Comments on: Rush Limbaugh: If McCain or Huckabee Gets the Nomination, It Will Destroy the GOP http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:35:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69849 Christopher Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:12:35 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69849 the GOP party is in trouble because it hasn't stood up for conservative values and lets the Demo's get away with labeling them racist, sexist, and so on. Produce Economic results, Secure the borders and improve education by having school choice and the best of America happen and the Demo's will still be trying to raise the same old tired issues year after year. the GOP party is in trouble because it hasn’t stood up for conservative values and lets the Demo’s get away with labeling them racist, sexist, and so on. Produce Economic results, Secure the borders and improve education by having school choice and the best of America happen and the Demo’s will still be trying to raise the same old tired issues year after year.

]]> By: Jeff Molby http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69828 Jeff Molby Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:30:49 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69828 <blockquote>If I am reading the signs right the GOP has managed to alienate a portion of the middle class that Reagan appealed to. Reagan Democrats for instance.</blockquote> The GOP has alienated ALL Democrats. The Bush administration drove the mother of all wedges between the parties. It'll take some serious changes before you see any significant crossover like Reagan was able to accomplish. Oh, and the GOP has completely alienated fiscal conservatives too.

If I am reading the signs right the GOP has managed to alienate a portion of the middle class that Reagan appealed to. Reagan Democrats for instance.

The GOP has alienated ALL Democrats. The Bush administration drove the mother of all wedges between the parties. It’ll take some serious changes before you see any significant crossover like Reagan was able to accomplish.

Oh, and the GOP has completely alienated fiscal conservatives too.

]]> By: kerwin http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69775 kerwin Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:07:00 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69775 Rush does not know what he is talking about. If he is not careful he will disenfranchise parts of the GOP and thus doom them himself. If I am reading the signs right the GOP has managed to alienate a portion of the middle class that Reagan appealed to. Reagan Democrats for instance. Rush does not know what he is talking about. If he is not careful he will disenfranchise parts of the GOP and thus doom them himself. If I am reading the signs right the GOP has managed to alienate a portion of the middle class that Reagan appealed to. Reagan Democrats for instance.

]]> By: Jeff Miller http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69726 Jeff Miller Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:00:43 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69726 Surely it could survive those two bad choices, but I think Rudy is the one that could fracture the party when the GOP ceases to be the party of life. Surely it could survive those two bad choices, but I think Rudy is the one that could fracture the party when the GOP ceases to be the party of life.

]]> By: Jeff Molby http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69721 Jeff Molby Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:29:29 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69721 <blockquote>If the Republican Party survived the George H.W. Bush administration and the Bob Dole nomination</blockquote> Has it?

If the Republican Party survived the George H.W. Bush administration and the Bob Dole nomination

Has it?

]]> By: Wickle http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-69705 Wickle Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:44:44 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/01/16/rush-limbaugh-if-mccain-or-huckabee-gets-the-nomination-it-will-destroy-the-gop/#comment-69705 First of all, I think that Limbaugh is engaging in more than a little bit of hyperbole. If the Republican Party survived the George H.W. Bush administration and the Bob Dole nomination, there's no way that McCain or Huckabee can kill it. But if we accept the premise that nominating an imperfect Republican is going to kill the GOP, any idea why Giuliani is given this free pass? The pro-choice mayor of a sanctuary city who sued gun manufacturers seems like more of a threat to the GOP than either Huckabee or McCain. And I know a lot more people who will never vote for a pro-choice Republican than who will never vote for a weak-on-taxes Republican. Just wondering if you have any thoughts on that one. First of all, I think that Limbaugh is engaging in more than a little bit of hyperbole. If the Republican Party survived the George H.W. Bush administration and the Bob Dole nomination, there’s no way that McCain or Huckabee can kill it.

But if we accept the premise that nominating an imperfect Republican is going to kill the GOP, any idea why Giuliani is given this free pass?

The pro-choice mayor of a sanctuary city who sued gun manufacturers seems like more of a threat to the GOP than either Huckabee or McCain. And I know a lot more people who will never vote for a pro-choice Republican than who will never vote for a weak-on-taxes Republican.

Just wondering if you have any thoughts on that one.

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