{"id":1127,"date":"2008-01-23T19:51:35","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T23:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/23\/what-ive-learned-in-the-last-24-hours\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T20:02:26","slug":"what-ive-learned-in-the-last-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"What I’ve learned in the last 24-hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back on January 16th, Curt at Flopping Aces<\/a> posted a Pajamas Media poll that showed a 67% support for Fred Thompson among bloggers. I was one of them and I figured that with that kind of support on the internet, how could Fred lose? Well, he has quit now and bloggers on the Right are thrashing around looking for someone to support for President. Well, I learned the same thing that the Kos Kids learned when they tried to unseat Joe Lieberman last year – bloggers don’t have the influence to pick winning candidates that they think they do. Yet.<\/p>\n

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Well, I’m looking for a candidate to support and expressed my dismay last night. Spree from Wake Up, America<\/a> even stopped by here to give me some much-appreciated advice on how to pick a candidate in the comments of my “Fred’s out” post.<\/p>\n

Before Fred dropped out, The Anchoress<\/a>, gave us some good advice; that we should just accept the candidate that the Party chooses for us and stop looking for the “perfect” Republican and threatening to stay home if “our” guy doesn’t get the nomination;<\/p>\n

You get the government you ask for. Not voting at all may be a request for a different sort of candidate, but it is impractical and self-destructive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy<\/a> takes it a step further and quotes Ronaldus Maximus himself;<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve taken care not to dis any Republicans here (except Ron Paul a few times and Rudy once) because, well, I don’t want to appear inconsistent. Many of my friends, who are also bloggers, are writing things about Republican candidates they may not be able to take back. Other bloggers have asked me to announce who I’m supporting with them. Well, here’s my announcement;<\/p>\n

The three Democrats are so scary, I’ll support anyone who is a Republican. I have my preferences, but it’s immaterial. I have hopes that I don’t have to support certain Republican candidates, but I’m keeping that to myself. I support any Republican. Period. The Democrat Party has become such a destructive force politically and socially, I stand with anyone against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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