Support Conservatives – Not Republicans

Former New York Gov. George Pataki has endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over GOP candidate Dierdre Scozzafava in the race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District.  Principle over party is now the cry!

As Hoffman narrowly moves into first place in a three way race, we are fast seeing who is willing to take a stand:

• George Pataki
• Sarah Palin
• Tim Pawlenty
• Sen. Jim DeMint
• Fred Thompson
• Steve Forbes
• Dick Armey
• Tom Cole (former RNCC chair)
• Ed Meese
• David Keene
• Al Regnery
• David McIntosh
• Brent Bozell
• Jim Miller
• Richard Viguerie
• Tony Perkins
• Tom Winter
• Ken Blackwell
• Craig Shirley

Who is supporting Scozzafava?

• Michael Steele
• Newt Gingrich
• The RNCC

Gingrich has ceded all ties to the conservative movement with this move.  Steele never had any.  Their support of liberal Wayne Gilchrest merely made them look foolish.  However, this race has the potential to be as meaningful to conservatives as the 1976 GOP presidential primaries.  Assuming Hoffman pulls off a victory, Steele’s resignation should be demanded immediately.  Those on the RNC who voted for Steele over Ken Blackwell should be ashamed!  As for the RNCC, no conservative should donate a dime as long as the House GOP caucus is led by the likes of Boehner and Cantor (see below).

Worst of all – Who is standing on the sidelines?

• John Boehner
• Eric Cantor
• Mike Huckabee
• Mitt Romney

This is merely a warm-up for next year.  We are witnessing the GOP elite support statist candidates over true conservatives.  We need to support people like Marco Rubio in Florida and Chuck DeVore in California.  As Neil Stevens recently reminded us, there are two kinds of Republicans.  We know which kind our country needs.

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Don’t Criticize What You Don’t Understand

My pal Twosentz is running a post (by contributor Champs1) noting that Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) has been dropped from the list of speakers at the Values Voters Summit to be held in September.  Fair enough.  Sanford has shown that he’s hardly the kind of guy that should be held up as a representative of family values.

My concern doesn’t lie with criticizing Sanford, although I feel for his family.  No, my concern is with the author’s analysis of the speakers at the summit.  Riddled with inaccuracy, Mr. Champ’s work shows a complete disdain for individuals who believe that certain societal values are necessary for the success of a civil society.  People like Mr. Champ denounces free markets as being laissez faire (there is a distinct difference between a free market and ordered liberty versus a complete lack of regulation) while attacking those who don’t believe in a laissez faire morality.  Regardless, people like Mr. Champ have a right to their opinion; it should, however, be an informed one.  The author clearly doesn’t understand who or what he is criticizing.  He just knows that he doesn’t like it.

Sure, some of the speakers at the VVS are toads.  Personnally, I’ve never been a huge fan of Pat Buchanan.  However, participating in a conference advocating that English be made our country’s official language is hardly the same as conspiring to bomb an army post (like President Obama’s buddy Bill Ayres did).  A lot of us believe that it’s not a bad idea.  While I understand the problems of time and space constraints, claiming that Buchanan is affiliated with a “WHITE NATIONALIST” requires a little backup.  Wouldn’t you think?

I particularly loved Mr. Champs’s portrayal of Mark Levin as a neocon.  Levin may be many things, but he certainly is not a neo-conservative.  If Mr. Champs had bothered to even thumb through a copy of Levin’s latest book, Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, at the Barnes & Noble (much less actually read it) he would know that Levin has as much love for neocons and former president George W. Bush as he does.

To call Family Research Council president Tony Perkins a racist is easy.  Where’s your proof?  Can’t stand Don Wildmon?  Fine.  Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh?  Ditto.

There’s just one problem guys.  You can’t whine about a lack of civility in our public discourse while you use a grain of truth, or outright falsehood, to attack the character of those you disagree with.  Admittedly, people like Sanford and Gingrich make themselves targets if they run as pro-family and then are proven to be less so.  Unfortunately, you’re playing the same game, just on a different pitch.

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Drill Now

Newt Gingrich has overtaken MoveOn.org in traffic with his “Drill Here, Drill Now” campaign. Let the lefties ride bicycles to work. Let them eat cake as well.

Even current Dem Darling Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) is abandoning the party line on this one.

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Newt Gingrich Endorses Wayne Gilchrest – or Did He?

According to the Daily Times headline, “Gingrich Stumps for Gilchrest”. The article notes that Gilchrest is an “old friend” of Gingrich. Of course Newt’s “stumping” was limited to the confines of a fundraiser. The Baltimore Sun is a bit more honest when it quotes the former Speaker:

Wayne is an old friend,” he said. “If only for his leadership on the Chesapeake Bay, he was a person worthy to be in Congress.

That’s one hell of an endorsement. It was almost as tepid as former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele:

In 2006, “the American people basically slapped us upside the head,” he
said, adding that they demand “we get it right. … We cannot get there
by trying to beat Republicans.”

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Boehner Pulls Off Victory on Second Ballot

The Hill reports on John Boehner’s surprise victory for House Majority Leader. The man is no John Shaddegg, but is beats Blunt by a mile.

Boehner has long been considered DeLay’s chief rival, and he pledged during his campaign to renew many of the ideals that characterized the so-called Republican Revolution spear-headed by Gingrich.

Will Boehner bring back the days of a true conservative majority in the House? We’ll see.

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