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God Save Us from the Loud ‘I’m Staying Home This Year’ Conservatives
National Review-Campaign Spot ^ | 9-30-2014 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 10/01/2014 3:18:37 PM PDT by smoothsailing

NATIONAL REVIEW

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 12:34 PM

God Save Us from the Loud 'I'm Staying Home This Year' Conservatives

By Jim Geraghty

A few thoughts from the middle of the day . . .

God save us from self-professed "conservatives" who will announce they'll stay home on Election Day as a demonstration of their power.

Because as we all know, you become more influential in politics and government and public life by staying home and doing less.

....

Does the "I'm staying home" crowd apply this to everything in life? "I don't like the way the company is run, so I'm not going to work."

"Honey, I'm just not happy with your performance as a spouse, so I'm going to be less active in the marriage until you improve."

"Kids, I'm disappointed with your performance in school. Until you improve, I'm ignoring you."

The thing is, I wonder how often the "I'm staying home this year" crowd voted before. In fact, I wonder if they ever vote.

I don't understand the "I've never been more fearful for the future of this country, but I'm not willing to do anything about it" mentality.

Ronald Reagan is not walking through that door, folks.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
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To: INVAR

You are truly an idiot or a Soros troll.

Please do not respond.


641 posted on 10/02/2014 6:22:32 PM PDT by neocon1984
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To: neocon1984; BlackElk
Life is full of tough choices that ADULTS have to make.

You have your definition of ADULTS mixed up with the real definition of sniveling cowards and those who cherish money above morals.
642 posted on 10/02/2014 6:24:35 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: neocon1984; INVAR
You are truly an idiot or a Soros troll.

What is it about liberals that they project so much?

Judging by your posting history on this thread alone, there is enough evidence to truly and honestly make that accusation against you.

INVAR, not even close. He's as conservative as they come. You, on the other hand, can be safely categorized as an acolyte of Karl Rove and the Chamber of Cronyism.
643 posted on 10/02/2014 6:27:07 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: neocon1984
Life is full of tough choices that ADULTS have to make.

Agreed. One of the toughest is taking the keys away from the kids after they've smashed up the family car for the fourth time.

644 posted on 10/02/2014 6:32:15 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: OneWingedShark

dear onewinged,

I was left by the Repubes a while back, and I cannot endure any more Demoncrat/Communist antics, either.

However, i vote, not for what I can get, like a stoopsitter would, but what is best for the nation.


645 posted on 10/02/2014 6:49:50 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: smoothsailing

Yeah, there are certain topics that will get FReepers going. This is one of them.


646 posted on 10/02/2014 6:50:04 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Truth does not depend on a majority vote)
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To: freedumb2003
Thanks again for obozo and I know who to come and thank when hitlery wins. Can I just send the bill for the 20% increase in my healthcare to you?

Nope, send it to the GOP-E and the jerks that vote for them.
647 posted on 10/02/2014 6:52:24 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: neocon1984
Romney was a crap sandwich. You ate it, yet I am the idiot?

If you reward bad behavior of course you will encourage more bad behavior.

America is the hostage.

Conservatism is the ransom.

Voting pragmatically is appeasement.

You are Neville Chamberlain.

648 posted on 10/02/2014 6:55:18 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: SoConPubbie

Thanks for the assist.

Notice how they never address or comment on actual facts and points made about their party leadership.

They completely ignore McConnell’s vow to crush Conservatives “wherever they are found” and they ignore the fact that there HAS BEEN ZERO OPPOSITION to Obama and Reid’s agenda in the Senate… unless you count gimmicks and the kabuki theatrics of making sure votes are present to advance the Obama agenda and then voting against it so they can claim to be an opposition party.

So it seems their foot soldiers are limited to Alinsky-level ridicule, insult and intimidation and if that does not work they call you an idiot, classify you to be a leftist troll and demand you not reply to them anymore.

Truth hurts and cognitive dissonance reins supreme apparently.


649 posted on 10/02/2014 6:58:41 PM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: INVAR

Ahh, you can’t make a pig sing.

Anger has given over to indifference. The gop and their democrat ilk can do as they please. I won’t be participating in the farce. Too many other useful ways to spend my limited time.


650 posted on 10/02/2014 7:03:23 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Truth does not depend on a majority vote)
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To: RKBA Democrat

I’m gonna call Cruz’ office first thing in the AM and ask him if he don’t need no stinkin’ Senate or if he does want to win the Senate.

