I am working 60-70 hours a week as a crane mechanic and operator, spending time with my family when I am not at work, trying to get a home loan, getting ready for a new baby, raising a 3 year old.
My point is that I vote my conscience, and I expect the people I vote for to stand up for what got them elected. I know what you are saying, you won't get elected if you are a hard liner. So it is okay to stay with the status quo? That is our problem, when the dems get into power they push so much stuff down our throats that we are playing defensive, (and the public is tired of them and they vote in a republican), then when we get in we try to play nice. There would be no talk of 3rd parties if we could keep ours on the right. This is the plan of the libs, they are getting what they want, even when we are in power.
Point taken. You are obviously fighting the good fight, staying in the game of life. God Bless you. My daughter got married last year, I'm a school teacher and summer vacation is only a week away and thus I have more than enough time to devote to politics.
Some folks like the status quo. Some republicans are frightened by my brand of conservatism and want to stay with the "centrists." These folks are sheep. If you read the essay I keep on sheep, wolves and sheepdogs, you'll understand. If you need me to post the link again, just say so. Anyway, the core of the Republican Party is and HAS to be the deeply dedicated conservatives.
As we progress in the WOT they will grow stronger. We must be vigilant that the lurking globalists not gain too much leverage to take away freedoms in the name of safety! Safety is nice, but it's not first. Life is first and.....Life is not....safe!
Along with the WOT conservative values may also take root again or they may not....that is a tree that must be nourished and watered and fed. The problem in the past has been that conservatives have been fighting to keep new liberal initiatives off our backs to try and roll back older ones. That tide is starting to turn a bit.
RATS are sneaky. They claim a spirit of compromise which to them means watching and taking every bit they can get until the conservatives will be pushed no further then they stop, only to come back and demand anew all that they wanted before and more.... The problem is that certain RINOs are more than willing to help them destroy this country. They are the folks that must be voted OUT!
The only way to do this is to find a great candidate to replace them, then find several nuggets of negativity that will resonate with their constituents and run with it. But there MUST be a viable, likeable candidate ready to leap into the fray with proper funding and backing. Otherwise you risk handing the seat to the RATS.