Posted on 01/05/2012 11:23:02 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Tea party favorite and pro-life conservative Sarah Palin and her family were viciously attacked to the point she chose not to run.
Congressional Tea Party Caucus leader and constitutional pro-life conservative Michele Bachmann had early promise, but I guess came across as too "shrill" and consequently her numbers driven down to the point she exited.
Successful pro-life conservative Texas Governor Perry hit the race at the top but due to missteps and less than stellar debate performances soon fizzled and is now all but gone.
Pro-life conservative businessman Cain and his famous 9-9-9 plan had promise, but was driven out due to indefensible allegations.
Pro-life Reagan Revolution conservative Newt Gingrich reinvigorated his campaign and soared to the top of the national polls, but was unacceptable to the establishment and apparently also unacceptable to the "true conservatives" among us and his numbers are now plummeting
You'd think "unquestionably" pro-life, pro-family conservative Rick Santorum whose recent surge took him to a tie in Iowa and who's now surging in the national polls might be good enough to stand against Romney for the base, but looks like there are "true conservatives" now attacking HIM as not good enough.
Well, drive them all out and who's left?
Huntsman? Who? Moonbat Paul?
Ideas anyone? Should we all continue attacking the conservatives we don't like until we drive them all out?
Personally, I could easily have lived with Palin, Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Newt or Santorum and would be proud to enthusiastically support any of them, warts and all. Any one of them is infinitely better than Obama or Romney.
But if we don't land on one soon and raise him up over Romney, guess who we're going to be stuck with? And it ain't going to be pretty. And if abortionist/statist/progressive Romney (or moonbat Paul) is the one, might as well get used to four more years of Obama. I won't vote for or support either one of those two.
I'd suggest that we all stop trying to tear down the other conservative candidates in the race and instead concentrate on trying to build up our own personal favorites. Who knows? May even discover an acceptable conservative (if not a great conservative) in the bunch. We've never had a perfect conservative yet. Not even the magnificent Ronald Reagan. We and they all have warts.
But we do want to have a candidate with at least an actual CONSERVATIVE record and not an out and out liberal progressive RINO. So let's compare their records and their actual conservative accomplishments but not try to destroy them personally.
God bless and may the best CONSERVATIVE be our nominee.
I take the view that Iowa was a defeat for "Mitt" as the anybody but Romney vote was the majority.
Hopefully we can keep the "Eleventh Commandment" for the remaining primaries.
Another AMEN from this corner, Jim, to all typed by yourself.
I’ve always felt his numbers were jazzed, finessed, cooked, too, guess we’ll see what SC does with him.
I’m not seeing anywhere near as many Paul bumper stickers or volunteer HQ signs as ‘08 (Austin).
You said it, sister. Lord have mercy on us.
There are people on this site who, if the were playing blackjack, would “hit” on 20 every time. Your odds of winning get pretty slim when you do that.
There are lots of flaws among these conservative candidates but a Romney vs. Obama race means America goes socialist forever. Whatever their flaws Santorum, Gingrich or Newt would reverse this.
“Newt is the most fearless guy to run for the white house since Reagan. He knows how to fight...”
Reminds me of a story: When people submitted to President Lincoln that General Grant could not possibly be a good soldier, he replied, “I like him; he fights.”
When they charged him with drunkenness, Lincoln jocularly proposed that they ascertain the brand of the whisky he drank and buy up a large amount of the same sort to send to his other generals, so that they might win victories like him!
Botton line: Newt is not afraid to wade in and mix it up, and at least for me, that trumps any of his so-called “baggage”. A junkyard dog will not win any points at a dog show, but he’ll sure save your bacon, and that’s what we need right now.
I’m not certain just what can be done. Free and fair elections are clearly a thing of the past. The media is central to the problem. Fox is about as bad as the others now.
What is clear is that anyone even remotely viewed as conservative will be savaged as soon as they show signes of strength. The Republican elite has joined forces with the progressives. The country can not stand a second Obama term as he is now intent on ruling by himself. Romney is no alternative. Occupy will trash any direct appeal and the control of the Internet seems at hand.
Jim,
I support your arguement but you do yourself a disservice characterizing Romney and Obama as equally distasteful.
Your anti-Romney passion is well known and respected.
However, no one and nothing compares to the evil disaster of Obama.
My favorites - Palin, Cain, and apparently Newt have fallen by the wayside. I wish Santorum didn’t always look like he has a wedgey but I can live with it.
And if Romney is the last man standing, I will vote for him.
Can’t argue with that, Jim.
People complain that Newt is a bomb thrower. IMHO, given washington and the mess we’re in as a country, I wish him luck and will happily assist in crafting bombs to throw.
It would be nice if the Republican Party had even a smidge of sense. The so-called elite are not only out-of-touch...
they are downright sinister in their ignorant mediocrity.
Don’t give up on Gingrich so soon. See Jim’s thread from just before the Iowa caususes started this week.
Amen, boss!
I could live with Newt, Santorum (my first choice) or even Perry, but I will NEVER EVER vote for Romney or Paul.
I could live with that, although I'd prefer someone like Ryan in the vp slot.
We all surely agree with you on the either-or condition we’re all in. Shall we get the cash and straws together, since time is not our friend, and just draw? EITHER we coalesce, OR, we lose to Romney. Even if our gut trembles that Santorum won’t make it anywhere north of the Bible Belt, or that Newt has too many enemies, yada yada, they are both our human hope, placed before us for a reason. Even the Apostles drew lots and avoided dis-unity.
This is a year where we have no perfect candidate (have we ever?), but we mustn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Most of the Republican field would be a vast improvement over Obamitt.
Note my tagline since election night 2008.
Put me up against a wall and shoot me. I WILL NOT vote for Rumnie or Paul. Refuse to do it.
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Anyone who can support Romney is not a like-minded pro-life conservative and is more than welcome to post elsewhere.
I’ve drawn my line in the sand. NO ROMNEY ON FR!!!
He’s no conservative. Not even close. He’s a lying liberal progressive/statist.
I agree 100%.
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