Posted on 10/30/2006 5:52:36 AM PST by ajolympian2004
Yeah, I hope you are right. Unfortunately I've heard a few conservatives in the blogosphere, in the media and people I know state how staying at home this time around is the best plan. It's a lame strategy.
I would never withhold my vote from a real conservative.
So what state are you in? Who are your candidates???
I got it! You are in Minnesota.
So you are thinking about staying home vs. voting for (R) Mark Kennedy??? That's a potential pickup for Republicans. The ultimate goal is to reach 60 in the Senate so all judges, conservative legislation, etc. will get an up or down vote on the Senate floor.
You are wrong. We had great proof of it this year here in Iowa during the primary. We got rid of RINOs. Now, the conservatives selected just have to get elected. One thing I've noticed about you cut-and-run conservatives is that you are a very miserable bunch. You can't see the good in anything. You have a lot in common with liberals.
Our former Senator Rod Gramms is running for the house in our district (soporifically lamb I'm afraid ). I'll be voting for him without any hesitation. Kennedy just barely fits into my criteria so I'll be voting for him too.
I've accused you of nothing, Cgg...nor will I hold this impoliteness against you.
I always wonder if our best candidates are the many great nationally syndicated and local talk show hosts all across our great country. They certainly are the best spokesmen and women for our side.
Congratulations. More babies will die in the womb because of illogical, emotion-driven people like you seeing to it that the RATS gain power.
In the end my vote (maybe 90% of the reason) this year comes down to what is best for the super outstanding men and women of our US military. Which party wants to cut'n'run, reduce / slash defense spending, etc. I know that on balance that means I must show up and vote (R) right down the ballot.
In a parliamentary system, minor parties can stay "pure" and then have influence when the government is formed, but not in ours. So people just need to figure out which they are, Republican or Democrat, and vote for their party. Independents are just people who can't figure out which they are.
My argument is that a bad republican is better than a good democrat because even good democrats add to their majority. Pablum or not, I'll stand by this.
You're going to stand by your wild, unsupported, and illogical claim that if the Republicans lose the majority, the Dims will "take your guns away, cause paid abortions for all, raise your taxes, risk the nation's security, etc."?????
Okie dokie.
That depends on whether they gain and then retain a majority post '08, neither of which I predict. A vote for any dem helps them on their way.
You will be taking whatever the dems want to dish out if they win because you didn't vote. Did you not get the article?
The democrat agenda will still be put in place due to coercion of the "new guy to get on board" with the party. Then, what you will have in place will be farther away from your beliefs than if the "not conservative enough" republican candidate had won. At least with him in office he can be influenced by conservative republicans who can remind him what votes got him there.
Okay, what do you do when it happens like it did in CA? Here, the CAGOP brokered a deal and endorsed a candidate for Gov. before the primary, and let it be known that any candidate opposing their anointed would be a pariah and financially punished. In 2004, 100% of the incumbents won back their seats (except Condit. Can't remember if he withdrew or lost to another Dem) and no open seats changed party. California, on both sides of the aisle, has become government for the incumbent and by the incumbent, good, bad or insane, and Lord help those who oppose the Machine. You have to die or pull a Condit or Cunningham grade malfeasance not to hold your seat for eternity.
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I vote for whom I want. The GOP sucks, sucks, sucks!!! For 6 yrs, they had control of Congress and held the presidency and spent my tax dollars worse than the democrats. There has not been ONE conservative initiative since the tax cut and GWB can't even bring himself to call a spade a spade when it comes to Islam. "War on Terror" my heiny.
Furthermore the comment about "not supporting our troops" by not voting GOP is such horsehockey.
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