In all honesty, conservatives did support Pat Buchanan in the 1992 GOP primaries and was ridiculed for it by the establishment.
I remember the hatred from the GOP on Buchanan back then, how they criticized him so they could get their name in the news. And Buchanan's words back in 1992 are coming to fruitation today (re: immigration, multiculturalism, etc).
We tried to take the RINO out in the primary, right?
So if Bush I lost, he lost because he broke his no new taxes pledge and tried to be "The Education President" and "The Environmental President." Not to mention signing the ridiculous ADA. Bush I was a RINO.
Still, I voted for Bush I and urged others to do so too, since he was the nominee. And I believe that Republicans should be supported today.
But hear me out on this. Stop blaming conservative voters because the Republicans aren't doing their jobs. Everytime conservatives try to support more conservative Republicans in the primaries, we get hamstrung by the NRCC or NRSC or other RNC affiliate that sticks its nose into local races and support the RINO.
So spare me the "TAKE OUT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES!" BS. Whenever conservatives tried to do that, we get dumped on by the party bosses. But we're supposed to march lockstep and support RINOs in the general. I will, but if some conservatives stay home I really can't blame them.
Sort of like Pat's doing right now, huh?
Just because WI voters aren't smart enough to nominate someone better?
Oklahoma as example: Tom Coburn got ZERO support from RNC (either state or national) yet beat both moderate "good ole boys" and toasted the Gephardt clone DUmocrat who ran against him.
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.
BS.
In Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and other states more conservative candidates were on the ballot in Republican senatorial primaries and they all lost.
The R voters of those states had every chance to elect a good conservative and they chose the RINO's Chaffee, Spector and DeWine instead.
Spare me the party-bosses-made-me-do-it, liberal propagand-induced B.S..
The buck stops with those who vote. They are responsible for their choice.
"So spare me the "TAKE OUT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES!" BS. Whenever conservatives tried to do that, we get dumped on by the party bosses"
Er, screw the party bosses. They play their role, we do ours. Grassroots wins every time it wakes up and actually *does* something.
See, the conservative WON in the AZ-08 race... now the trick is to get Randy Graf *elected* or its a pyhrric victory. Right?
SO, you all can wring your hands ... or you can actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Here's what you can do. Anyone in the country can help make last-minute GOTV calls, contact their campaign and sign up.