A ‘Flawed’ GOP Field vs. A Flawed President
Aside from numerous headlines on conservative blogs like “Obama dances while the Middle East burns,” there was no criticism from the mainstream media — only glowing reports and footage on the festivities themselves.
Now, in contrast, here is how a “flawed” Republican president reacted to a crisis when American lives were in danger:
- In August 2003 President Bush said he decided to stop playing golf to show his respect for the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” Bush said in an interview with Politico and Yahoo News on May 13, 2008. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
Here’s the signal Obama was sending the loved ones of those Americans waiting to leave Libya: We party — you enjoy the ferry.
Imagine the media outrage if George W. Bush had thrown a similar party during a crisis of this type.
Example two:
- What could be more flawed than the $821 billion stimulus package, increased from the originally enacted $787 billion stimulus? Well, yes — ObamaCare may turn out to be even more economically disastrous. But one hopes the courts will intervene or Congress will defund it. The stimulus bill is so flawed, failed, and costly that our great grandchildren’s children will be still be paying for it. Filled to the brim with waste, fraud, and lies, it never pushed unemployment rates below Obama’s stated goal of 8%.
While traveling recently on the Florida’s Turnpike, I stopped at one of those huge tourist-friendly service areas with food courts and gift shops. There was a very small work-in-progress road project of about 200 square feet between two curbs. It looked like the gravel was being readied for a garden. Although the purpose of the project was not exactly clear, the sign sure was. It boldly proclaimed The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. I swelled up with national pride knowing our economy is being stimulated by a gas station shrub garden. Who knows — maybe it was a future plot for an electric car charger for Government Motors’ Chevy Volt.
And since the stimulus sign was stimulating itself, I had all the more reason to feel proud of my government’s ability to create jobs at turnpike rest stops.
Flawed? Super flawed? So unbelievably flawed that recently Obama was reduced to telling our nation’s governors at a White House meeting that, even though many of our states are flat broke, the Recovery Act helped manage every state’s budget “whether you admit it or not”? Yes. But not if you ask a fawning press or a doting media.
Republicans must unite behind one of their “flawed” candidates and help that person triumph before we all collapse under the weight of our debt.
The alternative? A second-term president who throws more glamorous parties during more international crises while ordering up more stimulus project signs.
We must defeat this modern day Emperor Nero — or else we will follow the Roman Empire down the path to collapse and ruin.
I’ll be short and to the point…
Sarah Palin & Allen West
I hope they are the nominees. With two clowns like that, Michael Bloomberg is sure to run as an Independent and win.
That’s certainly a substantive reply.
It’s gonna be a rough eight-years for you kooks. I’d stock up on blood pressure medication so you all don’t blow a gasket when Obama is re-elected. Scott Walker’s numbers are sinking fast (even old finger on the scale Rasmussen says so). This is just the beginning. We will defeat you.
Well if you are right the only consolation we will have is that it will be a rough 8 years for you kooks also – followed by many more. Obama and the Progressives (was that the opening act for Smokey Robinson?) will lead us all to ruin. At first government bureaucrats and union employees will remain in clover – but eventually these asinine ideologies and policies will consign everyone except the party elites and union bosses to a very low standard of living. We will bequeath our children and grandchildren a mess of monumental proportions. Let’s see how smug and self assured you are once that reality sets in.
You are a great example of the problem that is holding back the US.
People like you treat the whole situation as if it is competition or a football game.
“This is just the beginning. We will defeat you. “
I say, good luck, vote Obama, it’s a free country.
He is charming, a great speaker…is that what you want?
The age of mass media.
Image over substance.
What do you think this is?
Another reality show?
“American Idol”?
Unfortunately, in real life the show doesn’t always have a happy ending.
This isn’t a competition Preatorian.
This is about the future of the US.
America is broke, Wisconsin, California and Illinois are broke, together with several other states.
The US federal debt is projected to rise to $20 trillion by 2015.
That is a 2 with 12 zeros…..
When will you realize that you and the rest of the US are living on borrowed money?
Will that happen when, at some stage, the US will not be able to service the loans anymore?
Will it happen when the rest of the world will stop lending you the cash to fund your current lifestyle?
In the last 10 years, the US$ has gone down almost 40% against other major currencies. The value of the US dollar is, after a slight rise after the election of Obama, quickly moving downwards again.
Any idea what the lower value of the dollar is going to do to the value of your salary and savings.
In 2009, the U.S. imported over $253 billion in petroleum-related products while only exporting $49 billion. This oil-related deficit of $204 billion was over half of the total 2009 trade deficit of $380.7 billion. While the value of the US$ is going down, the price of imports is going up. That means imported products, such as Drugs, Consumer Electronics, Clothing, Household Goods, and Furniture and cars (Yes, the US ran a trade deficit in all those products) will be going up.
And so does petrol…….
What are you going to do if petrol reaches $6 a gallon, $8 a gallon or even more?
Due to the diversion of arable land to grow ‘fuel crops’, the use of food crops to produce fuel and the rising cost of oil, food prices are going up. The global food price index rose by 15 percent between October 2010 and January 2011.
How much are you willing to pay for a loaf of bread Preatorian?
Unemployment and the number of people on food stamps is rising.
Thousands of illegals are crossing the borders in the South.
The cost of harboring illegal immigrants in the United States is costing the tax payer $113 billion a year.
Will you willingly hand out more money in tax to help the unemployed, the illegal immigrants?
How much of your money are you willing to part with?
Are you willing to gamble YOUR life and the future of the USA just to be able to shout
“We Won, You Lost, Get A Life”?
Good luck Preatorian.
You need it.
Allen West, yes, but a big fat NO regarding quitter & flake-to-boot Sarah Palin. Leave her alone to be the Pubs’ cheerleader & fundraiser.
Actually there isn’t much more the media can do to rip apart Palin, therefore she has a good chance in a presidential race. Allen West is too new I believe and the media will destroy him as a traitor to his people. We all know that a black conservative is instantly turned white by the media.
swissik said: “Allen West is too new I believe and the media will destroy him as a traitor to his people. We all know that a black conservative is instantly turned white by the media.”
LTC West is too new at what? Being a conniving, backstabbing, power hungry career politician? GOOD! That is why we need him! Seriously…look at the pos currently lounging around the White House. He never had a real job his entire life. He never played around at anything longer than a couple of years, with the possible exception of being a paid agitator. LTC West has a VERY impressive career of LEADERSHIP — which is something that we are in desperate need of at this time.
I for one am sick and tired of sitting back and doing nothing — or worse, the wrong thing — for fear of the big bad Enemedia! It is time to call them what they really are – THE ENEMY – and dismiss them. The Conservatives allegedly have all these wonderful talking heads and alternative media sites these days. It is time to quit compromising with all of them and tell them to get on board or quit supporting them!
Frankly, that is exactly what I did after the mess they made of the 2008 process. I don’t need to listen to alleged “conservative” talking heads to be told who to support and what to believe. Pay attention … the LTC can certainly hold his own with the enemedia and it will be fun watching them trying to turn him white.
Can’t be more of a “quitter” and a “flake” than the one elected last time. (Or is it only conservative female candidates who get the “flake” label?)
No, lets make Praetorian marry Palin. That’ll teach him. And he may be correct about Oscumbag winning again. When you add the ignorant to the criminal, to the mentally ill, to the greedy and selfish, to the evil, to the stupid, the incompetents are more than half of those we allow to vote.
Which may be a measure of how bright the rest of us are.
Restrict the franchise to the virtuous and intelligent and our problems will rapidly dissipate, along with the Fed, the Moslem-In-Chief and his myriad malicious minions.
Have you ever seen these “flakes” pounce on a candidate like they do {Palin)? In the history of politics they only denounce those who threaten their dysfunctional comfort zone. If we demonize her we’ll scare her and we want to scare those who might win and change things. They did it with Goldwater in ’64, Reagan in ’76, Romney in ’08. And we’re supposed take their opinions as worth a read (other than in this post)? we want to WTF, not screw it up!
Palin/West or West/Palin, absolutely. And one of the biggest reasons is, both are tough enough to run ads about what Obama has really done (like the Motown party you mentioned, which would make a beautiful political ad, complete with ominous voices and lots of video). Either one would also tell him to his face at a presidential debate.
If we keep repeating it often enough and loud enough, they’ll stop being looked at as “unelectable” and start looking more like “inevitable.”
