Would you feel better if I dropped Jim a line and asked him for his thoughts? I certainly don’t want to be on this board if I’m not welcome. I never dreamed this was the Palin website. If that’s the case, you’re right. I shouldn’t be here. How do I get hold of him?
I didn’t say this was Palin’s website. I said this was a Conservative website and it doesn’t belong to any single candidate (although back in early ‘08, at least, we were “FredRepublic”, and if you put a “D” in place of the second “E” in “Free” you would be directed here). Do you concede in an honest way that there are enough red flags where Perry is concerned for us to question his credentials ?
You believe he is Conservative, but I think it is more that you WANT to believe he is. We’ve been used and abused by pols (Democrats, without saying, but so many Republicans, too) that we want someone to believe in who will get us out of this mess. Personally, we put too much faith in politicians. We shouldn’t. We need to put it more in the Lord and Jesus. Would Perry be better than Zero ? Perhaps, but again, he’s being compared to the worst that ever made it to the White House. The bar is pretty low here.
Set aside everything else, I see Perry as too squishy and too opportunistic. I don’t care who you are, I don’t like politicians like that. There’s too damn many of them. Plus, I don’t chain myself to the Republican party. If they’re in the wrong, at least leadership or some candidates, I’m not going to sink with them. If I go down, I go down with my principles. If that pisses off everyone else, so be it. I know what it’s like to be the only one in a room on the opposite side from the rest. I do it because it’s right, not popular, because eventually I know the sane folks will figure it out. Even if they don’t, He’ll judge me for it, and I do try to be on His side.
As for Jim Robinson, if you wish to speak to him, just put his name in the box and talk or contact him privately, whichever your preference.