Posted on 08/27/2011 7:00:28 PM PDT by listenhillary
We are adults and most on FR are very intelligent persons. I think we can decide if a candidate is right for us.
How about stop repeating the same Gardasil, Texas corridor, immigration stories over and over and over. Most have seen them by now if they have been paying attention. Most have judged the stories and condemn Perry to hell for them or they think that a president just might have different priorities than a state governor.
Screaming at us in all caps isn't going to change any minds. FR isn't the entire universe of voters. We are a very small pool of voters. If you're hell bent on trashing a candidate, it is likely that your efforts are wasted trying to persuade FR posters to change their minds about a candidate. Start standing out by the road with a sign telling your horror stories, pestering people in restaurants and buying billboards and advertising in newspapers and TV. You will have much more impact.
If you insist on cherry picking the negatives, can we do the same to you reviewing every decision and action that you have taken in your life? How would that work out for you? Honestly showing everything you have done, could you withstand the scrutiny?
I realize some of you insist that we are making a horrible mistake. The primary isn't until next year. Stop screaming. OK?
I like Perry and will vote for him. The race is over and it’s obvious. It’s not who you like, it’s who can win. And I believe that Romney and Perry will both have the money and support to get the nomination. But many folks will believe that Romney will be hurt by the Mormon thing. So they will give it to Perry. We can talk about this for the next year but it would be a waste of time. it will be Perry. Done deal.
“. If you are convinced in advance that Cain or someone like him cannot win, then you have already surrendered to the Party hacks,”
I tend to agree. The primary season is the time to adhere to your favorite candidate.
Rick can take the heat. He’s taken it for two decades. Rick is not complaining.
Incapable of what, promoting my candidate's good qualities?
I have been doing it for a year and a half, and I have a rather large Herman Cain ping list that would attest to that.
In fact, I rarely criticize another candidate unless they are obviously pretending to be something they are not.
“The primary isn’t until next year.”
And I’m sick of the Perry worship already.
“They aren’t Obama.”
TRUE DAT and I hate to see any of them vilified as though they are as bad as Obama. Nowhere near, not one of them.
You should follow the advice of your tagline.
He can add my name too. I ain’t skeeered ;)
“I think what “listenhillary” is saying is instead of turning FR into a lets hate Perryfest, lets promote positive reasons that we like the other candidates.”
One of the main purposes of FR is for conservatives to get accurate information on potential leaders. That’s EXACTLY how we helped drive Governor Crist out of the Senate race in Florida - he claimed to be a conservative, and we outed him - and got the ‘unelectable’ Rubio instead.
So now we have a similar situation with Governor Perry...he’s also being promoted as a conservative, but he’s governed Texas far, far, from that ideal.
Again, it’s critical that conservatives get ACCURATE information, not that we be more ‘civil’, in the liberal sense of shutting down discussion.
That's how we got Dole and McCain.
Likewise, I’m sure. :)
“It’s not who you like, it’s who can win.”
Yup, and principles be damned. It’s worked great so far! /s
You are out of your mind.
So which of the true stories about St. Rick would you like to pretend aren’t true?
I didn't think either could win. It seemed like they were both chosen for us.
Did you know I get tired of reading your anti-Perry BS on every single Perry thread? Just wondering. We get the point, you don't like Perry, repeating it 100 times a day gets old.
Exactly! And now that gnawing at my gut everyday since zero ‘won’ it is gone, gone, gone, GONE!
And Perry poked Obama in the eye on day one.
He dont take no shit from the punk.
He aint skeered, he dont care how big obamas machine is.
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