The Board of Directors of the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs (GFYRC) have come together to strongly denounce and condemn the actions of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and others for using their positions of influence to foment disunity and disharmony among the supporters of the various Republican candidates still in the race.
“It’s hard enough to reunite after a tough primary process,” said GFYRC Chairman Jason Shepherd. “But the over the top statements by these individuals, who many of us have looked up to for so many years, will make it much harder to build enough trust for the Republican nominee, regardless of whom he is, for the GOP to unite this fall.”
The Georgia Young Republicans who voted to pass the Resolution include supporters for every Republican candidate still in the race including Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, and Mitt Romney.
“This isn’t only about supporting one candidate for President,” said Shepherd, “But Republicans will also need to be unified to make sure we win close races up and down the ballot from State House and Senate to Congress. They talk into a microphone or TV camera with no consequences and it is us activists that must pay the price as we fight for our candidates precinct by precinct.”
The Resolution reads as follows:
Whereas: Political Pundits like Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and Ann Coulter, along with other talk show hosts in national and local markets, have viciously attacked Republican candidates running in the primary election; and
Whereas: Many of these same pundits have used their shows and their vast audiences to spread disunity among Republicans when we need to be uniting to face the greater threat to our national security and well being that is embodied in the Democrat candidates for President; and
Whereas: Despite all of these pundits invoking the greatness of Ronald Reagan, none of them have paused for a second to remember Reagan’s 11th Commandment; and
Whereas: Each of the above named have, through their actions and words, lost the confidence of millions of their fans and Republican voters; and
Whereas: The members of the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs are prepared to support our nominee, whether he is Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul or Mitt Romney, against the real threat, the Democrat nominee; now
Therefore, be it resolved, this 5th Day of February, 2008, that the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs strongly condemns and denounces the actions and speech over the past several weeks by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and others for breeding contempt, disunity and hatred among the Republican Party in order to bolster their own careers; and
Therefore, be it FURTHER resolved, that the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs praises talk show hosts like Neal Boortz, who, despite making their preference known, have chosen not to make it their mission to tear down other GOP candidates.
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This is the best thing I’ve read all day. I’m proud of this! I personally voted for McCain because I think he’s our best bet in the general election, but I will support whoever wins the GOP nomination against Hillary or Obama.
Wow, the Republicans are eating their children.
“Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and others for breeding contempt, disunity and hatred among the Republican Party in order to bolster their own careers”
Just not their year. You know there is still time to sign up to run for office as a Democrat. The undertow of turnout may wash more than a few Republicans out to sea. These opportunities come once every 20 years or less.
That’s the most grown up action I’ve seen for a while in GA politics.
Do you think you guys can have a word or two with the Speaker?
Today I was proud to vote Against Sean Hannity. I will be happy to support any of the Republican Candidates, but I have to say I would really enjoy to see Hannity have a breakdown.
In case you haven’t noticed, the GOP candidates have been doing a pretty good job of tearing down each other.
“The Board of Directors of the Georgia Federation of Young Republican Clubs (GFYRC) have come together to strongly denounce and condemn the actions of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and others for using their positions of influence to foment disunity and disharmony among the supporters of the various Republican candidates still in the race.”
As opposed to say the disunity and disharmony their ilk creates in America? Way to have you priorities straight.
Ms Midtown,
In the case of the GFYR, it is a case of the children eating the old guard.
I have also grown tired of Rush, Hannity, Beck ect… telling me that thier guy is the only conservative and being so negative during the primaries. I am through with them. Thier day of major influence has passed.
For the record:
I have not wasted ONE moment of TV time watching the Hannity Blow Job Show in over 5 years.
For the record, I haven’t listened to Rush Limbaugh ever since he proclaimed on the day after the November 2006 elections that he was (and, I quote) “Through carrying the water for these Republicans…”
Looks like he’s back carrying the water for the Republicans. Perhaps he also gives them blow jobs as well as Hannity does.
The GFYRC condemns Republicans who support their preferred candidate. Is this supposed to be a good thing?
All of those talk show personalities have been correct at least 51% of the time. We listen to them because they are right more often than they are wrong, and because they are amusing.
I don’t care what GFYRC thinks.
We had Romney, McCain, and Huckabee supporters vote in this. It is the temperment of the pundits, regardless whether they support Huckabee, McCain or Romney, that we have an issue with, not who they support. It’s like I have said on here a million times…don’t tell me how evil some other guy is, tell us how great yours is.
