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Angry Conservatives Coming Home (FReeper Classic)
NRO Corner ^ | 10/25/06 | Anonymous FReeper

Posted on 10/25/2006 11:56:04 AM PDT by freespirited

From a reader:

Jonah, Over on Freerepublic, I've been one of the people who consistently has been chanting for abandoning the Republicans. The fact of the matter is a republican in congress has a lot more in common with a democrat in congress than either of them has with me and the other folks who only get to spend their own money. The contempt they hold for your average American slips out from time to time and it's always disheartening. So come election time, it seems the only tool I have to get them to listen to me is to threaten to withhold my vote and potentially move the scope of all political discourse further to the right. But when the moment arrives, I'm going to hold my nose and vote for the republican lying weasel instead of handing a victory to the democratic lying weasel.

I mean I'm angry... but I'm not an idiot.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dontstayhome; election2006; elections; imangry; imnotanidiot; rino; rinopurge; rinowatch; votegop
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To: freespirited

Staying home elects a democrat


81 posted on 10/25/2006 9:09:39 PM PDT by MaineVoter2002 (If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
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To: Common Tator

CT,

Straight Republican vote for my husband and I in Minnesota. To heck with the polls. We do NOT believe their lies and we have our convictions. We will be at the polls on November 7th!


82 posted on 10/25/2006 9:20:20 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: KC_Conspirator
In the end, you can't win by not playing.

According to what Joshua learned, the opposite is true of global thermonuclear war.

On topic, I already voted a straight R.
83 posted on 10/25/2006 9:24:43 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: freespirited

That's too bad. We need to encourage some real conservatives to oppose our RINO's in the primaries.


84 posted on 10/25/2006 10:21:34 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: KC_Conspirator
Politics, after all, is a team sport.

The place to make changes is in the primaries, no matter what it takes!

Come election time, ya vote for the team! Any questions? ...............FRegards

85 posted on 10/26/2006 12:14:38 AM PDT by gonzo (.........Good grief!...I'm as confused as a baby in a topless club!.........)
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To: freespirited
You're having a home built. You have the choices between two builders. Builder A has built you a home in the past and didn't quite live up to all his promises. The home is functional but even though many things are of good quality, the builder has reneged on some provisions. And you are having problems getting the builder to obey the contract fully. So you're thinking about teaching A a lesson by having Builder B construct one for you.

You've seen B's homes/shacks from the roadside and you've noticed that many have collapsed after only a year or two. You visit one of B's homes for sale and you immediately notice all the shoddy work and lack of furnishings. Everything is substandard or completely unacceptable. You talk to other people who have bought B's houses and hear them rant about the horrible dwelling they purchased. But to teach Builder A a lesson, you decide to go with Builder B even though you know B will be much worse than A. That's the logic of all the people who are going to stay home or vote for Dems to teach Republicans/Builder A a lesson.

86 posted on 10/26/2006 4:18:27 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: freespirited

OK - another prodigal here coming home. Only because of the court decision in NJ ...


87 posted on 10/28/2006 6:18:12 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: YOUGOTIT

A long time ago we use to be dems. We grew up and got smart and started paying attention to the issues not the hysterics.But even if there were a dem that was prolife,that is a big deal for me,their party is radical proabortion and always follow party line.


88 posted on 11/05/2006 9:27:22 AM PST by red irish (Gods Children in the womb are to be loved too!)
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To: All

Make your statements in the primaries. And do not think "moderates are in control of the primary process". YOU are in control of the primary process.

Always, no exceptions, always vote for the rightwardmost, candidate who is viable. This is what to do in primaries, and this is what to do in the general election.

It's a simple rule that doesn't need nuance and doesn't need deep analysis. You will rarely go wrong following this rule. (the rare occasion is if the candidate is later discovered to be a criminal; but you can't know that then)


89 posted on 11/05/2006 9:41:43 AM PST by Owen
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