Posted on 08/12/2012 1:40:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In some conservative quarters, the question is still being asked, “What is our alternative to Mitt Romney?”
Some people are suggesting voting for the Libertarian Candidate or even the guy from the Constitution Party who may only end up on the ballot in one or two states.
There is an alternative to Mitt Romney, if you are looking for one.
Who is it?
It is Barack Obama.
No, that is not a joke.
Absent some almost unprecedented or at least unpredictable event, next January in Washington, it is either going to be Barack Obama or Mitt Romney standing on the stage taking the Oath of Office.
It will not be Gary Johnson and it will not be that clown Virgil Goode from the Constitution Party.
Here are your choices. It is either A or B. It is American versus Marxist. It is Romney versus Obama. It is that simple.
If you decide Romney is not pure enough for you and you decide you want to vote for the candidate who believes the most pressing problem facing this country is the legalization of drugs, then you are voting for Barack Obama.
If you choose to vote for the Libertarian candidate this year, you are voting for four more years of the Party of Treason in the White House.
If you doubt me on this and think your vote does not matter, I refer you to Florida in 2000. Ralph Nader pulled 97,000 votes in Florida. Most of those people would have undoubtedly preferred Al Gore to George W. Bush. Gore lost Florida by 537 votes.
Yesterday, Mitt Romney pulled a stunner. His selection of Paul Ryan was a complete surprise to me. Prior to yesterday I was almost certain that his choice would be Rob Portman. The others I feared were in the running were Tim Pawlenty or Chris Christie. Had Christie been the choice, it would have been as bad a pick for Romney as McCain’s first choice in 08 of Joe Lieberman.
Some people, mostly Libertarians have been assailing Ryan as not really a conservative. Ryan voted for TARP in 2008 and he voted for Bush’s Medicare expansion.
No politician is going to have a perfect record. The American Conservative Union scores Ryan with a 92% lifetime record. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, if someone votes with me 92% of the time, I’m going to call him a 92% ally, not an 8% traitor.
Instead of tapping an establishment moderate, as most of us feared he would do, Romney made a surprisingly bold choice in Ryan. More importantly, he reached out to conservatives.
A few weeks ago, I said I would go into the voting booth on election day with a large and cold bottle of Pepto Bismol in one hand, a stomach distress bag in another and I would vote for Romney, praying I did not leave the rancid dregs of what was once my breakfast on the voting machine.
I lost count of the number of jury trials I did as a lawyer. In a jury trial, at the end, the jury is given instructions by the judge. There is one section of the jury instructions that I have always remembered. It said, “Do not hesitate to reexamine your own views and change your opinion if you believe it is not correct.”
That is sound advice.
I have reexamined my own views of this race and have changed my opinion because I believe my old opinion is no longer correct.
This is a battle for the soul and future of America. It is literally a battle between good and evil. It is a battle between those who revere America and the liberty and freedom it stands for and those who worship at the altar of socialism and the inevitable tyranny that follows with socialism.
I have been brutally critical of Mitt Romney over the last few months. I anticipate I will continue to be critical of him on certain issues. Mitt Romney is not the perfect candidate but we will never have the perfect candidate.
What we do have is a candidate who right now is our best hope for stopping the Obama, Pelosi, Reid axis of fiscal evil and helping to restore America.
I endorse Mitt Romney for President and Paul Ryan for Vice President. I encourage every Tea Party member and conservative to go out and support them, work for them and make sure that in January, we do to Barack Obama what he has done to so many other Americans.
We put him out of a job.
I can’t tell you what to do, MM, but 4 years ago, I was in that same situation. I walked away....44 year friendship. She was getting more and more liberal and I was the opposite.
My college roommate....I missed her a bunch for a long time...not so much now.
I have removed all liberals from my life and it is much better without them!!
Well said.
“Thank you for the post. You are 100% right on this. I am not a Romney fan myself, but I like Paul Ryan. His 92% conservative voting record speaks for itself. I would vote for anyone over Obama to save our country, but Romney’s choice of Ryan as his VP running mate sealed the deal and made it a whole lot easier to support Romney’s campaign.”
This is exactly how I feel. Thanks for articulating it!
Exactly.
“Two things I am certain of, however, is that a.) the economy will respond positively to his election and b.) Romney plus a GOP Congress will enact legislation that will reinvigorate the economy and regain the path to mass prosperity.”
Before you drink the Romney Cyanide, you had better examine his history as Governor of Mass. Honestly, the record doesn’t support that he will do squat for the economy. Ryan, is indeed a good man (wish he was the nominee), but I seriously doubt he will influence Romney. VPs are there to be window dressing for the Candidate. Look at all the problems Palin had with McCain’s group, and McCain is not nearly as liberal and left wing as Romney. McCain at least had honorably military service. Whatever, they wouldn’t let Sarah be Sarah. She was just there for show. I believe Ryan will be the same thing.
