Posted on 01/27/2008 1:24:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Thats the sum of it. If you cant bring yourself to vote for the offerings in your primary, or if the eventual nominee is somebody you cant stomach, dont sit out, and dont vote for the Democrat. Write in Fred Thompsons name.
Why?
By doing so, you send a message that cant be mistaken or spun. It is a message that says:
I am a Republican who wanted to vote for a conservative GOP candidate, but wasnt able to do so. I cant vote for a Democrat, but I cant vote for any of the Republicans, either. So Im 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 wont do it - they can spin the reasons why you sat out. Voting Democrat wont do it, they can spin it that the GOP candidates werent liberal enough. Even voting None of the Above wont do it, because that doesnt specify what you want instead of none of the above.
Im pretty sure that if this notion starts to get traction, Fred Thompson will publicly oppose it. Dont worry, and dont listen to him. This isnt really about Fred Thompson. Its about the future of the Republican party. Fred ran because he hoped to influence that, but he failed. Now its time for the rest of us to take a crack at it.
So remember: Just write in Fred Thompsons name when it comes time to cast your vote. (Theres 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 were seeing now, even that wont be true (if it really is even now) in a couple more election cycles.
Like she won't be able to beat the RINO pretenders?
I’m thinking about it. I have only once in my life voted third party. And once Democrat, because the Republican in question was the worse of the two.
And I did NOT vote for Ross Perot, because I thought he was a pipsqueak little jerk, and also because I noticed during the debates that he NEVER attacked clinton, but always Bush.
I’m not sure if this writer is talking about the primaries, or the November election, or both. But I do know that I will NEVER vote for Hillary, or for Obama, or for McCain, or for Giuliani. So unless there is some other alternative, a vote for Fred Thompson might in that case be the best solution.
Perhaps the party ought to just anoint a candidate and skip the primaries. We’ll be gauranteed to win in the general election every time.
What then, pray tell, would you suggest? Just vote for whoever the Republican nominee happens to be?
I look at the frontrunners and cannot help but shake my head in disgust. One is responsible for a law abridging my right to free speech. One wants our national healthcare system to mimic that of the state he governed. The third is a huckster who seems more like a televangelist than a politician. Not one of them truly reflects the core Republican values.
So you expect us to just hold our noses and vote for them simply because they aren't Democrat?
Talk about incredibly stupid advice...
Helloooooo President Clinton, not just once, twice, and now perhaps thrice, and on and on......Seems we may never be able to get rid of these people.
"I can't respect the wishes of a man I purport to admire."
If it is a winner take-all primary, then this is a truly wasted protest vote.
“Mickey Mouse” would be as good a protest choice.
This is bad advice. Make do with the best of what is left. Thompson took himself out of the race even before a single closed primary had occurred. If Thompson wanted it, which, with his mother in the situation she is in and his need for more funding, he would have tried to leave open a door for us to peek in.
He didn’t, so don’t throw the vote away. I wanted Thompson, too, but I’m not stupid.
I’ll likely vote Romney, even though I have issues with him. But that is not a wasted vote if it helps get a a guy who goes up against the Democrat, and wins.
At least we have a chance to have a “non-terrible” president in Romney.
That ship has sailed or sunk,it is time to move on
The RNC hasn’t gotten the message with all the fake Jorge Boosh pesos they’ve received.
So, writing in Fred Thompson isn’t going to do anything either.
After all, Thompson didn’t even run for the White House. He just sort of strolled — for a while. And then quit.
[If he endorses McCain, which is very probably, as they have been good friends for a long time, Fred will truly have earned the nickname McCain-lite.]
Very interesting!
But schtupid!
Incredibly excellent advice.
Don’t expect the democrat enablers on the forum to take his lying down though.
Then why support it?
Yes. Write in Hunter instead.
You want a comment?: Freepers are smart enough to ignore your advice.
“I see the usual squalling from the power over principle, lesser of two evils, youve got nowhere else to go but the GOP crowd is here in force. Amazingly enough, I intend to ignore them as being the major part of the problem, and contributing nothing to a solution.” —Bill Quick
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