“There is thread after thread anymore trashing solid Conservatives, in the most vile way, just for supporting Romney. The Bachmann thread a couple days ago comes to mind. She was called a whore and it was left to stand. This has to stop or there will be no limit to the level of destruction going on here.”
And to compound the lunacy, there’s not a single candidate about whom I’ve EVER seen a consensus here. They all have some foible, quirk, past position, appearance (weight, hair, etc.), or other disqualifier that the self-righteous chest-thumpers attack them for. Who the hell would ever fit the bill? NOT that Romney comes within light years of anyone’s definition of “conservative” (except his own), but NO ONE ever meets the criteria (there’s not even a consensus on the criteria). It’s a shame one of these perfect people don’t run and give the world an opportunity to vote for the perfect candidate.
“And to compound the lunacy, there’s not a single candidate about whom I’ve EVER seen a consensus here. They all have some foible, quirk, past position, appearance (weight, hair, etc.), or other disqualifier that the self-righteous chest-thumpers attack them for.”
DITTOS on this.
I wanted Perry. he was attacked lambasted for being impure and open borders for in-state tuition (dont agree with him on it, but so what? didnt make him non-conservative).
Newt, Santorum, Cain, etc. all attacked as well by folks for the other side. Much more negative than positive energy.
Result? NOBODY IS LIKED. Nobody gets consensus support. maybe we need an 11th commandment.
“It’s a shame one of these perfect people don’t run and give the world an opportunity to vote for the perfect candidate.”
There are none. That’s the point.
The constant Romney attacks are part of that too. He’s not perfect nor conservative, but the anti-Romney hyperbole is extreme to the point of absurdity, inclduing the silly claim that he’s not different from Obama; might as well go to dKos if you want a site trashing a Republican that bad.
If FR would clean up negative-attack-spam, it would help. It’s one thing to logically critique a candidate. It’s another to see the same attack-spam gif for the 100th time.