AMEN and AMEN.
Since our good country has not yet seen the wisdom in just letting me appoint the next POTUS, I will not be able to anoint President Palin, so we will have to go through the election again. I'm not certain Palin is running, so I am exploring the other candidates. It annoys me no end when someone is mentioned as a candidate and the substance-less posts which amount to little more than name-calling immediately pop up. I have no objection to someone concluding that a candidate is a RINO but give us some reasons for that conclusion.
I don't know much about Rick Perry but those for him have presented a much more substantive case than those who are against him.
I don't demand perfection in a candidate but I don't want someone who is seriously flawed either.
The only people cheerleading for him are from outside the state of Texas. The "substantive" reasons they posit for him tend to be statistics about how much better Texas is doing than most of the country, which speaks to the supremacy of the overall political environment here in Texas, but doesn't necessarily reflect on the merits of Perry as a political leader in general or as governor in specifics. Most of the FReepers FROM TEXAS who have commented on these threads have commented against him because we have seen some of the very UNconservative things he has tried to do while governor. We recognize that much of the economic strength here in Texas has resulted from conditions that would have prevailed due to our conservative legislature with or without Perry's help. We do NOT need another John McCain as our nominee, even if he does have better hair.
“Since our good country has not yet seen the wisdom in just letting me appoint the next POTUS, I will not be able to anoint President Palin, so we will have to go through the election again. I’m not certain Palin is running, so I am exploring the other candidates. It annoys me no end when someone is mentioned as a candidate and the substance-less posts which amount to little more than name-calling immediately pop up. I have no objection to someone concluding that a candidate is a RINO but give us some reasons for that conclusion.
I don’t know much about Rick Perry but those for him have presented a much more substantive case than those who are against him.
I don’t demand perfection in a candidate but I don’t want someone who is seriously flawed either. “
THANK you....THANK you!!!!! I pretty much agree.
When I first began surfing FreeRepublic (years before I joined), I was impressed with exactly those type of posts.....but I am seeing less and less of them. The open and substantive dialogue I found here was INCREDIBLY superior to what I had observed on all liberal sites. It was superior PRECISELY because it generally allowed for polite examination of policies and people...using FACTS! Sure, there was a bit of that “shoot from the hip” name-calling/stereotyping/emotional sounding off, but overall, responses here seemed much more adult and people learned important information that could be used. There was a sense of researching *together*....and that meant bringing forth all pertinent information. It was awesome!
We need a higher percentage of those type of posts again...