The GOP’s Disconnect: It’s Worse Than You Think
By Donald Hank
A few days ago I got a call from one of the GOP’s phone lines soliciting funds for the next election.
The caller asked me first to listen to a message from Senator Ensign, who gave a stirring call to support the GOP in restoring America to the principled government of Ronald Reagan.
The caller came back on and asked me if I had heard Senator Ensign’s message all right. I said yes and she asked me for $150 for the GOP right off the bat.
I am guarded these days, so I asked where the Reagan-like Ensign stands on illegal immigration. She apologized and said she did not have that information.
I said: “That’s important.” Then I recalled that I had just received an email from NumbersUSA and they had listed the senators who were still waffling on this issue. I went and checked while I had her on the line.
Sure enough. There was Ensign listed among the wafflers. BTW, as of today, according to talk radio, Ensign still hasn’t made up his mind whether the US needs sovereignty or not. He is refusing to get return calls from famous radio hosts. Perhaps he is consulting a medium to call up Reagan’s ghost and ask him how his principles apply to this issue.
I told the caller Ensign was on the list of those who haven’t made up their minds on this important issue and said: “if Senator Ensign wants me to give the GOP money, tell him he has to vote no on cloture of the amnesty bill. I told her I was very very angry at the traitors in the GOP who wanted this bill to pass against the will of the vast majority of the public.
She said: “Could you just give $75 this time?”
I said: “You have just perfectly illustrated what is wrong with the Republican Party these days. You people don’t even listen to your constituents one single bit. I just got done telling you I am outraged beyond outrage at the GOP’s cavalier attitude toward the opinions of the vast majority of Republicans and yet you keep asking for money. How could you possibly be so insensitive to our voices?” My voice was wavering through this last monologue, my voice was getting louder, and I could feel my blood pressure rising fast.
She said: “Could you give $35?”
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June 25th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
You should have asked if she had a brain to go with the money. I had a similar experience last week. Bottom line is I’m voting for Dr. Ron Paul as a Republican because of his desire to bring the gov’t back to the states and allow more control by democratic vote rather than allow our voice to be washed away in pious platitudes. I don’t agree with his entire policy, but the rest of the GOP is lost, especially with the idea that our sovereignty is being lost at an astounding rate.
June 25th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Hey, I hear ya, Goddess.
But don’t you think it would be better to fall over the big cliff later than sooner?
Just wondering. I got no answers either.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Well…..I equate watching the “Republicans” slouch to the left with water torture. Drip…drip…..drip.
Granted, I’d prefer to end it by forcing the Republicans to stand for genuine, limited-government conservatism. Failing that, I’d rather just get it over with.
Voting for the lesser of the evils has produced a party that is an echo of the Democratic party. To put an end to that, I think we must reject pseudo-conservatives…those who pander to us simply to get our votes….then ignore the issues of importance once elected. I’ve had it with the convenient conservatives. We can’t be afraid to reject a candidate simply because he/she wears an “R”.
WE’VE allowed the Republican party to manipulate us using fear. Most run like timid animals to vote for the LoTE. WE have to stand on principle. We can no longer afford to vote based on our fear of the Democrat. We’ve got to hold the party accountable by withholding our votes from candidates who do not meet our standards.
July 1st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
You are right, but then you are wrong. You may be doing the right thing by voting for Ron Paul, but your vote will be lost. No doubt allowing a far worse person to take the oval office. i.e. I voted Ross Peroit but then I got Bill Clinton. Go figure.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
How funny!! I rec’d a phone solicitation with the very same outcome. In fact, the conversation was almost identical. It was all I could do to keep from slamming the phone down in her ear!
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