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Click here to pledge your support! ^ | April 11, 2012 | Jim Robinson

Posted on 04/11/2012 8:04:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To: libdestroyer

Your silence will then get us 4 more years of BO, MO and Eric Holder, not to mention the rest of the commie clan and any Supreme Court justices appointed.

This country will be unrecognizable.


881 posted on 04/12/2012 11:03:13 AM PDT by Velveeta (November = ABO)
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To: mojitojoe

FR is not anti-anything. FR is a pro-conservative website.


882 posted on 04/12/2012 11:03:12 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Jeff Head

Excellent, well reasoned post.


883 posted on 04/12/2012 11:03:40 AM PDT by mojitojoe (American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)
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To: jersey117
And he's going to win all the delegates in the upcoming states and Santorum's delegates are going to swing his way? Right? Because that's what it is going to take.
Isn't unpredictability fun and exciting?!
884 posted on 04/12/2012 11:04:03 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: jersey117

I hear you—it’s a long shot, but what other shot do conservatives have?

I am not ready to throw in the towel and have Romney forced on me.

That’s what rebelllion is all about.

If we worried about the odds, America would never have been born.


885 posted on 04/12/2012 11:04:53 AM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. Be Andrew Breitbart.)
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To: sam_paine

That’s why we have to rid ourselves of the parasites in the GOP and Democrats.

The only answer is a third party and it’s entirely possible due to the internet and the speed that news travels back and forth.

Not being an elitist in academia I can’t tell you how many Republicans are going to sit this one out simply because they have no choice. I can, however, tell you that my guess is about 6 out of 10 of the people in my circle hate Romney and will vote for an iron fence post if they were given the choice between Romney and the post.

With that said, there are many millions who, at the drop of a hat, would donate for a third party candidate and take it upon themselves to have many one-on-one with their friends and neighbors.

It’s very, very possible for a new party to rise in full strength within a few months.

Gingrich would have been a good candidate for the GOP, flawed, but good. However, he would not be a good candidate for a new third party.


886 posted on 04/12/2012 11:05:04 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: philman_36

“He would not say no.”

So what? Wouldn’t you like to be VP with a strong chance of being elected POTUS later?


So you would not vote for Mittens yet you’d be his VP? What kind of a hypocritical ideological whore are you? If this election is so damn important you won’t vote for him yet you’d put your political career in front of the country to be his VP because it’s good for you? Really?


887 posted on 04/12/2012 11:05:56 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: JediJones; Jim Robinson
“Newt just has to win about 55% of the delegates in the upcoming 20 states to deny Romney the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination. This is doable if conservatives consolidate around him now, because there were ONLY 3 OUT OF 30 states so far where Romney got 50% or more of the vote (where all the candidates were on the ballot). Everybody needs to stop listening to the GOP-e media pundits on FOX and RINO radio and realize that this nomination is still up to you, the voters!”

BTTT!

888 posted on 04/12/2012 11:06:19 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: central_va
Mitt has already agreed to pay off Santorums campaign debts as long as he keeps his delegates from Newt.
So how is Santorum going to/supposed to do that?
Aren't those delegates now free to vote as they choose?
889 posted on 04/12/2012 11:07:48 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Jeff Head

So the people who know him well, think he is pro-life even though his words, actions and governance say differently.
So those facts are not an issue because “well he is just a politician”.
Sorry, for you and your friends, I do not vote for liberals, and I certainly do not vote for people who promote abortion.
You do what you need to do, I will not vote for Romney.
I will not stand before God Almighty and say “yea I voted for a guy who promotes abortion but he wasn’t as bad as BHO, so it was ok”.


890 posted on 04/12/2012 11:08:01 AM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: Jeff Head
So I will support Romney if he is the nominee and I will do so like the survival of the Republic depends on it...because I believe it does...

Ditto. I have tried, but can't say it any better than you just did.

891 posted on 04/12/2012 11:08:25 AM PDT by Velveeta (November = ABO)
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To: so_real

“Agreed. But in order to make an impact with that protest vote, we have to have a sufficient volume of people coalescing around the third party ... or it will go unnoticed. We need name recognition whether that be an individual, or a party, or “NUTS!” if need be. And we need a fair number of people committed to following through with it. I wager we’ll all wait to see what rolls out for a bit yet. We have the possibility of a contested convention and an independent candidate appearing on the scene. But the time to define a solid contingency plan is decidedly now.” - so_real

Precisely right. I’m not the person to know exactly what the strategy should be at this point, but that is to be decided (quickly) and to have a plan A and a plan B - with a core group ready to take action on it - is only smart. I presume Newt and/or a contested convention falls within plan A. Plan B needs to take shape around a conservative third party movement.


