Posted on 04/20/2012 8:09:50 AM PDT by xzins
Ok you can count on m, but it would really be a second party, since we only have one currently.
I support Conservatives.
I don’t support Socialists.
For example, I don’t support Mitt 0bamney, a slightly less Socialist guy than our current President.
I will find Conservatives to support, and usually those people will be Republicans.
This isn’t too hard.
William F. Buckley’s “The most conservative person who can win” standard must break down in the face of Socialist V. Socialist. Voting for a leftist will never have our principles win.
back atcha
I never read any article that starts with “Fourth.”
Survive or fail, our support comes from above.
You know, there’s a movement forming in this nation, and it saddens me to realize the Republican party and especially Conservatives haven’t tapped into it.
Colton Dixon was voted off American Idol this week. In his parting solo, he once again sang a song in praise to the Christian God. His Twitter account is on fire today with supporters praising him for his testimony.
There is a river undercurrent flowing past us at this time. If we’re too stupid to tap into it, we don’t deserve to prevail.
Bruce you have very elequently explained why we must eat the turd sandwich the GOPe has served up. Pass the ketchup please, because I don’t think I can get that one down this time. Two landslide presidential elections and yet we need to take the advice of the group that chose GHWB over RR, got it.
BTW, thank you for your comments. I appreciate it.
Do you really think the GOP-e will allow a challenger to an incumbent Romney in 2016?
I don't see it that way.
If Romney get's in, he will trample on conservative values, and the establishment beltway Republican's will be destroying anyone who dares to challenge the incumbent. In 2016,many of the fair weather conservatives will be saying we have to vote for a second term because a President who appointed a Sandra Day O'Connor type is better than one who appointed a Kagan type even if both vote equally against the Constitution.
Bare in mind that some of us live in hopelessly blue states so we have an opportunity to voice our disgust with the GOPe, without changing the result.
Many wonder just what happened to the Tea Party 'wave' -where is it? I suggest it still lives REGARDLESS the RINO establishments efforts to muzzle it.
REMEMBER THIS -the first assault upon the Tea Party by those seeking to muzzle it and its elected was all about 'moral issues' versus 'pocketbook issues' -simply put it was a divide and conquer strategy that focused upon potential differences rather than principled consensus ALL THIS premised upon the fallacy that power grabbing progressives including RINOS adhere to, winning control of the big government throne; RATHER THAN simply seeking limited government.
Next time a Republican tells you that your moral issues do not matter realize you are listening to a RINO or one of the progressive RINO's useful idiots!
This thread represents the very best in your thinking, you eloquently put my thoughts to pen in a way that I wish I could.
I think you wanted your post to be to Thorliveshere
Translation: Lock your most deeply held convictions and principles in a box, and vote for the big government Socialist, Romney.
Conservatives have the most leverage right now to influence a Romney presidency. Take a look at the linchpin policy areas, find agreement and make him commit to certain appointments, etc.
Obama lurched hard left, but Bush was steering in that general direction already. Romney isn’t going to lurch hard right, but he’ll have to steer to the right of Obama.
It is naive to think that the establishment is going to roll over and die. We have to win and hold Congress and to do that we need to win the war of ideas. We’re doing that with abortion and gun control as too great models. It’s easier and easier to push the conservative agenda in those two areas. We need to get another Justice Thomas to replace Ginsburg and conservatives should be locating several candidates right now. Get the GOP leadership to acquiesce to that in exchange for our support.
Levin had a great rant on his radio show last night about all of the anti-conservative positions that, I believe it was the Chamber of Commerce had endorsed. E.g. lax immigration policies, various government subsidies, etc. It was a good explanation of how being "pro-busines" is often at complete cross purposes to being conservative and free market-oriented. Of course he calls these people corporatists. And I think we all can see Mitt Romney would be the ULTIMATE Corporatist-in-Chief.
EVERYONE is “in a precinct”....do you recruit like minded PCP’s? Do you participate in finding good candidates? Do you fund things that help the individuals you support? Do you help find and then vote for the conservatives in your precinct/county, whatever?
Still believe in the Tooth Fairy, do you?
A Republican dominated Congress will roll with Romney's big government, liberal agenda, where they'd fight tooth and nail against a president wearing the enemy's jersey.
I don't know why this is so hard for so many people to understand.
AND, yes, YOUR last paragraph is absolutely correct!
If it’s close, you think Romney’s actually going to win?
Conservatives are going to stay home this year on POTUS. I think its going to effect the downticket races too.
In WA state, McKenna HAD a fighting chance. Now, as absolutely repulsive as Jay Inslee is EVEN TO DEMOCRATS, he’s going to win.
I’m writing in Petraeus. In a perfect world, he’d be my candidate.
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