If we want a third party, start building it and bring to the forefront at the next election. Trying to elect a third party candidate at this late date would insure Obama’s re-election and the destruction of our country. For me, it’s not worth taking a chance. Where were the third party supporters after Obama got elected? You can’t just jump in at the last minute and expect to win the Oval Office. It ain’t going to happen and can only do more damage than good.
The good news is that with Rep. Ryan chosen, that will all the more benifit Romney.
Also with so much at stake, third parties will simply allow for an Obama second term.
“....a lot of conservatives out there who are the opposite of excited about Romney.”
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Romney has not convinced many that he really wants to be POTUS and he certainly has not convinced me that he will be a good POTUS, should he win in November.
Egad, is this all the GOP has to offer? I guess I’ll have to hold my nose again and vote for the one lesser evil than Obama.
You should be celebrating the Ryan pick. Ryan is a solid fiscal and social conservative, a pro-life Catholic, and a good man all around. Romney’s choice of Ryan proves to me that he is on our page. I first met Ryan at a pro-life coalition for Bush dinner in 2004 and have followed his career, and subscribed to his newsletter, ever since. He was one of the keynote speakers, and he had us all on our feet.
Ryan will keep Romney on the straight and narrow regarding conservative issues. He’s smart as a whip and a really nice guy, as well. He will be at the top of the ticket in 2016 or 2020.
No transformational change can take place in a country with one election (unless it is being ruled by a despot, like Obama who is giving a good impression that he works for the devil.) Elect the Romney/Ryan ticket and see what they can accomplish over the next 4 years. At least we know what they promise — in clear language, rather than all that hopey/changey Obama rhetoric that is meant to obfuscate.
When I think back to that Pro-Life for Bush coalition dinner in Feb. 2004, I am heartened. At that one dinner, I met more rising Republican stars than I have ever met in one place before — all of them consistently and devotedly pro-life.
Besides Ryan, there was State Rep. Mark Gundrum who left his political post to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan and who returned to be elected a Judge in Waukesha County. There was also State Rep. Leah Vukmir who has since been elected State Senator. There was State Senator Mary Lazich, who continues to serve the people of Wisconsin. There was a former Miss Wisconsin (whose name I forget) who was the managing director of a Pro-Life organization in Illinois. All of these pro-life rising stars continue to represent us in government.
The theme of Paul’s speech that night was to list all of the Pro-Life accmplishments of the Bush administration in the first term — accomplishments that Obama has reversed, for the most part. There were 3 pages of them, single spaced, most of which had never been publicized.
Ryan knows what to do to restore America, and he will see that Romney does it. Ryan’s political and conservative credentials extend back to Jack Kemp (where he worked as a speech writer after college) right back to Kemp’s connections to Ronald Reagan. Even the great Ronald Reagan made mistakes in California as Governor, but he learned from them. Give Romney the benefit of the doubt that he has learned from his mis-steps in Taxachusetts.