Posted on 05/28/2014 6:28:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
More discussion on the topic of pragmatism and politics is critical. If conservatives decide to take their marbles and go home rather than fight to the bitter end because they feel their principles have been compromised, they will needlessly subject future generations to untold misery.
Voting for someone who agrees with you 90 percent of the time is far superior to voting for someone who disagrees with you 100 percent of the time. This is exactly what will happen if people refuse to exercise their civic duty and boycott elections because they feel betrayed. Personally, I am not supportive of abortion at all, but I can support people who feel differently if, in the gigantic scheme of things, they can help put an end to the murder of innocent babies. This is especially true of those who are personally inclined to save and protect life.
Perhaps an illustration is in order: Two armies are engaged in a war. Let's call the good army that is trying to defend an entire society the red army and the bad army that is trying to invade and pillage society the blue army. The blue army occupies a superior strategic position and is composed of slightly more troops, putting the red army at a distinct disadvantage. Some in the red army feel that they are right and, therefore, should simply march directly into battle with the blue army because right always wins.
Fortunately, some members of the red army are wise and have a better plan. They send a battalion of troops to the base of the mountain occupied by the blue army to distract them while the vast majority of red troops approach the mountain from the backside. They descend upon the blue army by surprise, completely vanquishing them and winning the war. The decoy red battalion may have sustained some casualties, but in the long run, the war was won, and the entire society was saved.
I hope this illustration is useful in helping some to understand that achieving a critical mass of conservatives and RINOs (Republicans in Name Only, as some call them) in office will ensure that we can get non-activist Supreme Court and federal judges in place who respect the U.S. Constitution. It is essential to achieve a critical mass of individuals in the U.S. House and Senate who can join with a president in upholding the Constitution. These representatives must believe in personal responsibility and creating a business-friendly environment, understand the balance between abundant fossil-fuel development and environmental safety, and yearn to elevate the government-dependent 47 percent rather than make them more dependent. They also must be totally pro-life and believe that the rule of law can undo a host of damaging regulations and restore the value system that made this nation great.
In the long run, with the help of God, we will be in a position to save millions of babies who otherwise would be slaughtered. With this kind of responsible empowerment, energizing a sluggish economy, bringing stability to a leaderless planet and facilitating innovation will not be that difficult. To sit helplessly by and pray for deliverance when the tools to achieve victory are in our hands is not useful. God helps those who help themselves.
Conservatives and those who share their values are the last bastion between freedom and tyranny. If the secular liberals, who are very clever, succeed in dividing us during the next two national elections, America as we know it will be gone. We can stop this, but we must work together. I disagree with those who think it is going to take decades to undo the damage that already has been done. Americans are exceptional and extremely resilient. We cannot allow ourselves to be defined by those who wish to fundamentally change our society.
I am convinced that Americans with common sense will soon regain power. It is essential that we not use the opportunity to exact revenge upon the liberals. Rather, we must govern by the Constitution in a way that is fair for all. It is not reasonable to have favorites and to enforce laws selectively. Most importantly, it is not the place of our government to rule the people; the government must always remember that it is in place to serve the people.
I believe that when people who were being manipulated by the secular liberals, including the media, have an opportunity to see how much better off they are when the proper relationship between the people and the government is restored, they will adopt a different attitude. This will empower them and the entire nation.
Now is the time to rise above partisan politics and recognize the incredible blessings God has bestowed upon our nation. It is time to elevate common sense, decency, honesty and compassion to their proper positions. Rather than simply repeating the words, we must actually achieve "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Lots of conservatives won't now. The days of 'lesser evil' are coming to a close.
Your party will get conservative or it will get destroyed. I don't care which.
Want to win? Run a conservative.
/johnny
I am capable of what?
You’re the one that implied he did, not me.
Since what you said about the Levin Rule is obviously a “mistake” on your part, just man up and admit it.
