Was there any doubt at all that the timid little geek would give in to the big bully on the corner?
My favorite saying: “The Republican party, the go along to get along party.”
I have never been wrong in saying this statement. It happens every time, over and over and over. It’s like Groundhog day.
It would be funny if we didn’t lose some of our freedoms each time they “compromised” (real meaning caved in) away any real progress they may have made.
They, alone, are responsible for the mess we now find ourselves in due to their suicidal desire to jump over the cliff as lemmings do....each and every time.
A third party is desperately needed NOW, for if we stick with the GOP (and their hand picked candidate, Romney) we will go past the point of no return and all become slaves of the Socialist government.
I’m sure there are a few naive congress people who actually believe they’re in the opposition party. But the truth is the GOP leadership loves their perks and insider trading deals as much as the democrats.
And you’re right about Romney. When he loses to obama the headline will be “TEA PARTY VOTERS STAY HOME”. Whether they stay home or not.
I’m convinced they’re in on this with the dems. They volunteered to be cold hearted at Christmas. And I’ll also say that cutting unemployment benefits to 59 weeks accomplishes only one thing: The number of people on unemployement will fall and so will the official unemployment rate. And obama will get the credit.
What's really needed is a new second Conservative majority party.
Relegate the Republicans to miserable third party status and hopefully they'll just disappear or just become Democrats (that's what RINOs secretly want anyway.)
We won't get one until we change the rules that keep third parties down. The main thing to change is election laws on the state level, state by state. We don't need any constitutional amendment to do it. Just have your state allow the instant runoff ballot. If someone wants to vote third party, he has the option to do so, and not throw his vote away altogether. Just give a second choice and if your first choice doesn't make it, your vote gets redistributed to your second choice.
That way, you can vote for a conservative, and your vote still goes to the Republican, until the conservative one day has more votes, and wins outright. But it will never happen until we change the ballot. As it stands now, you'd be throwing your vote away.
I think that, MORE important than having a third party, it would be better to lessen the effect of the two existing parties. Term limits would do that. The 'good-old-boy' cliques would go away.
It is sad when the politicians, republican and democrat alike, cast votes based on political positioning rather than what is best for the country.....