Posted on 01/29/2008 9:14:31 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican
History is about to repeat again...
South Carolina Republicans let down the country BIG TIME ... shame on them
AMEN!
And the price of doing so will be GREAT!
Republicans fail themselves.
Don't forget that in 1989, in the immediate aftermath of the Stockton shooting by Patrick Purdy, Bush 41 stabbed law-abiding gun owners in the back with his EO banning the importation of "assault rifles." Gun owners didn't forget, and this was a large part of the reason why Bush 41 - that elitist, anti-gun, anti-Israel, one-worlder snob - lost my vote. Were his similar-minded son running for a 3rd term, I can't say for certain that I'd vote for him (oh, I probably would, just to stop Shrillary, but I'd have to wear a gas mask to the polls).
And we’re left with some really, really crappy choices. Sigh.
With the last Conservative gone, “None of the above” for President.
Perhaps closed primaries would help Republicans actually elect people who have Republican ideals.
Bottom line: The voters were not blatantly informed about McCain’s treachery and did little to learn about the candidate on their own. The media will feed the sheep the lies and people will believe them unless confronted with a a powerful truthful source.
One in the same reality...
Oh yes, indeed!
If Thompson is on my ballot, he still gets my vote.
He’s the only one in the race I could vote FOR...
Sadly, I’m afraid we will find this to be true across the country, not just in South Carolina.
As much as a dislike Romney, I hope he knocks McStain off in Florida today...
JB Williams is just plain wrong. Thompson was NOT the most conservative Republican running—Hunter and Tancredo were.
YEARS of Pigeon-holing by a largely liberal media, and the left has been succsessful...
“CVONSERVATIVES” are now seen as Evil, hate-filled people who drive pickups with Nascar Flags and shot-guns in the window, who just live for the day when they can run over a black man or a Gay on the way home from hunting...
I could go into greater detail, but you get the point...
Why on earth are these early primaries “open”, allowing anybody to pick our candidate? It’s like letting the Raiders coming in to the Broncos locker room and picking who the Broncos will start at quarterback. Insane.
At a time in history when conservatives are referred to as only a “fringe” of the Republican Party, and when fundamental American values and principles are called “extreme right-wing ideas,” a truly conservative candidate can’t win.
Just dang! It makes me want to transform myself into pure energy and visit our parallel FR universe.
But it’s been a while . . . little finger in USB port and Control, P, Insert, right?
In S.C., the Palmetto State where I grew up, conservatism was once interchangeable and synonymous with segregation; thankfully, much of that philosophy has changed for the better. (However there are relics of that highly charged racially polarized period who call themselves conservatives: David Duke is one.) I feel, however, that true conservatives are lenient to some change (i.e. giving a hand to those less fortunate instead of a handout) while maintaining those philosophies that have defined them: Strong on national defense, fiscal responsibility, and certain issues such as abhorring late-term infanticide...
Change for me would be to accept certain other issues as inevitable--stemcell research among them and a responsible immigration policy that would seal border areas and deport criminal elements while allowing guest workers instead of something that borders on ethnic cleansing.
I'm afraid so.
Correction to grammar:
“It’s like letting the Raiders come in to the Broncos locker room and pick who the Broncos will start at quarterback. Insane.”
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