You know what, never mind. If people here want to empower Democrats to win General Elections, so be it.
Did you read anything I Posted?
Do what you want my FRiend. I follow the Levin Rule, you don’t, big whoop.
Won’t change a thing in the scheme of things. With Obama at the Helm, the U.S. America has already hit the Iceberg. Now it’s just wondering how long the Ship of State will take to sink.
It's the liberal senate republican leadership that gave Reid the critical cloture votes to remove the debt limit.
As long as the GOP insists that conservatives vote for their liberal candidates, they will lose to the Democrats. It's on the GOP to earn those votes by running conservatives.
/johnny
I will do what I want. I have been. I'm doing my best to ensure that running as a liberal republican is the political kiss of death.
The cheating GOP has stacked the deck to try to keep conservatives from getting any nominations, and have not supported them when they did get the nomination.
/johnny
So, as I’ve said numerous times to you, figure out how to get YOUR Conservative Republican Primary Candidate into the General Election running against the Democrat.
Talk is cheap. Let everyone here know when you set up your PAC.
Am I calling you names?
I don’t Post Tripe. I just Posted that I agree with the Levin Rule. No need to get nasty unless that’s all you have in your quiver.
We agree to disagree, done. What I do or what you do won’t make a dimes worth of difference. We are discussing our differing Opinions, period.
If you want to Name Call, yell at your Cat.
Finding the link you requested since you obviously have not been listening to his show of late.
Since what you said about the Levin Rule is obviously a “mistake” on your part, just man up and admit it.
Like I said, you might want to listen to the May 21st show.
Mark admits repeatedly that we live in a post-constituional era, ruled by a government no longer following or constrained by the rule of law. He repeatedly explains that Washington WILL NOT reform itself, or allow itself to be reformed from within. He notes particular attention to the GOP leadership.
How then can 'The Levin Rule' apply when we are no longer represented by the government or the parties in power the push one Socialist or Marxist or Compromising Traitor upon us after another?
If you had bothered to notice, it is the GOP that has Compromised us out of our Constitutional Republic with those that have openly stated that they will fundamentally transform it. Fixing it is not going to come by continuing to practice insanity and hope that voting for more Republicans will save us.
It won't.
I'll just keep not supporting (and actively campaigning against) liberal republicans until the republican party gets conservative or dies.
/johnny
I could have just as well said that yes, I read your nonsensical gibberish. That's not calling you a name.
/johnny
Johnny, one last comment. We agree, they all suck, period.
Now I’m going to go watch the new Wheeler Dealers Show on Velocity and chill out.
Have a good night.
Ok, so he didn’t rescind the Levin Rule which was my only point.
He just said everyone sucks.
Sounds about right to me, they do. The Country is over.
/johnny
Mark tossed away the “Levin Rule,” as you call it, after Romney got creamed.
If you think what I said is nonsensical jibberish, you must think I am a fool. So be it.
I Respect your Opinion, disagree but Respect. I would never think to Post that your Beliefs are nonsensical jibberish.
Semantics, the world revolves around semantics.
Good night my FRiend. My Show is on...
Well, if Mark Levin really rolled over that quickly, his Opinions must have zero viability nowadays. Very sad.
Since you offered a second opinion, I will attempt to find the mystery quote from him saying he officially rescinds his own Rule.
I’m busy with weekly Blood Transfusions and Chemotherapy and I come here to chill out. Imagine that. LOL
Thank you SunkenCiv!
There’s no point in ‘rescinding’ a rule when a party to which you’ve established a covenant no longer abides by the things you agreed to honor in exchange.
The covenant by which you agreed is no longer valid.
And therefore neither are any ‘rules’ or ‘laws’ by which you agreed to.
It’s a breach of trust and contract - and divorces are granted as a result.
Is the battered wife still required to continue to honor the rules to give loyalty to one whom has betrayed her and committed various adulteries?
This guy just lost all hope of beginning a contender.
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