And Romney's story about his conversion sounds pretty phony as well.
While the abortion issue remains a major topic in America, let us hope that our "conservative" Presidential candidate will have a platform based on the MAJOR ISSUES that revolve around the management and future of America. Such as national defense, the military, runaway spending and taxation, illegal immigration and national security, the REAL causes of the disasterous state of government schools, the costs of medical care, government corruption and focus...this country has not had a President that RAN THE COUNTRY since Reagan.
I get so annoyed with articles to seem to imagine that Ronald Reagan is going to appear on the scene for us. We've got real candidates each of whom has real weakenesses. But ONE of them is going to win- guaranteed. I get so tired of seeing articles that say "X candidate can't win because of this issue." If you add all the articles up you would think we won't be nominating anyone.
Since 1994 the Republican Party held a majority through a working coalition of two large groups: the libertarian right and the religious right. As a member of the libertarian right, I accepted the arrangement because given the choice between aligning myself with honest, decent church-going folks versus the losers, perverts and opportunists on the other side, the choice was obvious. But I held my nose on a number of things including stem cell research, intelligent design, and public funding of religious charity.
If the 2006 election told us anything, it was that the old working majority is no longer a majority. The decent, church-going folks are outnumbered by the perverts, losers and opportunists. Even in places like Virginia and Ohio.
It is not easy being a libertarian. The essence of my philosophy is individualism and self-reliance, but success in a democracy requires joining a group. And given a choice between compromising my philosophy and compromising my relevancy, I will compromise my philosophy just about every time. So what to do, what to do?
We have a candidate who I can accept, and who appeals to enough of the perverts, losers and opportunists that maybe we can have a working majority again. I will support him because the relevancy of the Republican Party is at stake. In an emerging world frought with unparalled danger and opportunity, I think Guiliani is just the man to guide us through the treacherous waters.
I hope the religious right will fall in line behind him. But it won't matter if they don't. A look at the electoral map tells you that, unless he stumbles, he will be the next POTUS.
And say hello to a President Clinton (or Gore or Edwards or Obama) on 1/20/2009. And then say goodbye to the once-great United States of America.
"close the deal"????
Nearly two years before election day?
What's going on here?
Another example of how Youtube is shaping the debate in this cycle.