Posted on 01/27/2008 1:24:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
That’s the sum of it. If you can’t bring yourself to vote for the offerings in your primary, or if the eventual nominee is somebody you can’t stomach, don’t sit out, and don’t vote for the Democrat. Write in Fred Thompson’s name.
Why?
By doing so, you send a message that can’t be mistaken or spun. It is a message that says:
“I am a Republican who wanted to vote for a conservative GOP candidate, but wasn’t able to do so. I can’t vote for a Democrat, but I can’t vote for any of the Republicans, either. So I’m writing in the name of the candidate I wish I could have voted for, because he is the kind of candidate I could support.”
They have to learn that if they want conservative votes, they have to nominate candidates conservatives would want to vote for.
This strategy is the only one that offers any hope of changing the leftward move of the GOP in the future. Sitting out won’t do it - they can spin the reasons why you sat out. Voting Democrat won’t do it, they can spin it that the GOP candidates weren’t liberal enough. Even voting “None of the Above” won’t do it, because that doesn’t specify what you want instead of none of the above.
I’m pretty sure that if this notion starts to get traction, Fred Thompson will publicly oppose it. Don’t worry, and don’t listen to him. This isn’t really about Fred Thompson. It’s about the future of the Republican party. Fred ran because he hoped to influence that, but he failed. Now it’s time for the rest of us to take a crack at it.
So remember: Just write in Fred Thompson’s name when it comes time to cast your vote. (There’s nothing stopping you from writing it in for other offices, either).
And ignore all the squalling that you have to vote GOP because it is marginally less evil than the Democrats. Given the rate of decay we’re seeing now, even that won’t be true (if it really is even now) in a couple more election cycles.
I proudly voted for Fred in the Iowa caucuses and intend to write him in as my candidate in the general.
I’ll be voting in the Feb 5 primary and I’ll probably vote for Romney because I don’t want McCain as the nom. I like and dislike things about each of them, just as I feel about most politicians (and then there are those I don’t like at all). I was hoping Thompson or Hunter were an option but since they aren’t I have to choose between who’s left. I think Romney would have a better chance at winning against the dem nominee and wouldn’t completely suck as President.
I do think that we must do something about the Republican party but I don’t believe we can fix it before the election.
200 million? He couldn’t get better than 3rd place in a southern state! VERY disappointing! I suppose we can thank Huckabee supporters for that.
I've heard this in every election since Reagan and all it's done is drive the party leftward as they try to match the Dems.
The line must be drawn here and no further.
Fred is my write-in, like it or not.
Id vote for the Republican Candidate. Any other voting option would be same as a vote for Hillary, and you could not torture me into doing that. I do not agree with Ron Paul's libertarian views, nor his foreign policy views. I disagree with allot of Pauls ideas, I disagree with ALL of Hillary's.
I think one of the most influential things a President can do is nominate the Supreme Court Judges. The left wants to rule by the courts to bypass the people. If you ask who would pick better Supreme Court Judges, Hillary or Paul ... I think Paul would do a better job there by a long shot.
I am not a libertarian, but a libertarian would pick better judges than a Marxist Socialist.
“Fred is my write-in, like it or not.”
The vote in a presidential general election is for a slate of electors. If Fred doesn’t have a slate of electors in your state, you can’t really vote for him in any meaningful sense of the word “vote”. You’ll get more attention if you just picket the polling place.
Excellent — thanks! I’ve never written anyone in before; should be interesting.
The RNC is too pompous/stupid/arrogant/retarded/out-of-touch/corrupt to recognize a protest vote anyway.
Fair enough.
I will no longer engage in political relativism. Just as with moral relativism, it doesn’t work in the long-term. I believe there must be some absolute, unchanging standards that we adhere to. Telling the GOP that it gets my vote no matter what product it serves me is IMO no way to encourage it to turn out a better product.
Thomas Paine
Enough is enough.
Well said.
Do you mind if I steal that quote?
I don’t care.
I’m voting for FRed.
I have held my nose in every election since I voted for Reagan
at age 18.
I’m NOT doing it ANY MORE.
He’s already on the ballot in a most primary states...
Start the message there.
Fred was a good guy, but he is no hero. If he was, he would have stuck it out.
I moved to Fred and he quit a short time later.
My primary is in May, so it won’t make much difference anyway.
Paul, with a big dose of whiskey for moderating the pain.
I agree. I feel that way about all those we have left and the same about the dems.
As for the Surpreme Court picks, I’d take my chances with Romney moreso than McCain. Same goes for foreign policy even though McCain claims to be pro defense/pro military.
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