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Hi Jim,

What I was trying to point out is that even people we all admire greatly have had difficulty with the abortion issue.

As terrible a problem as I think it is, I’m more concerned about the government killing my kids and grand-kids than I am about preventing other people from killing their own in the womb.

It would be stupid to lose the country over the issue. Most of the pro-aborting types are Team Donkey and don’t have kids anyway, eventually their nasty habit will mean they are in the minority.

If we could elect someone who would fix our financial house of cards, end the pay-to-play culture and TBTF corrupt banking system, close the borders and restore some fear of America in our enemies, but was pro-choice, I would think that was a reasonable compromise.

If the alternative is to insist that we nominate a “purist” who I agree with 110% on every issue, who is destroyed in the general election by the hostile media (again, look at Palin, a fundamentally wonderful person whose story was impeccable but was still destroyed by the MSM) I will choose the former. We are in a terrible place as a country.

Job one is to save America, something that is not just an phrase, but a stark reality. We are losing the nation. We can’t let Obama types continue to control the executive branch.

Towards that end we have to be self-critical and really look for someone who can get the job done. The first part of that means getting elected. Cruz needs to be subjected to strict scrutiny, just like every other contender. FR is my home away from home, but I do know we have not been very good in picking candidates for POTUS. I remember the Alan Keyes support here. Eventually he came out for reparations. I am not suggesting Ted Cruz would ever do anything that ridiculous, but I am suggesting that we tend to favor purists here, to no avail.

So, that’s where I am coming from. Rand has issues, but Ted has issues too. I’m actually hoping a Republican Governor comes forward, as I think having executive experience is a very good thing. (Reagan, Bush2). Neither Rand nor Cruz have that.

This is the place we have to figure these hard question out, I have said repeatedly the Conservative wing of the GOP has to be united going in, not divided like in 2008. Ted Cruz is the front runner, so he needs to have us really vet him. It’s unfortunate that people aren’t willing to take on that task. Because our opposition will make my comments look nice.

That’s where I am coming from.