Palin/West 2012. Say it every chance you get.
The GOP will lose in 2012. Tell you why: They will absolutely fail to cut spending enough to even substantially reduce, let alone eliminate the deficit. They will not outlaw abortion. As usual, they will promise everything but fail to act. They will compromise themselves into defeat and compromise the USA into the hands of Oscambos moslem brothers. Most Americans are so ignorant, stupid, uncaring, lazy, cowardly, that they refuse to see the obvious: their “president” is a traitor; determined to destroy the USA and enslave us to his raghead crazy brotherhood.
We need to impeach the worthless son of a bitch,(I mean that literally), and lock him up for as long as the law allows.
I don’t think Palin can win.
Allen West / Hermann Cain could. And they both demonstrate leadership and true conservative values…not the sort of crap we see from wishy washy castrados like Romney (who might as well be a Democrat, the way he pushed Obamacare lite)
Nobody but conservatives have heard of either one. Like it or not, you need the middle to win elections.
Conservatives need to learn some realism. We don’t have to keep settling for the John McCains and Bob “It’s MY turn!” Doles of the world, but we DO have to run viable candidates.
West might be a good candidate a few cycles down the road. He’s way too new to be elected President. And Herman? Please. I like just about everything he writes, but he’s not going anywhere in a Presidential race.
“Republicans must unite behind one of their “flawed” candidates and help that person triumph before we all collapse under the weight of our debt.”
– Agreed. How ’bout we get the Republican punditry class to lead on this topic. And, while we’re at it, get them to vote for the Republican in ’12 unlike their ’08 vote for the obamanation…
“The alternative? A second-term president who throws more glamorous parties during more international crises while ordering up more stimulus project signs.”
If all he did was party and waste money on signage, I would be happy. It’s the Federal Judge appointments and potential SCOTUS nominations that worry me…
“We must defeat this modern day Emperor Nero — or else we will follow the Roman Empire down the path to collapse and ruin.”
Bicker now but, come together in ’12…
Yes, Obama must be dismissed with prejudice, and getting someone with acceptable principles into the White House has become not merely urgent but paramount. But there’s a consideration to be registered here that diehard Republican partisans would prefer to overlook:
When a Democrat president institutes a social-fascist policy — e.g., any of the Obamunist initiatives from Day One — and it does harm to the country, his allies in the media are quick to exculpate him with one or more of the usual excuses. Contrariwise, when he institutes a pro-freedom policy, and it works as they usually do, he gets plaudits to the skies, up to and including being hailed as the “savior of the Constitution.”
When a Republican president institutes a pro-freedom policy, the media are instantly down his collar with condemnations of his “heartlessness” and predictions of onrushing doom. When it works as freedom usually does, those selfsame media explain it away as having nothing to do with the policy change, but rather a result of something no president could credibly claim to control. But when he abandons his nominal principles and institutes a social-fascist policy, the media deride him for “inconsistency” up front…and when it fails, they sock his pro-freedom principles, which he set aside for that purpose, with 110% of the blame.
Ergo, it is more detrimental to the cause of freedom to elect a Republican who doesn’t walk the walk than a Democrat who behaves consistently with his party’s social-fascist outlook.
We’re at a very dangerous point. Mark Steyn has accurately pinned government control over health care as the tipping point into irrecoverable socialism. Another bad move could send us into the chasm. Were we to elevate another “Rotarian Socialist” Republican to the Oval Office, and were he to talk freedom but promote ongoing government expansion and further reduction of individual freedom, it could be the final stroke for the United States. So have a care when you say you’d take a Romney or a Huckabee over Obama. A sufficiently Republican Congress could control Obama. That same Congress would go along with a Romney or a Huckabee no matter what he might propose, out of party solidarity, resulting in a final blackout for the Land of the Free.
I agree with Mr. Poretto. The “social fascists” he identifies [as statists] are in charge of the commanding posts of the liberal establishment. I wrote about their lineage here: http://clarespark.com/2011/03/06/groupiness/. They cannot be cajoled or compromised with, for they are ideological fanatics who label classical liberals as paranoid and enemies of the people.
Ergo, it is more detrimental to the cause of freedom to elect a Republican who doesn’t walk the walk than a Democrat who behaves consistently with his party’s social-fascist outlook.
Exactly right, sir. We would be better off with Obama than a RINO at this point, bad as that would be!
The execrable Romney must be stopped before he even gets started!
Probably American unemployment is closer to 18 per cent than 8.9! Who knows whether The One hasn’t also managed to bribe statistical In-The-Knows to ‘brighten’ the outlook for all unemployed..??
GWBs stop to personal golfing in 2003 was an act of sympathy with troop losses that would resonate with US citizens who grew up in the Fifties to Seventies.. Sadly the present generation, some born on Aug.4th 1961(!), have only focus on their Group, their Party, their Victimhood…and so may survive by the skin of their teeth until flushed out to sea in late 2012..
Historian Paul Johnson, however, in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal is HOPEFUL for America despite the continuous malfeasance by BAM since early 2009. (If he had Newt Gingrich in mind when he said that, he should be praised. Newt himself must await the meatcleavers of the media, of course, who forgave and forgot all about Cinton’s womanizing/rapistry lasting from 1978 thru 1993 – ah, so different because Bill was Our S.O.B.)
Gallup has had the unemployment rate rising the past two months, while the White House has had it going down. This month, the difference was even wider than last — out of the 9%’s and down to 8.9 according to the WH, and out of the 9%’s and up to 10.3 according to Gallup. Miraculous, according to the old media, who,of course, give credit to Obama and do not mention the Gallup numbers.
Bill Gates convincingly illustrated the “flaw” in Ms Adams argument many, many moons ago.
When common sense and mathematical logic overwhelmingly supported IBM’s contention that people would patiently wait many years for them to develop and perfect a personal computer system, Bill Gates prototyped and at the same time introduced his personal computer disk operating system; MicroSoft DOS.
Bill Gates knew that the world wanted a personal computer system that they could sit on their own desks now, not some unknown time down the road that no one, including IBM knew.
Bill Gates gave the people the first “acceptable” version of what they wanted; which in turn took off like wildfires making him the wealthiest man on Earth by capturing 90+ percent of the long term DOS business for MicroSoft.
In case you missed it, the key word to Mr. Gates success is “acceptable”: as in the first acceptable product that delivered what the people wanted.
In 2008 Barrack Hussein Obama not only gave the people of America their first opportunity to elect a black man as their President, he sold them on the idea that he alone could personally produce the changes and hope that Americans had been longing for literally hundreds of years.
Obama has not changed since 55+ million voters elected him in 2008 and he isn’t going to change for 2012 because he knows that; considering blacks, gays and Hispanics alone he still commands 55+ million votes, or 100% of what he needs for reelection.
The Republicans, as they have since time began (and in like manner to IBM) are busy picking the fly crap out of the pepper in order to produce the world’s first, perfect Conservative Republican man, woman or thing, whatever so that they can wipe Obama and the Democrats out on Election Day 2012.
For the most part the liberal Democrats and mainstream media are simply watching or reporting on the GOP in-fighting: the picking of the fly crap out of the pepper with each picker person giving the other picker two picks to his or her one – A process that guarantees that the GOP in magnificent fashion will wander the desert in defeat for another 40 years.
I wish it were otherwise, but with all things considered and pick predictions aside, right now I wouldn’t bet a dime on the GOP for 2012.
“right now I wouldn’t bet a dime on the GOP for 2012″
and if everyone takes your attitude, you will be right.
My attitude is that every single Republican candidate and several still on the sidelines are infinitely better than a person whose mission in life appears to be to overthrow the greatest country of all time, and the greatest force for good the world has ever seen.
That should be the message rather than calling them RINO’s or any other name that will only serve to diminish whoever the eventual nomination is.
Whether or not you agree with Ann Coulter about Christie, she was very shrewd in her approach. The only candidate she has criticized is Romney, and only because she believes it will be impossible for him to attack obamacare. And since she knows she will have to address Palin, she simply says that Sarah can be more powerful staying above the fray. That probably isn’t Ann’s reason, (since she tells us specifically that the reason she supports Christie is his ability to communicate) but I believe her approach is educational and should be adhered to by every conservative who fears for the future of the US.
In my opt-in the issue at hand is that GOP in-fighting kept them out of power for close to five decades; not to argue or debate any sort of worthiness when it comes to Mr. Obama.
