Not tough at all. If Romney (or any other abortionist/homosexualist/statist RINO) is the Republican candidate, the Republican party has left me. FR will work to get a pro-life, pro-family, pro-liberty conservative Tea Party candidate elected.
97 posted on 05/26/2011 9:08:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
What you are asking is what will the tea party movement do if the republicans don’t listen to them. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it...AND THEN BURN IT THE * DOWN! the rebublican party must be made to understand that we will destroy their party if they do not shape up. I’m talking voting third party. That’s my opinion.
101 posted on 05/26/2011 9:08:44 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
Exactly.
We vote 3rd Party for president, even if it gets us 4 more years of Obozo, but we vote for conservative, limited government candidates for the House and Senate.
When the RINO elite wake up the next morning they would have a Dimwit in the WH and a truly conservative Congress that is not beholding to the RINO elite.
We have been taking it up the @ss for too long from the RINO establishment elite in the party and in the talking head circles who have been telling us to vote against our principles for the "moderate" candidate that can win.
Well the mid-terms should have served as a wake up call to the RINO establishment that we aren't going to follow that paradigm anymore. And we need to remember what they did to Joe Miller and the Wiccan in NJ...siding with party over the voters. The elite need to go and so do the RINO's already in Congress.
Just my $02.
The problem with that is, in politics, winning is everything, and losing is nothing, not just on election night, but for the next two or four years.
Protest votes are commented on on election night, then promptly forgotten. Remember 1992? Ross Perot gave us Bill Clinton!
Some practical realities:
1: If we can't convince Republicans to nominate a true Conservative for president in the primaries, we certainly aren't going to convince the general electorate to vote for a Conservative in the HOR or Senate races.
In addition, presidential races have coattails, some large, some small. A Conservative 3d party (losing) candidate in the presidential race would result in more Dems being elected to HOR and Senate seats.
2: Even if there was a real swing to Conservatives in HOR and Senate races, only a few seats are really now in play for Republicans. All the easy HOR races were picked off in 2010. All the rest would be tough. We will never win a Minority - Majority District, no matter what we do. Read Charlie Cook's ratings. Anytime a district is a D+9 or more, it's gone permanently. There are D+30 districts! Don't worry though. There are districts in Texas that are R+25!
As far as the Senate is concerned, there are only 5 to 8 in play, at the most. In a Presidential year, only 2 to 4 will really be in play.
3: Imagine (in your nightmares) an unfettered Obama and a complacent media, setting foreign policy, nominating judges (at least 3 to SCOTUS), appointing heads of departments, making speeches, etc. The Presidential influence is immense, with or without Congress. Just ask Israel.
If Obama really wants to destroy America, and many believe he does, as president, he doesn't need anyone’s permission.
All this speaks to my main point. The time to fight the Presidential battle is now, not in the general. Start campaigning for Conservatives, AT EVERY LEVEL.... NOW!
Get them nominated in the primaries... but don't make the mistake we made in the last election by nominating a few Tea Party wacko conservatives who had no change in the general election, over a less conservative, but electable Republican.
Remember, not voting for a Republican who is not Conservative enough for you is a great idea. Just ask any Dem.