With voters turning nearly the entire government over to the democrats, and then blaming the remnants of the Republicans for not stopping the democrats they put in dominance to rule like tyrants. I find blaming the Republicans for what Democrats do to be very NeverTrumper assertive. Give Democrats a pass,and blame Republicans for what democrats do?
Insanity, doing the same thing, the same way repeatedly, is a definition of Insanity. I will not join your insanity club!
@christian That does seem to be the trend,doesn't it?
Seems to ME the thing to do is blame the Dims for spearheading this insanity,and then blame the individual alleged Republicans that fall in line behind the Dims for reasons we suspect but are not positive about.
The way *I* see it,no Republican or anyone else should get a "pass" on votes they cast because we suspect they are being blackmailed,being bribed,or even because they need to do so in order to be re-elected. If they need to vote Dim to be re-elected,we might as well have a Dim representing that district,and be done with it. After all,politicians are supposed to be persuasive,and talk people into accepting and/or understanding their POV and WHY their POV is different from that of their Dim opponents.
The flip side of this is WE have an OBLIGATION to support the Republicans that represent "mixed districts" with a strong Dim presence that sometimes are forced to cast votes they would not cast if it were not for the threat of being voted out of office and replaced by a Dim that would cast those same and even more anti-American votes enthusiastically.
Let's NOT "throw out the baby with the bathwater by voting a Republican representing a Dim district out of office for casting a vote on a bill that would have passed anyway,in order to stay in office and be there to cast conservative votes when his or her vote can make a difference.
Being an idealist that never wavers can and will make you feel like a "righteous warrior for truth,justice,and the American way",but the truth is you are shooting yourself in the foot and making things easier for the left. Sometimes a Republican who is normally 100 percent behind the Republican agenda is forced to cast a vote he or she would normally be opposed to in order to be in office when their vote can matter to stop some Dim initiative.
We MUST be practical in cases where the Republican really has no other option than to vote for a bill if they want to remain in office.
Another universal truth we need to face up to like adults is that most of us here are closer to being what are called "radical conservatives" than many of the Republican officials that represent left-leaning districts,and OUR choice to not vote for them come election time ends up with having a Dim represent that district that will NEVER cast a vote that pleases us.
I don't like it and you don't like it but the reality is that it is better to have that "moderate Republican" holding that office that votes with us on some of the "big ones" than have a Dim holding that office that will NEVER cast a pro-conservative vote on ANYTHING.
There are obvious exceptions,of course. "Republicans" like Romney should never receive a single vote from any Republican voter because the SOB is a Dim in everything but designated party affiliation. For reasons I don't understand because I don't live in Utah,it seems to be important to be registered as a Republican there,even if the same voters that voted you in office are Dims in everything but party registration.
Then again,I don't HAVE to know or understand the reasons. I only have to know the results. Romney and a few others are NEVER going to cast a crucial vote that gets a Republican bill to pass. He has the Mormon vote locked up,and nothing he ever does or says will change that,short of him denouncing the Mormon faith.
I will stop now because I am tired and think I am rambling,but will be happy to answer any questions and explain my stances to the best of my ability to anyone who asks in a civil manner.
I will only repeat right now the FACT that if we want to have any hope at all of swinging America back to a more traditional stance,we need to be more pragmatic than dogmatic. We can NOT "throw the baby out with the bathwater" by refusing to vote for a normally reliable Republican because he or she casts an occasional vote that that pisses us off.
Better to have someone that votes with you 51 percent of the time in a "mixed party district" than to refuse to vote for them and see them replaced by a Dim who NEVER casts a vote that pleases you.
This may not be the world we WANT to live it,but it IS the world we DO live in,and we have to sometimes make practical "adjustments" until we can do better.
