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.
Romney would have been a great President. He loves our country and he is a great problem solver.
There are 70,987 points of poop in yours. I won’t point them out either.
You exaggerated and over simplified - and miss that the biggest problem then might well have been the White House - run by a man many conservatives just loved (at the time) because he (claimed to be) was pro life. Period. And then again, you ignored 9-11 from your analysis too.
Moreover, a small majority in the Senate is “not control” of anything really. And much of the growth in government is that damned baseline budgeting, which would require a super majority to over turn.
But your main mistake was trying to make false equivalencies. There is no way that the Bush / Hastert / Frist cabal was anything like the Obama / Pelosi / Reid cabal was. That’s just not even close.
Supporting conservative candidates does work.
You can’t teach a politician a lesson.
So you support gays and abortion too?
I am reminded of the stay-home Repulicans who walked away from Missouri Senator Jim Talent. They gave us Claire McCackle because, in their eyes, Jim wasn’t conservative enough.
On issues that the voters are most concerned at the moment, e.g. appeal obumbocrap, no dream-act/amnesty ??
If they promise that they are with us on these issues, we can hold them to their feet if they are elected. Once they know we mean business, they will act appropriately if they want to be elected again.
In warfare, traitors must be destroyed before enemies.
Your candidate does.
And I 100% support conservative pols. Never even hinted otherwise. In fact, it’s my entire point.
Tillis has my vote for the same reasons.
Concise, well reasoned, cogent article.
BUT:
If I lived in Mississippi, would I vote for Thad Cochran?
If I lived in Kansas, would I vote for Pat Roberts?
In 2016, If I am still alive, will I vote for John McCain?
errr ummmm ahhhhh NO!
Not 2 days ago they announced clearly that if they win, Amnesty passes. did you miss it?
Those spineless conservatives need to be removed from office.
If you worked half as hard supporting a conservative candidate as you do trying to convince conservatives not to vote, the country would be a better place.
Cruz and Palin are abortion/gay agenda supporters?
Can you doc that please?
The thing about you purists is that most of you have given up on the idea that conservatism can win. You’ve lost faith in the country. Your only hope is in a SHTF scenario to shock the country back to its senses.
I’m not going to listen to lectures on strategy from people whose embedded premise is that the situation is hopeless.
You respond with cartoons? Do you think cartoons will stop the Leftists march? I hope you enjoy your life in the Amerika that is coming (arguably it is already here). Thankfully, I won’t be around for much of it. Thankfully, I have lived most of my life as a free man in America.
drivel
What are you? the NSA? Whats outside my door right now, your surveillance truck?
Impressive you know what I do off FR. Or does fighting lib repubs offend your conservatism?
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