I don’t support Bachmann or Palin because of what they look like. I was a Palin fan for two years based on what I read of her performance, well before McCain named her as his VP nominee or I saw that she was beautiful. With Bachmann, I decided I liked her based on hearing one of her speeches, again without seeing her. It’s ideas, values, and ability that matter to me. Still, to many voters, it’s also about image. We have the former junior US Senator from Illinois in our White House now, a man with no experience, no ability, no positive ideas, and no background that he will release to the voters, just because of generous editing, camera work, and other cosmetic considerations. America cannot afford to choose the challenger to that socialist based solely on cosmetics, but we also cannot afford to ignore that consideration.
I was a Fred Thompson fan initially four years ago, but his campaign speeches could put his own staff to sleep. There are others who have patriotic American values but lack the style to win. In terms of substance and style, it looks to me like the three leaders are currently Palin, Bachmann, and DeMint, and DeMint has assured us that he’s not running this time around. We have to work on the superficial aspects of Bachmann’s and Palin’s speeches (and Palin has improved dramatically there!), so that voters will listen to and be positively disposed emotionally toward the substance.
I am very struck by what a superb writer she is, and I am similarly struck by how cool, calm and collected that Rep. Bachmann invariably appears.
I hope they BOTH toss their bonnets into the ring and run for president -- AND I hope that there are other interesting well spoken conservatives who also do so, as the debates and coverage will be infinitely more interesting that all that "RINO Lite Stuff" of last time.
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