Posted on 02/09/2020 3:32:31 AM PST by Kaslin
Its tempting to jump on the bandwagon and attack Massachusetts Senator by proxy Mitt Romney of Utah, but what does it get you? Nothing. I was initially disgusted by his decision to vote guilty on the first article of impeachment, then I realized I simply didnt care what he does or thinks about anything. And seeking retribution for something that ultimately doesnt matter actually takes away from a very powerful weapon the GOP has against the Democrats: their demand for purity.
Democrats are the party of absolute uniformity, demanding conformity from its members. Pro-life Democrats are silenced until they can be run out of the party. Oppose socialized medicine? Better keep that to yourself or else youll find yourself with a primary challenger embraced by your colleagues. Refuse to denounce capitalism as a cog in the racist oppression machine that is the United States of America? Good luck holding a town hall meeting without being shouted down as historys greatest monster.
The Democratic Party has created an outrage mob in which someone who supports their agenda 99.9 percent of the time is their 100 percent enemy, and it is hurting them with voters. Americans dont like drones, we like winners. That someone disagrees with us on something is not cause to never speak to them again, unfriending/blocking people over a single issue/tweet/post is the domain of the left. Normal people have experienced this firsthand when they read the unhinged comments on Facebook from friends when they post anything positive about President Trump, the economy, killing a terrorist leader, or anything insufficiently woke.
The Pavlovian freakouts occur constantly, and being able to weaponize this demand for absolute obedience to progressive groupthink is a powerful tool Republicans have effectively used to turn people off to the Democrat mob. Thats why becoming them is a bad idea.
Mitt Romney is an idiot. Changing ones mind on some issues, even slightly, is expected over the course of your life. Experience always does that, or at least should. But Mitt has done 180s, 360s, 540s, and 720s on so many issues over his political career that he either has no idea what he believes or he believes in nothing and will do whatever he thinks will help him at a given moment. Whatever his rationale happens to be, it doesnt matter.
Romney voted to convict the president on one article of impeachment so what? We all knew it was possible, even likely. The president was still acquitted. Thats what history will record. You remember who won the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, World Series, etc., not the score.
My father taught me that it doesnt matter if you win by one or one million, what matters is you got the victory. President Trump got the victory. Democrat journalists praising Romney as a hero will be forgotten by history because it did not matter, it didnt make a difference.
I didnt believe him either when he was moral-peacocking on the Senate floor about how his faith led him to this decision, but I also didnt care. When I started seeing people wanting to expel him from the party or ridiculous and constitutionally impossible calls to recall him, I thought they were equally dumb.
Romney votes with Republicans the vast majority of the time, and hes not up for reelection until 2024. Theres nothing the GOP can and should do to him. It was one vote, one time. Yes, it was a big deal, but it will also be forgotten by anyone not served politically by remembering it by tomorrow. Unless Republicans spend the rest of the year seeking revenge over it and make Mitt into a martyr.
Romney craves attention, dont give it to him. Ignore him; freeze him out. When asked about him, on any issue, the response should be a simple, I dont really care what he does. The media will elevate him, we dont have to play along.
But dont try to run him out of the party either. Be bigger than Democrats. Dont be them. Use their inability to accept differing opinions, to tolerate someone not conforming, hurts them. The endless stream of videos of speakers being shouted down, of people being harassed, is one of the greatest election advantages we have. The party of tolerance being intolerant of dissent differentiates us from them. If we join them, we lose that advantage.
Weve known we couldnt count on Mitt Romney since he ran for president in 2008, so his vote really surprises no one. It also changed nothing. President Trump is acquitted, period. Democrats are still unhinged, demanding absolute loyalty to policy and ideology or else. We dont beat them by becoming them. You want to go after Romney, do it when hes on the ballot again in 2024, the only time it can be done.
Until then, welcome his vote when we get it, and ignore him when we dont. With the exception of a very few, history doesnt remember senators, no matter how beloved they were by the media. Let them write books praising him, they wont be read because who cares? Keep your eyes on the prize. November is coming. Elections are about the future. Focus your energy on whats to come, not whats come and gone. No amount of anger will change his decision, and since it wasnt even close to being the deciding vote, no one will remember it, or him, either.
We’ve known about Romney for quite a while now - he just solidified it and will be a pariah to our Party from now on.
We had McRomneyBush Republicanism from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 2017. We were told, ordered and guilted into voting for these self-serving, greedy, lying, fake conservatives, America hating sellouts ( many of FR still drink this bland hypocritical kool-aid of nothing and demand our votes for this riff-raff) NO MORE! If the GOP thinks this fake conservativism is going to fly again they are in for a stunning surprise. Either the GOP changes or there is a reckoning coming in 2024 that will heal or kill the GOP. If you think McRomney/Bush are vital for the GOP you are as big a part of the problem as they are in the GOP.
Even today, if a Romney/Bush/Kasich were to run as the chosen "R", some would have no problem voting that way. They're hopeless and a large part of why we're in deep trouble.
Democrats on Purity = Oil and Water
I don’t think Rand Paul would vote against him to hurt him when the chips are down. That is Romney’s m.o.
Thanks for posting Kaslin. But you always post without comment and we would not mind hearing from you yourself. I suppose it is not necessary if you think the post speaks for itself.
I find myself speaking on the forum in defense of neverRinos although I have no right to be the self appointed spokesman for anybody. But I appreciate anyone’s kind attention and welcome correction and disputation.
The word “purity” fails if it is designed to be persuasive. The idea is this author understands why we are doing what we do and merely needs to represent it as foolish or unwise. So you see as the thread develops that they simply reject the false characterization of their motives. “It is not about purity...” they say.
There is a point made that “Romney votes with the president 80% of the time.” It is still not clear to me if this is persuasive or not. Surely this is just another way of stating the “lesser of two evils” argument. I have been saying here that the argument is unpersuasive in all its forms. This is not helpful for me to say as obviously the ones who continue to espouse this position most certainly do consider themselves fully persuaded by it. I am correct however that there are a host of conservatives who have finally and absolutely rejected this argument and will not be persuaded by any restatement of it including this 80% idea about Romney.
Do I understand the motives of all these people? Well I have no right to say it...but yeah I do!
Why does the burden of proof fall on you? In most debate it is good strategy to shift the burden of proof to the other side. It is also weak and does not help if we are seeking the truth. The burden is on you to convince if your agenda needs me. I do not need you to agree with me at all. My agenda does not require me to influence your vote, it is the other way around.
BobL, one of the great ones here has been very clear about the judiciary and Trumps leadership and I confess myself almost convinced...maybe.
I meant that Rand Paul may differ with party line and Trump on matters of foreign policy or domestic spending. He is not a traitor. And he wont buy into this impeachment farce! Of course not. He has respect for the office of the presidency even if a Dem were holding it.
Romney is driven by greed, ego, envy, and corruption.
Idiot republicans thirsting for vengeance will only keep the story alive and the media will feast on it make no mistake.
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