re: “Many have been here far more than a decade and have been fighting this war against godless communism for that long or longer.
Rather than impugn motive due to your emotional reaction, why not engage on the merits, or lack thereof, of their arguments?”
You may be correct about these people being true conservatives, but what brings me to near despair is how conservatives turn on one another at the drop of a hat. We rip to shreds all the candidates - none are acceptable - none can win - we are doomed.
The four guys left are what we have to choose from (barring some kind of brokered event at the convention which is highly unlikely). I don’t particularly get excited about any of them - but, I sure as hell am not going to just let Obama waltz in for a second term.
I am so sick and tired of these threads where whichever candidate is up and coming that particular week, is blasted as being “a loser” and “can’t possibly win against Obama”. Lord in Heaven above!! We truly are sunk if we can’t quit carping among ourselves.
Some of the “conservatives” on here are every bit as hateful and virulent as any leftest I’ve had to debate. We’ve got to unify against Obama. I truly believe that the majority of the country reject Obama’s agenda, but if we don’t keep the focus on him and his administration and allow them to control the debate - we ARE sunk.
The Tea Party took the country by storm because they took control of the political conversation - their message is loud and clear - We’ve had enough of being taxed to death, regulated to death, uncontrolled growth of spending and governmental intrusion into our business, private, even religious lives! Most Americans want the Constitution to be respected and have responded to the all out attack on it by Obama and the Dems.
Make that the focus of our debate - how to communicate that best to America as a whole, not how “unqualified” or unelectable this guy or that guy is. Just sayin.