Posted on 02/14/2007 7:28:54 PM PST by rodomila
I used to think Free Republic was a site with mostly rational people. I can't understand why so many of you waste your time with Duncan Hunter fantasies. Really folks hallucinogenic drugs are illegal and bad for you too. Stop taking them !!! No one outside of the Hunter family and this website thinks he has the remotest chance of being elected President. The Ronald Reagan comparisons are idiotic. Reagan had been a two term Governor of the largest state in the nation. He had been a national household name for over 40 years when he ran in 1980. God only made one Ronald Reagan. Duncan Hunter, although he is a solid Congressman, is no Ronald Reagan. I'm a conservative and I would love to have a viable conservative to work for this election cycle. But we don't have one. McCain is a no go for me. I loathe the treacherous man and believe he is non-compos mentis (loony). That leaves Mitt and Rudy. Newt's entry would hopefully pull the other two to the right (which would be great), and he might even win the nomination (which would probably be bad as I don't think he would win the general election).
That would leave us with Hildebeast or even worse B. Hussein Obama. Therefore, although I'm pro-life, pro-gun, and anti the mainstreaming of homosexuality, I am trying to decide between Rudy and Mitt.
For me the war on islamo nazi psychos is the top issue and Rudy gets my vote on that one.
Issue two is finding a candidate who won't give in to global warming hysteria because that is the lefties preferred path currently to world government and destruction of our economic system. I have to look into Mitt's position on this because Rudy made some rather discouraging comments on this recently (although they were not as bad as originally reported here.)
Next is immigration. We need someone to enforce our laws and get control of the borders. Mitt seems to the right of Rudy on this but both have a way to go. Maybe Tancredo in the race can generate some movement.
Taxes - we need to keep the Bush tax cuts at the very minimum and hopefully get a bolder overhaul of the system.
Judges - we want young Scalias.
Spending restraint - I'm hoping that both, as successful businessmen, will hold the line on spending better than GWB who was a total disappointment in this area.
Let's try to move the viable candidates closer to us on the issues rather than engage in self defeating fantasies of "ideal" candidates who no one has ever heard of and who have never run any larger organization than a Congressman's staff.
Just about done...
Posted by Jim Robinson to upsdriver
On News/Activism 02/09/2007 1:51:01 PM PST · 82 of 153
Let's see:
Pro-National Defense........... check
Pro-Border Security............. check
Pro-Small government.......... check
Pro-Low Taxes.................... check
Pro-1st amendment.............. check
Pro-2nd amendment............. check
Staunchly Pro-life................. check
Opposes "gay marriage" ...... check
Is a patriot and veteran......... check
Conservative voting record... check
Sounds like a right-wing kook to me.
** I was honestly expecting to see j/k after this post. I'm kinda shocked.
MM
Home come you're shocked?
Yes, I respect that. The short answer is that I don't value all human life the way that you do, if I understand your position.
Aborting an unborn fetus, the death penalty, assisted suicide -- there are several cases in which the taking of a human life doesn't bother me, for different reasons.
In the case of abortion, I agree the fetus is a human. But to me, it's a human at such an undeveloped state that doing away with it doesn't bother me. And when compared to what is likely to happen if that mother has the child she doesn't want, especially in the case of young, poor, urban mothers . . .
I read an interesting book called, "Freakonomics" a while back. One of the chapters in it put forth an interesting theory. Crime rates started declining in the early 90s. 18 or so years after abortion first became illegal. They theorized that a high percentage of the babies who were aborted would have grown up to be criminals, because they were largely to urban, poor, uneducated mothers.
Cold, and harsh, I understand. But I'm ok with that. I'm at peace with my hard heart! It might also be why I have hypertension problems . . .
I fully understand why others like yourself feel differently. I would understand why you would want your states to have laws against it.
Thanks for responding. I'll have to print this out and respond when I get home.
I'm proud to be a right wing kook then.
Obviously "conservative" doesn't mean what it used to just like "liberal" doesn't mean what it used to.
Before long both words will mean the same thing.
"I'm proud to be a right wing kook then".
Exactly what I was thinking. Ive been called lotsa things..I'll just add "kook" to the list.
MM
WOO-HOO!
Now you can post it here and post it often!
PING!
You can post it too if you like. :)
I can make it in different sizes. That just happens to be "web friendly". :)
It's perfect.
Those oddball fonts are pretty cool. Can create the circle-slash and the X in a box with relative ease. LOL
Thanks ... Saved
LMAO!
LOL, I went to bed.
U have already answered that question on FR. You are welcome to review my post history. Or ask MyGOP.
Cool graphic, nice job!
Urgh, the 'U' should read 'I'.
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