In the end, the Democrats are the opposition and we need to be able to not only win the White House, but win up and down the ballot. That doesn’t work if people are so disgusted they stay home.
Of course, that may be what these people want.
Sheesh Bill, you are invading my turf.
It is very telling here that the young Republicans drafted this resolution, for it show that they AGREE that Hannity, Coulter, Rush, et al, have been shills for the GOP.
Someone NEEDS to shout to the GOP that they are so far off base – literally- and so far from their principles that they DESERVE defeat.
If the YR’s were truly interested in conservatism and saving the party, where were they when Saxby, Johnny, and the entire GA GOP delegation were doing the bidding of GWB and throwing the platform and every aspect of the party creed in the garbage?
Oh yeah, they were working on their staffs.
The GOP must die and be reborn.
Some of the hands around its throat are surprising, though.
They shouldn’t give Boortz a pass on this, he’s been dumping on Paul since day one. Too bad Boortz is more concerned about keeping the war in Iraq going than freedom and liberty in this country.
Seriously?!
If the YR’s wanted respect, they would declare that the idiot talk show hosts should also show some well-deserved respect to the other party in the effort to discuss the issues like rational human beings.
But no, they’d rather just make sure the idiot hosts are party-loyal.
Brilliant. Can you possibly spend more words on a less helpful Resolution? Maybe you can resolve to wipe each others’ butts while you’re busy making resolutions that won’t address the divisiveness in our culture?
Boortz is too busy pitching that tax reform con job to be at the forefront of the party bashing.
Indy,
If the Dems get in, the terrorists will be given free boarding passes in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan to come to America.
Dems LOVE the terrorists. They are their kind of “pepes.”
Bill,
The GOP loves the terrorists more – at present they are the party’s only raison d’etre.
The GOP has left the borders open for them and if they save up the money Bush is paying them for their cease fire, they can afford the fare here.
Two parties, one poison.
“open borders?”
Ooh, so those stories about the Homeland Security and FBI folks breaking-up cells BEFORE they entered the country from Canada…that’s just “open border”, huh?
Bill:
Only in recent weeks has there been an semblance of security on the Canadian border.
When your boys get tough with the Saudi financiers of terrorists, maybe I will be impressed.
Oh Please NO! Talk radio hosts express OPINIONS! Why the shock of it all is just way too much for me. While I have officially voted for NO ONE today here in CA, I would like to vote for the Young Republicans to GROW UP. It’s an election, we should have strong differing opinions on our side. We are a big party and we can take a little divisiveness. The only party I am aware of with no internal fighting is the communist party. I actually LOVE the fighting, it makes me feel alive!
Geeks
Indy,
Quite honestly, I don’t recall any story in the last 6 weeks. The stories I am referring to date back several months.
Indy,
You’re such an expert. With all of your knowledge, you must work for a government security agency or work on the homeland security or intelligence committee. Or surely you did extensive research when you got your PhD. Perhaps you got your information from your daily intelligence briefing on security initiatives. I wish I had the same access to information that you have, because you sure are an expert. What did you tell CNN when they asked you to be an expert panelist on AC360?
Make sure you don’t fall out of the chair when the arm breaks, boss.
Oh yeah … about the story in the post. Let’s see, how do I see this …
WHO GIVES A FLYING ____?!?!?
They’re radio hosts with radio shows, listeners and oh yeah … ratings. They’re entertainers, not Party operatives. They’re getting paid to say what they say and they don’t say it unless ratings tell them it’s ok.
I can’t stand any of them. They’re morons as far as I am concerned, but who the you know what cares what the Young Douchebags of Atlanta or whatever is passing for or againsts these cheesedi&$#!?!
GAWire,
You shortcircuited there, buddy.
Are you DENYING that the GOP rammed through NCLB, Medicare D, doubling the Department of Education, and nearly doubling the national debt during a single administration?
My ‘expertise’ comes from the GOP RECORD, bubba.
Read it for yourself and weep for what this party of bozos has done to your country.
I was driving and saw a yard sign that was 1/2 Obama and 1/2 McCain with the caption “A House Divided”.
What occurred to me is they have no idea how united they are and have very similar taste in candidates.
I always enjoy a good laugh at the expense of WASP naivete.
Yeah, JB, McCain and Hussein rhyme.
Hey TPSoCal, talk show hosts (particularly conservative ones) also LIE. Frequently.
Not that any of their listeners care about the truth or anything.
There’s a difference between passionately supporting your preferred candidate, and passionately disparaging the other candidates. Many of these pundits in question have openly pledged to support the Democratic nominee over McCain. Granted, I’m not a super-partisan type myself, so I watch this spectacle from a detached distance. However, judged by partisan standards, that is ridiculous.