892 posted on 04/12/2012 11:08:42 AM PDT by buckleyfan (WFB, save us!)
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To: sam_paine

I voted for Newt today (early Indiana) whether is is the longest of long shots or not.


893 posted on 04/12/2012 11:09:14 AM PDT by JSDude1
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To: Velveeta

O is one big secret!

Obama State Department set to cede oil-rich Alaska islands to Russia....

The agreement was negotiated in total secrecy. The state of Alaska was not allowed to participate in the negotiations, nor was the public given any opportunity for comment. This is despite the fact the Alaska Legislature has passed resolutions of opposition – but the State Department doesn’t seem to care.

http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/02/20/obama-state-department-set-to-cede-oil-rich-alaska-islands-to-russia/


894 posted on 04/12/2012 11:09:41 AM PDT by TaraP (On Christ the Solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.)
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To: Velveeta

I’d vote for a ham sandwich over our current White House Occupier.

Perhaps that is exactly the slippery slope type thinking that has permitted the GOP to rot from the core and bring us to this day.


895 posted on 04/12/2012 11:10:26 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: ConservativeMind

And then what happens? You deny Mitt the 1144. We go to convention and the GOP nominates someone else you will find unacceptable (e.g, Jeb, Christie, etc.) That will pretty much put us back to square one — no “true” conservative.


896 posted on 04/12/2012 11:11:10 AM PDT by jersey117 (The Stepford Media should be sued for malpractice)
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To: Secret Agent Man
So you would not vote for Mittens yet you’d be his VP?
Me personally? Hell no! I'd refuse him in the most scathing manner possible.

However, like Newt, I wouldn't expect to be asked to begin with either.

897 posted on 04/12/2012 11:11:10 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: sam_paine

My earlier posts all say about the same:

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Hey there metmom, as well as anyone else that may care to chime in.

The choice is to vote a write in. Keep the % votes for whoever wins low, less of a claimed ‘mandate’.

Also, VOTE DOWN TICKET!

It’s critical to claim the senate and keep the house, as well as put as many conservatives in there as we can.

Just my 2 cents

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Vote a third person / write in, will keep total vote % lower for the winner, less of a claim to a ‘mandate’.

Vote downticket, House and Senate are IMPORTANT.

And above all, as you have noted, PRAY and fast, and TRUST in the Lord.

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Romeny will NOT win. Can not win. He is Obama lite anyway. The GOP knows it. We are so close to a one-party system and here are people arguing about which socialist to elect.

Really? A Repub socialist is better than a Dem socialist? My vote will go to neither.

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I do NOT recall Jim Rob saying “Stay Home”.

But voting FOR Romney is out. Vote someone else. Deny the winner, ANY winner a plurality, a majority, a mandate. Vote for the Constitution Party Candidate. Write in Sarah.

VOTE DOWN TICKET. This is indeed a fight. Deny them Congress. Fight for the White House. Newt is still VERY VIABLE.

Pray. Alot, without ceasing, as it were.

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In any case, Newt is head and shoulders above Romney, who is ideologically identical to Obama, except that he’s white.


898 posted on 04/12/2012 11:11:25 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: D-fendr

The bottom line is the best people, the most conservative people that most of us were asking, requesting, begging to run, said they would not run. There were a number of people we could have been energized to rally around. They are not running. Through this entire process, seeing what we are seeing, possibly feeling what we are feeling, and none of them have changed their minds and decided to jump in. If they are seeing what we are, and feeling what we are feeling, and they are still not jumping in to give folks a conservative alternative that can get the votes and win in November because they energize the conservative base, well, that says something too.


899 posted on 04/12/2012 11:12:18 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: exit82; ngat
Newt is the face of this rebellion.Before the afternoon of April 10th, maybe Santorum could have been that face, but for unknown reasons, he has negated all of his hard work and bowed out.

Yep. And if Santorum had thrown his support behind Gingrich from the beginning, then we wouldn't have a Romney problem to worry about. As it is, even if Santorum could commit his 280+ delegates to Gingrich, Romney's still ahead because Romney benefitted form Gingrich and Santorum splitting the vote in winner-take-all states.

So the reality is that the GOPe consolidated on their boy Romney, and we flitted away the conservative majority advantage in the primary by having a bunch of charlatans half-running.

900 posted on 04/12/2012 11:13:21 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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