What would your response be if I asked you to imagine the Democrats painted a mustache on Nancy Pelosi and ran her against Sarah Palin if the GOP nominated her?
The answer is that Nancy Pelosi would clean Sarah Palin’s clock because the liberal Democrats would rally behind her with massive numbers of voters while the Republicans would still be arguing and fighting each other long after they lost the election and Nancy Pelosi had finished destroying whatever was left of America that Obama missed.
The Democrats simply pick someone for their candidate that promises to deliver all of the cheese that the people say they want: no matter how bad the stuff stinks or where you smell it from.
But, the Republicans always demand impossible perfection from their candidates while at the same time lecturing the public about their bad attitudes, civic responsibilities and shortcomings.
Your rush to take a whack at me proreason perfectly illustrates this.
L O G I C
Look it up. The dictionary explains what it is.
Would you call the last repub nominee McCain the perfect conservative? If you do then your argument loses all credibility.
The “business as usual” Republican candidates are certainly flawed. Maybe it’s time to introduce some new blood to the candidate list rather than the “usual political hacks”. I submit Hermain Cain and Alan West for your perusal.
I agree on Alan West, A great choice for either P or VP. Mr Cain says all the right things, but lacks the experience. And West has a strong military background.
I like the way you think. Now-have you a choice for the #1 spot and that will tell us the other is the #2..I believe either way, we will have the team to beat the bastard in there now
Obama is a flawed precedent. vote for him again at our nations peril.
Herman Cain, 2012. Give him a listen. You’ll be surprised.
Anybody, ANYBODY, is better than the far-left socialist we now have living in the White House. Whoever the Republican candidate is, man or woman, all they have to do is look halfway reasonable and not bark at the moon. Other than that, I think Americans are really ready for some change. Americans have seen what liberalism means and what a horrific effect it has had on both our country and our economy. They are really scared out there and I think they’ve about had it with Obama’s version of “Hope and Change.” Another year of Obama and we will be left with no hope and only a little loose change in our pockets. Anything is better than that.
Looking at the big O commit one international blunder after another, I’d have to say that at this point, if a wilted head of lettuce were running against him in 2012 that I would probably vote for the wilted head of lettuce.
America was once recently saved from a similar collapse into third-world irrelevancy at the hands of another bad president at the end of the disasterous 70’s. To do it, a charismatic optimistic had to win an election against entrenched power and gale force left-blowing headwinds – a man with the seemingly magical ability to make America feel good about itself again and with the skills to steer the malignant figures in Congress into making changes antithetical to their cause for the betterment of the US and the world. And a man who believed in American exceptionalism and refused to apologize for mistakes that may have been made by a country that has unquestionably done more for the benefit of mankind than any other in world history.
But where have all the Reagans gone? At this stage in the game, count me in for Mitch Daniels simply for his intellect, savviness, and proven track record. Now I’ve been among the first to dismiss the thought of a Palin run, believing her to be an intellectual lightweight with a thin resume and an easily mocked accent who will blithely walk herself into every minefield and trap laid down for her by the vast left wing conspiracy. But the more I think about it, I see many parallels between a Palin candidacy and 1980. Her bubbly optimism and candor up against the cynical equivocating windbag-in-chief could be a winning strategy. Should Palin somehow prevail in 2012 against every ad hominem attack and all odds, I can easily see her surrounding herself with a competent brain trust to lead an administration that would easily run circles around the hapless hack now in the White House. Admittedly, it would take a great leap of faith on the part of the American electorate (me included). Short of a Paul Ryan run (a dream of many on the right) perhaps a Palin/Daniels ticket may yet be the answer we’ve been waiting for. I can’t imagine a better match up than Biden and Daniels in any event!
If “feel good” is your thing, Huckabee’s your man. I like him myself, but do feel a little queasy about a candidate who doesn’t believe in evolution, though. Just sayin’.
Believe in evolution? You cannot “believe” in evolution. It is not a matter of faith. It is supposed to be science. It has to be proven! Evolution is still called the Theory f Evolution, but the believers leave out the word “Theory”.
Skepticism is the foundation of science. Pardon me if I remain skeptical of the Theory of Evolution until it becomes the Law of Evolution. People like you who “believe” in the Theory of Evolution are the ignorant, anti-science ones.
For further perspective, the Theory of Creation is every bit as valid as the Theory of Evolution. There is not a shred of evidence against the Theory of Creation being true. Is it a matter of faith? Yes, it can be. However, if looked at from a scientific perspective, if presented as a theory, it is completely viable with strong arguments in its favor.
So, should it be taught in schools alongside the Theory of Evolution? Yes, as long as both are called theories and subjected to scientific scrutiny. One standard approach for both means the political debate ends. It becomes a non-issue.
Give it another year and the Preident might be defeatable by Ronald MacDonald, let alone “The Donald.”
Dr. Shalit
Much has been written lately about the dearth of viable candidates to challenge the president in the 2012 election.
The fact is, I would vote for anyone who is not Barack Obama. I consider him to be thin-skinned and narcissistic, steeped in the politics of bitterness and envy, quick to attack any who dare to disagree with him.
I believe he has done more to lower the level of civil discourse in this nation than any other single man or issue. Not only has he divided the nation along class and racial lines, in his 2 years as president, I cannot think of one policy or decision he has made that has not been a mistake.
In fact, as president he has been an unmitigated disaster. I have no reason to believe he would be any better in a second term.
I hope that the Republicans can field a candidate who would foster unity and promote economic growth while showing strength in the face of an increasingly dangerous international environment. However, it really does not matter, whoever the candidate is, he has my vote.
We must keep in mind that all the candidates that may run against Obama have one thing in common- They are all Americans; Obama is not. I don’t care how many birth certificates they pull out of the state of Hawaii’s butt, he is an alien in spirit if not legally.
The biggest problem with Obama is his warped leftist mindset. He is incapable of thinking that he could be wrong about something as trivial as the economy or foreign policy.
“The biggest problem with Obama is his warped leftist mindset.”
The 2nd biggest problem w/Obama is he REALLY doesn’t like America, not to mention his lack of fondness for red-neck, racist, bigoted, Bible-readin’, Muslim-hatin’, gun-ownin’, truck-drivin’, meat-eatin’, lettuce-loathin’, White, Republican Americans who still use fossil fuels to heat their houses…..or is all that stuff included in “warped leftist mindset”?
That’s what I’m sayin. Of late I have been preaching to my down in the dumps conservative friends that Bo BO The Clown should be able to beat Obama. If O never said another word, “Only Words”, there is enough video to expose his lies, incompetence, inconsistency, and general amateur weakness and low character to the electorate, as he has already exposed it to the world at large, the dictators of the world get it, do you suppose we can?
In theory his opponent should be able to put together a series of several thousand ads to present to the American public and in theory never make a speech or appear in person or debate the ‘O’mnipotent One in order to win.
I have a friend who continues to say don’t count on the Americn people to get it. For a time I believed that, but something tells me that there is a core in the Tea Party, among Independents, republicans who have sat on the sidelines and generally a gathering of right minded Americans who know, that if we don’t stop this cloistered Harvard living, socialist, manchurian candidate we may indeed have seen our better days.
We are all counting on you. Get active.
A thought to Obama’s Opponent: DO NOT be a Mr. Niceguy McCain, Come out swinging, bob and weave and attack, attack, attack, and get your talking points down. This guy can be beat, screw the media.
That’s what I’m sayin.
“I have a friend who continues to say don’t count on the Americn people to get it.”
The 47% of the country that pays no federal tax (& probably no state, local or property tax either) “get it” just fine. It’s the American taxPAYER who keeps subsidies & free “stuff” flowing to the takers who’d better wise up. Those w/”no skin in the game” have no interest in any GOP candidate who wants to limit spending, so basically Dems START w/47% on their side. It’s all in the turnout…..& turning out even the dead is never a problem for Dems.
OK So lets run a Rino again and loose again. Name someone that you like?
MItch Daniels is boring, short, rides Harleys, is a great debater/statesman, conservative, former Reagan politcal advisor, former Bush budget Director, Executive with Eli Lilli, two term governor of Indiana, where he did A LOT more than sell the Indiana toll road to contain the state budget and from what I can see comports himself well and doesn’t have the baggage that the Rino candidates have.
Mitch Daniels for sound boring conservative governance. “I like boring, I like Mitch” is the slogan he can use. No charge.