For what little it may be worth, I tip my hat at the YR’s for making the statement. I do the same for Erick’s recent outspokenness regarding the Speaker here in Georgia. This has been a pretty bizarre week in seeing GOP grassroot activists finally voice out for a change against buffoonery from party leaders and public figures.
“I have also grown tired of Rush, Hannity, Beck ect… telling me that thier guy is the only conservative and being so negative during the primaries. I am through with them. Thier day of major influence has passed.”
I did no such thing
I am no McCain fan. I think the reason Rush and company that supported the out of control liberal spending from Bush are ripping McCain is they want to be right about him loosing in 08. The truth is we all loose with a choice between Hillary and McCain it is 4 more years of Bush.
I do think my friends from the young Republicans are right about the tone of the election. I Disagree with McCain on policy, but I have tremendous respect for John McCain and his service to our country.
Shep and the Young Republicans have always been respectful to other ideas even if they disagree.
As for Dems I would say the same for Obama! I am lost how anyone after watching Billary could vote for him/her.
“This has been a pretty bizarre week in seeing GOP grassroot activists finally voice out for a change against buffoonery from party leaders and public figures.”
Indeed. I have stopped to marvel at this point a lot this week.
SteveP, as it worked out my vote and yours each counted the same as Erick’s – ZERO – in winner take all Georgia.
Erick has done well to cast heat on the GOP House Leadership. Over on the Senate side, things look pretty good, and not just by comparison. Count me aboard the dump the Speaker movement with Erick.
It makes me glad to be a Cagle supporter.
As for the national side, the heyday of the Hannities, Coulters, and Limbaughs is past. Now there are far better and less biased sources of information on the Web. As a point of reference, this site is FAR better than the lamentable RedState and DailyKOS by virtue of the diversity of the bloggers.
The GOP candidates each seem to be poisonous to 50% of the base, so the creative destruction of the GOP seems assured for the top spot. Unless I am mistaken about the mood of the people, there are plenty more GOP officials in deep danger.
This is a time best spent encouraging and campaigning for the blue dog Dems as the best hope for conservatism, while strangling the GOP with an unrelenting grip, except for the relatively few worth saving like Cagle, Coburn, Sanford, Westmoreland, DeMint and the RSG in the house.
I am looking forward to the rebirth of conservatism out of the Republican’s ashes.
Oh, the naive of youth.
Indy,
Again, you are allowed to peacefully “blog” this evening because the Homeland Security and the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are communicating with each other like they have never been able to before under the likes of the Clintonistas’ reign.
meant “naivete” – too much wine watching returns
I am shocked, shocked beyond belief, to see Indy say something postive about five (fraudsters) Republicans in the same sentence.
Perhaps we’re on our way to finding common ground.
At least progress it is progress for those of us who are still calling ourselves Republicans and very much realize we have problems at most levels of our party, but still believe that our house is a major rebuild, not a tear down.
We’ll welcome the rest of you back on board when you feel we’ve made sufficient progress, and will still welcome your help fixing up the place, even if you’re not willing to call it your residence yet.
Indy,
The problem is many of you will not face the facts that Indy brings up which is frustrating. I have never seen any of you challenge Indy with anything more than talking points!
Bill:
Where I spend my time, no terrorist will come.
Count on it. I do.
An out-of-control government is a far greater danger.
John Konop:
That is what makes it so delicious to blog here. Most of the folks they continue to support have betrayed conservatism in a very clear, demonstrable, and incontrovertible way as defined by written standards.
They are GOP partisans. I am an Indy who has probably contributed more than any of them to the GOP, in money and votes. I take personal offense at what the charlatans have done to MY party.
I don’t suck up, don’t make excuses, and, in the near term, don’t vote for their idols, except Casey Cagle, or maybe Paul Broun and he hasn’t been sworn in yet.
I will openly admit that we’ve had about 6% of our e-newsletter subscribers unsubscribe over this stance, but the positive comments in return have drawfed the negative.
Bravo, Young Republicans….
Bravo!
This is going to tick off a lot of people but here goes:
1) I don’t listen to Hannity enough to know what he’s been saying so for the sake of argument I’ll agree he’s an evil dude.
2) Coulter’s comment that she would campaign for Clinton if McCain were the nominee is outrageous and the YR’s are right to condemn her.
3) Laura Ingram said tonight she disagrees with McCain but will support him if he’s the nominee. What’s wrong with that?
