I have said this before but will do a recap on Gov. Romney.
I knew who Romney was but had never paid him much attention until the primaries. I also voted for him in the primary because I felt he was best candidate of those available. I also have stated that my idealogy was closer to Fred Thompson but I didn’t think he would make the best president.
I also have no real interest in Romney now (am perplexed as to why so many have made him their focus), but am very interested in some issues that surround discussion of him. I also think these inssues should be the focus of the posts that include Romney, instead of these endless threads which seem to have no purpose but to mount personal attacks on Romney as well as other posters they target.
The top four (all governors) candidates I would like to see in the next campaign are Barbour, Riley, Jindal and Palin..... In that order. I have also posted that this is a preliminary list and means very little... Sanford would have once been on my list.
One other thing I gave consideration to in 2008 was how Pres. Bush had been treated in the previous eight years. Any Republican elected in that general election would be receiving the same treatment Pres. Bush was subjected to. That wiil also be the case for any Republican elected in 2012. We must also consider who can best deal with these attacks.
Pres. Bush, like all presidents, made errors and had lapses in judgement but I think the way he is perceived, even here, is largely due to the relentless campaign against him. I think everyone should post rule 13 (Rules for Radicals below) by their monitor and (when posting) ask themselves, even if the post is about Romney, if they are being influenced by these tactics or if their comments are valid.
“13) Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it (Alinsky 1972: 130). This is perhaps Saul Alinsky’s most controversial rule and is the counter to the common idea that we should not make things personal. When pursuing the changes in the inheritance law for paintings he targets one individual. He will often find out who the CEO is in a company and hound that person. In the organophosphates debate it is one scientist that he targets and the validity of his findings. “
Fred was my first choice as a personality.
I’ve just picked up the book, ‘Game Change’ by Heilemann, about the ‘08 election. I’ll be posting a couple of pages about Mitt and his inabilities, which for me, a ten year, cynical of all politicians until disproved, didn’t surprise me. I’ll post it Sunday morning and give you a heads up.
Mitt is, and has been the GOP Central Committee for superficial change to the status quo.