Posted on 12/13/2011 8:51:04 PM PST by Mozilla
Edited on 12/13/2011 8:55:53 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Did someone tell you I wasn’t voting?
I am so sick of the arguments being forwarded here, on FR of all places! Vote for McCain, for Ahnold, for Dole, for Spector, for the New York state bunch, for every freaking MODERATE in the last twenty years! And why?! Because we must WIN! WIN! WIN!
Are there really so few Conservatives on this Conservative forum that have the ability to see how much has been LOST! LOST! LOST! by voting for the “electable” freaking MODERATE?!
We have LOST OUR NATION WHILE YOU HAVE WON ELECTIONS with your electable moderates!
No Newt Romney. No way.
And your evidence for this is what? The woman lost by 17 points - not necessarily because rank and file Republicans didn't vote for her, but because she predictably couldn't win any independents or cross over Democrat votes. Delaware is a very left leaning state (just look at the voter registration numbers if you need proof), to win our nominee had to be able to appeal to more than just registered Republicans - O'Donnell couldn't.
Previously you said Rove cost us the Senate. Please explain how you arrived at this? Considering Rove's Crossroads PAC spent millions of dollars trying to elect even seriously flawed candidates like Sharon Angle.
I think you just make up your own version of history to fit your world view no matter how completely silly it is. I agree that Rove is an establishment, risk averse guy who is more concerned with winning than really moving the ideological ball forward. Saying that, however flawed he is, he certainly didn't cause Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell to lose - nor did he cost us the Senate. Usually when Rove says a candidate would be a bad nominee, he is quite correct.
Christine O'Donnell was a terrible, awful, horrendous candidate. Every serious political analyst, both right and left, knew she would lose if she were nominated. The second she got that nomination we lost that Senate seat to the bearded marxist. This is a woman who was going to have trouble garnering "establishment" support no matter what anyone said considering just a few years earlier (2006) she abandoned the party when she lost a Senate primary race. When goofball O'Donnell went 3rd party in 2006 it naturally alienated pretty much everyone in the "establishment". Of course they were not going to be enthusiastic about her. It was laughable hearing her whine that the Delaware GOP bigwigs were abandoning her considering she had recently done the very same thing to the party she was trying to represent.
I agree O’Donnell has backed the wrong horse. Romney and his John Edwards hair seems to have that effect on some GOP women.
O'Donnell is an opportunistic flake. Christine puts Christine first. From attempting a stupid 3rd party write in campaign, to filing a ridiculous sex discrimination lawsuit against a conservative organization, to her money problems, her personal baggage, etc. Nominating her was a serious error and we can only hope that some folks have learned from that mistake.
Absolutely! Bears repeating again and again!
I don’t disagree with anything that you said except that we should just not vote. Do your really believe that any of the GOP candidates are Marxists? I don’t. We know Hussein was and is. We know he did blow and was a red diaper baby. We know he hung around with Communists and terrorists. We know he sat in Rev. Wright’s church every Sunday until Wright was busted. I have seen nothing about any of the candidates that even begins to compare with the things we know about the monster in the WH now.
Do we seriously want to sit home and give him an chance at appointing another one or two Supreme Court justices? They sit their for life. LIFE!!!! We let it get to the point is is now. It may take baby steps to get back to a Reagan but the time to HALT it is NOW!!!
I received this in an email:
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There’s nothing that the government can do to me if I’ve broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.
We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner. The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen. “Sorry about that,” said the President. “Andrew is very hungry.” “I don’t appreciate...” I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. “Of course,” I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. “And his brother Eric is very thirsty.” said the President.
The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don’t want to seem unkind. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. “Eric’s children are also quite hungry.” With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room. “And their grandmother can’t stand for long.” I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game.
I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.”Their grandfather doesn’t like the cold.” I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in.
The President hadn’t moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. “Andrew’s whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven’t planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.” My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor.
The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.”By the way,” He added, “I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I’m firing you as head of your business. I’ll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There’s a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can’t come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.” I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his creme brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss.
I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands he said: “You should have stopped me at the dinner roll”.
