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1 posted on 11/08/2012 7:22:15 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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What say you?

And what about the Dick Morrises, the Roves, Barones, Rollins, George Will’s the RINOS/CINOS, etc, etc? Should they ride off into the sunset?

Are they now obsolete? Is it time for more grassroots conservatism as espoused here on FR?

Is it time for 100% bottom-up and 0% top-down?


2 posted on 11/08/2012 7:25:17 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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And what about the O’Reilly’s and the Krauthammer’s as well?

Are they now obsolete?

Is it time for a shake-up at FOX News and maybe talk radio as well?


3 posted on 11/08/2012 7:26:47 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

People like you are part of the problem. Never offering any reasonable solutions in the beginning, only complaining when you don’t get your way or when things go bad.


4 posted on 11/08/2012 7:28:40 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Wow, OK.

Romney was not a bad candidate. Certainly the most inspiring one we have had since Reagan. He was the right man for these times, but the public didn’t put 2 and 2 together. That is not his fault, that is the result of a society that has failed ourselves.


5 posted on 11/08/2012 7:29:01 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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I saw nothing wrong with Mitt’s candidacy.

I thought he was much better than the rape clowns who got their asses kicked.


6 posted on 11/08/2012 7:30:28 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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Thank you! This was NOT a repudiation of conservatism, because conservatism wasn't even in the race.

"That is not part of our campaign."
- Mitt Romney's response to being asked what he thought about the outpouring of support for Chick-fil-A's defense of true marriage.

8 posted on 11/08/2012 7:32:24 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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Truth about Romney is he was the third or forth pick among conservatives. Allowing non republicans to vote in our primaries guarantees this type of candidate. we need to concentrate on winning governorships and house and senate races. We also need to tell our candidates not to fall into the trap that the media is going to set for them. When rape and abortion comes up they need a canned answer that precludes the type of statement that the media is fishing for.
9 posted on 11/08/2012 7:32:32 AM PST by ontap
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Thank you! This was NOT a repudiation of conservatism, because conservatism wasn't even in the race.

"That is not part of our campaign."
- Mitt Romney's response to being asked what he thought about the outpouring of support for Chick-fil-A's defense of true marriage.

10 posted on 11/08/2012 7:32:43 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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I disagree with your characterization of Mitt, but even if it was true that would still make him a far better choice than Obama.

Trumpet the ‘conservatism didn’t lose’ line all you want, but the ugly truth is something far more basic DID lose. Common sense lost, the ability to comprehend the most basic economic principles lost, the ability to learn from experience lost, being able to perceive reality lost. Do you really think conservatism has a chance when even the current mess doesn’t drive people to try something, anything else and they hold out their hand to government and say gimmie!


23 posted on 11/08/2012 7:48:01 AM PST by Grig
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Yep. And dozens of FReepers prove the point as they sat out the election on ‘principle,’ giving us—Obama for another 4 years.

I’m supposed to be preparing to retire...instead me and my family will just try to scape by and not become homeless. Thanks Principled conservatives!


28 posted on 11/08/2012 7:58:45 AM PST by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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Psssttt...I've got news for all you “f**k that RINO Romney” folks.Reagan,sadly,wouldn't stand a chance today.Neither would Palin.Why? Because the Rats are winning the demographics war that they began in the mid 60’s with “The War On Poverty” and “Immigration Reform”.For years the Rats,sometimes with Republicans not even lifting a finger to stop them,have worked slowly and methodically to make us a nation of “victims”...a nation of parasites.And they are,at the very least,damn close to having succeeded if not *actually* successful.we are far,*far* closer to Greece than many people realize....and that's *just* the way the Rats want it.
29 posted on 11/08/2012 7:59:18 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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Conservatives know that the lesser of two evils is evil. Liberals roll like pigs in evil as if it were mud.


32 posted on 11/08/2012 8:02:48 AM PST by bmwcyle (Women reelected Obama)
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Romney wasn’t a bad candidate he ran a bad “Johnny One Note” campaign and had bad campaign advisors . He needed to go after Obama with a grape shot cannon and had all kinds of shot to stuff in it instead of using a poison dart blow gun.

In addition Rove who I understand was handling the Senate campaign played games and his material
never warned voters that if Obama gets re-elected as well as senate the chances of repealing Obama care ...AND ALL THE TAX INCREASES THAT GO WITH IT WILL NEVER GET REPEALED


43 posted on 11/08/2012 8:43:24 AM PST by mosesdapoet ("Vengence is mine".....Thus sayeth the Lord.)
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We lose on a national level because our electorate is divided into group identities. We had two intelligent, capable candidates, and we had good issues. We lost anyway. Unless we appeal to ethnic minorities, we can’t win. And it does no good to make derogatory remarks about ethnic minorities.


44 posted on 11/08/2012 8:47:59 AM PST by popdonnelly
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I am sick of the crap. Romney did a good job considering who he was up against.

If the country went for Obama’s free stuff, no conservative had a prayer anyway. If the election wasn’t stolen, I think it was, but, we will never know, they would never have went for a Tea Party conservative. We would have had a worse loss.

Tea Party better fend better candidates than Akins, Mourdocks, O’Donnells and Angles.


61 posted on 11/08/2012 10:42:42 AM PST by dforest
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