The problem with Progressive Republicans (Infiltraion)

[dave44]

From The Senate Conservatives Fund

"Former Republican U.S. Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) has donated $5,000 to the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia.

Are you surprised?

You shouldn't be. There's a pattern of liberal Republicans abandoning the Party. •Arlen Specter switched parties when he was challenged in a primary by Pat Toomey (R-PA).

•Charlie Crist left the Party to run as an Independent when he was challenged in a primary by Marco Rubio (R-FL). Crist later endorsed Barack Obama and is now running for Governor in Florida as a Democrat.

•Lisa Murkowski abandoned the Party to run as a write-in candidate after she lost the primary to Joe Miller (R-AK) in 2010.

•Dick Lugar refused to support Richard Mourdock (R-IN) after he lost his primary in 2012. Now Lugar is openly backing a Democrat in Georgia who could cost Republicans the majority in the Senate this year.
PRIMARIES MATTER

The Republican establishment accuses us of being anti-Republican when we try to replace incumbents with true conservatives, but our candidates actually believe in the Party's platform and they don't leave it when they lose an election.

The establishment only cares about the Republican Party to the extent that it gives them power. Once it no longer serves that purpose, they take their marbles and go home. Their ideology is power.

The establishment keeps telling us to just elect more Republicans, but what good is that if the Republicans we elect don't share our values?

Republicans have a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives today, but they have helped the Democrats raise taxes, increase the debt limit, and pass full funding for Obamacare. And now they are planning to pass a bloated farm bill and amnesty for illegal immigrants.

This is why the Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) works so hard to elect true conservatives who are grounded in their support for limited, constitutional government. Establishment Republicans simply aren't committed to our principles and they can't be counted on to change Washington.

ELECT TRUE CONSERVATIVES

If we want to stop the liberal policies that are destroying this country, we need to send principled leaders to Washington. "

[gmd52]

You also failed to mention James Jeffords,( I, Vt.), who left the Reb. party, and switched to Ind. while still in the senate....he'd still be there except for retireing his seat with the onset of altzimers disease......His seat is now held by Bernie Sander's, perhaps one of the most outspoken member of the senate, but definitly not a conservative....we lost one there. The time is definatly right for the formation of a strong Conservative 3rd party, but not sure there are enough of us left, there doesn't seem to a large core of young conservatives coming out of colleges today. But I will admit, the ones that I've heard, and talked to are impressive....I hope that they can make a difference, and do it in my remaining lifetime.......Gary

[dave44]

Well Put GMD!

I have been finding more and more young people that actually understand that the reckless and illogical leadership we have been seeing is getting us into a large hole. I have hope, but young people generally have to be hit with a brick before they learn anything. Might take awhile.

[unclebuck257]

Never liked Lugar anyway and I knew Arlen Spector back when he was in office in Philly. He was a lib then and he NEVER changed, no matter what party he was claiming.