Posted on 06/06/2012 2:17:12 PM PDT by neverdem
BWAAAHHAAAHHAAA!!! Oh my sides hurt! Really?
Look at how FReepdom tore each other up here during the primaries. One couldn't ask a single critical or inquisitive question of many FReepers about "their candidate" for fear of having a new one torn out.
If FReepers can't even remain united without some really distasteful characters mocking, denigrating, maligning and impugning the character of other FReepers because they're not "on board", what the hell do you think is going on out in the rest of the country?
And now, it continues, at an even greater level with the Mittbots attacking those who dare to resist compromising their values, morals and principles to support Mitt.
Meh...The eGOP made this crap sandwich and you think they're going to "compromise" with conservatives in the future? What a belly laugh.
So you’re OK with Obama completing his communist coup and America falling.
Thanks, we all know where you stand - a passive supporter of the marxist muslim!
Methinks Michael Tanner's byline won't be seen there often...if ever again.
I'll be suprised if he doesn't. NRO expresses diverse opinions from conservative to libertarian.
Reading comprehension isn’t your friend, is it?
Where did I say that? Please point it out.
I took your basic premise and responded to that.
And instead of a rational reply, you go on to prove my overall point that civility amongst so-called “conservatives” and rational discourse here on FR is a thing of the past.
Much appreciated.
No question, Romney is a lousy nominee. If the election weren’t so important, I might vote third party.
And what will happen if the DEMs decide to DUMP Obama at their convention, and run someone who could win?
All the anti-Barak stuff waiting to flood the airwaves will be WORTHLESS!
“Congrats for supporting Obama’s communist coup!”
Oh, sure, every time I buy a 7-up, I’m in reality buying a Coke instead of buying a Pepsi. Everyone knows that.
As an aside, you might spend a bit of time reviewing how the Electoral College works. My single vote won’t help elect your guy, RINOmney, even if I were to vote for him, which I won’t.
As I posted my “guy” was Sarah
Clearly you cannot grasp that previews post or my points in #8
Are you one of those commie union thugs from WI?
LOL - WHAT A MAROON!
Good-bye...
We must go forward & remake our RINO GOP elite party or go on to choose a New Conservative Party with the people that WE pick.
The name of the game is tough love & that includes the new 'young guns' that we helped put in office. It seems they are drinking the D.C. water & are not doing what they were sent to do.
Cleaning house includes getting rid of them too, if we don't don't see a change in attitude.
Can’t help myself, I’m compelled to post my Romney endorsement again.
“Who thought a year ago when Conservatives were saying “ANYBODY BUT oBAMA” we would actually get the anybody? It’s time to “swallow the bitter pill”, “eat crow”, “gangrene has set in, time to cut off the foot”. I do not believe voting third party or not voting will result in obama being removed from office. I also believe that electing Romney will not begin to solve our problems but at least we will be able to look forward to elections in 2014 and 2016. If obama is re-elected I believe any future elections will be a complete sham. A bumper sticker that read “VOTE for the RINO, IT’S IMPORTANT” would be in order but may dampen enthusiasm for those that have it.
There, that does it Romney now has my official endorsement, my promise to vote for the Republican nominee will be honored, I’m also going to send a small check to the NRC, probably with a note attached, and a small check to the Romney campaign, with a note attached, and a check to Newt to help pay off his obligations and a note attached thanking him for what he has done for Conservatives, Republicans and the Nation and for stepping forward again in these troubled times and pointing us to the right path even though we chose to turn left.”
Congratulations.
Romney won’t be able to settle for status quo. His entire campaign is tied to his ability to get the economy moving again. You won’t get that by just kicking the can down the road for the umpteenth time.
He’s not the ideal candidate, but he’s to the right of Obama. I hate his Leavitt pick. Not good at all. Leavitt’s too far Left to be this close to power.
That said, health care isn’t off the table and is an important part of our fiscal health as well. Here’s an article that gives some hope to a renewed federalism under Romney: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77074.html
Oh, I can grasp that your points in post 8 are histrionic silliness. And you have a right to support any rino you favor. Some conservatives don’t share your view. Good luck.
A pastel endorsement, but at least you’ve faced reality.
BTW, this supporter of Bachmann in the early primaries voted for Romney yesterday here in Cali.
And, I'll be sending him money! (Not a fortune, mind you, but as much as I can spare without going without.)
Obama can't be allowed to do a full-scorched earth on our fine Country.
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>>The math, however, will remain.
As Jerry Pournelle has been pointing out for many years now, the gods of copybook headings will be appeased, no matter what. We appear to be overdue a good hard reminder of this. It won’t be pretty.
THE GODS OF THE COPYBOOK HEADINGS
Rudyard Kipling
(1919)
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn That
Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place;
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in
Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch.
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch.
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings.
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would
cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Heading said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards
withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four—
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
I respect your right to see this FUBARed situation in any way you wish, but allow me to just lay out another view.
It's a documented fact that Romney is a liberal with a record that would make any left-winger proud. He's not going to suddenly change his stripes, just because he's now the president. In fact, like most first term presidents, he'll feel omnipotent and freshly confident in his vision for America. This means that he'll be following much the same political path as Obama has, albeit without the racist, Marxist overtones of anti-Americanism.
We're very likely to have a Republican dominated Congress next year. If Romney becomes president, he also becomes the de facto head of their party. Given the reality of the game of politics, they're not likely to oppose his agenda, even if it goes against the grain of everything they personally campaigned for in their own quest for office. They're going to circle the wagons around the 'boss'. Such has it ever been in US politics.
Now, if Obama is re-elected, that same Congress will fight him tooth and nail over his agenda. They'll oppose him for the simple fact that he's on the other side (and perhaps because they really don't support his agenda).
In these two scenarios, at the end of four years, you're going to see a lot more progress of the Socialist agenda with the Republican as president, than you'll see with the Democrat as president.
Art of War 101.
Thanks for the ping!
I think it's different this time. The pubbies gave GWB just about everything he wanted, and the independents cleaned their clocks in 2006 and 2008.
Remember when talk about renewing an "assault weapons" ban in 2009. IIRC, Reid and Pelosi said to forget about it, and 64 House rats sent a letter to Holder to the same effect. They campaigned on being pro Second Amendment.
The Tea Party Congress critters campaigned on being fiscally conservative most of all. IMHO, Romney will have to worry most about conservatives opposing him.
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