“You are suggesting that we should give up on our principals and beliefs to support someone with executive experience.”
Please tell me WHERE I said any of the such. I think we should have someone with our principles but first and foremost we should be considered with how they will govern. If this means candidate x has much more experience than Bachmann and agrees with the conservative position 90% of the time while Bachmann has 95% then go with x (and I have no idea right now who x is). I’m not saying we push someone awful like McCain. I’m saying we push someone with actual experience.
“I should compromise because you THINK that she can’t lead?”
When did I ever say YOU have to do anything? All I said is that electing Bachmann will do more destruction to conservatism than a vote for Obama and both will destroy the country further. I never said you have to do anything. And it’s not THINK. Think means there is no support for it, it is just baseless opinion. My view is based on the fact she has NEVER held any executive positions or hell even had any of her bills become law.
“She has lead the TEA Party pretty effectively.”-— Not really. Most of the tea party success comes less from central organization in the caucus and more from proper vetting and rising of good candidates in 2010 along with strong constituency push for the congressperson’s upholding to tea party ideals when issues arise. The selection of candidates came more from Palin than Bachmann.
This is exactly what is wrong with that kind of thinking, we will get another loser pubbie like a McCain or Dole with that kind of thinking. Pawlenty had executive experience and ran a campaign that lost momentum and he bowed out already. McCain wrote lots of legislation...most of which I hated. So what that either one of them has what you are looking for. I am NOT giving up on my ideal for your loser thought processes. I am sick of losing and compromising.”-— Again, saying Bachmann isnt sufficiently experienced does not say we have to go with a liberal like McCain. It just means we should find a conservative with actual experience. Stop putting words in my mouth.
Looking at the present field.........No to Perry...his history w/algore is frightening. Newt sat on the couch w/nancy pelosi and sold us out. Herman Cain is awesome, lots of executive experience in the biz world, but has held zero elective office. Pawlenty took himself out already. Trump...LOL. Sarah has executive experience, but isn’t running. Romney...RomneyCare says it all. For a woman to be at the head of the pack at this date shows some executive experience to me. She has the TEA Party behind her.
The perfect candidate for me, has not come forward. At this point Michelle has my support. No one else has emerged to intrigue me at all. And the last election cycle was even MORE dismal. I am excited to see Michelle has hit on all my key platform positions. Sarah would be even a better match.