Thanks for the thread.
I start from a given...the state of TX was never a natural Romney state. Yet, CW’s and my state of TX understood the urgency to oust Obama. And voted accordingly.
Other so-called “bible-belt” states did the same.
That tells me that the nation - whether disgruntled conservatives who didn’t vote or the mushy moderates swayed by emotion or the clearly duped groups who worship Obama - is way less on point than is TX and a solid block of “bible-belt” states.
I don’t excuse the electorate in places where Obama beat Romney. I hold THEM very much accountable for their actions, decisions, mindsets, what-have-you.
If the states that clearly saw what’s happening to America and their options to save it could vote for Mitt Romney, so could have the others that didn’t.
Having said that, of course we need to more carefully consider who is running. But we can’t make people run that choose not to, and we can’t make some chink in their armour go away that the enemy within will exploit.
Reagan was a rarity.
That doesn’t mean there might not be another one, but we see how seldom they come along.
Whoever says we can do better than Mitt Romney will get no argument from me. However, Mitt Romney actually exceeded my expectations as a candidate and would have exceeded them as president if he had won, in my opinion.
Again, my state voted for him in spite of the fact that, given other viable options, he would not have been my state’s pick in the primary to oppose Obama.
So, if Texas and the rest could, so could have others.
That they didn’t do so is on them.
And I have not ruled out fraud in this election.
A lot of things do not add up for me.
I guess "vote their money into my pocketbook" is the bottom line in those states.
Whoever says we can do better than Mitt Romney will get no argument from me. However, Mitt Romney actually exceeded my expectations as a candidate and would have exceeded them as president if he had won, in my opinion.
I agree but getting him there was a bridge too far.
And I have not ruled out fraud in this election. A lot of things do not add up for me.
When the U.S. Attorney General blocks voter ID and allows voter intimidation at the poles, it tees up conditions for fraud.
“And I have not ruled out fraud in this election”
Quoting my owned post, above...
I just heard a radio newsbreak that the count in FL has been finalized, at last.
Think of this: Out of 8.3 million votes cast, Obama is declared the winner by...74 thousand votes.
Obama got about 50% (I got the impression his was rounded up) of the vote and Mitt Romney got 49.1%.
This should demonstrate to everyone’s satisfaction how easy it would be for the Democrats to have stolen FL.
And there’s a precinct in FL that showed many more votes than registered voters...even an official there expressed “shock” and said, “this has never happened here before”.
I know there’s more in the news that would suggest fraud...I just happened to catch these snatches, in an otherwise busy day.