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Moderate road won’t beat Obama
The Boston Herald ^ | January 2, 2012 | Holly Robichaud

Posted on 01/02/2012 7:19:06 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 01/02/2012 7:19:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anyone who uses the pejorative “right wing,” an epithet used to smear conservatives, automatically loses me.


2 posted on 01/02/2012 7:22:25 PM PST by Luke21
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Republican Establishment tore Huck apart after he won Iowa and they will do the same to Santorum starting Wednesday.

Willard the Abortioner is their guy.


3 posted on 01/02/2012 7:24:04 PM PST by CainConservative ( Newt/Rubio 2012 with Cain, Bolton, Santorum, Perry, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: RitaOK; humblegunner; moose-matson; indylindy; caww; onyx; Lakeshark; ExCTCitizen; samantha; ...

Ping!!


4 posted on 01/02/2012 7:25:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Moderation doesn’t mean stagnation anymore. It just means slightly slower acceleration in the same wrong direction.


5 posted on 01/02/2012 7:25:14 PM PST by yup2394871293
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I will trash ALL the candidates until the nominee is chosen.

At that point I will support the nominee.

Reagan was correct.

6 posted on 01/02/2012 7:33:13 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dead on. I can't remember a Moderate Republican candidate winning the Presidency, yet many of the same people tell us every 4 years that a Conservative can't win, for they won't appeal to the “Independents”.

Conservatives make up a plurality of voters in this Country, perhaps even a majority. If Republicans run a Conservative, Conservative voter turnout is extremely difficult to overcome for any opponent. Yet, here we are again, with most of the pundits telling us we must cater to a small minority of voters, potentially sacrificing a much larger voting block...us!

I have a very strong belief that many of the people who claim to be on our side (the Faux Conservative crowd) would actually be just fine with four more years of Obama, hence they are pushing McCain Romney.

7 posted on 01/02/2012 7:35:26 PM PST by Rational Thought
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"For years the Democrats believed they could not nominate an ultra-left-winger and win the presidency. That was one of the major reasons given in 2004 to end Vermont’s former Gov. Howard Dean’s candidacy. Obama trashed that hypothesis."

That is not true. Obama did not run as he governed. No history and hidden past, Obama ran as a moderate but governs as a marxist. That is why his support has dropped off, people are wondering why they did not see it before and why they ever bothered to vote for him in the first place.

Though he is right about moderates and RINOs also known as liberal republicans. They lose every time.

8 posted on 01/02/2012 7:35:30 PM PST by Waryone
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama’s picking his nose.


9 posted on 01/02/2012 7:35:51 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Just another Joe
Last election cycle I could not bring myself to vote for McCain, even with the addition of Palin.
This election cycle I will vote for ABO that has a chance to defeat the sitting Pres__ent. (I will give him an ID when he gives me some ID)
10 posted on 01/02/2012 7:36:06 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Luke21

Holly Robichaud is certifiably stupid. She is the best MA GOP can do!
This state is a joke.


11 posted on 01/02/2012 7:36:09 PM PST by acapesket
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To: Waryone

Correction, Holly is a she.


12 posted on 01/02/2012 7:37:46 PM PST by Waryone
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To: yup2394871293; 2ndDivisionVet

Agree completely. Moderates will slowly saw our collective heads off whereas liberals will chop our heads off.

We need to destroy the GOP establishment first, and then deconstruct the federal government to it’s Constitutional roots.

That candidate is not yet running. Paul comes the closest, I’m sad to say, but lacks the spiritual vision of where we are vis-a-vis with the end of this age.


13 posted on 01/02/2012 7:38:52 PM PST by One Name
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“A choice, not an echo.”- Barry Goldwater

In this day and age when the Democrats are nothing more than communists and so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans might as well be Democrats, I want a true Republican. I want a socially conservative, fiscally conservative President who runs a tough, aggressive foreign policy that other nations will have to step aside for or get blown to bits. I want a President, who, when a gun control bill lands on his desk, vetoes it saying “this is some dumb ***t”. I want a President who actually believes in capitalism. I also would like a President who was immoderate in defense of those things, shouting down the leftists and telling them to their face they are wrong. I want the choice to be laid to the voters to decide, not between communism and socialism, but communism and capitalism. I want clear opposition to the policies of the left, not cooperation, not a weaker version of it.

“Moderation in war is imbecility”- Admiral Sir John Fisher
“War is politics carried on by other means.”- Karl von Clausewitz

Based on the two above maxims, moderation in politics is imbecility.


14 posted on 01/02/2012 7:40:06 PM PST by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is King Obama back from his Royal vacation yet?

All rested up is he?
I think, he is in for a rude awakening.


15 posted on 01/02/2012 7:41:48 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Like Dole or McCain?

If the only reason to vote was who believes that the Constitution was the law, the choice would be easy.

But is this really 1803? Did we abuse this document so much we cannot go back?

I think so.

RNC, roll us out a real candidate.

Thank you.


16 posted on 01/02/2012 7:43:56 PM PST by hadaclueonce (scrap copper is more than $3.00 a pound. wind generators are full of copper)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Compared to Obama, Hillary Rotten looks like Thatcher? How stupid. When has Hitlery disagreed with the Punk during these past 3 years? Never. They are cut from the same hammer and sickle flag. Bob


17 posted on 01/02/2012 7:48:34 PM PST by alstewartfan ("And your oarsman stands with his knife in hand, and his eyes spell 'Mutiny'" Al Stewart)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No offense, but you seem to pick up on the MSM’s BS right away and promote it.

After NH we will see some coalescence, and I expect Obama to see some grief.
Ron Paul is running as the other Obama, and we have not seen that scenario before.

Paul could destroy the true conservatives in the 3rd tier, but he could also cause disgruntled Obama voters to split.

I think the later is more likely.

I expect Perry and Gingrich to come after Paul and him hard.


18 posted on 01/02/2012 7:52:11 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: CainConservative
Big difference.

Huckabee had some real issues with his (so called) Conservative credentials. Santorum does not.

I don't agree that the establishment Republicans tore Huckabee apart. If anyone was guilty of criticizing him, it was me and my fellow Conservatives.

Don't worry though, they will try and attack Santorum and Conservatism. While I admit Santorum wasn't my first choice in this election cycle, the fact that he is a “Right Wing” Conservative makes him appealing to me. I've always believed that if you have a Presidential candidate who is a true Conservative and can articulate the ideology, in most cases you have a winner. Newt articulates the ideology, yet his believability is questionable. Perry is Conservative on some issues, questionable on others, and doesn't have a track record of articulating anything well (this election). With Santorum (compared to the rest of the field), we have a Conservative who is intelligent, experienced, and can articulate. No guarantees, but he seems to be the logical choice.

19 posted on 01/02/2012 7:53:13 PM PST by Rational Thought
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To: alstewartfan

You must be kidding!
Obama and the Clinton’s HATE each other!


20 posted on 01/02/2012 7:54:17 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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