[EllaMinnow]

JimRob put it so well last night. It's a shame that thread ended up in the SBR.

"Any person claiming to be conservative who is not motivated to keep the Democrats out of power after knowing EXACTLY what they will do with it if given the opportunity, has a real problem with reality. They're either political martyrs, have not been paying attention to what the Democrat candidates have been promising they will do if elected, or are ignoring (or are totally or willfully ignorant of) the history of the last seventy years, or are incredibly dense or insane, or have a morbid desire to toil their lives away in the misery of a Liberal Hell! Any person who would support a third party candidate who has absolutely zero chance of winning even one state or even a single electoral vote is so politically naive and devoid of the brainpower that The Creator so graciously endowed upon them, that it's not even worth wasting pixels on."


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1069214/posts?page=712#712

[tpaine]

redlipstick wrote:

JimRob put it so well last night. It's a shame that thread ended up in
the SBR.


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Who do you think put that thread in the Backroom?

- And why?

[hchutch]

Indeed, that is one thing that a lot of these stay-at-home/third-party types do not seem to understand.

Politicans are MUCH more likely to stick their neck out for their MOST loyal supporters. And if there are too many conservatives who stay home, the politicians will go with someone else.

At this point, who have Bush's MOST reliable supports been? I'd suggest it is the Big Business/Wall Street/investor class portion of the Republican coalition, with the pro-life movement a close second. And if one looks at his presidency, he has stuck his neck out the most on those two domestic issues.

And for those who are latecomers, they have to accept that their concrns won't be dealt with as seriosuly as the concerns of those who have remained loyal through everything. Once broken, trust is very hard to re-gain.