Also, other than lowering taxes and reducing debt, and getting regulators off the back of business, what really can congress do to stimulate the economy? I don’t see Romney moving in that direction. In fact, by pulling Ryan out of the House, his ideas may die. That would be a shame.
“Right on! Romney is our only hope to stop Obama. And our only chance to stop Obamacare. I’ll work hard for Romney because it’s all on the line, our jobs, our unsurpassed healthcare system, and most important our freedom.”
Obamacare came straigth from Romneycare. Do you really think it will be gotten rid of completely? Romney will just change a few things and resubmitt it under his name. The GOP conservatives will be too intimidated by “party loyalty” to stop him.
Exactly and these shills are everywhere, especially social media (twitter/facebook) where they spread their venom pretty much without opposition.
On a brighter note, I'm thrilled to see FR putting their issues behind them to stop Obama. The primaries were pretty rough. But then there was never any doubt, Freepers always come through :-)
Did you volunteer to be a hall monitor in grade school, Sola Veritas?
“We did fight. It was called the primary, and we lost and got stuck with Romney. I think we can all agree that almost no one here wanted him. However, I will take the horse manure(Romney) over pig manure(Obama) anyday.”
The primary process is broken. You don’t stop a fight when the match was poorly run. A vote for Romney is a vote for continued broken primaries and GOP Establishment tyranny.
If you are willing to have your face shoved in horse manure, then I cannot reason with that. Just don’t complain about the stink if or when it happens. You don’t have the right to complain anymore.
Yet, according to his website, that is exactly Romney's program. Which is exactly what you or I would do.
You can choose to believe him or not, but he's on record with what is, in reality, the solution.
Why would he act otherwise...???
“Why would he act otherwise...???”
Because he is a lying dirtball that has a horrible record and a propensity to flip flop.
“By a factor too great to calculate, I fear a lame duck Obama”
WE SHOULD.
Have others noticed how Obama is ramping up more and more on his “executive orders”:
1. OBAMA GUTS IMMIGRATION LAW AND GRANTS AMNESTY. Giving amnesty to those favored
2. HE ATTACKS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND UNDERMINES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. HHS mandates that obliterate religious objections regarding forced purchasing of birth-control.
3. OBAMA GUTS WELFARE REFORM. A bill that took years to put in place swept away with the stroke of a pen.
... he’s done similar things in EPA, he’s railroaded other changes.
Obama’s ‘law by executive order’ is unconstitutional and unlawful but the GOP Congress wont have the stones to call Obama out on it if he wins. They havent so far, although Mitt is properly making a stink on the welfare issue and the religious liberty issue.
So yes - FEAR A SECOND TERM. He wont let even a GOP Congress stop his executive order rampage.
If Sarah was so great - and I believe she was - then why has she wholeheartedly endorsed Romney against Obama?
Because he is a lying dirtball that has a horrible record and a propensity to flip flop.
Now we're really getting down to substantive issues! It is apparent that you haven't yet come to terms with the bitter disappointment of losing the primaries. Mitt Romney was my fourth choice after Perry and then Cain withdrew and Gingrich lost. But now the race is down to Obama or Romney. It's not the choice I preferred, but it is a very clear choice.
You assume that he's lying.
I assume that he's telling the truth.
On the other hand, I know where Obama stands.
I'll take my chances.
If you choose not, that's OK by me.
Sirius Lee, I suggest you tone down your rhetoric. 2ndDivisionVet has been here a while with a history of generally respectable discourse.
You might disagree with his opinion, but telling him to “GFY” doesn’t impart any respectability to your opinion.
We don’t, in general tell people to “GFY” on FR. I suggest you avoid it.
4 years of Obama with a Senate and House in opposition.
8 years of Romney with no one to stop his agenda.
Nothing new, we're told once again, we have no choice.
No sale this time around.
“It’s not the choice I preferred, but it is a very clear choice.”
With full respect to your prior service....you have been away from the Corps to long. The Marines I know NEVER QUIT. Accepting the unacceptable is quiting. I won’t call you a surrender monkey...that is too far to go. However, I think you are a “quitter” to go along with a improperly run primary. It isn’t about being a “sore loser.” It is about an election being bought and an “establishment” rigging the outcome. That ought to make any Devil Dog mad and willing to keep fighting.
Remember...Semper Fidelis?
Only that you are right and I don’t know why so many are blind to your point.
“Which of the following two socialists will do the most damage? 4 years of Obama with a Senate and House in opposition. 8 years of Romney with no one to stop his agenda.”
Bravo, extremely well put! I wished I could cut to the chase as quickly and effectively.
I think 8 years of Romney with no one to stop him, out of party loyalty, is to be more feared. Plus, he will probably only get 4 years, and in the meantime cost us GOP seats in the Senate and House. Then the next “Obama” from the Dems will really do some serious destruction.
The Obamination of Desolation is a terrible thing. But, kept in check, he “might”(one can always hope) go down to impeachment and conviction for crimes against the COTUS. However, Romney could do the same crap, and walk scott free.
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