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.
In 2012, Mitt got more votes from a smaller total electorate than McCain got from a larger total electorate. Please explain YOUR math.
You keep mocking but not proving anything. I’m sorry the very ideas of the founders offend you because all I am doing is repeating them.
Vote for those you believe in.
Vote for those supporting the Constitution.
How long have you hated the founders of our country?
I knew you would say that. :)
But why reinvent the wheel? zero wasn’t the first to use an anti-incumbent platform.
I’m not saying it was a great move, I’m saying it works.
“Puzzle me this. You claim conservatism then a conservative runs. You then run to the RINO because they can ‘win’. then you wonder why conservatives don’t get elected in the primary to go to the general.”
I said nothing of the sort.
I said vote for the steak in the primary (conservative).
It works if you want to become the thing you claim to be against.
I don’t call that a net gain for anything but liberalism.
Voting for RINOs is a stopgap to keep the bar from moving left given political reality, you doofus.
I don’t why this is so hard for you to understand. But the fact that you don’t understand it is good reason to ignore your lectures.
Wake up.
You’ve (we’ve) already lost.
Keep voting RINO. It will get you another 30 years of DemocRat control. History is not not your side.
And then vote rino. And then next (the last several) time, the RINO sends out the hit squad and tanks the conservative in the primary sending you back to reelect them...so the whole thing repeats. Did you not notice?
Mitt might have gotten more votes than John McCain but that is because he got a larger portion of the independents than John McCain. Republican turn out in 20012 was low.
Look, I maybe it is better if people like you don’t vote at all. Negativity is not a winning attribute. It won’t be for Paulers, either.
Let me politely invite you to STFU or prove it with words I actually wrote, in context. When you try and do this, your silly emotional bitch boy attitude will be exposed with your total lack of intellectual integrity. So, put up or SHUT UP.
I'm always amused by you pharisees who can't engage in an adult conversation about when to kill the RINO and when we need them. NOPE. All you can do is try that "GOP E cheerleader" bullsh-t. And it is bullshit.
You just keep believing that. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?
Really, it’s all lefty, all the time. You can’t defend the last 30 years of DemocRat control.
Yep.
Ok.
So tell me how you are going to reform the process by staying home/not voting/writing in a candidate on election day? smh
The circular (il) logic is dizzying.
Registered Republicans did not show up at the polls. Romney got the independent vote that voted for Obama in 2008.
Again, you are putting words in my mouth - you are such a silly little girl. I didn't mention the book, but thanks for doing so.
“How does protesting hamburger by ordering $hit get you closer to steak?”
Perhaps rather than talk about hamburgers, we could talk about a specific race?
“RINO Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus came to power in 2009 by forming a coalition of 65 Democrats and 11 moderate Republicans to oust the existing conservative speaker. Straus quickly consolidated his power. Despite Texas voters electing large conservative majorities in both houses from 2010, conservative legislation is being impeded or stopped by the decisions of the powerful liberal speaker. Conservatives have been unsuccessful in getting Straus ousted but his minions are bearing the brunt and are steadily being defeated.”
From http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3131372/posts
Original Source: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/03/6/Speaker-Straus-the-Biggest-Loser-in-House-Primary-Races?utm_source=Campaign+Created+2014%2F03%2F08%2C+4%3A53+PM&utm_campaign=3-9-14+how+the+tea+party+wins&utm_medium=email
This RINO hijacked the Texas senate for two years to stop conservatives. Many of his minions were defeated in primaries, but he was not....
You are telling me that you would vote for him? If so, then I have to tell you. Your hamburger... is made out of $hit.
Maybe it’s none of your business whether...Oh wait. I got it now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHgUE9AD4s
“Let me politely invite you”
Are you capable of being polite? Or just ranting and insulting while avoiding responding to any actual debate?
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