Posted on 02/06/2007 6:08:59 PM PST by quidnunc
You are 100% correct -- there is a total void. We didn't concentrate enough on electing good Conservative Governors either -- now states like OK have a liberal Dem heading them. We nominated the wrong candidates to run and took everything forgranted that the Country was turning conservative because that is what the pundits told us.
We were clobbered here statewide in OK with a social conservative at the top of the ticket with no real plan to fix the State just that he would be better than the current Governor -- worst run campaign I have ever witnessed. So Governor Sleeps a Lot will be here for four more years and is a huge Clinton supporter. We have a pro-abortion liberal Lt Gov now -- first time since 1994 a Republican hasn't held that seat. We had a Republican running for State Senate that isn't 100% pro-life (being kind) who beat out a 100% pro-life Dem.
After the 2006 election here in OK, I knew I had to support someone who could win and I agreed with on the WOT, etc. After getting clobbered statewide, I knew even in OK we could not nominate for President someone that couldn't reach out across the board to various groups.
I love Dick Cheney but that was one of the drawbacks in naming him VP. Even look at the cabinet -- there is no one there you could draw on to be a candidate. Our State Parties have done a louzy job as well in recruiting good statewide candidates for Governor so we could draw from there.
Am hearing from other Freepers that did the same research and came to the same conclusion -- we don't have a bench. That's why I would rather support Rudy who I agree with completely on the WOT, smaller government, less taxes, national security and appointing judges like Alito, Roberts, and Scalia to the SCOTUS and other federal benches. I want a candidate that can win and beat any DemocRAT out there!
I don't think independents have turned their back on conservatism (at least the small-government, strong-on-defense kind). I think independents have turned their back on people who get elected after promising to champion small government, and a mere 10-or-so years later are wallowing in OUR MONEY like pigs in slop. Oh, and at the same time doing stupid, corrupt, mommy-state crap like outlawing internet gambling.
That said, Newt is a non-starter -- he got rolled by the 'toon in the 90s, and he cannot control his mouth. Let him craft strategy, but don't let him be the public face of the party.
Romney and Hunter are possibilities for me; Rudy is less so unless he can convincingly come out against his gun-grabbing positions; McCain is absolutely out.
I understand. It's a pathetic place our "leadership" has taken us. I blame agressive moderates and underaggressive conservatives, to a degree.
I won't revile you, but I really can't go there with you, for the primaries. I don't vote for I'm-okay-with-killing-inconvenient-babies candidates in primaries. I don't see ANY excuse for public persons holding that position, a position even its advocates to a man/woman cannot rationally defend.
So there's a lot I like about Rudy, but he's more like Hillary than Reagan (or me) in too many positions. If I have to bite the bullet in the general... we'll see. But I don't see supporting a pro-abort in primaries. The war's important; the war on the unborn is, too.
It's a dilemma.
Good post, Miss Marple.
I don't have a candidate either, but I sure hate SPAM. It's only posted by petty, hateful people, to fuel hate and discontent.
I have no problem voting for Newt. My choices after him would be Mitt, Rudy and a dog named, "Boo". Should I lose 75% of my brain function, I'd vote for McCain or Hagel.
What those not old enough to remember, or too biased to admit, is that Milton Berle, whose show on NBC was so popular, that restaurants and movie theatres were almost empty, one night a week, from the late 1940s through the '50s, when "Uncle Milty" was on. One also has to take into consideration, that few people owned T.V.s at the start of of this. SO how did so many people watch this show? Some went to someone's house that had a T.V. and others stood outside, in front of local stores that sold T.V.s watched, but NEVER got to hear the sound. THAT'S HOW BIG HE WAS!
BTW, "Uncle Milty" is credited with being responsible for selling more T.V., than any other reason people gave for buying one and none of his commercials were for T.V.s; his main and only sponsor, for many years, was TEXACO !
But there was never any evidence against W. The evidence against Rudy is public record, in print and on video. Not that he isn't a great guy and one of the most accomplished people in the party but he ain't a standard bearer and the Dems will love beating us to death with his liberal views on all things non-military/law enforcement.
Indeed.. :)
MY point is that if you have some concerns about Guiliani's ability to withstand the press, that is understandable. Constant posting of a petty complaint and thinking that it is THE killer point is simply annoying and not worthy of continued debate.
Can I infer from your smiling face you had something to do with this?
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