia is an "Asian power" whether or not they desire it. Their location (and relatively tiny population, and vast and rich territory) will forever be a component of their national interest and foreign policy. The current situation where the Anglophone powers cannot credibly execute their own policies, or even articulate what they are, will also be relevant to Australia going forward.
"cleverdicks"
ReplyDeletePerfect! Thank gawd the Aussies have come to their senses. I would have hated to have seen them become Sweden, Jr.
Well, most good things in Aussie originated in England, including the expression cleverdicks and the new Prime Minister.
ReplyDeleteHehe.
I regret voting for McCain.
ReplyDeleteNot regretting voting for Romney. Of course if Mitt were in the Senate and on TV all the time, he'd have more of an opportunity to put his foot in it.
Same here, lewy.
DeleteWe're watching O'Reilly this evening, and he's seriously butthurt that a majority of Americans are opposed to war with Syria. He thinks it will diminish our standing in the world. He's whining up a storm. Waaah.
ReplyDeleteOver the past few years we've scaled back our military, p*ssified the training, cut standards, and promoted officers who are more interested in social justice than in military strategy. Our CiC is a bumbling empty suit. We're weak, and we're already spread too thin.
O'Reilly is an idiot. A strike against Syria would be a disaster.
Now, please pass the M&Ms. *crunch crunch* :D
I fear that any mission worth doing would over-extend us. Conversely, any mission we could afford to do would be ineffectual.
DeleteThat's a good observation lewy. Plus, how much faith do our troops have in Obama's leadership? After the debacle at Benghazi, I can't imagine he's held in high esteem.
DeleteAfter 9/11/01, the nation didn't go to war.
DeleteThe south and the midwest went to war for the northeast.
Fooled me once, etc...
Would that be peanut M&Ms? If so, you have to arm-wrestle me for them :-)
ReplyDeleteNope. They're the plain one. Mine, all mine! Bwahahaha! :D
DeleteO'Reilly's arguments about Syria seem too simplified. I will forever cut him slack, though, for his efforts in raising millions of $$ for trackchairs for our wounded warrior and his hard stance against crime - particularly crime against children.
ReplyDeleteHe was cringe-worthy tonight though while he was bloviating :-)
I agree wholeheartedly florrie. Although I think he's an idiot with regards to this issue, his charity work, especially for our troops, is above reproach.
DeleteI think he's shown a lot of courage by tackling the core race problems head-on, without regard for political correctness. I applaud him for that, and for championing Megan's Law.
More kudos: his books are good, and I've preordered Killing Jesus.
Tonight though...tonight, he needs to put a bandaid on his boo boo and perhaps listen to his viewers, rather than wringing his hands in distress. It's truly pitiful.
Hey, it's not wrong to want to bomb Syria for gassing civilians. (If in fact, that's what they did. Not sure I trust the government version... pretty sure I don't trust the Russian version).
DeleteBut can we do anything worth doing? Signs point to no. The current leadership - I don't support. Not because I have policy differences with the current President, or because I'm spiteful, but because there has been little demonstrated competence, and substantial demonstrated incompetence.
* I count the "pivot to Asia" thing as a success, taking advantage of Chinese incompetence without overplaying our hand. Somebody deserves credit for that; would love to know who.
I'm having a problem with plural tonight.
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ReplyDeleteWell, I tried twice. My opinion on who is steering this ever-more-listing ship of state is 'shown' above.
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DeleteDances, you were very close - got the "imgw" syntax correct - the trick with the newer versions of photobucket is that you have to get the "raw" link from the box labeled "Links to share this photo" -> it's in the right hand column on the page at photobucket. You want the link labeled "Direct".
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