Posted on 12/20/2008 3:09:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Alan Keyes is still the same staunch conservative he’s always been. Unlike the “leaders” of the Republican Party, he hasn’t moved.
If you believe that Santa Claus is gonna get us out of this mess, you belong on the other team.
Maybe he should run for TK’s senate seat.
“If Romney can continue to put forth his ideas, he will be the nominee of the GOP in 2012 & become President!”
If a GOP liberal is the best you got, then the Dems win for the next hundred years. They have much more consumate liberals to choose from.
Romney’s brand of socialism with a fake “conservative” smiley face painted on it is the future of the formerly grand Old party, my friend. He’s a leveraged buyout expert, and the takeover is pretty much complete. The sooner conservatives realize it, the better the chances that the republic can still be saved.
Sorry Alan Keyes is a phony all he is doing running so he can make money..
Baloney.
Yes it is true.... Why doesn’t he go back to the radio??? The reason is that he makes more money from fools like you...
Like what, for example.
Also, you can say that about every politician on the scene.
I don’t know why it is so hard to see anything positive about Romney.
With all due respect.
That one is hard to understand.
Just because we didn’t vote for him doesn’t mean we are bigots.
Of course...I understand...and agree.
No more Rinos. We don’t need to go backwards.
We need a leader.
Go away Slick Willard. You have nothing to offer the GOP except permanent death.
Mitt can make no claim to the conservative mantel since his record on social issues is more comparable to B. Hussein Obama than, oh let’s say, Sarah Palin or Ambassador Keyes, or heck even Lindsay Graham.
Mitt is generally a fiscal conservative but has a major taste for big government programs...sort of like most Republican members of the current Congress...like John McCain.
He is very much the social liberal that has flip-flopped and obfuscated in a way John Kerry would be proud of.
Ambassador Keyes, on the other hand, has been nothing but consistent, forthright, and more importantly, conservative...rarely, if ever, wavering from the conservative cause regardless of the consequences.
Romney lacks the credibility to even fasten his sandals (or carry his jock strap).
That’s a bald faced lie.
Take a look at yourself, Kevin. You’re attacking and lying about a decent man who has stood steadfast over decades in defense of everything FR stands for, in defense of the most liberal Governor this country has ever seen. You’re exhibiting the corruption of principle that has completely overtaken the Republican Party, in spades.
“Like the Big Three automakers, states should first take advantage of the downturn to do some needed cost cutting and restructuring.”
First, I think it is ironic that the same liberal Congresspeople who just days ago gloated over the fact that the federal government (which caused the recession in the first place) was being called on to bail out private enterprise. They jumped to the conclusion that free enterprise is finished, but I doubt they will so arrogantly declare Big Government dead when they must bail out the State governments. They will no doubt make the argument that if they must bail out private enterprise, then “of course” they should also bail out State government.
Second, the federal government did cause the recession with its “affordable housing” policies. They used their influence to get their cronies appointed to the Fannie Mae board, and then promptly looted the company to fund their affordable housing initiatives. It was the downfall of Fannie Mae that brought this all about.
Third, State governments would not be in such tough shape if it were not for the fact that the federal government consumes such a large portion of the taxpayer’s paycheck. When the federal government consumes so much of their income, there is a lot of pressure on State and local governments to compensate by reducing taxes at the State and local level. If Obama has his way, it’s only going to get worse.
I support Sarah Palin- but I’ll listen to and support any credibble candidate who actually is willing to fight against statist America. But here, Gov. Romney merely issues a gratuitous, political statement.
The GOP is in the minority- it’s in no position to impose its will or policies at this point. Instead, the future conservative leader should be aspiring to develop a platform that ALL conservatives can rally around- in order to coalesce a majority that can, in the future, turn back statism. Hawking a “not quite as statist” stimulus pakage doesn’t do it; respectfully, imo. .
Many politicians are that way. We disagree that Romney is one of them.
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