And all the jackasses who did not do everything they could to keep Obama from a second term is having unbelievable consequences for the country.People didn't vote for the lesser evil as president in 2012. Clearly, the lesser evil would have been Romney. Unfortunately, a real conservative was not going to win in Nov. 2012. I didn't want Romney, but either he or Obama would be president. Too many idiots stayed home or voted 3rd party instead of stopping Obama.
So I guess in this case, as far as the presidency is concerned, since the lesser evil was not actually elected, it blows the hell out of your comment. You will not get an argument when it comes to Congress.
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With what we now know about the uniparty who could possibly be such a bitter clinger to the proposition that someone NOT voting for a GOPe dope is a jackass? Besides, only a jackass would call fellow FReepers jackasses. Very disappointing. Even if you truly believe you are right, you know you are going to piss off a lot of people. But you are not right.
The dominant enabling factor keeping the GOPe alive is their expected automatic lesser-of-two-evils voting drone. It is their lifeline. It is the very reason they do not run Conservative candidates. They see you as a useful idiot and you apparently don't care. Well that's your perogative. Facts have just not caught up with you yet, but countless others have figured it out and are no longer falling for this kabuki dance. Lead, follow or get out of the way.
Just out of curiosity, do you follow the lesser-of-two-evils in your personal life? One babysitter is a klepto and another is a pyromaniac, who's better? If your daughter is deciding between a drug-dealing rapper homeboy or a deadhead stoner do you pick one? Or, your son is torn between the crack whore next door and the captain of the boys track team? Or you're buying a car. Or a House. There's a million things like that you would never settle for the lesser evil, demand a higher standard or walk away, and you know it. Yet here we have the highest office in the land and you wonder why people do the same? They are not shirking their duty, they are doing it.
But not everyone was fighting GOPe in 2012. There were a multitude of problems going in, and it is amazing that anyone felt Romney was a good choice. Two opponents, not one, but both with questionable NBC status. The father of Romneycare vs the father of Odumbocare! That yanks two issues right off the table. The GOPe thought it wise to push a Mormon even though a far more numerous Catholic barely squeaked by in 1960. The killer is that the Natural-Born-Muslim calls himself a Christian so he probably peeled away Christians from the Mormon dude! You really can't make this sh!t up. And you really wonder why many stayed home? Maybe you should consider the possibility that the GOPe never intended on winning. We know Mitt believed this since he refused to bet his own money on himself and took taxpayer funds and donations.
But here is the fact that must have never crossed your mind. From January 20 1977 until January 20 1981 there were people talking like you. Especially during the 444 days that 52 hostages were covered on the nightly news. Damn those people who stayed home and gave us Jimmuh! But guess what? Without peanut boy the entire timeline changes and Reagan may never see the White House.
That means if Romney won in 2012 we not only would get all the same Socialism with some lipstick applied. Moreover, Hillary would be a shoe-in this year. We would also lose all possibility of destroying GOPe today and get an outsider down there. Let's just not make the same mistake and not double-tap the GOPe when they are wounded this time around, finish them off so they never rise again like they did during Reagan's 2nd term and beyond.
If you really want to know what's happening, think of it as Kirk's solution to the Kobayashi Maru no-win scenario. The people are saying Screw this and reprogramming the computer. Or, you can let the Klingons and Romulans continue their charade.
It was not my choice, but we were faced with either Romney or Obama. Not doing everything possible to keep Obama out was foolish.
You gave several preposterous straw man arguments. I will give you one that is more appropriate. If you are having a heart attack and have just learned you also have to fight cancer, which do you fight first? I will fight the heart attack, which is immediately life threatening, and then I will fight the battle against cancer.
We have the same goal of battling the GOP-e. But allowing Obama a second term, after we saw what he was doing and knowing what he was planning, was national suicide. There is the right time and place to make a stand against the GOP-e. Timing is everything. It was not 2012. Obama was not just some Democrat. He was a person deliberately destroying the country. Jackasses let it happen.
Well said.