Posted on 12/11/2011 2:05:10 PM PST by Sparky21555
This is purely a gut check question. After the dust settles, whom do you believe will be the one. Not the one you may wish for, as I know it won't be mine.
Frankly I don't trust either Newt or Mitt, but of the two I'd have to say Newt. All I know is whoever it is I'm not staying home because he isn't conservative enough. We've got to get this usurper out. I'm with Beck, this election is truly the last exit ramp off the course we're on.
Hard to predict right now. But if some of the candidates are chicken to stand up to Donald Trump, it makes you wonder how they would stand up to Putin, Castro, Assaad, Kim Jong Ill, Hugo Chavez, Aminajad??? Should give us something to think about.
Ultimately that is the answer to my question. ANYONE but omuzzie. Once he is out we can look to the future for TRUE Conservatives to regain our national offices.
LOL. You're forgetting Ford and Nixon before him! A case could be made that Eisenhower fit the mold as well as Hoover, so the last conservative/libertarian President before Reagan was Coolidge. So I'd say the GOP has been "RINO" for a long, long time.
Newt.
That’s the answer to your question.
I think it’s quite possible we will see a brokered convention, and someone not in the race now selected.
So here it goes:
1. To be truly successful, a candidate must be intelligent, fast on their feet, and able to not only articulate a message in such a way that it cuts through the media filter.
2. The candidate must be able to handle a hostile media.
3. The candidate needs to be politically savvy and have a network. The smartest most conservative person is worthless, if they have to rely on the GOP to flesh out their cabinet, as they'll be left with a RINO bureaucracy that has no loyalty.
With these things in mind we then look at ideology, which is NOT a dirty word. We want a POTUS that is as conservative as possible, while meeting 1-3.
Up until now, I have been watching the field, but I think the choice is no Newt. He's the smartest guy on the stage and he knows how Washington works. So let me get straight to his problems, as I know some of you are already headed fore the “reply” button.
1. Newt has had personal fidelity failures. OK, fine, I'm not hiring him as a camp counselor or having him escort my wife to a party. So that's not a dis-qualifier.
2. Newt has ethics issues in the past. I remember those issues and thought the charges were a crock at the time, so I'm not bothered by them.
3. Most troubling, Newt has a tendency to be like the Tom Cruz character in the movie “A Few Good Men” who was prone to decide and broker the outcome without a fight. This is my #1 problem with Newt. But I'm left hoping that as POTUS, he will find his muse to go for the throat every time.
Whoever our next POTUS is, the economy will get worse, much worse, as we have crossed the Rubicon of insane borrowing.
Rebubs lost their cajones years ago. It is time to get the old boys out of office, and mandate term limits for all offices, local, statewide and national.
>> After the dust settles, whom do you believe will be the one.
Of the ones left standing: I hope for Perry — overall I think he’d make the best *President*, if not the best *candidate* for President.
But I’m a practical man so my money’s on Gingrich to get the nod, and I can live with him as POTUS although he’s not my first choice.
as unixfox said: pulling the lever for (R) this go-round is a foregone conclusion.
based upon what I just posted, who cares???? the rino’s have won, and whoever we get just progresses the socialist agenda... My focus is now on the house and senate, THAT is the only resort we have left....
It will be a man who has put on his country’s uniform and loves the land and the people. He has a great sense of humor and can laugh at himself. He looks healthy and alive. He can govern and make the country proud again. He’ s a proven winner. He has been all the things we once cherished in our beloved country....from Boy Scout to college student....to military member....husband....father. A smile without a wagging finger is something I look forward to. It’s ok that he isn’t a slick talker. Seeing a mind working appeals to me....even if the snapshots make you look like a healthy idiot. It’s ok with me.
Thank you for that lucid reply.
All responces to my querry have been excellent.
Speaking for myself, I am unhappy with the choices we have. I will however pull the lever for whichever Repub is elected. NOBAMA!
I must leave now as Mrs Sparky and I are going to Church with the grandchildren.
Thank you all for participating.
It’s these kind of questions that damns the Tea Party into obscurity.
You need to ask, “Who will be the conservative candidate that you vote for?”
For me, it’s Michelle Bachmann.
It shows that Romney really doesn't know what other positions on the issues are, which means he hasn't studied the issues, just adopted some pre-canned positions.
Not a good night for Romney.
EG: When Ron Paul (dishonestly) tried to make Newt out to be a lobbyist for FreddieMac, Newt reframed his business as a perfectly legitimate exercise in private sector free market commerce--which it was, btw. Made Paul look like he was against making money in private enterprise by dealing with the government.
If it's Newt or Mitt, they will have already gone RINO. I'm still holding out hope for a conservative instead.
I have no idea. I have a suspicion that whoever it is they will be a rino.
And for me, this time around, dem, rino, no difference. The plea that we must have a Republican falls flat anymore. A fat lot of good all our erstwhile Repubs have done us judging by how far down the slippery slope to the brave new future we slipped.
I always thought we had a republic of laws based on the Constitution. And I've always thought the Constitution was almost an inspired piece of work. I think it was John Adams who said that it was generations of Puritan preachers who fought and won the real American Revolution in the hearts and minds of the people long before 1776.
I just cannot see how anyone can say there is much of a difference between Republicans and dems.
So I'm sorry to post a reply not exactly conforming to the question at hand. I guess my answer is that unless whoever it is is an actual republican then they are only a Republican. And Republicans don't impress me much anymore.
p.s. I've voted straight party ticket, Republican, since 1972. My first time in the voting booth, and I had what seemed like an epiphany that Richard Nixon was the only one that could be entrusted with our presidency. I still think so. Even if I would hestitate to buy a used care from him. (well slap my jaws)
“used care” = “used car”, not “care” as in “care bear”.
One, she’s a liar.
Two, she’s shrill.
Three, she’s got crazy eyes.
Four, she’s a hypocrit.
Five, well isn’t that enough?
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