Posted on 05/03/2009 12:32:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I'm going to try one more time to explain what FR is all about.
Free Republic is a conservative site. That does not necessarily mean it is a Republican site. In fact there may be many Republicans we don't support and some Republican issues we cannot agree with.
I'll throw in Arlen Specter as a prime example of a Republican we cannot support. Should be obvious to all why not. Should also be just as obvious to all that we cannot support Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John McCain and his lap dog Lindsay Graham, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, et al.
Some of the issues we cannot support as conservatives even though sometimes initiated by so-called Republicans include TARP, or any kind of government bailout of private enterprise, federal intrusion into free markets, federalized education systems, government provided or controlled health care systems, abortion, gay marriage, amnesty, global warming, gun control, etc.
I guess there is more than one definition of conservatism floating around out there, and this won't be text book, but the one we use involves defending, preserving and protecting our constitution, our unalienable rights, our traditional family values, our American heritage, our nation, our borders and our sovereignty.
We aggressively defend our rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!
We aggressively defend our rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to keep and bear arms, right to due process, right to equality under the law, right to be governed under the rule of law, right to constitutionally limited government, right to corruption free government, right to self-government and our private property rights, etc.
We also aggressively defend our right to state and local government for all issues not expressly delegated to the central government by the constitution.
We aggressively defend our rights to free markets and our rights to live our lives free of government intrusion, interference, coercion, force, or abuse of any kind.
We aggressively defend our rights to national sovereignty, state sovereignty and individual sovereignty!
And this definition also includes aggressively fighting against all enemies foreign and domestic who may try to deprive us of our rights or sovereignty. This would obviously include all foreign enemies, but also we defend against RINOS, Democrats, liberals, socialists, Marxists, communists, militant feminists or homosexualists, radical environmentalists, etc, etc, etc.
And we expect our elected representatives to also aggressively defend our rights and fight against all enemies foreign and domestic. We do not elect people and send them to DC or our state capitals, etc, to reach across the aisles or to be bipartisan or to negotiate or compromise away our rights. If you're not going to aggressively fight for us, and for our rights, STAY OUT!!
We bow to no king but God!
Our God-given unalienable rights are NOT negotiable!
Do NOT Tread on US!
Thank you very much!
“Mutt needs to be driven out of Republican politics. Once that happens I wont care what the worthless puke does”
Hello, it’s me again. May I suggest that the best way to drive Mitt Romney from Republican politics (if that is your goal) is to replace him with someone who will greatly overshadow him. Being a hinny won’t accomplish that and you crudity and insults will drive away potential allies that will probably be needed. I don’t know if you have noticed, with your head being where it is, but this is serious .... 1917 and 1949 serious. I think I would like Alaska, except for the durned cold, but I just as soon it not be our Taiwan
I’m not talking about myself. Romney has far out-achieved me. The difference is, I don’t hate him for it. I admire him, and an happy to credit his success. Ugly envy of those more successful and accomplished is for Democrats.
I’m not flailing. If you refuse to see the difference between disagreeing on political positions, and labeling a intelligent, successful, personally uncompromised man as a “worthless POS,” I can’t help you.
Demonizing those with whom you have political disagreements — refusing to acknowledge that decent people can disagree — is supposed to be a tactic of the Left.
But, go ahead with you name-calling if it boosts your own self-esteem.
WOW! What a sterling example of
And don't think Romney doesn't have the same attitude.
“OH, and BTW, I was going to let this go, but since you insist on dancing, I have to ask, was the frying pan not hot enough”
It take courage to face a mob, not so much to be part of one. Might have been my Ole’ GrandPappy that said.
I tried...
We are a nation of equals. You see, in America there is no royalty that is deemed beyond our judgement. You have judged Romney - and judged him to be our better - and so it seems you think yourself capable of “judging” him, yet you think that we are incapable of judging him. Again I ask, “superior, much?”
And I love Fred. Would have voted for him in a heartbeat (if he remained awake), likewise Mitt.
I really am puzzled by the antipathy.
Scary what conservative “discourse” is devolving into, isn’t it?
Governor Palin wasn’t a strong spokesman for abortion for much of her life and she isn’t married to a pro abortion spouse and she isn’t a compulsive liar like the man that makes so many false claims about his family and even his personal life.
When a person makes up stories like I own a gun, lifetime hunter, watched dad march with MLK, was just out of school when church ended racism in 1978, and so on it shows an incredible lack of character, the very fact that his family has a perfect tradition of refusing to serve the U. S. in the military, including not even one of those five boys of his, his arrogance in regards to his sanctuary mansion, his total and immediate reversing of positions, his personal attack against Ronald Reagan, all of these are signs of a deeply vain and self obsessed man that is missing part of his personality.
People have a deep sense that something is fundamentally wrong with Mitt Romney, that is one reason why he couldn’t run for reelection in the only office that he has ever held.
Your boy is one sick puppy.
See post 1246 for the explanation.
I thought you left for WAnkerville.
You Mittwits aren't too bright, but in due time the powers that be will grow tired of your nonsense and feed you to the BugZapper.
The Rooty Rooters thought they were clever too. Now they sit in tiny room with about 50 other nincompoops, unseen and unheard.
People judge others all the time, using several measures, some quite objective and obvious.
I think telling an American they cannot pass judgment on a politician no matter how rich or successful, and continuing to push that point...
Well perhaps our Pappys were raised in different countries.
I remember mine havin' a notion that the US Constitution was pretty good and the founding fathers were pretty smart folk and had some damn fine ideas about the rights of citizens to challenge their government and those who governed.
Or desired to...
What about Palin bragging repeatedly about stopping the “Bridge to Nowhere,” leaving the clear impression that she turned down the money when, in fact she took the money and used it for something else.
All politicians do that.
We are equal in the eyes of the law, but by many objective measures, we are not equal, and nobody pretends that we are.
Yes, and so each of us are quite capable of judging a man like Romney based upon whatever criteria we choose. It is our constitutional right.
I’ll be right back.
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