Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #59

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #35

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This article expresses my views on the republican party. Every word could have been written by me if I had the talent.

Since the republicans are never going to win another presidential election, I thinks it's time for some good conservatives to step up and form a third party. They aren't going to win either, but at least I could vote my principles instead of voting for the lesser of two evils.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/art...7YFr2WM.twitter

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This article is spot on. The only quibble I would have is that local politics is getting entrenched in DC establishment money very rapidly so that getting good candidates is tough. We had a local commissioners race that a Tea Party guy looked good in. He is smart, and had a plan to cut spending and taxes without too much hassle. Instead of the local party getting behind this guy, they ran and backed this loser who lost the job years ago to a minor scandal. All the local GOP dead wood backed the loser and my local US congressman was funneling money into his campaign even though we had a guy running that could win. All the local GOP apparatus were worried they would lose their party jobs if TP candidates started to get elected. The TP guy won, much to the disgust of the local GOP'ers. Totally outrageous. That was in '10 and that was when I said this party as it is set up is not for me. I went to work to get Romney elected, but it wasn't the exciting effort I put forth in other campaigns. The modern GOP is nothing more that a job retention program and has no interest in getting new voters involved or even going out on a limb to stand up for principles. Hell, the congressman that was involved in backing the loser candidate started fooling around with the "No Labels" crowd he is such a beltway loser. And there is no chance to get rid of this guy because they just gerrymandered his seat to super duper safe.

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Quote: nerd wrote in post #56

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Quote: Mechanicos wrote in post #55

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Close the primaries, stop the vote fraud, tear up the illegal agreement with the democrats to not pursue voting irregularities. Until then there is no real party difference at the national level as the winners are selected by whoever is counting the votes.

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Welcome to the dog house.

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I hope that this thread has provided proof that, at least for most here, a civil, productive discussion on politics and the Republican party is possible.

I bid you all a fond farewell, and will be back sometime in the future, the timing of which is still unknown.