Posted on 01/08/2008 11:25:26 PM PST by Justice
ENJOY
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I couldn’t agree more.
I think I have made my position clear in this last year. The ONLY Conservatives running are FRed and Duncan.
My choice is FRed. I would vote for Duncan if FRed were not in it and he was. But, only under that one circumstance.
To vote otherwise is a death knell for Conservatism in this Country. I am of the firm belief that if we don’t elect a real, didn’t need to have an epiphany or be “converted”, Conservative, we’ve lost our Country.
Once socialism gets it ugly teeth into us, it’ll take a Country like we used to be, to change it.
Those that say we must vote for an R...R full of shiite. Last time I checked, there was a person as POTUS, not a party.
The GOP has left us, jumped the shark, and willingly embraces anyone who they think is electable, that has put, by principle or magic marker, an R in front of their name.
Supper time! :)
Thanks for taking the time to explain something I should have known already. I saw your post regarding Californians and probably over-reacted.
Have dinner was a good one. Take care.
Nice post. Very true and bless you.
Thanks. It was one man’s opinion. It was nice to hear it’s now two.
Most excellent, reasoned, and accurate post....however sad that may be.
Not to worry. It was pointed only at the OP, as a reminder.
peace
Look, I agree with you that people are not using their heads about this...
My point was not that you are wrong, because I have been making the same argument as you since before the 2006 Election when all of this nonsense started.
My point is that no matter what you or I say...or if GOD himself came down and backed our argument...there is no way that MANY of these people are going to vote for Rudy, McCain, etc...
They CANNOT be convinced. They have sold themselves on the idea that there’s no difference between a guy like Rudy or McCain and the Leftist Democrats. As you have pointed out, to anyone actually using their brain, this is a ludicrous argument. But I’m telling you not to waste your breath on most of the people here...I have tried and it is truly hopeless...
Thank you DonnerT. Take care.
Good deal. Thank you.
I stand corrected: a nonvote for a Republican is, in essense, a vote for the Democrat. Example:
There are five voters - Conserv1, Conserv2, Conserv3, Lib1, and Lib2. Under scenario 1, the three Cs decides to vote for the lesser of two evils - let’s say it’s John McCain. So the liberal candidate - let’s say Obama - loses. Under scenario 2, the three Cs decide they do not like McCain. So they stay home. Who wins?
So, as I said, a nonvote for the Republican is, in essence, a vote for the Democrat. That’s just a fact.
What utter folly. This is a simple matter of addition, and one I would assume any first grader could figure out. The actual tally in the scenario you described was R=0 D=2. if the vote of the Cons who stayed home were a vote for the Dem, that tally would be R=0, D=5.
Regardless of your rather poor math skills, McCain as the republican nominee results in "R=0", AS IT SHOULD BE, and as it predictably WILL be. Anyone who would vote for such as he is no Conservative, and should be divested of his VRWC patches, have his decoder ring smashed before his very eyes, before being pelted with fecal matter and urine, and cast out into the wilderness, never to return.
BAH! You may keep your filthy, unprincipled, betraying RINOs, and your damnable party too, if it must come to that.
There is but a single lesson for Republicans to learn, and yet they fail to see: Republican candidates must fulfill the needs of all three pillars of the Reagan Coalition, or they will surely lose, because the Conservative base will not show up in force to vote for them.
A candidate lacking in "strong defense", "fiscal responsibility/ small government", or "social conservatism", MUST be eliminated in the primary, for the sake of the coalition. That is the Great Compromise which we, as Reagan Conservatives, must endeavor to achieve. Any compromise beyond that should rightly be ignored, and rightly so.
I've heard this same tired nonsense from every GOP apologist for the last 40. The only way to get better candidates is NOT to support the liberals the GOP funds and promotes. When your own political view is pretty close to the candidates, then there does indeed seem to be a big difference, but when your political view (mine) is back with Jefferson, they appear to be not all that different.
The Republican party should be willing to accept all the moderates who wish to leave the ultra-left-wing Democratic party. A step in the right direction is not a step in the wrong direction. Remember, Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat.
I don’t suggest it is a great thing that Presidents made mistakes in the past regarding Justices, but they have.
Bush #1 did and maybe Reagan did, does that sound about right to you?
Thanks for the long informative post.
I only had a moment to read a little and won’t have time to read and get back to this till Monday night.
I most certainly will read what you wrote and get back to you.
Most certainly thank you for your time.
(Was busy building a pantry in the kitchen and there is more to go)
That’s okay. I’m not offended in the least. If you get a chance, that would be nice, but I understand how busy folks are these days.
Sometimes I write this stuff just to get it off my chest.
Take care.
You call it "making mistakes", when Republican Presidents appoint liberals to the court.
I call it ignoring the will of the people who elected them.
I know its early but I nominate the above as Quote of the year!
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