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Voting for Romney (D-Mass.): The Worst Mistake a Conservative Could Make
Country Thinker ^ | april 7, 2012 | Ted Lacksonen

Posted on 04/30/2012 9:14:40 AM PDT by Mozilla

Why am I so pas­sion­ate today? Well, most read­ers who visit here know the coun­try is in deep doo-​​doo. I’m here to tell you that vot­ing for Mitt Rom­ney (D-​​Mass.) will not change that fact and may make things worse. I will explain two things. First, Rom­ney (D-​​Mass.) is the pre­sump­tive Repub­li­can nom­i­nee pre­cisely because he will do noth­ing to improve our country’s for­tunes. He is the cho­sen one because he will main­tain the sta­tus quo. That is what the GOP machine has cho­sen him to do.

Sec­ond, you can­not “take over” the Repub­li­can machine and turn it into some­thing in decent. I have made that state­ment before, but I’m going to describe the machine in greater detail. Keep in mind that this is infor­ma­tion I have obtained from cur­rent and for­mer GOP insid­ers. Every­one on the inside agrees that the Party has been con­structed so it can­not be taken over. They have also con­structed a polit­i­cal sys­tem so the polit­i­cal duop­oly is very, very dif­fi­cult to chal­lenge. (Repub­li­can insid­ers HATE polit­i­cal free­dom, like so many other free­doms.) Whether that’s a good thing or bad thing is a mat­ter of judg­ment. For con­ser­v­a­tives and lib­er­tar­i­ans it’s bad. For estab­lish­men­tar­i­ans it’s wonderful.

Finally I will explain why vot­ing for Rom­ney (D-​​Mass.) is the worst thing you can do, regard­less of whether you’re a “prin­ci­pals” voter or a “strate­gic” voter.

If you are not one hun­dred per­cent con­vinced that I am cor­rect in those state­ments, you absolutely must read the rest of this piece and tell me where I’m wrong. I know I’m cor­rect, and I can assure you that if you vote for Rom­ney (D-Mass.) it will be the great­est polit­i­cal regret of your life.

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TOPICS: Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; rino2012; romney; votefor
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To: so_real
Last time I checked, Romney qualified as Anyone But Obama!

I will not waste my vote on some write-in.

I will vote straight party ticket, just as I have for many, many years.

161 posted on 04/30/2012 3:17:55 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Ge0ffrey

That’s... just... dumb.


162 posted on 04/30/2012 3:19:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: greyfoxx39
His nasty campaign tactics will be fruitless against Obama, because the Obama campaign will be relentless in every way including Mitt's mormonism.

Do you think Obama would be any less relentless and dirty against a "true conservative" such as, say, Newt Gingrich?

163 posted on 04/30/2012 3:21:00 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: dfwgator

As a matter of fact, anyone who votes for the Mittwit IS Mr. Potato Head without any of the IQ points that the average potato displays.


164 posted on 04/30/2012 3:23:07 PM PDT by BlackElk ( Dean of Discipline ,Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society. Burn 'em Bright!)
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To: BlackElk
No doubt we have an enormous problem. Trouble is, I don't see any of you solving it. Not voting or voting a write in is no solution so hey, some of you speaking out, how about telling us what your solution is to not get Obama reelected. Not voting for Romney does absolutely nothing. NOTHING BUT HELP OBAMA.
165 posted on 04/30/2012 3:25:04 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: Mr. Lucky
I’m with you; let’s all work to re-elect President Obama.

That sure seems to be the position around this place lately, doesn't it?

166 posted on 04/30/2012 3:27:25 PM PDT by Drew68 (I WILL vote to defeat Barack Hussein Obama!)
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To: JediJones; Colofornian; caww
It all seemed quite apparent by reading in between the lines of how everything went down, especially the massive, inexplicable bias towards Romney by most of the “conservative” media.
That kind of thing does not come from people who altruistically want the “best” candidate. It all seemed quite apparent by reading in between the lines of how everything went down, especially the massive, inexplicable bias towards Romney by most of the “conservative” media. That kind of thing does not come from people who altruistically want the “best” candidate. It comes from a coordinated and well-funded propaganda machine...

Interesting coincidence. The mormon church has a VERY "coordinated and well-funded propaganda machine".

