Posted on 07/30/2017 10:06:44 AM PDT by mainestategop
Edited on 07/30/2017 11:14:35 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I left the GOP and the “movement” in 2011 after it became apparent that Conservatism Inc. was all about fundraising, selling cruises, and wars in the Middle East to satisfy Neocons. Pat Buchanan’s writings did a lot to bring me around on what REAL conservatism is, especially when you look at conservatism going back before WWII and all the way to it’s roots in Royal Britain. I became a supporter of Trump precisely because the GOPe and the likes of Jeb! were always playing us, while planning to betray us.
That doesn't mean you have to sell your soul to them, or be beholden to them. If they were elected officials, and helped him, they did their job without prejudice. Bully for them. How many other libs, or even so-called Republicans have done the exact opposite?
Thanks for saving me the time/energy.
His vanity post is freaky enough.
I look at it this way: the GOP is merely a vehicle that to some extent supports using politics in a way that is slightly less destructive than the way the other side wants to use politics.
People support it for a lot of different reasons, and seeing as the group "Republicans" has about 100 million members, you will find both good and bad in that group.
You seem to have some very specific concerns around social services. Maybe you really are a democrat leaning person now, the Democrat party sees the role of the government as ever-expanding social services.
People change, the parties change. The Dems were the party of segregation and the KKK as recently as the early 1960s, now they are the party of black people.
I think most people here on Free Republic tend to focus more on the conservative philosophy and worldview, and they try to get the GOP to follow it a little more.
Your comments equating Conservatism with Stalinism and Nazism are ridiculous. Probably even you know it. So I"m not going to debunk them in detail.
I'm sorry for your emotional pain, which is quite evident reading your opus. Maybe take some time off from politics and re-engage in meditating on philosophy. The religious comments in your article make me think this in part a crisis of faith, so possibly talk to your pastor if you have one, and pray if you are so inclined.
What ever you decide good luck, I hope both your brother and your son make full recoveries, and I hope that you find peace and happiness in your life.
No, conservatism is NOT the same as communism or naziism.
Some Republicans are statists, like democrats, and they vote to take away our rights. They have to be defeated in elections. They don’t follow the principles of conservatism.
Bye bye.
That was one weird blog post. The guy’s brother gets run over and he becomes a liberal atheist because the government in Massachusetts sucks and the establishment tried to screw his brother. Now he’s become a liberal and says that God is a lie, conservatism is a lie and that progressives are angels.
Hey mainstategop, bad things happen to good people. Get over it. God does not owe you a cushy life. The libs will promise you a cushy life if you accept government as God and that Nancy Pelosi and Chuckie Schumer are Her Prophets. But Liberalism is a False God and, sorry to say, atheist progressives will face a horrible fate. They have the blood of hundreds of millions of innocent lives on their hands. Abortion is the Holy Sacrament of your new chosen religion. Enjoy this life. The next one will not be so easy.
I have no idea what you're talking about....
So, here's a Bunny with a Pancake on its head
Click the Pic
So true...
Put the knife down. That’s it, slowly. Now one at a time, step down from the ledge. No, the police are there to help you they won’t shoot you. That’s it; now the other foot.
Ok, they will wrap the blanket around you and here’s some water. no one wants to hurt you. We will restore your confidence but it will take a few days. See, wasn’t that easy. No, I’ll hang onto the knife and the pills.
“Would you prefer to live in Venezuela or Texas?”
How about Venexas? I think that was Hillary’s master plan.
You are sounding despondent. Get outside and get some fresh air.
see post 67
“Your comments equating Conservatism with Stalinism and Nazism ... “
I think you accidentally replied to me instead of the guy to started the thread.
I’m sorry but I don’t remember “16 bar instrumental break” in the lyrics.
And I had to stretch “break” out for like a hundred beats.
“John 3:16”
I memorized that verse in 1954.
After a bit of thought, I have to think that “believing” encompasses a bit more than just an intellectual acceptance of His existence and divinity.
Satan believes in Our Lord, and is a devil still.
Just thinking out loud, so to speak.
Good catch. Blog post posted today, incident occurred “last week.” Totally implausible. Plus who has seen a bona fide red-piller go to the dark side like this?
It’s ALWAYS the opposite in the real world. Like a timeless law of nature. I’m going with decade-long sleeper. Final answer.
“WE ARE PRO-AMERICAN WE ARE PRO-FREEDOM WE ARE PRO-GOD WE ARE PRO-FAMILY WE ARE PRO-CAPITALIST WE ARE PRO-CONSITUTION WE ARE PROUD OF IT!”
The above quote from your profile page is wrong? It seems more to me to be a gold standard against which all of our actions, reactions and temptations may be judged.
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