Excellent Article. Thank you. I am told by the elite Republicans, and others, that I MUST vote for Romney. I believe I was told the same thing in 2008 when McCain was definitely not my choice — MUST vote for him even though he wasn’t trying to be elected.
These elites have probably told me this every time I have voted for a president. All elections are MUST vote Republican elections. This way they force conservatives to vote the way the elites want. And we stay on the their plantation and say “Yes, Master.”
This certainly brought back memories of Barry Goldwater and his indelible quotes. THis one applies even more today:
“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.
Nobody's telling you you MUST vote Romney - they're just pointing out that for every two that don't, it counts as a vote for Zero. If you are fine with Zero having another term, with no reason to try to "moderate" himself, then pull the lever for Perot whoever you feel good about.
No one’s telling you that. We all know what we’re getting with Romney. No one’s fooled here. But we also know that this is a constitutional Republic with divided powers, and it is not Romney that makes the laws, but rather Congress. A conservative Congress will give Romney conservative bills for Romney to sign. Will he veto them? I lean to the side of doubtful.
Contrast that to Zero. He doesn’t care who’s in Congress, because he has no respect for separation of powers, and will continue to act in a dictatorial manner if he gets a second term, except this time he will act with impunity. And if he does crash the economy as he is trying to do, good luck getting him out of there in his lifetime.
So on that note, what have YOU done to get a conservative Congress in the event that Romney should win? Have you gotten involved, or sat around and run your flap-trap? There is no entitlement here, no ‘someone needs to’ out there to make it happen. It’s up to you and me, simple as that.
Get off your butt and make it happen.