Thank you, koinonia.
You gave me another idea on how to respond to those who are horrified when I tell them I am not going to vote for Romney,.It’s about principle and core values but also: “I stand before God, family and country” And I cannot in good conscience cast my vote for a man who ran a dishonorable, underhanded, unprincipled and cruel race in an attempt to destroy and besmirch the reputations of his opponents, who all happened to be good people..
Just like the GOP-E that endorses him, Romney believed that he could take away my electoral privilege to choose..which as stated clearly in the Constition is an “inalienable right”.
He will not succeed.
I am a Conservative activist first and foremost.
The Republican Party of my youth, the one that my Dad loved and that Ronald Reagan represented...is not recognizalble to me anymore.
It is comprised of a bunch of good ol’boy elitists.The RNC is the worst. I’ve met many of them in my grassroots campaign efforts since 2000 and with a few exceptions, they are not an admirable group.
For the most part, they are self centered and arrogant.
And they could care less about Conservatives. May I remind them that the Tea Party, not them, was responsible for the political successes of 2010.
There is no gratitude, no acknowledgments and unfortunately, the current Tea Party seems to have lost it’s structure, if there ever was any.
Some Tea Party “leaders/members have said that they do not like Romney but they are voting for him anyway...the standard cop out of a coward.
Mittens will throw the Tea Party patriots under the bus before the national convention is over.
So if we are to succeed, koninonia, after this election, it will be up to us.
Organizations cannot be relied upon.
The country will have to hit bottom and then we will have to figure out a way to come together to try to scratch and crawl our way back up toward the restoration of our Republic to the values that made it great.
And adhering to Constitutional principles is the only way to do that.
The question is whether or not there are enough of us to be able to do what is needed.
Luckily, the founding fathers have given us a manual for success.
The rest will be up to We The People...and God.
That is, Romney is only the "2012 nominee" in the MSM media and in their reporting at this time. He is NEITHER the DE-JURE NOR DE-FACTO NOMINEE because a) additional primary elections by State GOP Parties and supervised by independent states' Secretaries of State have not taken place, b) no names have been placed in nomination, c) no nomination vote has taken place, either a roll call or by acclimation, d) his (the successful nominee's) official certification by Party officials has not taken place.
Therefore, BOUND BY THE RULES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE (and with the presence of at least two other candidates actively in competition, i.e. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul), if the RNC does anything that violates their neutrality in the primary process between now and nomination, particularly with active candidates on the field, this could be a major violation of RNC rules and perhaps even election law in some states. What I am saying is, if there is incontrovertible evidence of the RNC at this stage helping the Romney campaign directly or indirectly and exclusively, they could be in violation of laws or statutes. A Conservative video sting could be conducted, "James O'Keefe"-style, IMNO. Of course it is a pretty foregone conclusion that Bishop Romney will be the nominee, but he is not and the RNC MUST adhere to neutrality.
I SO want to get these handmade b*stards in the RINO/GOP-e on this technicality (as we know what they are in the Eisenhower Building), catch them red-handed....so, anybody else from the former Santorum or current Gingrich campaigns in with me on this brainstorm? There has to be a way. A real crap storm could be stirred.
“Some Tea Party “leaders/members have said that they do not like Romney but they are voting for him anyway... “
What’s really sad is that some of them supported Romney in the PRIMARIES. I think a good number of “moderates” have infiltrated the Tea Party.
And, call me crazy, but I fear we could have Obama as president even longer than 4 more years. He seems to get away with ignoring the Constitution, or the Courts, when they told him to lift the oil drilling ban, and he refused, and he legislates from the White House. Where are the checks and balances?
You have nailed it!