>> The logic you have used so far is that the others are “unelectable” which is why you seem to be voting for Fred Thompson which is the RLC pick not Rudy!
OK. I’m a member of the RLC in Texas. What’s your point? That I shouldn’t vote for someone simply because the Republican Leadership Council like them? The RLC liked Reagan.
>> Thompson’s Texas campaign manager last I had seen reported was George P. Bush.
True. So what?
>> Many of the Thompson supporters are not arguing on issues but rather on POLLING data! This is the mentality of the lesser of two evils in the PRIMARY!?!
I have little to no ideological complaints about Duncan Hunter, thus I can make few ideological arguments as to why I won’t be voting for Duncan Hunter. I also have few ideological complaints about Fred Thompson - thus, I cannot base my vote solely on ideology.
Electability is what distinguishes the two. Both are strong conservatives ... but only one of the two has any shot at winning.
I will vote for a conservative everytime. When more than one conservative is in the race, I’ll vote for the one I think has the best chance of success.
>> The liberals say that Thompson is electable so you are going with him on that basis?!?
What liberals are saying that? All the liberals I’ve read say that the Democrats are going to run away with this thing. All the liberals I’ve read say Thompson’s an “empty suit” and “lazy”. Those same liberals said the same thing about Reagan.
Scientific polling data, from reputable non-partisan polling agencies (Rassmussen, for example), show Duncan Hunter to be unelectable. That’s not liberal spin ... that’s fact.
>> Examine the records of each of these men and debate who is right for the job on that basis but stop the tired old liberal media manipulation of who is “electable” and who is not.
I’ve examined the records - I think both would make fine Presidents. I think only one of the two has any chance at actually BEING the President.
>> Polling data is rarely scientific. The questions are so phased as to prefer a certain answer and eliminate others candidates are eliminated from the poll altogether!
Apparently polling data is only “scientific” if you agree with the results. The question “Who will you support in the Republican Primary?” is hardly loaded. Approximately 1% of likely Republican Primary voters choose Duncan Hunter.
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Hemorrhage,
Talk about a selective look at things. You patently ignore the fact of how easy it is to skew a poll and how difficult it is to get a truly scientific poll and you are ignoring the fact that the polls are paid for by people with a specific agenda. I am not saying any poll is valid!!!! They all are for manipulation purposes. Remember the issues matter with me polls are meaningless. I will try to get it through to you one more time. To get a truly scientific poll is a complex narrow path that must be followed. The odds of getting an accurate poll are small and a meaningless one huge.
Ravenstar