A TV campaign ad you have just got to see

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Yes, I've been reading about him for some time. I just sent in a donation so that he can run more TV ads.

The powers that be in the Republican party are watching his campaign closely. I think if he wins it will be very significant for the upcoming Presidential election.
 
when that ad finished, all i could say, "WOW." Forget punches, a black conservative bashing "The REVEREND" Al Sharpton, and Jessie "not my baby" Jackson, is a swift knee to the liberal sweets.

down in charleston we have seen a small black revolt against the Democrats, but they are RINO's in every manner. This looks to me to be the real thing.

If only we had a man like him in the 6th SC district.
 
Eh...this ad doesn't do anything for me.

It's pretty clearly pandering to the social conservatives and religious right, rather than the liberty oriented/secular wing of the GOP.

Although not as dangerous in the long term to the Republic as the collectivoLeftist infestation of the DNC, I can do without the Right's dark authoritarians.

I'm pretty much a "liberty and justice for ALL" kinda guy.
 
Someone wanna put up the Cliff's Notes version, for those of us on dialup?

pax
 
Cliff notes

If you're a conservative Republican, watching the news these days makes you feel like you're in "The Twilight Zone".

Americans are under attack from Islamic extremists in every corner of the world.

Homosexuals are mocking Holy matrimony and the lesbians and feminists are attacking everything sacred.

Liberal judges have rewritten the Federal Constitution. You can burn the American flag and kill 1,000,000 babies a year, but you can't post the Ten Commandments or say God in public.

7 out of every 10 black children are born out of wedlock and Jackson and Sharpton claim the answer is "racial quotas".

And the aliens are here, but they didn't come in a spaceship. They came across our unguarded Mexican border by the millions.

I'm Vernon Robinson. If you send me to Congress, I'll send THAT back to "The Twilight Zone". I approve of this message and of traditional American values.
 
Someone wanna put up the Cliff's Notes version, for those of us on dialup?
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Here's a link to his issues page. It'll give you an idea where he stands.

http://vernonrobinson.com/robinson_contents/issues/

He's running as a conservative not a libertarian, but he's pro RKBA and anti illegal immigration. I'm willing to accept his religious bias in order to get the rest of the package.

The TV commercial is high in shock value to me because it's SO politically incorrect. He's basically saying the world has become like the Twilight Zone. Elect him and he'll put the world back to being like Leave it to Beaver. A simplistic and corny message, I know. It's the scenes where he compares the news to the Twilight Zone that work for me.
 
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Thanks muchly!

Surprising message. Probably plays well to his base but I cannot see it appealing much to anyone who isn't already an entrenched (R) voter.

pax
 
Homosexuals are mocking Holy matrimony and the lesbians and feminists are attacking everything sacred.
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Just like in the 1960's when those uppity #$#$@ thought that blacks and whites thought they should be able to be married across racial lines. God intended to races to be seperate, you know, by putting them on seperate continents. These miscagnants will destroy America with their dispicable behaviors together, and god will destroy America for letting the races mix.

In case anyone couldn't tell, this is sarcasm. Considering who's saying it, the irony astounds me.

However, take a good look at some of the arguments the evangelicals were making against interracial marriage. The EXACT same arguments, just custom tailored to the modern circumstance.
 
Religious right wants to take away just as many freedoms as the liberal left. BOTH are just power grabbers appealing to the biases of the electorate, trying to figure out what hot-button issues will pull the strings best, garner the most votes.

People are going to have to learn is that the only way to have freedom yourself, is to allow others to have it too. Yes, golly gee, even on subjects you don't personally agree with. Otherwise we're all going to end up so tightly legislated we can't even breathe. That's what the PTB's want, and the stupidity of the electorate ("there oughta be a law!") is going to hand it to them on a silver platter.

It's coming soon, to a government near you!
 
I only agree with a few parts of that - many parts are just offensive to me. Saying I can't burn a flag? Sorry, that's my right. Not going to do it, you see, but it sure is my right.

Saying my homosexual friends shouldn't be able to wed? WHY NOT? Who does it hurt?


So on, so forth. I really only agree with the illegals being a problem.
 
If this is indicative of what a "Republican" is these days, I'll be lodging protest votes with the Libertarian party.

Again.

Pathetic, petty, authoritarian fearmongering.
 
It's pretty clearly pandering to the social conservatives and religious right, rather than the liberty oriented/secular wing of the GOP.
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Pretty much. As a libertarian I don't care about the anti-gay, anti-choice message, but I'd likely be willing to vote for him, provided he presents and image of pro rkba and fiscal responsability.

This message of his doesn't really cover those issues, though I understand that you have limited time to make a point in a TV spot.

Meanwhile, I'd be calling the democratic party up and going, you know, I don't like these parts of his platform, but I really don't like these parts of yours. Think you might be able to make some concessions?
 
Neither the Democrat or the Republican are perfect, so vote for a Libertarian.

That's a great plan - if a Libertarian is even running in a race. If not, you can either hold your nose and vote for the least offensive candidate or ignore your responsibility as a citizen and not vote.

Regardless of the candidates' rhetoric, I would vote for just about anyone before I would vote for a personal injury lawyer. :D
 
This message of his doesn't really cover those issues, though I understand that you have limited time to make a point in a TV spot.
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Which only goes to show you which issues he considers to be important.

If not, you can either hold your nose and vote for the least offensive candidate or ignore your responsibility as a citizen and not vote.
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If I am ignorant of the stances of the candidates in a particular race, I do not vote one way or the other. Voting from ignorance is worse than abstaining.
 
I'm willing to accept his religious bias in order to get the rest of the package.
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That's a dangerous position.
The "religious bias" is seemingly his overall point of view.
The "rest of the package" looks like a bone he's thrown to lure support.
 
If I am ignorant of the stances of the candidates in a particular race, I do not vote one way or the other. Voting from ignorance is worse than abstaining.
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Agreed. But why would you not inform yourself of the candidates' stances in a race in which you were eligible to vote?
 
There's one overwhelming intellectual response I have to that advertisement, and not based on just the political talking points raised which I disagree with. There's no way that guy is trustworthy. Someone who panders that blatantly doesn't have their own convictions (right or wrong, smart or dumb). I don't trust it.
 
He lost me on the gay thing, kept losing me with the flag burning.

P.J. O'Rourke once noted that if gays "want to get married, have children, and go to church, next they'll be advocating school vouchers, boycotting HBO and voting Republican."

Add "exercising their 2A right" to that.

Dumbest. issue.evar.

I pretty much agree with GeekWithA.45's post verbatim. I don't want a nanny state run by either side.
 
In a world of compromises and lesser evils, I think that Vernon Robinson is definitely not perfect, but far less bad than all the alternatives I can think of.

IMO, he is bad because he glosses over separation of church and state and wants to meddle too much into sexual morality and free speech. But I think this pales in comparison to the enormous good he promises on gun control and illegal immigration.

He is no Ron Paul, but I would be willing to trade 1 Ron Paul for a few hundred 90% versions of him that could get elected outside of texas.
 
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