Posted on 05/03/2009 12:32:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Got up to here...
Romney is UNACCEPTABLE
Selah...
Pre primaries, primaries, post primaries, post election, numerous times.
Rebel.
Is that a verb or a noun?
;-)
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VERB! ;)
I agree and bringing that up made me wonder if there is anything that could be done within the conservatives serving and the actual conservative journalists/anaylists/consultants where the boycott NBCCBSABCCNNNYTWP etc. in the same way that the Dem Prez candidates boycotted Fox for debates. It seems like us not watching or reading is effective or as effective as is necessary.
Could we bring pressure to bear on those people to stop helping create an 'impression of bipartisanship' by appearing on those media?
I know they'd still get their David Brooks, Peggy Noonans, David Frums, McCains, Snowes, Collins, et al. but what if some of the actual conservative Senators and Representatives stopped appearing and made a 'big news media event' of it on Fox, and boycott the MSM for future debates.
I also understand that it may seem to be political suicide for some and perhaps that argument has validity but something has to be done to get out of the head lock that the MSM has on candidates and also on their audience. They picked 'our' candidate this last time as well as theirs and neither Hillary nor McCain/Palin stood a chance, really.
Now there is nothing wrong with your photo! And your wife is lovely....no, I’m talking about a couple of female freepers who continually post photos of models claiming them to be their own - Surely they don’t think we are all so stupid as to see pictures of 4 or 5 DIFFERENT women and think they are all the same one? lol I guess some of the dumber men fall for it......
Chaffetz is excellent so far. Bishop is good.
Huntsman? Romney? Pathetic
You are one lucky guy. Congrats
At least you’re honest and you’ll give a reason to your objections to Mormons in office. There are many here who are anti-Mormon, but fail to give reasons beyond theological disagreements with Mormons while ignoring disagreements they have with other faiths.
I find it unfortunate that many Freepers view Mormons in the same light as Muslims (sans the murder aspect) instead of accepting them as a large conservative voting block. You don’t have to agree with their religious views, but ignoring the way they vote seems somewhat irresponsible to me.
Please tell me what the definition of rebel is, point me to the post where JR makes it perfectly clear...
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“rebel” is rebel. Have you ever considered that since this site is closely watched and open for public viewing we may not want/need to show all of our cards this soon?
Keep ‘em guessing, then attack.
:o)
BTTT !
Awesome ...........!!!
You dont have to agree with their religious views, but ignoring the way they vote seems somewhat irresponsible to me.
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Thank you for your level headed comment.
One thing I will say about the LDS (positive) is their ability to be consistent when voting as a bloc. This got them in trouble in the early days in MO, IL and OH, as well as some problems out in “deseret” (now Utah, parts of AZ, CA, NV), but even now, as shown by Prop 8 in CA, when they choose to vote a certain way they do so almost unanimously. That can work for the Conservatives.
“when they choose to vote a certain way they do so almost unanimously. That can work for the Conservatives.”
That can also work for America. Just hope we (Americans) vote Conservative.
ping
I don’t understand what you mean by this, restornu. I confess I don’t care for profanity, either, but there are times when many of us are hard-pressed to find more appropriate words, and as women we might recognize that we are different from men.
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Resty gets upset with words she perceives as foul. I understand, I get upset with foul language as well.
But Resty apparently has a different standard of “foul” than many of us. She got very upset over the scriptural definition of “filthy rags” the other day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2235421/posts?q=1&;page=751#796
Agreed. I just find myself chagrined much of the time here of Freerepublic when conservatives can’t come together on conservative issues because of religious differences. If an atheist is pro-life and small government and a Catholic is pro-abortion and big government, I knock doors with the atheist, no matter our differing religious beliefs. He came to the conclusion that killing babies is wrong for his reason, and I look to Christ for mine. The important thing is that we agree on a correct principle and we should work together.
Religious discussion is great in the religion forums or where it pertains to the issue at hand, but too often it’s the divider when we should be coming together. I’m not saying that the Mormons are the control-all in dividing the conservative movement, but if we ostracize enough small groups, our vote will be fractured enough to ensure defeat.
All that being said, I don’t believe that the current power of two parties is healthy for our nation.
/rant
bttt
I agree that FR objections may have played some part in Rudy Giuliani's loss, but if he had campaigned in New Hampshire, Michigan, and South Carolina, the race would have been very different. While I hate how much influence the early primaries have, the reality is that no one wins a nomination without an early primary or caucus win. Rudy Giuliani was wrong for the party, but tactical mistakes were as big as ideological issues in denying him the nomination.
I was at a meeting with some TEA Party folks a little over a week ago. The subject of who would lead the party and the conservative movement arose, and Mitt Romney's name was among those mentioned favorably. Others included Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford, and Eric Cantor. Strangely enough, Bobby Jindal isn't seen as highly favored as one would think here in Louisiana. If you're expecting the TEA Party movement to coalesce around hatred for Mr. Romney, you're fooling yourself. If you start kicking out TEA Party people who like Mr. Romney or have a generally positive feeling towards him, you're going to lose much of the TEA Party movement.
The GOP lost votes of some people by picking Sarah Palin to appeal to conservatives. While I think those who voted against the ticket because of Sarah Palin showed horrible ignorance and lack of judgment, their votes still counted as much as mine did. The GOP didn't ignore "us" in 2008, and the GOP still took the worst single-cycle loss that any party has taken in a long time. If "conservatives" define their objectives as dislike of Mitt Romney, both conservatives and Republicans will continue to lose. The conservative movement has to stand for something other than hating Mitt Romney. I hear what you say about smaller government, but the personal dislike of Mr. Romney seems to have the higher volume.
Bill
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