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September 20, 2010

The Official Republican Road Map: No
— Dave in Texas

I'm not a huge fan of the "Contract with America" fanfare/comparisons, but I do recognize the value of putting your agenda front and center. I don't think the "party of 'No'" crap really plays, because the prevailing sentiment right now from a majority of Americans sure seems to be not just "no" but "oh hell no".

That's not a loser. "NO" actually plays pretty damned well.

In an upcoming mid-term fight with the wave surging, you keep the momentum building. ALSO, you pay attention to the message you were handed by the voters in the primaries (a topic of some discussion here recently!)

So this Thursday, they plan to roll out their platform, a dozen or so differentiators, with some fanfare. I want it to be full of "no." No tax increases, no more outrageous payoffs to buy votes with public funds, no implementation of Obamacare, no more strangleholds on our economic liberty, no more shoving money into the public sector at the expense of the rest of us who actually create it in the first place.

No.

Obama whines "they have no ideas. They just say "NO".

You know something, President Wonderful? "No" is one hell of a great idea.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 05:50 PM | Comments (41)
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America! Fuck No!

Saving the the mother fucking day yeah!

Posted by: Ben at September 20, 2010 05:51 PM (DKV43)

2 If Oblahblah was smart, he'd cut the Republicans off at the pass and come out with his own "Compact with America"--since he's shrunk the economy and all.

Posted by: runningrn at September 20, 2010 05:51 PM (8GYOu)

3 Oh, and too bad Lisa Murkowski doesn't know what the meaning of "no" is!

Posted by: runningrn at September 20, 2010 05:52 PM (8GYOu)

4 Obama whines "they have no ideas. They just say "NO".

Obama's "idea" is to take what wasn't working before he came to DC and double how much we are spending on it.

When you find yourself in a hole...the first thing you do is stop digging.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 20, 2010 05:53 PM (bgcml)

Cut government programs first, GOP.

But first, you will blow me NO "D".

Posted by: Speller at September 20, 2010 05:54 PM (qaOKJ)

6 If all we get for 2 years is NO! I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Ronster at September 20, 2010 05:54 PM (q08oe)

7 Which specific Reps have been given the task of writing the new plan? I'm also wondering if any of it will included references to The Road Map.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at September 20, 2010 05:55 PM (yfJ6g)

8 I have a 1 word response....YES!

Posted by: The Hammer at September 20, 2010 05:55 PM (32ubA)

9 If you're going in the wrong direction, going backward is the best thing to do.

(I think C.S. Lewis said something like that, in a much better way.)

Posted by: logprof at September 20, 2010 05:56 PM (BP6Z1)

10 And as I posted elsewhere, the leadership has to realize they have to come right to us, we're not moving to them.

This teavolution^tmis an intervention...recognize and adjust rightward.

Posted by: The Hammer at September 20, 2010 05:58 PM (32ubA)

11 ALSO, you pay attention to the message you were handed by the voters in the primaries (a topic of some discussion here recently!)

Something like this ad, perhaps? It can be tightened up and it maybe doesn't need to be quite so heavy-handed, but this is the gist of it.

Posted by: NM Hick at September 20, 2010 05:58 PM (IzuWw)

12 So, I've got an idea. The federal budget at the end of Clinton's presidency was $1.7T. How about we reduce federal spending to that level?

The State Media says Clinton was a good president and the economy was awesome under him...right? So I'm sure the Democrats would not have any disagreement with cutting Obama's budget in half...right?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 20, 2010 05:58 PM (bgcml)

I'm with you man. the only contract I want to see is HELL NO!

Posted by: exceller at September 20, 2010 05:58 PM (Z7Znk)

14
i like fuck no.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at September 20, 2010 06:05 PM (0fzsA)

15 I saw where Cantor dismantled the argument that extending the tax cuts is a cut. But, what I really liked is he hung the failed arguments/policy on the progressive left.

They've discarded the term liberal, and love calling themselves progressives. This bit of word-smithing is smart on Cantor's part, as it reminds voters the left can change their names, but not who they are. I would expect to see more of this.

Posted by: The Hammer at September 20, 2010 06:06 PM (32ubA)

16 As long as know doesn't really mean yes!

Posted by: TrashCanMan at September 20, 2010 06:09 PM (N1GZi)

"We need to establish the proverbial lines in the sand and show we are serious about limited government," said Wisconsin's Rep. Paul Ryan, a leading conservative who is in line to chair the House budget committee if Republicans take control.

From The WSJ: GOP Aims to Erode White House Agenda

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at September 20, 2010 06:11 PM (yfJ6g)

18 Tipton in CO 3 has a 30 second. ad youtube.com/ watch?v=YYypmYGk-qk Another effective use of the Pelosi image while pointing out votes for stimulus et al.

