1. Don't expect change from someone who gets your approval regardless of his actions.
2. Our Founding Fathers had no problem creating new political parties that reflected their values.
3. God will not reward doing what is expedient rather than doing what is right.
Can't make an omelet without cracking a few eggs. . .
I've been hoping for a Ross Perot type insurgency with a conservative at the head. Something that would make the Republican Party into the Whig Party. Unfortunately, no one looks likely to step up. We could start a new party, but that would not be likely to gain traction quickly enough to affect this election cycle. One strong personality, with good funding, on the other hand, could overtake Romney in short order, and then force the RINOs to decide whether they want to join us or vote for Obama. Let them hold their noses for once.
March and April are kind of the deadlines for something like that to happen.
>>...There are a lot chicken-livered types here on FR who become apoplectic at the mere mention of not supporting the country-club endorsed GOP candidate...<<
I don’t think it matters either way. Vote your conscience, sit it out, write-in, whatever — the RNC/GOP does not appear concerned one whit. We aren’t even a pest to them.
IF WE WERE, we would not be carping about the piss-poor choices before us and we wouldn’t have the RNC/GOP-e cramming Romney down our throats.
I’m a broken record about this, but we need to increase our number of diligent voters. Right now, I don’t think we even register on the RNC/GOP-e’s radar. They will pay us lip-service in front of the cameras, but ignore us otherwise. They *know* they can count on the moderate (R)’s and independants who seem to outnumber us. Just dang!
“3. God will not reward doing what is expedient rather than doing what is right. “
While I agree with this sentiment, I think you are mis-applying it.
It would not be a sin to vote for Romney.
God gave each of us a vote; some will do one thing with it, some another. I don’t have a problem with the decision anyone else makes. However I don’t want an informed decision I make to support Romney in the general to be characterized as “wrong” in a moral context.
I DO like your three points....
Well done for voicing them, as they are real, and accurate in scope and meaning.
EL