Posted on 05/03/2009 12:32:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I'm going to try one more time to explain what FR is all about.
Free Republic is a conservative site. That does not necessarily mean it is a Republican site. In fact there may be many Republicans we don't support and some Republican issues we cannot agree with.
I'll throw in Arlen Specter as a prime example of a Republican we cannot support. Should be obvious to all why not. Should also be just as obvious to all that we cannot support Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John McCain and his lap dog Lindsay Graham, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, et al.
Some of the issues we cannot support as conservatives even though sometimes initiated by so-called Republicans include TARP, or any kind of government bailout of private enterprise, federal intrusion into free markets, federalized education systems, government provided or controlled health care systems, abortion, gay marriage, amnesty, global warming, gun control, etc.
I guess there is more than one definition of conservatism floating around out there, and this won't be text book, but the one we use involves defending, preserving and protecting our constitution, our unalienable rights, our traditional family values, our American heritage, our nation, our borders and our sovereignty.
We aggressively defend our rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
We aggressively defend our rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to keep and bear arms, right to due process, right to equality under the law, right to be governed under the rule of law, right to constitutionally limited government, right to corruption free government, right to self-government and our private property rights, etc.
We also aggressively defend our right to state and local government for all issues not expressly delegated to the central government by the constitution.
We aggressively defend our rights to free markets and our rights to live our lives free of government intrusion, interference, coercion, force, or abuse of any kind.
We aggressively defend our rights to national sovereignty, state sovereignty and individual sovereignty!
And this definition also includes aggressively fighting against all enemies foreign and domestic who may try to deprive us of our rights or sovereignty. This would obviously include all foreign enemies, but also we defend against RINOS, Democrats, liberals, socialists, Marxists, communists, militant feminists or homosexualists, radical environmentalists, etc, etc, etc.
And we expect our elected representatives to also aggressively defend our rights and fight against all enemies foreign and domestic. We do not elect people and send them to DC or our state capitals, etc, to reach across the aisles or to be bipartisan or to negotiate or compromise away our rights. If you're not going to aggressively fight for us, and for our rights, STAY OUT!!
We bow to no king but God!
Our God-given unalienable rights are NOT negotiable!
Do NOT Tread on US!
Thank you very much!
We would have been better off with Romney as president than what we ended up with.
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Why is there this assumption that if it were not for McCain, Romeny would have won the WH?
I know a lot (and I do mean a lot) of people who held their nose and voted McCain (mostly because of Sarah), who would not have, under ANY circumstances voted for Romney.
IMO, a Romney nom in 2008 would have led to a worse landslide.
"The rules are the rules," sounds more like Judge Smails in "Caddyshack".
Excellent
We keep trying to educate them, but they never get any smarter...
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Caddyshack: a classic!
Thank you, JimRob
They have the equation Mitt Romney = Conservative stuck in their heads, what would you expect ;-)
Duncan Hunter on the issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Duncan_Hunter.htm
LOL...
Indeed...
Unlike those conservatives who wouldn’t vote for a conservative Mormon.
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Was there a conservative mormon on your ticket ???
Here in TN we didnt have one listed...
Exactamundo!
NO MORE PRAGMATISM!
We vote for conservatives only!
Amen, starwise. Libs hate me too.
Yeah, I guess exchanging phone numbers and passing out literature is a real success story. Sorry if I’m not all a twitter about it. I agree the people attending rocked, taking time off from work and being an activist for something you belive it is a good thing......but I don’t see where it made a difference, I’m hoping these teaparties will make a difference down the line, but right now I am a little hesitant to say they were succesful, there’s no proof of that yet.
You didn’t get the message!
Leave!!!
Is it okay to post quotes from T. Jefferson on the subject?
Romney’s supporters try to paint him as a politician who has “come to see the light”,
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Well, he was “in the dark” for 40 years ...
tell him to “stay in the light” for 40 years...
and then run for office...
maybe his conservative creds will have kicked in by then...
I’m sure that people in Utah (and other western states) have plenty of opportunities to vote for conservative Mormons, we’ve never had one in Virginia that I can recall and there has NEVER been a conservative Mormon to run for President that I am aware of.
5 here too!
Moreso, because I see these despicable people as not only going against what this nation was built upon, but going against the very commands of God almighty, and let me assure you that my love, devotion, and loyalty go to God above all else.
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Well said.
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