Republicans and moderates: Don’t waste your money on Scott Brown

Nonsense. I would have voted for Reagan. And I voted for Dole and Bush and McCain and Romney.

But I’ve had it. I’ve had it with being told that we must nominate a worthless moderate because that’s the best we can do. And because of this mentality, only moderates are ever nominated because that’s “who can win.” Yet they don’t. And when conservatives have been nominated, they do win. Or when they run as conservatives, they win. 1968 and ‘72. ‘80, ‘84, and ‘88. ‘00 and ‘04. 1994 and 2010. Brown in 2010.

We don’t have to settle for moderates. And I’m not voting for anybody just because they have an ‘R’ next to their name when I don’t agree with them or what they’re for or what they want to do. Because what’s the point?? So Mitch McConnell can be Majority Leader?? A man who has undermined conservatives as well? So that he can be rewarded with more power and influence? I’d like to see both McConnell and Cornyn defeated next year, the miniority leader and the whip, so we can have new leadership in the senate because God knows, not a single republican, no matter who gets elected, ever votes agains the leadership.

“My way of thinking got us Ted Cruz who, running on a Tea Party platform, defeated the “shoo in” local RINO. And he CONTINUES to represent the Tea Party ideas AFTER election (a rarity).”

Well are you for conservatives or not?? Make up your mind. How can you support Cruz but at the same time berate me for wanting to ditch Brown??

>>Well are you for conservatives or not?? Make up your mind. How can you support Cruz but at the same time berate me for wanting to ditch Brown??<<

There ya go. Cruz isn’t Conservative enough for you. Tea Party candidate? N/I (Not Important). Went on record and on Sunday shows as saying Texas will NEVER give in on 2A and 10A — N/I.

Reagan could not meet today’s CNSRVTV ENUF test. FR’s FOUNDER couldn’t meet that test.

Keep moving them goalposts and sooner than later you’ll have that fascist state your perfection demands (be avoidance).

“There ya go. Cruz isn’t Conservative enough for you. Tea Party candidate? N/I (Not Important). Went on record and on Sunday shows as saying Texas will NEVER give in on 2A and 10A — N/I.”

Well you’re clearly misunderstanding me. I was very happy Cruz won. I love him. He fignts and doesn’t back down. He doesn’t get all moderate and weasily when sitting next to Chuck Schumer.

And I’m not moving any goalposts. I want the most conservative person possible nominated in every election. I’m not interested in who the establishment thinks “can win.” The establishment continually supports, by either habit or deliberate intent, the more moderate nominee. Specter over Toomey, Crist over Rubio, Lugar over Mourdock, Dewhurst over Cruz, Bennet over Lee, Murkowski over Miller.

Personally, I think they do this intentionally to piss off and demoralize conservatives (as with Romney). But we’re not giving up. Eventually, they’ll get the message that if they really want their candidates to win, then they’ll have to start supporting conservatives or their moderate choices will lose. But in reality, I don’t think they want victory after victory. They know conservatives win so they do evertything to defeat them. They want people they can control to get elected. And Cruz, DeMint etc. don’t play ball the way a Scott Brown would.

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