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To: ilgipper

There is one good argument for letting Obama get reelected if all we’re going to get is Obama-lite as the alternative. Obama will be hamstrung by gridlock from the Republican congress, which we’re unlikely to lose. He will have a lame-duck presidency and then be barred from ever running again.

If Obama is defeated, and we get a liberal-leaning Republican like Mitt whose policies don’t turn the country around, Obama can come back like Nixon and defeat him in 4 years, bringing a much more liberal Congress in with his coattails.

A bad, failed Republican presidency does not help us in the long run. It just paves the way for a bigger comeback for Democrats. We need to pick the MOST CONSERVATIVE candidate who can win. Ceding our principles in our own party before we even start the election is a disaster. Do you believe those principles are good for the country or not? How does having an “R” attached to bad principles help us make our party more popular or successful?

It’s extremely short-term thinking to think we need to put up a liberal Republican just to win this election, while not seeing how that sets us up for bigger failures in the future and even an Obama comeback.


120 posted on 12/29/2011 8:23:44 AM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Obama in 2012!)
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To: JediJones
It’s extremely short-term thinking to think we need to put up a liberal Republican just to win this election...

So four more years of Kenyan Stalinism would be better for our National Security than Mitt Romney?

Do I have that correct?

136 posted on 12/29/2011 8:29:27 AM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them)
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To: JediJones

Obama will be hamstrung by gridlock from the Republican congress,
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LOL LOL!! You’re joking, right? Boehner the caver cry baby? You have got to be kidding me. He just caved a few days ago and will cave again, again and again. Also, you seriously think they will block more Obommie Commie SCOTUS nominations? NO and hell no Hussein has to go!


298 posted on 12/29/2011 12:54:04 PM PST by mojitojoe (SCOTUS.... think about that when you decide to sit home and pout because your candidate didn't win)
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