Posted on 07/25/2012 6:30:17 PM PDT by mnehring
With a little help from his friends, former congressman Virgil Goode has taken a key step toward getting his name on November’s presidential ballot in Virginia, submitting more than 14,000 signatures to the State Board of Elections....
..Goode was a Democrat for much of his career, then became an Independent and finally a Republican for his last six years on Capitol Hill. Now Goode is getting assistance from yet another party, the Independent Greens, whose members have collected thousands of signatures for him....
...“Virgil supports rail, and that’s our big issue and he’s with us on that,” said Carey Campbell, a member of the Independent Greens executive committee. “We’ve had for many years a good relationship with the Constitution Party folks.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I just don’t see value in replacing one Obamney with another. I could care less.
So why side with Romney now? He can’t get us where we want to go.
“So basically you are following the wishes of Obama and splitting the Republican vote. Obama is depending on people like you.”
It’s the RINOs who gave us no choice.
You are mistaking republicans for conservatives. Not the same thing by a long shot.
“It’s the RINOs who gave us no choice.”
So those with your train of thought which there are many in this thread equate Mitt and Obama. IMHO Mitt is way better than Obama. I hate to see where the country will be with four more years of Obama. I’am not all that supportive of Mitt and preferred a number of candidates over him. However given the choice I will vote for Mitt. I am now concentrating on races such as Cruz defeating Dewhurst. That is where my money is going.
I forgot to say that I see Goode as nothing but a “red herring” running to draw votes from Mitt and giving Virginia to Obama.
“The logic is solid.”
You have no logic, that’s what’s solid.
“If you run someone you know will be rejected by a large share of your supporters, then it is reasonable to assume you don’t want to win.”
You assume way to much with that statement. You assume that a large number of Republicans are going to vote against Romney. So far all I see are a small number of people who are determined to vote third party and by extension, a vote for Obama. It’s a fringe element that thinks itself more than it is...enough people with, with sufficient intelligence, are voting against Obama, but hey, we’re only doing it for the good of the country.
“So, MC, are you a member of the GOP-E?”
Oh of course I am. I just got back from a recent meeting of the Illuminati and Build-A-Burger (different group dedicated to taking over hamburgers). By your logic I would have to be huh? You like stupid assumptions don’t you? You’re like the single issue voter...if I’m not for you, I’m against you huh? I thought by your posts you were narrow minded but didn’t realize your post-it-notes were as thin as a blade of grass.
Because Obama will destroy America and there will be nothing to save in 2016.
So, those 15,000 new voters that the new Democrat organizing group has registered by sending registration forms to dogs, cats and illegals will be meaningless when it comes time to vote.
I think that they are telling them to vote by mail, absentee ballot.
Oh, have they endorsed Willard, too ?
You didn’t answer my question, which is a chronic problem with you. Tell me, do you just keep re-typing the Willardbot talking points off your script or do you think them up all by your lonesome ?
It could happen if the base didn’t act like sheep. It’s time to raise hell in Tampa.
We gotta support Willard so we can get rid of the Communist in the White House and replace him with a Socialist and then Conservatism wins !!!
Wait...
As an old-school Willardbot like yourself knows, you make the presumption that if Goode isn’t on the ballot that the sheep will mindlessly vote for Willard instead. As usual, you’d be very wrong. If Conservatives have no alternative choice of someone who doesn’t insult their values and beliefs as Willard has done throughout his adult life, they simply will either seek out another candidate or NOT vote.
I find it curious how some posters on FR with "Conservative" in their handle do their damndest to pimp the candidacy of the biggest Socialist the GOP has ever put up for President. You ain't foolin' anybody.
Just last week his gun-control tendencies came to the fore when he stated after Aurora he wouldn't change his gun grabbing in Massachusetts, and that he LIKES that kind of legislation.
July 23 - Romney: "....our challenge is not the laws but the people who obviously are distracted from reality and do unthinkable, unimaginable, inexplicable things. "Kudlow: "As the governor of massachusetts you did sign legislation restricting or banning a assault weapons. did that work in massachusetts to your satisfaction?"
Romney: "Well, actually the law that we signed in massachusetts was a combination of efforts both on the part of those that were for additional gun rights and those that opposed gun rights. They came together and made some changes that provided, i think, a better environment for both. That's why both sides came to celebrate the signing of the bill. Were there opportunities for people of reasonable minds to come together and find common ground? That's the legislation i like."
I will NEVER ever vote for that. He is a pro-abortion, pro-homosexualism, pro-gun control, social corporatist liberal. IOW, a radical liberal.
Republican, you act as if there were no media bias, no lying campaign, no dirty tricks, and no enormous money advantage.
We can go on and on about each candidate having an equal chance, but we know it isn't true.
Also, I remind you that the Republican Party is a private organization and not a governmental one. They have no reason to keep a hands off policy, and they did not do so...they were clearly in the tank for Mitt from the beginning.
Again, MC, the above is entirely rational. You even know it is. And, I'll bet you'll tell me that you did NOT support Romney. You'll tell me that you don't support his anti-life, pro-gay agenda, anti-gun, pro-cronyist, liberal positions.
Those turn off conservatives. They deflate them. They demoralize them. They discourage them.
They certainly don't fire them up so they get out there and work for the liberal who mouths liberal policies.
So, my conclusion is that you want Obama to win. By knowingly supporting a liberal candidate, by knowingly pushing a guy who is worse than McCain redux, you are pushing for a Republican loss.
The only conclusion is that you are in favor of an Obama victory.
“I think that they are telling them to vote by mail, absentee ballot.”
No can do. Under Virginia law you cannot vote absentee until you have voted in person at least once and shown ID. Again, while I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some low level of voter fraud going on, I doubt it rises to the level seen in other states.
“Wait...”
Exactly.
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