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Are Republican voters really so shallow that we vote for cute one liners, or do Republican voters look at the issues, the past performance of elected officials, and the willingness of candidates to fight for our agenda?
1 posted on 10/18/2006 5:30:08 PM PDT by Small-L
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To: Small-L

We look at the issues. Realize the GOP is doing about 60-80 of things correctly. Then look at the democrats who are communists and traitors and then look at the libertarians who are limp wristed pacifists. Easy choice. Thanks for asking.


2 posted on 10/18/2006 5:32:48 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Small-L
I think voters with real convictions will vote for Republicans,then work to further Conservative values.

I like cute one liners.

I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it.

4 posted on 10/18/2006 5:40:42 PM PDT by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
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To: Small-L

(R)s spent too much.


5 posted on 10/18/2006 5:42:15 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("We will slaughter anyone who calls Islam violent!")
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To: Small-L
RUSH today tried to explain this to the conservatives I am not voting because Republicans are too liberal group. I know this is a complete waste of my time to try and communicate to you that are passionately pissed off at Republicans. But for the sake of our fighting forces overseas and our kids. If you do not like the Liberals and RINOs in the Republican party you have to do the hard work of getting local conservatives to run for office in your school board, city and county races. Then they have to run for state wide offices and finally congress and senate at the national level. Not voting for the Republicans in order to punish them will not make these rank and file conservatives show up at the local level training camp to work up the major leagues into national politics. Just where do you think congressional and senate candidates come from? Some RNC boot camp or RNC training camp that has a computer database of RINO and Real Conservatives and they just call them up and say by the way will you run for the local congressional district? If you dont vote and they loose congress and the senate do you think they will just go oh my we sure better listen to the conservatives! Joe call up that job bank and change if from RINOs to only true blood conservatives that we will run for office. That is not how it works, there is a local pool of political candidates in local governments and on occasion local business people or lawyers and professional people who decide to run. If your in a semi-liberal state and all these local folks are RINOS then thats all the RNC has to work with. The RNC will fund and support anyone locally to run for any office. They have to take what they can git in the local job pool. I will say again not voting does not make more conservatives show up to win elections. Only local grassroots politics by you the enthusiastic conservatives gets that pool of potential candidates who can take over the Squish Republicans and its party. It is hard work. a lot harder than not voting.
9 posted on 10/18/2006 6:28:47 PM PDT by pwatson
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To: Small-L
Are Republican voters really so shallow that we vote for cute one liners

Generally they just irritate me because I see them as the first line of a longer, more relevant discussion...and usually the one-liner is all you get.
10 posted on 10/18/2006 7:00:44 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: Small-L

Just remind your FRiends, neighbors, relatives and business associates of the turly terrifying ideas that Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid and their minions carry around in their skulls full of LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist mush!

That ought to create onehellofapowerfulincentive for you (the generic "you") all those folks to get out and vote Republican!

Let's re-elect them and then take them to the woodshed!


12 posted on 10/18/2006 7:26:38 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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On his (and Corpse's) show tonight, Hannity did a great job of listing some of Pelosi's "San Francisco values" by reciting her voting record - multiple votes in support of gay marriage and against laws forbidding the taking of girls across state lines for the purpose of getting abortions without the knowledge and consent of their parents, for example - the 'pubs should flood every Congressional district in contention between now and the election with one minute ads listing some of these votes and reminding people that if the 'rats win the House, the woman with this record will be third in line to be President......


13 posted on 10/18/2006 9:18:31 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Small-L

I 'have' to vote Republican. It is winter. The ground freezes deep here and it gets darned tough to dig holes to bury my guns in....


14 posted on 10/19/2006 4:59:11 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Small-L
Seriously, how many times does this have to be repeated before it sinks in? Vote conservative in the primaries, and Republican in the general election.

Or, as has been stated otherwise, vote for the best candidate in the primary and against the worst one in the general election. I can't think of a single meaningful race in the country where I'd rather have the Democrat candidate win than the Republican one, even if I don't like that Republican.

15 posted on 10/19/2006 5:03:45 AM PDT by kevkrom (War is not about proportionality. Knitting is about proportionality. War is about winning.)
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To: Small-L

One-liners.

If it does not fit on bumper sticker, its too long.

Avoid any serious discussion, because it takes too long.

24/7 cycle gives only enough time for a 10 second soundbite.

Avoid serious discussion but blame your opponent for painting black-and-white picture.

I was not too long, was I?

</sarcasm>


17 posted on 10/19/2006 5:42:58 AM PDT by Tolik
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