Gotta Play to Win. Conservatives shouldn't sit this one out.

Weekly Standard ^ | 10/30/06 | Craig Shirley

[billybudd]

What a condescending piece of carp. Conservatives aren't "quitting." Some of us feel Republicans should be punished for raising spending more than twice what it was in the Clinton years and completely destroying any border security. Not saying Democrats should take over, but maybe a more divided government would make the Republicans not feel so complacent and actually listen to us.

[Prime Choice]

Ah, if only there were a plethora of stories telling RINO-coddlers who screech that conservatives are "unelectable" to just shut their pieholes and suck it up.

Alas, only conservatives are called on to hold their noses and vote for liberals with an 'R' by their name. These same liberals who are indistinguishable from their Dhimmicrat counterparts in that they support gun control, abortion on demand, gay marriage, and more. And every time a vote comes to a pinch, these same RINOs consistently side with their Dhimmicrat brethren.

Yeah. I'm all fired up to vote for more of that crap.

[boomop1]

The only people who think we are going to sit this out is the wishing MSM, f them and the mega-watts they came in on.

[in hoc signo vinces]

Well...considering the vast silent majority doesnt believe the MSM garbage, knows what a disaster any democrat control of congress would be, I think the voter turnout will be strong like it was in all the past elections where the DEMS LOST...and the media predicted them winning.

I, and many of my friends, are energized to vote for those running for office that best represent the ideals of this country, that run on the facts, and an understand of good policy decision....and no one fitting that bill is a DEMOCRAT...

[trisham]

I'm voting. The last thing I'll do is let any election be decided without my participation. No matter who wins, I'll have done my part.

It's a straight Republican ticket for me.

[no dems]

This is not the time to play "hard-ball". We have to take some responsibility for the mess we're in this election cycle.We allowed the RINOs, the crooks, the big-spenders, the perverts, the "don't offend the Mexican voter" border security pansies, to win in the GOP Primaries instead of working our butts off to defeat them.

That's where the battle was.

[MichiganConservative]

Well, I'm going to do my part to try to rid the Senate of Fat Debbie and the governor's mansion of the Canadian Bitch. In Michigan, things can only improve. If only we could get rid of that POS Levin this year too.

[LibLieSlayer]

Cut and Run Conservatives are Cut and Run Conservatives. Stay home and punish the Americans fighting terror across the world, punish American workers and punish all other Conservatives. Maybe some Rinos deserve it, but to punish our economy and defense for a personal agenda or ideology is wrong! IMHO... which you have no right to try to take away from me!

BTW, have you checked the percentage of Cut and Run Conservatives vs Conservatives on FR homepage?

LLS

[wastedyears]

I just need to have my voting state changed, and I'm good to go.

[lillybet]

The ideals of this country lie in the footsteps of the past, Our forefathers.

[Prime Choice]

Show me the last time an incumbent was defeated in the primaries and then you'll understand why this "defeat the RINOs in the primaries" is just so much asinine empty rhetoric.

I've had it with the RINOs. They are just as bad as the Dhimmicrats. And between you and me, I've had enough of their knives in my back to know that I'd rather have the enemy in front of me than behind me, pretending to be my ally.

[Michael.SF.]

Rush last week was pleading for a cut and run Republican to call in and try and convince him that he is wrong to not agree with the strategy, of cut and run, in regards to the election. There were no takers, which is not surprising.

Yes, we can all be PO'd that there is no one carrying the banner for conservatism, as Reagan did, and yes, the Republican's should be punished for not standing up, as they continue to be flailed unmercifully by the MSM and other leftists.

But to sit this one out and not vote, even for a RINO over a Dem, is not punishment, it is an execution.

[MichiganConservative]

In Michigan, Joe Schwartz, a RINO, got beat in the primary by a conservative.

[wastedyears]

Unfortunately, you're correct, and I believe it. They had the true vision of how this country should be, and it's become sliced, cut, and run around in the 230+ plus years that we've been a country.

[Prime Choice]

In Michigan, Joe Schwartz, a RINO, got beat in the primary by a conservative.

When was that? And what other cases do you have to offer?

Remember: once is a fluke; twice is a pattern; three times is evidence.

[billybudd]

Oh. Right. It's only a small matter of a "personal agenda". This is exactly the condescension I'm talking about. Like it doesn't matter that Republicans are now bigger spenders than the Democrats ever were, or that the Republicans refuse to secure the border. Defense you say? How about defending us from the millions streaming across the border illegaly every year?

Your attitude is exactly why Republicans will get hammered this election. The attitude that the *critical foundation* of what the party should stand for is somehow petty or unimportant, a mere "personal agenda."

[MichiganConservative]

That was a few months ago.

Here's a Club for Growth press release about it and a similar one in Colorado:

http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2006/08/a_2for2_night.php

If the voter's aren't there to vote for conservatives in the primaries, then they get what they deserve. Do you vote in the primaries?

[NearlyNormal]

"I, and many of my friends, are energized to vote for those running for office that best represent the ideals of this country, that run on the facts, and an understand of good policy decision....and no one fitting that bill is a DEMOCRAT..."

I'm Right with you.

Unfortunately I'm discovering quite a few fellow conservatives here in NoVA who seem politically exhausted from the liberal MSM onslaught. It's been far more effective than I had realized. Many are disillusioned with the results from those they fought so hard to elect in the last election cycle. It is taking a lot of effort for me to convince some of them that, even if it's voting for the "lesser of two Weevils", it's never been more important for them to get out and vote.

My advice to my fellow FReepers is not to assume anything about their Pubbie or Conservative friends - make sure they are going to vote!

[johnny7]

I'm no big Tom Hanks fan... but I believe in one of his roles, he said “Stupid is as stupid does.” So if you does stay home... YOU is stupid!