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Huckabee, Perry and Romney look like they are running in 2016
American Thinker ^ | 07/15/2014 | Silvio Canto Jr.

Posted on 07/15/2014 6:45:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

At the start of the year, I told a friend to keep an eye on Mike Huckabee.  He just had the look of a man running for president.  After all, didn't Ronald Reagan write columns and do radio commentaries before running?

Last month, I was very happy to hear that Mitt Romney was considering another run.  Frankly, I think that he is one of the most qualified people ever denied the presidency.

Let me add another one - Governor Rick Perry of Texas.  We didn't see the real Perry in 2012 but we are seeing him now.

Over the last few weeks, Gov Perry has been at the forefront of the "kids on the border issue."   He represents people who are directly impacted by the chaos on the border. 

Over the weekend, Gov Perry moved beyond the border and wrote a column about President Obama's foreign policy.  It was strong.   He challenged isolationism and he is right:

"As a veteran, and as a governor who has supported Texas National Guard deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I can understand the emotions behind isolationism.

Many people are tired of war, and the urge to pull back is a natural, human reaction.

Unfortunately, we live in a world where isolationist policies would only endanger our national security even further."

Gov Perry also took on Senator Rand Paul's view of the world.  He also aligned himself with President Reagan's foreign policy - the projection of strength and maintaining a strong defense.

Gov Perry also has his Texas' economic record to talk about.  Frankly, a lot of Americans may want to hear how Texas does it in 2016.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; huckabee; rickperry; romney
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To: SeekAndFind
Wasn’t Ronald Reagan a retread in 1980?

No one mentioned is even in the same league, state, nation, or universe with RWR!

41 posted on 07/15/2014 7:17:16 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Wasn’t Ronald Reagan a retread in 1980?

BOOM!

42 posted on 07/15/2014 7:22:55 AM PDT by steelwheels
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To: SeekAndFind
RE: Mitt Romney, ah yes, the loser . The same could have been said of Richard Nixon in 1960.

Total nonsense, Romney has a single victory to show for his entire decades old political career, he failed in that office and gave up running for reelection and left with 34% approval.

Navy Lt. Commander Richard Nixon came out of WWII and became a two term Congressman, sworn in one year after resigning his Navy commission.
Congressman Nixon later won office as a united States Senator, and then served as a two term Vice President of the United States as veep he ran for and lost that 1960 presidential election by only thousands of votes.

Mitt Romney is a true loser, with almost nothing to show for decades of campaigning, except that one lonely, less than 50% election win which ended in failure, his having to give up his plan for reelection, and losing the seat to democrats after his having been the 4th GOP governor in a row.

43 posted on 07/15/2014 7:22:55 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: SeekAndFind

In a pounding-the-message-home sort of way, I hope the GOP-E does run with Mitt Romney a third time. I believe that will cause Palin, or Cruz, or Lee, or fill-in-name-of-genuine-conservative to run. And if that happens, we'll see a Reaganesque landslide and a statesman instead of a politician in the Whitehouse.


44 posted on 07/15/2014 7:24:38 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a single one of them will challenge the legitimacy of so-called “moderate” Islam or its current representation in the WH and the Executive Branch of govt. Not a one has mentioned the recent establishment and announcements of the newly formed Muslim political party, the USMCO, the US Muslim Council of Organisations, designed to immediately focus on the 2016 election as a voting block.

Valerie Jarrett is thought to be a potential Dem candidate waiting in the wings, certainly a major Muslim Brotherhood associate. The Muslim Brotherhood has had the last two presidents “covered” (Saudi Royal Presidential gold medallions speak for themselves) and will go for another, regardless of whether he/she is a Dem or Republican.

The influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on US foreign policy and internal matters is massive and should be a major election issue. If the media are a fourth estate, the MB is a fifth estate thru its US organisations, now organized for formal political functioning at the highest levels of government and politics in the US.

