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Jim Robinson: Taking stock of our dwindling conservative inventory
Jan 5, 2011 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 01/05/2012 11:23:02 AM PST by Jim Robinson

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To: Jim Noble

Go to the link and complain to them, Jim.

My reason for posting hadn’t anything to do with that, but the claim concerning the Occidental transcript.

The following was discovered over two years ago: Neil Sankey, a PI, discovered that BHO2 was using a number, 999-XX-XXXX, while at Occidental. That type of number is used by the Feds to track monies distributed to students who are foreign nationals receiving assistance from our government.


341 posted on 01/05/2012 5:34:01 PM PST by SatinDoll
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To: EnglishCon
I have been reading FR since 2000.

Yes. Every swinging donk has been reading since 2000, but just NOW you have an opinion. Get Bent.

342 posted on 01/05/2012 5:37:08 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: ConservativeInPA
The RNC is WASHINGTONIAN and is pulling for that degenerate con man corporate raider ROMNEYCARE grandson of an illegal immigrant polygamist FLIP SLICK WILLARD RINO ROMNEY.

GOP SKATING ON THIN ICE

343 posted on 01/05/2012 5:37:09 PM PST by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: Liz

Good advice.


344 posted on 01/05/2012 5:37:29 PM PST by tioga ( Choose an author as you choose a friend. Sir Christopher Wren)
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To: Jim Robinson
I'd suggest that we all stop trying to tear down the other conservative candidates in the race and instead concentrate on trying to build up our own personal favorites. Who knows? May even discover an acceptable conservative (if not a great conservative) in the bunch. We've never had a perfect conservative yet. Not even the magnificent Ronald Reagan. We and they all have warts.

Amen, Jim.

345 posted on 01/05/2012 5:37:40 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: txhurl

His grandfather was the immigrant...

Both Ricks parents were born in the US ...


346 posted on 01/05/2012 5:37:40 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: EnglishCon
I have been reading FR since 2000.

Yes. Every swinging donk has been reading since 2000, but just NOW you have an opinion. Get Bent.

347 posted on 01/05/2012 5:38:10 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: BluesDuke

That’s all the writer’s interpretation. The fact is no one is proposing truly and radically cutting government agencies except for Ron Paul. I agree with the basic notion that government needs to be bigger than it was when the country was founded because of how much more complex our country and the world has become. But it absolutely needs to be run better.

I don’t agree with the “send everything back to the states” thinking. I think too many conservatives think that’s the be-all, end-all of conservatism, but it’s an easy thing to say and unlikely to work out in practice. Modern technology has intertwined all of us nationally to a much greater degree. So many things one state can do affect the rest of us in a direct way. We are a much more powerful player on the international stage when we are the UNITED, not divided states. We cannot function with 50 hugely different sets of rules. Some of the states like California have gone so far off the rails that they ought to be reigned in by the rest of us. States are a great place for experimentation, but once we find policies that work, there ought to be a national movement to get them adopted nationwide.

Whether you believe in radically cutting federal government or not, there is going to be some government left and we need it to be run in an exceptional, not just competent matter. That is where many of those ideas that are discussed in your article will be a clear benefit to us.


348 posted on 01/05/2012 5:40:04 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Obama in 2012!)
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To: JediJones

Where’s the ‘like’ button? That was excellent. I just got done making the same points to a fence sitter on Facebook.


349 posted on 01/05/2012 5:40:58 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

It’s also about the debates and ganging up on the RINO and Crazy man in the South Carolina Debates.

The Republican debates continue to gain in high rating.

Let Perry zing both Romney and Paul with things they never could have prepared for. If Perry wants to stay in though South Carolina and target Romney and Whats-his-face, than good for him.

Go NEWT !!!


350 posted on 01/05/2012 5:40:58 PM PST by show
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To: Windflier
what conceivable reason can he [RPerry] have for continuing on at this point?

Because he lives (and may politically die) by the creed that's been deeply ingrained in us since we were knee-high to an armadillo: Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!

It's stupid; I know. And hard to explain.

351 posted on 01/05/2012 5:41:09 PM PST by naxetevitan
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To: txhurl

Romneys father George was born in Mexico...

The parents of George were not at the time of his birth under the jurisdiction of the laws of the US..

They did not want to be...


352 posted on 01/05/2012 5:42:16 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: greeneyes
If people want to know a lot more about Santorum, here is a 74 minute, 142MB .mp3 wide ranging audio interview of him by the Quad City Times from Dec. 30th. It starts out with Santorum talking about how he was doing things in Iowa, but includes long stretches of him talking not just about what he did in Congress, but why and how he did it there.