4) I listen to Rush a lot. I disagree with him when he’s says it might be better to have Clinton in the WH than McCain. That being said he’s been critical of McCain on issues for years and frankly McCain has deserved criticism on a number of issues. Rush has also been critical of Huckabee on issues but so have a lot of people right here on this blog.
If Republican candidates can’t stand for their records to be examined by Rush Limbaugh then why are they running?
I don’t like all the talk from people like Rush, Glenn Beck, Dr. Dobson etc.. about “sitting this one out”, or “going third party” but let’s face it, we’re about to nominate a guy who seems to take perverse pleasure it ripping fellow Republicans. That doesn’t sit well with a lot of folks.
Despite my numerous problems with McCain, I will vote for him in November for three reasons; a) he will aggressively prosecute the War on Terrorism, b) He promises to try to make the Bush tax cuts permanent and, c) He’ll fight wasteful spending.
I’m willing to suck it up and support McCain and I hope Rush, Beck et.al. will come around. I just don’t think some of the people on the YR’s list should be condemned for criticizing candidates on their records.
Rush Limbaugh is a big pansy. What does he know about honor? Exactly how many times has he been divorced?
Screw Rush.
A ticket headed by John McCain will be pretty strong in the fall of 2008.
As Republcians, we have to come together. I will say that those who have sour grapes should probably quietly take leave and allow those that are fired up and excited to lead and move forward with this effort.
There are too many people who are exicted and are willing to work hard in the November 2008 election to tolerate the negativity, cyniscim (sp?), and lack of leadership out of those who are more focused on being upset because their particular candidate lost.
Likewise, I hate to say it, and this will upset some, we have some elected officials who have acted more like spoiled children during this primary season. They need to decide if they can be a part of a McCain team moving forward toward victory or perhaps they too need to take a leave from public service and remember its not an entitlement.
SOME “fellow Republicans” deserve to have their heads ripped-off, and frequently.
Buzz, this is not an ice-cream social party; it’s a political party.
Buzz, and there are those not on the list who should be. Maybe Glenn Beck. I don’t know because I don’t listen to him, though I did when he was on WGST. I listen to Rush a good deal. I don’t listen to Laura at all, but I have heard a good deal of stories.
Much of what I have personally heard from Coulter and Hannity in particular, and to a lesser extend, Rush, goes beyond talking about other’s records and goes to even bashing supporters of other candidates when they call in. These guys and gals have become embarrassments, so they all get a slap on the wrist. Same reasons people have discussed banning GOPeach and Debbie. We’re not asking anyone to be banned from talk radio or boycotted, or anything else. We’re just saying we’re tired of the tone that these people set.
Rush suggesting just today that there is a media conspiracy to announce the winner early to influnce the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones for McCain is the kookie stuff I’d expect from the black helicopter crowd, not someone with 20 million listeners. You mentioned the Coulter for Clinton Campaign and Hannity has gone off like a lunitic against anyone who’d dare not vote for Romney. I know there are anti Romney people doing the same thing on their shows. However, tonight the polls were a resunding reputiation against these people. That speaks a lot louder than a resolution from some YR group.
It is a controversal stand we’re making, but it’s never easy to stand up for the right thing.
Buzz,
I too will vote for McCain in November, and expect him to do very well due to his independent appeal, but it is a sad state of affairs that he is the best we could do. I just hope he has the sense to select a VP who can help the party going forward. (As always, I suggest former Budget committee chairman John Kasich or Ohio, he’s likeable, and a fiscal conservative.)
Total implosion for talk radio.
Did everything to stop McCain – he finished 1st
Said a vote for Huck was for McCain – 5 states
Bet it all on Romney in California – wipeout
Talk radio has become the newspaper endorsement. No direct influence.
As I’ve said before on this blog and others:
“If Huckabee is on the Ticket I will not support it”.
Now, I won’t go as far as Ann Coulter and activly campaign for Hillary. But I’d rather see a Democrat in the WhiteHouse than support a big-government theocrat like Huckabee.
I’m supporting the GOP for one reason and one reason only: fiscal issues. I couldn’t give one flip about gay marriage, family values or abortion. Huckabee’s record in Arkansas is clear – he is for more taxes, more spending, and the ‘compassionate conservatism’ that has caused this party to lose its way.
Long term this country will be better off to take it in the shorts and suffer four years of a Clinton or Obama reign than to allow the only (viable) political party that espouses limited government to continue down the ruinious path that our President is taking it.
That said I’m happy for McCain.
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