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."
You just conceded to the Left - there's nobody who is 100% conservative by the standards set her, ergo, it's best to allow someone who aggressively pushes the homosexual agenda and abortion and is willing to put the force of government behind these sicknesses, than it is to vote for someone who has mostly conservative credentials, but has opined that homosexuals might be OK in certain places, but it's not the government's job to make the call.
Nobody said they wanted perfection but if you go out demanding imperfection, you’ll never get good candidates. The GOPe purists seek to destroy conservatives by pushing memes like that.
And most of that is covered by the republican party platform.
The republicans can't even run a presidential candidate that is in accord with the party platform. Why should I vote for them?
I will work tirelessly to see the liberal republicans destroyed in their general elections. The republican party can get conservative or it can be destroyed.
/johnny
They did that in Virginia for Governor and the GOPe refused to give the same funding and support they had given years earlier. The GOPe lost the governors race on purpose out of spite for conservatives.
And we are supposed to vote for their candidates??
No way
Democrats vote for Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to lead congress, Republicans don't, 100% of the time. As for the presidency, Democrats vote for higher taxes and more government, always. Do you really want this?
Look at federal tax receipts as a percent of GDP. They went up under Carter, down under Reagan, down again under Bush 41, up under Clinton, Down under Bush 43, and up under Obama: 
Except for 2 years, congress was controlled by the dimocrats during Reagan’s 2 terms. When tax receipts as a percentage of gdp went down.
After ‘94, congress was controlled by pubbies during the ‘toon’s term. When tax receipts as a percentage of gdp went up.
Try again.
Well, why don't you take it up with Mark himself?
The solution to the intractable differences between liberals and conservatives is:
“We have our states, you have yours, and a small federal government we can both tolerate.”
Thus, our offer of compromise to their proposals should be: “Our compromise is to tolerate your proposal being the law in states you control.” (That could be high taxes, socialist medicine, legal pot, welfare for illegals).
Folks, this is not hard to grasp. It is not complex. Just like Obama zombies, people supposedly calling themselves conservatives want so badly to believe that there is a white knight or the horizon, they are willing to do anything including flush their entire reason for claiming conservatism to get one.
This guy is a very educated man. He makes many good points. He even has flashes of actual conservatism.
He is also a fraud.
A conservative does not preach the Compromise Gospel in the name of winning. A RINO does. A Cheshire Conservative does. Or a Dem when they think they can profit from doing so. If your neighbor told you to compromise your beliefs, would you?
Well? Why not? Many are willing to do it over some guy they only read about or saw on TV. Why not? Why not compromise your under age daughter to the resident sex perv in the park? Don’t get uppity and offended with me unless you can say one ‘principle’ is good to keep and another isn’t. Because that is what Carson and anyone that backs him is saying with this ‘compromise’ crap. Words mean things.
Principles are inviolate. And people that are willing to compromise them away deserve no ‘rights’ at all because in their own spirit of compromise, those are fair game to trade away as well. Can’t have it both ways.
So until any of the compromisers here are willing to address the above, which is a fact based and non-strawman argument, so please spare me that lame ass excuse, they need to go sit in a corner and reevaluate their reason for hanging out on right wing forums. Because they aren’t here to further conservatism and protect our core principles.
Not a moron: I did read it, and many other questionable things he’s said and written since he first opened his mouth publicly. He’s like an actor who’s still learning his part.
Even two more years of Dems and all that will have happened anyway, just a lot sooner.
You're projecting.
Your 'argument' is simply not convincing. It's still a FACT that taxes have gone up when Democrats hold the presidency and they have gone down when Republicans are president, and that Democrats vote for Democrat leaders. You're going to have to do more than wave your hands to provide convincing evidence of anything different.
Presidents only sign or veto legislation passed by congress.
When the president was Republican and the congress was democrat, as in the 1980’s tax receipts as a percentage of gdp went down. When the president was Democrat and the congress was Republican, the opposite happened.
That’s not projection. That’s on the chart you posted.
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