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The GOP Gamble (Vanity)
Self | 4/10/2012 | Self

Posted on 04/10/2012 6:43:31 PM PDT by DustyMoment

I'm not a fan or Mitt Romney and, as the campaign has dragged on, I have become increasingly disenchnted with him. It has become more clear that Mitt Romney is NOT a viable alternative to Obama and, in fact, is more like Obama than he is different.

But, we have known from the outset that Romney was the choice of the establishment Republicans - Michael Steele and the like. As staunch conservatives who believe in the principles of government laid down by the Founding Fathers and memorialized in the Constitution, we believe in the democratic process of selecting our leaders via the state primaries, the national convention and, finally, election day. Those principles, good or bad, right or wrong, have worked successfully in this country for over 200 years.

As they have done in past election cycles, the GOP establishment put their support behind moderate Mitt Romney. Most of us weren't surprised that the establishment Republicans were behind Romney from the start, they have pushed moderate candidates before - Dole, McCain and, to an extent, Bush 43.

Despite the fact that moderate GOP candidates have, generally speaking, not fared well on the national stage, Romney is the choice of the e-GOP. WE believed that Romney could be weaned from the race early with alternative candidates like Bachmann, Santorum, Perry and Gingrich. After all, we have generally been able to find a more viable candidate with broader appeal than the e-GOP's moderate.

This year, however, the e-GOP threw a new wrinkle into the debate when they raised the issue of 'electability'. That topic got many of us thinking and too many of us thought too much. 'Electability' ultimately cost Michelle Bachmann her shot at the convention. It cost Hermain Cain his shot, and Rick Perry his just as it is affecting Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. Too many of us went to the primaries thinking that we like Bachmann, or Santorum or Cain but Romney is more "electable" so I'll vote for him even though I don't really like what he says, we have to get Obama out of the White House in November.

Between Romney's 'war chest', his negative ads, the e-GOP's backing and the issue of 'electability', we have watched the field of candidates being whittled down. We thought it was set at 4 until today when Rick Santorum 'suspended' his campaign. That left us with a field of 3 - Romney, the e-GOP's candidate, Newt Gingrich who, so far, hasn't been able to gain any traction on Romney and Ron Paul. We know that a lot of the disingenuous, biased media (DBM) and the establishment Republicans have been trying to end the primaries and get "the campaign" in full swing before the conventions this summer so that the Obama attack machine (so-called 'Truth Teams') can begin dismantling Romney before fall and, essentially, hold the election before November.

But, the cynicism of the e-GOP has never been as obvious as it has been this year. This year, we have establishment Republican insiders revealing the strategy of "the inner sanctum". This year, several high level Republicans have made statements that "regardless who the Republican candidate is" everyone will get behind the nominee and support him. In other words, from the outset, the establishment Republicans, Michael Steele, et al, intended to cram Romney down our throats with the idea that, after he became the nominee, we would all drop our objections to him and go to the polls in November like good like robots and cast our votes for him, even though some of us my not like the guy and don't believe his platform. Like Obama, Romney, the "Etch-A-Sketch" candiate is an unknown factor who cannot be relied on to select and run a truly conservative administration. He is a former democrat and a noted RINO and he is not the candidate that many of us would choose.

But, the e-GOP is gambling on all of us dropping pur objections to Romney after the convention and "getting behind" him. But, what if we call their bluff? What if, instead of selecting Romney as our candidate on the ballot this November, we don't vote for ANYONE for president? I think it is a foregone conclusion at this point that if Romney, the 'electbility' candidate becomes the GOP nominee, Obama will see a second term in office. Perhaps that was the plan all along. We KNOW that Obama in a second term is going to thoroughly destroy what is left of this country. All Romney will do is continue what Obama has started, but he will continue the destruction of America at a slower pace.

When we go to the polls in November, rather than dance to the e-GOP's tune and cast our votes for Romney, we can send a message to the RNC that we are a force to be reckoned with and our voices will be heard. We don't have to vote for a candidate we don't like or believe. We can stand up and be counted by voting FOR America, and NOT for those who don't believe in the America our Founders created.


TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!
KEYWORDS: election; gop; politics; romney
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To: DustyMoment

I understand your rage about the GOP giving us a candidate which renders the election as between “the lesser of two evils”, and I used to feel the same way with other elections, and I actually went along with what you’re suggesting, that being, not participating.

But, not participating is still vote for the other party, or for Obama, and that’s exactly what the democrats are hoping happens with our disgruntled party members. I know some republicans who did as you suggest, and I actually was one of them. Then, reality hit when the likes of Clinton and Obama and others in the senate and congress were elected because, some people wished to express their anger by not participating. The results of not participating are a lot more egregious and dangerous than holding your nose and actually going out to get rid of the stink in the White House.


41 posted on 04/11/2012 11:13:10 AM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno
But, not participating is still vote for the other party, or for Obama, and that’s exactly what the democrats are hoping happens with our disgruntled party members.

Again, I'm just not going to cast a vote for POTUS. I will do everything I can to put 'Pubbies/Tea Partiers/conservatives in the Congress, but I won't vote for POTUS.

You can tell me until time comes to an end about not voting for a RINO is a vote for zero and, frankly, I'm past the point of caring. I'm 63 and I've heard that argument for decades and, you know what?? It hasn't changed a thing. Voting for the "lesser of the two evils" hasn't made America any better and has only led us to this point in our history. That's why I'm putting my foot down and refusing to play along with the "lesser of the two evils" game. It doesn't work and doesn't get the best person in the WH.

42 posted on 04/11/2012 2:38:04 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - Another name for white collar criminals!!)
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>>...Conservatives like me are expressing our opinions more openly than ever before and voting . . . . . by NOT opening our wallets and giving them funds...<<

I think I’ve had two of those beggar-letters and I’ve done the same, letting them know how I feel (with fat-tip sharpie) with their own postage.

It would be comforting to know they are missing my support, but they have the uber-rich N.E. country-club RINO’s and the “”enlightened” rich RINO’s on both coasts to keep them flush.

All those donation letters are probably just a marketing tax-write-off. We can’t be sure we have their full attention until they start promoting conservative candidates and consistently emplacing competent conservatives in leadership *AND* I mean promote with the same scorched-earth intensity and “all-in” bet like they’ve done for Romney, McCain, Boehner, McConnell, etc, etc, etc — like all the other RINO’s they *consistently* back. It will take a few years of consistent, rabid, over-the-top, promotion of conservatives to get my memory to forget Scozzafava, Crist, etc.

If not, I hope they dry up and blow away. I doubt they will with all the gazillionaires that will keep them on life-support, but I can hope.


43 posted on 04/14/2012 6:58:46 AM PDT by jaydee770
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