If the cranks, haters, and bigots were expelled from the ´Rat Party, it would collapse.

There is a recognizable handful on this board who would agree with that headline, all the while bragging about their big tent approach and commitment to limited government.

The top down, one size fits all, as sized by entrenched career republican and democrat third tier political hacks is what Rove and his supporters are promoting. Pretty steep learning curve with his followers.

Rockfeller wingers are the new paleorepublicans.

What a ridiculous article. "...marginalize the cranks, haters and bigots..." Is this language a Conservative would use? Of course not. It´s liberal-speak.

So we´ve got the Atlantic quoting Politico who is quoting an anonymous source. Give me a break. This is a liberal slime attack on Brent Bozell and the unnamed Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin.

The last I checked, every crank, hater and bigot I am familiar with are in the Demon-RAT Party.

Michael Moore, Helen Thomas, Robert KKK Byrd, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etc, etc, etc. The list could go on all day.

Of course "cranks, haters and bigots" were never welcome in the GOP, as opposed to the Dems where they are abundant and revered. It´s risky to let The Atlantic tell us who we are.

What bothers me most about this headline is the opposition has appointed themselves to decide what is cranky, hateful, and bigoted. As if one has never heard of a self righteous liberal bigot.

To call Brent Bozell a ´hater´ just shows how silly the use of this word has become. I can´t think of a conservative that I respect more than him. I guess to disagree is to ´hate´ when it comes to liberal logic.

Ditto to #4

Liberals seem to regard all disagreement with their politics as "hate speech." The more one disagrees with them, the more one is a "hater" or a crank or a bigot. No decent, rational, moral person could possibly disagree in substance with liberal ideology.

Of course, to come right out and say and admit this, even to themselves, is not possible. It sounds too. . . well, intolerant, dogmatic, even bigoted. But deep or not so deep down, I think this is really what most serious liberals actually believe: there is no justifiable reason for anyone not to agree with them about politics.

I have no idea who these alleged "haters" and cranks and bigots who are to be "marginalized" may be. Something tells me it may be those who express the most disagreement with the liberal brand of politics. Liberals would like to have a Republican party that is much more. . . liberal. Of course they would. But perhaps they have lost sight of the big picture, i.e. the two party system. Or maybe, like Obama, they are just chafing at what they regard as the unnecessary and immoral delay such a system causes them in implementing their programs which, as everyone but the "haters" knows very well, are only aimed at creating a better, fairer, safer world.

If this just little Elspeth indulging in creative fiction, it looks like the GOP Establishment has a pretty good team of "haters" themselves. It also looks like their goal is a 20% to 80% loss to the Democrats in the next presidential election instead of their usual 47% to 52%.

Watching "The Mortal Storm" right now. The early scenes of intense intolerance for anything but the Nazi way of thinking feel just like being at any moonbat leftist social gathering today.

At the rate we´re going, I will feel no surprise when the later scenes of violence and suppression begin.

Do I hear a new party rising? CBH [cranks, bigots and haters] I think given the context of this article, there are many who would find this a good fit Constitution,Boldness and Heritage.

But we are told everyday by the Democrats´ and their media lap dogs that just being a Republician makes one a Crank, Hater and Bigot. Of course these people only belong in the party of Americian hating Cranks, Haters, Bigots called the anti-Democratic party.

Unfortunately Ms. Reeve, your February 7th thesis received an "F". Now come up to my desk, put on the dunce cap and go stand in the corner.

Resuming the discussion class, let´s talk for a few minutes about the true "haters" of this world...For starters, the card carrying Dark Siders who regard the wholesale slaughter of 55,000,000 innocent little souls as a "constitutional right."

This article is nothing but a smear piece, whether the anonymous person is real or a fabrication of the writers of this article. I have been a Republican since Goldwater and have been to three tea party group meetings in my lifetime. I have never met a crank, hater or bigot in any of the above venues. In fact, I´ve known Democrats who have made racist remarks, since most of my acquaintances are liberal Democrats.

I find that the people who are generally labeled cranks, haters, and bigots are not those things. While the ones accusing them generally are.

Is there a worse hater than Al Sharpton? Or Jesse Jackson? Antisemites both. And Joe Biden certainly falls into the bigot/crank category over and over again with his highly insensitive yuk-ing it up with reporters comments that just keep coming even after the criticism of the Indian mini market escapade. And Obama with his disparaging "cling to guns and religion" comment certainly qualifies him as a bigot.

Well, #11, they are both socialist groups. So you would expect to see tons of similarities. Of course, America isn´t post-WW1 Germany - and the socialists are just about at the end of their stay here in this country, one way or another, though they don´t realize it.

There are two Republican Parties: one comprised of Talk Show personalities, obedient politicians like Cruz, and their follows; the other comprised of everybody else.

I´m amazed their viewing numbers are so high. I stopped watching them a long time ago. And I used to plan my dinner around Brit Hume´s show so I wouldn´t miss it.

Oh,I forgot to add that I also changed my voter registration to undeclared. No political party or news program for me. Truly, I qualify as a crank.

There are no such people in the GOP. They have already gathered together in the democrat party, and the Atlantic Wire is well aware of these facts.

Cranks, haters and bigots never were tolerated in the GOP. What a moron this woman is.

Here is pretty much everything you need to know about Elspeth Reeve (she is, or at least was, the wife of the private named in this wiki article)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Thomas_Beauchamp_controversy

They all live in the Democrap party anyway, why the concern?