I will be glad to support your pro-gun, pro-life, AuH20 protege in the primaries, and I will vote for them in the general election against Hillary or Oboama, etc.....if you'll tell me who that is.
See? I can support your preferred candidate against the Dems.
Do you see the difference between us?
We can't seem to provide you with anyone acceptable, so all you have to do is get us a better option. The ball's in y'alls' court.
"Do you see the difference between us?"
Yes. You value winning over principle. I do not.
Dear sam_paine,
"...if you'll tell me who that is."
There are many Republicans for whom I'd vote with at least some happiness, and others for whom I'd even hold my nose and vote.
Some of these folks suffered in 2006, and may not recover for a run for the presidency. Others seem uninterested. Others are running.
I'd vote for Duncan Hunter.
Or Mike Huckabee.
Or Bill Owens.
Or Tommy Thompson.
Or John McCain (with great reluctance).
Or Haley Barbour.
Or, if they could recover, George Allen or Rick Santorum.
Or heck, if we were stupid enough to nominate another Bush boy, I'd even vote for Jeb Bush.
It's unlikely that I'd vote for Mr. Romney. At this point, I judge him a phony. However, I'm open to the possibility that he may persuade me otherwise.
Mr. Giuliani is about the only one that is pretty much completely unacceptable to me.
And even that could change.
If he wore sackcloth and ashes, and walked down Broadway, loudly wailing and lamenting his previous crimes, and tearing his garments and his hair (what little there is to tear), flailing at himself with a nice cat o' nine tails, proclaiming his repentance and conversion on important issues like life, and the right to bear arms, and preserving the traditional family, if he dumped his current floozy, Ms. Nathan, understanding that as a Catholic, he is in a continuing adulterous relationship, then I'd give it some thought.
If you have other Republicans to mention, I'll tell you what I think about them.
sitetest
Dear sam_paine,
Oh yeah, I'd also vote for these guys, too:
Sen. Brownback, Rep. Tancredo, Rep. Paul, and Gov. Gilmore.
If you know of anyone else considering running, let me know, I'll tell you whether or not I'd vote for them.
sitetest