Posted on 04/03/2015 5:24:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When the choice is between something which is less than ideal; and the destruction of economies, and making the world a dangerous place — then, I’d say there are shades of evil.
Real conservatives are angry with that nonsense and intend to see it end.
The only place that 'ideal' or 'perfect' meme comes from is liberal republicans trying to tell the conservative he's already lost before the fight is even begun.
Now is not the time to try to sell conservatives lesser evils.
Since there is only one real candidate in the field so far, it is easy to see who you are trying to torpedo.
It won't work. Liberalism is evil. Period. The base is beginning to understand that. And they are angry at the messenger that tells them the fight is lost before it really begins.
/johnny
And here I was thinking that we were disagreeing, when all along we were saying precisely the same thing! ;>)
No one should make the perfect the enemy of the good.
That said, you are offering a strange and inscrutable choice between the “less than ideal” and the “destruction of economies”.
What the h*11 are you talking about? If you are proposing that the Republican offer up another gelded loser in 2016 in order to make the world a safer place for Democrats and Statists of all stripes, the a pox up on you and all your progeny for 13 generations.
Indeed
A move to the right won’t happen because purists sit on their hands, rather than voting for at least the “least-bad” candidate. All that does is hand the election to the leftists (the “most-bad” candidate).
IMHO, conservatives need to take more positive steps to bring voters into the fold. Tea Party activism is one example of a positive step.
You have an agenda, and it is showing.
A move to the right has ALREADY happened and the GOP can't do anything about it. Cruz, just by entering the dialog has forced the conversation to the right.
If the GOP tries to win the votes of liberals, they are a liberal party.
The 'purity' meme is 100% GOP-E and Rove.
You want people to vote for the 'least bad' candidate, even if that includes liberal republicans.
Some conservatives won't vote for liberal republicans any more than they would vote for liberal democrats.
I want to see the liberal GOP politically destroyed.
That includes those that want conservatives to vote for liberal candidates.
/johnny
And I see that as absolute BS promulgated by the GOP-E.
If the GOP will make sure it gets the conservative base, it doesn't have to worry about trying to be liberal for the liberals.
Cruz has a shot at winning without catering to liberals.
You have an agenda, though, and don't believe Cruz can win the General Election. I think that is wrong, but the republican party wants people to believe it so that their candidate doesn't get crushed.
/johnny
To be absolutely clear.
I do NOT support Paul on the Republican ticket or the Libertarian party in any way, shape or form.
I am 100% behind Ted Cruz.
I do NOT want, nor have I ever implied that Cruz should move to the middle or cater to liberals.
I have only suggested that it’s Paul that can move “liberals” to the right. Move them away from the Democrat plantation, away from being zombies once and for all.
I don’t understand why this is so difficult for you to understand.
I want Cruz to win in a landslide. I believe he can do this by staying true to his core beliefs but will require someone like Paul to “bridge the gap”.
This doesn’t require Cruz to make any compromises what so ever.
A reputation of supporting a liberal republican candidate implies a liberal.
Cruz can move those that 'voted democrat' to 'those that voted for Cruz' completely without Rand.
/johnny
Cruz can move those that ‘voted democrat’ to ‘those that voted for Cruz’ completely without Rand.
That may be true.
I hope and pray that it is.
There is however a media and cultural component at play that should not be underestimated.
It is WAY too early for concerned.. folks... to be concerned.
There is a cultural component in the folks that always post concerned, too.
Liberals do that at great risk to themselves and their mission.
/johnny
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