Excellent piece, Myra!! It is absolutely critical that ALL Republicans, conservatives, Tea Party folk switch now into 100% positive mode toward ALL potential GOP candidates. Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment must be our law: Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.
Let’s go one step farther: Thou shalt always mention a positive when speaking of a fellow Republican. For example, your piece today lists verky clearly a juicy BAD thing about each of seven GOP hopefuls. If you felt it crucial to do that, you could have included a positive in each, something like this: Yes, Romney’s Massachusetts healthcare is criticized, but his record at fixing businesses and economies is awesome. Or: It is said Tim Pawlenty is not charismatic, but he receives a seldom seen genuine affection from the voters of his state.
We all need to be careful about explaining to voters flaws imagined by the mainstream media. Is Newt’s marriage record, for example, in the same realm as Bill Clinton’s intern fondling? In the Oval Office!
Not till after the primaries, duh.
Sorry Judy, I could not read past this: “Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment must be our law: Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.”
That 11th commandment crap went out the window with President George W. Bush and I will never forget it!
HEY! You left Herman Cain off your list. Of course, he’s flawed too: No elected experience. (Which when you think about it, might be a GOOD thing.)
Why do you think that John McCain was the GOP candidate in 2008? He was the best alternative, and actually a good one at that. McCain has been and is a pro-life, “Country First” war hero and fiscal conservative who was and is very knowledgeable about foreign policy, military matters and national security. Further, in matchups against Hillary and Obama in 2007 and 2008, only McCain polled even; all other Republican candidates polled way behind, particularly Mitt Romney.
Tired of Obama’s fiscal insanity, pro-abortion ways, nomination of left wing judges to the federal bench and incompetence concerning foreign policy, military matters and national security? The 2008 GOP candidate represented cutting spending, a pro-life position, a commitment to the nomination of strict constructionist judges and competence and strength concerning foreign policy, military matters and national security; McCain was superb at the Saddleback Forum hosted by Rick Warren; and McCain picked as his running mate Sarah Palin.
Lest my comment trigger misconceived comments about John McCain being a RINO, McCain’s voting record has historically been moderately conservative and is now has a very conservative voting record making him one of the ten most conservative Senators. John McCain, throughout his career, has been a fiscal conservative who has gotten into heated argument over his opposition to earmarked and out of control federal spending. McCain had the most free market approach to health care in 2008 of all the candidates and had always been adamantly opposed to national health care; quite consistently, McCain has strenuously opposed and vote AGAINST ObamaCare. McCain voted AGAINST every Obama bailout bill and even voted against the second release of TARP monies when GW Bush was still President. McCain voted AGAINST the confirmation of Sotomayer and Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The outcome of the 2008 election was the product of factors that made it a Democrat year: the financial crisis that created economic uncertainties that favored the Democrats; a weariness with GW Bush that was unfair but was the product of unceasing attack by the Left that GW did not rebut; a Bush Administration bailout that muddied the waters in the real differences between the parties in economic policy; a press so biased for Obama that the press effectively acted as a day-in, day-out propaganda machine for Obama; and a 7 to 1 advantage in money that Obama had. It was a perfect storm for the American people to make a very, very poor choice in 2008. Unfortunately, with Obama elected in 2008, 2012 will not be easy for Republicans.
YES I like your comment Phil- the people voted against GWB – If Jesus ran as the RREP candidate he would’ve lost too.
I used to be a DEM myself- Obama’s past and character was so disturbing I jumped ship- He never made even one postive promise- his entire campaing was BASH BUSH and empty slogans- and of course, the I’m black and that’s so cool.
I felt quite comfortable to vote for McC- I felt he had the experiences in politics and life to make a great pres- a good and decent character- as you stated- and record-
This time I will also be voting against Obama- as some said, even if the REPS put a lettuce- I will never vote for Obama ever never-all my worst fears of him as prez have come true and he has exceeeded even my dire expectations- he is actually much worse.
As I listened to conservatives I began to truly see the flaws and errors in lib thinking, and the wisdom of the right
s positions on many issues (particularly foreign policies) However I do not think the liberals or DEms see it thus-and I have lost any faith that they will have the same epiphany I did – That’s why it is so important for us to get someone we can all get behind and who can expose the O for what he is- incompetant or worse- a man so full of disdain for his own country he would destroy it.
But McCain assured the public that there was “nothing to be afraid of” with the “good family man” Obama and put Jeremiah Wright and the rest of Obama’s string of commie buds, out of consideration when it came to probing the character of his opponent. His campaign was responsible for the public believing Bo was a blank slate, when the info was in plain sight for anyone who cared enough to research.
We need two tough people who have been through the fire, either in the press or on the battlefield, who will not back down and who will use the miles of video out there to show who Obama really is.
I agree — Anybody but Obama — but nominating anyone who does not meet the above qualifications guarantees 4 more years the guy.
McCain made a gracious concession speech; that’s all. Given how Obama had campaigned in a way to give the impression that he was far more centrist that he really was, McCain’s concession statement about not having anything to be afraid of was understandable; from Obama’s campaign, one would have thought that the country was getting a third Bill Clinton term and that is what the country voted for. Of course, Obama has shown himself to be the socialist he was all along. I might add that on election night 2008, I was saying that Obama would govern from the Left, as he was a socialist demogogue, and that McCain has been one of Obama’s opponents, voting against Obama and criticizing Obama for among other things running a left wing crusade.
It was the press that was responsible for the sanitized view of Obama, not McCain. McCain simply made a campaign decision to leave to campaign videos the attack on Obama’s character. You can criticize that decision, but you may be forgetting what the 2008 election campaign was like — the kind of attack that would resonate today given how Obama has governed from the Left seemingly went nowhere in 2008. The information about “Rev.” Wright was out there. What McCain decided to do in his campaign was to focus on was an affirmative approach of stressing his character, his experience and knowledge in national security and his plan for the economy (which was conservative). In the debates in terms of substance, McCain did beat Obama. But as I have indicated above, other factors were at work in the election.
In 2008, if Eisenhower and Stevenson had been running, Stevenson would have won, with the press claiming how smart Stevenson was and how dull Ike was. The truth was that Stevenson was an empty suit, and Eisenhower, despite his lack of eloquence, was a very bright, very capable and very experienced man. America made the right choice in 1952 and 1956. America did not make the right choice in 2008.
I agree on tough. I LOVE watching Christie face down his critics. He seriously rocks. I don’t think he wants the White House yet though. And he is young enough to wait. But anyone who plans on debating Bambi should watch Christie clips. Daniels gives a great speech too. Check his speech to CPAC on YouTube. Also a good sense of humor!
Your take on McCain is flawed. McCain goes whichever the populist wind blows. If moderate is in vogue, then he is there, unless a bigger bandwagon is moving in the opposite direction.
Conservatism and Libertarianism have become popular, so McCain has moved that way. His track record, as monitored by the ACU, shows that he has always been more conservative in election years than in other years. He just got re-elected.
During the campaign of ’08, he was championing “immigration reform” with a form of amnesty involved. Of course, he said it was not amnesty, but they get to stay.
During the campaign of ’08, he proclaimed that AGW was real. Now he acts as if he never believed it. He doesn’t say, “Well, I was duped by the false info I was given.” He just pretends he never took the other position.
During the campaign of ’08, he claimed that he opposed the Bush tax cuts because of spending, but he is on record many times saying that folks in his wife’s income bracket do not need these cuts.
McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold… are these Conservative laws? No, they are purely Democratic legislation. We’d have gotten Obama-like domestic policies from a nominal Republican… and the country would have stayed asleep as the train ran off the cliff. Obama is the greatest thing to happen to Conservatism and Libertarianism, although a short-term disaster. Long-term, a RINO is the worst thing that could have happened to the country. Do not throw away that gift by voting for “anything but Obama”. A bi-partisan disaster is permanent. We MUST get the next one Right, folks!
The biggest flaw the Republicans have is wimpiness. They probably won’t nominate Sarah because, you see, the Marx Stream Media has already made her “controversial” and “confrontational” and we mustn’t have that. That’s right Republicans, let your enemy write your script. Fools!
I see that as the biggest obstacle to republican success, the marxist media defining and then picking the candidates for them. You are so right.
We will now sit back and observe as the majority of the comments are in the vein of, “My preferred candidate isn’t flawed, how dare you suggest it! All the other candidates are flawed, so you must support mine!”
