Why Conservatives Should Continue to Oppose Romney after the Nomination (Please provide input)

Bloggers & Personal ^ | 10 Apr 12 | Xzins

[The Shrew]

I can hardly wait for Karl Rove's 1st Wednesday in March morning meeting when he tell us, "Get on board. Where are ya' gonna' go?"

FUBO, FUMR, FUKR, FURNC.

TS

[cblue55]

So, what’s the alternative? Obama? Don’t think so.

[sean327]

WTF? I don’t like Romney at all, but there is no way in hell I oppose him if he becomes the nominee. That is suicide! We cannot survive 4 more years of Obama, but that is what what we will get if we keep pushing crap like this.
Obama must be defeated at all costs.

[Maverick68]

The eventual GOP nominee will be running against a man who HATES white people, hates Christians, hates Jews, hates America and would love to destroy capitalism.
I will crawl to the voting booth to vote for whomever is running against Obama.

[MtnMan101]

If this Dumb A$$ party sends him to the General election, I WILL change to the Independent Party and waste my vote....hows that for being pissed off!!!

[MtnMan101]

If this Dumb A$$ party sends him to the General election, I WILL change to the Independent Party and waste my vote....hows that for being pissed off!!!

[G Larry]

Because they’d rather watch Obama destroy America and then sit around reminding us “I told you so”.....

[xzins]

Ping for your input

[humblegunner]

If Romney is the nominee, that will suck.

Because Romney sucks and Obama sucks.
I guess I’d have to either decide who sucks most...

OR.. if we’re being driven inevitably into a ditch, would it
perhaps be better to let the driver with the “D” after his
name be the one to do it? Or not?

Any way you look at it, opposition to WHOMEVER our nominee
is helps only Obama. There are no knights in shining armor
riding in to save the day at the last moment. You betcha.

Quite the conundrum.

[xzins]

see #4 above

[Yashcheritsiy]

If conservatives accede to Romney's nomination, then all we will do is send a message to the GOP-E that we're not really serious about conservative principles, and that should there ever be a conservative upstart candidate again, then we will go right along with the personal destruction of that candidate, and all of the underhanded skullduggery that goes with it, that we saw on display in this primary season.

Further, a Romney presidency may even be WORSE than a second Obama term. At least with Obama in office, the Republicans have grown a little bit of a spinelet and fought him on some things, and really have served to hinder a lot of what Obama *could* have done. With Romney in office, it'll be 2000-2006 all over again - they will go right along with everything Romney proposes (which won't differ in substance, if only somewhat in degree), since he's "our" President. We could actually end up even DEEPER in socialism, debt, and trouble by the end of it all than with Obama.

[Albion Wilde]

With respect, I would almost be willing to vote for Charlie Sheen before I would weaken the GOP candidate or throw the vote to Obama.

It's not what we want; but at least Romney loves this country and, as they say, "has already forgotten" more about its history than Obama will ever know.

[Yashcheritsiy]

I will crawl to the voting booth to vote for whomever is running against Obama.

You know, if all of the so-called "conservatives" who have resigned themselves to simply rolling over and accepting Romney were to actually get together and all vote for a credible, broad-based conservative alternative, that alternative would probably have a very good chance of winning.

[erod]

The only thing worse than a Mitt Romney presidency is an Obama Presidency. I’m not a Romney fan, but I’m not ready to commit haraki and hand Obama another four years.

[taxcontrol]

Since there is very little difference between Obama and Romney, you have to factor into the equation the fact that if Romney is elected, the RINO / dem lite positions that he will push will cause a lot of infighting with the GOP. Conservatives will not want to support dem lite positions but Romney will use the bully pulpit to push his agenda.

Better to have Obama that can be opposed in both the House and the Senate on principled issues than to have Romney who really can't be opposed because he will be the de facto party leader. Better the enemy without than the one within.

Also, for the long term GOP direction, the party bosses need to learn that they cant win elections with a RINO. You simply MUST have the support of your base to win elections.

[Kansas58]

The reelection of Obama will demoralize the Right.
The media will pound Congress, State Reps and the Governors with the theme “Conservatism is dead, Socialism WON!”

Symbolism is everything.
Perception is everything.

If Romney wins it will not be a Conservative victory. I think most conservatives get that.

However?

If Obama wins IT WILL BE A LIBERAL VICTORY!

And, more to the point, Obama wants to completely destroy the profit motive, making it very hard for Conservatism to finance itself.

We can live to fight another day, with Romney as President.

Obama might not let us live.

Financially, or literally.

[grumpygresh]

I’ll spend my time opposing hussein instead. I hope that still makes me a conservative.

[xzins]

Excellent post, YC. Romney won’t win. However, if it were to happen, he’d be a liberal big spender, an appointer of liberal justices, and a political hack who would force the dead carcass of obamacare onto the nation.

[556x45]

The anyone exc Barry line presupposes ORomney is somehow different in a better way. He isn’t, he’s no different than Barry. Perhaps he’s not an overt hater of this country but a hater nonetheless. ORomney is for himself and a small cliche of elites who will continue robbing the American people. Its not a liberal-conservative Thing any longer. Its all about those who would be king vs free men. Voting for ORomney is no different than voting for Barry. The outcome will be identical. Unless the electorate begins to engaged their brain nothing will ever change.