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To: MindBender26
"Voters need to evaluate the ENTIRE candidate, not just his or her stand on one issue."

Granted, and I do do that. But that doesn't mean that someone gets a pass from me just because the opponent is far less perfect.

Look, what politicians want most is to be elected and reelected, right? If we continue to reelect them without holding them to account for what they have done, they will continue to ignore us and our issues. When they get fired, or see another politician fired for what they did wrong, they pay attention.

It's sad that it has got to this point, but if the pubbies want to continue to hold power, they better pay attention to the segment of the party that holds gun rights sacred. We may not be the majority of the party, but a significant minority that can influence elections. It wasn't us that asked for the "Big Tent" party, but since we're here, we will voice our concerns and we will be ignored at the peril of the party.

What you must understand is that we aren't asking for anyone to give us anything. We don't want something that doesn't belong to us. We aren't seeking special programs that someone else must pay for. We are not the typical 'special interest' or 'single issue' group.

Our issue is THE single issue. It's FREEDOM. If the pols don't trust us (the American people) with guns, why should we trust them? Free men own guns, slaves do not. When we lose our single issue, America is no longer the grand experiment that started so long ago.

That's why we are so adamant. And if both major parties are intent on disarming us, then so be it. Let's find out now while we are still all as well armed as we are. We can't wait until the only legal firearm is a single shot .22 that is registered with the government and stored in their storage facilities until we check it out to shoot on government approved ranges.

Does that help you to understand us 'single issue' voters a little bit better?

If not, may your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity not know that you are our brethren.

637 posted on 11/19/2003 11:16:00 AM PST by Badray (Molon Labe!)
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To: Badray
Actually, you say for agree, then try to justify the foolishness of single issue voting.

It's very simple. Support the candidate who supports the vast majority of things you and I agree with, or support the candidate with whom we have little or no agreement.

This is the real world. The Republican or Democrat wil be elected. Who will you help, with the complete understanding that if you sit hone and fail to vote for the Republican/more conservative candidate, you help the Gun Grabbing Dem!

643 posted on 11/19/2003 11:48:02 AM PST by MindBender26 (For more news as it happens, stay tuned to your local FReeper Network station)
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