Posted by
Sanity 102 on Saturday, February 02, 2008 1:27:01 AM
It is the new spin.
For months, the Republican In Name Only media...Ingraham, Rush, Hannity, Hewitt...has assured everyone that they spoke for the base.
So when they annointed Romney, the Reagan heir apparent...the previously unknown candidate that changed his mind on a half a dozen key issues...from when he was governor of Kennedy-Kerry liberal Massachusetts to now born again conservative for a national audience--should have swept through the Iowa primary.
But a no money ex-preacher won.
Ok, ok so maybe the base just didn't get the message.
For days, the RINO media told them all about Huckabee and explained ever so carefully that while the man is nice, he isn't a REAL conservative, certainly not one to step into the hallowed steps of the reinvented Reagan. Painstakenly, they pointed out the wonderful man that THEY had chosen and instructed REAL conservatives every where to vote accordingly.
Then McCain took New Hampshire...and South Carolina!
And once again, slowly, strongly, they explained why the choice of the people is not the right choice. In fact, since all the elections up to then had been opened, the Independents and the Liberals must be trying to hijack the party of Reagan!
Then came Michigan and even though Romney had to revert to the old liberal trick of promising that government would bail out the auto workers and turn out was extremely low...a win was a win...and surely now the base was getting the right idea.
Only, in CLOSED conservative Florida primary...conservatives voted for McCain, the guy they had CLEARLY told the base NOT to vote for.
WHAT IS GOING ON???
Today came the answer...
The Republican party has been hijacked...by Independents!
Thus, none of the Republican In Name Only media believe they have an obligation to vote for McCain if those registered as Republicans should choose him to represent them.
In fact, many have expressed taking their marbles and going third party--or as in the case Ann Coulter--to take their marbles and go to the Liberal camp.
One blogger told Steve at Campaign Victory 08 that he/she wouldn't vote for McCain if Billy Clinton himself was running against him.
In other words, it's THEIR way or no way. Gone are the principle of winning the WOT. Gone are the principle of loyalty. Gone is the idea that we can trust the people to make choices and to accept the will of the majority.
Once upon a time, conservatives watched as liberals tore apart Joe Lieberman for his stand on the WOT. I remember hearing all the talk about allowing those within your party to disagree and how intellectually bankrupt the Left was to be afraid of dissension.
Yet, here they are...months later, doing the SAME thing.
The RINO media was right...the Republican party HAS been hijacked. For many years, it was taken over by extremists, absolutists, sanctimonious bullies that called themselves Constitutionist, Libertarians, Reaganites, everything but Republicans.
In 2008...Republicans in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida...and with God's help, 20 plus states come Tuesday...is taking the REPUBLICAN party back.