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Old 11-07-2008, 03:34 PM
 
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Check out the new site, take action! Let's rebuild the party with the conservative leadership it deserves!!!!

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Old 11-07-2008, 03:36 PM
 
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Yes, move the GOP even more to the right and decend further into irrelevance.
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Old 11-07-2008, 03:40 PM
 
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Yes, move the GOP even more to the right and decend further into irrelevance.
Then this thread isn't for you.
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Old 11-07-2008, 03:55 PM
 
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Like a major remodel of a building, step #1 is to gut the building.

For the Republican party, this would mean all of the extreme right wingnut thinkers need to cleaned out.
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Old 11-07-2008, 03:58 PM
 
Location: NC
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It is definitly an intersting piece and I think that the writer is correct in that the GOP needs to focus more on creating a new generation of leaders and attracting young voters. I do not think it will be that easy though. During this election I have heard GOPers describe young voters as "Brainwashed", "Stupid", "Ignorant", "Lazy", "Drunkereds", "Blindly idealistic", "Unpatriotic" and "Unworthy of the Right to Vote." I would say Republicans have a long way to go to get back to when they were winning young voters as they did in the Reagan years. It is definitly possible for the GOP to have a strong under 40 movement, but I think the GOP needs to change its rhetoric about young voters and focus more on what they will bring to the table for the 20s and 30s somethings to get a real piece of the vote there.
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Old 11-07-2008, 04:40 PM
 
Location: Conservative in Liberal California
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Yes, move the GOP even more to the right and decend further into irrelevance.

By golly, I think your right...I think that's why the GOP lost...they moved too far to the left and had too many faux Republicans in the mix! I think they need to move back to the right so as NOT to decend into further irrelevance!
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Old 11-07-2008, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Conservative in Liberal California
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By the way...great thread!
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:30 PM
 
Location: The Planet Mars
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That site is so hilarious!!!

Just the thought of conservatives trying to rally the Republican party is so funny that I can't stop laughing!!!

I mean - really - where are you going to get enough bone-heads to possibly buy into the Republican platform??? Most Americans wouldn't trust a Republican to clean their toilets - let alone run the country ever again!!
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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That site is so hilarious!!!

Just the thought of conservatives trying to rally the Republican party is so funny that I can't stop laughing!!!

I mean - really - where are you going to get enough bone-heads to possibly buy into the Republican platform??? Most Americans wouldn't trust a Republican to clean their toilets - let alone run the country ever again!!
I agree, it would be funny to watch the rallies though. Interesting how people cling to their false ideologies. Reminds me of that documentary "Jesus Camp". The Republican party is going to be a pretty hard sell to this generation of voters and probably the next.
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:45 PM
 
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It is definitly possible for the GOP to have a strong under 40 movement, but I think the GOP needs to change its rhetoric about young voters and focus more on what they will bring to the table for the 20s and 30s somethings to get a real piece of the vote there.

For starters, a MEANINGFUL JOB might help these young voters. They can't bring much to the table if they ain't got nothin' in their pockets.
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