Deja vu.
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.
Was Kerry also one of the Gang Of 14 along led by McCain to vote against any more of Bush's "right-wing" judges?
The Republicans running are all RINO's of varying degrees. They are NOT the same candidate, they do differ on many issues. President Bush is not Conservative on all issues, but better than ANY Democrat. ANY of the Republicans running are better than the Marxist Hillary. Writing in a vote has the same result has voting for Hillary (in the Presidential election).
No Democrat needs to agree with their candidate 100% to support them. Its only cry-baby Republicans that run off the reservation when they dont agree 100% with the Republican in question. Find the candidate THAT IS RUNNING that best supports the majority of your values and make your vote count!
Deja vu.
Obama alone got more votes in SC than all the ones cast for every candidate in our primary the week before. In SC, a Republican state!
The only one who may take him in McCain, and I’d vote for Obama first.
Oh well, all I can say is;
Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.
not a chance I am staying home this time....and maybe for good...
Do you realize that you would then be forcing some of us to vote for Ron Paul?
Now, that would send a message.
seems like something Huckabee would say.
I think this is more a desperation move for the Huckster.
Seriously, he was in florida pushing the same style of tax plan that in 1991 devastated the pleasure boat and luxury exotic car business.
Given the timing of this idiocy, it has to be a desperation move to split votes to keep either Huckabee OR McCain alive.
Nope, disagree, RINO:Republican In Name Only! Same as Hillary or Obama. I see no difference. All the RINO's running are as Socialist as any of the Dems. The MSM ran Fred off. Not because he lost any REPUBLICAN elections. You are welcome to vote for a Socialist if you want. I WILL NOT!
I fully intend to write in Thompson’s name (if he does not remain on the ballot).
No. He was one of the hard core 'RAT senators who opposed any nominee to the right of Souter.
Even electronic voting permits it — you have to spin a wheel to get to “write in” and kind of hunt and peck with the wheel.
You can also just ask for a paper ballot in most places.
Hardly, RINOs are worse.
Well, we did have Hunter and Thompson, acceptable candidates who couldn’t get elected. It would seem that the voters are the problem. Although the open primaries and the media didn’t help matters.
Electile Dysfunction?
Its ironic - all those practical voters who wanted their votes to 'make a difference' got what they wanted and ended up making no difference at all.
So, for the primaries, if you are a Fred supporter who has already shifted, fine. But if you have decided that you simply can’t vote for one of the liberal candidates I think a vote for Fred is more useful than staying home. Despite the strategic voting being pushed by so many, no one has a crystal ball. We really don’t know how the primaries will turn out. If we don’t have a clear winner by the convention, demonstrated conservative voting participation, despite Fred’s departure, could wind up making a difference in the choice of a nominee. But if nothing else, stating your conservative preference beats silence. Don’t stay home.
So you want us to hold our noses and vote for someone as Liberal as Romney because he now "says" he's Conservative? Their records belie their words. The only lesser evil I might consider in the bunch is Huckabee. At least he will get judges correct.
And arguably making it worse.
John McCain is so bad on the immigration issue (and global warming too) that it makes sense to do one’s best to stop him from being the GOP nominee. You don’t have to fully approve of Mitt to know that John is much worse.
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