It would be interesting to know how many "volunteers" of this machine are involved behind the scenes with the Romney campaign. Of course, it will be well hidden as was the Prop 8 involvement of mormon leadership. Tax exempt status, donchaknow.

I don't think any of this will defeat Obama though. However, the mormon church stands to gain much in the way of credibility with Mitt's campaign...or, alternatively much unwanted exposure of the inner workings of the LDS Corporation.

The losers will be conservatives and Christians of all faiths.

167 posted on 04/30/2012 3:39:34 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (The epitome of stupidity is a member of a proven racist sect running against a black man.)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Ruling class vs. Country class is language from a brilliant American Spectator article and book by Reagan official Angelo Codavilla. Secondly, if you join such stellar intellects as are ohhhhh sooooo Nervous Nelly worried about “class warfare,” please explain why “class warfare” is perfectly OK when waged by the elites against ordinary folks but a danger to civilization when ordinary folks retaliate and stick up for themselves.


168 posted on 04/30/2012 3:42:05 PM PDT by BlackElk ( Dean of Discipline ,Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society. Burn 'em Bright!)
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To: TexasCajun
I will vote straight party ticket, just as I have for many, many years.

The statists thank you for your continued support.

169 posted on 04/30/2012 3:45:48 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (FUMR)
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To: luvbach1
Do you think Obama would be any less relentless and dirty against a "true conservative" such as, say, Newt Gingrich?

I see you overlooked my comment that "Regardless of the pandering of SOME religious leaders, there are many Evangelicals who will refuse to pull the lever for him. The demonization by Mitt of the other Republican candidates will come back to bite him in the butt."

I, for one will remember his attacks on Perry, Rick and Newt when I enter the voting booth and I believe that many will see attacks by Obama on Mitt as "what goes around, comes around."

170 posted on 04/30/2012 4:02:18 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (The epitome of stupidity is a member of a proven racist sect running against a black man.)
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To: fish hawk; BlackElk
Not voting for Romney does absolutely nothing. NOTHING BUT HELP OBAMA.

Oh, I don't know...it may just keep him out of the race next time and wake up the e-GOP. That's really not "NOTHING".

171 posted on 04/30/2012 4:15:05 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (The epitome of stupidity is a member of a proven racist sect running against a black man.)
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To: greyfoxx39
By “next time” you mean let Obama have his next four years AND THEN BY GOLLY WE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. There will be nothing left of FREEDOM after four more years of the American hating commie. Your solution stinks to high heaven.
172 posted on 04/30/2012 4:21:28 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: Colofornian

Only an immature person would keep comparing people who refuse to vote for a pro-abort, big govt socialist as children.

I’ve seen dead aborted children up close and personal. Have you? I’ve seen a dead miscarried baby (where I could make out the sex of that child). Have you?

Your post. Your experiences.
Last response to you. I only wish there was an ignore feature.


173 posted on 04/30/2012 4:32:34 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: fish hawk
Your solution stinks to high heaven.

Your Romney love stinks all to HELL....BTW, Obama will beat Romney in a landslide. Live with it.

174 posted on 04/30/2012 4:45:56 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (The epitome of stupidity is a member of a proven racist sect running against a black man.)
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To: greyfoxx39
If he does it will be partly on the shoulders of non thinkers like you. You can sit back with your smirky face and say, I don't care, I never voted for that RINO and watch the Supreme Court and a lot of other things crumble into the Commie dust and be glad you had a part in it.
175 posted on 04/30/2012 7:02:45 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: Mozilla

So you want Obama re-elected...


176 posted on 04/30/2012 7:15:00 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: ScottinVA

I have no doubt in my mind that you are a liberal troll. Unlike the others who are just Romney haters, you in particular are not just as a Romney hater but someone who tries to demoralize Republicans and Conservatives with your constant defeatist attitude that is very clear from all of your posts... You know very well that you are a liberal troll...


