Posted on 10/18/2014 4:45:34 AM PDT by chrisnj
Many conservative voters are disillusioned at the Republicans for not standing up for their principles, for compromising with the Democrats, for having no spines etc. etc. They vow not to vote for the Republicans, or outright vote for the Democrats, to send them a message, to teach them a lesson. I think this kind of message/lesson serves no purpose but to cut off your own supply of oxygen.
Almost all the Republicans rejected obumbocrap (obamacare) but Harry Reid and his crooked Dems jammed it through deviously. The House Republicans have passed many legislations to repeal obumbocrap but Reid et al killed them all. The House Republicans have passed many good legislations but Reid and his crooks buried them all. The media blasted the Republicans on all their good constitutional/conservative acts, but remained silent on the Democrats' constant acts to destroy the constitution. This is a known fact and all of us always complain about it. Yet we are not showing any understanding of the difficult situations facing the House Republicans. While the Dem voters are behind their Dems 100%, we are demanding perfection while offering no help. We blame the Republicans for this and that but we are not working hard to create an opportunity or situation where they can stand on their principles and serve us faithfully. Why don't we vote them into majority in both House and Senate, so they have more control and feel less pressured to compromise, but more encouraged to listen to us to enact constitutional legislations for the good of the country. This is not excuses for the Republicans' non-performance. It is simply a fact that a good person can only do so much under difficult situations! We should understand that it is human nature to be rather weak, especially when under pressure. But given the favorable situations we are more likely to stand up taller for our principles. Remember when the Republicans were the majority in both Houses - even with a Democrat president Clinton, Congress was able to serve the people well! So if we are able to vote the Republicans into the majority, we just might be able to influence them into reversing the course to get our country back on the right track. Considering that many people have awaken and patriots are much more enthusiatically engaged in shaping government policies, we can realistically hope to get better leaders who will listen to the people again. All we need to do is unite and vote the crooks out but vote the acceptable albeit imperfect Republican candidates in, then work hard to influence them...
Certainly, with rampant voter fraud, ignorant and low-information voters, AND, the conservatives who vow to stay home or vote for the Dems, there is no hope that the Republicans will be in control of both Houses. It was said that those conservatives who wouldn't vote for the Republicans are part of the reasons why the Dems won the elections. So these conservatives are in effect cutting off the supply of oxygen to their own hopes (and our hopes)!
History suggests that the Republicans are more constitution-abiding leaders. We need to create the opportunities for them to abide to the constituion - by voting them into majority and then pressuring them into serving the people the way they should.
Keep living in the GOPe bubble.
Voting analysis shows that Republican turn out for Mitt Romney was very low..
Only 30 percent of the colonists supported independence. The rest didn’t care or supported the british.
You were corrected on this so now you are intentionally lying to promote a fictional story.
Simple—I don’t vote for people who slander me.
Do your part. I am.
Well the GOP bubble would have prevented the Ebola outbreak.
I repeat, he got more votes then Johnny. analyze that. More came than in the prior election. He got more votes than the last republican to run.
Are you bad at math or simply reading the script?
Are you a Pauler? Are you in favor of the new John McCain?
It will take work to set things right. That’s the reality we face. Your doomsday attitude is worthless.
Nope. The GOP was silent while barry kicked the borders open and refused to stop flights for weeks.
Really, the GOPe is too busy running on nothing to care about American deaths. Not one peep other than Cruz out of the so called leadership.
Cruz/Palin. You know, the two that fight the GOP hardest?
The problem is that your energies are misdirected by your bonehead ideas.
... other than Cruz or Palin.
Second note to self:
330 posts in and not one GOP fan will address the GOP promise for amnesty upon being given power in the coming election.
“30 years of voting for RINOs has not moved the bar right one iota.”
I haven’t been voting for RINOs in the primaries, I vote for the most conservative running every time. I do the same in the general election.
Many conservative voters are disillusioned at the Republicans for not standing up for their principles,
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The GOPe doesn’t have any principles. Money, power, and screwing anyone not in the ruling class are not principles.
Well said, thank you.
Yes, voting for RINOs the last 30 years has moved the bar right. Keep drinking the koolaid.
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