There is nothing in this that can be construed as a positive. Unless you are a social liberal who wants to be a Republican.

You said If you don’t like it, try to be persuasive in opposing it and building your own majority in the party.

Within the Republican party many philosophies reside. Equally within the Democratic party many philosophies reside. There are fiscally conservative Democrats and Republicans. There are those who favor abortion on both sides.

Yet here is a letter intended to UNITE the party by supposedly taking its divisive issues and making it the very reason why they are the Uniters.

That which divides this country is what Pete choses to divide this party.

Social Issues. His solution. Forsake the values of the majority on the right and embrace the values of the majority on the left.

This is a solution? HOW?

In short, Pete doesn’t say anything except that he wants to grow a bigger majority. He doesn’t strip anyone of representation and, in fact, says exactly the opposite. It sounds like the “underlying intention” is the same as any other democratic (small d) political movement. If you don’t like it, try to be persuasive in opposing it and building your own majority in the party. But please don’t pretend he is trying to disenfranchise anyone.

It is a warning to those Party leaders who continue to allow social conservatives to define the GOP by a set of stringent and divisive policy positions on sexuality and beginning-and-end-of-life issues. The days of these social conservatives’ dominance in our party are numbered. They are welcome in the Party, but their influence will progressively subside in direct proportion to the rising influence of the undersigned and tens of millions of others like us, who represent a majority of both Republicans and Americans.

Now while it might be true that he pulled this draft and modified it a bit, there can be no doubt what the underlying intention of this movement is about.

The nullification of influence that a Huge block of voter have in this country and certainly within the GOP.

So Ill be quiet now.

As I keep reminding debaters that I coach and judge, failure to win the argument is not the same as exclusion from the forum.

I have an Idea. Why dont we nullify the rights to representation of the Gays and the Abortion rights movement people.

That would be fair wouldnt it.

I mean Ill sign this letter if the Democrats denouce the rights of Gays and Abortion rights to representation within their party.

Nothing about gay rights violates basic conservative principles, certainly. And different opinions about abortion have existed within the GOP for a long time without destroying the party. As for gun control, well, even as a gun owner myself I think there is room for moderates there too.

In short, I think you’re overreacting to a very mild movement towards readjustment.

That pretty much sums it up. And I totally agree with your assessment. There should not be woe is us GOP is a disaster because we have lost an election.

The dems/left/antiwar have defined the fight and the right gave up fighting back because Bush and Company gave no willingness to want to fight back.

Thus the perception is that the GOP is a total wash and needs to be overhauled.

I do not concur. So I’m glad you don’t feel sorry for us. I also do not feel sorry for the GOP. Its time they got off the matt and started figuring out how to fight back or else they will be rendered inconsequential.

Remember that the full “surge” has only just begun this month with the addition of the final units and the plan is only now beginning to be fully implemented. If troops are supposed to start drawing down in September that leaves two whole frickin months!

Like I said, the deployment schedule dictates when the surge will end unless units are sent home early. We will not begin drawing down to pre-surge levels until late this year and will actually fall to well below pre-surge levels by the middle of 2008. They’ll have to since we have more than 50% of the force currently deployed.

So yes. I believe the GOP is in Disarray and the LEADING CANDIDATE believes in GAY RIGHTS, ABORTION RIGHTS, GUN CONTROL and has been married umpteen times.

Convince me IM making stuff up?????!!!??!!

He’s not a Social Conservative and you’re up in arms… I’m sorry but I can’t bring myself to feel sorry for you.

Gay rights, Abortion rights, Gun Control along with essentially calling for the censure of the Religious right. Now today he is pressing for this letter to be endorsed by many Right political groups.

So does he speak for the GOP. NO. Yet I only used him for example. Look at the post Michael Reagan had here the other day about Bush and his burning ship. This party is in disarray same as the Dems were in 1994. Everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else and you know what the DEMS did to fix themselves?

NOT a Damn thing. Because their was nothing wrong with them other then they started to believe the trash that the GOP had been accusing them of for about 14 years.

Now the Dems are talking smack about the GOP and the gop pundits are starting to believe the crap the left is flinging at us. Because we lost exactly ONE election.

Geeze even the Dems had more guts then that. They lost in 80, 84, 88 and 94 before it finally started making them think.

So yes. I believe the GOP is in Disarray and the LEADING CANDIDATE believes in GAY RIGHTS, ABORTION RIGHTS, GUN CONTROL and has been married umpteen times.

Convince me IM making stuff up?????!!!??!!

The rest of the world is laughing at him too. Saying to themselves

“This guy is really not in charge? Right?”

Just boggles the mind I tell ya.”

Lol, ditto.

http://ajliebling.blogspot.com/2007/06/surge-sunday-talk-show-smokescreen.html

Just boggles the mind I tell ya.

Secondly what I find comical is that all the analysis is coming from people like me. I have not been to Iraq. At least during this war so I do not have a clue what is going on over there.

Yet My analysis is the truth about how it really is. Yeah right. I only disagree here because the rest of you are convinced you know the “Truth.”

Its funny I spent about 6 months defending the NSA wire taps because everyone was saying that Bush was spying on Americans in secret yet the Democrats were SILENT on the whole thing which told me “NO” they were fully informed. Well reading George Tenets book informs us that indeed the Democrats were right smack dab in the MIDDLE of the NSA wiretaps and knee deep in it but they let BUSH burn for it.

There was no conspiracy to spy on Americans. Only a conspiracy to save lives by a president AND DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN who were consumed with protecting America.

Yet all the bloggers of this world have all the facts and know the truth. Yeah and Im going to win the Powerball next week.

5.) The GOP is talking about dissolving their party and reshaping it to include gays and lesbians, Gun control advocates, Abortion rights activists and Conservative doves while disbarring Christians from membership.

There is a press release I’d like to read! Can you provide a source?