Posted on 10/19/2009 7:48:35 AM PDT by DanZanRyu
Ask the Boss:
38"Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us." 39"Do not stop him," Jesus said. "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40for whoever is not against us is for us. 41I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
Obviously we strongly disagree. Who do you support in 2012?
Pawlenty:
Pro Life
Cut Taxes
Cut Spending
Strong Supporter of the 2nd Amendment
How can you credibly claim he’s a so called RINO?
your funny too.
Learn to spell.
Yeah, and Rush wanted Hillary to be inaugurated in January of 2009.
Dude...Go back and read the context...you’re responding to something JimRob wrote in January of 2008.
Has it not occured to you that this is exactly what the supporters of the candidates I've listed were saying? Why did people consider Perot? Dems were disgusted or underwhelmed by Clinton, and conservative Republicans were ticked off over "Read my lips" and other stupidity on G.H.W.Bush's part.
I am as confident as I can be three years out that if Palin is the GOP nominee she will win going away and if she (or any other credible conservative) starts a third party meant to replace the GOP she will lose badly and so will the GOP candidate. In over 50 presidential elections since 1800, there is not one--not one!--where the plan you're talking about worked. People think it happened with Lincoln, but the GOP had already replaced the Whigs by the 1856 election.
We win when the GOP is a broad coalition between conservatives and moderates with conservatives holding the reins. If they leave that model aside (McCain) or the conservatives go elsewhere, the vote will split and the largest voting bloc will be committed Democrats.
Dealing with that reality and using it to our advantage does not require compromising a single principle.
I’m still hoping that Palin does run.
She’s the only truly credible candidate that has strong executive experience. There are people in congress that have the right attitudes, but it’s rare for a jump from congress to the White House to materialize.
I disagree, the moderates ARE the problem and not many conservatives desire any kind of coalition with them. As long as there are moderates in the GOP, the GOP is doomed to it's current minority status. I will stay out and there are enough folks like me that can and will influence elections - fool me once, shame on you, there will be no second time.
>She was picked by McCain
Yes, but then again, maybe he picked her exactly because she was a conservative. After all, conservative support for Johnny was probably luke warm.
>and supported most of his RINO views including the bailout and gave really fuzzy responses on amnesty. You don’t do that if you are a real conservative.
Or if you want to risk rocking the boat and dividing the ticket.
>I don’t think resigning was a conservative thing...she just doesn’t know how to defend herself against the media.
Considering the way the MSM (Marxist Stalinist Media) went after her, I don’t think that anyone would have known how to defend themselves against that. But I think that she stepped down for more than one reason, some being conservative.
Thanks for your reply, but I was specifically asking DanZanRyu for his thoughts.
Sounds reasonable to me. I’ll buy her book, but I’m not about to vote for her.
Yes.
I guess we’re talking about you getting fooled by Reagan, too, because the coalition he built is what I’m yalking about.
Reagan built his landslides on a three-legged stool, but topday many conservatives believe a two-legged stool (or even one leg on its own) will work better.
LOL - not at all my friend - I was fooled by the term “moderate”.
:-)
Come 2012,
We’re out to make a fuss.
Romney makes you happy,
Ain’t no use to us.
Let me guess: After realizing you fail miserably at political prognostication, you’ve decided to take up rap instead? Good choice.
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