the question I have for everyone who’s anti Romney.......who did you work for during the primary election we held this year? No matter who it is, do you feel bad that you didn’t work hard enough to nominate him or her? Does your mythical candidate have perfect positions on every single issue? You can’t go back and find a vote on an amendment that can be turned into some kind of anti conservative vote? Will your candidate be able to withstand the criticism of other conservatives who don’t agree that your candidate is the perfect conservative?
the question I have for everyone who’s anti Romney.......who did you work for during the primary election we held this year?
***I supported Sarah until she didn’t run. Lost a bunch of money on that one. Then I supported Santorum.
No matter who it is, do you feel bad that you didn’t work hard enough to nominate him or her?
***No.
Does your mythical candidate have perfect positions on every single issue?
***Nope. Right now I’m going to vote for Tom Hoefling, who is the freeper Eternal Vigilance. What I like about Tom is that he answers pings. Sarah never did that.
You can’t go back and find a vote on an amendment that can be turned into some kind of anti conservative vote?
***Actually, on a couple of things Tom is more conservative than I am.
Will your candidate be able to withstand the criticism of other conservatives who don’t agree that your candidate is the perfect conservative?
***Probably not. For me, there only a few rock-solid conservative planks. Guys like Romney and Giuliani throw out most of them.
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I’m a big tent republican.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1821435/posts?page=18455
Here’s an analogy to work with. Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top. Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks. What you’ll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff won’t have room. The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff. A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. We’re often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in. Folks such as Rudy or Romney flunk some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone else’s rice would do just as well. All that remains for us to agree on is which are the bedrock principles and which are not. Why would there be so much invective aimed at rudy or romney from the right? Because there are some bedrock principles that he is leaving out. Bad move. I see rudybot and romneybot postings all the time saying that they would vote for Hunter or Palin, and I see socon postings that say they would not vote for rudy or romney. That’s a BIG indicator of a few bedrock principles that are being left outside the tent in order to let in some rice.
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