Posted on 11/14/2010 5:13:16 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 12/15/2010 7:09:46 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Oops, posted too soon. I still had more to say.
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Im a big tent republican.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts?page=6245#6245
Heres an analogy to work with. Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top. Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks. What youll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff wont have room. The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff. A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. Were often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in. Rudy Giuliani flunks some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone elses rice would do just as well. All that remains for us to agree on is which are the bedrock principles and which are not. Why would there be so much invective aimed at rudy from the right? Because there are some bedrock principles that he is leaving out. Bad move. I see rudybot postings all the time saying that they would vote for Hunter, and I see socon postings that say they would not vote for rudy. Thats a BIG indicator of a few bedrock principles that are being left outside the tent in order to let in some rice.
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KatyBarTheDoor!
jimrob all i can say is amen! and thank you
“To: dynachrome
pro choice republicans are best
507 posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:47:19 AM by NewEnglandRepub ‘
Return of DannyH ????
Go to Hell and Burn.
NewEnglandRepub rode the lightning in another thread. massively stupid troll
Thanks for the ping!!!
wow. This person sounds pretty stooooooopid.
Pop-Tart Republicans are the best
Pop-Tart Republicans are the way to win
Meghan McLame.
Well, troll boy didn’t get no respect either! LOL
It doesn’t even say the account was suspended, it just says no one by that name. That’s a major zot.
Have to agree wholeheartedly with this. There's no end of sites you can go to and "debate" with libtards, despite the fact that it almost always quickly degenerates into profanity and ad hominem attacks on the libtard's part. FR is and always has been a breath of fresh air in this regard, a libtard-free-zone that doesn't waste bandwidth on the vile garbage that they quickly degenerate into spewing. Get an account on HuffPo or Politico or one of the MSM sites for that nonsense if that's what you're into. I admit to venting in this way on occasion, but there's no need to sully FR with that crap.
How about getting rid of Obama’s paid trolls who are sent here to aggitate, divide and destroy- like those who deliberately destroyed the work of one of our biggest fighters against Islam?
Mr. Robinson,
You know me as an ardent supporter. I say that a simpler mission will suffice for me. Pro Constitution! It implies all other things you say sir. STRICT CONSTRUCTIONIST AND CONSTITUTIONALIST governing principles are what we need sir.
I am NOT a fan of FEDERAL government getting into “pro family” or “pro life”. It is and must be all left to the states. Period.
Sincerely,
Indianrightwinger
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