>> If I’ve mistaken you with another who uses the standard “DunkinDonut’ remark, I apologize.
No worries.
>> One thing that is for certain. The Thompson supporters have caused me to take a long hard look at all of the other people in the race. It seems that none of the Fred supporters I have seen can admit a single flaw in the man.
You want to vote against Thompson because his supporters won’t admit he has flaws? That’s bizarre.
He certainly has flaws ... as does Hunter, and each of the other Republican candidates. But, why would we point out the flaws in our own candidates? The Democrats will spend millions of dollars to accentuate the flaws in the Republican nominee ... I see no need to help them do so.
I’ve seen a similar failure to admit flaws from Hunter supporters (for instance, lack of electability) - but that doesn’t seem to offend you. Why are you particularly offended that Thompson supporters support Thompson without pointing out his flaws - but not at Hunter supporters for supporting Hunter without acknowledging his flaws?
Seems you’ve got something of a double-standard there.
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No. I never said that. I may well vote for him in the general elections,should he get that far.
But I would have been much more receptive if the Thompson supporters had not resorted to similar tactics used previously by the Rudy supporters.
And, if I am reading you right, you're saying "only Fred can beat Rudy".
That's eerily similar to the "only Rudy can beat Hillary" mantra.
I’ve seen a similar failure to admit flaws from Hunter supporters (for instance, lack of electability)
We're all aware that he has a slim chance, but it bugs me that this early people who profess their conservatism toss it aside so early for political expediency.
No fire in the belly, it seems to me.
Duncan Hunter was first elected to Congress, defeating an 18-year Democrat incumbent in what was then a safe district for Democrats. History has shown Duncan Hunter to have electability.
Today the scoreboard shows every candidate running for President tied with zero votes received. The score will remain that until the first vote is cast, which isn't for a few months.
What you need to do is scare people away from voting for Duncan Hunter is create a perception that Hunter is (quote) "unelectable" (unquote). You need to scare people with what you hope is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And it's not just you. All the candidate teams have to put out that their candidate is the "only one" capable of defeating Hillary. All this gamesmanship pits people voting against their conscience with the most convincing scare tactics.
Hillary Clinton has such high negatives and will polarize people towards the Republican candidate whomever it is, much like what happened in 2000 with Gore and 2004 with Kerry. We could have done far better than Bush in 2000, but scare tactics and misperceptions will virtually guarantee mediocrity. Mediocrity is unacceptable with our Constitutional rights and civil liberties on the line.