Isn’t that a “Reagan-ism?”
If the choice is between Thompson and a liberal whack job then of course I’ll vote Thompson. But Hunter is the real conservative candidate.
Hunter is the 100% pure conservative. (From what I’ve read about Tancredo, so is Tancredo.)
If we take away 10% for a whacked out decision, then we’ll call Thompson a 90% conservative.
That makes Huckabee about a 70% conservative, McCain a 50%, Romney a 20-70% due to his wishy-washiness.
Giuliani is 0% conservative.
The point remains, though, that just because someone wants Conservative A to win does not mean we should undercut Conservative B or C.
At this point, we better be prepared to support the one who breaks out of the pack — and Honestly, Thompson’s numbers right now are better than all the others combined. He is the one who has broken out.
In my opinion we have about 1 week for someone else to break out of the pack. They’ll be able to get their message out up until Christmas. Then the public attention will be all over the holidays, bowl games, family events, etc.
The voting starts on January 3.
One week.
Hunter and Tancredo have ONE WEEK.
“If the choice is between Thompson and a liberal whack job then of course I’ll vote Thompson. But Hunter is the real conservative candidate.”
I very much agree. I do not see that possibility coming in the primaries, but I defineately see that probability in the general election. I could easily vote for Thompson over Guliani, but I don’t have to because Hunter is running and I really do not think Guliani will get the nomination (I pray I am correct on this).
If Hunter does not get the nomination and Thompson does instead, I could pull the lever for Thompson. I darn sure will not pull the lever for the anyone on the other side.