"I’m a conservative and I'm voting for Obama. I want to teach the Republican Party a lesson." I'm hearing more and more of this nonsense every day. The reasons that conservatives give for this movement are not new.
As long as I can remember, conservatives have been fighting with the GOP. When they don't get their way, the remedy has been to sit out, vote for a Third Party (example Perot) or vote for the Democrats.
Have these practices worked? Yes, they gave control of the House and Senate to Democrats for 40 + years. They got Carter elected once and Clinton elected twice.
Conservatives are powerful, they have the organization on the ground and the GOP needs them to win. Conservatives dominate talk radio and the blogs. The conservative movement against Bush has caused him to be an unpopular president, has given us Pelosi and Reid, and is putting the GOP at a great disadvantage this coming November.
The movement originally was about abortion. That is no longer the case. If it were, then conservatives would be happy with President Bush who appointed two conservative Supreme Court Justices. If it were, they would support the pro-life candidate, McCain and shun the pro-abortion candidate, Obama.
What is the movement about now? It seems to be about control. There is no single issue that unites conservatives, except that they want control of the GOP and if they don’t get it they are willing to destroy the country. It’s the “scorched earth” idea. I hear it from talk radio, from the blogs, etc. The thinking goes like this: Things will have to get a whole lot worse before they get better. If Obama and the Democrats control everything and the country goes to the dogs, then we can finally get another Reagan.
I’ve heard this kind of argument for many years and things have gotten a lot worse. Abortions continue to be performed. Marriage is no longer between a man and a woman in some States and the trend towards legalizing gay marriage will continue. Our schools are brainwashing our youth with the liberal agenda. Liberal Judges overturn the will of the people on a regular basis. Government spending continues to go up and will expand much more rapidly under Obama and the Democrats. We could lose the War on Terror and have attacks on our soil again.
How much worse must things get before conservatives can unite and work with the GOP rather than against it?
Sandra Lea Wise
Update: See article by Thomas Sowell
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/07/08/conservatives_for_obama
Conservatives for Obama. - I’m hearing more and more of this nonsense.
Really? Seriously?
Where?
As long as I can remember, conservatives have been fighting with the GOP. The remedy has been to sit out, vote for a Third Party (example Perot) or vote for the Democrats.
Well, the "Conservatives are in Jihad with the GOP" is certainly the RMSP line, eh? Do you have anything other than "Sez Me" to back-up that large number of self-identified conservative voters who routinely voted Democrat or for Perot in 92 and 96? Because I seem to recall that, for the most part, Perot's votes came from squishy apolotical "moderate" types.
Have these practices worked? Yes, they gave control of the House and Senate to Democrats for 40 + years. They got Carter elected once and Clinton elected twice.
Who knew conservatives had such power! You're also ignoring several rather substantal pieces of data - especially during that 40-year wilderness period - but I suppose we ought not let facts get in the way of a good rant.
Conservatives are powerful, they have the organization on the ground and the GOP needs them to win. The conservative movement against Bush has caused him to be an unpopular president, has given us Pelosi and Reid, and puts the GOP at a great disadvantage this coming November.
Well the first sentence is somewhat reasonable, but the rest of this is just silly. Conservatives abandoning Bush are responsible for his dismal approval ratings?? Seriously Sandra - don't you think his low-20's approval among "Moderates" and near universal dispisal from Democrats are the reason?
Ah, and then more RMSP pap - the "Conservatives sat-out in 2006" meme. Pity there's nothing to back that up. But hey, you're rolling.
And it only gets sillier from there...
The movement originally was about abortion...
Huh? WTH??
Sorry, I simply cannot get past this and, frankly, I have a meeting to get to.
Ta.
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