Posted on 10/18/2014 4:45:34 AM PDT by chrisnj
Many conservative voters are disillusioned at the Republicans for not standing up for their principles, for compromising with the Democrats, for having no spines etc. etc. They vow not to vote for the Republicans, or outright vote for the Democrats, to send them a message, to teach them a lesson. I think this kind of message/lesson serves no purpose but to cut off your own supply of oxygen.
Almost all the Republicans rejected obumbocrap (obamacare) but Harry Reid and his crooked Dems jammed it through deviously. The House Republicans have passed many legislations to repeal obumbocrap but Reid et al killed them all. The House Republicans have passed many good legislations but Reid and his crooks buried them all. The media blasted the Republicans on all their good constitutional/conservative acts, but remained silent on the Democrats' constant acts to destroy the constitution. This is a known fact and all of us always complain about it. Yet we are not showing any understanding of the difficult situations facing the House Republicans. While the Dem voters are behind their Dems 100%, we are demanding perfection while offering no help. We blame the Republicans for this and that but we are not working hard to create an opportunity or situation where they can stand on their principles and serve us faithfully. Why don't we vote them into majority in both House and Senate, so they have more control and feel less pressured to compromise, but more encouraged to listen to us to enact constitutional legislations for the good of the country. This is not excuses for the Republicans' non-performance. It is simply a fact that a good person can only do so much under difficult situations! We should understand that it is human nature to be rather weak, especially when under pressure. But given the favorable situations we are more likely to stand up taller for our principles. Remember when the Republicans were the majority in both Houses - even with a Democrat president Clinton, Congress was able to serve the people well! So if we are able to vote the Republicans into the majority, we just might be able to influence them into reversing the course to get our country back on the right track. Considering that many people have awaken and patriots are much more enthusiatically engaged in shaping government policies, we can realistically hope to get better leaders who will listen to the people again. All we need to do is unite and vote the crooks out but vote the acceptable albeit imperfect Republican candidates in, then work hard to influence them...
Certainly, with rampant voter fraud, ignorant and low-information voters, AND, the conservatives who vow to stay home or vote for the Dems, there is no hope that the Republicans will be in control of both Houses. It was said that those conservatives who wouldn't vote for the Republicans are part of the reasons why the Dems won the elections. So these conservatives are in effect cutting off the supply of oxygen to their own hopes (and our hopes)!
History suggests that the Republicans are more constitution-abiding leaders. We need to create the opportunities for them to abide to the constituion - by voting them into majority and then pressuring them into serving the people the way they should.
Maybe you are calling other good Freepers names because you have limited comprehension.
The "position" referenced is your position on issues, not your job. Geez.
I didn’t vote for mitt in the primaries.
I did vote for him in the general to try to prevent zero from getting another term. But those who didn’t vote for him because they thought he would be the same as zero made sure zero got re-elected.
Anyone who says mitt would have been the same as zero is delusional.
He has a personal issue with me over Romney. He can’t help himself.
Folks have been trying that approach since the Garden of Eden.
And it ain't worked yet.
What makes you think you'll be the first to succeed?
Fynny their records match. Actually in a lesser evils matchup, even Barry was Pro trad marriage and Mitt was not.
Now I’ll ask you the same question that has gone unanswered for 6 years. Can you produce a single instance of conservatism from Mitt Romney? Genuine, real conservatism?
Their records were front page on FR for years. They matched. So how can you say with a straight face to identical pols were worse?
Is it because the letter R is better than the letter D? What exactly is delusional about an unemotional look at the actual facts?
Best post on this thread. Thank you.
You are delusional on that point. The GOP didn’t guarantee anything and can’t but that doesn’t seem to get through to you. Your mind is made up.
Was mitt a homosexual muslim?
Would mitt have allowed our ambassador to be raped and murdered?
Would mitt have invited ebola into our country?
Thats what happens when you spend several years carefully considering a situation. your mind gets made up.
Which is why I and the others here have rebutted every single argument you cheshires have rehashed for 450 posts and all you can do is ignore it and bull...FORWARD!
With these frightened GOP-e voters, everything is emotion. Too bad what they feel isn’t courage.
Would Tawney Kitaen go to dinner with me in 1987? I guess we;ll never know that hypothetical either.
Indeed. All their vitriol here, none for the GOP that screwed them and their country. Instead, they want MOAR!
Mitt Romney lost because a few folks like you believed everything negative they wanted to believe while choosing to ignore the many positives. Reality bites and you and yours unfortunately are the gift that keeps on giving. To bad you don’t see it. Life for you must be a bed of roses.
Not sure of your point? Just more rehashed ‘no matter what’ crap from what I see of that article.
Citing Reagans 11th to elect a lib is not conservative thought.
He lost because he’s a liberal POS. Period. A real one, not an Obama one.
Thanks for your great insight.
Not voting and therefore electing Barack Obama is not conservative thought
You really believe that mitt would have allowed Benghazi to occur? He would have stood by while Stevens was raped and murdered like zero did?
You really believe that mitt is a homosexual muslim and would have advanced that muslim cause like zero has?
You really believe that mitt would have invited ebola into our country like zero is doing?
Like I said, anyone who thinks that mitt would have been the same as zero is delusional.
Keep drinking the koolaid. Must be nice to live in the GOPe bubble. You have no clue what you are talking about.
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