It's fundamental. You have to rebut them strongly and immediately when they lie about your positions, or whatever they say about you that isn't contested will be taken as true by voters.
Judging by your bio, you have also been watching the GOP for many years and wondering if they have a full brain amongst them. The Contract With America should have been continued every year. A pledge to bring bills to the floor immediately and a list of what they'll be which should be a list the grass roots can modify as well as the party. Instead, I contributed time and money to a party that disappointed time after time no matter what majorities we gave them.
2 results have accrued 1. I give neither time, money, nor public support to the party of stupid. I vote and then I lament the lack of action. 2. I firmly believe the RNC, GOP, and Texas GOP have all been overrun by democrats in republican clothing. I don't mean I think that in my fever dreams. I mean I believe that in my core.
I'm a brand new non-paid subscriber, but only while I check out your site and your words. I'll upgrade when you become one of my regular reading sites. Thanks! So far, so good!!!
Thanks for subscribing, Mike. As I said in one of my early posts, I am not doing this for money. In fact, I originally set it up for free subscriptions only. I only changed because some people who wanted to show their support pledged $$$, even though I had not set it up to receive money, and Substack told me that it could not process their subscriptions unless I added a paid option.
That being said, I do appreciate those who have paid subscriptions as a means of showing support, since I do put a lot of time and effort into my articles. In addition, the fact that people would voluntarily do that motivates me to do better.
I believe the Dems abortion position has expanded over time specifically to keep abortion front and center as an election issue. They have become dependant on an "outrage" voter turn out model that requires an intractable wedge issue, and as a result constantly move the goalpost to where it is now, abortion up until birth with no restrictions.
It's the big problem for the Republican Party. There is a clique which runs it, and they most want to retain their own power. They don't work hard to help Republicans get elected. They don't want those pesky Republicans who reflect the rank and file voters of the party. Mittens Romney. His niece. Karl Rove. The Bush family. The Uni-party go-along-to-get-along-crowd. They don't want to throw hard punches. They let Democrats outwork them. They let Democrats cheat and get away with it. This latest election is a harbinger of things to come. 2024 will be more Democrat cheating, more bad decisions by many Republican leaders, and more of same. The stalwarts need to take the reins of the party and run it like a winning campaign.
Living in NoVa for 23 years, I watched it go red to blue in a few short hops after 9/11. I continue to throw my votes away on Republicans or watch radical Dems wreak chaos on the school boards & county seats while uncontested career officeholders languish in state and national slots. I agree w/ John: Whatever with the mopey excuses, GOP. Be Better. Play Dirty. Stop pouting and find the will and means to win.
I object to the label "the stupid party" in this case. We did not appear to have the money to run the barrage of tv ads to counteract the democrat fear porn. At the polls, a so called former Republican said to me that he though the 15 week limitation was a sop to be followed by more and more restrictive laws. I told him that there is no consensus about Republicans for anything more limiting than 15 weeks.
Thank you for taking the time to comment, Kate. I respectfully disagree, however, and stand by my label of "the stupid party." I could give you a long list why, but confine myself to three short points: (1) the VA GOP may well have been short on money, while the Dems were well funded. So, whose fault is that? It has been reliably reported that the RNC refused requests from VA republicans for money. If the RNC was short of money, again, whose fault is that? It is difficult to see how they could be so broke as to not be able to support races that were widely regarded as having a national impact. (2) Maybe the RNC didn't have enough money on hand because they were too focused on negotiating a debate with . . . . NBC! NBC! See Vivek's dissection of the moderator for how much sense that makes. Stupid. (3) When the Dems are flooding the airwaves with abortion ads that claim that Republicans will pass anti-abortion laws that will jail women and that some would get the "death penalty," and the Republicans forfeit the issue by not even responding, that is just stupid. And I'm not even going into all the squishes in the U.S. Senate who undercut the GOP in the House and go along with Schumer and the other Democrats on any number of issues.
So, despite our differences, thanks for commenting and contributing to the dialog.
