Completely agree on that. I’m thinking that, like having a bad manager, we might have to (will have to, in many cases) hold our noses, pick the GOPe up and carry it over the finish line. For our own short-term self preservation.
Cochrane is an exception. Mark Levin (I think) made a suggestion a couple months back that every cycle Conservatives should pick a single non-Conservative Senator and target him for defeat in the General election by throwing votes to the Dem. Just to show that we can, and will. To encourage the others.
But only one. Enough to set an example but not enough to swing control of the Senate (our own self-preservation coming first)
Seems like a great idea to me, with this years political target being Cochrane.
Nope. Not voting for a liberal republican, now or ever.
They need to be politically destroyed, and never win another election.
Liberals won't save us. Especially liberal republicans.
/johnny
Agree that we have to be very careful of falling for the divide and conquer approach I believe the Democrats are using against Republicans. The fact is that if a more conservative candidate loses the Republican primary (absent Democrat interference) the only thing going into the general election will do is split the vote so Democrats win. Are we really better off having a Democrat enabling leftists policies full speed than at least a nominal Republican that votes conservative at least some of the time? I’ll probably be flamed for not lining up with those who say they will refuse to vote for a less than totally conservative Republican - but we live in a real world and the fact is that ultimately the choice needs to be between 2, not three or more in the General election. Don’t have to provide money to those not aligned, but we need to at least show up and vote.
The last election likely would not have gone to Zero if the “true conservatives” that refused to vote for Romney for whatever reason had simply shown up and voted. Despite comments that have been made in this forum to the contrary, Obama got less votes than in 2008 and Romney got more votes than McCain in 2008. Romney may be far from perfect - but the absolute disaster on so many fronts we are now facing would have been avoided. Primaries are where we have to sort out our differences.
Remember Reagan’s 11th commandment. I believe the Democrats have been successful in making too many Republicans forget it.
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I’m thinking that, like having a bad manager, we might have to (will have to, in many cases) hold our noses, pick the GOPe up and carry it over the finish line. For our own short-term self preservation.
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But aren’t we all completely sick and tired of having to keep doing this? We’ve been holding our noses at the ballot box for years now and where has it gotten us???