I'm not going to vote for Romney; that's a given. I'm not going to vote for Santorum because he has lied about Newt Gingrich plus he can't win in the general election against Obama. For President, I'm eiher voting for Gingrich or, if he doesn't get enough delegaes, I'm writing in Sarah Palin.
I'm with you, except for one big thing - I'm not planning on wasting my vote writing in somebody who isn't running, and isn't going to run.
Instead, if Romney wins the nomination, I'm thinking it's time for conservatives to get serious and think about replacing the GOP with something else.
Self-described conservatives consistently poll 40-43% in these yearly polls about political ideology? And you can be sure that at least a portion of the 35% self-identifying as "moderate" are really libertarian-types who know they're not necessarily "conservatives" but have no other option to choose from in the poll.
Have you ever asked yourself why, this being the case, do we constantly get stuck with these RINOs who hate us and what we believe in? And isn't about time we stop playing the game, and invent a new game of our own?
Santorum never lied about Newt Gingrich, just like Michelle Bachmann never lied about Newt Gingrich.
I will not vote for Newt Gingrich because, like Romney, I do not TRUST anything that comes out of the man’s mouth. He is a manipulator and an opportunist. He once said “It not important what I say or do, it’s that I can say in ways others can’t”. Just because he speaks conservatism doesn’t make him a conservative. I see what he’s trying to do in this election as no different from what Romney tried in 2008 to run as the “conservative” alternative to McCain. They’re both RINOs.
He supported TARP. That is a fact. He won’t call out climate change for what it is: junk science. He looks to Big Government solutions on items such as Healthcare and thinks Government has a role in Healthcare at all. He threw Paul Ryan under the bus. He flipped on whether or not to support the House on the Payroll tax and debt ceiling issues. He has ALWAYS been a supporter of Big Tent Republicanism, which is why we had so many RINOs in Congress to begin with and why he had no problem endorsing Dede.
But most alarming, Newt subscribed to the idea “The Era of Reagan is over” http://www.mrctv.org/videos/flashback-rush-calls-out-gingrich-saying-era-reagan-over