I'm not looking for "perfection" as I know that there was just One, and He wasn't RR but I am seeking a candidate who doesn't equivocate and doesn't need to change his views, depending on which electorate he is appealing to in given election years.
So far, I'm only finding one in the GOP pack and he's not in the "top tier" yet but, like Rush, it's way too early to tell what future events will bring.
That is true. Mitt Romney could be an imperfect candidate ALL Republicans could get behind in the end. Maybe. We shall see.
One thing is certain, Rudy Giuliani is so far away from the GOP`s conservative platform, he isn't worth even considering.
I know plenty of people who claim to revere Ronald Reagan today who conveniently forget their criticisms of him when he was in office -- hypocrite for not getting rid of the Department of Education, senile fool being taken in by Gorbachev, out of touch, not a REAL conservative like Jesse Helms, appointing globalist internationalists and liberals like George Schultz and Richard Schweiker, etc. Of course now even lots of liberals claim he was a great President. This stuff never changes.
The difference is Reagan acted accordingly on many issues after his "conversion" from Dem. Rudy and Mitt have been Republican for many years but never changed from their Dem/Rino leanings. In other words there has never been a conversion in regards to party affiliation. They are what they always were.
The world is weary of the carping on single issues that will ultimately be decided by the courts.
Sanity after all...
Mike Reagan for president!
Jeb Bush for VP.
Reagan/Bush '08
I hope "the right people" are reading this!! And taking notes! And memorizing!
What a weird article. Sorry, I will vote for a conservative and only a conservative.
If that ends up saddling the country with Hillary, then the Reps have nobody but themselves to blame for not providing me a conservative to vote for.
This article has one glaring flaw... Ronald Reagan said his old party, the Democrats, left him. So he became a Republican and helped to pull the only conservative-friendly party right.
If he were around today and saw the compromise-upon-compromise Republicans we have now, I think he would point out that the party is going the way of his former party. I can't believe he would cheerlead the party leadership pushing left-leaning candidates.
I don't disagree that the (R) party is the only hope to get a conservative candidate into office... therefore I am going to pull hard for a conservative candidate to represent the party in the general election.
You get the politician you vote for.
In order for Hitlery not to win, you're willing to support a NY liberal who is for gun control and partial birth abortion.
This is, sad to say, a lame effort to redefine conservatives into something different.
Essentially all the facts that disqualify Guiliani are just being redefined out of conservative values.
No second amendment rights, no protection of marriage, no pro-life as part of the primary process.
Sorry but Michael Reagan is wrong on this one.
BS!
Their candidates had better toe the party line, and especially the anti-war line, else they get thrown under the bus.
I like M.Reagan, but I think he is missing the point. It is unfair to say that those who are unhappy with the current list of front runners are being one issue voters. Reagan is advocating supporting the party, not conservative ideology. The simple fact of the matter is many conservatives are unhappy with how the party has drifted to the left on may issues. In the end, if a Republican acts like a liberal democrat, they you may as well have elected a Democrat.
The primaries is the time to realign the party, not simply support the most popular guy just because everyone says he can win. We will defeat the Dem's, if and only if we stand on our principles, and hold the candidates to these principles.
He is absolutely correct. These one or two issue Republicans will get us in trouble in '08, just like they sold us out in '06.
The country club wing of the GOP and some conservative media outlets are promoting a Hobson's choice of three non-conservative candidates. It is 17 months to the 2008 Republican National Convention, and 20 months to the general election. The Republican Party and America should strive for someone better than Rudy McRomney.
People have to learn that 'all or nothing' gets you 'nothing' many more times than not.
While the focus is on the next Pres, the problem is the electorate that seems hell-bent on destroying the society; the Congressional elections, while diffuse compared to the Pres election, are just as important or even more important. I won't list some of the truly major bonehead decisions coming out of Congress since Vietnam since we can easily come up with an extensive list, but these decisions are made by those we elect, and we have been electing a lot of national suicide representatives.
Great post, thanks!