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 Ive 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 Hillarys 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 Partys Primary, against all odds, including being outspent 4 : 1, the MSM being in Obamas 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 isnt 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 Palins strengths, also educate people on Obama and Bidens 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 dont want to listen to you, go talk to someone else, if they dont want to listen to you, go talk to yet another person, eventually, youll 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!
Well, yes, and I think all of us conservatives agree with you.
However, regardless of that, it is still binary, and this country cannot afford to have Obama and his fellow piggies at the Trough.
It is not heaven down here.
I know dozens of PUMAs who’ve quit their jobs, taken leave of absence from them and are traveling to BG states. In many conversations, there is much opportunity to not only work along side them for a McCain victory, but also bring some of them into the Republican party. Keep in mind, many midwest traditional Democrats are conservative on ALL counts, but just vote Democrat because of their family’s party allegiance. Their eyes have been opened to more than the dangers of a BHO presidency, they’ve seen the Democrat party and their issue positions as tolerable in the past but won’t go back.
This needs to be put on the sidebar so every FReeper and every lurker sees it and reads it.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of 0bama supporters here on the corners in east central brevard county. I give them either a good ol thumbs down, or a bronx cheer if the weather is milder and my windows are down. They look at me like a poor lost soul.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so for now, kindly STFU as your comments are counterproductive.
UP here in Maine, wherever I go in the country roads, McC/Sarah signs outnumber the others by about 20 to 1.
It's only in the cities that the obamination signs are prevalent.
That's due to all the "flatlanders" that have moved up, in the past 3-4 decades, from Conn, Mass, N,Y>, etc. The raging libs who move up here to enjoy the Maine Way of living - and as soon as their fancy shoes - or sandals - hit the pavement, set about to change it to the way they came from.
The Maine of my youth was rock-solid Republican. I cannot abide anything but the country anymore...and I love my little haven in the forest. I am becoming hermitized. If the worst happens, I am contemplating getting further into the north woods. The lazy libs stick to the cities - herd animals. They'd never make it out where it takes hard work and independence with neighborliness to survive. In the country, neighbors respect one another's boundarys, but are always ready to lend a helping hand.
The media and the youth vote are downright completely out of their slippers on Obama.
As for Pumas, well, I see this is close to a repent case. They will be the first one purged by Obambi and they know it. After this it will be Rinos and finally attack on GOPs and free speech in general.
Let us face it, part of this Obambi/media thug machinery was built and paid for by Clintonites... before he coopted or stole it for himself.
I hope I don’t have to do that. Computer literacy is not my forte...
I agree. The Democrat Party has left them — and Zell Miller, and Ronald Reagan, and Joe Lieberman.
I read yesterday that the Dems HAVE to deliver O for their black constituents, and if they cannot, they will lose them.
Might be the end of the party.
Here’s how I see it — Courage is not FEELINGS. It is a decision to face what is frightening and give your all to stopping it, whatever you can do, until it is destroyed.
Isn’t this what the Marines do? They don’t wait til they FEEL courageous; they act courageously in spite of their fears.
I have never seen such a clear cut 'separation of the wheat from the chaff' as this election...and I first voted for Ike.
I look at people now who are fervently behind the obamination and see, should the worst happen, the people who would gleefully become the Block Wardens, wearing their Brown Shirts proudly and turning me in for the least perceived infraction.
We that know history - know such scenarios have been repeated in societies for centuries. Some can remember the examples in our own lifetimes. There seems to be almost an equal number of people in any society that will gladly join the side of the oppressor and turn against their neighbors, friends and families.
We defeat this looming evil, or we will live it.
I, to, am now distancing myself from these people and finding new friends among the 'sane.' =
Yep, is a lesson being learned here? - Amazingly rare thing to see. Hopefuly in the future they will be less submissive and not vote implicitly for Obamaesque candidates by calling themselves “first black president” and other nonsense Pelosian rhetoric favoring terrorists abroad.
Never give up!
Send this link out to all your lists:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2112200/posts?page=12#12
Yeah, I’m no fan of Hillary because of her domestic policies, but I still think she’s one tough b****, and she would have been not a half-bad Commander-in-Chief. Anyway, the way I see it, the enemy of my enemy is my friend in this case, and if the PUMAs can help take McCain over the top, so be it. Lots of PUMAs in PA and nearby states, so I’m hopeful they will make a significant difference in the outcome. Thanks for all of your help PUMAs!!! Let’s work together now, we can always duke it out later, in 2012!
I just got home and saw this.
You are right about THOSE Republicans; I should have clarified—Conservatives out here—as in US! I thought WE were fighters, but I see so many just giving up.
YES! I have thought the same thing. Now if only he could have that holding-a-baby-up-as-a-shield moment before Novemeber 4.
But, then again, would the media even report it? >:^(
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