Here is a link to the USMCO’s nature and recent announcements since March 2012 and before:

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/05/19/genesis-of-the-us-council-of-muslim-organizations-muslim-brotherhood-political-party/

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/6361
US Muslim Brotherhood Adherents Form New Stealth Jihad Group - US Council Of Muslim Organisations (USCMO)

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3672/muslim-brotherhood-us-government

The Muslim Brotherhood, linked strongly in a publicly perceived sense since the Cairo Speech, vetted by MB advisors has had increasing influence on US foreign policy in the ME, especially in Syira, Libya and with HAMAS, sprung itsef, as Al Q, from the MB. The US in Syria risks a Al Q replacement for Assad in Syria and if the IS Caliphate relinks with Al-Q there will be vastly more trouble. Boko Haram and a significant element of the Pakistan Taliban have come out for the IS Caliphate.

Another political party has formed to influence US policy to an even greater extent than it does already, and neither party recognises the threat or is addressing it. Both parties would rather attack the Tea Party. The Muslim Brotherhood would like to keep it that way.

The Muslim Brotherhood has NO resistance offered by either party to its anti-American goals. How come?

Here are a couple of links regarding the USMCO and its member organisations


45 posted on 07/15/2014 7:27:38 AM PDT by givemELL
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Not an endorsement, but I really want to see Walker run, think he would be very good to have in the mix as a viable contender.

Or is he too damaged now as a result of those manufactured scandals?


46 posted on 07/15/2014 7:28:48 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin, Cruz, or LOSE.


47 posted on 07/15/2014 7:30:50 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: VRWC For Truth

How about Scott Walker?


48 posted on 07/15/2014 7:31:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Reagan wasn’t a retread, he was a political force and the true earned leader of the conservatives in America, while to this day no one knows why Romney is even in politics.

In 1976 Governor Reagan was only months out of his second term as Governor of California, and he almost knocked off a SITTING GOP president as the counting went on after midnight “Ford prevailed with 1,187 delegates to Reagan’s 1,070”. In 1980 he did defeat a sitting president.

It was during the 1980 campaign that Romney left the GOP, eventually to become a democrat supporter, fund raiser, and even voter.


49 posted on 07/15/2014 7:32:05 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Last month, I was very happy to hear that Mitt Romney was considering another run.”

Why is there no BARF alert?!?


50 posted on 07/15/2014 7:34:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SeekAndFind

Walker is another Bush Shamnesty clone.


51 posted on 07/15/2014 7:39:28 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: SeekAndFind

No to Huck, and no to the Huckster. Perry, I am not sold on either, but I have not completely excluded him. Those other two, never. Ever.


52 posted on 07/15/2014 7:44:37 AM PDT by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rick Perry definitely running, always seen wearing glasses now to look smart.


53 posted on 07/15/2014 8:02:54 AM PDT by Kenny500c
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To: Kenny500c

PLEASON NO MORE HUCKSTER!!!


54 posted on 07/15/2014 8:03:25 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: SeekAndFind

In before the Perry haters? Watch the hate begin in 3, 2, 1 ...


55 posted on 07/15/2014 8:07:56 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is going to be very tough to nominate a conservative with a stacked field and Mike Huckabee picking off 15% of religious republicans. I fear it will come to Virginia and I will have to vote for someone like Rick Perry because he is the most tolerable person left in the field. The same playbook is being used and We are going to wind up with Bush or Romney again.


56 posted on 07/15/2014 8:13:59 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: SeekAndFind

Throw Cristie into the mix and you’ll get the finest collection of losers available.


57 posted on 07/15/2014 8:19:50 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think Rick Perry is in and I’m glad. I like the guy. He and Ted Cruz are my only choices.

IMO Mitt is till talking Ann into letting him run but I will bet he wears her down and jumps in. He will suck all of Jebs donors away and get the big money. Plus he has a lot of his own money. If Mitt runs the GOPe will line up behind him.


58 posted on 07/15/2014 8:34:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cruz will crush all of these guys.


59 posted on 07/15/2014 8:37:45 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Gaffer

Don’t forget Bob Dole...


60 posted on 07/15/2014 8:40:06 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
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