Posted on 05/14/2012 12:11:34 PM PDT by Kevin C
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said Monday he will not compete in primaries in any of the states that have not yet voted — essentially confirming Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination. Mr. Paul said he will continue to work for delegates in states that have already voted and where the process of delegate-selection is playing out. He said that’s a way to make his voice heard at the nominating convention in Tampa, Fla., in August. “Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted,” Mr. Paul said. “Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.” He did encourage his supporters to still turn out and vote. His decision not to compete for new votes in other states leaves Mr. Romney as the only candidate still actively fighting for voters’ support.
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Well then, it’s time to dump the GOP, since it’s obviously corrupted to the point of no return.
Until then, I’m voting Virgil Goode and Constitution Party, regardless of how much of a “wasted” vote it is.
My goal is to somehow against hope get conservatives to see the light, dump Romney, and choose an actual conservative alternative.
” - - - I ask those on this thread who have so vociferously attacked Romney here, what is your goal? You say that you believe that America will be equally bad off under either Obama or Romney, but you only attack Romney. What are you trying to accomplish? “
THANK YOU for asking THE question so clearly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My goal is to defeat the insanity of Keyensian Economics in “both” of our very sorry political parties THIS YEAR!
This can be accomplished by choosing a stellar Dark Horse Nominee, such as R-Rep. West of Florida, to slaughter Obama in a November Landslide.
The key is to FORCE the GOP-E to allow for an OPEN Convention in Tampa. Without an OPEN Convention the SOS of INSANE Federal Spending will keep America on the same crowded track with Greece, and Kalifornia.
There are over 15, 000, 000, 000, 000 reasons why spending more money this year than was taken in during the previous year is an INSANE path to financial destruction.
Neither Obama or Romney have presented a plan to spend our Federal dollars in a non-insane manner.
For example, the GOP Elite have stood in line to endorse Romney, endorse “The Ryan Budget,” and compromise-away every opportunity to reduce Federal Spending.
I included the Ryan Budget, because Rep. Paul Ryan himself says that his “Budget” will balance in 30 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, I added those exclamation points for your benefit, because both you and I know that Ryan’s budget will NEVER balance, and thus never be a fact. The exclamation points are just for volume emphasis.
Your own personal moral short comings are not my fault.
IF you believe that “ - - - Quitting is un-American, “ THEN will you join with us to DUMP Romney and campaign for an OPEN Convention in Tampa?
Here here. Time to "go Galt" politically. Romney does not deserve our support any more than Obama does. So why support either of them?
The problem with "stellar Dark Horse" candidates is that they often are exposed as being far less than stellar once they are out in the spotlight. That was true about Herman Cain this cycle, and about Fred Thompson last cycle. It is a rare, rare person who can be an effective conservative candidate. Really the last good one we had was Reagan and he spent decades honing his craft, and he achieved the Presidency in a media environment that was in some important ways far less punishing to conservatives than what we have now.
Rep. West is almost completely untested and inexperienced on the national stage. To nominate him when he has built no national following would be the ultimate Hail Mary pass. Conservatives are supposed to be conservative. Nominating the guy who is best known, most proven, and most well connected is the conservative approach.
By your actions here you are supporting Obama. Fact.
Your actions here are indistinguishable from those of someone who wants Obama to win. There is nothing moral about that.
Sorry,I meant in our local neighborhood.
If that's how you wish to interpret, well, I can't stop you. I just hope Romney doesn't disappoint you too much.
That is reality.
That’s delusional, I saw no such thing, but instead Palin’s supporters attempting to destroy Romney. Palin had a strategy, destroy Romney without actually runnning against him. She thought she could take her war to Fox News, but it failed, caused Romney is too smart. I am one of the few who have been an adversary for Palin, while Palin has many of her people attacking Romney constantly. So what you say just isn’t true, instead, it seems like a Saul Alinsky strategy. You can’t get away with that. Palin sent her bots over from conservative4Palin. No such thing was done by Romney. There has been no war by Romney against Palin, unless you consider one lone voice to be a war. But it’s only because someone is telling you the truth. Romney has been very gracious towards Palin, despite her attempts to constantly undermine him and trying to deny him the nomination by calling for his nomination to be overturned at the convention. That is a war, and it failed. Please don’t accuse Romney of the vile actions of Palin. It’s wrong and completely untruthful.
There is no comparision between McCain and Romney. McCain was the true Washington insider, he actually was part of the Estalishment. Romney, as a one term Governor and life long Businessman, is actually outside of the Establishment, despite all the smear Romney Propoganda to the contrary. McCain wasn’t skilled as a Presidential Canididate. He actually didn’t win the nomination by fighting hard for, he made backroom deals with the Establishment and was getting help from Huckabee. But that’s ok, cause I think Romney was just learning the ropes. I don’t really think it was his real goal to actually win that time. He just needed to learn the ropes, so that he could kick ass, without the backroom deals. That’s why Romney is tough, he won by learning to fight. He didn’t do like McCain. He fought for it, he is as tough as he is smart. Why do you think the Palin supporters hate him so bad. Because Romney is that tough. Palin talks tough, but all she has is buzz words. She is the daughter of a teacher, she acts just like it. Cause the educational field is full of people who just do lots of B.S, wiouthout really knowing what they are talking about, it’s called Buzz words. And she uses them so well, cause she’s the daughter of a teacher. It’s a very socialist thing and way to talk. And Palin does it well. But Romney actually understands what he is talking about. That’s why he’s tough. Unlike Palin, who is a fraud. McCain and Romney are nothing alike at all, two completely different animals.
By the way, Romney has never said one bad word about Palin, but Palin has many of her supporters trying to harm Romney politically. Romney has shown a great deal of restraint, he has noticed I am sure. Palin has attempted to undermine Romney on Fox News. Romney has demonstrated tremendous restraint in not falling for her plot. So it is Palin who does what you accuse Romney of. Only a good man could have such self-restraint in the face of such temptation. It is the reason why Romney is the man that he is.
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