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.
Another great post.
Great post.
I think their position was summed up by Andrew Klavan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWHgUE9AD4s
It was intended for liberals, but it fits. If you havent seen it, the parallels to the RINO wing are unmistakable. they are in fact one and the same.
Your post:
Note to self.
Nearing 550 posts and not a single GOP fan will address the GOP admitting it will pass amnesty upon taking a majority.
Frauds. Every last one of them. Cheshire frauds.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I addressed it.....
Yes they won, thankfully. They didn’t win by staying home but by taking the fight, political and otherwise, to the enemy.
Refresh my memory, I will be happy to retract.
No, I mean the true grit of sucking it up and supporting those who don’t quite measure up to our perfect ideals.
You’re not some sort of perfectionistic sweetheart are you?
Who said anything about pouting on the sidelines
— there's plenty of options in third-party and write-ins than to align yourself with evil; and make no mistake, that's the whole two party
-system in a nutshell: Vote Moloch or Satan will win!!
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
— John Quincy Adams
Dude, you are awesome! I could not possibly do a better job showing what you are about than you do to yourself. I spent several lengthy posts dealing with the whole purist/80% thing and it’s like it never happened! POOF! We are all perfectionists again and the liberal meme marches on in plain view to all.
Bravo sir!
Standing on the sidelines, playing on the kiddie playground, same thing.
Your utter worthlessness is noted.
Run along now.
Yes, well, dumbunnies like you deserve a certain amount of pity.
I thought it was “Sweetheart” Pick one. Stick with it, Chess.
Dumbunnies/sweethearts/tards...
whatever makes you feel good.
“We are doomed if we keep following your path to a more liberal America.”
Um, your path was followed in 2008 and 2012 and because you and yours sat out the election we are now experiencing what would be easily identified as doom across this country.
Your way is not working, and will not work on November 4th.
That's a damn dirty lie — in 1992 Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the popular vote (Clinton got about 43 and bush about 38)… what did we see after that? The Democrat/Republican Uniparty closed ranks and passed legislation to create massive hurdles to third-party contenders. Why?
Because they
came close.
I refuse to vote against someone because of the false assertion that the other guy's worse
— we've seen that that's just an excuse to offer up more of the same
as the choice
.
Human garbage works. I like that. I usually apply it to people that deserve it though. You might make it someday. Try harder. I mean it’s only fair.
“Because voting for anyone other than zero is not a vote for zero.”
Again. Delusional.
Odd, the sticker on my monitor says I voted. So what do you mean exactly?
Oh really? So if I vote for Kung Fu Panda then it gets officially marked for Barry?
Are you really that desperate to look foolish?
Jim, Rand Paul supported open borders until it became apparent that open borders were a losing position with the voters. Rand Paul is just squishy moderate on everything and his silly Black outreach program is nothing but social justice. Do you support social justice?
My pick for. 2016 ticket are Ted Cruz and Scott Walker. I think that Walker’s work against the SEIU is stellar, but he is not enough of a firebrand to stir up the people. Ted Cruz is the brightest candidate on the horizon. Right now, we need to get to 2016, before we can have a hope of stopping the Progressives.
I am wholly unaware my path was followed since Mitt got all those votes and lost. Could you clarify and list the posts I laid out the path for people to vote for the GOP liberal?
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