Posted on 01/21/2012 6:36:57 AM PST by T.O.K.
Anyone who has listened to radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman, 850 WFTL, knows that she is not shy about speaking her mind.
She is a Tea Party favorite who helped propel Rep. Allen West to his position, but some of her fans are shocked at a recent proclamation that she will vote for Barack Obama if Mitt Romney becomes the Republican nominee.
Kaufman is unwavering in her position and reiterated it on the record with BPR. (Audio file)
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“But if you stick to the emotional conspiratorial stuff, count me out, you’ll bore me to death.”
I agree. Many posters seem to believe in voting conspiracies. The Republican establishment does not control primary and caucus voting. The establishment along with major contributors impacts the money available to candidates. If Romney wins the nomination, his triumph is due to fund raising and primary/caucus results, not due to any conspiracy.
Romney and Gingrich have similar ideas and policy proposals. Both have changed positions in the past so the flipper label can be applied to both men. Romney was the governor of a left leaning state so I would expect that he has more position changes. Romney could not have been elected in MA without softer positions.
I will support the nominee without reservation. Romney and Gingrich are fine men who will make excellent presidents. Both will have policies sharply different than the current Marxist. I will support Romney in the Colorado primary because the polls indicate he is more likely to beat Obama. I do not believe that Gingrich can win due to his negative perception among independent voters.
Even if you do not like Romney, I urge you to support him if he is the nominee. The idea that conservatives can take control in 4 years is highly suspect. Independent voters control the outcome. Both sides must appeal to the independent voter. Moreover, the next president may likely reshape the Supreme Court. We have a good chance to influence Romney’s picks. We have no chance to influence Obama’s picks. If Obama packs the court, liberal control of government could persist for decades. A vote not to support the nominee is a vote for a leftist Supreme Court.
Do not forget the lesson with Bush. Bush nominated Harriet Myers, at best a moderate to the court. Conservative backlash forced him to withdraw her nomination. If Romney strays, we can force him to change.
With open primaries, where independants and Democrats can vote... NO YOU ARE NOT!
End open primaries and your rant would be true.
I will vote GOP, Romney is a lot more conservative than what is in there, Supreme Court is what matters and if Obama is elected he will nominate two more justices.
If she votes for Obama, she is an Obama supporter. No matter how big a Rino MacCain was, we would not have had Obamacare with him. A Rino is better than a Muslim Marxist any day. Kaufman is an idiot.
See post #62.
There could be worse things than the kenyan’s re-election- the election of Willard Romney, for instance. However, I could not vote for either of those two men because I will not vote for an abortion supporter under any circmstances.
Romney is not “more conservative” than 0bomba. They’re actually quite similar.
Joyce WHO!?!?! =.=
Agree to disagree—Romney’s last on my list of acceptable candidates; but, I’ll take him anyday over Obama, at least he’s an American Patriot and Obama’s not. But, go ahead, help insure Obama’s re-election.
Enjoy life in NW Florida, it’s a great area.
NO, it is NOT. Not for me. I couldn’t live with the guilt of at least not making an attempt to eject Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama Odinga(or whatever his real name is), the Kenyan Islamic Marxist, pathological narcissist, schizo, cocaine sniffing, homo, lying usurper. He is a monster, a MONSTER! NONE of them is worse than him. I’m voting for Newt here in Florida. In November I will be voting for whoever has an R beside their name as will all of my family and friends and everyone I talk to.
NOBODY is going to take their ball and go home and whine in November. BARRY MUST GO! and I will exercise my constitutional right and what I consider my duty, to vote.
Oh and if you call Barry’s last 2 Supreme Court nominations just leftists, that tells me all I need to know. There are leftists and progressives bordering on Marxists and that is exactly what he put on the court. Wonder how many czars he would appoint as a lame duck? How many executive orders? The destruction would be irreversible. The ONLY thing that has kept him even a tiny bit in check, is he wants another 4 years. Then they can party, travel and live it up on our dollars and not have to worry about what anyone says while at the same time destroying our country by doing things that will take decades(if ever) to reverse.
No and HELL no I am not sitting home in November!
The open primaries are a problem, and Iowa and New Hampshire are a problem with little blue states having outsized influence. Totally agree and would join any movement to change both scenarios.
That doesn’t change the fact that there is still no Karl Rove Bain Capital Mormon Church Rush Limbaugh insider mother ship that is running the universe. This is still voter driven.
The folks in SC in 08 decided for whatever reason - mostly older pro military voters who didn’t realize what a liberal McCain was at the time - to go main stream. They decided for whatever reason to let 200 thousand yankees dictate what half a million southerners would do. I can’t explain it, but it’s not Karl Rove’s doing. The the folks in Florida decided to follow Charlie Crist and SC down the McCain train rat hole.
I don’t think SC voters are in an establishment mood this cycle however. And I don’t think the Charlie Crist wing of Florida politics is even relevant any more. PROOF that ultimately, it is the voters. Period.
I can understand her stance, although I won’t follow her example. Both parties have a hand in the $15 Trillion deficit. This country will not do a 180 with either 0bama or the GOP nominee...IMO. Which would you rather have, a strong and forceful House and Senate, loaded with TEA party supporters, or a muffled minority, following the lead of another Progressive President, with a different party label? In my eyes, it is a worthwhile argument to have. Once Newt is elected, all of the energy and drive to change things will dissipate. People will begin marginalizing the TEA party activists, and flat out telling them to SHUT UP. It is already happening, with the slate of candidates we have now. It will only be worse when support solidifies behind one man.
I just wanted to point out that conservatives cannot have their voice heard in the primaries when outsiders (independents, Democrats, Iluvdogpoo party, etc, etc, etc) can vote in them.
but I can sympathize with those who might.
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I absolutely do not sympathize and consider them Marxists just like he is.
Kaufman was a democrat then she was a republican, then she was a Tea Party follower, now she an independent. Seems to me this chick is all over the map and is just trying to get ratings for her radio show.
She campaigned hard for Allen West here in Florida. You may recall, West chose her for his chief of staff, she lasted 2 days and quit. She is always at the epicenter of some controversy.
There could be worse things than the kenyan’s re-election
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Like who? Hugo? Castro? Ahmadinejad?
I would submit that when Bush won, he barely scraped by. IMO, we haven't had a person we could actually vote for since Reagan. The more RINOish they have been, the larger margin of their loss.
I submit that the worst of these was McCain. If Palin had not be selected to run with him, his loss would have been epic.
Sadly, the Republican leadership seems stuck on stupid, as they pick the most moderate or RINOish time after time, loss after loss.
The leadership is doing the same thing time after time, and expecting a different outcome.
While I'm not going to vote for Obama, I'm done voting for RINOs too.
As Conservatives we do have some standards. It's high time we acted like it.
Capitulation IS NOT the route to victory. I am through falling in line behind someone I don't support.
Not voting for Obama was not voting for Obama.
Not voting for McCain was not voting for McCain.
Neither refusal was a vote for the other man.
It was a refusal to sell out our own set of values. It was the moral thing to do. Both were Soros Sock-Puppets.
Any guy that is willing to play footsie with Soros, Teressa Heinz Kerry, and the Tides Foundation, is someone I cannot back. It is someone I will oppose to my dying breath.
If that is considered selling out, then we have some very strange definitions of what selling out is.
RINOs are off my list also. Romney is definitely a no-go.
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