Popcorn anyone?
Myra: FLAWED. You overlooked Huckabee’s biggest flaw. He worked with the Mexican government to establish an office in Little Rock to facilitate issuing Mexican ID cards to illegal aliens so they would open bank accounts, get home loans and get jobs with Walmart and the state’s truck lines.
This is not just hogwash, this is STUPID hogwash!
It shows the ignorance of the one making the accusation. Getting a Mexican consulate in your state has many benefits, and equating it with being in favor of illegal immigration is just plain STUPID.
If all of the Republican candidates are too flawed, then we’re _______ed (enter your own appropriate description, including THAT OTHER “F” word, as necessary.
All of this is why the White House and the Dems in general have spent years demonizing Fox News, the mean-spirited group that undiplomatically speaks the truth (or as the signs — cleverly position behind Fox reporters so that they’ll show up on-camera — proclaim, “FOX LIES”).
It’s also why the Dems have been so busy presenting Elmo and Big Bird as the face of public broadcasting and defending their subsidized lives. The Big Three networks have lost credibility and viewership, but we all know that NPR and PBS are without flaw and are, well, more sophisticated than, say, Fox News. (And any PBS personalities who appear on any Fox News show, thereby lending credibility to Fox’s “fair and balanced” claim must be disposed of!)
As long as everyone other than Fox News is willing to paper over The 0′s gaffs and flaws, only an unsophisticated few will even know the gaffs and flaws are there. (And from my experience, the sophisticated ones, i.e. those who get most of their news from NPR, discard everything the unsophisticated ones say, as any negative comments are obviously, deep down, based on The 0′s race. It could be nothing else.)
Meanwhile, good luck to us in getting behind one candidate. The more candidates there are competing, the more likely the one with name recognition will be chosen. See, e.g., John McCain. It’s how Dan Burton kept his House seat in Indiana’s last primary and it’s how Sen. Lugar could keep his Senate seat.
At the risk of the Pauline Kael error, do you know anyone who believes or reposes the least trust in the MSM? All of the polls show that confidence in the whorish former gatekeepers continues to dive. The last I saw put the trust level as the same for used car salesmen. On the other hand, the Republican Party has richly earned its title as the Stupid Party over the decades; and of course Obama will have a $1 billion war chest to play with. That’s a lot of walking around money for black pastors to make sure Obama’s base gets to the voting booth; and the low-information sheep we call “independent” voters are easily gulled by vague and sweeping sloganeering. I’d say the prospects are no better than 50-50 that the Manchurian Candidate can be ousted.
Finally watched “Waiting for Superman” last weekend. Everyone in the country should watch it. (It is about how teachers’ unions have destroyed most public education.) The main focus of the movie is urban areas where –chiefly minority–parents are trying everything they possibly can to get their kids a decent education, mostly unsuccessfully. It struck me that if the Republicans could reach out to these people–the not-privileged but decent and responsible blacks and Hispanics, etc.– and SHOW them that it is the Democrats (almost the same thing as the unions, no?) who are standing in the way of their kids getting a proper education. SHOW them that the Dems/unions are NOT THEIR FRIENDS. Blacks and Hispanics seem to vote Democratic because they think the Dems are “looking out for” them. But a clever candidate could riff off “Waiting for Supeman” and show them otherwise, i.e., those who are looking to weaken teachers’ unions are actually their friends.
If only this were true. I think it was Larry Elder who wrote an article saying the same thing, but history proves it is untrue. Washington DC had a new, excellent superintendent. She fired lots of deadwood and improved the schools dramatically. DC is 90+% black. How did they thank her for improving their childrens’ education and future? They elected the guy who promised to fire her… and he fired her.
We are talking real, measurable results, and the blacks voted for the tropes. They embraced the calumny. Blacks are a lost cause. They are beyond saving.
Your analysis of the candidates, left out a few things:
Pawlenty and Gingrich both once supported cap and trade. Both are victims of jumping on a bandwagon to the Titanic. Sorry, but no deep thinker could ever support the manmade global warming hysteria.
Mitt Romney will certainly never live down Romneycare, but he also fipflopped on abortion. Either you believe that killing babies is ok or you don’t. And, the deep South will not vote for a Mormon. Unfair, yes, but that is the way it is.
The Donald is doing what The Donald does best: Promote himself. The Rat Party will make hay of his multiple marriages, bankruptcies, and his donations to Rahm Immanuel’s campaign.
Daniels has gone wishywashy on social issues. As social issues drive spending, this is a fatal error. And, primary voters pay attention to social issues.
Huckabee is really a liberal with conservative social issues, much like George Bush. His pardons vastly exceeded what any previous governors have granted. This doesn’t go well for a law and order party. And, just where is the justice for the victims of their crime?
That leaves us with Sarah Palin, Hermann Cain, and Haley Barbour. Despite the Maxist Media drumbeat the she is stupid and unaccomplished, she is NOT those things. She has more accomplishments that Barack ever had before running for Prez. Same for Haley Barbour and Herman Cain. Just what is so unusual for a teenager to be more smitten by teenage girls, than listening to Martin Luther King? Haley apparently has a rolodex a mile wide and mile long and was very successful as leader of the governor’s assn. Herman was a successful leader of Godfather’s Pizza.
What will do in Barack Obama, assuming that the Republic survives to 2012? Sky high: gasoline prices, food prices, clothing prices, unemployment and a gigantic deficit.
Sharp post WTE of your take on Palin. I have yet to see evidence that she is well-endowed with intelligence. It is as if her fans can only see her through the veritable rose-colored glasses.
No Republican presidential candidate can win without overwhelming Indie support. JMO.
Just because you haven’t seen evidence of Palin’s intelligence doesn’t mean such evidence doesn’t exist. Do a little digging, you’ll see that what you think you know about her is wrong.
Perhaps it is her detractors who have the glasses on? I wonder how she was a successful governor, reelected with 80% approval rate, working against “goos ol’ bbpys” in the party and with oil companies. yet with no intelligence? I wonder why she arouses emotion in people (as does Obama) to the point that they want to write about her even when they don’t like her?
The problem with Barbour, I’m afraid. is that he has been on TV since he ran the Republican party years ago, and unfortunately, he comes off as “old-school” and almost as a stereotypical “Southern Republican,” due to his manner. His ideas may be great, but I can’t agree with those who say people will welcome “boring” after Obama. I think they’ve had the taste of a dramatic campaign and election. Unless we put up someone who arouses emotion, we’re done. Remember, on the Dem side, Dukasis with his “competence” campaign, and how he got squashed?
With the Donald, people will laugh at you if you bring up his marriages. Trump is such a powerful character that I think he is immune from an MSM attack. People seem to think he can solve our domestic problems and who knows, they may be right.
Nor should he! But you forgot one very important accomplishment of Mr. Romney. He forced homosexual marriage onto Mass all by himself. No, it wasn’t the Mass Supremes that did so – the legislature hadn’t moved to implement their illegal order when Romney issued an executive order to require marriage certificates be issued to homosexual pairs.
I have yet to see any EVIDENCE of this, other than the often repeated charge. I have encountered very few Christians who say they will not vote for him on that basis.
It is a convenient smokescreen for the real reasons that conservatives reject him, though, isn’t it?
You forgot something about Barbour, too. He’s a RINO, in the genre of a Bob Dole or a John McCain.
We need more than a Rolodex in the Oval Office.
When gas goes up to $5 or more a gallon, Sarah Palin will look mighty good to about 65% of the country and that is all we need. She is also the only one who refuses to be polite to those who are trying to bring down our way of life.
Exactly. Energy is an issue that Sarah Palin OWNS. Before being elected Governor, Sarah Palin was appointed to be Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner for the former Governor Murkowski. She learned many things about oil and gas, and extracting these energy sources, during her time as Commissioner. She also learned about corruption and collusion in the Alaskan GOP, with the oil companies — and after she ran and won the Governorship, routed-out that corruption and collusion with her first piece of major legislation as Governor.
Her second piece of major legislation was ACES — which gave the rightful owners of the mineral rights, the People of Alaska, a share of oil profits in exchange for their drilling on public lands. Then her third major piece of legislation was AGIA — the largest private sector deal between Exxon/Mobile and TransCanada pipeline. The goal? To bring natural gas down to the Lower 48.
