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To: EternalVigilance
"the number of those who prefer American liberty to anti-American socialism is more than sufficient to defeat"

I think this statement is so wildly optimistic as to border on fantasy.

Personally, I know dozens of people....law-abiding working men and women who are pro-life, pro-God, pro-gun, pro-family.....but who have voted and will vote the government cheese ticket every single time.

Yes, I know that anecdotes are not data, but I submit as evidence that my patriotic, traditional values-rich state of West Virginia has kept the Democrats in power in our state capital for eighty years, and were it not for the national Democrats' opposition to the coal industry, they'd have a lock on the Presidential vote too.

104 posted on 07/31/2012 6:58:04 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Ut veniant omnes)
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To: Notary Sojac
Well, even if he is overly optimistic, the fact remains that, as Samuel Adams said:

"It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."

We could get most of the way to where we need to go with a mere plurality of folks who refuse to compromise the core principles of the republic.

Unfortunately, that needed plurality is still largely being cowed into supporting what they say they hate. It's very sad.

107 posted on 07/31/2012 7:09:18 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (The saving of America starts the day conservatives stop supporting what they say they hate.)
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