Oh, I don't intend on not-voting; I'm just not voting for Romney.
I may vote for Virgil Goode (Constitution Party), FR's own Eternalvigilance (Republican Write-in), or Gary Johnson (Libertarian/Republican Write-in).
If the Republican Party wanted my vote they wouldn't have anointed Romney before the primaries had even started up.
Ryan has good conservative credentials. Vote for Romney if for no other reason than to put Ryan in as VP, so he can step up to bat if Romney were unable (due to illness, for example) to serve out his term.
Nope. I'm not buying the "vote for me because I'm pulling someone conservative from their useful/influential position into a more-or-less-useless position" argument.
Also - I support Israel and believe it’s very important that our country support Israel. Romney/Ryan would be a heck of a lot better for Israel than are Obama/Biden/Hillary.
Israel can take care of itself; in fact they really have God's word they'll be around in the End [see Rev]. As for us, well I'm more and more of the opinion that we should just cut off ALL foreign-aid until we have our own finances/debts under control. There is some biblical support for this: But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. -- 1 Tim 5:8 [NASB]
See what I mean?
Out of 7 billion people on planet Earth, there are only two—TWO—that have any chance to take the oath of office on Jan 20. Anyone who doesn’t vote for one of them is living in a dream world, and it’s not less of a dream world because you think you’re pleasing Jesus with your pure, pure voting record.
Romney at least would not be as bad as Obama-Biden-Hillary. At least Romney is much more pro-Israel.
It’s imperative to support our ally Israel. As, for example, Dr. Andy Woods has put it:
“... God has promised to bless the world through national Israel (Gen. 12:3b; Isa. 42:6; 49:6). Consequently, He promises to bless those who bless Israel and conversely vows to curse those who curse her (Gen. 12:3a; Joel 3:2b)...”
Romney is not totally divorced from economic realities, business realities, and debt realities - like Obama is.
And with Romney, at least we’d be rid of Hillary as Secretary of State.
It’s hard to fathom how conservatives can dump their votes down the proverbial commode by voting for 3rd party candidates, or not voting at all.
That just enables Obama.
You have the opportunity to vote for a ticket that includes PAUL RYAN.
I like Gary Johnson a great deal but then it doesn’t matter so much what I do here in Wa state. The state will go Obama.