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If You Think Presidential Elections Matter

Posted on 04/02/2014 6:51:18 AM PDT by Jacquerie

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21 posted on 04/02/2014 9:07:39 AM PDT by Jacquerie ( Article V.)
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To: Jacquerie
When men rule from a position above the law, it is called tyranny.

Sounds like you're talking about the Legislative and Executive Branches.

22 posted on 04/02/2014 9:12:06 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: dirtboy
To change that, we need more representatives like Ted Cruz and fewer like Lindsey Graham.

See my tagline.

BTW, the NSA is now monitoring our computers.

23 posted on 04/02/2014 9:13:09 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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Which will only happen when we increase the number of persons who adhere to a limited-government mindset.

And what is your plan to accomplish that? If there is one, I'd like to see it.

24 posted on 04/02/2014 9:41:36 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll (Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
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One voter at a time. That kind of change relies on all conservatives to engage everyone around them.

I just don't see more Constitutional amendments being the solution. If they can ignore the 10th, what is to stop them from ignoring the 30th and 31st, whatever those end up being?

25 posted on 04/02/2014 9:46:02 AM PDT by dirtboy
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The stark reality is we have very few Ted Cruz types who can get elected. If you do not believe me, just examine the crop of elected congress critters.

So,,,,we have two choices. We keep dreaming about Ted Cruz types taking over the congress and the White House, or face the stark naked reality on the ground, which is, there are very few Ted Cruz types getting elected.

As the article says “Do elections matter”.
Yes they do in the sense that when you lose an election you have zero power. Ask Romney/Ryan, McCain/Palin, Alan West, Mourdock, Angle, O’Donnell, Joe Miller, Ken Buck etc. how much power they have in molding our laws.

Some think we will just take our marbles home and not play the game. That is the kind of thinking we have Barack Obama types ruling our lives. Please take your head out of the sand!


26 posted on 04/02/2014 9:53:53 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: entropy12

Take my head out of the sand? Puh-leeze. Next I guess you’ll be saying vote for the RINO even though the GOP-E bends over backwards to stab the Tea Party in the back.


27 posted on 04/02/2014 10:17:25 AM PDT by dirtboy
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You can think for yourself. All that needs to be done is take a good look at the stark reality of how many ted Cruz types got elected in the last 2 election cycles. You can decide for yourself if you are OK living with a minority of representation in congress and put up with Barack Obama/Harry Reid/Pelosi running our lives or the republicans who are not as strong as Ted Cruz. There is no third choice.


28 posted on 04/02/2014 10:28:09 AM PDT by entropy12
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That will only change when we get a limited government majority.

Practically impossible with the current fraudulent election system we have put in place.

Change will come about when it is forced to come about either through financial collapse or possibly outside interference.

29 posted on 04/02/2014 12:34:33 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: Truth29
Whatever the cure is, it will not come from within the existing governmental system.



Much Wisdom.

30 posted on 04/02/2014 12:35:51 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: entropy12
Some think we will just take our marbles home and not play the game.

Mitch McConnel for President! Woo! Woo!
John Boehner for President! Woo! Woo!
Paul Ryan for President! Woo! Woo!
Eric Cantor for President! Woo! Woo!
Lindsy Graham for President! Woo! Woo!

POX on your house 12

31 posted on 04/02/2014 12:42:53 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: entropy12
All that needs to be done is take a good look at the stark reality of how many ted Cruz types got elected in the last 2 election cycles.

We got a lot of Tea Partiers put in place in 2010. I think we will do even better in 2014. The point is, the GOP-E has more in common with the Democrats than it does with conservatives, and we need to keep hammering that the establishment in both parties doesn't give a damn about the welfare of middle-class Americans. We have to distance ourselves from the GOP-E so those in the MSM can't associate us with their slimy ways.

32 posted on 04/02/2014 12:48:41 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: entropy12
That is the kind of thinking we have Barack Obama types ruling our lives.

We have Barack Obama in the White House for a second term because the GOP-E wanted Mitt Romney, a crappy candidate who ran a crappy campaign and who eviscerated other pubbies in the primary. Has nothing to do with conservatives picking up their marbles and going home. Has everything to do with the fact that the GOP-E would rather have a Dem in the White House than a conservative.

33 posted on 04/02/2014 12:51:12 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

And I always thought it was the voters in primaries who pick nominees! Thanks for clearing that up!!


34 posted on 04/02/2014 3:22:16 PM PDT by entropy12
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You mean like the 2010 primaries where Tea Party candidates beat GOP-E candidates and then the GOP-E turned around and knifed the Tea Party candidates in the back? After saying for years that the primary winner should have the full support of the party? I guess that only applies when the GOP-E wins.

By the way, your GOP-E pom poms are getting rather worn out. Better give Karl a call and get some shiny new ones.

35 posted on 04/03/2014 6:27:52 AM PDT by dirtboy
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Get it straight, what my strategy is.
I back the most electable conservative in the primaries.
In the general, I always vote against the democrat.
My strategy is exactly same as Ronald Reagan.
I like majority of Tea-Party candidates.
But not necessarily every one.
If all Tea-Party candidates win, it is something to celebrate. But we all know that is not possible.


36 posted on 04/03/2014 9:14:51 AM PDT by entropy12
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