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| I've found that the easiest way to spot a true conservative is to look for the guy that is not bad mouthing other conservatives. |
Posted on 04/12/2006 1:07:47 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too
We’ve all seen the e-mail sent out days before an election: “Democrats vote on Tuesday, Republicans vote on Wednesday. Don’t forget to vote! Wink, wink.” Or vice versa. Republicans can be just as juvenile. Generally speaking, such “friendly reminders” are sent as a joke, which then may or may not actually trick a few people. Probably those who are tricked are better off not voting anyway, but that is another point altogether. (In case you haven’t voted recently, everyone votes on Tuesday.)
But there seems to be a new “Republicans vote on Wednesday” taking form in time for the 2006 election. This effort targets grassroots conservatives known for their passionate views about issues who may be open to a grassroots voting rebellion. But the effort is being led, or at the very least aided, by liberals pretending to be grassroots conservatives, as opposed to actual grassroots conservatives themselves.
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But the pretend-conservative act is being carried onto a whole new playing field, one that has become wildly influential over the past few years and one that does not stand to be instantly recognized as a fake. That playing field is the blogosphere, which is then used in conjunction with massive e-mailings to “spread the word” (as one e-mailer insisted I do to my readers/e-mail list) to other conservatives.
The concept is the same: the blog or e-mail claims, first, that the said writer has been a conservative for years and that they have “had it with Republicans.”
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
-PJ
I am currently boycotting the internet.
Lots of disinformation libs post on this board pretending to be Republicans and/or conservatives.
And they've all jumped on the Bash Bush on illegal immigration band wagon.
Dude, I'm in awe of your willpower!
This is a good call-out. Another thing is that some bloggers will use a past GOP affiliation to make themselves popular with the liberal crowd -- hey, look at me! I'm an apostate!
The "Running Scared" blog is like this -- calls itself "former Republican" -- and yet if you read the site, you wonder how they were ever a Republican in the first place. These blogs are linked to by liberal sites -- a lot -- and yet conservatives have never heard of them, or never link to them.
The same does happen on the right. Lots of ex-Dem blogs that are just as conservative as any other. Just a way to sell yourself, I guess.
Dude, I'm in awe of your willpower!
It's been a struggle, but I've had some help from an online support group.
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The blogs and e-mails are convincing in their wording and could incite the sort of reaction that occurred following the Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court. Of course, any liberal could read Free Republic and find out what’s irritating conservatives this week, grab a handful of phrases, and toss it on their “I’m a conservative but voting for a Democratic because of (insert issue here)” blog. After tossing in a few posts about the evils of Hillary Clinton and abortion, the blog is now being run by a bona-fide “conservative.” A few e-mails and link connections later, the message of conservatives voting against Republicans is spread.
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Must be transmitting this message from your toaster or the fillings in your teeth. Cool...where can I have the install done?
-PJ
Thanks for posting this. I've never heard any coherent reasoning for how not voting will get one's point across... if you don't vote, nobody will know why and you will just blend in with the 100 million or so people who don't vote out of pure ignorance or laziness. If you're really so tired of the Republicans that you couldn't possibly stomach voting for them, vote for a third party. If millions of people did that, then at least the nation (and the Republican leadership) would know WHY people aren't voting for them, rather than just assuming that they need to become ever more "moderate".
I read on Free Republic that Pat Buchanan would win in 2000.
They are right about one thing.
If you don't know that elections are always on a Tuesday, you really shouldn't be voting. ;^)
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| I've found that the easiest way to spot a true conservative is to look for the guy that is not bad mouthing other conservatives. |
"Sound familiar?" ping
I won't fault anyone for voting their conscience. I do the "Republican-or-Constitution-Party" dance every four years myself.
But in times like these, it is vital that conservative Americans behave like adults.
There is a difference between voting on principle and throwing a tantrum.
"Staying home" is foolish. Voting Democrat is unconscionable.
I think I may have to sign up on DU to complain about how the democrats are selling out me and my union brothers to get cheap labor. Everyone in the unions should stay home on election day to protest what the democrats are doing. The organized worker is what made America gr....< gag > < gag > Darn, I almost got all the way through the sentence that time.
(And just in case you can't tell, I'm not really in the union. I'll just play a member on DU.)
The problem isn't the Republican Party, it is the people who are posing as Republicans who are elected as Republicans.
The solution is to punish the RINOs. We should create a grassroots "Save the GOP" movement that will begin recall campaigns against RINOs. This would take all the wind out of those whining to abandon the GOP.
By the way, Bush needs to be "bashed" on his immigration stance. His stance will do more damage to the party than all of the demoralizers put together.
Nothing new there - newspaper letter writers have done it for decades: "I'm a lifelong conservative but .... " and then they'll rattle off how much more happy they would be with the donks in office.
There's a difference between educated criticism and "bashing" IMHO...
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