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To: EternalVigilance

No, that’s common sense.

If Santorum doesn’t prevail, and it looks like he won’t, you have lost the vote and are stuck with Romney.

Now you have to decide which candidate is the worst choice for America.

For all your bluster about the founders, you apparently don’t believe in the representative democracy they set up.


118 posted on 04/01/2012 7:37:54 AM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: A.Hun
For all your bluster about the founders, you apparently don’t believe in the representative democracy they set up.

Well, at least I'm aware that they set up a representative republic, not a democracy.

And if you think any of them would have approved of false choices between varying flavors of the enemies of the Constitution, solely based on party labels, you should perhaps crack some books and learn a bit about them yourself.

"The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations...

I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.

This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.

Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight), the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.

It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume."

-- George Washington, Farewell Address


132 posted on 04/01/2012 7:51:58 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (You can be a Romney Republican or you can be a conservative. You can't be both. Pick one.)
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To: A.Hun

Good try A.Hun but it’s not worth the effort with the usual fanatics like Diogenesis, cripplecreek, and EV. They are too stupid to realize they are 0’s biggest asset snd an extension of his divide and conquer strategy. Romney is the guy the political process has dealt us this time around and it’s time to put up or go join 0’s army!


169 posted on 04/01/2012 9:19:15 AM PDT by balls (0 lies like a Muslim (Google "taqiyya"))
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