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The case for voting Republicans, even those you think are Rinos
10/18/2014 | chrisnj

Posted on 10/18/2014 4:45:34 AM PDT by chrisnj

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1 posted on 10/18/2014 4:45:34 AM PDT by chrisnj
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To: chrisnj

“Come on Charlie Brown, kick the football”.


2 posted on 10/18/2014 4:48:16 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

The GOP is the only legal entity that could have stopped the destruction of America. Instead, Carl Rove and the Bush gang and their fellow GOP elites are carving out thier own domains and hope to only stem the blood as the rest die for them.


3 posted on 10/18/2014 4:53:05 AM PDT by x_plus_one
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To: chrisnj

Spineless republicans get more conservative when they are amongst conservative republicans. They will follow the pack.


4 posted on 10/18/2014 4:53:36 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: chrisnj

You can’t teach politicians a lesson. It’s a binary question and all they care about is votes. If conservatives want conservative politicians we need to get involved. Lobby the politicians, fund the politicians we want, and get involved in the process. Get off your sofa and get involved.


5 posted on 10/18/2014 4:54:05 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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The idea of taking out a particular RINO or two is one thing.

Handing team nazi the ball and going to pout on the sidelines makes those people just as bad.


6 posted on 10/18/2014 4:55:35 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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The idea of taking out a particular RINO or two is one thing. Handing team nazi the ball and going to pout on the sidelines makes those people just as bad.

Well said.

7 posted on 10/18/2014 4:57:49 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: chrisnj

Assume for a moment that some of the Republicans are actually closet Democrats. Would you still feel the same?


8 posted on 10/18/2014 4:59:33 AM PDT by HarleyD ("... letters are weighty, but his .. presence is weak, and his speech of no account.")
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On what issues are the RINOs willing to compromise to get conservative votes and money?


9 posted on 10/18/2014 5:00:08 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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--amen, bro--in the words of Ronald Reagan, "when you are going over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff--"

--there will be those who claim that a Romney win would have been the equivalent of the mess we are in now--hogwash---

10 posted on 10/18/2014 5:01:04 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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I agree with you. And I beleieveI hold some pretty deep conservative principles.

If folks stay home and the dumblecrats continue to win, then the conservative will be more marginalized than ever. They are not just fighting a party and their own party, they are fighting a press who continually hammers and insults, lies about the conservative position and denigrates them with complete impugnity. Even friendly outlets like Fox are becoming more left as they see the shift left.

So they can keep their principles pure in little silver boxes and curse as the broader culture turn its back on them until they will not be heard at all.

We continue to dream of some great conservative awakening that will sweep the country and all of their beliefs and creeds will suddenly be wondrously embraced and the eagles will fly with olive branches against a shining sun.

Ain’t gonna happen. Some swelling here, a few more conservatives elected there but we do not have an educated base from which to draw...smart young people who can be brought into the fold because we allow OUR kids to be victims of insidious indoctrination...even in good or Christian schools.

I am sucking it in and voting for Thom Tillis here because while he is the eGOP darling and my guy Bannon lost, I KNOW Hagan MUST be defeated, pretty much at all costs.

I know...I can see the posts about how principle triumphs and how much better sleep will be because those principles won out over compromise..

But I fear it will come at the cost of the destruction of the country.


11 posted on 10/18/2014 5:06:09 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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Last week when you guys tried appealing to our humanity, it backfired and brought more people to our side. Please, keep posting this nonsense. By 16, we will have complete unity against the GOP and for conservative candidates.


12 posted on 10/18/2014 5:07:20 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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I argue with some on here constantly on these points and the fact they decided to “protest” by not voting. I then thank them for voting odumbo in office. They do not like this.


13 posted on 10/18/2014 5:10:10 AM PDT by Jarhead9297
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—agree completely—


14 posted on 10/18/2014 5:11:11 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: BinaryBoy

RINOs only care about their power. They don’t really care about any issues.

To get RINO to support conservative causes you just have to appeal to their lust for power, money and reelection.


15 posted on 10/18/2014 5:11:16 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Adder

We can win by chipping away at the rock. It’s how the pyramids were built and we can do it too. There is no perfect candidate and never will be. Vote for the best candidate and then work to get your issue resolved.


16 posted on 10/18/2014 5:11:26 AM PDT by refermech
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To: Norm Lenhart

Yea we can see how well your approach works.


17 posted on 10/18/2014 5:11:47 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Every October in an election year, Free Republic goes wobbly.


18 posted on 10/18/2014 5:11:57 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: HarleyD

No. If we know they are closet Dems certainly no. Hopefully we find out. If they are known Rinos that can be persuaded one way or the other, I will take them for now. Then give them a chance to prove themselves among the whole pack. If they still go the Dem way, then bye bye.

I am talking about voting in all that we can find into both Houses, be it 30% conservatives, 7o% ‘Rinos’, or 70% conservatives, 30 Rinos. Then work on them. We certainly can’t work on the Dems, can we?


19 posted on 10/18/2014 5:13:05 AM PDT by chrisnj
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How long will it take for the noisy few to show up. The one’s who actually think they are the principled, engaged in liberating the nation of RINO’s and big R republican’s while giving the rest of us the likes of Harry Reid and the ONE.

Thanks a bunch.

I do understand your feelings of being stiffed just once too many times by the stupid party, but...


20 posted on 10/18/2014 5:13:18 AM PDT by wita
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