Posted on 10/18/2006 7:01:51 AM PDT by IrishMike
John Stuart Mill once famously called the British Tories "The Stupid Party." From time to time since then, the Tory's American cousin, the Republican Party, has also earned that moniker. Now may be one of those moments. If current polls and anecdotes are to be believed, there may be a million or two conservative Republicans who are planning to not vote this November. Of course, Mill also said that : "A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but also by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury." Apparently, these anticipated conservative non-voters are annoyed with Republican imperfection. They are disheartened, disappointed, disillusioned, distempered, dismal -- and thus plan to dis the party that better advances conservative principles in government. They appear to have fallen victim to the false syllogism: 1) Something must be done; 2) not voting is something; therefore, 3) I will not vote. Of course the fallacy of the syllogism is that the second category could be anything. For example, number two could as well read "eating dog excrement is something." I rather suspect that they will feel about the same afterward, whether they chose the non-voting option or the scatological one. They are both equally illogical -- and repulsive -- and would deserve the moniker, "Stupid." Here are some tell-tale signs of the sort of person who would vote (or not vote) to cause the election of a party which would act to defeat every value and interest he holds dear (merely because the party that will at least try to advance most of those issues has not done as well as he might havehoped) ...............
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You are the type of voter that dim propaganda works on best. I'll bet they would offer you a full time job as a member of a "focus group".
LLS
And it worked so well for the democrats. Pure genius.
The voice of sanity calls for Harry Reid to be investigated................
The same geniuses voted for Ross Perot and gave us the Clintons for eight years and possibly the presidency of Hillary! as their rancid legacy lives on. Stupidity of that magniture is hard to top.
Imperfection? Talk about a strawman.
Yeah but conservatives are even better than Republicans so, in order to avoid those nightmarish scenarios, why not come back to basic conservative principles?
OK, you are a fool. That you would put lunatics in charge of this nation during the WOT proves it. I am sick to death of people so conservative that they would hand power in this nation over to the likes of Pelosi, Murtha, Kennedy.
You go ahead a do what you must, but all you will get from me is derision.
Dan, that's fine with me. So let's work within the framework of the only politically viable party available to us.
I don't necessarily believe them.
Nancy Pelosi thanks you.
Indeed...well said.
You're making an assumption there. Your assumption is incorrect.
Yeah but two years after Clinton was elected the Republicans saw the writing on the wall, got serious, and we got a lot of very conservative men in congress that cut back spending and social programs.
If there is a third party candidate, I will vote for them
So many of these articles are seemingly hoping for the self-fulfilling prophecy effect, I think.
I'm not buying any of it as I've yet to run into ONE person who leans right saying they are staying home. Not ONE.
"No matter what the problem is, the answer in not electing more democrats."
Hugh Hewitt
You stay home that is exactly what you are doing....and while that may not be stupid, it's a real good impersonation of stupidity.
That's what I'm doing. I'm using the only club I have. I'm withholding my vote until they come to their senses. It worked in '92 to get a conservative congress in '94. Maybe we will get another Ronald Reagan in '08. It's amazing what a good swift kick in the butt will do.
I you sure you know your right from your left?
That may sound hyperbolic but it's true. More power in the House will likely get more killed thru the WOT as well as terror attacks. Al Queda will be thrilled when you allow Dems more power at this time in history.
"Hi. I'm Dan. I didn't vote for you in 2006 so you really need to listen to me in 2008." Geez.....
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