Posted on 10/22/2008 7:09:54 AM PDT by bboop
Dear Members of the Republican Party,
Like millions of other PUMAs, the only thing I’ve decided about this election is that under no circumstances would I be voting for Barack Obama. However, like millions of other PUMAs I have also realized that the only way to ensure that Barack Obama is not elected President is if John McCain wins on November 4th.
In the last few months, I have watched with amazement as you have worked hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the Presidential election. In your public and private utterances you have been pessimistic, downcast, fatalistic and have shown signs of being mentally out of the game.
How easily you forget that compared to Barack Obama, in John McCain you not only have a candidate who was legitimately elected by your party, but you have a better candidate, a better message, and a better connection to Main Street, USA. Despite all this you carry on like the election is over and Barack Obama has already won.
It is sad that compared to the rank and file of the GOP, PUMAs are more steadfast in their belief that an Obama presidency is not inevitable. All over the MSM, in the blogosphere and in conversations with people everywhere, members of the GOP who should still be fighting the good fight are talking like a party that has already lost. Why should this be so?
As PUMAs, during the primaries we took the Obama machine on and won, we kept our faith and acted from the realization that no matter what our contributions were, doing something was infinitely better than doing nothing. Either way we knew that sink or swim, till it was over, it iwas not over. The GOP needs to come to this same realization in regards to this election immediately.
The reason Hillary prevailed till she chose to give it all up for the sake of party unity (my a..) is because those of us in her corner supported her candidacy against all odds. Despite all of Hillary’s flaws, and believe you me, there are many, when it came to supporting her candidacy we never showed hurt, never showed fear, never backed down, and never gave up. You can do the same.
As PUMAs we worked our butt off to ensure Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Party’s Primary, against all odds, including being outspent 4 : 1, the MSM being in Obama’s corner, charges of racism and blatant displays of sexism by Obama and his surrogates, and last but not least, electoral fraud perpetuated by ACORN. Folks, indeed the more things change the more they stay the same, nothing has changed, except John McCain has taken the place of Hillary Clinton.
How dare you back down, how dare you give up on John McCain and Sarah Palin? Right now they are the only two people in the world standing between the America we love and cherish and a society remade in the image of Barack Obama. Obama is a man whose political ideology is more in line with that of Daniel Arap Moi, a founding father of Kenya who thrived on the cult of personality, than it is in line with that of our founding father, George Washington, a man who put it all on the line so that our country would truly be greater than any one man.
Is it going to be hard to do this, but you must fight. You must stop griping, complaining and talking about how the deck is stacked against your candidate and your party, yes, life isn’t fair, but it has never been. Instead get in the trenches to fight for McCain/Palin. There must be no retreat, there must be no surrender, till it is midnight in Hawaii and the election is over in all parts of the United States, the election is not over.
Go out and talk to people, educate people on McCain and Palin’s strengths, also educate people on Obama and Biden’s extremely obvious character deficiencies. Nobody who truly loves America and the American way of life can compare the candidates and give any sort of edge to Obama/Biden.
Not everybody is going to listen to you, but who cares? If people don’t want to listen to you, go talk to someone else, if they don’t want to listen to you, go talk to yet another person, eventually, you’ll find someone who has been waiting just to hear your message, and that person will at the minimum NOT vote for Obama, even if s/he does not vote for McCain/Palin. Every single not cast for Obama is a vote that keeps Obama out of the White House, it is that simple.
None of this is going to be easy, pleasant or maybe even enjoyable, because hard work is required, but guess what? The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Lastly, Republicans, you can count on PUMAs to work till the bell is rung to prevent Obama from being elected, you must do the same!
Sharpen your swords! Never give up! It is a Battle!
Better watch your back while you’re at it. They were Clinton voters for a reason.
Wow! BTTT.
I’m not giving up.
I would have voted for Hillary before I voted for Nobama and that is saying a lot!
“Sharpen your swords! Never give up! It is a Battle!”
AMEN!!! We can and will win this!!!!!! We can’t let the liberal media get us down!
Let’s stay strong, people!!!!!!! Keep the faith!!!
McCain-Palin’08!!!
Very encouraging letter, especially in light of who it came from; and I’m not letting the media get to me. They’re really hammering the polls today, continually repeating their “double digits” mantra.
Of course, this proves to me that they must be desperate if they’re leading with poll stories. Haha!
I wish the independent women voters were truly on McCain’s side, but I get the sense that a signficant number of them have that tingling sensation (up their leg or elsewhere) for Obama.
It is a disgrace that Hillary supporters have more fire, enthusiasm and optimism with regard to this election than Republicans do.
I, for one, do NOT think it is over, and I have been telling everyone I know that it is far from over. I am sick of all the Eeyores (snatched from Hillbuzz)!
I thought we were supposed to be WARRIORS on this side of the aisle!
What is more, we have a non conservative who sees it better than most repubs.
yes, get out an vote McCain and Palin so that we can begin the REAL work of getting this country back on track
I’m not disheartened.....well, I am disheartened that so many here are buying the MSM bullpolls and wailing about it on thread after thread.
Mac will win this. .
Ditto and that is saying a lot too
Hillary or Obama would have brought another 9/11
Where did the idea that Republicans “have given up” originate?
With BO’s camp?
I’m discouraged by the MSM that gives Obama, Murtha, Biden, Wright, Ayres. ACORN and oh so many others a pass while tearing apart Palin and McCain ALL the time.
I know following it too much makes you crazy...this process is way, way, way too long. I'm so done. Just want it over. Either way, I'm shutting off FR for at least a month, hopefully longer.
I agree, we are to be warriors! Where’s the courage? Where’s the spunk? There’s never been a battle won where the victors went in demoralized!! Courage is doing what you need to do IN SPITE of your feelings, after all. What would this attitude have gotten the guys on the beach at Normandy on D-Day?
What makes me sick are the Republicans who are voting for Obama, out of boredom, snobbery, or something, while here we have patriotic Democrats who are planning to vote for a true American hero, a man of noble character, good judgment, and long experience.
Obama, absolutely. Hillary, I am not so sure. Honestly, I would not want to be a foreign country that tried to screw around with the US if Hillary were president.
Surreal to have the support of these Clintonites who seek to drag McCain left.
I will say McPalin CAN win this, I shut off the TV for a time, you know what is going to happen, “Obama has won, stay home”
No way can any American, let alone a Conservative, do that, not while staring down the barrel of a Socialism gun wielded by Obama/Reid/Pelosi.
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