There is an obvious pattern at work. And anyone wanting to review post histories will see many of the same names repeating...
Whenever conservatives begin to rally/coalesce behind a candidate/person/idea, the GOP fanbase will fly out of the woodwork and rail against ANYTHING that would cause a ‘disturbance in the force’.
We saw it with Palin as she gained influence. We saw it with Cain when his star rose. We saw it when people pointed out the less than conservative actions of Perry on border control and his vaccine BS. We saw it when people railed against the Rollins deal with Bachmann. And it goes without saying how they called many of us ‘traitors’ and worse when we refused to campaign for their liberal in the last election.
EVERY TIME.
Now what? Many of the same people are railing against the idea of dumping the GOP.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the whole point of being conservative first the whole basis of the conservative philosophy? That we are not beholden to the GOP’s liberalism?
In the last several days as the furor has grown and a backlash formed against the GOP, several posters have become completely sycophantic. No matter the humiliation the GOP heaps on us, they stress the need for ‘unity’ et all.
Well I guess we are the new PUMAs. PARTY UNITY MY ASS. If they want to act like sheep, so be it. The only reps they destroy is their own. The facts are not arguable anymore if they ever really were.
I learned everything I needed to know about the GOP during the Clinton impeachment. Unfortunately, I also bought the notion that helping the Gutless Old Pretenders win would somehow get them to throw us a bone now and then. The only bones they ever threw at us were while we were bending over for them.
They sure do get upset when you tell them that you aren’t going to play their game any more. I’ve been round and round with a long-time party hack on another forum. Somehow, it’s always my fault for not donating millions of dollars I don’t have and quitting my job so I have time to campaign for “principled conservative Republicans” who never turn out to be what they say they are. They never want to admit that every campaign sings the same tune, and that song is forgotten just before repeating the oath they don’t intend to honor, either.