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Nutczak wrote:
Old Grump wrote:
Most Republicans stopped being Republicans a long time ago. If you need to vote for somebody and not have to hold your nose to do it then vote third party. There are only 2 parties off the top of my head that are serious parties that are consistently pro gun and believe in the constitution, all of it. Can't have the first amendment without the 2nd amendment and you can't keep the Republic without all of the amendments. Take my guns and you take my citizenship away. I will not be a subject or a sheep.
I agree, but sometimes voting forthe partyyou truly believe in can also be detrimental to getting what you need. Especially when it pulls votes from the lesser of two evils.
I tend to choose "the Better Bad Choice" when a race is tight between the 2 largerparties.
The problem with that practice is it is exactly what the two mainstream parties count on to make sure nobody else shares the reins of power. Until enough people vote for who they believe in and not for the lesser of two evils they will continue to rule us and not represent us. To keep that up they will keep promising more and the government will keep growing and our taxes will go up as our liberties continue to be curtailed.
We have a nice little back lash starting with a few Libertarians gaining seats in local government, the Tea Party folks telling congress in their own front yard that they disapprove and more people in this country declaring themselves independent and not Republican or Democrat. We have the numbers but not the guts to follow through in the polling place.
There are 2 Republican candidates I could have voted for, Allan Keyes and Ron Paul but they were not part of the inner clique so they were marginalized and ridiculed. That worked out for us really well with a phony who has never been in an executive position, never held a civilian job, limited legislative experience and the 2nd most rabidly anti-gun candidate in the US Senate. Joe the Plumber would have been a better choice. Just as inexperienced and without the socialist baggage of Obama and his inner circle of tax dodgers and American haters.
Sorry but voting for the party approved candidates just isn't going to ever work for us. Biggest obstacles Reagan had for his agenda weren't the Democrats, it was his fellow Republicans who were already drinking the Kool Aid of bigger government is better government.