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To: Deb; SWAMPSNIPER
Am I correct, then, in thinking that your idea of being a "hero" is voting FOR statism and bigger government, voting FOR a man whose record SOLIDLY indicates that his choice of Supreme Court justice would likely be to the left -- you call a guy who'd vote for that a "hero"?

I plan to live up to my idea of heroism -- and that is to be brave, to follow John Wayne's saying that "Courage is being afraid but saddling up anyway" -- and to take a desperate chance because these are desperate times.

If Romney is the GOP presidential nominee, my vote will go elsewhere; I have given it a LOT of thought over the past five years. Mine is not a knee-jerk emotional response. It's a carefully thought-out decision.

The way I see it, you are afraid not to vote for the Republican. I am, too -- but after too many decades (better late than never), I have finally figured out that a statist is a statist and just as damaging to the Republic if he's a Republican than if he's a Democrat. In fact, he's more damaging to liberty if he's a Republican because he poisons the Republican well, whereas the Democrat statist keeps the Republican well fresh.

In my opinion, the faint-hearted are going to be the ones who vote for Romney. If they win, that "victory" will be everything a coward's victory always is.

72 posted on 10/13/2011 12:39:37 PM PDT by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Finny
Are you having trouble understanding me?

I said NO MORE RINOS!

75 posted on 10/13/2011 12:48:52 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Finny

Blah, blah, blah. The Democrats love these threads.


76 posted on 10/13/2011 12:49:14 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Finny

PS: John Wayne was reciting words on a page written by a screenwriter, usually Frank Nugent.


80 posted on 10/13/2011 12:57:09 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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