Posted on 07/12/2014 7:49:29 PM PDT by burgereater
The heroes and zeroes of the presidential elections I've voted in.
Heroes: Reagan, Bush Sr, Dole, Bush Jr, McCain, Romney
Zeroes: Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Obama
The pattern is obvious! Hoping and praying that it goes republican in 2016. I've not just voted for but campaigned for every hero on the entire list!
Was that the previous screen name? Arrgh, hard to keep track....
Probably.
It sounded like one of his previous handles.
But Darks... It wasn’t demanding respect anymore.
Do you really think that DannyH would stop demanding respect?
LOL! Great one. Most apropos.
OK good on y’all for finding its “pattern”/”signature “/”smell”.
Need a graphic:
Viking kitty piloting a military aircraft, with troll kill decals on it.
Love this particular Viking Kitty. I’ve never seen a kitty give someone a raspberry.
And plus, it’s purr-fect for a Monday.
I hope you ladies, plus everyone else here, Republican or Republicat has a good one.
As Romney PROVED in 2012, "Democrat" and "Republican" are both the same item with different brand names, and that ain't gonna change by 2016. For the 2016 Presidential (if not congressional races), Americans will either stay home if it is again Coke vs Pepsi, as they're smart enough to see through the charade, OR they will turn out in droves to vote for a REAL alternative, the equivalent of healthy, simple Ice Tea to junk-food-for-morons Coke or Pepsi, if a Palin or Cruz or some other limited government conservative has the guts and faith in America to dump the false "brand" Republican and give American voters a real choice.
That candidate may not win, but at least has a very good chance of, like Perot, depriving whichever liberal wins, the Republican or the Democrat, of enough votes to put the new leftist (R or D) president in weakened plurality territory. Nixon and Clinton were both elected by pluralities, and the power of both was weakened because of it.
Win or lose, a SECOND party alternative, a healthy, simple, unsweetened Ice Tea alternative to Republican Coke or Democrat Pepsi, is the ONLY chance we will have in 2016 of setting this country right.
I did not see Romney as a failure on integrity. I will admit he is far down on my list in general but I did vote for him and I wish more people had.
It is going to take years to undo what Obama has done
Electing government-increasing statists like Romney, Christie, Jeb, Boehner, McConnell, and McCain will accomplish exactly ZERO toward undoing what Obama has don and in fact, electing the likes of Romney, et al, will FORTIFY the essentials of Obama's destruction.
I refused to vote for Romney and I am glad that enough Americans felt the same that the bastard lost, as he would have advanced MORE destruction than even Obama, though I know it is hard to imagine it. Romney would have been, in the long run and in the bigger picture, MORE destructive because he would have neutered and cancelled what little power limited conservatism wields in the Republican party. Voting for Romney as a "remedy" to Obama would have been like drinking sea water when adrift at sea as a remedy to thirst.
Woofie, it is a myth that you get to vote "against." Anyone who votes, EVER, on any ballot anywhere, only ever gets to vote FOR, or doesn't vote period. You either vote FOR something, or you decline to vote. You thought you were voting "against" Obama when you voted for Romney. In fact and hard cold truth, you were ONLY voting for the Republican party to turn hard left, a move that would only have served to FORTIFY what Obama has done.
You were getting like, really bored doing your usual hit-and-run posting of the Social media sites, posting endless snarks against everybody you "knew" was a conservative.
You smiled a bit as they tried to use logic and reasoning on you when addressing your inane comments, posted under your anonymous screen name. Little did they know that your life revolved completely around anonymous snarking, and your blazing hatred of America, all that it represented, and all those who supported it.
You weren't getting much satisfaction this morning, but at least it felt like you were getting even a little at your Dad, who always tried to convince you to get out of the basement and get a job and "make something of yourself".
The new computer your Mom bought you was acting up again, and your new Obama-fone needed to be replaced with the latest version. You made a mental note to harangue her about both of those issues today.
Also, she needed to be screamed at again about letting the chips and colas run low. And you weren't going to listen to anymore of her talk about "getting a bit overweight".
After all, 430 pounds wasn't overweight for your body type, and besides, you were 42 years old now, and could certainly make health decisions on your own!
Munching the last of a bag of Doritos and washing it down with a cola, you hollered out loud "I'm bored!".
That's when you got the "beep" of an email from you best friend "Twinkie".
The only thing in the the email was a short message: "Furry Bear, turn your wit, wisdom and wondrous intellect towards FreeRepublic.com!"
Thinking "Twinkie always knows how I like to roll", you took a deep breath, wiped the back of your hand across your Dorito-orange stained lips, and accessed FreeRepublic.
Quickly reading through the opening page, you smiled broadly and broke open another bag of chips. "Aha, a nest of Conservative Vipers live here." "They shall feel the wraith of my mighty snark!"
Using your usual gambit of signing up (with what you just knew was a really cool screen-name),and initially pretending to be a sympathetic and trustworthy member of the forum, you began to implement your plan for the "Total Destruction" of FreeRepublic.
And then, and then, it was like running into a nest of "Your Dad". As you dodged and weaved, snarked and slithered away and back, they just kept basically telling you to "get out of the basement and get a job and make something of yourself."
It was devastating, they came at you from every direction, never relenting. They whipped you like a rented mule. They drove you from snarking them, to insulting them, and finally to something they called "The Zot".
And then, just like that, it was all over. You screamed out "Mom, they hurted me!".
When she came running down the stairs, she saw you laying on the floor, on your stomach.
In between your howls of pain and her soothing words, she managed to pull down your month-old unwashed shorts and saw the source of your discomfort.
There it was, branded and smoldering on your gnormous backside -- a message from FreeRepublic.
"Zot!", "So long Nothingburger!"
Great post! :)
Of course. And thats because they are actually moderates at best that don’t belong within 5 miles of FR to begin with.
Their whole ‘Don’t you dare question my conservatism’ tantrum rings just as hollow as a Democrat claiming he’s pro military. Both are liars. Some paid, some just idiots. But ultimately they serve the GOP/Lib purpose in keeping us tied up debating their BS. If we leave it unopposed, lurkers think that’s the state of conservative thought. If we engage them, it’s less time we can spend productively advancing our cause.
We see the full range. Some claim to be Pro Palin, yet call those wanting impeachment idiots. Some claim to be Anti Amnesty then post info from LaRaza sites as fact. Some claim to be devout Christians and then attack people refusing to elect pro abortion candidates.
And thats just in the last week or so.
We are infiltrated just as every place of conservatism is infiltrated. Until that changes, NOTHING changes and 2012 is our eternal future.
Thank you, Gefn. And may you have a great day as well.
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