[Finny]

Patriots with courage -- ping to this sadly validating post, even though it's an oldie. It's golden in its wisdom. And GZ, thanks for the insight. What you say is exactly what some of us see and are trying hard to warn people of:

I live in a country (the UK) where the “conservative” choice supports gay marriage, socialised healthcare and the “right” of unions to make domestic labour almost prohibitively costly to employers.

I emphasize that this is the “conservative” candidate (David Cameron.)

Romney might seem like a decent option when compared with Obama, but my country - a surveillance state in which the use of “reasonable force” in defending your life and property was only made official policy a couple of years ago - is a prime example of what happens when you compromise your principles and start rationalising voting for the lesser of two evils.

[cripplecreek]

Holdin the line here boss.

[factmart]

It's really a shame that freepers and Mr freeper are so blinded by conservatism, they forget the “love of country”.

Romney has to beat Obama,

or our country will never be what it was a few years back.

In their hatred of Romney, they cannot see forest from the trees.

If we ever needed all freepers, it's now.

For the love of country, I hope they will swallow their pride.

I'm just as conservative as them,

Come on, WE Cannot Have 4 more years of Zero. Please, love America, Not your thoughts.

[b9]

Thank you for this ping by awesome freeper gzzimlich.

Yours is the “still, small voice” of calm amid the storm of desperation and panic that would grasp at the debilitating Romney straw.

The three boys in the fiery furnace emerged without even the smell of smoke.
So can we if we vote smart and NOT allow ourselves to be compromised. You’re so right, Finny, that there is no such thing as “voting against.”

[Dr. Sivana]

Thank you for the ping finny, and also for your earlier support where I was bombarded by Romneyites for simply stating in a posted VANITY that I wasn’t voting for Romney, with no particular vituperation against the man except his disinterest in describing exactly how he will “act” to repeal Federal RomneyCare on Day One.

Ninety percent of the attacks were along the lines of “You are an idiot” and “Obama thanks you for your vote”.

The presidential election is already lost (barring a miracle at the convention, and at this point I would welcome resistance by Paul plants). Our efforts must go down-ballot.

[so_real]

As Obama tries harder and harder to throw this election to his liberal republican counterpart, Romney rises in the polls. Be confident, however, that my vote is not destined for any amnesty-granting, baby-killing, bailout-providing, gun-grabbing, homosexual-advocating, healthcare-ransoming, stimulus-providing presidential candidates. Trading a liberal president with a "D" behind his name for a liberal president with an "R" behind his name does not better this nation.

[formosa]

Folks seem to be under the impression that Romney will step in and save them and America from their really bad choices. However, Romney is a liberal at heart and will move back to the left as soon as he steps into the DC circuit. He is not a strong man with a strong moral center, nor is he a visionary that can provide a direction to go and explain or inspire others into seeing what can be created from the ideology of small govt and enlightenment.

Thanks for the ping. England’s situation should stand as a warning for us all.

[formosa]

Folks seem to be under the impression that Romney will step in and save them and America from their really bad choices. However, Romney is a liberal at heart and will move back to the left as soon as he steps into the DC circuit. He is not a strong man with a strong moral center, nor is he a visionary that can provide a direction to go and explain or inspire others into seeing what can be created from the ideology of small govt and enlightenment.

Thanks for the ping. England’s situation should stand as a warning for us all.

[Resettozero]

Thank you for the ping and thanks to all the FReepers who are blessed to see things this way.

[Norm Lenhart]

Indeed. AS the Romney apoligistics brigade carries on on FR, I wonder how many of them gave more than a passing thought to their ABO theory. And that includes the ‘name’ conservatives with talk shows and podiums.

Your post pretty well shows the result of ABWhoever, not in theory, but in real world result. How can any thinking person in this country, with the access to the historical data and media accessibility we possess, EVER come to the conclusion that the lesser of evils is a good thing?

To subscribe honestly to the ABO BS, one would literally have to consciously be willing to vote for Bill Ayres on the Republican ticket. If not, they they are not really ABO at all and their entire oft-stated justification collapses.

In truth, they are scared.

They are scared because they understand that there are not enough conservatives left in America to win.

They are scared because they know that they cannot trust the so called conservatives elected to do the constitutionally correct things they were elected to do.

They are scared that liberalism has so infiltrated the Right that they are left with ‘moderation’ as their only ‘hope’ for getting half the split baby.

And lastly (for now) They are scared to face up to the reality of it all after years of spewing conservative jargon that their actions show definitively that they NEVER TRULY BELIEVED IN TO BEGIN WITH.

And I defy any Freeper or conservative ‘celebrity’ to prove me wrong with facts, not emotional “Barack will end America” scaremongering.