Posted on 07/31/2011 5:55:04 AM PDT by libstripper
Rubio is NOT a natural born Citizen. He is NOT eligible to hold the office of POTUS.
Put me down as having been wrong about West, if things go the way it seems with him.
This is why our politics need to be based in principles, not personalities.
Surely, the toughest battle is not on the battlefield, but within each person’s heart. And the greatest soldier is the person who does the right thing because it’s right.
Like Sarah Palin did as Mayor, as AOGCC Commissioner and as Governor.
As for Rubio, he said something in his acceptance speech last year that gave me pause. He said essentially that Washington is full of temptations, and that people are weak so pray for me. I could be wrong, but it seemed he could have been implying he would try his best but couldn’t promise to stand by his principles.
In her acceptance speech when she became Governor, Sarah Palin was brave enough to simply make promises. And she proved strong enough to keep them.
One who has hardly been a rock when it comes to conservative principle.
What's up with that?
“I would rather be beaten and be a man than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. I have always supported measures and principles and not men. I have acted fearless[ly] and independent and I never will regret my course. I would rather be politically buried than to be hypocritically immortalized.”-- Davy Crockett
didn’t ketchup man look like a fool? Standing there with his hand in his pocket and harumphing here and there? he was trying to get face time and look important. We sat here and LAUGHED at what a fool he made of himself not to mention how the young Rubio’s responses to kerry’s assinine questions made him look like a bigger fool but... Rubio acted respectably. Notice kerry didn’t ask any FURTHER questions after those two he threw out there. What a jerk. He was a jerk when he ran against George Bush and he hasn’t changed one iota. Another lib looking for the spotlight... Go Rubio. You did well young man. You did well.
When I posted I hoped this would not be misunderstood. You misunderstood.
We can’t have a society without leaders. So we have to mention people’s names, and highlight the names who uphold principle.
The point is that any leader can fall, even those who currently seem to have upheld their principles well. But just because a given leader has the potential to fall inherent to all people doesn’t mean we should reject them. That would be silly.
Sarah Palin is not the best leader based on her personality. It’s because she has passed the moral test. She stood by principle time and again, even when it was harmful to her personal life. If she makes a misstep, we call her on it. When she first said she would campaign for McCain, I called her on it. But it turned out that in principle she was right. The principle—keeping promises. This is probably where politicians do the most damage, failing to keep promises.
Palin keeps her promises, and she does what’s right because it’s right. Remember, just as each person has the potential to do wrong, each also has the potential to follow the Good Lord and do what’s right.
That’s all your opinion, backed up with little to no fact.
If you want, I’ll give you a list of some of the most important core tenets of conservatism she has violated by her words, her positions, her public policies, and by her political actions.
By the way, “keeping promises” to corrupt liberal politicians like John Judas McCain, at the expense of the truth, at the expense of conservative principle, at the expense of the country and We the People, is not “right,” and it’s not praiseworthy.
The leftists fear Palin more than anyone, because she has shown she speaks conservatism, promises to uphold conservatism, and then she keeps her promise.
Watch The Undefeated, you’ll see Palin speak. When first elected Governor and at other times. Measure her words with her actions and you will find unity.
The leftists, having subscribed to a morally bankrupt (and as such, intellectually inferior) ideology, are unable to speak their minds openly because their ideology collapses under its own inherent moral and intellectual weakness.
What's the basis for your statement? Did I miss something?
Well, he had already voted for CCB, which would have raised the debt ceiling by $2.4 TRILLION dollars. Then, he jumped onboard with the Boehner plan before CBO had even scored it downward from a paltry $6 billion in fake cuts to an utterly meaningless $1 billion.
Given the political realities of the current economic environment, I’m not sure CCB isn’t the best we can hope for at the moment. He captive to the bills that are placed before him. I’m not ready to throw Mr. West under the bus yet, especially since I don’t see anyone who’s better.
The political reality is that both parties, from day one, supported increasing the debt ceiling by two to three TRILLION dollars.
I’m not sure why you think that is a an excuse for Congressman West’s support of that.
That's an utterly moot point. It's been clear since the freshmen first hit the Hill that the leadership of both the Democrat and the Republican parties fully intended to raise the debt ceiling. Boehner flat out told them that first day that if they wouldn't do it they would be a bunch of big babies.
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