Comments on: GOP Governors See Bleak Future For Party

Washington Post: After Election Losses, Republican Governors Try To Plan For The Future At Meeting In Florida

[windmaster12]

The GOP got caught in the web of their own
Propaganda Machine--
The Rovian Goebbell''s style Nonsense
They spewed about Obama Being a Terrorist-
Socialist-Muslim
Only works on the Dumb a$$ Red Hicks
The Younger people and Educated won''t buy
That BULL SH__

Character Assassination, and Stereotypes-
are Nazi tools for fools.

The Mostly white GOP doomed itself
By false innuendo and Religious Hypocrites

New Party Slogan should be:
White People In glass Houses Shouldn''t throw stones
And I''m white!!!!

[billster68]

Interesting topic. Believe me this nation needs at least two viable parties. Having just one party in control doesn''t seem to work too well. Obviously one primary reason the GOP is in such a mess is because of the shortcomings of George W. Bush. Selecting Cheney as VP for his first term was a mistake - - W does not like to admit or even address his mistakes. He has no intellectual curiosity about this kind of stuff. He is a lazy thinker. For his second term, he repeated his mistake - - instead of taking the risky lead and correcting the Cheney problem he and the GOP big wigs re-ran Cheney for VP - - instead of bringing up a fresh new candidate that could help the GOP''s obvious lack of future leadership. What a mistake! In my view Cheney didn''t really bring anything essential to the second ticket - - he is secretive, arrogant, single minded and a true "behind the scenes" kind of guy. Besides being an unsafe bird hunter, he is from Wyoming - - a minor state with little political clout. If Bush thought Cheney was so essential he could have positioned him a key place elsewhere in his second administration - - but knowing all Cheney''s failings and lack of popular support - - he was picked again for VP - - what a short sighted choice. So no one was there to pick up the pieces of today''s failed presidency and lack of leadership. The GOP has certainly earned it''s current lack of popular support and growing reputation for arrogance. Get your s--t together GOP - - this nation needs you.

[yeswecan09]

Three things come to mind that will save the GOP:

1 -- prove that the GOP is fiscally conseravtive; this is going to be hard to prove since GWB.

2 -- realize that the demographics of the country are changing; to survive the GOP can not remain the all-white party.

3 -- seperate church and state; encourage religeon but keep it out of GOP politics.

[jjp735i]

The GOP moved too far to the right. The GOP lost what it meant to be a "Conservative". The GOP should have stuck with "Fiscal Conservative" and not moved to "Social Conservative". For the past eight years the GOP was more worried about who married who or who decided not to carry a fetus to term than it was about spending and waste. The GOP carried on so much about "morals" they forgot they are human too and got swept up in scandals of s e x, drugs and bribes. The past eight years were run by relegious nuts, with Talaban like authority and the GOP got cought up in it. It''s about time Americans woke up and removed them from power. And what has the GOP learned? Nothing! Palin was so far right, most backed away from her and yet they think she might make it in 2012? Wake up GOP, this country is not and never will be run by a Talaban like group again.

[jamshied]

REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, AS LONG AS THEY STICK TO THEIR SO-CALLED SOCIO-CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY.
IT IS A SIGN OF BACKWARDNESS, USING OLD CANNED IDEAS AND REJECTING FRESH AND REFRESHING IDEAS IN A FAST CHANGING ERA OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION AND SCIENCE.

THEY ARE STIL BUGGED DOWN WITH RELIGIOUS IDEALOGICAL HANG UP WHICH THEY HAVE USED IN THE PAST AS A TOOL TO FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIMES.

THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT TO PREACH AND TEACH RELIGION AND ETHICS DERVIVED FROM IT. THIS MATTER SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE PREACHERS ON THE ALTERS IN THE HOUSE OF WOSHIPS. THE GOVENMENTS OBJECTIVE AND ROLE SHOULD BE BETTERMENT OF PEOPLES LIVES IN THE SOCIETY, ECONOMICALLY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY.

