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.
OK, I'm wrong.
[i[I used to think Free Republic was a site with mostly rational people.[/i]
A lot of us use to think the same thing. Not anymore.
Yes, of course I see the humor in it...and you may certainly do as you wish. I just noticed that if you make the second part of it a joke, it reflects a certain way on the first part.
No big deal. Just an strategic observation. And in the interest of full disclosure, I am an uncommitted GOP primary voter at this point, so you may not want to listen to me at all.
Apparently, English is not your first language.
:-)
Well, at least drinking to that particular sentiment keeps us all from becoming alcoholics. I suppose that's a silver lining, but it is getting harder and harder to find one.
This is going to be a long year and a half.
So let's all keep our sanity, be a bit patient and see what shakes out as the primaries approach. Take a long look and then we'll see.
One thing is a given....no Rats in 08.
I'm trying
Now that I agree with; I intend to pull the R lever, regardless of who it is.
Contrast this with the Dem side.
Is this a GOP strategy?
Will our guys who claim to be friends start trashing each other, or will they show the American public a united front
Are they all vying for the 2nd spot on the ticket from the eventual winner?
Just things I have been noticing....
Brownback would cost whoever chooses him as VP. That man is an absolute snake and shouldn't be permitted anywhere near the WH.
I'm beginning to wonder if we even have the guts to take on Hillary. And you are absolutely correct. It's the internal rot—NOT the policy disagreements, but the "all or nothing I'm purer than you" attitudes—that bothers me.
AMEN!
Not one of our so called front runners or back benchers is perfect, but for sure I'm going to wait a bit to see who I'm going to back. If Hunter starts to gain traction, I'll listen. For sure, I'm not going to sit this one out cause there is too much riding on it.
You are really cute when you are being a total a$$.
:-)
LOL! Once I select mine, watch out...lol.
I was thinking about that today; but the time they get to my primary, it will practically be over.
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