Posted on 02/20/2007 5:37:09 AM PST by areafiftyone
They don't like to elect Mayors either, apparently.
How about using FR to attempt to help supporters of no chance in hell candidates to get to a soft landing on planet Earth?
If you believe that conservative candidates have no chance in hell, then why are you on a site that is dedicated to promoting conservatives? Wait. I already know the answer to that question. To promote the liberal candidates and demoralize conservatives. That makes you a troll.
I believe you one or two issues social issues zealots don't get to define what is a conservative.
Conservatives also existed before abortion was an issue.
I live in Texas and Ron Paul is actually my congressman.
He won't even carry his district, much less Texas.
Good post, but if the states nowadays are incapable of controlling the border, . . . . . . well then, should not the federal authority step in? IMO the current level of illegals is tantamount to an invasion, and we've seen what happens when border patrol attempts to change the ROE. This is a federal problem.
"....Bob Dornan, the Orange County Republican who made a brief bid for the nomination in 1994."
No Pres. election in 1994.
Sloppy reporting and editing.
Yes today it is totally a federal problem given the reduction of the militia to inconsequence. That was a pipe dream of some of the Revolutionary generation and the Jeffersonians.
But this is not an "invasion" as mentioned in the Constitution which was military. These are individuals seeking a better life just as those of 1800 were most of whom just showed up and stayed too when not actively sought by states, companies, capitalists.
Until the root cause is effectively addressed there is no real answer to the problem of illegals. That cause is the enormous difference in economic opportunity between the US and Mexico. And we see those most opposed to Illegals generally also those most opposed to any economic policies (Free Trade, opening factories in Mexico, etc.) which could reduce the flow. Most of us will admit that if we were in the situation of the Illegals we would be illegal too. For far too many that is the only hope for a decent life for them and their families.
When hundreds of miles of inhospitable even killing deserts don't stop it little else will work. We can build fences but they will only be tunnelled under or gone over and the US will not accept being turned into a police state in order to deter the Illegals.
Nov showed that the anti-Illegal movement lost hence little it wants will be undertaken since the House conservatives are no longer in power and those in the Senate were destroyed in every race they ran.
IMHO, in the end its all about executive ability and experience..which is why Rudy polls so well, and why Congressman rarely make it out of the gate.
I'll send Hunter a donation right after I win the $150 Million MegaMillion Lottery. I think my chances of winning that are higher than Hunter polling over 2%, never mind winning the nomination and him beating Hillary has such astronomical odds, that a 100 monkeys would have to write zeros for 100 years to get close.
Why are you posting to me?
Do you have a Republican candidate that you would like me to consider?
two points to make here....
1)You said...."I think what they mean is the American people do not like to elect Senators or Representatives. Very rarely do they make it beyond that."
You just nullified one of the points that people are using to promote Rudy...hes the ONLY one who can defeat Hillary.
Good job mon ;0)
2)We are in a different age now, far different than the presidential runs of Udall, Gephardt, Kemp, Garfield, etc...
Now, we have the power of the internet, we have sites like Free Republic, we have blogs..ie...we have forums where political grassroots activities can be organized and run....effectively.
We also have a 24 hour news cycle in a no holds competitive cable market, where players like Fox and cNN vie for viewers.
In short...its a brand new day mon...the rules have changed...all bets are off.
Lets see what happens after the debates....as the campaigns gather steam.
To early to call.....
Try six or seven issue voters.
True, but to Lefties, John Kerry's Vietnam experience was even MORE heroic because he ultimately blamed the war on Nixon and made some speeches with Jane Fonda.
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