I went to the Texas Republican State Convention as a delegate for him way back when. As I went to get a soda and go to the bathroom, I overheard several people make statements about him like, "If I wanted a sermon I would go to church." Others would be something about "He needs to "move on" about the abortion thing, and talk about lowering taxes." I hung on his every utterance.
The thing about it was I agreed with everything he said at the time. Abortion and sodomy were just the tip of the iceberg. I agreed with his tough foreign policy, his domestic agenda, and pretty mush everything else he said. He is just passionate about saving babies from the suction jars and that seems to make people nervous. Us type "A" personalities get excited when talking about murdering children, taking our Second Amendment rights away, and cowing down to foreign dictators. I really could accept a rise in taxes and some borrowed money if I could get the babies to stop dying and guarantee my guns will be left alone. I'm 57 and am tired of worrying about every election being the one that dissolves the Constitution and brings us to civil war. I would love to just argue over how much money gets stolen from me every year. Whether I pay 20% or 50% is something we can work out next election, but when they come to take may guns, we have to work that one out in the front yard. I don't know how many people realize just how close America is to a total break down. It's hard to sleep at night knowing the US is banking on a few "Blue Dog" Dems to keep us from going to the dark side. I wonder sometimes if the give them a bridge to nowhere if they would change their gun vote. They obviously have no principles if they are still a Democrat.
I just meant that he needed to be more of a politician. In other words, tailor the message for each group he spoke to. If he wanted to win the election, then he needed to get serious about it. I know he’s a purist, but we now have Barack Obama to deal with, thanks to the rather poor campaign Keyes ran in Illinois. Of course, he came into it very late in the day, so it’s surprising that he did as well as he did.