Whether you like Thad McCotter or not, you ALL should be disgusted that THE MEDIA is picking who the Republican nominee is going to be, just like they picked the disaster that is Pres. Obama in 2008.
Thad McCotter was NOT LISTED on nearly all the polls that were cited for entry into the debate. Pretty tough to get numbers that way.
In addition, last Tuesday, while all the other candidates, the MEDIA and Talk Radio were consumed with Gov. Perry’s Ponzi statement, Cong. McCotter introduced the SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, that not only saves Social Security, but does so WITHOUT raising the retirement age, WITHOUT raising the payroll tax, WITHOUT reducing benefits and WITHOUT privatizing the system. THE MEDIA’S RESPONSE? ZERO COVERAGE, and that includes Rush, Hannity, Levin and Ingraham.
Enjoy your media puppet debate tonight. And when you get a chance, read Thad McCotter’s Book, SEIZE FREEDOM, and see what you’re missing. The people on that stage tonight don’t even know who Edmund Burke, Chesterton and Beloc are. Thad McCotter quotes all of them in his book.
You still just don't get it do you? No candidate that voted FOR Card Check, supported auto bailouts and SPONSORED a $165 billion dollar union pension bailout is going to have any chance in the Republican primary this year. I've seen your posts trying to explain away his vote for Card Check (which would have been the greatest gift to unions in about 50 years and stripped Americans of their right to a secret ballot), explain away the auto bailouts, but what about his SPONSORING a bill to bail out union pensions? I mean, come on man. That bill was so bad the Democrats couldn't even pass it, when they had massive majorities, in the midst of their stimulus and bailout orgy.
For a relative unknown that isn't especially charismatic, it was never going to be possible for him to get anywhere with that kind of baggage. McCotter is just too in the tank for unions, and one of the biggest problems we face (particularly at the local and state government level) is an obscenely bloated public sector which cycles what is essentially tax payer money into the Democratic party. This vicious cycle HAS to be broken and McCotter is a guy who not only couldn't be counted on to champion that fight - he might actually be on the side of unions during it.
If there were a solution that painless, I would think it would've already been implemented. What's the downside to his plan?