"Taking the GOP back from the radical right" by Michael Stafford

[urparanoia]

@TheCommonManUSA -Conserves have become increasingly more radical since the Dubya years.Sure tea bagers are the worst of the lot but conserves and conservatism have been destroying the middle class since the election of Reagan.Let's not forget Reagan was the 1st to make us a debtor nation.Nothing will change in this country until small minded voters develop a understanding of the issues and realize that conserve whore Limbaugh and Fox News never say anything that has anything to do with reality

[urparanoia]

@TheCommonManUSA Why save the GOP- Conservatism is the problem.Greenspan admitted to congress that conserve ideology he had believed in for decades is flawed and caused the financial meltdown.The idea of business self regulating simply doesn't work.OTC derivatives and greedy mortgage writers caused this mess.Greenspan was warned of the dangers but didn't take the advice since conserve "thinking" appeared to be working until it didn't.It also didn't work when the S+L crisis cost us 125 billion $

[neilrest]

Has it taken you thirty years to speak out, or thirty years simply to notice whit's been done with "your" party?

Ten years ago, "your" party was buying fistfuls of airline tickets to fly their pros from D.C. down to Florida to have fake riots to intimidate the ballot counters.

First, look around yourself to see why you're so slow.

[waynemccranie]

I for one am not joining a political party that associates it self with conservatives hard right or not they have always been pro business and anti union from Reagan up to today. If you are advocating just a watered down version of the tae party I'm out.

[chafenhimer]

Yeah, I agree with this video. The Republican party isn't conservative at all.

[SKeller4USPresident]

How about a coffee party member as a candidate?

[odizzle10]

What happened to the real republicans like Theodore Roosevelt? If Teddy Roosevelt was alive today He would be labeled as a tree hugging liberal with a penchant for war mongering "I believe in corporations. They are indispensable instruments of our modern civilization; but I believe that they should be so supervised and so regulated that they shall act for the interest of the community as a whole."- Theodore Roosevelt

[bishop3687]

as much as i want to believe in what you're saying, in my heart the way of compromise and real bipartisanship is dead. liberals and conservatives, not the fringe of either, could get this country back on track. not only that, by the civility of a tip oneil and a ronald reagan could, if given enough voices for it, could see to it that the fringe has no place in politics. as an avowed liberal with ideas, i'd love to have a real conservative to debate. sadly, there isn't any anymore.

[alliandrina]

As a conservative, I agree only in general with what you are saying. Overall what you are saying in this video is just to vague (except for the denunciation of fringe movements). What do you mean by "care for the legitamacy"? What are the "fundamental problems of this country"? What do you consider a responsible conservative/republican? How do you suggest helping middle class people? How do you suggest helping people without violating their right to live their life (not hurting anyone)?

[BentleyGadget]

The extremists are the reason I left the Republican Party or, should I say, it left me. Ronald Reagan must be turning over in his grave.

[pkcrossing89]

George Washington was the only Independent president. Let's hope we have another. One like him. One who doesn't believe in parties.

[chafenhimer]

@pkcrossing89 couldn't agree more

[nogivenogets1]

The last time the Republican party was usurped by the left we ended up with Neocons.

the coffee party is not Right wing, it's the left wings version of the tea party.

[heylover3]

those tea party guys ar so extreme. they want the gvmnt to control its spending, balance its budget, and follow the constitution. I bet Franklin and Jefferson would find people like this to be radical and extreme. what we need are more Bush republicans... who like endless spending, endless wars, and to ignore the constitution. they need to be more like the democrats and then they'll be accepted.

[KentuckyKid84]

@heylover3 Some points:

1) Are you actually listening to what he says in the video? He's calling for responsible, focused, and more effective spending. Where does he say anything about endless spending and the such?

2) How does the government spending money violate the Constitution?

3) A balanced budget amendment would tie the government's hands, making it much more difficult to spend in areas that need more money.

4) Tea Partiers held signs arguing against raising the debt ceiling.

[KentuckyKid84]

@PhilipPorter I second that. I am a Progressive Liberal, but I don't want to see legitimate Conservative ideas disappear. Liberals and Conservatives need rational people on the opposing side coming up with new ideas and keeping the other side in check if those ideas are wrong-headed or completely without logic; otherwise, Democracy doesn't work. Winding up with one political party surviving is as detrimental and dangerous to the country as giving the Tea Party any kind of legitimacy.

[PhilipPorter]

I`m not a conservative but I admire your stand and wish you all the luck that you will surely need!

[Apollinian]

There's no point in rescuing the GOP from the Tea Party. The precise reason the Tea Party was able to get in is because the GOP is a corrupt party housing a decrepit political ideology, which is the same exact problem with the Democrat Party. The two party system is not just a false dichotomy, but a harmful one, one that shuts out all other parties, other parties with precisely the new perspectives and energy needed in this new century. Don't fight for the GOP, folks. Just wave goodbye.

[thor97470]

watching the republican party destroy itself from within helps me sleep at night

[jtimester]

see this is the republican party that i can respect. I don't respect the republican party of Rhetoric and empty words, I respect one that actually has rational ideas to solve our nations problems. Same goes for the Democratic party

[santiagowechsler]

@TheCommonManUSA you are not a Republican are you?

[santiagowechsler]

Hell Yeah!!! Let's elect another Goerge Bush and start more wars and grow the Department of Education and create another massive liberty and dignity sucking bureaucratic body like the Department of Homeland Security and TSA... because that's what the Republican Party really stands for.

[muttgooch]

Sorry Dude, just because you woke up next to Michele Bachmann after a Kool-aid drinking political rage, doesn't mean you get out of buying her breakfast, and going to church with her.

[GTR66960]

REFORM THE TAX LOOPHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xyzoneon]

RNC/Foxnews are not going to allow people that don't play along into their circle. Republican party is a lost cause, and so is the Democratic party for that matter. It's not about the parties. It's about the real control behind the parties, which is money paying for campaigns and in the salaries of today's politicians in their future jobs.

Do you think cigarette apologist and whore John Boehner gives a damn about "ideas"? He'd laugh loudly at the notion, as would the rest of the select few.