Posted on 03/19/2015 10:22:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
And yes, I also prefer Cruz.
Jeb is toast. We need to move past worrying about Jeb. Questioning Scott Walker’s conservative creds is not a sin agains’t God. I question it myself. If he cannot excite a died in the wool Republican like me how is he going to excite the independents we need to win the general election?
Quite frankly, I’d rather see him stay here as the Governor. We need more of his ability and expertise here, especially in Madistan and Milwaukee.
Let those who feel the need ‘vet away’. They’ll only learn what we already know here in ‘Scansin. He’s the real deal. Those who charge him with the epithet “Flip Flopper” on amnesty would do well to take a good, hard look & find he’s had the same position all along.
It shouldn’t take four plus years for a hard working individual to go through the immigration & naturalization process. Immigration is like the DMV on sedatives; its a joke, has been a joke for decades and needs to be dealt with appropriately.
Which is absurd.
I'm all for vetting, just not for guessing and using that as an excuse to slander.
Btw, from what I see, there isn't much difference between him and Cruz on immigration, are you for vetting Cruz as well? Just wondering.......or is Walker the only one who needs vetting.......
Well I suggest take a minute and go on the regrets song thread as I have done.
“Bell Bottomed Blues” which was my personal theme song in college. I’m thinking Scott should play that song and think about it. :-)
Well, yeah -- these are the primaries! There's only one chance for the GOP to nominate a limited government conservative (and about as likely as a snowball in hell, but just the same ...) and that is to put up just one right candidate in the primary. Two or more and it's out the window, split, spoiled, default to a Coca Cola Conservative like Jeb or Ricky.
Ted Cruz is the guy "we," and that includes the likes of Walker, should unite around NOW and it's been obvious for awhile; Bush, Christie, establishment etcetera, pose zero threat to Cruz in the primary.
Only a candidate perceived as similarly conservative does. If I thought Walker really was a limited government conservative like Cruz, I'd be torn, but as it happens, it's pretty safe to say he's at best a wanna-be with his heart in the right place as per "conservative," but his natural inclination is to work with more cowbell.
So, yeah, I'm out of the woodwork in a way trying to say to conservatives who want to get the RIGHT guy in there, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL and defend it. The ball is Cruz, the guy who always wants "less cowbell."
That's the way I see it, anyway. Then again, I think this is all pipe-dreaming anyway because of the probability that the GOP nominates a Coke Conservative to the Pepsi Democrat like in 2008 and 2012. So what do I know?! {^)
Respectfully, "we" -- that would be Republicans and conservatives -- have less than two years to see that the GOP serves up an actual limited government conservative, something it hasn't done in decades. When should "we" get started by doing what everyone always says needs to be done -- to UNITE behind one candidate early? My candidate is Cruz and I want to discourage any other conservative from getting in his way. THESE ARE THE PRIMARIES.
Two, let’s attack the Left not one of the top three conservative contenders.
Why? That is, if you mean the Democrat party left? I don't care what a Republican candidate has to tell me about how bad the Democrats and the left are -- I already know. I sure as heck don't care during the primaries.
On the other hand, if when you say "let's attack the left" you mean the creeping left in the Republican party -- well, I'm in! I'm on it!
And I will point out leftist tendencies in Republican primary candidates wherever I see them.
you have no idea how to win.....Servant of the Cross has it right, you have it wrong. You live in a FR only world....
Well ... the guys who “knew how to win” lost last time ... and the time before ...
But the guy that lost did just what you suggested.....you may think attacking each other and not the Dems are the way to win, but it’s NOT.....that NEVER works for Republicans. Ever.
I could NOT agree with you more if I were cloned! Don’t get me started on the opportunist and perennial job hunter Santorum. I will never forget. That swan dive of his for Spector and against that conservative left a permanent etch in the memory of conservatives who have a memory. Never mind his unabated Union pandering.
(Hi, ED :)
The guy that lost (first McCain, then Romney) was a leftist Republican attacking Republicans like me for refusing to vote for Republicans who advance government tyranny.
They lost because they were too inclined to see government as the solution. They could attack Obama and the Democrats until they were blue in the face after the primaries, and voters were indifferent.
Republican presidential primaries aren't about choosing the Republican who does the best job of attacking Democrats -- we've seen what happens when it is: the candidates lose the general.
The Republican primaries are about choosing the Republican who does the best job of advancing Republican principles and values of limited government. That necessarily means attacking Republicans such as Romney and Jeb who advance principles and values of government tyranny as usual.
That attacking Democrats is the focus of Republican presidential primaries is no doubt a big part of the reason the Republican party has failed so miserably in selecting a conservative candidate.
You could not possibly be more mistaken, more wrong. That is exactly 180 degrees out of phase with reality. The exact opposite can be proven by history.
You need not fear this man, "Barak Obama." John McCain
I have watched the rush to the bandwagon for Walker and am wary also. It took Walker a while to be noticed as a possible candidate, and now I feel people are overreacting to their own “discovery.”
Walker now has the experts coaching him and has learned to skate around troublesome issues, but he can still be blindsided by the evil and crafty Dems and Dem media.
I see other weaknesses besides the ones mentioned here. I fear these will be exploited and will bury him. I know “peaked too soon” is a cliche but that is what has happened. People are too desperate for a “winner.”
Let’s just keep our heads and look at everyone with a gimlet eye.
Your right. It shouldn’t take four years. They should be deported in several months.
Illegal is illegal.
Ooops ... touché, hoot!!
Fearing the worst Democrat?
Or selecting the BEST Republican?
History has proven that Republican primary protocol is a total failure. PERIOD.
Sorry, CEW, but while you and I often see eye-to-eye on the actual issues, your own record in backing "winners" and spotting "reality" is pretty laughable. Earlier when you posted to me that I have "no idea how to win," I laughed aloud as I read it. As if YOU do know "how to win"!!! {^)
Obviously, the GOP has zero idea of "reality." So being out of phase with it is ... a big "so what?"
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