“When is Conservative enough, Conservative enough?”
When I say so.
Every voter has to decide that on a case by case basis.
Pretty simple in my book. Demand they follow the Constitution and de-construct the parts of the federal gov’t that is not constitutional (most of it).
IF we are not willing to go down that road, we will lose the country, and deservedly so.
AMEN!!!!
Where do we reach the balance between pulling the GOP back to their conservative roots and continually shooting ourselves in the foot?
I think that is a false choice. Republicans WIN when they espouse (and govern by) a conservative philosophy. It when they go statist that they shoot themselves in the foot. They didn’t get slammed in the last election because they were too conservative, despite what all the “helpful” big media pundits say.
“When is Conservative enough, Conservative enough?”
When we can at least field a candidate who did not FAVOR card check...
Ask: is this candidate leading America to the right; i.e., to obey the Constitution, or to the Left? We don't expect perfection but we should expect loyalty.
Scozzafava DEFINITELY isn’t “conservative enough.” If a tax and spend, ACORN loving, union supporting, pro-abort, gay marriage supporter is “conservative enough” then we might as well just all vote liberal Democrat.
It’s actually quite simple: always vote for the most conservative guy. If the guy bucking the system is more conservative than the Republican, vote for the guy bucking the system. If it is the republican, vote for the Republican. Don’t EVER vote for the Democrat.
When abortion is abolished, marriage is between one man and one woman, and the Constitution is followed.
Is a candidate going to lead the country in a rightward direction? Even if it’s only a casual saunter to the right rather than the galloping stamped that I would prefer - I’ll at least have something to vote for.
It’s pretty easy. In heavily R districts where any R will likely win, we should have the most conservative credible candidate. Period. That’s the way the dems do it—heavily D districts are almost all representedy by radical leftists.
In districts that are close, some compromises are sometimes necessary. But even there, a lot of unnecessarily liberal R’s get nominated.
It’s good R’s are finally realizing their country has been controlled for years by the folks who control who gets nominated by the R’s. The ruling coalition in the country is liberal R’s and the democrat party. That has been true for many many years.
Actual conservatives (as opposed to talk talk conservatives) just don’t get past the nomination that often. That is deliberate. Hopefully, conservatives will realize how important things like vacancy committee and contributing in the primaries to conservatives is. And you have to be willing to battle the party establishment with hammers and red hot tongs. They are not interested in changing the way things are.
the one who follows the constitution. NOTHING else should be legislated. Not marriage, not abortion, not schools, NOTHING. Clean house, clean up those who legislate from the bench and those who appoint them ,and read the governing document this country was founded on. IF they want to change the law then get the 2/3 ratification required, if not, get OUT of endruns around it.
You will know you have the right gal or guy when they support the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, NOT the right to housing, subsidies, and healthcare.......pray often and hard for the wisdom to discern. I place my faith in God, and then vote for the man or woman who best embodies the constitution.
The answer is pretty easy. Someone, maybe Mark Steyn, recently quoted William F. Buckley as saying that he voted for the most conservative candidate who has a chance to win.
I would elaborate a bit more:
1. How did the GOP candidate get the nomination? I think a liberal GOP candidate selected by the voters more easily gets my support than one picked by the state party leaders. I the voters pick the liberal Republican it means we need to find better conservatives to run the next time.
2. How liberal or conservative is the district? I am less likely to support a liberal Republican in a conseravative district. This is however a dangerous tatic as that is how you end up with Dim Senators from places like North Dakota who always vote GOP in the presidential race.
So I am happy to see the suspension of the GOP candidate in NY-23, Despite the GOP candidate not being a conservative as I might like, I would also love to see the 3rd party candidate drop out in the N.J. governors race.
- that our rights are Creator-endowed, not grants by government;
- that elected officials are just imperfect persons, like other citizens, and will not make better decisions than those they represent;
- that the "People's Constitution" divides, separates, limits and balances the powers it delegates to them--not the other way around; and,
- that if they do not begin to act like "conservatives" of the Founders' ideas of liberty and articulate those ideas clearly, then they will be sent home to live under the kind of tyrannical government power which they've participated in creating.
Electing a few real "conservative" independent candidates may just convince the others to "shape up or ship out."
When they are not JUANnabies.
Somewhere to the right of where the party has been since 2000. There is a lot of room to move before we hit any kind of "purity." I am not impressed by arguments that conservatives are trying to enforce a purity. "Purity" implies 100% agreement with me, and I'm the only person who agrees with me 100%. Well, sometimes I disagree with myself, but that's a whole other topic.
It's been said that I should be able to vote for somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time, and I usually can, but when somebody drifts so far to the left I can't agree 50% of the time, then I'm a lost cause. Scozzafava was such a candidate. McCain's another for whom I have not voted in many elections.