Posted on 07/27/2012 3:37:16 PM PDT by Signalman
The first reason is easy: Barack Obama. It is shocking to think that a Marxist could ever be president of the United States. But it happened. People always ask, “How could those people have sat back while ________________ came to power. That could never happen here.” Well, it did happen here. As a nation, we sat back and let Barack Obama win in 2008, and look at what we got. Granted, John McCain was not much of an alternative.
Some people might argue that the reason I don’t like Barack Obama is because he’s black. There’s no truth it. There are a number of black people I would love to see sitting in the White House, not because the’yre black, but because their worldview is right.
In fact, it’s the white half of Obama that I don’t like. How could his mother, who is white, associate with so many self-avowed Marxists? Didn’t she know how socialist, Marxist, and fascist policies have destroyed nations? Didn’t she realize that it was socialism and Marxism that has kept much of Africa in poverty? Let’s not forget Cuba, North Korea, East Germany and East Berlin, and the former Soviet Union. The facts are there for anyone to see.
Surely she had some idea of how the supposed Great Society programs that became law under Lyndon Johnson have wrecked the black family, turned the poor into a dependent voting-block that is beholden to a single political party with the result that the Democrat Party takes blacks for granted and the Republican Party ignores blacks because it has almost no chance of getting their vote.
Blacks have been duped by blacks. You don’t have to be in chains to be a slave, and there are more blacks in slavery today than there were in the 1850s.
If Romney wins, there will be a coattail effect, but not if disgruntled conservatives and Paulians stay home. This means that we can beef-up the conservative votes in the House and Senate. If we don’t get behind Romney, it’s almost assured that we will lose congressional seats.
Some will say that Romney’s just like Obama. That’s nonsense. Is Romney as conservative as I would like to see in a candidate? No. But he’s more conservative now than when he was governor of Massachusetts. The primary forced him to the right. Will he remain as conservative as his recent rhetoric seems to indicate? I don’t know. That’s why we need a strong Congress to put a brake on any broken-promise policies.
There are lots of people who believe Ron Paul’s going to get the nomination at the convention. It’s not going to happen. If it were to happen, he would lose bigger in November than Barry Goldwater lost to Johnson in 1964. Paul gave it a good shot. Did he get revolution started? That remains to be seen. But he didn’t win. Get over it for this election.
Romney’s been going on the attack. His comments on Obama’s “You didn’t build that” speech was fiery and passionate. This conversation with Brian Williams encouraged me that Romney’s not afraid to take on the media and doesn’t need a teleprompter. An exchange that Romney had with Brian Williams of NBC News was priceless. Williams, apparently reading from a script, asked Romney if it was true that he’s looking for an “incredibly boring white guy” to be his vice-president. Here was Romney’s reply: “You told me you were not available.” All Williams could say was, “Touche.”
These two encounters might not mean much, but they can be tipping points in an election. They give confidence to Romney, and they put the media on notice that they’re dealing with someone who’s not afraid to fight back without being nasty. Let’s be clear: The media are a fifth column. They’re going to do everything they can to get Obama re-elected. They can’t admit that they made a huge mistake in 2008.
The majority of Americans aren’t as conservative as most readers of this website. We’re still dealing with an electorate that’s on the government dole. They need Obama to win. There’s not much that’s going to change that except a national collapse. There are a lot of people who think that would be a great idea. It would be horrific. No one will come to our aid.
I don’t believe in messianic politics. I don’t believe any candidate is going to save us. Many of the problems our nation faces were created by us. We’re government drunkards. Too many of us like government programs that benefit us while we rail against programs that don’t. If you send your children to government (public) schools, you’re on the dole. You might not like hearing that, but it’s true. You’re not paying what it really costs. You’re using some of your neighbor’s money.
If we play this election right, Romney will give us a chance to right the ship of State. Liberals aren’t afraid of making small gains. We didn’t lose this nation in one election; we’re not going to get it back in one election.
ABO baby!
/johnny
What answers have you given?
I ask who would be a good candidate to consider.
You say , “vote your principles.”
Well that’s what the Mitt supporters are doing here, yet you say we are wrong.
Yet you support no one.
And can’t recall ever having supported any GOP candidate for president.
Why are you on this thread?
“and I’m catching hell for it.”
Again another feeling.
No. You must vote your principles, even if that includes voting for a liberal. I have never said you were wrong for that. Show me an example of where I have.
I have voted GOP in presidential campaigns. I have voted GOP in primaries.
One notable I voted for in a primary was Ambassador Keyes.
I'm not required to tell you who I am going to support in the general election. I voted for Gingrich in the primary.
I am telling you that I won't be voting for a pro-abortion, anti-gun, socialized medicine, big-government liberal.
I am on this thread to remind people that principle can't be compromised, without compromising your soul.
/johnny
/johnny
Here is a little secret, Romney is going to be a great President and our time is near. We will flip to SC Justices and Roe v Wade and the fight against abortion will be moved to the states by the end of his first term. Start now to get your (State) House, and State Senate in order, and make sure your Gov is Pro-Life and has courage. This battle will be epic and legend. This is why the Hispanic and Catholic voters must be on our side. The left knows this, that is why they use the lame term “people of color”. Hispanic are traditionalist, family oriented, conservatives and their numbers are growing faster than the debt.
I'm sorry, but I've answered this question so many dozens upon dozens of times, during the last few months alone, I no longer take it even remotely seriously.
You are (presumably) an adult. You don't -- or, at the very least, shouldn't -- need my "suggestion," re: for whom you should vote, in this election or any other. My own ballot will be cast for the most conservative nominee listed, not named either "Obama" or "Romney."
Should that move you to do likewise, spiffy; if not -- equally so.
It seems that your fellow RomneyBot, MissouriConservative went Bye Bye on another thread..
The boss himself ZOTTED him...
So very.
Very.
VERY.
Awesome. ;)
You and thousands of people just like you will wash their hands and walk away feeling superior while many more will fight for whatever scraps we can salvage.
We are in serious trouble in this country. The marxists are destroying everything we stand for and once they control all of the levers of power they will not give them up.
The President and Mr. Axelrod thank you for your contribution to social progress!
Same here. I just don't vote for a liberal.
/johnny
Not good enough. It's not enough to vote for somebody besides Obama.
In order to matter, you have to cast your vote in such a way as to maximize the probability of Obama's ouster!
If, instead, you cast your vote in accordance with your (imperfectly understood) conservative principles, then you are part of the problem, not part of the solution. And whatever happens in 2013-2016 will be your fault.
If my vote's genuinely that crucial to you and yours, then nominating a conservative -- just this once, mind you -- was the surest way to nab it.
Blame my one vote for whatever happens in 2013-2016. That's certainly logical. /s
Do you really think you are going to get me to go against my principles with that kind of rhetoric?
/johnny
/johnny
I respectfully disagree.
If Romney wins and he is as bad as many of us feared when we opposed him in the primary, the GOP is dead. Conservatives and conservatism will be fine but will have to find a new party to call home. Romney is not and never has been a conservative so nothing he does negatively will change who we know him to be.
If Obama wins, America is dead. Obama is the bigger threat and the greater evil and must be removed.
Failing to vote for the "less liberal" is the same thing.
That's just how elections work.
My vote won't change the number of votes for either of the liberal frontrunners.
/johnny
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