Posted on 05/04/2012 6:31:27 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
I’ll vote the lesser of 2 evils in the presidency. Congress and local elections will weigh heavily in the next few years. What’s more difficult to tackle is the lame RINOs that the RNC keeps putting up for presidential election. It’s downright maddening.
Newt would’ve been a better candidate but I don’t think he’s THE ONE, either. For them to not give Palin the time of day shows just how screwed up they are.
All that is beyond my control abotu who got zotted and why. But I sure wouldn’t like this site to turn into Mitt Romney Central.
I just like that I can express my opinions against Romney while every other so-called conservative site is trying to tone down the rhetoric and back the guy. I’m not one of those to one day dislike a candidate and then next just make peace, not with a Romney who represents all that is wrong with the party.
I can swallow that some votes will go to Romney by some real conservatives because there hands were tied and they felt the need to “to beat Obama above all else” so they want to look at it that way by voting for Romney.
But I am free to vote third party and dislike Romney. I gather that the party is broken beyond repair. This site is just a sign of the situation and discord within the republican party and conservative base. But all some people are pushing is the party unity line when it is broken and will be real hard to unify.
I assure you my opinions might get me banned on other sites because I don’t fall in line with the “super-duper” Romney.
If Romney cared about the republic he would have not run for the Presidency. Being a mAasshole should eliminate someone from national office out of hand. Romney knows damn well his candidacy is turning the Republican Party inside out and into the whig Party. Curse him and all RINO’s.
Just because he is a thoroughly good man, and the Constitution Party has the best platform out there (IMHO), doesn't mean that he can possibly be elected president, regardless of what we do in the next six months. (Short of direct divine intervention, of course.)
Let's face it - this thread is about surrender. Plain and simple.
If conservatives were really as worthy as we like to thump our chest and point to ourselves as being, we'd get out and work for a real conservative - six months or no - instead of rolling over and pulling the Rom-knee pads out of the drawer.
Two items bother me with the loss of the Presidency to either the existing Leftist, muddlesome mess, or a Romney Leftist, muddlesome mess is the military, and the SCOTUS, but with Romney I believe we’d have less damage than with the existing. I don’t know.
Right at this point not knowing what the outcome exactly will be of the convention in August, yet somewhat assured it will be Romney I don’t see the Presidency as the focal point anymore. I see the downticket, and the turnout for that downticket as critical.
The turnout is what the Left IMO, the Democrats are working to destroy. They are trying their damndest to discourage the Right from turning out to vote IMO. With more, and more of the States focusing on voter fraud, the Left’s most valuable asset in winning elections they fear any large turnout of the Right that they will have less opportunity to create sufficient votes to counter.
WE have to concentrate getting out the vote for the Right side of the ticket, the downticket, and getting every American citizen possible to vote the right side of the downticket to counter any Leftist shenanigans.
The best way IMO is to focus discussion downticket, and off of the focus of the Presidency, other than anti-Obama. Start talking about the local campaigns, post/discuss the local, and National campaigns for Senators, House Reps, local news for Mayors, Council members, etc. Keep as much of the news as possible focused on those events.
The efforts of the Left IMO will be to keep our eyes on the National events of which they have almost absolute control.
Just a thought.
I agree it makes eminent sense not to commit to the idea of giving Romney the nod in November until, at least, the GOP has given him the nod at the convention. All the discussion about possible votes for Romney in November is hypothetical unless or until Romney passes that hurdle. It could be that as part of the negotiations at the convention, Romney will be successfully leaned upon to present a VP who actually is a reasonable person. What happens eight years down the road? Even if Romney’s own ear can be bent?
good...
A truce was NEVER in our best interest...
We will watch the GOP-e fail..
We will watch the GOP become insignificant because of the deeds of the progressives..
We will blame the GOP-e. We will blame the Progressives... and people WILL finally listen...
The progressives will be purged, and we will build a resistance.
As a cohesive force, free from the daily sabotage of the GOP-e, we will take the fight to the socialists at every level... and we will beat the snot out of them.
F Romney
F the GOP-e
F the socialists in both parties
Never surrender.
I'll be voting T.E.A. Party in our Texas primary May 29.
Then come November, I'll be voting Straight Republican Party.
Voting in a new class of T.E.A. Party candidates will help ensure Romney stays in line.
Sadly, Romney qualifies as "Anyone But Obamah".
You are 100% correct. Thank you for this thread and your integrity in keeping the standards of FreeRepublic. Working towards a more conservative House and Senate is the most we can do. Possibly help influence a VP pick if that is even possible. God Bless you Jim and all our patriot members.
I think the GOP-E has pretty well demonstrated that "we" lack the political clout to hold anyones feet to any fire.
We are going to spend the next four years trying our best to keep our own feet from being run over by the bus we have been thrown under.
When you got a Romney who has offered both alternatives to an issue at various points in his career, it’s guaranteed that one of them will be wrong.
Now that's good thinking! There is a time and place for hot-headed action, but right now cool, clear strategy and cold logic are important.
Which is exactly what Romney supporters do when they come up against those of us who refuse to be bullied and threatened and insulted into voting for a liberal Republican with a clear documented record of advancing all the things we're against: global warming regulation, state-run health care, the gay agenda, activist liberal judges, and abortion on demand.
People who think of themselves as the "adults" and of those who disagree with them as "children" are worse than stupid. They are arrogantly stupid. They give very good warning, to anyone who'll listen, of the bad sport ugliness conservatives would see if, God forbid, Romney wins. He will treat ALL consrvatives in D.C. as the children YOU and he think they are. Including those of YOU who are conservatives but plan to vote for Romney because you think it's the "grown-up" thing to do. You'd still be treated as a child by Romney -- WAKE UP. THINK IT THROUGH.
Obama is beatable even if he's re-elected -- in spite of all the pissing down the legs of cowering "bbbbbbbut we can't survive another four years of Obama!" A sheerly emotional statement from a place of pure panic, but stated as "fact" by patriots who should know better, who should understand the difference between a risk and a fact. Not children, but frightened patriots. And these frightened patriots fashion what little comfort they can for themselves by calling people like me "children."
Those of you who have convinced yourselves that you have "no choice" but Romney, stop calling me names, and stop letting panic, desperation, and fear cloud your jugement.
Agreed. The damage done to this forum is irreversible.
If the real conservatives would jump the ship called GOP, and actually WORK for a party that supports our views, we would have a chance.
Frankly, it doesn’t matter if Goode wins or not, I will vote my conscience and support a CONSERVATIVE. I AM VOTING AGAINST BOTH Obama and Romney - they are two sides of the same coin.
The smart thing would be for all of us to leave the GOP over this and let them go the way of the Whigs while we build up a party that represents us.
No one would be an acceptable VP enough to get me to vote for Romney. It would be hypocritical of me to ever vote for Romney.
I’m out of the GOP over this. I will no longer be played the fool.
I fully agree and could not have said the necessaries better.
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re leading the charge...and nobody’s following?
No. Stash it away. You might need it.
Fine. Fold your hands then. Nothing I can do about it.
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