These major accomplishments are BARELY KNOWN. Why? Because if the Media allows for these energy-themed major accomplishments to get out to the general public, don’t you all see who would win the Republican nomination in a landslide?? As Rush says: “The liberals will always tell you who they’re most afraid of”. Who have the knives been out for, since 8/29/08?? No one other than Sarah Palin. Palin/West2012
Mom in Wisconsin
I agree….do not let the media sway you by the alleged failings of any of the Republican/Conservative candidates. It is their game to get President OverPar re-elected! We must vote him out (if he is not impeached first and foremost!) Any of the R’s are very electable and would be a world better than the progressive failed policies and incompetence of the regime we have now!!
Yes Ms Adams, you have nailed the essential fact this time. It won’t matter if the Republican candidate is Ronald Reagan, George Washington, or Jesus Christ; he or she will be savaged like starving jackels ripping apart a plump piglet. 2012 is the pitch of ultimate decision for the msm. 2008 will look like childs play. They know that if Obama loses, it’s over for the 20% revolution of Cuddly Leftistmarxists in America, at least for the next 20 years. People will die. It’s that simple.
But it still will matter who the candidate will be. Reagan was personally exemplery, and it helped him. Newt ain’t and it won’t.
Fortunately, most of the Republicans are exemplery, across the spectrum, including Sarah, Romney, Pawlenty and others. Obviously, the jackals have been ripping Sarah for years. Yesterday, the knives came out for Christie – they fear him. I predict Romney will be exalted unless he gets nominated, then he will be savaged as brutally as any of them for his three sins; he’s rich, RomneyCare, and most savagely of all, because he is a Mormon. So far, it’s hard to tell about Pawlenty. He has a pretty good back story. But of course, that won’t help for long. We will be able to tell soon if they fear him. If he gets the nomination, it won’t matter a whit whether he’s a saint or not. His family will undergo the most brutal investigation and incineration of all time. God forbid that one of his children ever took a drug or was arrested, or that there is an ex-lover of his wife. Of course, even that won’t matter. If he is a perfect man with a perfect family, they will simply lie. The same goes for Paul Ryan and all of the others.
The only one that might possibly escape is Rubio. A 3-5% swing in the Hispanic vote would be enough for him to win. They will rip him as the anit-Hispanic, but they will be very very careful about attacking him personally.
For that reason, Marco is a lock for the VP slot. The Republicans need to come up with a way to bill it as a co-presidency. At the very least, his main role will be to expose the hypocricy of the media to Hispanics around the country.
Marco just passed the Colombian version of NAFTA – who knows, that might be the most substantive game-changer in the whole narco wars as illicit cargoes move from the Mexico border to South Florida. Also as the descendants of old-school Cuban refugees, he doesnt flip the Latino votes you need to flip. I think a proven southern conservative (a la Jim DeMint, even a Sonny Perdue or Haley Barbour) plus Susana Martinez of NM might do the trick. Otherwise I’m content with Mitch.
So you are suggesting that Hispanics will reject Marco Rubio because he isn’t the right kind of Hispanic.
Well, I agree that Hispanics aren’t nearly as lockstep brainwashed as african americans (which surely must be one of the saddest examples of forfeiting the voting franchise in US history), but I seriously doubt that nominating him will have anything less than a huge impact on that group of cummunities.
I think his impact would be great, at least great enough to lock up Florida – that would squelch the Obama core black vote strategy that took VA-NC-FL-OH and clinched victory before 11pm eastern in ’08. But when you show up with a conservative Mexican-America who looks “naca” enough to get hypothetically pulled over in Arizona*, that’s a force multiplier.
*But then I probably would pull over the Jersey Shore kids on first sight, too!!!
Pity whomever is the GOP canidate for 2012. He will be labled as a demon, or a Hitler, or even as the anit-Christ! He will have to endure what no person should be put through. How can the 20% who want to destroy our country outshout the majority of the true Americans?
They can because of the enormous amount of money they receive from
- the new world order czar, SSoror
- the islamic countries
- America’s enemies who love to have a puppet-president sitting at the White House (China, Russia)
It’s simple simple.
Forty years of subversion of the schools, the universities, and the media have filled these institutions with slaves and servants, zombies who can only obey and cannot think.
That should be
SSoros
of course.
Is there a nit in his eye? His czar / block vote attention ideology has has been interrupted by documented failures spanning fifty years. More revelation of truth will not only reveal more choices for constitutional applications detrimental to his oval office occupation but the demise of his political party as well.
As the house majority adjustment has demonstrated that near total flush of the senate has become the mandatory objective of returning to avenues of common sense that provides for methods allocated by constitutional provision for unseating tyrants in spite of all media opinion or present majority belligerence.
Get the log out your own eye and never let any narrow minded agenda pushers convince you that there are only their status quo methods of correcting an error using parameters limited by the two party argument designed to keep you in limbo smog with media commentator guidance.
Just keep in mind that naming a candidate that is not armed with highly organized union, minority, government employee and parasites or unlimited foreign money immediately places them in the feed trough of waiting media character assassin swine that either ignore or obscure all truth that will be harmful to their prescribed treasonous agenda. Campaign cost per second of TV rebuttal may be prohibitive except for very limited time. Ask Ross Perot.
With forty years of energy engineering behind me, I look at our leaders: Obama, Reid, Pelosi, then look at the opposition. It did not help, during the last days of the campaign, when the economy was going down the toilet, that McCain admitted that he did not understand economics very well. In foreign policy and military matters, he is today, a giant compared to his opponent. I may be the only person in America who read Palin’s white paper on energy; it is superb, far better than anything authored in Washington D.C. Yet the ignorant media repeats that she is stupid. Example: Would any thinking person consider Katie Couric, or her peers, an expert on anything?
I can only conclude that the quality of our leadership is the lowest since??? Maybe John Adams. The American system of government is the best in human history; it was designed to be run by flawed people. But it is being tested to the breaking point. The cream, in our society, does not float to the top; it is regulated and litigated to destruction. If we do not give authority to a far better class of people, soon, the United States of America may go out of business.
Yeah, but Katie reads the New York Times!
Obama will win, probably handily if not by a landslide. I’m pretty much right of Atilla the Hun, and am disgusted with the wimpy posers the GOP has forced on us since Reagan. Until a candidate stands up and speaks unadulterated plain English, we have little chance of prevailing in the 2012 presidential election.
Reagan proved that liberals are helpless when forced to make their case in a straight forward manner in the arena of ideas. Until someone steps up and starts smackin’ the bully in the mouth, nothing will change, and we lose.
I am inclined to agree. The Pubs need a dark-horse candidate who shoots out of the gate with charisma & the ability to capture the American public’s attention not too unlike the way Obama did. IOW, we badly need someone to come out there & sweep us off our feet again with hope & change that are for real.
In other words, no real-world candidate is good enough, you’ll hold out for the non-existent ideal? That’s a good way to guarantee defeat.
You haven’t been paying any attention to Palin’s statements at all then? Or are you one of those who dismiss her automatically for no discernible reason?
Here’s a hint, Doug. Stop insulting people who are likely to vote in Republican primaries but have reservations about Sarah Palin; you’re not helping your case AT ALL, not increasing the likelihood that I’ll vote for her. I come to PJM to learn more about likely candidates, now that my first choice (Pence) has declined, and I’m kind of tired of Palinista bullies. Think about what you want (primary votes for Palin?) and whether you’re achieving that goal (no).
Lessee, you have been turned off by the rabid “Palinistas”, so you won’t vote for Palin? Out of spite, I guess? Does that make any sense? Will you blame Palin for every last one of her supporters? Do you think the other candidates do not have their rabid supporters, too? Will you blame the candidates for their most out-spoken, fiercest defenders? Is that how people really think and act? You’ll vote against your own and the national best interests out of spite? Because someone hurt your widdow feewings? Really? If so, we are truly hopeless as a species. Bring on the next dominant-species, please.
Jeanette, you “think” like a Liberal. You will need tougher skin if you want to be a Conservative.
I said a while back, and I’ll keep saying it: for the 2012 Presidential race, I want the Republican nomination to be either (a) Sarah Palin, or (b) a Republican who had the guts to stand up for her when it counted.
Why Sarah Palin? Because she believes in something, and has the guts to stare down the entire world if necessary. She knows that sometimes it’s better, as the saying goes, “to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, rather than to open it and remove all doubt”. She knows that it’s a leader’s job to lead. She learned fast that the mass-media is her enemy, and has become an expert at doing end-runs around them. And, from watching the unceasing poison in the headlines about her for the past three years, we know that she can take a punch to the gut and keep on fighting. (I think it’s safe to say: President Obama is not ready for a 3AM phone call. Mrs. Palin could handle several 3AM phone calls at once.)