But are they stupid, or complicit? The national party is arguably a grift, part of the uniparty. Youngkin comes to Northern Virginia, collects $12 million in a weekend, and takes the money back to god knows where. My understanding is not a cent of the $12million went to local NOVA candidates. That isn't stupid, that's deliberate.
In my view, this is the counter-message to the abortion-on-demand extremists:
This isn't just about the unborn.
It is the legitimate role of government to protect life as an unalienable right, even if one is not in a position to speak up in their own defense ... be it the unborn child in the womb, or you or I on life support but with a brain still waving.
In fact, securing such unalienable rights is the whole reason legitimate government exists.
OTOH, those who strive to set the utilitarian precedent of abortion-on-demand today, may end up at risk if/when they become "inconvenient" to family and/or society.
In my view, the way to resolve this, is to Constitutionally define a human life as extending from its natural life-cycle endpoints - conception and brain death. Then let existing laws against murder - and those relevant to natural and accidental death - apply.
Among other things, it keeps the FIBbies from investigating every miscarriage with their usual ham-fisted approach.
Opposing abortion is about more than belief, or even sexuality. It is about the unalienable right to live, and how it is protected from those who would deny it to others, on an arbitrary basis subject to the whims of change, while they themselves still live, along a human life cycle that is a continuous process from conception to brain death.
Well, there are many who would beg to differ. Good luck getting an amendment to any constitution, either state or federal, that criminalized abortion. These pro-abortionists are just as extreme in their belief that it is no one's business what they do with their bodies (except when it comes to vaccinations - they can be mandated).
The science says that conception and brain death are the immutable endpoints of an otherwise-continuous human life cycle.
Your “former Republican” has a point, if we are honest: how can we justify the killing for convenience of some, if life is an unalienable right? Or has “unalienable” been reduced to a Yang holy word, a mantra without meaning?
It's fundamental. You have to rebut them strongly and immediately when they lie about your positions, or whatever they say about you that isn't contested will be taken as true by voters.
Judging by your bio, you have also been watching the GOP for many years and wondering if they have a full brain amongst them. The Contract With America should have been continued every year. A pledge to bring bills to the floor immediately and a list of what they'll be which should be a list the grass roots can modify as well as the party. Instead, I contributed time and money to a party that disappointed time after time no matter what majorities we gave them.
2 results have accrued 1. I give neither time, money, nor public support to the party of stupid. I vote and then I lament the lack of action. 2. I firmly believe the RNC, GOP, and Texas GOP have all been overrun by democrats in republican clothing. I don't mean I think that in my fever dreams. I mean I believe that in my core.
I'm a brand new non-paid subscriber, but only while I check out your site and your words. I'll upgrade when you become one of my regular reading sites. Thanks! So far, so good!!!
Thanks for subscribing, Mike. As I said in one of my early posts, I am not doing this for money. In fact, I originally set it up for free subscriptions only. I only changed because some people who wanted to show their support pledged $$$, even though I had not set it up to receive money, and Substack told me that it could not process their subscriptions unless I added a paid option.
That being said, I do appreciate those who have paid subscriptions as a means of showing support, since I do put a lot of time and effort into my articles. In addition, the fact that people would voluntarily do that motivates me to do better.
Thanks again for subscribing.
I believe the Dems abortion position has expanded over time specifically to keep abortion front and center as an election issue. They have become dependant on an "outrage" voter turn out model that requires an intractable wedge issue, and as a result constantly move the goalpost to where it is now, abortion up until birth with no restrictions.
It's the big problem for the Republican Party. There is a clique which runs it, and they most want to retain their own power. They don't work hard to help Republicans get elected. They don't want those pesky Republicans who reflect the rank and file voters of the party. Mittens Romney. His niece. Karl Rove. The Bush family. The Uni-party go-along-to-get-along-crowd. They don't want to throw hard punches. They let Democrats outwork them. They let Democrats cheat and get away with it. This latest election is a harbinger of things to come. 2024 will be more Democrat cheating, more bad decisions by many Republican leaders, and more of same. The stalwarts need to take the reins of the party and run it like a winning campaign.
