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The Establishment Almost Had Me
freedomoutpost.com ^ | 10/24/14

Posted on 10/24/2014 3:14:51 PM PDT by cotton1706

Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter almost had me convinced the other night. They almost had me. I think even Mark Levin hinted at it.

Elect Republicans, any republican, to stop Obama's agenda and get rid of Harry Reid.

Ann Coulter was so animated over it that I thought she was going to melt down. She was visibly and mockingly furious with anyone stupid enough not to vote for those like Mitch McConnell, or her love, as she describes him, Scott Brown. All the republicans she is pushing are Chamber of Commerce, big government hacks.

Anyway, this seems to be the refrain from the right, not just from the establishment, but also from conservatives. We must halt the Obama surge and throw out Harry Reid, so let's hold our collective noses once again and pull the lever.

And then what? And then no one has an answer because there is no answer, and they will not allow that question to be asked.

So, I guess I'll ask it again. And then what? Republicans take control of the House and Senate and then what?

Let me also answer that. Nothing gets done. At least nothing we want. Nothing gets slowed down or stalled. Nothing gets repealed. And why? Well, they already have a built in excuse for that. Now they need the presidency in 2016 to really get things done.

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To: JSDude1

I am saying nine Republicans voted for Sotomayor, and five voted for Kagan. Plus the GOP worked so they didn’t have to face a messy cloture vote. For the most part, it is establishment types running this cycle so can you say Justice Holder?


41 posted on 10/24/2014 3:49:18 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: cotton1706
So, I guess I'll ask it again. And then what? Republicans take control of the House and Senate and then what?

Nothing. But the Pollyannas are convinced that big, big things will happen. Mitch will roll up his sleeves and boy oh boy, he and Thad and Cornyn and McCain and Graham will make magic!

42 posted on 10/24/2014 3:50:46 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Fledermaus; Ann Archy
Now, cure Ann Archy and the other FR “We must take the Senate no matter what” crowd to tell us how the world will come to and end if we don’t.

If you're going to take a cheap potshot at another FReeper, at least have the courtesy to Ping her.

Ping.

43 posted on 10/24/2014 3:51:43 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: JSDude1
I am saying that OBAMA wants appoint Eric Holder to the US Supreme Court, aaaND you were saying..?

Really???

When was the last time you remember or can document when ALL of the Republicans voted against a Democrat-nominated Supreme Court Justice?
44 posted on 10/24/2014 3:52:16 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: dware

You’ll be preparing? Preparing for what? Armed revolt? An independent “libertarian” candidate who is probably a charlatan, or a stealth candidate?

Look, the “R’s” have clearly not covered themselves in glory over the last ten years or so, but the Dems are so vile and so evil and so anti-American, that to not vote strategically to block them is just insane.


45 posted on 10/24/2014 3:53:05 PM PDT by quicksilver123
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To: Lumper20
Agree 100%. Obama won in 2012 by 73,000 votes.

Which does not mean a lot, Bush won in 2000 with a negative popular vote.

The numbers that count are: Obama 332, Obama lite (Romney) 206 electoral votes.

46 posted on 10/24/2014 3:53:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Eccl 12 V.13)
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To: SoConPubbie
I am saying that OBAMA wants appoint Eric Holder to the US Supreme Court, aaaND you were saying..?

You don't get it.

The very people I refuse to vote for, and you are pressuring everyone else to vote for, are the very same people that will vote for Holder out of what they call principle.

There are real consequences for not exercising your vote outside of conservative principle.
47 posted on 10/24/2014 3:55:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: cotton1706

It wasn’t meant for you personally, it was meant for those that think voting for democrats to send a message to the GOPe is a brilliant strategy. Like you I would rather be beheaded by ISIS than vote democrat and want nothing to do with conservatives who advance Marxism with deviant strategies like voting for democrats.


48 posted on 10/24/2014 3:56:03 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: SoConPubbie
I am saying that OBAMA wants appoint Eric Holder to the US Supreme Court, aaaND you were saying..?

You don't get it.

The very people I refuse to vote for, and you are pressuring everyone else to vote for, are the very same people that will vote for Holder out of what they call principle.

There are real consequences for exercising your vote outside of conservative principles.
49 posted on 10/24/2014 3:56:22 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Maceman
The Republicans have made it very clear that they are only too happy to pass the Obama agenda if they win the Senate.

Republicans don't want to change the system - they just want to be first in line to get the loot.

That is why they fight the Tea Party and conservatives harder than they fight democrats.

If they win the senate they will do just what they did in the eight years Bush was president:

Pig out at the trough and stuff their pockets and the pockets of their pals.

50 posted on 10/24/2014 3:56:41 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Legacy of 'Obama The Divider' - Racial Revenge)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker; SES1066
What good things did the GOP do for the country when they controlled both houses of Congress and the White House during Bush's first term?

IMO that is a secondary question, the core question being:
"Which party can better help us realize the American Dream?"

My answer: I would rather work to perfect the Republican party than try to convert the socialist D party.

One who refuses to vote for the lesser of two evils is, in essence, voting for the greater of two evils.

51 posted on 10/24/2014 3:56:47 PM PDT by frog in a pot (We are all in the same pot.)
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To: cotton1706; jwalsh07
Well that’ll never be an issue. I don’t vote for democrats.

Neither does anyone else that has been posting on this thread.
52 posted on 10/24/2014 3:57:13 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: dware
The beginning of CWII, which is where we're headed regardless of R or D.

Says it all D, says it all.

53 posted on 10/24/2014 3:57:25 PM PDT by onona (Please donate to FR ! However much you can, all is appreciated.)
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To: frog in a pot

“One who refuses to vote for the lesser of two evils is, in essence, voting for the greater of two evils.”

You betcha!


54 posted on 10/24/2014 3:57:56 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: SES1066
This is a classic “grass is greener across the road” argument.

Who cares about the grass? My point is that it is the same damn road.

55 posted on 10/24/2014 3:58:19 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: elpadre
I know, but this site is receiving a lot of anti-Republican posts.

Maybe because FreeRepublic is not a Republican forum. Ever consider that? Duh...

56 posted on 10/24/2014 3:58:33 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: cotton1706

If someone can and make a difference between Obama having control of the senate his last two years and they don’t vote, they’re a damned idiot.

They trust Obama a lot more than I do. And they haven’t seen anything yet now that he doesn’t have to be concerned with any more elections. He will bring a wrecking ball to this nation. I believe some on here may want that.


57 posted on 10/24/2014 3:59:44 PM PDT by boycott
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To: frog in a pot; Ol' Dan Tucker; SES1066
One who refuses to vote for the lesser of two evils is, in essence, voting for the greater of two evils.

In many cases, that is a distinction without moral difference.
58 posted on 10/24/2014 4:00:19 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: dware

Don’t forget, if Romney had been in office when Newtown happened the RINO’s would have been all over themselves backing new firearms restrictions and Romney, as president, would have signed them.

Personally, I lean toward your thinking on this subject, and having Barry in the executive china shop was instrumental in making sure about 10-20 million additional rifles got into the general populace along with mountains of ammo...

I’ll vote, for sure, and most likely for the R’s out here in CA unless there’s a viable Constitutional or Libertarian candidate for my district, but I don’t place any confidence in all but a few R’s to stand by our principles (note “our” too, we’re not electing them to stand by “their principles” we’re electing them to represent OUR principles!).


59 posted on 10/24/2014 4:01:24 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: elpadre; cotton1706
I know, but this site is receiving a lot of anti-Republican posts.

Those are called conservative posts.
60 posted on 10/24/2014 4:01:44 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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