You rarely hear people talking about behind the scenes stuff there in this detail. I was fascinated by it and suspect there are others here who would enjoy it. Santorum did play a significant role in several of the good congressional actions back around Newt's golden age. Those who like Newt in part because of his ability to get things done, but don't know much about Santorum may find this useful in evaluating what Santorum might do, how he'd go about it and whether you believe he'd succeed. By all means use your own judgement. BTW, be warned that the audio quality is serviceable, not perfect. Sometimes it gets pretty soft and once you could hear a train passing outside.

If you like this it appears to be part of a series. They also have audio interviews with Perry (12/21/11), Gingrich (12/19/11), Romney, Bachmann (12/8/11) and Pawlenty (7/25/11). I haven't yet listened to any but Santorum's but will be downloading more to listen to when I find the time.

353 posted on 01/05/2012 5:43:39 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: KantianBurke

We should hold our criticism of the other candidates until Willard Romney the open socialist has been defeated. This is the test run for our ability to unite against socialism: can we defeat the socialist in our ranks, or will we send him to “defeat” the one in the White House?


354 posted on 01/05/2012 5:43:55 PM PST by Cato in PA (Hope and pray for the Santorum surge!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Early Life

Richard John Santorum was born May 10, 1958, in Winchester, Virginia, the second of three children. His father Aldo, an immigrant from Italy, is a psychologist, and his mother, Kay, is a nurse.

http://www.biography.com/people/rick-santorum-20688005


355 posted on 01/05/2012 5:48:48 PM PST by txhurl (Perry/Pence 2012 OR Perry/Ryan 2012 or even better Perry/Abbott 2012!)
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To: show

I keep hearing three way splits here. “I’ll take any of these THREE.”

Sorry, we need to narrow it to ONE. ONE conservative candidate. NOW. Get behind him, turn off the GD TV and go into full grass roots campaign mode. Volunteer. Go door to door. Do the WORK. Send in the donations.

I have watched the media coverage this past week and I’m SICK to death of it already. They are tearing into Santorum tonight, as we speak, like raw meat. It’s psychological and it’s demoralizing.

Time to marginalize the media and the establishment. Time to choose ONE candidate and support them with all your might. For me it’s Newt — the ONLY one who will take it to Obama and embarass the living HELL out of him in front of the entire country and provide an articulate contrast to this POS. The only guy who has DONE IT in Washinton, in office, with any success!! Why do we even bother looking at other candidates??

The media — AND the rest of the feeble minded public can’t decide ... they whine about Newt with all of his divorces, and then turn around the mock Santorum for being a goody two shoes Christian. We’ll hear nothing but this petty double minded crap, in addition to all the racism PAP and we’ll all be at home with our tails between our legs.

TURN IT OFF. PICK OUR GUY and let’s GO.


356 posted on 01/05/2012 5:50:12 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: Jim Robinson
Amen to all you've said, Jim. I look at the records of all the candidates I can, and while Newt has some things to be concerned about, he has a lot of solid accomplishment. OTOH, I look at Romney's record and I see Romneycare, gay marriage, abortion, illegal aliens, gungrabbing, appointment of liberal Democrat judges, and to be honest, I can't see much difference between him and Obamalamadingdong. Romney is NOT a conservative, by any stretch of the imagination; he's a liberal, and he might as well be a democrat. I cannot, and will not vote for him, which is why I'm asking about the possibility of a write-in blank on the Missouri presidential ballot. Even Spongebob Squarepants is more appealing to me. I'll stick with Newt, though.
357 posted on 01/05/2012 5:51:05 PM PST by Southbound ("A liar in public life is worse than a full-paid-up Communist, and I don't care who he is." - HST)
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To: Cato in PA
Well Said.

Support your Candidate on Free Republic, but quit slinging fiery arrows at other Conservatives such as Newt.

Learn to only criticize Romney & Paul at this point.

And learn to only support Newt, Santorum or Perry based on your preference at this juncture.

Then choose to either support the Conservative candidate on Free Republic which at this point could be either Newt, Santorum or Perry.

This is what Jim is saying in my opinion.

Go NEWT !!!!

358 posted on 01/05/2012 5:51:38 PM PST by show
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To: Jim Robinson

Well said. That’s where I have been for a long time. Unless I missed it what took you so long to state the obvious? :-). Romney is about to screw us and we still have some whining about the flaws of newt or Perry or whatever. Thanks.


359 posted on 01/05/2012 5:51:45 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Cato in PA

Exactly.


360 posted on 01/05/2012 5:52:00 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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