Comments on: Not One Red Cent http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/ "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." - Will Rogers Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ted Fischer http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15482 Ted Fischer Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:47:26 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15482 Or we could be a movement that elects the people we need. I have a site that asks 470 conservative Americans to run for federal office. 470americans.wordpress.com Thank you Or we could be a movement that elects the people we need. I have a site that asks 470 conservative Americans to run for federal office.

470americans.wordpress.com

Thank you

]]> By: Stanford Matthews http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15487 Stanford Matthews Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:10:26 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15487 I'll have to get over here more often. Either by luck of the draw on posts I have a chance to read or that the number of bloggers with the view expressed here are rare, I don't find many that share my right leaning non-partisan view. I’ll have to get over here more often. Either by luck of the draw on posts I have a chance to read or that the number of bloggers with the view expressed here are rare, I don’t find many that share my right leaning non-partisan view.

]]> By: Basil http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15490 Basil Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:08:23 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15490 Yes, you're correct. Stopping funding of the GOP would benefit the <del>Taliban</del> Democrats. But the Republicans know that ... and would panic. The benefit to the Dems would only last until the GOP came around. I'm proposing that we still do without the money we'd otherwise have contributed ... by putting it into a savings account. When the GOP comes around ... and they will ... we can release the money. But not until the GOP comes around. Is it satire? It might read like it. But it's less satire than the GOP and Democrats themselves. Is this risky? Might it play into the hands of the Dems? Sure. If the GOP doesn't come around, they're not worth supporting anyway. The Dems are still worth opposing, but the GOP isn't worth supporting. Until they get their act together. Yes, you’re correct. Stopping funding of the GOP would benefit the Taliban Democrats. But the Republicans know that … and would panic.

The benefit to the Dems would only last until the GOP came around. I’m proposing that we still do without the money we’d otherwise have contributed … by putting it into a savings account.

When the GOP comes around … and they will … we can release the money. But not until the GOP comes around.

Is it satire? It might read like it. But it’s less satire than the GOP and Democrats themselves.

Is this risky? Might it play into the hands of the Dems? Sure. If the GOP doesn’t come around, they’re not worth supporting anyway. The Dems are still worth opposing, but the GOP isn’t worth supporting. Until they get their act together.

]]> By: Stanford Matthews http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15485 Stanford Matthews Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:31:51 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15485 Whether we are 'party' people or not, we live the outcomes of party politics. Would it be fair to say that if those who typically fund the GOP stopped, even with getting their attention, the immediate benefit would go to the other major party? And that would negate any benefit of getting their attention. I say this because unless the 'ye who has the most money wins' program in American politics is removed universally, the balance under this scenario would shift all political power to the other side. But then I am not sure how much of this is satire or serious. Whether we are ‘party’ people or not, we live the outcomes of party politics. Would it be fair to say that if those who typically fund the GOP stopped, even with getting their attention, the immediate benefit would go to the other major party? And that would negate any benefit of getting their attention. I say this because unless the ‘ye who has the most money wins’ program in American politics is removed universally, the balance under this scenario would shift all political power to the other side.
But then I am not sure how much of this is satire or serious.

]]> By: Basil http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15488 Basil Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:08:15 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15488 Except I'm one of the good guys. Except I’m one of the good guys.

]]> By: Skye http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15489 Skye Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:57:06 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15489 Reminds me of the <a href="http://www.notonedamndime.com/boycott/Jan20.asp" rel="nofollow"> 'Not One Damned Dime' </a>campaign. Reminds me of the ‘Not One Damned Dime’ campaign.

]]> By: Swap Blog » Blog Archive » Not one “red” cent http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15486 Swap Blog » Blog Archive » Not one “red” cent Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:41:19 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15486 [...] up a candidate in the Goldwater and Reagan line not the Bush / Ford line. Give Basil’s full “Not One RED cent” post a read here. Swap This These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...] [...] up a candidate in the Goldwater and Reagan line not the Bush / Ford line. Give Basil’s full “Not One RED cent” post a read here. Swap This These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...]

]]> By: Good Enough Mom » Not one red cent http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15483 Good Enough Mom » Not one red cent Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:34:27 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15483 [...] those disillusioned (and conservative) among us, I would recommend this read over at Basil’s and hop on the [...] [...] those disillusioned (and conservative) among us, I would recommend this read over at Basil’s and hop on the [...]

]]> By: Big White Hat http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15484 Big White Hat Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:16:07 +0000 http://basilsblog.net/2007/03/30/not-one-red-cent/#comment-15484 My deal is that I'm just too cheap. My deal is that I’m just too cheap.

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