The second category — Republican candidates who stood up for Mrs. Palin when it mattered — should be self-explanatory. (The American people don’t need another wimp in the White House… nor a man who neglected to defend a woman under attack.) Right now, as near as I can tell, that category is empty… although I’d be delighted to be proven wrong on that.
I’ll vote for just about anybody that runs against Barack Obama. But the candidate I want is Sarah Palin. “Electability flawed”?? EFMA.
DiB
She quit her job as governor of Alaska! It blows my mind that anyone would have faith that someone who would do such a thing would be a good candidate for POTUS.
More Palin Derangement Syndrome, eh? It’s amazing to see folks who claim to be as conservative as it’s possible to be swallow the statist line so deeply and completely. I hope you’ll be more polite when she’s our next president.
Sooooo now that you have put her down, what will you lift up?
Heh. Look up how long BO was in the senate before he began his campaign. Not governor even, but senator. And then let’s take a good look at other candidates who have moved up, over or parallel in their careers.
It sounds like a horrible thing, because the media has tried to make it so. But when we examine it, how many professionals (or any kind of workers, for that matter) have quit jobs? Positions of responsibility? Like it’s unusual? Really?
She wasn’t fired; she didn’t quit due to low approval ratings or disgrace; she wasn’t pushed out. Why is it that some people choose to ignore her positives, even to say she doesn’t have any, when she obviously has been a capable, effective, and popular leader? There’s something going on there; we all know that; why can’t we do a little jujitsu and make her “faillings” (the strong feelings she arouses in people) into a positve, rather than letting the old media define and dispose of her?
Initially, I too had concern that Palin left the governor position. After some reading and time I realized that had been the best decision she could make. She proved to be a real leader, she protected her state from the disaster of answering to all the lawsuits. She does not have the mindset that only she was able to do the job. She had picked and worked with her Lt. Gov. and knew he was well able to carry out the job. Her decision also was the best for her family. I believe she showed great integrity and resilience. My admiration for her has grown because she was able to make a very difficult decision which worked out best and was true to her values.
She quit her job, is that all you got to hold onto and you know damn well why she quit her job as Governor of Alaska….
Just can’t handle the fact that a woman can do a better job than the poser
we have at the present time….
Get over it, you are no better then the liberal media who hates her for
what she is not, maybe if she slept her way to the top, you would feel better about her qualifications and not what she accomplished as mayor of Wasilla and governor of her state…
Go Sarah,full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes…..
Some of the people in this comment section are pretending to be conservative. Their MO is to heap criticism on even theoretical Republican candidates while at the same time wrist slapping the worst president in US history. Given the kind of people most dems are it’s not surprising they think they can get away with this scam.
With that said. Good article. Yes, the MSM is terrified that the Bamster’s many failings as president will bring down the Democratic Party next year. But what do you expect from them, the truth?
I’m not interested in flash and dazzle. I want substance and leadership. Give me a candidate who has REAL executive experience, is not wet behind the ears, can read a balance sheet, has a spine and uses it. I want a plain speaker, with a passable command of the English language, who calls it as it is – but who doesn’t feel compelled to comment on every little thing (ala Obama).
I want a true fiscal conservative and Constitutionalist who will lead the battle to balance the budget and reduce the size, power and influence of government in every sector and facet of life. I want someone with genuine character and integrity.
My ideal candidate will focus on a few crucial things: The economy. National security. Deficit spending. Balanced budgets. Energy independence.
Reagan was the anti-Carter. We need the anti-Obama. Male? Female? White? Black? Hispanic? Native American? Indian? Asian? Mutt (like me)? Thin? Fat? Tall? Short? These things don’t matter.
Tough does matter, however, now more than ever. Obama has so completely damaged America, at home and abroad, and so completely trashed the American presidency, it will take someone with the courage, capability and political will to roll up their sleeves, dismantle O’s house of cards and rebuild on solid bedrock.
Why is Rick Perry never on the list? A two term gov. who understands border issues, oil refining/drilling, the import of states rights, and who understands the trifecta success of low taxes, educational excellence and encouraging population growth. He has good ideas and is currently working on providing a low cost (10k) college degree program. He would have much to promote, as Texas has low unemployment and knows how to incorporate a diverse population.
The only possible flaws 1. the North East cringes at Texans 2. His hair
If Rick wants to run for President, he should quit saying he doesn’t want to be President. And for the record, I have no problem with his hair.
The MSM (Marxist State Media) will trash any non-socialist candidate, there is no point in trying to appease them.
Is there a nit in his eye? His czar / block vote attention ideology has has been interrupted by documented failures spanning fifty years. More revelation of truth will not only reveal more choices for constitutional applications detrimental to his oval office occupation but the demise of his political party as well.
As the house majority adjustment has demonstrated that near total flush of the senate has become the mandatory objective of returning to avenues of common sense that provides for power allocated by constitutional provision for unseating tyrants in spite of all media opinion or present majority belligerence.
Get the log out your own eye and never let any narrow minded agenda pushers convince you that there are only their status quo methods of correcting an error using parameters limited by the two party argument designed to keep you in limbo smog with media commentator guidance.
Just keep in mind that naming a candidate that is not armed with highly organized union, minority, government employee and parasites or unlimited foreign money immediately places them in the feed trough of waiting media character assassin swine that either ignore or obscure all truth that will be harmful to their prescribed treasonous agenda. Campaign cost per second of TV rebuttal may be prohibitive except for very limited time. Ask Ross Perot.
too good to think about. count my family in on that combo…
The author ended her article with the admonition:
“We must defeat this modern day Emperor Nero — or else we will follow the Roman Empire down the path to collapse and ruin.”
Well, “president” Barry Soetoro isn’t the cause of America’s path down to collapse and ruin (as “emeror” Nero wasn’t the cause of Rome’s fall either); both of these frauds were simply the symptoms of deep rooted causes.
America and the West need a “rebirth” or an awakening, if you wish to put it more mildly. None of the persons in the GOP current soup of revolutionary midgets has the capacity or standing to lead such a rebirth or awakening. And that is the real trouble with this sharade.
Obama will be re-elected, mainly because the Republicans will nominate someone who passes the conservative social issues litmus test, yet has zero electability.
Both Palin and West are tremendous, ideally could use a bit more experience, but this is an emergency.
Read a convincing article, said the GOP candidate must appeal both to Tea Party types AND to old guard Republican types to have a chance to win. Said the only 2 people who rate high with both are Christie and Paul Ryan. Christie says he won’t run, for good reasons, and I believe him. But I would be very happy to vote for Paul Ryan. Ryan is seriously smart.
I’ll vote for whoever isn’t øbama, but we do need to think about the center.
I’d vote for my dog against Obama – my dog is loyal, cooperative, not egotistical, and smart.
Lots of good comments. Some… ill-informed… ones.
What would a McCain Presidency look like today? Foreign policy would have been far better, right? Good. Domestic policy? We would have gotten Democratic policies backed by a “Republican” President. Tarp? Check. Global warming? Check. Immigration Amnesty? Check. Stimulus? As some kind of compromise, yes. Massive healthcare legislation? Check. Ignoring the Constitution? Yes. Liberal Justices? Yes.
A RINO is worse than Obama, because he is a Dem in Pub clothing and destroys opposition to the Statists. You get milder Statism, but more permanent. If this country chooses another RINO to be the Pub candidate, I will again vote 3rd-Party… ESPECIALLY if it is a Party which will split the Pubs. America will deserve its horrible fate. Anybody but Obama? No! Obama is a gift to America. The mask is off. I do not want someone who still wears the mask effectively. No to Rommney, Huck, Gingrich, or anyone else who ran last time.
Okay, so how about other qualifications besides ideology? Competence. A track-record of achievement.
Daniels? I’m a SoCon, but I could vote for him. He’s one too, but he is trying to downplay it.
Palin? Most assuredly. Excellent FisCon and SoCon and Constitutional record.
Pawlenty? Milquetoast, but I would hold my nose and vote for him, because his record is pretty solid. He might even carry his home State of MN… but might not. If he can’t….
West? As a VP candidate, yes, but not top of the ticket. Needs some experience.
