Of the current candidate set, I'm quite sure the "serial liar" and/or "flip-flopper" label could be easily applied to Romney, Giuliani, and Huckabee. The others, not so much.
McCain may be a nutjob, but he's not prone to embellishment. Thompson's a straight-shooter. I have no reason to doubt Paul's sincerity, only his sanity. And Hunter also seems to be a straight-shooter. Pick one of them.
‘McCain may be a nutjob, but he’s not prone to embellishment.’
He lost me with the Keating Five, then reaffirmed I was correct in not supporting him with his decade long snide attacks on conservatives like myself. CFR just reinforced my position on him.
” Thompson’s a straight-shooter.”
I had high hopes for Fred Thompson, but his ‘walking’ for the Presidency, instead of Running for the Presidency has kept him from being taken seriously by the voters in the primaries, as the polls demonstrate conclusively. I wish that wasn’t the case.
’ I have no reason to doubt Paul’s sincerity, only his sanity.’
So you’ll overlook his insanity, but not one line in a Romney speech, even though its certain he’s not insane? No way I’d ever vote for the Ronulan, see my tag line.
” And Hunter also seems to be a straight-shooter. Pick one of them.”
Like Thompson, I’ve been disappointed with his performance in the debates leading up to the primaries. He can’t win the GOP nomination for the simple reason that while his positions are pretty good, his delivery and ability to lead is lacking. Again, I wish it wasn’t so.
You want me to support candidates that have low to zero chance of being in the game come November of 2008.
I appreciate your straight answer, thank you.
If I were a fred supporter, I’d be combing his statements for the past 30 years, because if you believe that Fred has never said something that was later shown to be false, you are delusional.
In fact, you might start with his changing statements about Terri Shaivo. And then his little comment about the Human Life Amendment (made on Russert’s show). Of course, those are just the past three months, I can’t imagine what you’ll find if you look back a couple of decades.
I sure hope he didn’t say anything false back in 1978. All his supporters here at FR will leave him.
BTW, I’m not going to do this, because I apply the same principle to all the candidates.