To: NoLibZone; muawiyah; MestaMachine; Emperor Palpatine; Republican Wildcat; musicman; Parley Baer; ...
I posted this on another thread but thought I'd post it here to see if I could get some Pro-Goode people to explain it to me.
Why does this guy flipping around through all the parties make him the "solid conservative" in the race?
Virginia's 5th congressional district: Results 19962008[49]
Year |
|
Democrat |
Votes |
Pct |
|
Republican |
Votes |
Pct |
|
3rd Party |
Party |
Votes |
Pct |
|
1996 |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
120,323 |
61% |
|
George C. Landrith III |
70,869 |
36% |
|
George R. "Tex" Wood |
Virginia Reform |
6,627 |
3% |
* |
1998 |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
73,097 |
99% |
|
(no candidate) |
|
|
|
Write-ins |
|
785 |
1% |
|
2000 |
|
John W. Boyd, Jr. |
65,387 |
31% |
|
(no candidate) |
|
|
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
Independent |
143,312 |
67% |
* |
2002 |
|
Meredith M. Richards |
54,805 |
36% |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
95,360 |
63% |
|
Write-ins |
|
68 |
1% |
|
2004 |
|
Al C. Weed II |
98,237 |
36% |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
172,431 |
64% |
|
Write-ins |
|
90 |
1% |
|
2006 |
|
Al C. Weed II |
84,682 |
40% |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
125,370 |
59% |
|
Joseph P. Oddo |
Independent Green |
1,928 |
1% |
* |
2008 |
|
Tom Perriello |
158,810 |
50.1% |
|
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. |
158,083 |
49.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
Why isn't the first take that this guy is just another perpetual politician?
34 posted on
08/20/2012 11:50:14 AM PDT by
sam_paine
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To: sam_paine
Hmm ~ not really a good question. Why don't you get Romney to tell us why he keeps on running and running and running and never gets above 50% in a seriously contested election.
Now that's gotta' take some deep obsesiveness or something.
Or his buddy Obama ~ he's actually signed up with some kind of commie party thing in Chicago while the Democrats were considering running him as one of them. Now that's just nuts.
You get some answers out of the big two I think the little guys in the race will turn out to be far more reasonable!
Now, about checking on Virgil's nominating petitions, I know little about the people who got them together but we do have a crowd in Virginia who think it's important to check them thoroughly UNLESS it's their candidate!
35 posted on
08/20/2012 12:02:54 PM PDT by
muawiyah
To: sam_paine
Don’t care. I’m still not voting for that liberal lying bottom feeder Romney.
You can have every last bit of the credit for him.
36 posted on
08/20/2012 12:04:26 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: sam_paine
Well, I’m waiting for their explaination of the inexplicable also. The fact is that Goode is NOT a “solid conservative” but is merely an opportunist who apparently feels a NEED to be on the ballot.
To: sam_paine
precisely....but some people will take a pig in the poke
40 posted on
08/20/2012 12:50:20 PM PDT by
Nifster
To: sam_paine; All
Is party affiliation the sole measure of a man's conservatism? I prefer to discern by the history of the man's words and actions. You've asked a fair question, and I'll be happy to provide a fair answer. But I warn you, once you dig into and truly do the research as to where Virgil Goode stands on the issues, you
will discover that you like him a lot. You might even find, as I did, that you
overwhelmingly prefer him. Read on :
Virgil Goode on the Issues
- pro life
- anti bailout
- anti homosexualization
- pro capital punishment
- pro drug enforcement
- pro education reform
- pro UN reform
- supports economic sovereignty
- approves voter ID
- pro second amendment
- absolute gun ownership right
- opposes federal health care
- would eliminate ObamaCare
- anti amnesty
- anti progressive taxation
- pro military
- against foreign tax havens
- supports overhaul of tax code
- didn't fall for "net neutrality"
- etc, etc, etc
These are just highlights. Follow the link and the links therein to get a fuller picture.
Your question is how can this guy be a solid conservative if he's not a reliable Republican Party guy. Your question should be how did the Republican Party slide so far away from its platform so as to have a man like Romney at the helm when a man like Goode was ready, willing, able, and more representative.
The current Republican "leader" is a pro-abortion, pro-guncontrol, pro-gay-marriage, pro-gay-adoption, pro-stimulus, pro-bailout, pro-healthcare-rationing, pro-amnesty, pro-spending-mandate candidate. Virgil Goode is solidly opposed to all of these. In my opinion, the only thing keeping the republican electorate from abandoning the Republican Party en masse, is a fear of "losing" and a lack of exposure to genuine conservative candidates like Virgil Goode. I'm helping to fix the exposure issue ... the fear issue is on each of us must conquer on his own.
I hope I've answered your question.
44 posted on
08/20/2012 1:51:10 PM PDT by
so_real
( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
To: sam_paine
Damn. Virgil Goode changes parties more often than Liberace changed outfits....
51 posted on
08/20/2012 6:46:12 PM PDT by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!!!)
To: sam_paine
“Why does this guy flipping around through all the parties make him the “solid conservative” in the race?”
Because he’s prolife and he supports traditional marriage.
I ask all the ROMBOTS why they support the man who supports baby killing and gay marriage.
We had good, solid alternatives, but you ROMBOTs destroyed them in the primary. Guess what, we aren’t going to go support Mitt.
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