Posted on 06/11/2019 9:12:01 PM PDT by Trump20162020
If Amash is still getting 1/3rd of the GOP primary vote in this district, it is not beyond the realm of possibility he could translate that to upwards of 5%. The disgruntled ex-GOP Congressman Bob Barr got 0.4% in 2008, enough to deliver North Carolina to Zero that year. Ex-NM Gov. Gary Johnson took 1% in 2012 and 3.27% in 2016 as the Libertarian nominee. That was enough (along with renegade RINO Egg McMuffin, personally recruited by Willard the Rat to try to give Hillary the election) to prevent Trump from winning five states including CO, MN, NV, NH & NM.
Sadly, yes, there are a lot of voters who ARE that stupid. Brainwashed, ignorant, misinformed or delusional, many of whom either know nothing about the candidates or benefit from the corrupt status quo and are happy to watch it all burn down around them. The result of allowing this Republic to turn into a democracy (two wolves and a sheep deciding on what to eat for dinner). Voting should be a privilege, not an automatic right.
Amash is a D#=/
And then after all that, Barr tried to sneak back into Congress again as a “Conservative Republican” in 2014. Thankfully, Barry Loudermilk stomped him 2-to-1 in the runoff.
I lost it at the Gorn Captain.
It will be moochelle obozo. Take it to the bank.
Since the Michigan primary is coming up here’s a poster you might want to use abd spread around
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3749188/posts#40
“A-Hole Amash is lower than low.”
He will change parties and run as a Democrat.
A demonrat won’t get elected in that district.
Polling at this stage is meaningless.
The trouble with Libertarians is that they demand 100% agreement with them, and if you do not comply, they will dedicate themselves to helping the Dems attain 50 years of socialism, —just to teach YOU a lesson.
Yep. That about sums it up exactly. No gray area with them. It's either all one way or all the other way.
It’s West Michigan, I grew up there. Remember the Johnson tsunami in 1964? It was a Goldwater Tsunami in that district. But now that social issues are a really big deal, it’s also important to note it’s a highly socially conservative district as well (think “Betsy De Vos/Erik Prince/“). Dems have as much chance there as Republicans in Detroit.
The only lesson the libertarians are trying to teach is they have a better system. Unfortunately they have a few flaws in their beliefs that’s what caused me to leave. but the ideal for me would be the freedom and small government of the libertarians and the values and fiscal approach of conservatives. Not impressed by the adherence to the constitution of the republicans some of whom call themselves conservatives.
I would really favor a jungle run-off election, so the Libertarians could have their fun in Round One (“we got an awesome 6%, —Let’s par-TAY, pass the dope!),
—and then in round Two they’d be flushed.
I’m only 80 mi away in the 7th district, one of the most conservative in the state.
Unfortunately, they are lousy teachers incapable of strategic thinking. The only actual teaching has come from Ron Paul and Rand Paul, and they’ve had enough sense to understand that in order to grow their movement, they need to be, for now, a caucus within the Republican Party, instead of spinning their wheels burning gas, burning tires, making noise, but getting nowhere. In 50 years, what has the Libertarian Party accomplished? — nada, and it looks like nada fading infinitely into the future.
Amash is toast; leftover RINO garbage.
I agree. They barely even keep the philosophy alive. I think i remember one election where they got 1.7% But I left for their positions on defense, immigration, and abortion. Not good enough for me. Dangerous for the country.
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