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The Emperor has spoken, laying out why conservatives should not stay home this November.  He also says to write-in Fred Thompson for President.

Reading through comments and posts all over the Blogosphere, it struck me that there seems to be a slightly inconsistent manner in which this whole stay at home thing is being interpreted. Sure, there are quite a few of us, yours truly very much included, who won’t vote for Juanita McVain, but why not do something with that protest above and beyond just staying at home altogether?

Not only would it be silly to protest the lack of conservatism by refusing to vote for conservatives (if you’re lucky enough to have one to vote for, of course), voting for everything BUT the backstabbing RINO turd that we may end up with as our nominee sends more of a message than staying away altogether.

As to what to do with the Presidential part of the ballot, I’ve been pondering various alternatives. Leave it blank or write in and, in the latter case, who to write in? Given the choices we’re likely to have, anything from Genghis Khan to Mickey Mouse would seem more reasonable than what’s on the menu, but I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll just write in Fred. If enough people do so, that too will send a message, as in listen, I take my voting rights seriously and I showed up to vote, but there was nothing there to vote for so I just wrote in somebody that I WOULD have voted for. Again: if enough people do so, it’ll be bloody hard for the RINOs and the MSM to spin it, as they’re sure to try to do.:

Others are speaking up when it comes to writing in Fred here:

http://writeinfred.com/

According to the website -

Conservatives are in agreement; there was no other truly conservative candidate for the nomination of the Presidency in 2008 than Fred Dalton Thompson. The Republican Party is leaving us with its big government candidates who don’t believe in restrained spending or federalism. Our nation is at a crucial crossroads with threats at home and abroad. If we are going to protect our nation’s identity and our sovereignty, then we must force the Republican Party to return to the conservative prinicples that will lead us forward. It is with that in mind that we urge all conservatives to VOTE FOR FRED DALTON THOMPSON during your state’s primpary. And if he isn’t on the ballot, WRITE-IN FRED THOMPSON. It is imperative that we sent a message to our party and our nation, that it is time to return to ideals of our founders and our constitution. Its time we send a message to our party and the media that this should once again become a serious process among professionals who are serious about the task at hand and not just looking for power and prestige. Its time we return to citizen servants who seek to further the cause of democracy and not just their self interests.

Remember this a battle that we are in to take back the Republican Party.  That means standing up and saying “Enough” of the moving to the left and away from conservatism and the principles the party was founded on.

Clinton & Obama — The Democratic debate in CA liveblogged at FDL here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and the final thread here.

The Democratic debate transcript from CNN.

Fact check of the GOP debate from CA: “Romney commits multiple distortions in the last scheduled GOP debate. Others stumble, too.”

Barack attack — “Republican researchers are poring over the Illinois Democrat’s three-year Senate voting record, looking for fresh fodder to be used should Obama become the Democratic Party’s nominee.” Via The Hill.

Caning McCain — “Poor Hugh Hewitt and the rest of right wing talk radio. They are very upset by McCain and are trying to torpedo his candidacy.” John Amato

“No Answers, No Deputy” — “Senate Democrats plan to delay a floor vote on President Bush’s nominee [Mark Filip] for the No. 2 post at the Justice Department until the department responds to several Judiciary Committee oversight letters.”

Senate Democrats held up on the economic stimulus package until next week awaiting the return of Clinton and Obama. At the NYT, Herszenhorn wrote that Senate Repubs “blocked a $157 billion economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats, who said they would have no choice but to quickly adopt a cheaper, more streamlined plan approved earlier this week by the House.” And about that “surrender flag” you mentioned in your article, Mr. Herszenhorn. Maybe you can deliver it to Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., for hiring Bill Kristol.

Al Qaeda leader killed — Yet another No. 3? How many are there? Read Steve Benen.

A new GAO report on veterans with TBI — traumatic brain injury — was posted by Pale Rider at Blue Girl’s place. Intel Dump offered a TBI-PTSD study of Iraqi vets from the New England Journal of Medicine.

“U.S. casualties rise in Iraq after falling for 4 months.”

Iraq — “Terrorists aren’t Mosul’s only problem. The city’s Sunni and Shiite Muslim Arabs detest each other, and the Arabs distrust the city’s Kurdish, Christian and Turkmen minorities. Although 60 percent of Mosul’s population of 1.8 million is Sunni, three-quarters of the provincial government is Kurdish, and the Arabs suspect the Kurds of wanting to take over the city.”

Po’ paranoid conservatives — They see enemies everywhere! Yikes! Oh! Eeeeeek! Wouldn’t it be smarter to put them on meds rather than putting their kind in office?

[That’s all…no more after the jump.]

It was a great debate! Something of a love fest, really. When the subject of the dream ticket came up, the audience went absolutely and unrestrainably wild with enthusiasm. And so did I. Who can doubt that we’d have an historic landslide victory with the dream ticket? Talk about a unified party!



Best and longest applause line of the night, and the crowd and that it stopped the debate:


CNN Democratic Debate at the Kodak Center in Hollywood, California, 1/31/08.



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