Posted on 04/22/2012 8:27:52 PM PDT by Mozilla
Former U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode of Rocky Mount secured the Constitution Party's nomination for president at the party's convention Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.
Goode was one of six candidates vying for the spot. He won on the first round of balloting with 203 votes, with 202 votes needed to receive the nomination.
Goode served 24 years in the Virginia Senate — making headlines when he helped parlay a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and Republicans after the 1995 elections left it evenly split. He was elected to Congress in 1996, succeeding L.F. Payne. Goode left the Democratic Party to become an independent before the 2000 election and then joined the Republican Party ahead of the 2002 election. Goode was unseated in 2008 by Democrat Tom Perriello.
Goode is the first presidential nominee for the Constitution Party to hold a federally elected office, said Mitch Turner, chairman of the Constitution Party of Virginia. Goode said he plans to attract voters such as Democrats who are dissatisfied with President Barack Obama and Republicans who don't align with presumptive nominee Mitt Romney's policy positions.
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For the conservative vote to split...there would have to be two conservatives in the race.
Well, personally, I refuse to write off our largest state, and its millions of decent, patriotic, conservative citizens.
I also refuse to write off other large parts of the electorate that the Republicans have been writing off for decades.
The VOTE is made by VOTERS. It is the VOTERS who are responsible for what happens.
A third party option is not viably realistic in this election. I would like it if conservative principles guided the present GOP much more. Perhaps this will eventually take place as we get even more involved from the grass roots up.
At present, I simply want Obama defeated because he is that dangerous to the survival of this nation!
Overall, we need even MORE Americans repenting and praying for this nation.
“Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” ...Alexander Solzhenitsyn
My point is...neither Obama or Romney are conservatives. There is no conservative split. Most principled conservatives despise both of them.
Conservatives’ only option is 3rd party (assuming Newt can’t pull something off at the last minute)....if you vote based upon principles rather than political convenience.
Well, of course I’d never advocate the remaining decent, patriotic, conservative citizes in CA, but there’s no way that state — barring a split — will go anything other than democrat.
Having been born and raised in CA, and departed there when I joined the Air Force in 1976, I salute you for trying to make a go of life in that state. It’s a taxing and regulatory nightmare out there.
I am a principled conservative. I don’t like Romney as the candidate.
However, I am not stupid and I realize the unprecedented danger of an Obama 2nd term. My vote in such a case would definitely NOT be one of “convenience.” I would be working against Obama IF I did so (am still waiting to see what happens at the convention).
I will vote firmly based upon my principles and resent being told that those principles are not conservative if I vote for the non-Obama candidate..
At this point, I believe with my whole heart that a 3rd party does nothing but ensure an Obama victory....and I believe that history supports my opinion. It would seem that we disagree.
A third-party option is the ONLY tool available to drive home to the GOP-e, we conservatives aren't going to dance to their tune yet again. We're told every election cycle, "you MUST support us, because.. gosh.. look at that awful alternative."
Well... this year, the GOP's nominee and the guy sitting in the WH at present really aren't all that different. And if Romney is the nominee, Obama isn't going to be defeated anyway, no matter how dangerous he is to the survival of the nation. Obama's kicking Romney's ass in most swing states and he hasn't even started the smear engines yet.
Besides... if we don't agree with Romney and view him as every bit the statist power-grabber that Obama is... why again should we give that POS our vote? As for the Republicans... like any entrenched, jurassic power structure, the GOP-e must be forced to look reality in the face.. and that reality is many conservatives have had estabs' sh*t up to their eyebrows and aren't taking on any more.
And the sad part is... it didn't have to be this way.
Thanks, but I don’t live in California. I simply refuse to write it off.
The CP is into cutting defense and stopping Obama’s senseless wars and support of radicals in the middle east, but likewise were against Iraq on the grounds of using money that should have been used for domestic initiatives. But I should add that they are more conservative than the GOP without any Libertarian social baggage.
Sure they probably won’t win the November election for president. But I am not voting for Romney so the CP and Virgil Goode are the best option unless somebody else runs or we get a real tea party party.
Frankly, I don’t think the Constitution Party is aligned with Ron Paul because Paul is all over the map. And Paul is for the libertarian party which will nominate his “fake” GOP buddy Gary Johnson who dropped out of the race last fall because the GOP would not put him into debates more than 2 times.
Goode is one of those who up close the destruction of America by being in both political parties and left them.
Goode is one of those who saw up close the destruction of America by being in both political parties and left them.
No problem. I just can’t support Romney. In my mind he is the worst kind of politician in that he has no core principles. I can’t in good conscience support someone whose record is pro-abortion, pro-global warming, pro-socialized healthcare, pro-gun control, etc. Frankly, I’m completely disgusted every time I see him.
I’m with Newt until the end...if he isn’t on the ticket, its 3rd party for me.
Exactly. Migrating to the Constitution Party doesn't mean not ever voting for a GOPer again. There are plenty of down-ticket races involving conservative candidates.
If someone’s words and actions don’t line up, I always believe the actions. It’s just common sense.
A third-party option is the ONLY tool available to drive home to the GOP-e, we conservatives aren’t going to dance to their tune yet again.
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I disagree. I think a 3rd party at this juncture will result in disaster. It would certainly let the GOP know that we won’t dance....but it would kill all the music as well.
I’ll drive home the message to the GOP.....from the ground up, starting at my local level. It takes work and commitment....but WILL eventually reap good results.
This election is too important to allow Obama another win. PERIOD!
That may be. But I have to wonder how much he participated in that destruction.
Virgil Goode doesn’t have a chance because people will only vote for the R or D candidate and that is the current problem since both political parties are failing us. And because he doesn’t have a chance wouldn’t mean that I won’t vote for him. I need a choice since I will not vote Romney. And he is the best one on the board.
I agree. Obama’s actions are HORRENDOUS! In a 2nd term, he will not hold back in exercising his extremely radical agenda.
I get your point, but the disaster has already been foisted upon us. Romney will not win in November... and the GOP-e is fine with that. Their sights were set on holding the House and making it close in the Senate.
Conservatives can either surf along with the GOP's "get-along gang" yet one more time and line up behind a statist, pro-homosexual, enviro-whacko, gun-grabbing liberal who's going to be ripped to shreds by the Obama machine... or finally take the initiative and move on.
I'll stay with GOP candidates down-ticket... but Virgil Goode gets my Presidential vote.
I understand your frustration because I also dislike Romney as a candidate. However, I think you are making a grave mistake.
The disaster has already occurred. The formerly grand old party has chosen the most liberal governor in the history of the republic, and the biggest liar in American politics, as its standard-bearer.
If you won't face that fact you're not dealing in reality.
Those who, out of fear, make the choice to be Romney Republicans, are simply compounding the disaster, and making it far less likely that anything can be done to fix the mess that Republicans and the Democrats have made of things.
For the record, I'm not a supporter of Virgil Goode or the Constitution Party.
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