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Apparently you are having a difficult time hearing the candidates.

No. I am having a problem with stupid people who have no idea what conservatism is and are supporting candidates that are only marginally to this side of Ted Kennedy.

U.S. Army Retired

You said it! Our daughter lives in NH. She and her husband get what little they know of politics from cable-so they are totally ignorant. He is going to vote for Hillary. I told our daughter, a conservative Repub. Fred was best, but had not campaigned there. If I know her, she will go Romney because he is good loking, rich and well spoken. She does not have a clue on issues. I did tell her only Fred is strongly against illegals.

In today's shallow, celebrity heavy, beautiful people world, neither Abe Lincoln, George Washington, nor any of the founding father Presidents could be elected.

vaudine

No. I am having a problem with stupid people who have no idea what conservatism is and are supporting candidates that are only marginally to this side of Ted Kennedy.

The candidates are all there is. One must choose from what is available. In my mind we have never had a completely conservative candidate, as conservativism IMHO is a developing compilation of the best of political thought and principle from before the founding fathers, to, including, and beyond today. Added to that would be the big tent problem of varying views of what a conservative candidate is depending on where an individual is standing on the scale of conservative thought.

There is more, but I suppose it would be less of an issue if everyone had the same scale, but that is not the case, and so everyone judges a candidate with a different scale. Meaning that some might regard the liberal Mitt, or the Liberal McCain or the liberal Rudy, to be worthy of their vote based on which conservative principle they espouse is higher on the personal scale of the voter, as all of the candidates have some conservative principles in their platforms.

Is there a winning alternative besides choosing from the available candidates?