So you’re a conservative-libertarian willing to put aside your politics to vote for a liberal-moderate, big government Republican named Mitt Romney. Someone who places political expediency above all else.
I’ve been coming to FR for over 8 years now. The objectives of this forum have always been crystal clear. FReepers promote conservative candidates, advance conservatism and defend the Constittuion.
The #1 goal of Free Republic for most of 2007, has been to knock off Rooty and get the best conservative candidate the GOP nomination.
Romney is no conservative. Supporting someone who isn’t a conservative is a self-defeating proposition.
Was Bush a conservative?
I frankly don’t care that Romney is a liberal RINO and not a conservative. He’s running for president of the USA, not the ACU.
I was very ideological in college. I guess I outgrew all that.
Anyways, the success of conservatism in America isn’t going to depend on who the President is, on any one man. Conservatism depends on each individual. We are individualists, not collectivists.