Cornyn - again

[candcallen]

Turn off the spotlight and he’s a shitbag just like the rest of ‘em.

Yep politics is a giant shit sandwich. We all gotta take a bite.

 

[msharley]

That's the problem. Viable alternatives are actively discouraged and opposed by the GOP machine. We'd have to do a serious grassroots effort to overcome that. For the GOP, the fact that there's someone in that seat with an R after their name is good enough and they don't want to "rock the boat".

Voting in a Democrat is not the answer. Throwing support behind a strong conservative opponent is.

Look at what transpired here, in PennsylVania, this past Fall....

Tell me again? The votin' 'chines ain't not a "fixed".....

 

[seeker_two]

I said what I said. Zod's way guarantees a Democrat In Disguise stays in office for all time. My way has a Dem in for one term, but it clears out the GOP Primary for an actual conservative, Constitution-following candidate to succeed. Short-term status quo vs. long-term success.

You decide.....

 

[oldag]

I said what I said. Zod's way guarantees a Democrat In Disguise stays in office for all time. My way has a Dem in for one term, but it clears out the GOP Primary for an actual conservative, Constitution-following candidate to succeed. Short-term status quo vs. long-term success.

You decide.....

And if we can't get a true conservative in the primary now, what in the heck makes you think six years of a Dem voting 100% party line is going to change that in the subsequent primary? That is the fallacy is in your argument.

Six years of another liberal and then the GOP trots out the same type candidate. No thanks.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

And I've never said anything to contradict that. In fact, I've repeated my dissatisfaction with Cornyn several times. But he doesn't need to be replaced with a socialist Dem. Allow me to illustrate the continuum here:


<We're absolutely screwed>_____________<This jackass needs to go>__________<NOW we're talkin!>
<------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
_______Any Democrat__________________________John Cornyn_____________________A real conservative

That's all I'm saying. I'm not willing to have us screwed just to get rid of the jackass. He needs to be ditched in a primary, and that's the only time ditching him won't make things worse instead of better.

My apologies, I was leaving many assumptions on the table (and this is NOT directed at you Zod, I just want my position clearly stated).
#1, Cornhole has got to go (I don't care how. Primary loss, brain aneurysm, enlarged heart failure, lead poisoning, etc, I DON'T CARE HOW).
#2, #1 applies to every single other RINO (RINO is a simpler way to identify anyone that is not Conservative), starting with that scumbag Romney AND his niece(?) Ronna.
#3, I think the RNC is beyond saving and needs to be replaced.
#4, open primaries and that disaster of a process in Alaska has got to go. If you don't/can't see the collusion, between the RNC and DNC, behind the scenes to ensure strong Conservative candidates fail at the primary level, I don't know what to tell you (how else did we end up with that brain dead Fetterman and a reelected Warnock. All you have to do is look at the candidates opposing them).
#5, I'd like to start the eradication process at the city council level and work up (ONLY way to ensure a foundational change in our politics).
#6, returning the voting process to it's most basic elements. A piece of paper. A pen. A ballot counting machine that's not connected to anything but the wall outlet. A person standing there to ensure no shenanigans.
#7, there's no such thing as a moderate demoncrap. I USED to consider all candidates based on their individual stances, no more. I will NEVER vote for anyone ever again that's not a PROVEN Conservative, and until a process is put into place to ensure that transparency, I'm done with voting (you will see me at the primaries though! Gotta dump Cornhole!).

And all of this starts with kicking that asshole Cornhole to the street.

 

[seeker_two]

And if we can't get a true conservative in the primary now, what in the heck makes you think six years of a Dem voting 100% party line is going to change that in the subsequent primary? That is the fallacy is in your argument.

Six years of another liberal and then the GOP trots out the same type candidate. No thanks.

Then maybe CHL is right about #3.....and the TXGOP no longer deserves to win elections.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

Then maybe CHL is right about #3.....and the TXGOP no longer deserves to win elections.

We shouldn't need the TXGOP for true conservatives to win here.

 

[DougC]

And I've never said anything to contradict that. In fact, I've repeated my dissatisfaction with Cornyn several times. But he doesn't need to be replaced with a socialist Dem. Allow me to illustrate the continuum here:


<We're absolutely screwed>_____________<This jackass needs to go>__________<NOW we're talkin!>
<------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
_______Any Democrat__________________________John Cornyn_____________________A real conservative

That's all I'm saying. I'm not willing to have us screwed just to get rid of the jackass. He needs to be ditched in a primary, and that's the only time ditching him won't make things worse instead of better.

Good scale to explain the issue. Very very hard to defeat an incumbent. There has to be a whole lot of voters who want to fire the current elected official of either party.

 

[General Zod]

#3, I think the RNC is beyond saving and needs to be replaced.

As Shakespeare said, "Aye, there's the rub..." If we as conservatives withdraw our support from the GOP, then all we do is split the anti-Dem vote. The less informed but still not left-leaning voters (which, honestly, is probably more than half of the Republican voter base) and the middle of the road swing voters will keep voting R by habit - it's not as though they actually look into a candidate's positions on an issue beyond what the press tells them. And no matter what some say, the solid Conservative vote isn't enough on its own to overcome the DNC vote - particularly because of the number of voters in the south who don't look at the issues and simply vote Dem because their parents and grandparents did.