At least we will decline slower under Romney, giving us a little more time to get the conservative message out, and to get real conservatives in local positions so they can start moving up the “food chain” so to speak.
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I wish I had your optimism. 4 years ago we settled for McCain. He was a disaster and we ended up with Obama. And as a result, did we move up in the “food chain” so to speak?
We did not. We are facing a choice even worse than McCain. (Romney) With a sick dose of Ron Paul on the side.
Holy Crap. If conservatives vote for Romney and he loses - WHO would we expect to be the GOP candidate 4 years from now? (I shudder to think of a RINO worse than Romney and Paul. I’m sure there are some, but I don’t want to think about it.)
So now. Now is the time to stop this liberal slide of Republicans from being considered. Yeah, I know that a write in vote for Palin, a third party vote for whoever, or not voting at all is the same as voting for Obama, but so what?
Yes, we did. But remember, he was the candidate selected via the primaries/caucuses. I wasn't happy about it either, but he's who we had. Going third party wouldn't have changed the outcome.
And as a result, did we move up in the “food chain” so to speak?
When I made this comment, I was talking about getting people elected locally (i.e. state senate) then would later move into national offices (i.e. Congress or President). McCain had nothing to do with local offices, so of course, he would have nothing to do with moving local people up the "food chain". I can't speak for your state, but we got several pretty conservative people into our state senate last election.
Yeah, I know that a write in vote for Palin, a third party vote for whoever, or not voting at all is the same as voting for Obama, but so what?
I really don't see how getting Obama re-elected will help us make the conservative case. As more and more people get free stuff from the government, there will be more and more of them voting liberal. We each have to do what our conscience tells us, but I could not in good conscience do anything that might give us another 4 years of Obama.