Put all these surrender PURISM monkeys out the window.

It’s become clear the GOPe does NOT want to retake the Senate.

Why? Probably because they know a conservative coalition is waiting to beat them into irrelevancy and maybe prosecution.


651 posted on 10/02/2014 9:29:46 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: OneWingedShark; sickoflibs; NFHale; Maceman; INVAR
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3210036/posts?page=539#539 you guys need to copyright/publish yer comments, cause someday, maybe the "vote 'R' or else we'll all die" crowd will have lost their voices from screeching so much, and there will be a market for common sense again...

keep preachin Brothers, but i fear the circular firing squad of the "R" guys will soon be stalking you...

652 posted on 10/03/2014 4:30:57 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: Gilbo_3; OneWingedShark; NFHale; Maceman; INVAR
RE:”keep preachin Brothers, but i fear the circular firing squad of the “R” guys will soon be stalking you..”

I been ‘stalked’ here many-many times, in fact its kind of fun now when they try it.

In 2012 going after Romney wasn't a problem here because so many here didn't like him, but going after Newt was for a short period, till it was obvious he didn't have a chance to beat Romney.

Making fun of Palin or her cult here is what brought the most emotional responses. It was easy to get their heads to explode which made it compelling. Man they would get mad and nasty.

I had a few freepers tell me not to ping them anymore early 2013 because I ridiculed Ryan's phony budget resolutions. A few really got mad at me, like that one Bushbot who posts threads all the time,

Here in Maryland the majority of the few Republicans always told me that Dole, McCain and Romney were great candidates and some got really frustrated and mad when I was critical of them.

I always say, vote your conscience.

REF

#539

653 posted on 10/03/2014 7:01:27 AM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: 1035rep; 9YearLurker; A CA Guy; aMorePerfectUnion; Ann Archy; antidisestablishment; Arm_Bears; ...
keep preachin Brothers, but i fear the circular firing squad of the "R" guys will soon be stalking you...

Attributed to Albert Einstein:
The Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

Fig1. - A view of one of the the vote R, because they're the lesser of two evils proponents hunting sane people.


Seriously though, there's absolutely no reason to keep voting Republican given the history (a) that they as-a-party have shown, (b) when it is clear the candidate is just-/nearly-as putrid as the other guy, and/or (c) when the candidate has expressed, by either word or deed, contempt for you, his base.
654 posted on 10/03/2014 7:35:56 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Or as I told a RINO pusher on another thread:

Voting for RINOs is like drinking a glass of wine that someone urinated in.
I only put 1% urine in it, come on!
Drink up!
It’s the lesser of two evils!


655 posted on 10/03/2014 7:37:55 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: sickoflibs
Making fun of Palin or her cult here is what brought the most emotional responses. It was easy to get their heads to explode which made it compelling. Man they would get mad and nasty.

My only problem w/ Palin is that she supports McCain (you know the crazy old guy who pals around with terrorists, iced the F-22, constantly reaches across the aisle, and has his name on a pile of contraconstitutional bilge.) — if that isn't enough to make you at least question her, you ought to consider if you're infatuated or not.

Now her cult, those guys are kinda creepy — I didn't like the Obama cult of personality, why would I like one for one of our guys?

656 posted on 10/03/2014 7:41:06 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Somehow, after all of this, FReepers are supposed to coalesce, unite and become influential?

It is but to laugh...not at this rate, when other FReepers [Party members] find it so easy to ridicule, demean and insult conservatives for holding to those very things that help make them conservative...principles.


657 posted on 10/03/2014 7:42:19 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: txhurl
Be sure to wear your best

You do that.
Right afterwards, explain why I OWE my vote to anyone who has stated they hate me and want to crush me?

658 posted on 10/03/2014 7:47:19 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: OneWingedShark

blind faith in your own belief is a losing strategy

Although I feel certain you will not expend the effort, were you to study the actions of the House in recent years, you would notice that in spite of the hated Boehner, they voted to repeal Obamacare 41 times. They made efforts to shut off the debt ceiling and on and on.

You are pretty much just wrong in your assessment


659 posted on 10/03/2014 8:02:43 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: bert

Yeah, the House republicans are good for two things: CAVING to Obama, and performing futile actions that they know will go nowhere so they can go “Well, we TRIIIIIED!”
They CAVE.


660 posted on 10/03/2014 8:05:34 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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