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To: Sirius Lee; All
12 posted on Mon Apr 02 2012 18:02:28 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by Sirius Lee: “Nobody trusts a lying backstabber like Mittes. If the GOPe chooses Obamney then it's Constitution party for real Conservatives. McStain was the RINO that broke the camel's back.”

I'm not interested in running a crusade against the Constitution Party for three reasons:

First, I'm extremely unhappy with the direction the Republican Party seems to be going,

Second, I'm a conservative Christian and I have strong sympathy for the core convictions of many of the Constitution Party's leaders, and

Third, I'm quite aware of the precedent of the Whig Party and I don't want to totally rule out the possibility of a third party destroying one of the two existing parties of American politics.

However, for those who are prepared to jump ship and vote not only against Romney but also against the whole Republican ticket, read these two posts and then take a second and third look at what you're doing: http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2865260/posts?page=162#162
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2867079/posts?page=44#44

Counting the cost before starting a project is a biblical imperative.

As I said in the post referenced above: “Here's the main problem with applying that precedent to the Constitution Party: single-member winner-take-all voting districts... The problem in the United States is that in most state and local elections (West Virginia's multimember districts being an important exception) the only thing that counts is having enough votes to get to 50 percent of the voters, or in some cases not even an absolute majority is needed and all a candidate needs is to get the largest number of votes... If we as conservatives are going to talk third-party, recognize that we need to count the cost. That cost is very steep, and while some argue it could be a good idea long-term, for the short- and medium-term, it could easily get President Obama re-elected, turn the House of Representatives back over to the control of the Democratic Party, and cost numerous Republican senators their seats.”

20 posted on 04/02/2012 7:42:12 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: darrellmaurina
It's okay to vote a split ballot. Vote for the most Conservative local, state. and national candidates regardless of party. This year it looks like the GOP presidential candidate is going to be so far to the left that the Constitution Party or Libertarian will get my vote.

Unless there's a brokered convention and the Sarah miracle unfolds. :^)

34 posted on 04/04/2012 4:18:00 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (Sofa King Mitt Odd Did Obamneycare)
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