Posted on 07/27/2012 3:37:16 PM PDT by Signalman
The first reason is easy: Barack Obama. It is shocking to think that a Marxist could ever be president of the United States. But it happened. People always ask, “How could those people have sat back while ________________ came to power. That could never happen here.” Well, it did happen here. As a nation, we sat back and let Barack Obama win in 2008, and look at what we got. Granted, John McCain was not much of an alternative.
Some people might argue that the reason I don’t like Barack Obama is because he’s black. There’s no truth it. There are a number of black people I would love to see sitting in the White House, not because the’yre black, but because their worldview is right.
In fact, it’s the white half of Obama that I don’t like. How could his mother, who is white, associate with so many self-avowed Marxists? Didn’t she know how socialist, Marxist, and fascist policies have destroyed nations? Didn’t she realize that it was socialism and Marxism that has kept much of Africa in poverty? Let’s not forget Cuba, North Korea, East Germany and East Berlin, and the former Soviet Union. The facts are there for anyone to see.
Surely she had some idea of how the supposed Great Society programs that became law under Lyndon Johnson have wrecked the black family, turned the poor into a dependent voting-block that is beholden to a single political party with the result that the Democrat Party takes blacks for granted and the Republican Party ignores blacks because it has almost no chance of getting their vote.
Blacks have been duped by blacks. You don’t have to be in chains to be a slave, and there are more blacks in slavery today than there were in the 1850s.
If Romney wins, there will be a coattail effect, but not if disgruntled conservatives and Paulians stay home. This means that we can beef-up the conservative votes in the House and Senate. If we don’t get behind Romney, it’s almost assured that we will lose congressional seats.
Some will say that Romney’s just like Obama. That’s nonsense. Is Romney as conservative as I would like to see in a candidate? No. But he’s more conservative now than when he was governor of Massachusetts. The primary forced him to the right. Will he remain as conservative as his recent rhetoric seems to indicate? I don’t know. That’s why we need a strong Congress to put a brake on any broken-promise policies.
There are lots of people who believe Ron Paul’s going to get the nomination at the convention. It’s not going to happen. If it were to happen, he would lose bigger in November than Barry Goldwater lost to Johnson in 1964. Paul gave it a good shot. Did he get revolution started? That remains to be seen. But he didn’t win. Get over it for this election.
Romney’s been going on the attack. His comments on Obama’s “You didn’t build that” speech was fiery and passionate. This conversation with Brian Williams encouraged me that Romney’s not afraid to take on the media and doesn’t need a teleprompter. An exchange that Romney had with Brian Williams of NBC News was priceless. Williams, apparently reading from a script, asked Romney if it was true that he’s looking for an “incredibly boring white guy” to be his vice-president. Here was Romney’s reply: “You told me you were not available.” All Williams could say was, “Touche.”
These two encounters might not mean much, but they can be tipping points in an election. They give confidence to Romney, and they put the media on notice that they’re dealing with someone who’s not afraid to fight back without being nasty. Let’s be clear: The media are a fifth column. They’re going to do everything they can to get Obama re-elected. They can’t admit that they made a huge mistake in 2008.
The majority of Americans aren’t as conservative as most readers of this website. We’re still dealing with an electorate that’s on the government dole. They need Obama to win. There’s not much that’s going to change that except a national collapse. There are a lot of people who think that would be a great idea. It would be horrific. No one will come to our aid.
I don’t believe in messianic politics. I don’t believe any candidate is going to save us. Many of the problems our nation faces were created by us. We’re government drunkards. Too many of us like government programs that benefit us while we rail against programs that don’t. If you send your children to government (public) schools, you’re on the dole. You might not like hearing that, but it’s true. You’re not paying what it really costs. You’re using some of your neighbor’s money.
If we play this election right, Romney will give us a chance to right the ship of State. Liberals aren’t afraid of making small gains. We didn’t lose this nation in one election; we’re not going to get it back in one election.
Reason number one is enough for me.
I won't vote for a pro-abortion, anti-gun, socialized medicine, big government liberal.
Either one of them.
/johnny
I saw one even try to break it out with math.
You had me at hello :)
Yeah..let’s NOT see how that could work out for ya...
If you vote for Obama, you get a lying, baby-killing statist. If you vote for Romney you get a lying, baby-killing statist. Either way you get a lying, baby-killing statist.
I’m writing in Palin at the top spot. Pure, republican ticket up & down, and also pure conservative.
ABO, works for me.
Didn’t take long...
I don’t look upon it as voting FOR Romney. I’m voting for the only ballot choice with a chance to unseat Obama.
/johnny
Is Romney as conservative as I would like to see in a candidate? No. But he’s more conservative now than when he was governor of Massachusetts. The primary forced him to the right. Will he remain as conservative as his recent rhetoric seems to indicate? I don’t know.
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ROFLMBO
What else to do? It's all they've got ; )
Somehow missed the attach...history shows the attacks normally come from the “No Way I Am Voting For Romney” crowd, but...Brilliant response regardless.
Voting against Obama
Here’s a discourse of the anti-Romney posters on Free Republic:
I’m supporting Michelle Bachman.
What! Bachman supports Romney! She’s a rino
I’m supporting Newt Gingrich.
What! Gingrich supports Romney! He’s certainly a rino
I’m supporting Cain.
What! Cain supports Romney! I guess he’s lost it too.
I’m supporting Rick Perry!
What! Perry supports Romney! What an idiot!
I’m supporting Santorum.
What! Santorum supports Romney. He must have fallen, too
At least I have Palin.
What! Palin says that she’ll support the republican candidate! She’s wacky.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1485700048001/palin-anybody-but-obama/
At least we have Limbaugh. . . .don’t we?
No???
So, they change their logic: “You know, all these posters on FR who are going to vote for Romney are actually Democrats or Rhinos. Let’s rip them to shreds.”
"I feel that all people should be able to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation."
- Mitt Romney, 1994, former Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board member
He has stated a conservative position. Obama has demonstrated the opposite and wants four more years to compete the job he has started.
You’all need to get off your high horse and take pity on yourselves and your children.
For now it is still a free country...I certainly respect free rights to vote or note vote. I just know the regulars who jump on these threads to to tell argue the same lines over and over.
Romney is pro-life now. He has seen the light.
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