Posted on 12/15/2014 1:36:04 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Which is exactly my point: no candidate for public office will ever please conservatives.
The reason that the Leftists are so successful (and will continue to be so) is that they are committed to The Glorious Cause. Each single-issue fringe is eager and willing to back the Dear Leader of the moment, as long as he fulfills that slice’s issue, so they will march in the formation.
Conservatism is more like a Wild West wagon train on the Oregon Trail. A bunch of independent families, all headed in generally the same direction, with a few trail bosses to guide the line of march - but individuals will break off, or turn back, all along the trail, and only stay as long as their needs are met.
You’re not. Welcome to The List.
You are assuming we stay home from voting because we are not republicans. I’m 72 years old, I’ve never missed an election. I voted for
McCain and Romney while actually voting against OBAMA. But when you vote these days your vote simply supports socialism...which we would have gotten a “ lite” form of with either Republican. Look at what the Republicans just did...they financed Obama’s executive order for amnesty and Obamacare. Little wonder people stay home, there is no choice. In Hillary’s words...”what difference dies it make?”
I agree with all you said. We are watching the nation in free-fall, and the best we can hope for is to slow the crash, not stop it.
But when we’re dealing with two wings of the same Uniparty?
” But when we’re dealing with two wings of the same Uniparty?”
All they did was split all the pork.
I hear a song cue...
"Conservatives" like you two are eloquent in describing what you voted "against." Your protests would be downright funny if they weren't so dangerous to American freedom.
You stubbornly refuse to be responsible for what you voted FOR.
YOU fell for the gambit of "heads they win, tails we lose," the same as I did for many decades. I finally woke up; you are still slumbering and rationalizing that voting FOR functional Democrats registered as Republicans isn't the same as supporting the functional Democrat agenda.
Happily for America, enough conservatives and patriots saw through that gambit in 2012 and Romney lost. You are too frightened and too self-deceiving to ponder what would have happened if Romney had won.
If Romney ends up the Republican nominee in 2016, I will pray that he loses and cast my vote for a limited government conservative. To hell with voting "against" -- it is chasing unicorns. WAKE UP.
Bert, you contradict yourself. If I was truly "irrelevant," then I wouldn't be responsible for Obama or anything else.
Which is it -- was my third-party vote "irrelevant" or was it relevant enough to cause Romney so lose?
Relevant or irrelevant? BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF, for crying out loud.
First:
Did I ever say who I voted for in 2012? No. You assumed.
Second:
I knew exactly who and what Bishop Willard stands for to this day. If you knew who I am, and have been on this forum, your insults would not be here.
Third:
I’ve been awake longer than you.
Fourth:
Welcome to The List.
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