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mystery-ak:
March 28, 2023
Why Vote GOP?
By Brian C. Joondeph

Following the news and politics of the day, I often ask myself rhetorically, “Why vote GOP?”  Hillary Clinton claimed during the Benghazi hearings, a deadly disaster over which she presided, “What difference… does it make?” One could say the same about voting for Republicans, at least at a Congressional, and in some cases gubernatorial level.

I asked this question on these pages on August 2021. At the time I bemoaned the fact that during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office, Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress, and accomplished little.

Despite lofty campaign promises in 2016, they squandered their majority in opposition to their party’s leader, President Trump, simply because elected Republicans were part of “the big club” and Trump wasn’t in it.

Obamacare was not repealed, Planned Parenthood remained funded. Benghazi and Hillary Clinton’s emails were not seriously investigated, while fully fabricated Russian collusion dossiers, paid for by the Clinton campaign hamstrung the first years of the Trump administration. Most elected Republicans sat on their hands and thereby condoned the Trump witch hunt.

The border wall was not funded, as the GOP Congress felt it was more important to kiss the boots of the Chamber of Congress and donor class than respect the wishes of Republican voters who elected Trump to “build the wall” and “drain the swamp”.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/why_vote_gop_.html

catfish1957:
Good points when the 1st orange leaning briefer chides us with their silly "binary choice" argument like they did in '16.

Maj. Bill Martin:

--- Quote from: mystery-ak on March 28, 2023, 02:44:10 pm ---March 28, 2023
Why Vote GOP?
By Brian C. Joondeph

Following the news and politics of the day, I often ask myself rhetorically, “Why vote GOP?”  Hillary Clinton claimed during the Benghazi hearings, a deadly disaster over which she presided, “What difference… does it make?” One could say the same about voting for Republicans, at least at a Congressional, and in some cases gubernatorial level.

I asked this question on these pages on August 2021. At the time I bemoaned the fact that during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office, Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress, and accomplished little.

Despite lofty campaign promises in 2016, they squandered their majority in opposition to their party’s leader, President Trump, simply because elected Republicans were part of “the big club” and Trump wasn’t in it.

Obamacare was not repealed, Planned Parenthood remained funded. Benghazi and Hillary Clinton’s emails were not seriously investigated, while fully fabricated Russian collusion dossiers, paid for by the Clinton campaign hamstrung the first years of the Trump administration. Most elected Republicans sat on their hands and thereby condoned the Trump witch hunt.

The border wall was not funded, as the GOP Congress felt it was more important to kiss the boots of the Chamber of Congress and donor class than respect the wishes of Republican voters who elected Trump to “build the wall” and “drain the swamp”.

more
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/03/why_vote_gop_.html

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Then nominate more conservative Republicans in the primaries.

The problem isn't "the party".   The problem is that the electorate overall isn't as conservative as some of us wish it was.  Blaming the "GOPe" doesn't solve that underlying issue.  It's just a manufactured scapegoat so that people can maintain their fantasy of a "silent majority".

"Oh, conservatives are really a majority of voters.  All we have to do is destroy "the GOPe" and everything will be great.   When of course, the real problem are all those people who choose to vote for Republicans that are "GOPe" rather than voting for conservatives.

berdie:

--- Quote from: Maj. Bill Martin on March 28, 2023, 08:24:47 pm ---Then nominate more conservative Republicans in the primaries.

The problem isn't "the party".   The problem is that the electorate overall isn't as conservative as some of us wish it was.  Blaming the "GOPe" doesn't solve that underlying issue.  It's just a manufactured scapegoat so that people can maintain their fantasy of a "silent majority".

"Oh, conservatives are really a majority of voters.  All we have to do is destroy "the GOPe" and everything will be great.   When of course, the real problem are all those people who choose to vote for Republicans that are "GOPe" rather than voting for conservatives.








I agree. But sadly, there are a lot of states that won't vote for a real conservative even if they vote Republican. I think that is true on the East/West coasts. There are some Rs elected, but not conservative.

I know I will be disagreed with...but I think Reagan was right when he said "I'd rather have someone that votes with me 80% of the time than someone who votes against me 100% of the time."

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DefiantMassRINO:
I registered Republican in 1989 when I turned 18.

I had the options of registering Dem - the party of Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis, or registering GOP - the party of Ronald Reagan and Bill Weld.

The GOP produced positive results for most.  GOP was strong and competent.  GOP defeated the USSR.

The Dems stole from most to benefit a few chosen by the Government.  Dems were weak and inept.  Dems were sympathetic to Soviet satellite insurgents in Central America.

There was real constrast between the GOP and Dems.

Now, there is contrast of high-profile wedge issues, but Dems and GOP are both parties of Bigger Government and Globalist Hollowing-out of America's Manufacturing, Technology, Medical, and Intellectual Property competitive advantages for the benefit  of the Chinese Communist Party.

Winner and losers are supposed to be determined via fair competition, not Big Government choosing the winners.

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