Posted on 11/26/2011 7:57:51 PM PST by no dems
I’m thinking that Republicans really don’t want Obama defeated badly enough. We are very close to pulling defeat from the jaws of victory. Even we Conservatives seem hell-bent on destroying, or helping the media destroy, everyone of our candidates one at a time by backbiting and devouring each other over “one-issue” disagreements. Some Johnny-one-notes have “Abortion” as their issue. For many, it’s “non-Electability” or a candidate is “not a good Debater” or confuses “Elvis’ birthday” with the anniversary of his death. And for a true Conservative, Rick Santorum, he will be undone because, bless his heart, he has the “Charisma” of a foot stool. But, he just might surprise all of us coming out of Iowa.
The big one now, however, is “Immigration” for which Newt is paying a high price for having the courage to be the only candidate, from any Party, to come up with a logical, workable solution to a very complex problem that has been ignored by the last five Presidents. Now we have a monster on our hands. People criticize him but, my question is what is your solution? Deport them all? Are you willing to help car pool 11 million of them back to Mexico?
Enough already!! After the convention, we will proudly send our nominee into the General Election bloodied, beaten and wounded against a united, well funded, Democratic Socialist Party and we will get our butts handed to us on a platter and we will have four more years of President Obozo. Many Conservatives have threatened to stay home on Election Day if their guy or gal is not the nominee. But, by golly, we would have “made a statement”. Well, the only problem is, you always find people who “made a statement” in the “Lost Column”.
Oh-and if compromising core conservative values is what it takes to “defeat” Obama, then who really won? The LEFT!
Of course. So did “gay”. lol.
I don’t understand why people such as yourself panic at the normal things that occur during a primary.
The last Republican POTUS ripped his party apart by publically stating he wanted to work with Dems on 'immigration reform' to Democrats benefit. Newt's logical, workable solution (abstract concept) sounds much like GWB/McCain/Pelosi immigration reform. "See you at the signing"
Yes, we dont want it so bad we put a Republican disaster in the WH.
Nonsense. If the economy doesent improve by a year from now, your man-child is toast.
Lighten up Francis.
I think it’s premature for you to have such a defeatist attitude. The general election is over eleven months away, and the current POTUS is weak beyond belief in all the polls, even his own. Hillary would not fare much better if he did step aside (and he won’t), she is tied at the hip to Obama.
It’s very easy to be on the right of either one of them on illegal immigration, and I think they all are. There’s a very good chance the GOP will take the Senate and keep the House regardless of the nominee. The downticket candidates are being overlooked, there’s too many debates, and the GOP had better coalesce around somebody other than Romney by the end of the year.
The lack of character and/or a grounding in conservative principles in some of the other candidates is much harder to fix. I don't think I need to give examples.
I’m thinking that Marco Rubio or Herman Cain (if Herman does not get the nomination himself)either one could be for our 2012 nominee what Sarah Palin was for McCain in 2008.
Compromising on core values is a course set, that once it is set, it becomes much easier to do as time goes by until it is stopped.
What’s your solution GeronL. Seriously, I’m open to hearing a viable, workable solution.
In that case, the safest thing to do is nominate Hillary.
e-verify.
Don’t them let work or get welfare.
E-verify already exists. The laws against illegals working and being on welfare already exist.
No new bureaucracies. No new laws needed.
Yep, I actually had one freeper ping me defending Newt's video on Global Warming/Climate change with Pelosi. Talk about swallowing your own vomit...UGGG..
Isn’t Rubio just as weak on immigation? How would that shore up the conservative vote?
I always suspected the Mods had something to do with it.
[joke alert! joke alert!]
Thanks no dems.
Why don’t you do this stunt when FR is raising money? It helps JR.
I am opposed to all of these. I am issue driven.
MANDATE
Obamacare=RomneyCare=Newtcare
AMNESTY
DreamAct=ObamaDreamAct=NewtDreamAct
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