Cain? Yes, I could vote for him. I doubt he’ll get the nod though. No organization behind him. He better get crackin’. Hasn’t a chance, really, though.
Rubio? No, not even as VP. No experience. Great guy. Great future. Not yet.
Barber? No. MS simply remains at the bottom of the heap. He hasn’t made it better. At least Huckabee made AR better. Besides, he is yet another porcine good-old-boy.
Jindal? Yes, except, unlike Jan Brewer on immigration, he did not fight back against obama’s interference in the Gulf Oil Spill. He’s not running anyway.
Speaking of Brewer… hmm, maybe. A little more experience and accomplishment is indicated.
Trump? Do not be ridiculous. He’s banned from trading. He’s a crook.
Kasich? Yes, but he’s not running.
Ryan or Cantor? I like them, but inexperienced. No.
Scott Walker? Maybe, but inexperienced. Let’s see how it plays out in WI first.
So to me, that is the available field. Not heartening. Lots of rising stars. Lots of youth. A deep bench, but few legitimate starters. It seems to me that the only viable candidates are Palin, Pawlenty, and Daniels. Palin has high negatives. The other two lack an organization. Palin’s organization is huge and powerful, the only counter to OfA. Pawlenty is clearly running, but seems to be making no headway. Pawlenty and Daniels seem like rump candidates, some token opposition to Obama. I think they would lose badly to Obama. They’d be our version of Dukakis.
Palin would either win big, or lose big. It’d be a helluva fight, though. At least we’d go down swinging. If the others lost, then it would seem an affirmation of Obama and his policies. If Palin lost, it would be seen as her “unelectability”.
There are no obvious answers. In another few years, there will be. Sadly, we do not have another few years.
Well, if Petraeus were to run….
Could turn out to be none of the above. What about McDonnell of Virginia. He “looks” presidential. I believe he balanced his budget too. Stealth candidate? I would like to know more about him.
RNC needs to get Allen West into the awareness of mainstream America. Trim other costs to get him paid air time if necessary. He would shred the teleprompter in a debate. I would vote for a Republican primary candidate who pulls a RR ’76 and promises to nominate West for VP.
So,
Two are “flawed” because they like members of the opposite sex.
One is “flawed” because he dares speak the truth that limited federal government has no place in “social issues”.
One you think is “boring”.
Two are “flawed” because the media (that picked McCain for the GOP) doesn’t like them.
All are human, as are we, personally, I like West and Jindel and to a lessor extent Palin. But I’d rather see a true socialist like His “O”lliness in office than an Romney or Huckleberry, at least we don’t get the hypocrisy that way.
i think the repubs need to wait as long as possible and let obama be his own worst enemy
all this talk about who the republican candidates are is simply a smoke screen for the proverbial ca ca that is hitting the fan whilst obama is at the helm
mid-east chaos that will not dissipate in the next 50 years will lead to oil prices that will escalate on an hourly basis while the statists in the executive branch refuse to supply ourselves with our own resources to mitigate the upcoming saucefest will be enough to get obama out of office
piracy that is being seen as some kind of new problem— “Geez, how do we deal with these pirates?”— uh,i dont know, maybe fill their bases/ harbors/ neighborhoods with a hundred cruise missiles?
the dem/union relationship that is finally getting some sunlight exposure
statist 6.5 billion budget cut solutions
the point is that obama is defeating himself and we just need to keep the scoundrel on the defensive— debating a presidential candidate just gives the dems a chance to square-up and hurl their hatred at another straw man…
Why not just aim for 40 governorships, 300 house seats and 60 senate seats?
Palin is only polarizing to the ruling class. And not flawed any more than any other human being. Compared to most on this planet she has a stellar character and an outstanding record of accomplishments. She is mainstream American and that’s why she is hated by elites, RINOs and leftists. She can easily beat Obama and the Dems fear her more than anyone. She already has a huge base who can raise the massive money needed, something the most excellent Cain, West and Bachmann don’t have yet. We have a fine field of candidates if you forget the weak posers and media suck ups mentioned in this clueless article. And Palin has the guts to take the fight to the National Socialists and the corrupt media. Guts mean more than money or anythiong else when it comes to rescuing our republic from the slide into totalitarian socialism. I guess PJM has the confused Myra on board to provoke a lot of comments, kind of like our hermano, Ruben.
Gary, you might want to read the article again. You are on the same side as the author. What she IS saying IS that none of the possible candidates is, in anyway, by any reckoning, the least bit as flawed as the Obumer.
It’s like this. Republicans will either put up a true and reliable conservative, or I will vote Libertarian. Period.
I went along with McCain last time. I gave the GOP the benefit of the doubt. I am over it. I am going to start voting my ideals and not along party lines. If they put up a RINO, you can count me out! And I won’t walk away quietly, I’ll take every conservative I can.
It may lose the election cycle, but it will keep conservatism alive until a deserving candidate steps up to fill the role. Elections are mere skirmishes in the greater war. If the Republicans fail to nominate a candidate that represents the conservative ideals of the people, then THEY, not the voters, bear the blame for the ground lost in a second term of the Obama admin.
I’m not playing the GOP’s game this time. Put up somebody worth my vote or lose me forever.
Has anyone heard of a Dr Ron Paul? I believe he is a senator in the US. We know of him here in Canada. Has He been blacklisted in the US?
Is it just me, but doesn’t a “ferry” seem seriously limp as a vessel to rescue our citizens? This is the Mediterranean sea, people, not the Potomoc River. Couldn’t we come up with a more muscular response? The boat sat there bobbing up and down for three days like a yellow ducky. Huh?
OK, America got it’s Snake Oil Salesman. The Liberal Media saw, heard and spoke no evil of this Soros puppet. All of his campaign promises have been fulfilled. Gitmo is closed, no wait, it is still open, but at least no Military trials, damn, wrong there too. At least transparency is evident. Except for Obama’s Birth Certificate, school records, college financing, passport. No, guess I’m wrong there too. At least there are no lobbyists in the White House. Wrong again, and for some of the old lobbyists, we have, have new titles, Czars.
Until America pulls it’s collective head out of it’s collective Arse,
we will continue to blindly follow the Pied Piper of collective socialism to the down fall of other socialistic countries like the U.S.S.R.
I am a proud American who served my country in the 50′s. The oath I took did not and does not have an expiration date. We were at war, cold and otherwise with the Socialists, (Russia), Communists, (China).
Socialists and Communists were the enemy of a free America then and they are now. They are the enemy of America whether inside or outside our borders.
Of course the America I grew up in is different from the America today.
America today has no real heroes, not counting our service men and women. Instead we have traitors and non patriots as our social heroes, ala, Hanoi Jane, Babs Striesland, Harry, Nancy, Barney, Barrack Hussein Obama, etc.
Until Americans realize the U.S.Constitution is the blue print of what makes this country America, and not some document that can be changed for political reasons, I fear we are doomed.
It is the flawed voters who are to blame, as our representatives are merely reflections of ourselves. As long as we continue to vote for our own oppression (Democrats and RINOs) and allow the left to intimidate us into submission, we will continue to be … well … oppressed. Garbage in … garbage out.
i align with danielinbrookline, what about gov perry her vp, john bolton sec of state, and michael schurer sec def, and the donald sec of comm???
My ideal candidate would be a mature male who has proven military and private enterprise success and displays both virtue and intelligence.
He would be a man who could not be either bought or extorted.
He would do that which is right, responsible and realistic at evry turn; irrespective of the “will of the people”; which is so often wrong, irresponsible, and unrealistic.
In 2012 our wrong, irresponsible and unrealistic electorate will re-elect Oscambo, who will then administer the coup d’gras to the Republic.
He will enslave us to his moslem brothers and slaughter us by the millions. Why?
Because we have, by degrees, become amoral, lazy, fearful, stupid, uncaring, selfish, greedy. WE will never admit that it is time to throw the bum out,(impeach it), until it is too late to do so.
Moslem revolts in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, are not tied together by the MCM, as they should be. The rebels storm out of mosques, armed and supplied by Hezbollah, Hamas, etc., and we pretend that this is not Islam at its best- rob, rape, torture, kill, burn- the Five Pillars of Islam. Why?ecause the media is on the side of Islam.
When these ingenuous one die screaming in agony in moslem torture cells they will realize, too late, that Islam, a criminal conspiracy, is essentially evil, and must be criminalized and stamped out.