177 posted on 04/30/2012 7:22:19 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: greyfoxx39
I understand your points re Romney's liabilities and agree with them, but my point that Obama would have waged a no-hold-barred, relentless, dirty, and dishonest campaign against any "real conservative" still stands.I favored Newt but as we all know, Newt has baggage that Obama would have made full use of.It would not have swayed conservatives, but with women and independents?
178 posted on 04/30/2012 7:58:49 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop the destruction in 2012 or continue the decline)
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To: jveritas
I have no doubt in my mind that you are a liberal troll. Unlike the others who are just Romney haters, you in particular are not just as a Romney hater but someone who tries to demoralize Republicans and Conservatives with your constant defeatist attitude that is very clear from all of your posts... You know very well that you are a liberal troll...

And this is all the Romney camp has to campaign on. To insult, ridicule, trash and project their own liberal trollism on principled Conservatives.

I marvel at the abject willful dissonance of the brainwashed and fearful who ignore the fact Romney was served to us by both the Ruling Class Establishment AND the Obama regime. They demand you drink what is being dished out, or they will blame you for the consequences the Ruling Class decided in advance for you.

The scaremongering and trollism is not going to work. You are welcome to pretend you have a choice and practice insanity. The rest of us grew up, repented and and are employing other tactics rather than be slaves of the establishment for our diminishment.

179 posted on 04/30/2012 10:59:16 PM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MHGinTN
If I may, your reply prompted some thoughts in rebuttal:

You believe the voting rights will survive four more years

I do not think any of us have any illusions about what Obama will do in the next four years. He will demonstrate himself an overt enemy to our very existence. Then the question will become, will be do as our forebears did, or go quietly whimpering into the night because we are stuck playing by THEIR new rules and order?

But an enemy from within our own camp who shares the same record and positions as Obama, is near impossible to justify resistance or rebellion to after he is given authority by those whom he has already signaled he will betray.

I most adamently disagree and I have clear indications that the final collapse is already being arranged

We're already aware of that intended goal. We suspect Romney and the Ruling Class are as much a part of that as Obama is.

I'm sure you're familiar with the Biblical passage of 'If my People, who are called by my name ...'

Been screaming that message to deaf ears since 2003.

We The People spit on that long ago and now we are fending off evil we could not have imagined rising to control this once great country.

This people chose the consequences they are now faced with. The church willingly lost the culture and compromised with evil for the sake of a Satanic lie told to them by the very enemies seeking to destroy the country and transform it's foundations.

How does voting for a similar evil lessen the consequences?

Milt may buy US more time to repent.

We have been given that chance time and again. 9-11 should have been a wake up call as to what God will allow to happen to this country if we did not DO II Chroniicles 7:14.

Our repentance was non-existent. In fact we tossed God's Commandments from the public square just 2 years after 9-11. Who is to say Obama and Romney are not the Judgment we deserve? This people continue to choose leaders who compromise with sin and give the people a replacement for God in provisions and charity. Even our Patriarchs were wise enough to know and understand that they were suffering the tyranny of King because of sin, and the pulpits were aflame with repentance and Awakening long before the war of Independence began.

Today, it's difficult to even get a church to commit to doing Matthew 28:19-20 when so many of them are working to get along with a debased culture to keep offering plates full. Isaiah 58:1 does not even enter into the mindset of the church leadership, much less the political leadership. Voting for Romney is simply more compromise with those things anathema to God and our foundations.

Barry will crush US if we allow him to remain in power.

We nothing. The Ruling Class made that determination this year by assassinating every Conservative running in league with Obama himself, in order to foist a losing nominee upon us to make Obama's "re-election" appear to be legitimate.

Our votes are the last resort we have

And there is your mistake, right there. You've made your vote idolatrous before God. Prayers should have been our first and last resort. Instead of turning to God to solve our national problems, this people have turned to men.

If we will not be governed by God, we will be ruled by the tyranny of men.

Here we are.

Voting against little barry commie is an exercise of sovereignty, to buy US time to change the direction of this nation or perish.

This was insisted on and followed by many of us in the last several election cycles, especially in 2008. I'm done practicing insanity. I have repented of my sin of compromising with lesser evil for expedience's sake when the fruits show without question - evil continues unabated in our culture.

Fix the culture and we will get the leaders we deserve.

Short of that, tyranny is our lot, as has been the way of God's wayward people since time and memorial. I have to give account of God's laws being followed rather than expedience for my own skin and survival, which I fear most of you voting for Romney have succumbed to.

180 posted on 05/01/2012 12:05:31 AM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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