Posted on 12/16/2011 4:51:35 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt
But it is, what it is. I just don't believe Newt Romney will turn the ship of state around. Bachmann will. I don't have to like her.
Give’em hell Newt. U got all the establishment marxist worried. lol
Get’em boy. lol
Hmm, the Taliban call each other 'farmers'. Your handle is CHICAGOFARMER . . . who farms is Chicago. My gosh, you're a Taliban, Democrat, Taxeating troll. You're uncovered now, sucka.
Agreed, she was done a long long time ago.. has absolutely NO chance of winning the primary, let alone a national election.
However, like they say, denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.
This post isn’t wishful thinking, its flat out delusion.
First, he was ousted anyways, so how did Plan A work out for Newt? Second, all I know about this is what Bachmann said last night at the debate and on Hannity. She reported that Republicans were voting to withhold funds to candidates supporting Partial Birth Abortion and Newt came in and turned that around. Sounds like Republicans disagreed with Newt, but he bigfooted to get his way. And the point is, how did that work out politically along with my Doug Hoffman example?
My friend (channeling John McCain), I think you got it backwards.
The Republicans have departed from principle so far that they couldn’t catch sight of it even if they stood for a moment on the tallest hill.
David Duke was beyond the pale and Partial Birth Abortion is NOT? Really. Did you support Arlen Specter?
This is the question I'm posing; is it only about winning, winning at all costs? We're watching the destruction of our nation at the hands of politicians mostly on the left, but also in the GOP, who play your game. More of this will save the country. Really?
I'm sick of the Realpolitik people here and in the GOP, who's policies, when they actually meet reality are a disaster. And I'm not being realistic? BS! Doing the same ol' is only going to get us the same ol' and we're twirling around the drain right now. That's the destination of the Realo's. Oh, and only Romney can win. Yeah, right.
Well, no, you’re not being realistic because you’re starting with two flawed premises: 1) Bachmann has any prayer of winning anything and 2) that she has shown any desire or inclination to “put a hurt on Romney”.
That aside, I was referring to Gingrich’s time as Speaker. His support for Scozzafava, at a time when he held no party leadership position, is absolutely something he needs to answer for.
I've been leaning more to Santorum, but I'd go for Bachmann or Perry at this point. Bachmann is the only one, who's been attacking and I think she can make a strong case against Newt Romney. She may not be the one to benefit.
RINO's kill the party. If they keep it up, the GOP will be the next Whig Party: stood for nothing, fell for everything, was everything to everyone and nothing to nobody.
Sharron Angle in Nevada is trashed by the GOP grandees. Tea Party is a loser. Really.
As a Nevada independent, the Senate race last time was a toss-up and a real hair puller. Harry Reid or Sharron Angle? Sharron's record was one that made my hair stand on end as I kept looking at her history. Harry Reid's record was bad, just in a different way. I'll tell you, "none of the above" was very, very tempting.
If a political party wants to win elections, they need to put forward candidates that are attractive to the voters. Do you know how hard it is to punch that voting machine while holding your nose? McCain and Angle were just two of the Really Bad Choices this voter faced in recent elections. (At least McCain had a life one could find out about; Obama was a complete cipher, and I don't like voting for people who I can't read.)
I don't vote the brand, I vote the man...or woman. It's more work, but I think that the person in the office is more important than the machine behind the person; I had enough of the latter when I lived in Cook County.
Since I can't vote in the primary, in either party, I sit and observe, waiting for the two parties to come to consensus at their conventions. Then I take all the rhetoric from the primary elections and caucuses and get a fix on the candidates running in the general.
I will tell you that I'm a small-government, local-government advocate. I believe in balanced budgets. I believe that Parkinson's Law (the one about a mathematical equation describing the rate at which bureaucracies expand over time) requires active mitigation. I believe in sunset provisions in statutes, particularly where a particular piece of legislation is a "temporary fix". Or a "temporary tax" (what an oxymoron THAT is...or perhaps you never heard the Henny Youngman joke about nothing being as temporary as a woman's permanent, and as permanent as a temporary tax).
And I believe in the Constitution, as written and not as "interpreted" by people who stretch it all out of proportion.
November 2012 is going to be interesting. I hope you people who are voting in the primaries, or participating in the caucuses, keep in mind that you have the future of this country in your hands.
David Duke was over the line, but Partial Birth Abortion is not? And drawing this line makes me a supporter of totalitarian party discipline. Really?
I agree with you. Why should a state like Iowa, that keeps electing Tom Harkin as senator, have so much influence in who is the presidential nominee? The same goes for Liberal New Hampshire. What do they have, 3 electoral votes?
Newsflash: RINOs ARE the party.
Being a Republican means you stay a few notches to the right of the Democrats. But you're still a statist. You just pander to a different voting block, that's all.
Newt was exonerated on all the ethics charges.
Thank you, sir. You said what I was trying to say better than I did.
No matter what Gingrich's personal views are, what kind of decisions will he make? Let's say Gingrich opposes Partial Birth Abortion, but brings in 20 GOP members of Congress, who will not vote against it? This is the realistic view of politics. Really? Really?
Here's my argument: 1. The country is being transformed into a socialist state. 2. Who will turn this around?
Will Gingrich, with his "realistic" view of politics, where a Scozzafava is to be supported and Partial Birth Abortion is not beyond the pale? How does this turn the country around?
Doug should have started his campaign sooner.
He didn't know most of those folks. At the same time Scuzzyfuzzy was put there by district party bosses. Ire should be reserved for them.
Notice that the next winning Republican in that district was the guy who advertised himself on Craig's list ~
There are problems in that district that defy human imagination.
What are you people, Liberals, who judge by their good intentions and ignore the catastrophic results?
In fact, during the debate the only time I applauded and shouted support was when Newt was going after the Judges and how Congress needs to exercise its authority to impeach insane judges and even to eliminated courts.
With the current Federal Judiciary, we're doomed. I've been advocating impeachment of judges for years or decades, this is the first time I've heard any national politician take that on.
With Newt, I question his judgment and question, whether he'll really walk the walk after all the talk.
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