Posted on 10/22/2006 8:49:20 AM PDT by Conservative Goddess
I am your typical Republican "supervoter." .... But I'm seriously considering ending that streak this Nov. 7. ...
I'm also a contrarian -- a conservative with libertarian leanings. Combine all these characteristics, then mix in the aggregate Republican record, allow the ire it has created to rise and bake it for a few years and here's what comes out of the oven:
A party base that's mad as hell and no longer willing to rationalize GOP failures. It's a base whose crust grows darker and thicker -- i.e., angrier -- when prominent conservatives and Republicans -- politicians, pundits, radio talk-show hosts and think tankers sensing impending electoral doom -- pop out of their pumpkins and upbraid the watered-on for complaining about being wet.
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...Pay no attention to the recidivists behind the curtain who, once every two years or four or six, make grand promises of fealty to conservative and party principles only to repeatedly fail to deliver. ... What's the definition of insanity again? In this case it's constantly returning Republicans to power and having the audacity to expect different results. And what could be more stupid than that?
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Look, folks, it's time to take a stand. Returning this current crew of Republicans to power will only embolden them to spend more time, not less, off the conservative reservation. This is no time to dance the Rationalization Rumba. It is time for the GOP base to deliver a very big SMACK. It's the only way to start the process of true Republican/conservative reclamation.
Fellow Republicans and conservatives, do what you must on Nov. 7. But I, for one, refuse to yet again enter my polling place, vote for the usual GOP suspects...
It's time for the long-spanked to do some spanking.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
Where the hell did I say that?
Evidently you really don't know the historical significance of of that term.
I certainly do; it's people who cannot stand the fact that others do not agree with them and their agendas.
BTW, I did not direct that term to YOU; I directed it to the Unappeasables and Malcontents on this forum who believe we should all march in lockstep with them.
Yep.
Exactly!
Now picture this: what IF their guy won: would you have threatened to sit home?
Tell that to the 16 RINOs who were ousted by the grassroots in the PA primaries, and the dozens of others who have decided on a *cough* early retirement *cough* from politics. There was a run on Depends in the state RINOP offices.
ed, I already told you I am not replying to you again in Freepmail.
I guess you think Tom Coburn had it easy without others from his own party trying to trash him. Hell, the left LOVES people like you who throw up their hands in surrender:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633739/posts
They'd figure out some other Republican to burn at the stake to appease their DUmocrat masters.
Rhode Island Senate
No.
Chafee, the worst of the RINO's has a lifetime 37% conservative rating according to the ACU.
The current Democrat senator from R.I., Reed has a 7% lifetime conservative rating from the ACU.
The Boxer/Mukulsi/Murray/Obama/Reed endorsed Sheldon Whitehouse is not going to vote anywhere near 37% of the time conservative.
That is the problem. You don't understand that YOU are the ones that believe we should all march in lockstep with YOU. Why can't you just except that people have other opinions of how the achieve the SAME goal?
If you want to address me, post in on the thread. I'll not respond again to your private mails.
Whatever. Spare me your patronizing elitism. I already stated that I was going to vote for my Republican candidates.
Really? One of us is threatening not to support the GOP this year; now which one of us is mad because they didn't get their way?
What is the deal with that? I've gotten more Freepmails on this one thread than I have on any since I've been here.
If they have something to say, why not say it out loud on the thread?
And I appreciated that, that story made me feel good.
Nobody called you or other posters "apostate".
The term was directed to "Republican" office holders who have turned their backs to the conservative base.
Tell me, who is the apostate: a sincere conservative poster who has a different way than others on how to advance the conservative cause, or a Lincoln Chaffee who did not even vote for his own President and brags about it?
But the tenor of many posters here is that Chaffee must get our unconditional support. I think not. He is an apostate.
Congratulations.
How are those sixteen+ doing?
Casey, the faux-lifer, is so one-dimensional you could slip him under the door like junk mail.
Make things clear to everyone. YOUR posts were pulled too.
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