Trollish. You can be a non-supporter of someone but one wonders why you felt the need to even post beyond that it's amazing they have her in the poll when she's running for nothing. 

She is ruined. Obviously not, as you (and others) are still talking about her...she is just so unintellectual, why she's folksy! Never comments on her excellent record.

Conservatives need to figure out if they want professional politicians who get elected and join the club, or fighters. No one can say she doesn't fight. Edited to add that she is extremely Libertarian leaning.

Also, she was the ideal GOP candidate (still is), and one of the GOP's stupidist moves was to shun her: has a huge following (they even had a free movie to use), a woman, great service record, could have used all the horrible comments from the Left against them. She is their worst nightmare, which is enough for me.

We'll see what happens in the future. My husband and I were horribly disappointed that she didn't run in 2012- look what we got- and we lost.

This is where the power lies...follow the money. If we were smart Conservatives, GOP, Libertarians would join together and push total reform (my choice is Flat Tax) relentlessly. Every media conversation should relate back to it. Force Congress to become educated answering questions. While reporting other things, this topic is always in the forefront. Make a goal of big changes in 10 years and never give up. Have the facts ready (which are awesome), but also gut wrenching, emotive stories geared toward the LoFo people. Give the guilt ridden, well off, a reason to back it.  

Oh yes, a first step would be to have people pay all of their own taxes and fees instead of employers deducting them- with states joining in. Too many now think it's the government's money, not theirs.

Play the actual IRS commercial I saw on TV where they say to call them with questions, then have disclaimer that you are responsible for any wrong answers they may give...

Libertarians can do their part by only being happy with getting rid of the IRS, calling Conservatives names because they aren't pure, enabling the socialists, and concentrating on legalizing prostitution or something.
 

No surprise here, just worded differently than RINO, governing class, elitists. I just keep getting more and more angry at the ineffectual Republicans...immigration, gun control, now the scandals. 

Reading the tweets #ObamacareInThreeWords really makes me mad. They tweet big, but don't fight. 

However Libertarians have nothing to say in this battle as they only seem to fight with the Left, not with Conservatives, even always saying something like, 'feel that a lot of the Conservatives are too trusting or supportive of Big Government.' Give me a break. They need to choose sides, too, and I am totally unpersuaded it will be for anything more important than SSM, pot, one world government, intellectualizing aggression, etc.

Or Starbucks

My husband and I were passing a nearby, small, trailer village (on a small one house acreage, right across from the river) the other day. I saw a guy hanging out the window and said that I always wondered if people lived there. They all have nice faded shades of pink and gray in a 60's retro look and outside upholstered furniture.

A really old buffalo used to live there in a pen, but he's been gone awhile.

That's part of my neighborhood in unincorporated Montana...no mortgage, lawn care, staining or painting...Our business/home has been visited by several bureaucrats (most in the last few years) but I bet nobody has asked anything of the unofficial park. That's okay. 

Time to launch the Flat Tax Revolution and make them react and keep them so busy they don't have time to bring up squirrels.

Great Article! However your response is still a little too intellectual. I use the Post Office example all of the time but they just ignore it these days.

You could add a little emotion like, ' Besides studies show Gun Control only hurts the poor and the environment. I think Democrats are pretty mean-spirited about this issue.'

Yes. I live in a state that much of the property owned are vacation homes (of well-off, movie stars, and liberal city folk) how about those burgeoning Chinese cities (Idaho)? There are more regulations for getting a hunting license which brings up the point that the Fed gov't owns much of my state.
While owning property could be one of the requirements, more are needed to protect the interests of people in a state and country. As usual there was a simple, no nonsense, list of requirements and not enough enforcement, so then there are lobby groups and MORE laws, on and on...

The GOP's big mistake is not listening to Rush.

As far as I can see he's gotten almost everything he wants and beyond that, gives everyone the finger (I first said 'thumbs his nose', but that is not really what he does). If you get almost everything you want that means you are WINNING.

Sometimes I just want to give up but then realize everyone may not be right of center on Ricochet...including Libertarians.

One world, one government. Great idea/

Oh. I thought he was just inexperienced and clueless. At least that is what many Righty pundits are still saying.

Can this be real?! 

He's only a Republican because he's from New Jersey, and he's definitely not Conservative.

I reject bi-partisian, get-alongness even on a personal level these days. Having just spent a few months in central Oregon I realized that there were many Conservatives. Almost without exception they were SO nice and agreeable they couldn't bring themselves to discuss anything that might set a Leftist off because they didn't want to be 'disruptive', or something, and obviously being perceived as nice is most important.
 Changing the Culture begins at home- just say you think the Democrat Party (notice I didn't say 'they') are Fascists and want to control everyone and everything. Their self-image needs to be attacked, not stroked.

Try thinking it as following something to the logical conclusion instead of the catchy 'slippery slope' phrase.