Posted on 09/26/2011 10:18:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I'm still a Sarah guy, but should she decide not to run, the Herminator is fine with me.
I saw him speak at a TEA party this past summer and he is a great speaker.
Bachmann simply bought the votes in Iowa where it’s possible to do so. She spent megabucks in Iowa and part of that was buying the ballots to give to people. The Iowa straw poll means nothing for that reason. In Florida that doesn’t work and the poll shows more of where she stands.
We don't elect black presidents either.
It's only happened once, in a freak 4-way election. She has zero executive experience.
It has only happened once, in a freak white-guilt election after eight years of the media demonizing Bush and the Republicans. He has zero executive experience. Bachman would be far superior to the present president.
So would you and I and the first 200 people in the Indianapolis phone book. That ain't sayin' much!!
I guess mine was a wasted comment. :-)
I like and admire Bachman and I think she is a great conservative warrior in the House. She has the right characteristics to be president.
I think all the candidates are suffering from an overload of advice from political advisors to be cautious. I think that is Perry’s problem. He made a true statement about SS but when the media and some of the other candidates zeroed in on that Ponzi Scheme label he beat a hasty retreat. At first he was bold and decisive but now he is hesitant and guarded. He is over coached. That makes him come off as tired or something else. It that exchange with Romney(?) he almost seemed drugged.
As these things continue I expect Cain and Gingrich to gain favor.
Bachmann is pro-gun, so is Palin.
Cain flunks the gun rights test.
Although Cain says he supports the Second Amendment, in the next breath he says he fully supports any and all state gun control/prohibitions.
That is like supporting federal rights for women and blacks, but allowing women and blacks to be slaves if the state laws permit them to be slaves.
I will not support any candidate who allows, and favors, individual states to outlaw guns, or to take away womens voting rights, or to allow slavery, or to prohibit free speech, etc. .
http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/Cain/Gun-Control.php
You wrote:
“Although Cain says he supports the Second Amendment, in the next breath he says he *fully* supports *any and all* state gun control/prohibitions.”
In contrast stand the facts of what he actually said, in context:
BLITZER: All right. Let’s talk about gun control. Do you support any gun control?
CAIN: I support the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: So you don’t — so what’s the answer on gun control?
CAIN: The answer on gun control is I support strong — strongly support the Second Amendment. I don’t support, you know, onerous legislation that’s going to restrict people’s rights in order to be able to protect themselves as guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
BLITZER: Should states or local governments be allowed to control the gun situation? Or should...
CAIN: Yes.
BLITZER: The answer is yes?
CAIN: The answer is yes. That should be a state’s decision.
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