Posted on 08/17/2012 9:51:02 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Amen. See my response in post 17.
People here in America have no idea just how precarious their existence has become. No idea at all.
You know that I'm not much of an optimist anymore, but I am actually beginning to see a bit more of an awakening (of sorts) over the past year or so. Certainly not the type of numbers necessary, but at least some of the fog seems to be lifting a bit. At this point I suppose that I am grasping at straws, but at least I am seeing some small steps in the right direction!
We face a horrible situation...but I believe in light of 2010 and the fact that Obama has doubled down on everything that brough that historic election about...that we have the opportunity here to amke a real and lasting turn around. I pray it is so.
Read “The Forgotten Man”. Amity Shlaes talked about the 1940 election. Willkie was running the 1936 race again yet FDR had already moved away from the New Deal and started to talk about the coming World War. In fact, the Schechter brothers came out in support of FDR.
Romney/Ryan
Rescuse & Recovery 2012
Jeff,
So good to see you posting this. I see a ‘morning in America’ once more. These last 4 years have about done me in. 82 days left.
Is it enough and in time to be effective? We're all going to find out Real Soon Now.
BTW, check out the last entries in the killers without conscience thread. I've posted some chapter headings. BTW, you're on the editorial board. Manuscript headed your way once it's got to that point.
We need the Kenyan gone. He is a disaster. That said, Mitts record does not give me any warm fuzzies.
Caught the Democrats flat footed.
The winning margin came from INCREASED Republican turn out though.
The next big race where the winning candidate depended primarily on increased turnout of the existing base was Obama v. Hapless ~ as we recall Hapless got fewer votes than Bush, and barely more than Lurch!
That was simply pitiful.
The GOP-e failed to notice that somebody didn't show up to vote in 2008 ~ namely a huge chunk of the Republican base. They should have examined the entrails (Augery is an art suitible to politics) and figured out who had to be ENCOURAGED to show up in Republican voting contests.
Then, next thing you know, the Kook squad in Virginia rigged it so only Ron Paul and Mitt Romney got to run!
That pretty much carved the heart out of the Super Tuesday Primary series. Virginia saw a record low number of voters in that one.
Besides having to make up for Obama's 10 million vote lead last time, the Mittbots have to figure out how to get the 10 million people they discouraged from voting at all to show up and vote for a guy they don't like, and then see if they can get over 50% +1 vote in the Electoral votes.
Despite what the pollsters are telling you about relative popularity, the most important figure is the folks who will actually vote this year ~
This has given me pause for even beginning to think the Republican party pros know what is going on or how to win elections.
Outwardly, yes, but the demographics have changed dramatically in 32 years, as well as the number of people on the dole. So the number of "Romney Dems" will be limited; however, I am not predicting an Obama win. The tide does seem to be turning.
Amen to every bit of that, Sue. God’s speed to you an yours, and may we all be a part...at whatever level we can anou our conscience allows...of this turnaround to win our republic back!
There also was not a Tea Party. We’re going to find our ptretty quick which cancels outr which...but I’m putting my money on 239 year-old tradition.
This election is going to be a test for all of us. On the one hand, no one here can really abide Romney, and many are tired of having to accept the squishy establishment Republican as “the least worst” option. If enough of the base take this view, then Obama and those holding his puppet strings will indeed take the opportunity to dismantle the last remnants of the old republic. And then our choices will be much less appealing than they are now.
Further, stopping Obama is merely in the “necessary but insufficient” category. Even in ousting this administration is simply buying a bit of time to begin the real work of restoring liberty and prosperity and the rule of law. That’s a daunting task, and worse, it’s not really all that exciting or fun; it’s just hard work. But we retain powerful, resilient structures and cultural requirments for liberty to prevail; this can be done, the only question is if we have the willingness to act.
Libertarians and conservatives have focused for too long on their differences, and it’s time to put that aside for brief truce. We agree on limited government, the fundamental right to arms, the oppressive over-reach of seventy years of commerce clause lawlessness, economic liberty, personal responsibility, the list goes on and on. One hopes that we can stop the slide, and that we’ll have a Republic to squabble over in the coming four years.
It’s not true! I just read somewhere, (maybe “Twitter”? “My Space”, or one of those sites.)that it’s not true, and it’s also not true that one of his daughters turned Democrat! It was on either her own, or her Dad’s account, that she denied she went Democrat. She also debunked the rumor that her Dad was going to speak at Dem. convention. I was trying to see if it was true, I was wondering what happened to him! But by his daughter’s own words, he is not speaking there, and she’s not going Democrat, herself! If I’m wrong, I’ll go back and read again. This is just a rumor, and has been debunked.
"I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama. Despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, I believe that candidate is Governor Mitt Romney. This is the most important election of our lifetime.”.
Here's where he said it: Huntsman Endorses Romney
So, I find it highly doubtful at all that he would speak for the Dems...in fatc, this is the first I have heard of it. Can you source such a claim?
Amen to every bit of that...but I believe, if we are successful in getting a strong House and Senate...and not just in numbers, but in the quality of the new resp...Tea Party reps, then I believe there is a good chance that Romney will surprise us all.
He will want to do what that majority indicates. He will “go along,” because it will not only be very hard to stand against, but because his own business policies will be able to be applied and make a big difference in the turnaround...which he would then get a lot of credit for, and be elected to a second term.
At least I hope and pray that is the case.
Will believe when seen. Lots of standard political promises in the list.
"Repeal & Replace" is not eliminating ObamaCare and I believe this is a sign I've seen Romney campaign behind.
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