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To: Roman_War_Criminal; BulletBobCo; All
But when JEB is going against the Hildabeast or Reservation Wannabe Warren who you gonna vote for? [emphasis mine]

If that's how it pans out [again] in 2016, I won't be voting for a "who." I'll be voting for a "what."

Folks who vote for Jeb in that scenario in order to vote "against" Clinton will advance only one thing with their votes: Republican embrace of the Democrat agenda.

I'd love to vote for a "who," a charismatic populist Christian conservative, and by "conservative" I mean "advocates for conservative use of government. Less government. "Conservative," as in "uses sparingly." I think such a candidate would do well. Everyone wants less government, or nearly everyone. Most Americans want to live righteously, morally, and prosperously, without government enslaving them on their every move. Government in its octopus monster "servant" force self, strangles prosperity and morality to boot.

It's supposed to be a servant. Now it's a tyrant. It is a force that must be cut back to "servant" status. If God blesses us with such a third-party charismatic person, the message that WILL resonate with actual on-the-ground Americans aplenty.

But I'm not holding my breath. I figure I'll be voting to make it so whichever leftist (R) or (D) bastard wins, will be weak. I'll be voting third party even if I know darned well the candidate will lose. I'll be voting to weaken whichever operative Democrat gets the White House. The Perot plurality split hurt Clinton. Both times he was elected, most voters opposed him -- his popularity reflects his standing with the media. America voted differently, and it hurt him and helped conservatives. The Republican Revolution kicked butt, and Clinton was impeached!

When a Republican votes for a leftist Republican who accepts the Democrat world-view of Government Government Everywhere, they are voting to turn the Republican party left. They endorse it and grant it power. They may intend to vote "against" the Democrat, but their action is to move the Republican party left.

Screw that! I have a duty to vote -- to decline to vote when you have a real option is a dereliction of duty. I have a duty to vote, so I will vote for what I want to WIN. If the best I can do is to fracture it into a plurality, that's how I'll vote.

Voting "against" is a fairy tale.

86 posted on 01/08/2015 7:05:42 PM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Finny
?Voting "against" is a fairy tale.

+1

92 posted on 01/09/2015 6:50:47 AM PST by dware (The GOP is dead. Long live Conservatism.)
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