Yes. See my last paragraph. As the French say, “D’accord.”
Living in NoVa for 23 years, I watched it go red to blue in a few short hops after 9/11. I continue to throw my votes away on Republicans or watch radical Dems wreak chaos on the school boards & county seats while uncontested career officeholders languish in state and national slots. I agree w/ John: Whatever with the mopey excuses, GOP. Be Better. Play Dirty. Stop pouting and find the will and means to win.
Are you involved to make it better? The local GOP is only as good as the people who are actively involved.
"...was prevented from doing so by the Republican establishment..."
The Mittens Establishment.
I object to the label "the stupid party" in this case. We did not appear to have the money to run the barrage of tv ads to counteract the democrat fear porn. At the polls, a so called former Republican said to me that he though the 15 week limitation was a sop to be followed by more and more restrictive laws. I told him that there is no consensus about Republicans for anything more limiting than 15 weeks.
Thank you for taking the time to comment, Kate. I respectfully disagree, however, and stand by my label of "the stupid party." I could give you a long list why, but confine myself to three short points: (1) the VA GOP may well have been short on money, while the Dems were well funded. So, whose fault is that? It has been reliably reported that the RNC refused requests from VA republicans for money. If the RNC was short of money, again, whose fault is that? It is difficult to see how they could be so broke as to not be able to support races that were widely regarded as having a national impact. (2) Maybe the RNC didn't have enough money on hand because they were too focused on negotiating a debate with . . . . NBC! NBC! See Vivek's dissection of the moderator for how much sense that makes. Stupid. (3) When the Dems are flooding the airwaves with abortion ads that claim that Republicans will pass anti-abortion laws that will jail women and that some would get the "death penalty," and the Republicans forfeit the issue by not even responding, that is just stupid. And I'm not even going into all the squishes in the U.S. Senate who undercut the GOP in the House and go along with Schumer and the other Democrats on any number of issues.
So, despite our differences, thanks for commenting and contributing to the dialog.
But are they stupid, or complicit? The national party is arguably a grift, part of the uniparty. Youngkin comes to Northern Virginia, collects $12 million in a weekend, and takes the money back to god knows where. My understanding is not a cent of the $12million went to local NOVA candidates. That isn't stupid, that's deliberate.
Embrace the power of “and.”
In my view, this is the counter-message to the abortion-on-demand extremists:
This isn't just about the unborn.
It is the legitimate role of government to protect life as an unalienable right, even if one is not in a position to speak up in their own defense ... be it the unborn child in the womb, or you or I on life support but with a brain still waving.
In fact, securing such unalienable rights is the whole reason legitimate government exists.
OTOH, those who strive to set the utilitarian precedent of abortion-on-demand today, may end up at risk if/when they become "inconvenient" to family and/or society.
In my view, the way to resolve this, is to Constitutionally define a human life as extending from its natural life-cycle endpoints - conception and brain death. Then let existing laws against murder - and those relevant to natural and accidental death - apply.
Among other things, it keeps the FIBbies from investigating every miscarriage with their usual ham-fisted approach.
Opposing abortion is about more than belief, or even sexuality. It is about the unalienable right to live, and how it is protected from those who would deny it to others, on an arbitrary basis subject to the whims of change, while they themselves still live, along a human life cycle that is a continuous process from conception to brain death.
Well, there are many who would beg to differ. Good luck getting an amendment to any constitution, either state or federal, that criminalized abortion. These pro-abortionists are just as extreme in their belief that it is no one's business what they do with their bodies (except when it comes to vaccinations - they can be mandated).
They tell us to “follow the science”.
The science says that conception and brain death are the immutable endpoints of an otherwise-continuous human life cycle.
Your “former Republican” has a point, if we are honest: how can we justify the killing for convenience of some, if life is an unalienable right? Or has “unalienable” been reduced to a Yang holy word, a mantra without meaning?