tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post4630629226967208044..comments2023-08-24T02:15:12.289-07:00Comments on GIVE ME LIBERTY: The Bridge to the Tea PartyBob McConnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10835887894440610126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-38704387594977044172011-03-26T17:57:14.541-07:002011-03-26T17:57:14.541-07:00I left the Republican party on priciple. It is no...I left the Republican party on priciple. It is no longer the party of conservatives. If someone exceptional comes along - and I don't see any shining stars in Colorado at least, do you? - I may register GOP for a day, like many people do. Otherwise, like independent voters everywhere, I wait and see. Having been through the primary process I think the deck is stacked in favor of establishment folks anyway. This is not sour grapes, just factual observation.Bob McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835887894440610126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-11308741589407230482011-03-26T17:44:53.037-07:002011-03-26T17:44:53.037-07:00I'm a Ron Paul Republican through and through....I'm a Ron Paul Republican through and through. As far as I'm concerned, he's the only candidate who is serious about doing away with the fed, putting in place a non-interventionist foreign policy and ending congressional earmarks once and for all. He also is the only candidate who consistently has offered a plan to change our country's ridiculous drug policies that do nothing other than line the pockets of south american drug lords by making drugs more valuable. <br /><br />Now in terms of who you support, what good is your support if you can't vote in a primary? Will you register for the day to vote than unregister after?Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-50815412938014562222011-03-26T13:33:09.258-07:002011-03-26T13:33:09.258-07:00Mike, I'd support Michelle Bachmann. I think ...Mike, I'd support Michelle Bachmann. I think she's shown extraordinary leadership in Congress in light of a VERY dug in establishment GOP. I will support any candidate regardless of party affiliation who shows true allegiance to conservative values. Thanks for asking...who would you support?Bob McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835887894440610126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-5497899848137236982011-03-25T19:54:03.373-07:002011-03-25T19:54:03.373-07:00Bob, in the event that both Michelle Bachmann and ...Bob, in the event that both Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin run for President, whom will you support? Since you're no longer a Republican and will be ineligible to vote in the primary, will you lend your voice to one of these candidates or oppose them because they are Republicans?Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-79782695364622604792011-03-10T07:51:59.152-08:002011-03-10T07:51:59.152-08:00Thanks for your thoughts. I have to say that in c...Thanks for your thoughts. I have to say that in campaigning around the 3rd District and meeting hundreds, thousands of tea party folks I never heard a racist comment and don't recall meeting a "birther." There must be a fringe to that organization I haven't encountered. I won't dismiss their principles because of the media portrayls that are just inaccurante by my experience. Give the concepts a chance.Bob McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835887894440610126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6988379699709308694.post-8205279767924833732011-03-10T07:01:06.427-08:002011-03-10T07:01:06.427-08:00When the Tea Party drops the racist signs, calls f...When the Tea Party drops the racist signs, calls for Birth Certificates, and their need to inject THEIR God (and no one else's) into our political system, I'll support them as the viable third party this country sorely needs. Until, then, they're still nothing more than the fringe of the Republican party, whose interests they still serve.Get_Realnoreply@blogger.com