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Conservatives we have to get our Act Together!

Posted on 07/15/2014 6:51:41 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment

Fellow conservatives, now is the time for us to decide on a 2016 Presidential candidate. With Hillary the ostensible and heavily flawed democratic nominee, we must decide early and decisively on a conservative contender. We cannot have years of dumb debates that let the democrats chew us up and continue their regime of destruction. Here are some of my handicaps for the 2016 election. 1.Christie - definitely a RINO, back stabbing, recent convert to pro-life positions. -I cannot vote for this man! 2. Jeb Bush - perhaps the most competent of the Bushes, but now way. Way too many Bushes with their baggage. Would vote for him with gag response. 3. Rick Perry- Somewhat more attractive, but inarticulate and too close to Bushes - perhaps weak on immigration. Would vote reluctantly. 4. Sarah - Definitely an ideologically sound candidate. Bit shrill and been kneecapped by liberals - probably unelectable. Would vote avidly for her. 5. Scott Walker. Kinda of an unknown for me. Right on the issues,conscientious fighter . . but little nationwide presence. No problem voting for him. 6. Ted Cruz. Finally a candidate that is moral, rock steady on all the major issues. Been savagely attacked by both Dems and Repubs. Dismissed by Bill O'Reilly and Laura Ingram. A little light on the Resume, but my favorite candidate. Reaganesque in all of his actions. Definitely the candidate to turn America around, but can he get 270 electoral votes and withstand the withering attacks by his own party and the evil ones? If anyone out there in FreeRepublic land can give me additional insight on this topic please feel free to do so. Only the future of our Republic and the SCOTUS hangs in the balance!


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To: Linda Frances

I was for Newt, because I wanted to stop Romney. After the SC primary, we were on our way.

But apparently he made some “stupid” speech about America needing to preserve our lead in space before the Florida primary, and that was just too much for us.


41 posted on 07/15/2014 9:36:21 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: txhurl
WH Spokesman: Sarah Palin, for obvious reasons.

Mainly to see the enemedia squirm!

42 posted on 07/15/2014 9:49:56 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Linda Frances
We have compromised too much. If we stand firm behind someone who is a true conservative we will win.

Finding one is the problem. If you insist upon NO warts, you'll never have an acceptable candidate.

43 posted on 07/15/2014 9:58:00 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed
The last GOP presidential candidate didn't even match his own party platform.

There's a big difference between insisting on someone perfect (which no-one was), and not wanting a pro-abortion, anti-gun, pro-amnesty, pro-socialized medicine, big-government liberal.

/johnny

44 posted on 07/15/2014 10:10:52 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2nd Amendment

I’m more interested in getting a conservative platform than finding a candidate. You would think we could find a decent conservative to run, but they are few and far between.


45 posted on 07/15/2014 10:18:47 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: 2nd Amendment

I think my southern neighbors need to look at other options. Anyone who thinks voting is going to fix the country isn’t aware of how bad things are.


46 posted on 07/15/2014 11:12:33 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: JimRed

Was that Romney’s problem, warts?


47 posted on 07/15/2014 5:41:17 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Romney wouldn’t have governed as a liberal. He would have governed as a moderate conservative, and he would have been far less damaging than Obama. That’s why Sarah Palin endorsed him.


48 posted on 07/15/2014 6:13:23 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Linda Frances
If we stand firm behind someone who is a true conservative we will win.

If you are truly blind to what the electorate wants, you'll never elect anyone. A true conservative won't ever win the White House as this candidate won't pull any more than the Red States.

The most electable candidate is going to need some crossover appeal for the mushy moderates so you'll win states like Ohio and Florida. Winning Mississippi and Wyoming just won't cut it anymore.
49 posted on 07/15/2014 6:15:50 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
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To: Yardstick
He certainly did govern as a liberal when he was Governor of MA.

Doesn't matter. He was unelectable. As proven by the fact he wasn't elected.

/johnny

50 posted on 07/15/2014 6:17:40 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: MikefromOhio
Liberal republican presidential candidates (pro-abortion, anti-gun, pro-amnesty, pro-socialized medicine, big government) can't get elected because the conservative base won't vote for them.

/johnny

51 posted on 07/15/2014 6:19:43 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2nd Amendment

At this early date what I do know for certain is that I will under no circumstances vote for Jeb, Christy or Mitt.


52 posted on 07/15/2014 6:26:44 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Yes, the deep blue state of Massachussetts. It’s a bogus extrapolation.


53 posted on 07/15/2014 6:33:58 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
It's the only governance he's done. It's not like he has a packed resume.

Besides, as I said, he was unelectable.

/johnny

54 posted on 07/15/2014 6:38:02 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
By the way, in the summer of 2012 Sarah Palin said this:

"I have said from Day One and Sean … it has been anybody but Obama. We have a presumptive nominee now in the GOP process after a good competitive and very spirited competition to find that presumptive nominee and, yes, if that vote were to be taken today, obviously I would vote for President — for Gov. Romney over President Barack Obama in a heartbeat,” she said. “I wouldn’t blink because I go back to what I said at the beginning — anybody but Obama."

You have said before that anyone who votes for a "liberal" Republican is a liberal. So, is Sarah Palin a liberal?

55 posted on 07/15/2014 6:52:35 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: JRandomFreeper

We didn’t know Romney would lose until after the election. What we knew was that he would govern far more conservatively than Obama and be far less damaging to the country. That’s why many principled conservatives like Palin voted for Romney.


56 posted on 07/15/2014 7:00:11 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
I don't swoon at Sarah Palin's word.

Or anybody else's. I prefer to think for myself.

I'm glad I didn't vote for the pro-abortion, pro-amnesty, pro-gay marriage, pro-socialized medicine, pro- gun control, big government republican liberal.

It's bad enough that the republican leadership in the legislature governs like liberals.

If the republicans try running another like him, that candidate will lose, too. That candidate will also be unelectable.

/johnny

57 posted on 07/15/2014 7:04:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Uh huh. Thanks for playing.


58 posted on 07/15/2014 7:07:25 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
I'll be glad when the liberal republican party is politically destroyed. The liberals need to go to the democrat party, where they belong.

That's the party of abortion and gay marriage.

/johnny

59 posted on 07/15/2014 7:09:20 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: MikefromOhio
The most electable candidate is going to need some crossover appeal for the mushy moderates so you'll win states like Ohio and Florida. Winning Mississippi and Wyoming just won't cut it anymore.

Romney and McCain are both mushy and moderate (actually liberal) and they didn't win. I think the rnc would rather a democrat win than a conservative. They, and other rinos don't care about this country, only about power and money. If they cared they would have really fought obama. Cruz put his name on the line and was attacked for standing up for the people when he called for obamacare to not be funded. Boehner and McConnell attacked conservatives because they want to fight obama, while they want to file a lawsuit that will be done after Obama is out of office. What a joke.

If the gop-e helps another rino cheat it won't matter. People like me will give up completely on the Republican Party. Many have already changed their political affiliation. Cochran has shown us just how the rnc is just as dirty as democrats. We are looking at the constitution party. If we don't get a true conservative the Republican Party is finished, if it isn't already. I will not vote for a mushy moderate=liberal in republican clothes. I'm so sick of these phony politicians.

60 posted on 07/15/2014 8:32:33 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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