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Conservative vitriol should be aimed at the real enemy/threat to freedom and traditional American values — Democrat yellow dogs, Obama’s blue lapdogs, New Dealers, Great Society radicals, Obamanites and Obamacons. If we are to further our conservative cause, it will be in and with the GOP. Those who champion a third party are either closet Democrats or sadly misguided and naive.
All in all Tuesday was a good day for the Grand Old Party!
— Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina
HISSING IN ANTICIPATION
Re: Lisa Fabrizio’s Scouting
Report:
The baseball analogies were fun to read.
Mitt Romney has a big problem which may make him unelectable: he is a Mormon.
Eric Cantor has an even bigger problem. You and I don’t care about Cantor’s Jewishness, or Romney’s Mormonism. But the left-wing hate machine is boiling and hissing in anticipation.
I fear this is especially true regarding Eric Cantor.
— Dan Martin
Pittsburgh
ALIENATING THE ESTABLISHMENTS
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.’s Obama,
Obviously:
You are 100 percent correct.
As a 30 year self-employed Executive Recruiter this is the 4th downturn I’ve worked through. There’s one inescapable piece of first hand experience/knowledge, though, I’d like to share with you.
I’m a capitalist and believe in the American Dream. Bush tried to re-run Reagan’s 1980’s with lower taxes, which worked great in the 80’s, not so well on the 2000’s.
The Achilles Heel of “Free Market Capitalism/Free Trading” is labor arbitrage. Meaning, business’ insatiable desire for unrestrained access to cheap foreign labor both outsourced (offshore outsourcing) and in-sourced (H-1B and L-1 visas). Business is behind open borders/amnesty. Business is behind Trade agreements offering incentive for companies to trade jobs overseas for increased corporate profits.
What we have are liberals/Democrats driving up the cost of doing business for a century, then since 2002 an incrementally massive business accelerated response to move work/jobs to cheap intelligent foreigners.
This is how, with a real estate bubble, the Bush economy could see a DOW at 14,000 with not many private sector jobs created outside of real estate/construction and healthcare. The corporate sector (which I’m in) hired few people from November 2001-recovery-to December 2008.
My point is unless Republicans solve the problem of a broken trickle down economics model which drew me to Ronald Reagan being the first member of my ultra liberal Jewish family to ever vote Republican in 1984 Rockefeller/Country Club/Free Trade Republicans will find their message doesn’t resonate with American workers any more than socialism from Democrats.
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Etiquette Man| 11.10.09 @ 7:16AM
Nice letter from Majito, except for the nonsense about how it's nonsense to identify leftist "republicans" as RINO's.
What is Scuzzyfuzzy (Scazzafava), then? A principled GOPer?
So then is McCain REALLY a Reagan Republican, as he claims? Hmm . . .
Funny how some on our side (unless he's a Moby, but I don't think so) can see some things so clearly and then develop moral cataracts, just where they are most needed.
Still 75% right is better than 75% wrong.
Count me a "mendacious" conservative who both believes in RINO's, and is an enthusiastic hunter of same.
Etiquette Man| 11.10.09 @ 7:31AM
Oops, that was Michael Tomlinson, not Majito.
Mea maxima culpa! It still wasn't a bad letter, all in all.
TJ from Texas | 11.10.09 @ 7:25AM
Bout time the letter page came back. Once a week don’t cut it.
Good to see some familiar faces, like Martin and Amos, but where are Winthrop, Kessel and Gunn?
Keep the letter page regular.
Goldwater Girl| 11.10.09 @ 10:57AM
And where is Diane Smith? I always enjoyed her wry humor.
Choey| 11.10.09 @ 11:56AM
Don't worry about Pelosi getting unelected in '12. Not going to happen. The people in her district are every bit as moonbatty as she is and will keep reelecting her forever.
Margie| 11.10.09 @ 12:18PM
Thanks to Michael Tomlinson.
It's the IN thing to do around here~~bash anyone who mentions they'd vote for a Republican over a Democrat. It's the most immature, asinine behavior I've seen in a long time, anywhere.
These same holier than thou ones who proclaim their higher principles, go on to complain at the government they get by either not voting at all because their too good, or voting for a Third loser Party.
The easy way in life is to complain and throw stones at others instead of realizing you ARE the government and it it's your responsibility to vote for the best candidate.
I'll continue to preach it~~ Want Obama II? Then vote for that Third Party or better yet, don't vote at all!
p.s. to Michael if you're reading this~ a couple of weeks ago one of these "principled" people used my name to post several despicable posts to you. Wasn't me. I'm in agreement with you.
Onward!
Mr.Reality| 11.10.09 @ 12:51PM
Republicans need all the troops they can muster. Those independents who voted for the GOP last week are still Rino. Wanna scratch their votes and lose ? Start showing pragmatic, agnostic thinking voters some respect you right wing dolts or we'll see to it Pelosi passes the fairness doctrine and your Rushbo gets to play a lot of golf in the afternoon. And start sending money to more moderate candidates in head to heads against the dems. I sent Bachman and others to the right of me a check last time out. pack of freeloaders is what you are.
David Govett | 11.10.09 @ 1:03PM
The American political system has changed, perhaps permanently, from at least an attempt to benefit all Americans, to a spoils-to-the-victor system, like those in Latin America. An oscillating kleptocracy.
While it lasted, America was good for the common Joe and Jane. Now it keeps them down, to allow the rich to feel the exhilaration of ruling hoi polloi.
Could a second American Revolution be far away?
Alan Brooks| 11.10.09 @ 2:05PM
Only hope, outside of material progress, is spirituality. Politics is so loaded today with gobbledygook, it is unbearable. I only go to AS nowadays for politics.
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