JUST LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF ABORTION;
IT SHOULD BE A MATTER OF PRIVATE CHOICE. THE CLERGY OF A GIVEN RELIGION CAN TEACH AND PREACH THEIR MEMBERS AGAINST IT AND TELL THEM THAT IT IS SINFUL OR UNGODLY OR WHATEVER.
BUT THEY, THE RELIGIOUL IDEOLOGS, CANNOT FORCE THEIR BELIEF ON THE OTHERS BY LEGISLATING RELIGION. NOBODY IS ADVOCATING ABORTION , THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. THE PHRASE "PRO-CHOICE" IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO ABORTION ADVOCACY BUT IT REPRESENTS A NUTRAL POSITION AND LEAVING THE MATTER TO WOMEN AND FAMILIES.

FOR REPUBLICANS TO GET BACK INTO COMPETITION, THEY SHOULD REWRITE THEIR SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF SELLING GOD OR TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO ARE SELLING GOD.

[ertyui4]

we are all socalists now prepare for unemployment 10-25 percent and gas 7-9 dollars a gallon,,,,,,like other socalist countries

[ddaryl1]

I sincerely hop ePalin is the face of the GOP for the next couple of years.... She will pander to the religous right, and the neo-con think tank and she will make Bush look like the 2nd worst president ever.

I fail to see what Palin can do for this country, her idealogies are whacked

[Gary Kempf]

GOP Governors See Bleak Future For Party

It was reported that one governor was heard stating,"The bright spot, is we no longer need to use a P.A. system at the January meeting at the Waffle House." The governors refused to disclose the location the Waffle House in Florida.

[ddaryl1]

maybe republicans should have embraced the working class and provided help.

Maybe republicans should have stop the smear campign and actually stayed on the issues.

maybe getting cozy with evangelicans and the religous right is a mistake. I''m not voting for evangelican beleifs therefore I can never vote for republicnas.

maybe allowing neo-con thinking to rule the party was a big mistake.

maybe realizing trickle down economics only rewards the wealthy and screws the foundation of this country which is the middle class worker..

anyone who voted for Bush once needs to look themselves in the mirror and realize that it was you who caused this mess.... Yes you !!!

[paidgopshill]

Oh liberal poppycock! The GOP has a brilliant future as soon as the people start blaming Obama for all their problems.

Posted by gop_will_Win

God is firmly in the GOP corner as well. Democrats make Jesus cry.

[pkelly79]

Sarah Palin will save the day for the GOP. Haahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha. The GOP is dead - good riddance!

[mytoosense]

The Republican Govenors have gathered to figure out what went wrong with the election.

So far they have determined that the creation of Fear, Providing lip service only to morality issues, legislating with greed first and offering nothing but apathy to the have-nots in America was not enough to sustain their control and power.

They have decided that it was a mistake to vocalize their support of conservative ideology such as small government, fiscal responsibility, and a strong domestic economy while doing the opposite to a degree that caused everyone (even the Democrats) to shake their heads.

Well, Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets hope these clowns don''''t learn their lesson and remain the minority party for a long time.

[gop_will_win]

Oh liberal poppycock! The GOP has a brilliant future as soon as the people start blaming Obama for all their problems.

[renonv5]

Bleak future?? I believe they are finally getting it.
You are going down boys!!

[Gary Kempf]

GOP Governors See Bleak Future For Party

This bleak Future was written,directed,produced by the Republican Party.

[notopennshut]

As long as they have Palin "betcha-ing" for the party, they are destined to "wander in the desert" for the next forty years. So I "betcha" that this prophecy will come true as long as the "maverick" reigns!! lol

[farmerbb]

Please don''t use Bobby Jindal as an example of what Republicans could be. This is the guy who with a biology degree, wants creationism taught in LA high schools. Pandering to the religious right, he relinquished his own brains.