Posted on 11/02/2014 5:33:59 AM PST by Kaslin
Look, I’m not going to lie to you – your vote matters. But let’s be honest, there are Republicans on the ballot who aren’t very conservative. Most of them don’t agree with me on everything and surely don’t agree with you on everything. In fact, many of them are downright awful.
So if you find yourself in a state where the Senate race is close, and you don’t like some of the things the Republican candidate stands for – just stay home.
A message must be sent: We conservatives could not beat all the people we don’t like in the primary, so we’re not going to vote.
That’ll show the establishment. That’ll show the country. That’ll show the future.
So if you’re a conservative in Colorado, don’t vote for Cory Gardner. If you’re in Iowa, show that Joni Ernst what’s what! Live in North Carolina? Who does that Thom Tillis think he is, anyway? From Kentucky? Let Mitch McConnell know who’s boss! Georgia? David Perdue? I don’t think so. Kansas? Teach that Pat Roberts a lesson! Live in New Hampshire? Scott Brown – yuck, am I right?
Look, if conservatives don’t draw a line in 2014, when will it be drawn?
Just because tea party and conservative candidates couldn’t win a majority in primary challenges doesn’t mean they aren’t the majority. It was dirty tricks and the establishment that screwed you … everyone knows that. So show the establishment you won’t take not getting your way anymore.
Honestly, what’s the point of voting for a candidate who agrees with you a majority of the time? Don’t vote. Let someone who you agree with on nothing win, and then next time – in six years – that person comes up for reelection, maybe the Republican Party will come to its senses and let you get your way.
I mean, what would be better for the country – Harry Reid or Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority Leader? Obviously Harry Reid. Mitch McConnell is a squish on a few things, wouldn’t run blocker for President Obama and wouldn’t be a rubberstamp for any Supreme Court nominee, or any court, for that matter. Where’s the lesson for the establishment for that?
Sure, I know, the country will have a court system packed with activist judges, and the president will use his magic pen and phone to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and who knows what else, but principle will be maintained. That’s a moral victory, right? Those count for something in politics, right? They have to count for something…
Of course, they count for nothing. Yet that nothing is what many millions of Americans, including many of you (judging by comments on other columns in which I’ve dealt with this topic), are prepared to vote for by stubbornly refusing to vote for a candidate who isn’t “your candidate.”
Sorry, your candidate lost, and your remaining choice sucks. I get it, I’ve been there. But so what! Get over yourself. Everyone who voted in the primary and your choice lost. It happens. It’s part of life. So you’re just going to quit?
If you want to right the ship of state, how did you think that would work? Your one chosen candidate would somehow undo half a century of constitutional disregard in 20 minutes? Of course not. It’s all going to be incremental. Nothing this big turns on a dime. But before it can get any better it has to stop getting worse.
Harry Reid remaining majority leader in the Senate means things continue to get worse. Barack Obama packing the courts with like-minded judges means things will continue to get worse.
There will come a point of no return, where we will tip over that ledge from which there is no coming back. If you stay home, or you cast a “message” vote for some third party nothing-burger, that’s what you’re voting for. That’s what you’ll get, and that’s the country you’ll be leaving for your kids to inherit.
A vote for anyone other than the Republican, no matter who that Republican is, is a vote for Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
You want to purge the party? Do it from a position of strength. I’m all for a battle royale for the soul of the Republican Party, but not until AFTER the Democrats are vanquished.
Tuesday, go vote. Vote for the Republicans. Send a message that you are not a moody, unreliable person who will take your ball and go home if you don’t get your way, but that you accept your party’s primary decision. It’s a decision you don’t like. It’s a decision you’ll fight in the next primary if necessary. But for the good of the country, you’ll live in “now” and work for the future.
Anything else is a vote for progressives, and anyone who does that is no conservative.
“Would Obamacare have been proposed/passed under Romney/Mcain?
Mitt Romney invented it
Would those people who died because their coverage was cancelled as a result of obamacare have suffered their fate under Romney/Mcain?
Mitt Romney invented it
“Would the judiciary be filled with left wing radicals under Romney/McCain?”
Check Mitt Romneys judge record
“Would Romney/McCain be preparing to unilaterally and unconstitutionally grant amnesty to millions of illegals?”
Mitt got caught twice with illegals working for him/McCain was on the Bush panel/gang that pushed amnesty
“How easy will it be to reverse the damage done by Obama?”
Ask yourself. you supported the people that funded him, not me.
While YOU are at it, show where in the history of mankind I ever told anyone to not vote.
Whose fault is it for not fighting? It ain’t mine. Self denial indeed.
If you want to win, you fight, not vote for those you fight against at the end of the day. No one said you automatically win and get what you want if you fight. But if you let the RINO bowl you, it is indeed your own fault.
Your attempt to psychoanalyze is coming up empty because you are not clearly distancing your posts from the Vote GOP Regardless partisans.
Where do you stand on the issue of voting one’s conscience but going to the voting booth if at all possible? That’s my stance.
Whatever fantasy gets you through the day I suppose...
“Difficult to prove, but folks here suspect it.”
Suspicion isn’t anything but excuse making.
The plan for SC was articulated here quite clearly, and was not some batty conspiracy.
And if it was, then what does that say about conservatives there that were stupid enough to fall for it?
I just read an interesting discussion of the”lesser of two evils” concept on Wikipedia. To apply it in this election by the purists is completely insane—either vote for an Obama surrogate or don’t vote at all. King David in the Bible was forced to make a choice as result of a census he ordered.
You do understand the Title of this thread don’t you?
Just thought that bore repeating. On the most important votes, RINOs vote with the Democrats--that includes nominations.
He made the comment about victory after losing to ford.
He made the comment about victory after losing to ford.
You do understand that threads wander around don’t you? Probably not. Makes it easier for you to duck issues. Like say how it is you are still after this when you just admitted Mitch was a POS. Only an idiot intentionally supports POS. Only someone with liberal intentions supports people that hate conservatives and their ideals.
Given the current economic/political circumstances, your response only serves to further unmask yourself. Keep digging - now its entertaining.
And was he wrong?
Glad to be of service! I believe, as Rush does, that entertainment is one way to get conservative values across, so thank you for supporting me!
Oh and BTW2, I ‘unmasked myself a long time ago. I’m the Batman. And I have said the same things for years now. Not like it’s new.
I’ve had so many disappointments recently, especially losing the supreme court decision to get rid of obamacare and Obama winning a second term, that I was going to stay home. But I am very happy that there was not a single vote from Republicans to pass Obamacare. Happy enough to try to kick that ole football being held by Lucy one more time.
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