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.
The democrat would not be in a position to sell out the GOP like the speaker did. Sometimes it is better to go around a brick wall than to keep running headfirst into it.
Word.
Thurston is the smartest man in any room he walks into. Don’t you DARE question his brilliance!
If he calls you a girl, you best grab a doll because there can be no doubt!
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No. Romney won the Independent vote because he was not Obama. It was the Nobama vote.
If Mitt Romney had won, we would not be facing this tidal wave of illegals, we would not have ISIS . We would not have Ebola in the US and we would not have Putin moving against Eastern Europe. A President Rand Paul would not have prevented any of those things.
The koolaid drinkers are hooked on GOPe elixir. Despite the fact that voting for RINOs for over 30 years has gotten them nowhere.
Winning is a slow process that will take work. It will be incremental and not always obvious. It will mean biting our lip and holding our nose sometimes. It will not be as easy or as automatic as an imaginary SHTF scenario.
ROFL
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o since a Dem house/Senate and a GOP house/senate are by their actions on Amnesty, defense of marriage, giving muslims weapons, investigating one thing to no end After another the same animal, Where is the win...
Good points all, but if faced with a choice between a RINO and a Democrat-Socialist — the only viable options in a general election — I will do whatever needs to be done to defeat the Democrat-Socialist. The alternative — to help the Democrat-Socialist win the election by voting for a candidate who cannot possibly win or by not voting — is worse for America and, compounding the agony, conservatives gain nothing ... the Republican Party leaders will not “get the message” ... they won’t.
You’ve lost for 30 years ... a win is just around the corner. LMAO.
30 years Yard. You spent 30 years failing and making the GOP more lib than ever.
Time to change horses.
It is a slow process, but sometimes you can gain more, learn more, and be motivated more by a loss. Trying to win everything with no thought to the cost is not a brilliant strategy.
I’m all for winning, but I don’t agree that holding the majority leader position but still pursuing a liberal agenda is “winning”.
If FR starts working for Hillary like they did for 0bama, I’m outta here. That means support whoever the nominee is in the general.
There is no difference between a RINO and a Dem. If they are the choices, you write in a conservative Or you elect a lib.
If you write in a conservative, you lose no more than by voting FOR a lib. But if enough of us write in, things ‘might’ change. and that is a ‘lesser evil’ than guaranteed ‘bad’ with the D/R win.
Threats are so useful.
No one here worked for Obama or is working for Hillary, but if you mean we are not to resist and refuse the GOP-e, you might as well leave now. Resist we much.
No, that is not what I said. No purist is supporting Rand Paul. No purist is saying that Republicans need to expand their like-ability. You have two kinds of Republicans, who are unwilling to vote for what they call RrINOs. Labeling the anti-insider Republicans as social conservatives, serves the purpose of both the Paulers and the MSM.
No real conservative would sit out this election or vote third Party. Conservatives care too much for the country.
Rand Paul is a barking moonbat lib. Did you miss his monthlong performance a while back?
FURP!! FUMR!! FUJB!! FUCC!!
Any questions?
Note to self:
400 posts in and not a single GOP fan has addressed the GOP promise to pass amnesty if given power on election day.
Side note, OP has vanished.
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