Posted on 03/03/2014 5:35:39 AM PST by Alter Kaker
Great. The Dems are cheering.
Don’t forget that the important thing is to get the GOP - as a party - back into power. This will involve some marginal people and will probably, even if inadvertently, get some good people among the appointments and hiring an administration has to do.
I thought Romney was awful and it literally made me angry to have to vote for him, but still, I voted for him and I also worked the polls as usual. Focus on the objective, which is to get the Dems out and purge the government of Obama’s influence. Any GOPer is going to be better than any Dem.
Since that time we have learned that the GOPe has openly set their faces against Tea Party patriots. Further, many, myself included, no longer feel any sense of national obligation to hold our nose and vote for someone simply because they're on the Republican ticket. That ship has sailed. Many Republicans stayed home in 2012 rather than vote for Romney. Man, many more will stay home in 2016 if the GOPe shafts us with their hand-picked boy is on the ballot, whoever that may be.
No.
Nein.
Nyet.
Non.
Never again. For almost thirty years we have been offered one liberal after another by the GOP-E. We have held our noses, reached out as far as we could to avoid the stench, and cast our votes under duress for the “lesser of two evils.” And what have we gained? What are the great domestic achievements of the national Republican party since Ronald Reagan?
The largest Medicare expansion in history; and
The Patriot Act.
We have been tricked, conned, bamboozled, flimflammed, cheated and robbed. NO MORE. Conservatives ONLY from now on, and if that means we get a Dem or two in office while the GOP-E gets the message, that is the price we will have to pay to save the country. I think the USA is strong enough to withstand a short time under Dem rule, IF it gets long-term Conservative leadership as a result. I do NOT think the USA is strong enough to withstand never-ending tradeoffs between Communism and Communism-lite.
I swear by God above that I will never again lie to myself or to the Nation by voting for a candidate I know to be unfit.
The RINOs don’t believe you. Half of FR said that about McCain and Romney, yet most of us shrugged our shoulders, shilled out campaign donations and knocked doors in the end...
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Yes, many of us said, “Okay, one more time. After all, Romney is a better choice than Obamugabe.” But I do not see that happening again.
It really does not matter, anyway, in the long run. I am a boomer, and really do not expect to see another non-rigged presidential election in my lifetime.
ATTENTION: I will NEVER vote for another Bush under any circumstances... period... end of story.
Crony communists.
Ted Cruz can be the peak of perfection and rant and rave as much as he wants, but unless the GOP gets control over the WH again, he’s just a side-show. And that’s how he’s being treated by the media; any ideas he has just get ignored because they know there’s no chance of anything becoming real, and they simply feature his rants to show how powerless the GOP is.
We NEED to get a GOP president elected in 2016. I would doubt that it’s going to be Cruz, and it may be somebody I don’t like (I can think of several), but I’m voting for him or her anyway. The time to express this loyalty to “your” candidate is during the primaries, not in the general election.
I'm all in on never, Alex.
never
Oh, no, it's all about celebrity, and HRC HAS IT!
Are you for George P. in TX tomorrow? They tout him as the wave of the future.
I voted for romney-kennedy but 20% of the electorate that are Conservative will never again vote for a liberal like Bush so they either run a viable Conservative or they lose. There could have been no obama without a George Bush.
Jeb Bush should stay home and get a kitten
That crap will not work in 2016... bank on it. The TEA Party is pissed at the gop... we are not gop... and we will not vote for the lesser of two evils ever again. How nany of us? Enough to keep the gop as the losers that they are. They must come to our way of thinking or it is curtains. There is no difference between the gop leadership and the rat leadership... they are acting out scripts as they do in the WWE.
Jeb's head is easy to find, but for the rest of us it's in a place that's physically impossible for us to reach.
Takeaway the name and what’s left...nothing of substance.
OK, I know the big O didn’t even have name or substance but he got elected on his looks, promises, and eloquence.
I want to see some new faces/names in the next election who will make their mission one of restoring this country to the greatness and prosperity it once had.
1. Who will swear before GOD to defend and uphold the constitution our forefathers fought and died for.
2. Who respects the rights of individual citizens to privacy, freedom, etc. as given in the bill of rights.
3. Who will acknowledge the powers reserved to states by the constitution.
4. Who will faithfully execute the laws of the land, not legislate, not judge.
5. Who can tell the media to piss off.
Feel free to add to my list...
I don't care what the corrupt MSM peddles, Hillary is not a shoe-in. I'd love to see an unbiased internal poll on her favorability rating. And, as I've said before, Hillary is just not a great campaigner and she older now, more tired. And make no mistake, Benghazi will hurt her.
IMO, Hillary is in the exact same position as Gabby Gifford. Hillary is a tired wreck who is being totally manipulated by Bill and his supporting cast much the same way Mark Kelly and his anti-gun crowd is manipulating Giffords.
I just wonder if people will be nostalgic for competence and a known commodity that JEB would represent. I think mostly Bush would have to perhaps acknowledge some mistakes of his brother and then promise competence. And, what if Bush put Ted Cruz on the ticket? Now what?
I’ll be honest - I haven’t educated myself about him, because I don’t live in TX. I am highly suspicious of him based on his family, but I don’t have a strong opinion yet either way.
When he makes a move into national politics, I’ll learn more.
Right on, right on, right on.
“Also, open borders, amnesty, no courage. Would never have the courage to shut down Depts. of Energy, Edumacation, Commerce, Labor, etc. Would NEVER have the courage to end the Fed and go on the Gold Standard. Would never support the FAIR Tax and repeal of the 16th Amendment.”
The Bush family believes in big government, crony capitalism, and global institutions having supremacy over nation states. The Bush family is highly allied with the Saudi nobility. The Bush family is very close to the Clinton family. We also have 12 years of experience with members of the Bush family holding the office of President. If you vote for another Bush you should expect more military interventions, more one sided “free trade” deals, continued expansion of the federal government and moderate Supreme Court nominees who turn anti Constitution as soon as they are on the court (Souter, Roberts). In addition, you can expect to hear the Democrats and the media attacking the administration everyday with no pushback. For some reason, the Bushes are not fighters when it comes to politics once they are elected.
The only thing positive about Jeb is he is not Hillary or Obama. Once again the GOP seems to be intent of offering its base the choice of “lesser of two evils”.
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