I don’t like Rove...but she didn’t need his help to lose that race. She was doomed from the start. A cute face and girlish demeanor doesn’t a senator make.
This is why I am arguing against the Newt Romney machine! A vote for either of those candidates is a vote to lose America! If we don't elect someone who will make a COMPLETE 180 - back to God first and country second and self LAST - we will find ourselves robbed and in a heap in the driveway. Whether it takes one invitation to dinner or several is academic!
If either of those two win the Republican nomination it will only prove we can not turn back as a people, and the outcome is already determined. Anyone who does not see that is willfully blind to it, either out of insane optimism or because God has given them over to believe the lie because they refused to love the truth (1 Thessalonians 2:10-12).
I support Mitt Romney and I am one of the founders of the Tea Party Movement having been an organizer of the first ever Tax Day Protest in Santa Barbara April 15, 2009. I also helped organized the Tea Party protest in front of Rep. Lois Capps office during the health care fight, literally going toe to toe with some of the most disgusting SEIU folks you could ever imagine. I have actively been fighting collectivism my entire life, first walking precincts with my parents, then working campaigns, county fairs and stuffing envelopes. What have you done, besides sit in front of a computer screen insulting people's right to choose who they want to support in the primary?
I don’t disagree with you about Romney, Newt I’m ok with. Was he my first choice, no, but she chose not to run. However, I see you failed to address the devastating result of another 4 year term for Hussein and what if he gets one or tow more progresive nuts on the Supreme court. That will be the end of America as you know it for you, your children, your grandchildren, and maybe forever.
Some Freepers say the Bush’s weren’t conservative, that may or may not be true but look at their picks compared to Hussein’s and Clinton’s. It’s pretty apparent that the court usually doesn’t follow the Constitution or law and votes party. Now... look at the list below and what do you think will happen to our country of he gets to replace 2 Republican appointees. What blows my mind is that nobody here seems to care. Their hatred of GOP candidates surpasses the the hatred of people hell bent on destroying future of this country as we have known it. It also amazes me that on DU, KOS, etc. all the libs are obsessed with getting him re-elected BECAUSE they pray he can stack the court and their mission will be accomplished. They can see into the future and they want it bad. Apparently some here only have time to attack the GOP candidates and honestly, I question their motives.
So we have:
Roberts- Bush- age 56
Scalia- Regan- age 75
Kennedy-Regan- age 75
Thomas- Bush- age 63
Alito- Bush- age 61
and
Ginsburg- Clinton- age 78
Sotomayor- Hussein- age 57
Kagan- Hussein- age 51
Breyer- Clinton- age 73
I’ve been very active in politics for about 15 years, in a union Democrat county in a union Democrat district.
Sorry you support Romney the parsemaster.
You didn't mention who you support; you only tried to destroy the credibility of the people with whom you disagree. Make a case for your candidate. That is the constructive play.
This grifter had so much $ left over after her spectacularly bad campaign that she set up a foundation to pay herself money from it.
She was is and always will be a ditz.
Are you surprised by intellectual inconsistencies in a ditz?
We don't need no stinking super-majority. We need to elect Michelle Bachmann.
Sing it.
Lest we forget, she was a willing punching bag for Bill Maher.
She’s a dimwit.
She turned me into a bigger Newt supporter.
My first choice never ran. My second choice dropped out a couple of weeks ago, and now I have about 3 weeks to decide how to caucus for.
Still, all but Huntsman are better than Romney.
No. You do NOT get it. I have held my nose. To vote for the lesser evil. Six times. And I will not do so again. Period. After you have held your nose through six presidential elections (and just two that you agreed with) come back and talk to me about “lesser of 2 evils”.
BTW, if you are planning to vote for Romney, we have nothing to talk about to begin with. He is NOT a conservative. Period.
I have voted for “the lesser of 2 evils”. That was the point of my post. Six times. What has it got me?
You are free to vote for who ever you choose. But do not even attempt to lecture me on the “lesser of 2 evils” aspect of it. You simply are not qualified....
There goes the last shred of this lady’s credibility. I guess Newt is too “colorful” for this erstwhile wiccan? ;p
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