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.
John Adams was subject to being literally hanged, drawn, and quartered if the British caught him. He was fighting against an active totalitarian tyrant that was killing people.
You need to moderate your melodrama.
/johnny
Troll harder.
IOW, Ted Cruz isn't conservative enough for you, either? Who do you think should inherit Kay Baily Hutchison's seat? Someone more conservative than she (but not conservative enough for you) or someone less conservative?
IOW, you didn't even read the definition provided for you?
Weak, weak sauce.
Well, the only reason you’d say that is you’re a commie sleeper agent. /s, for those in Rio Vista
I know... I know. Makes no damned sense to me, either. ;)
He turned nine a week after the Declaration was published. When he was only eight, he witnessed the fires of Charlestown and the cannons of the Battle of Bunker Hill with his mother on a hill near their home in Quincy.
You need to moderate your melodrama.
Speaking of melodrama, I doubt King George's boys were quite evil enough to hang, draw, and quarter children.
/johnny
What? That a handful of prominent conservative endorsers constitute a populum, and therefore citing their endorsement as evidence of conservatism is some sort of fallacious argument? LOL! It is what it is.
LOL! It is what it is.
"No," in other words. Gotcha.
Dismissed.
The quote to which Tennessee Nana alludes in #325, Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost
, is attributed to John Quincy Adams, John Adams's son. JQA was born on July 11, 1767.
most people(a populum, in other words, aka the sheeple) knew the Earth was the center of the universe.
What I did was cite some conservative endorsers as evidence Ted Cruz is conservative. That may or may not be a good argument. But it's absurd to call it an argumentum ad populum.
Makes no damned sense to me, either. ;)
***Of course it makes sense — their purpose is to sow discord among conservatives. In this case they do not even deny it.
I simply don’t understand why it is allowed. That’s what does not make sense. Does JimRob REALLY know that he’s accused of being a commie sleeper agent?
There’s a certain point where the rhetoric crosses the line and a zot is the only proper thing to do. Conservatism is being damaged by these people, deliberately.
what I would expect from a commie sleeper agent.
***JimRob, you’re a “commie sleeper agent”. I don’t understand why you allow this kind of rhetoric on FR in support of a librul candidate.
reasons why we must vote Obama out of office:
1. In his 2nd term, the gloves will come off and Obama will truly become Obamugavez
2. In his 2nd term, given the opportunity, Obama will appoint Eric Holder to the Supreme Court
3. In his 2nd term, Obama will accelerate the process of marginalizing both the Supreme Court and Congress and concentrating all political power in America in the executive agencies, such as the EPA, which will increasingly subject Americans to Rule by Fiat, rather than Rule of Law.
4. In his 2nd term Obama will accelerate his tear-down of the American defense establishment and effectively remove America from the world stage (a promise he’s already basically made to the Russians)
5. In his 2nd term, Obama will sign a deal with the Arabs to sell Israel down the river
6. In his 2nd term, Obama will take the gloves off on Global Warming and basically shut down what’s left of the US economy in order to make the very worst of the EnviroNazis happy.
7. In his 2nd term, Obama will step up his active, covert support for street gangs, flash mobs and New Black Panther voter intimidation, with the goal of staging and inciting civil unrest and marginalizing any kind of spontaneous dissent.
8. In his 2nd term, Obama will accelerate the process of ceding US sovereignty to the UN on all matters, particularly those involving the environment and gun control.
John Q was the son...
We'll see about that. Sorry he's apparently not pure enough for you, but you just want to risk losing this election so you can feel good about yourself.
If I were voting in Texas, I would vote for Cruz next Tuesday. And, if Cruz loses, I would vote for Dewhurst in November. Because we need a Republican senate. Period.
How would you vote? Losertarian? Stay home?
I mentioned JQA because in #313 you had said...
“Principles in the voting booth are for children!”
If you also want to win in November, but you don't want to support the GOP nominee, then you need a credible alternative plan. Or else you are just aiding the enemy. This election needs to be a wave
election, because that is what it will take to roll back the damage Obama has caused.
“Principles in the voting booth are for children!”
So you did. And I found the quote: "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
But I hesitate to believe that JQA, if he were alive today, would vote third party or stay home and throw the election to Barack Obama just because the guy at the top of the ticket lacks deep conservative principles. He'd recognize that the opponent has deep Marxist anti-American convictions, and he'd hold his nose and vote accordingly.
Actually JQA woulod disagree strongly with the liberal politics of Wee Willie...
and I doubt that JQA would betray his own conscience and principles to vote for a Jacksonian...
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