Posted on 02/14/2012 8:17:08 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Those who scoff at Newt Gingrich’s plans for space should keep in mind similar arguments were made against John Kennedy when he proposed his moon quest. JFK had a cold war going on, but still saw the necessity of going to space.
Today, our President will face China in the race to a moon base.
Does anyone really want China controlling space from a militarized moon base? Or controlling all the minerals available on the moon?
Along with the great idea proposed by Rick Santorum concerning Manufacturing companies and Capital Gains taxes, a US/China “base race” would make America’s economy take off like a rocket.
Between the manufacturing jobs created throughout the country and NASA in the southern states building our own moon base facilities, and those spurred by re-invigorating the American oil industry by creating the Keystone pipeline and allowing drilling, (and frakking) in the US and off shore, unemployment would statistically disappear.
Unfortunately, Newt Gingrich, the only candidate with the foresight to think outside the box, is considered un-electable. This is his own fault. Thinking outside the box put him on a couch with Nancy.
It leads him to consider the racist Woodrow Wilson, the man who gave us the Fed and the Income Tax, in a favorable light, calling himself a “Wilsonian” progressive!
He says and does things that bring voting for him to the point of near impossibility, but then you have to remember, he did lead the most successful Republican revolt in our age, bringing us the only balanced budgets in my lifetime.
I must give Rick Santorum credit. He has not run as I expected him to. Unlike Bachmann, he has run as a man of deep faith, but has kept it in the context of who he is,…
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My greatest apprehension with a brokered convention is that The Party of Stupid will decide to go with Jeb Bush.
Bush fatigue is still rampant. A Jeb nomination would guarantee another 4 years of Obama, and what would give Obama more pleasure to run against? A Bush.
I feel like we’re card players who have been dealt a dreadful round—RINO Establishment and conservatives alike—so we’re both ready to throw in our hand and ask the dealer for a new deal.
Won’t happen and anyone else chosen would also have defects.
You are exactly right. The GOP doesn’t exactly stand on its principles does it?
Judging from the GOP in the US House.... conservatives don’t have a lot of power.
In a brokered convention, Gingrich and Santorum combine their delegates, and flip a coin to see who heads the ticket. Paul gets Treasury.
A brokered conveention will produce a RINO acceptable to the GOP establishment. Jeb Bush? Maybe. Mitt? Maybe. Jon Huntsman? Maybe. Newt, Rick or Sarah? Not on your life!
The most likely outcome of a “brokered” convention would be the guy (of the 4 still running) who is still first after a couple of ballots would be nominated for president, and the guy who is second or third who puts the guy in first over the top would be the VP. They are not going to go for someone who comes in with no delegates.
here it is, mathematically......... brokered convention=party bigwigs in the back room smoking cigars=mcromney as the nominee........
My understanding is that Ron Paul’s campaign has installed a lot of his supporters as delegates.
The delegates are obligated to vote in accordance with their assigned candidate at the FIRST vote at the convention.
My understanding is that if there is no clear winner from the first vote that there will be a SECOND vote in which the delegates are free to vote for who they choose.
Ron Paul could win if this goes to a tie
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