Posted on 08/28/2011 10:01:59 AM PDT by The Bronze Titan
Don't be surprised if Jim Rob fumigates the joint in the next couple of weeks. Sorta like the great Rudy purge of 2008.
What the hell are you talking about? I’m not a naysayer. I’m a realist who understands that it will take more than just the Tea Party affiliated people to defeat 0bama. It’s simple math.
One more thing, we aren’t a theocracy here. We need to keep the atheists/agnostics/nonbelievers/believers of other faiths who are also conservatives on our team.
Obviously you don't follow SP much, or know much about her to be arriving at such a conclusion. That's ok, there's still time for you and many others to vote your true conscience.
“It will take more than the teaparty to beat Obama.”
I believe that 100%. I know Democrats that are almost begging us (Repubs) to nominate someone that they can vote for. They cannot vote for Perry, Palin or Bachmann. They have issues with them, and while I am not sympathetic to them, I can understand that unless we want Obama 2.0, we need to heed and consider the dire consequences.
I asked one of these people that I site, “are you at the place of voting for ANYBODY BUT OBAMA? and they looked shocked, saying NO! Read and heed.
That is to say that no one should take a Republican candidate as he or she appears, but we must thoroughly vet each candidate before we chose who will run against this sleight of hand administration. We certainly do not need a repeat performance featuring a new face!
Palin commandment when one of your troops is being attacked from all sides and all one gets is silence. Then Reagan’s commandment does not apply. Bad behavior is not rewarded.
I think we should be more worried about defeating Obama and less worried about fighting among ourselves.
“Seventeen things critics are saying about Rick Perry” (and the truth)....http://peskytruth.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/rick-perrys-negatives/
This puts Perry’s record, which is very positive, in perspective. It also talks about the relative strength of the Texas governorship.
If only I was paid. ;)
“WHOEVER ends up being the one that runs against Obama - I WILL VOTE FOR HIM/HER”
Perry was compared to Jesus in this thread. If someone dug up Hitler and he won the nod, would you vote for him?
Perry stands for everything this site stands for. Pro-Family, Pro-guns, Pro-Life, Pro-Constitution. If Jim Rob purges the place of Perry supporters like me, then there will be few if any Freepers left.
A lot of Palin supporters are becoming the equivalent of Ron Paul supporters. I think Palin would be embarrassed by some the antics of the Palin supporters on this forum. I support Palin and if she runs in the Primary, she will get my vote. But right now Perry is running and she isn't. Right now, if nobody else jumps in that is better, Perry has my full support.
It is time you read “TheLight and the Gloroy”,
Cajun. Like it or not, God loves you.
I’m holding out for Obama. None of ours are good enough.
I am mainly talking about the R’s and conservative leaning moderates. I don’t trust the Dems to deliver on election day. They just tend to vote for the D if push comes to shove.
I want the most conservative electable candidate possible.
Tea Party has the name it has because it is fundamentally an anti-tax movement. That's why tea bags were used in the initial protest, as a hark back to the Boston Tea Party - an anti-tax protest. That's why the first big rallies were on tax day, April 15th. That's why TEA stands for "Taxed Enough Already".
Notice what's not there. No social issues whatsoever.
Now, the name can be stolen and misappropriated until there is a great mass of people falsely labeling themselves as such, but the bottom line is that the sentiment that motivates the Tea Party (pre-co-opted version) cannot be harnessed by culture warriors of any stripe.
So to answer your question, what gave me the ability to tell one from the other? The fact that I have been involved in this since Santelli had his famous rant on TV that encouraged everyone to send in tea bags to their congresscritters, an event that Perry supporters probably aren't even aware of.
No, I assume you don't know everything about him. Having a strong economy and a good business environment doesn't disprove shenanigans behind closed doors.
Compare to Clinton, he had a good economy and business environment but was everything above board? No. What we didn't know were the under the table relationships between government and the private sector.
Remember Enron? Perry better get everything out on the table NOW because if you people win and he becomes the nominee, the sh*t will hit the fan when the opposition party and media dig into him.
The best way to lose to Obama is to try and sell a flawed candidate to the American people.
It’s usually Palin supporters.
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