Be Careful What You Leave Democrats Alone to Vote For

American Thinker ^ | 10/08/2014 | Gene Schwimmer

[SeekAndFind]

Will conservatives lose three elections in a row – three chances to win the Senate, three chances to stop Obama and the Democrats’ agenda, three chances to put Democratic senators up in 2016 on the hot seat by forcing them to vote on popular legislation that liberals oppose – because a cohort of die-hard conservative purists cannot bring themselves to choose between the lesser of two evils?

For conservatives, the stakes in this election could hardly be higher.  The course could not be more clear.

Republicans must keep the House and win the Senate.  Nothing else matters.

If...

• Obamacare,
• retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan,
• the loss of the world’s confidence in America’s strength and resolve,
• the elevation of “wise Latina” Sonya Sotomayor to the Supreme Court,
• the elevation Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court,
• Fast and Furious,
• Solyndra,
• obsession with global warming,
• unrestricted illegal immigration,
• a politicized and corrupt Justice Department,
• a politicized and corrupt IRS,
• mismanagement of the fight against Islamic jihadism,
• “red lines” that get erased almost as soon as they are drawn,
• attempts to gut the First Amendment to reverse Citizens United,
• John Kerry as secretary of state,
• Eric Holder as attorney general,
• Benghazi,
• billions of dollars wasted on “stimulus,”
• Michelle Obama starving innocent schoolchildren with unpalatable food,
• negotiating with terrorist-supporting Iran over nuclear weapons, and
• pressuring Israel not to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons that, in time, certainly would be capable of reaching the U.S.

...should have taught conservatives anything, it's that there are worse dangers to life, liberty, and property than returning Thad Cochran and Pat Roberts to the Senate.

[Hostage]

“Battered Wife Syndrome”

[Alberta's Child]

How quickly things have changed.

A huge group of voters known as "broken glass Republicans" used to be a dominant force on the national political scene. These were folks who would crawl a mile through broken glass to vote for George W. Bush and other Republican candidates on a ballot.

Now, the GOP couldn't even get those same voters to walk across their own living room to vote for a Republican candidate. The brutal truth here is that Republican rule in Washington back in the 2000s was a complete disaster, and may have damaged the party beyond repair.

[Hostage]

The 2000s were a time when this poster gave the maximum to give and campaigned for others to give the maximum they could give, all for the purpose of ensuring GW Bush would have a GOP House and Senate.

And what was the result?

[sickoflibs]

RE:”Republicans must keep the House and win the Senate. Nothing else matters.”

Its not obvious to me that the GOP winning the Senate, especially by a seat or two, will result in anything good.

The one place it might help is blocking appointments,

[ansel12]

The GOPe cost us the 2012 election, only Sarah Palin had a good year as she gave us our only Senate seat pickup in Nebraska, and Ted Cruz.

[Alberta's Child]

You might want to take some of the replies you see on this thread and reflect on them seriously from a political standpoint.

There are a lot of principled conservatives out there who have figured out that the political process is a waste of their time and energy. And they're well-prepared to deal with anyone coming to kick down their doors, too.

You might notice that Clive Bundy never called his Congressman or Senator when things got rough out there in Nevada. And I'm sure he wrote off Karl Rove and all of those Beltway @ssholes who run the Republican Party years ago.

[Alberta's Child]

I hear ya.

Rule #1: Never devote time, energy or money to people who are more interested in keeping their jobs than doing their jobs.

[tx_eggman]

These assclowns keep pissing on my shoes and telling me it's raining.

Sorry, not buying it anymore.

[OldArmy52]

Well, Conservatives tend to vote for the good people in the primaries and then hold their noses and vote for the RINO in the elections, when it is a choice between the Repub Party registered Dem or the Dem Party registered Dem.

But when the Repub leadership attacks the Repub conservative base, small wonder they lose elections. To win, one must have Base + some Independents. The Repub leadership attacks its base to perhaps try to win support from Indies and Dems who are not going to vote for them anyway.

So...vote Dem and get Amnesty and the FSA.
Or...vote Repub and get Amnesty and the FSA.

With Boner committed to Amnesty having sold his soul to Big Business who wants cheap labor, how is he and McSurrender a solution? How often do you see them in the news opposing Prez Obola?

The RNC ARE busy though...not in the news, but sending me 3 or 4 emails per day asking for money, that like a virus, mutate so I can never get them on the spam list...

Until the Repub Party is purged of RINO’s, the American people only get the choice of Dem Q or Dem B.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Will conservatives lose three elections in a row – three chances to win the Senate, three chances to stop Obama and the Democrats’ agenda, three chances to put Democratic senators up in 2016 on the hot seat by forcing them to vote on popular legislation that liberals oppose – because a cohort of die-hard conservative purists cannot bring themselves to choose between the lesser of two evils?”

Another way the author could have posed the question:

Will establishment Republicans continue to trash conservatives, and push squishy moderates, blurring the distinctions between the two parties and offering no reason to vote Republican, thereby risking the loss of three elections in a row – three chances to win the Senate, three chances to stop Obama and the Democrats’ agenda, three chances to put Democratic senators up in 2016 on the hot seat, because a cohort of Republican establishment pantywaists cannot bring themselves to back small government and freedom so as to give voters a reason to vote for Republican?

[EQAndyBuzz]

You leave the old guys alone. The ones with one term left are going to vote Republican. In the interim, get the young conservatives involved. Then when they retire, take over the local party.

[FlipWilson]

quote:”because a cohort of die-hard conservative purists cannot bring themselves to choose between the lesser of two evils”

So by the logic of this author, a battered spouse should continue to support and rely upon his/her significant other because being on their own is an uncertain/worse fate? Or should the cycle of abuse be broken? If the situation were reversed and a slate of conservatives were up in this election would the GOP-e (a cohort of diehard liberal to moderates) choose between the lesser of two evils? We already know the answer to that one, they would prefer to remain in the minority. They would sell out the conservatives in a freaking heart beat.

[Little Ray]

Neither will the GOPE.
They’re headed in the same direction.
They certainly don’t provide any opposition to the Democrats.

[csivils]

In otherwords, the GOPe plan for dealing with conservatives who feel insulted by their rhetoric is to double down on insults.

Brilliant, what could go wrong with that.

[Major Matt Mason]

That's a nice list of talking points that have been handed to the GOP candidates by Obama and the Democrats. So, the question for the writer is, why aren't they using any of them in their campaigns? They should be pounding the Dems over the head with this stuff, but they refuse to do so in most cases.

[e-gadfly]

“a cohort of die-hard conservative purists” = what RINOs call principled leaders

[e-gadfly]

If the Republican leadership wants to hold Congress, it had better get off its butt and give the voters a reason to push the button for them.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”If the Republican leadership wants to hold Congress, it had better get off its butt and give the voters a reason to push the button for them.”

You mean raise the minimum wage? That polls very popular.

[duffee]

“You might notice the GOPE is not running on anything”

They say they’re “Conservative” but look at what they do to Conservatives. I believe the GOPE hurt themselves with Romney’s scorched earth campaign against Newt. I supported Romney in the general election with my vote, money and influence, I regret doing it now, their sucess against Newt encouraged them. I will NOT vote for Cochran. The word “Conservative” is nothing more than an obligatory campaign slogan to the GOPE. If Republicans don’t take the Senate it’s the fault of the GOPE.

[Uncle Miltie]

GOPe’s Platform:

We’ll take you to the same Hell Democrats will, but slower!