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Posted on 04/19/2011 7:39:41 AM PDT by Scythian
I'd rather live out the rest of my life someplace beautiful but relatively backward than witness up close and personal the dismantling of the greatest experiment in freedom in human history.
It's bad enough that our federal government has been taken over by misguided radicals who hate everything that made the U.S. exceptional...what really hurts is how many people are cheering them on.
We see the same “PDS” name calling and if you don't support Palin, your are a low life “Hater”, etc, the name calling and the personal insults are again, running unchecked, and if you worship Palin, you get a free pass. If you support a different candidate than Palin, or don't agree that she is nothing short of Mother Theresa, Joan of Arc or the Virgin Mary, you are watched closely and frequently harassed by her disciples.
I agree, I am also getting seriously burned out at all the name calling and uncivil tone that has begun to dominate here. I am also taking a back seat like I did in 2008. It just is not worth the time to keep defending one’s dignity from so many unreasonable attacks.
I would like to see a dozen more election cycles like we just had. We have made a dent, if not a hole in the plans of those inside the beltway.
It will be easier,faster and more productive for Tea Party people to make changes in the GOP than form a third party. IMHO
Republicans, democrats and the media have attacked Tea Party people as a group and individually. We must be doing something right for them to worry about us as a political force.
Rome wasn't built in a day and nether will US politics at the national and local levels change in a day.
To win the war, first you must win the battles you can by next Friday is an old saying, but ever so true.
Your post reads like you want to bug out while things are tough and then when things settle out, come back and enjoy the fruits of others carrying on the fight.
Why should those others want you back?
What’s that old saying??
“When the going gets tough, the tough get .......
to take the summer off?
to Go to the beach?
to run away?
to Have a cow?
to give up?
Nervous?
Sad?
I can’t remember how to finish it. Any other ideas?
Speaking of dopes...I don’t see a question mark at the
end of your sentence. Are you making a statement? Are you
asking me “Why do we need another third party for you dopes?”????
I will assume your asking a question, because you don’t know. You just don’t get it! The other parties are no good.
They are corrupt and it’s time to clean house...
Of course you’re right, it’s inevitable. I remember how tense it gotten during the Clintoon reelection; now I look back on those times and laugh (almost). I’ll do my best to stick around in spite of it; there’s nowhere else to get as much honest info as here. But I worry I’ll be needing a prescription for something by fall.
Blessed Easter, Happy Summer, see you post-election.
3rd parties are for losers.. The reason I say this is 3rd parties always lose..
That is all, end communication, see you after the 2012 elections folks..
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Bull. Are you saying that Free Republic is only about the 2012 elections? Are there no other threads to be enjoyed other than 2012 election threads?
If you’re opussing out based on heated election threads, then WTH kind of FReeper were/are you?
Get back in the game, son. Ignore the political threads if you want. Treat then like the Religion Foums. ~ugh!~
But to quit FReeping based on this? Stoopid.
I think in the case of civil war here, Obama would want to keep our troops out of the country.
Good for you, Scythian! Good vanity. Looking forward to seeing you on FR after the election. Thanks for your posts, commentary. Take care.
She had hands?
A good example of that is W. Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft, in 1912. Roosevelt lost to Taft in the primaries, so he went 3 rd. party (Bull Moose) against Taft. They split the Conservative vote 27% Roosevelt, 23% Taft and Wilson won with only 42% of the vote. Almost a carbon copy of 1992 where Perot was the spoiler.
But Party 1 and Party 2 are for losers NOW...
“First American Party” will be better. It’s time to clean house, to end corruption etc..
There is no such thing as “always” - when the world is
changing - and too many people are upset with both parties.
You forgot about the current big problem around here: Stepping on the “third rail of Free Republic”: Commenting negatively on a Sarah Palin Thread.
If you ever want to feel like someone accused of witchcraft back in Salem, suggest that Sarah might be a bad candidate.
I feel your pain.
Enjoy your time off.
I will remain here, kicking over anthills just to watch the ants run around. Its actually a fun thing to do, when you cannot lay your hands on a magnifying glass.
I agree with you on the outcome..but I hate thinking it. I don’t blame you a bit.
Enjoy life and have a good summer.
Wait a minute, what if something big happens?
If the GOP candidate is someone like Romney, then they don't deserve to win the election, and if they did win it, it would simply mean more socialism, just from a GOP President instead.
Under such a scenario, a third party vote would be quite appropriate.
The only solution is to get a good, conservative candidate to win the GOP nomination. The way that Rove and his Establishment ilk have engineered things, that doesn't seem likely.
Thank you for saying that, bro. I was just about to give a tongue lashing to all of the doom and gloomers on this thread.
I mean, what is the point of even coming to a forum like Free Republic, if you've already surrendered? This isn't some hand holding society, where we all sit around and wait for The End.
No, FR is a gathering place for those who still believe in this nation's Founding Principles, and are willing to fight for them.
As Jim Rob says on the FR home page:
"Despite the wailing of the liberal trolls and other doom & gloom naysayers, we feel no compelling need to allow them a platform to promote their repugnant and obnoxious propaganda from our forum. Free Republic is not a liberal debating society. We are conservative activists dedicated to defending our rights, defending our constitution, defending our republic and defending our traditional American way of life."
Once upon a time in America, not automatically caving in to the opinion of the 2/3 majority at the Town Hall was called "speaking your mind".
Now, some people believe that not automatically caving in to what the 2/3 majority at the Town Hall thinks is "being a hired gun and a disrupter". Everybody, in their opinion, should think exactly alike and their fragile nerves just cannot take the shock of anybody upsetting The Natural Order of Things.
Many Freepers will fall on their swords, come unglued, and be beside themselves on the events that are about to unfold, it will be too much for them to handle. Moderators will have their hands full. .... I'm in a good spot, don't plan to argue or worry over the election at all, it is what it is.
Well, I'm taking the opposite tack. I will do everything I can to try to ensure that Barack Hussein Obama will NOT be reelected President of the United States of America.
If that means arguing against a candidate that 2/3 of the Town Hall absolutely adores but 3/4 of America cannot stand and will therefore guarantee Barack Hussein Obama an easy reelection victory, I will argue against such a candidate, despite opposition from 2/3 of the Town Hall. My nerves will stand up just fine.
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