Posted on 09/19/2007 7:14:10 PM PDT by pissant
From poor scheduling, to simply not enabling him to get his message out. I am still running into solid conservative folks who say “Duncan who?”.
I realize that it is early - but anyone without at least an ounce of name recognition at this point is fighting a HUGE uphill (and probably loosing battle).
I am glad that he was in the debate earlier this week - but in that he didn’t necessarily shine, and was overshadowed by several other candidates.
I have tried to point people to Hunter’s web site, as I think it does better than fair at giving his views. But again - something has to give. It is an unfortunate truth that presidential elections hinge on money...
Oh yeah, that seals it.
Most of the "youth pastors" I've known have been liberal idiots.
Hillary looks pretty good in that she seems energetic and sharp. I’m worried about the comparison with Thompson.
“”when Fred has obviously changed his position as well over time””
I haven’t been able to find his obvious pro abortion past, would you mind posting those links again?
Watch Romney’s video again (just one of them) and see if you don’t understand why conservatives would still have a problem believing his long list of changes about so many issues.
On film Romney doesn’t just thread the needle on the abortion issue, as a candidate may need to do during a campaign.
Romney makes a deep, sincere, and effective plea to the public to believe that pro-choice is fundamental to his core, an actual family value inside his family.
I know that you have seen the tape but relax and watch it closely again, that is the difference between believing Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI
I am just commenting on what I Observe, the liberal part of the party down there (Thank God they’re a minority) like Guiliani (maybe they’re all from NY-NJ or something)..
LOL
Cut me a break. Dobson’s main focus is family issues and he does a great job with that.
This skewering is a big issue. It has no real positive effect. It divides conservatives, at a time we need a united front, and just makes it easy to for lefties to pick apart us and our candidates. Many of our candidates are good men with strong records, agree with them or not, unlike, say, Kerry. I'm not so naive to think that people won't feel strongly about their favorites or that arguments won't break out, but I think it's far too soon to think we have but the one electable choice without hearing from others. Fred is a strong frontrunner with a real chance, and, at least if we are to believe the polls which are at once leading and indicative of thought, some of the others, regardless of their good qualities, have a lesser chance. That's what the delegates are assigned to decide.
Nothing wrong with that, but I won’t tolerate people calling me a liar for pointing out his past statements.
Agreed. It serves no good. Barring any agenda the Tenn papers might have added (MSM, and all), it seems he is staunchly pro-life now. And I, for one, would love to hear him say the words or see a direct quote to that effect. (I have a feeling I may get an answer to that!)
I will vote for Fred if he wins the nomination. I don’t have the same visceral reaction to him as I do to some of the others. But I don’t want to sugarcoat his past either.
Visceral reaction, like my 'shudder' at the mention of Huckabee, ewww. I don't think we can afford to sugarcoat the past of any of the candidates, we don't need any October surprises next year.
I sometimes think the DUmmies must find it funny, the name-calling that sometimes erupts...
A lot of social conservatives do listen to Dobson, but of course, not all.
Romney was obviously far more demonstrative, no doubt.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899326/posts?page=583#583
Outstanding post. Excellent.
At least we, unlike the DUmmies, have some pretty good men to choose from. Hillary, Obama and Edwards? That’s worse than Algore, Kerry and Dukakis.
I think Dobson is much much bigger now than he was in the 1980’s. I’d never heard of him in the 80’s . . . it was all Moral Majority, Falwell, then the Christian Coalition.
Hunter is a very good man and doesn't deserve such scurrilous untruths!
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Salt and light....Thanks BG!
Sarcasm...? [about a post saying this was a big deal]
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I don’t think so; a lot of people listen to Dobson. I’m one of them.
If you had any decency at all you would take them back!
Romney?
Good. I feel he has the best chance of defeating whomever the Demo-betrayers put up - including SHrillary or Obama Hussein Barack.
As for the 'flip flop' charge, I too have changed some of my 'social' values over the years, and thank God I did.
I now see the error of my former ways.
Everyone grows to some extent.
At least Romney has grown the right way.
Fred, while he would certainly be everyone's favorite uncle at Thanksgiving dinner, seems to be unable to articulate details.
And while I love him dearly as a cool person, Fred obviously doesn't have the passion needed to combat the SHrillary brigade.
Oh yes, once in a while he utters an endearing Southern truism, but it will take much much more than that in this upcoming sure-to-be brutal '08 Presidential race.
After studying and considering all the candidates, including Duncan, Huckabee, Tancrado, and Romney -- I am certain that Mitt Romney is the best man to carry the GOP message.
He might not be the most rock-rock-rock solid conservative idealogue, but he is certainly conservative enough for this right winger to accept.
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