Posted on 10/02/2014 12:09:44 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
The GOPe wing of Free Republic requires that the Conservative wing of Free Republic swallow our distaste for their Democrat-Lite Karl Rove Approved (TM) candidates in order to win seats labeled (R) at the expense of conservative principle.
Okay, let's put the shoe on the other foot: If Ted Cruz is winning 45% of the Republican vote in early primaries, will you require your Karl Rove Approved (TM) candidate withdraw and unreservedly throw your support behind the winning candidate Ted Cruz?
Slightly differently stated, are you primarily interested in beating Democrats or Conservatism?
Let me just add that a Bush is running for Land Commissioner here in Texas, I will be voting Rat in that race and I HATE RATS.
I think they continue on that path because they more dearly want to defeat conservatism than liberalism.
Support Ted Cruz.
Freepers have told me that voting R is all that's important. All this stuff about principles is just a bunch of purist hogwash.
MOLON LABE!
I’m not trying to corral you nor would I assume you would vote for a Democrat. It was a legitimate question hoping for a thoughtful answer. You responded to one of my posts and I was replying.
Really?
How kewel is that...
No, principles are important.
Rigid application that accomplishes nothing and may actually be harmful is the problem
This thread is in direct response to Gheraty, the WSJ and freeper g.o.p.e.
Yeah, that was long ago and far away.
Well played Miltie...
There are some who have essentially said exactly that. It’s either from fear or it’s because they are comfortable with the increasing measure of statism that seems to be coming out of the GOPe. It is as if it can’t be understood that the course will never change voting for the same ol’ same ‘ol.
If my refusal to vote RINO helps the breed to go extinct faster, then I'd say it definitely accomplishes something closer to what we all claim to need and want in our government.
On the other hand, the pragmatic, 'vote for the R no matter what', mindset simply feeds and strengthens the breed, which moves us ever more leftward.
"Harm"? In the short term, perhaps, if we're merely counting numbers of Rs and Ds in Washington. What's more important, is what sort of policies those people are promoting, and or agreeing to in the performance of their jobs. If they serve the long term leftist agenda, then it doesn't matter a lick whether they serve with an R velcroed to their sleeve or not.
Just a small collection of the “rational” comments from the GOPe element of FR...
helping the Left
a preening sense of moral superiority
Harry Reid thanks you
Idiots
these people in with liberals
Harry Reid thanks you
the sanctimonious self righteous
Too much ego here and not enough reasoning
contemptable sob
a traitor
no morals or backbone
you gave us Obama
those that have a wisdom deficit
pretending to act while preserving self esteem
go back and take a High School civics class
Harry Reid thanks you
You are the one who voted for obozo
you voted democrat
they are Obama supporters
you voted for obozo
your principle got us obozo
hitlery thanks you
hitlery will welcome your vote
gave us obozo and obozocare
are fools
no conservative
a tool to purity
Purity fools
liar and obozo support
The perfect is the enemy of the good
you are voting for hitlery
Crybabies
Cruz "fans"
Is that one telling or what?
You and me both.
Thanks for the sampling of anti-conservative talking points. It blows my mind that such drivel is even allowed here, ON A CONSERVATIVE WEBSITE ...... ahem.
I can remember a time when that sort of talk would draw a near instantaneous zot.
We even had a freeper freely and unasked come out of the closet and admit he was gay on that thread. Unsurprisingly he fought tooth and nail for the GOPe faction now wrecking FR.
That would be post 427
He did call me a “Faggot” though, so there’s that. I guess that means he won...or something.
Yep...there’s been lots of “tells” in these threads.
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