Posted by: PaleRider at September 20, 2010 06:14 PM (dkExz)

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

C.S. Lewis

Posted by: Speller at September 20, 2010 06:16 PM (qaOKJ)

20 Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

Posted by: Luke at September 20, 2010 06:17 PM (3c81T)

Posted by: huerfano at September 20, 2010 06:21 PM (No0N3)

22 Republican Party: the party of "you're doing it wrong. Again".

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 20, 2010 06:24 PM (1O93r)

23 The Road to Recovery is Paved with NO "good intentions."

Posted by: runningrn at September 20, 2010 06:31 PM (8GYOu)

24 Better The Party of No, than the party of The Party of Nobody's Listening.

Posted by: twiceblessedmom at September 20, 2010 06:33 PM (HjxoE)

25 I remember in 2008 when everyone was crying about "we need to do SOMETHING about the financial meltdown."

Sometimes doing nothing IS doing something.

Of course, that requires courage, something that is in very short supply in DC.

Posted by: wiserbud at September 20, 2010 06:33 PM (EW49d)

She whose name we shall not now speak, is about thirty grand shy of topping 2 million U.S. dollars since Tuesday. Somebody, somewhere must think she can win.

"We're gonna win the game, I guarantee it." Broadway Joe, 3 days before Superbowl III.

Superbowl III: Jets 16, Colts 7

And yes grasshopper, I am old enough to remember it. And yes, I will just shut up about it because I know that you know where this is going (all sports writers, bookies, etc. picked Colts over Jets with a huge spread).

Once I had an Irish girl

She was fat and lazy

Now I have this Yankee girl

Who damn near drives me crazy

OH!

Haul away and up she rises

Early in the morning

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood RN at September 20, 2010 06:41 PM (UL/HQ)

27 You know what I want Contract With America 2: Electric Boogaloo to be, in its entirety?

Dear America,

We promise to do everything in our power to get Barack Obama to leave you the fuck alone.

Love,
The GOP.

That's all I need, really.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at September 20, 2010 06:42 PM (JYuY2)

28 Posted by: Speller at September 20, 2010 10:16 PM (qaOKJ)

--Thanks, much! That was precisely the quotation I had in mind!

Posted by: logprof at September 20, 2010 06:53 PM (BP6Z1)

My Roadmap for America? The Declaration of Independence and the United States frikkin' Constitution.

If it don't fit, then you repeal it, or you vote against it. That's not a very hard concept to put to people.

Posted by: Truman North at September 20, 2010 07:10 PM (HLGCA)

30 Dear America,

We promise to do everything in our power to get Barack Obama to leave you the fuck alone.

Love,
The GOP.

Preach on, brutha!

Posted by: Farmer Joe at September 20, 2010 07:16 PM (e8dsT)

31 Shit, they broke the last one. We don't need Newt II and Trent Redux. Just sack the lot of them.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at September 20, 2010 07:23 PM (Gj9v8)

32 NO. Fuck No. No fucking way. What part of "No" do you not understand? I have three fucking words for you: No.

Posted by: Bitsko at September 20, 2010 08:29 PM (8/KZN)

33 <img src="http://tinyurl.com/2djsq6x">

I think that's about right.

Posted by: Ed Hering at September 20, 2010 08:44 PM (vKZ0t)

34 I want them to repeal Obamacare, student loans, Fannie/Freddy, new EPA regs, new racial reporting for employees, etc., and oh yeah I want my phosphates back in my detergents.

Do not pass a single new law until you have repealed all the crap already there.

Posted by: PJ at September 20, 2010 10:11 PM (QxFRN)

35 If only some group of people, a long time ago, had come up with an innovative plan for a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, and if only they had written it down somewhere. . . .

Posted by: Penultimatum at September 20, 2010 11:57 PM (kgR43)

36 Dear America,

We promise to do everything in our power to get Barack Obama to leave you the fuck alone.

Love,
The GOP.

This is awesome, but let me shorten it even further:

I hopeI'll make sure he fails.

Posted by: someone at September 21, 2010 12:27 AM (DfAwB)

37 $1,993,825.81 Close enough for government work.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood RN at September 21, 2010 12:54 AM (UL/HQ)

38 #35 PJ swiped my comment.

NO new laws. Party of Repeal.
Party of Undo? Could have one-up the D's new logo with a flashy CTRL-Z design.

Posted by: Keapon Laffin at September 21, 2010 05:13 AM (C0XAt)

39 Well, based on the record it'll be "No, but..."

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at September 21, 2010 05:29 AM (VPlpE)

40 caterpillar filter (9N-3368,1R-0751, 250-6527, 9N-6123, 129-0373, 134-6307, 146-6695, 1R-0762, 1R-0749, 1R-0739, 184-3931, 1R-0716, 132-8875, 131-8822, 131-8821, 142-1404, 9N-3367, 117-4089, 1R-0756, 6L-4714, 1R-0741, 142-1404, 1R-0755, 126-2081, 1R-0753, 6I-2502, 5I8670x, 4P-0710, 1R-1807, 4N-0015, 4I-3948, 1R-0771, 1R-0770, 1R-0713, 326-1643, 1R-1808, 6I-2501, 1R-0735, 1R-0726)

Posted by: caterpillar filter at September 21, 2010 07:15 AM (8xxdk)

41 NO!! works for me. HELL NO YOU JUGEARED JERKOFF!! works even better.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at September 21, 2010 08:17 AM (ktYjH)

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