Posted on 05/11/2009 11:39:06 AM PDT by Mozilla
I understand where you are coming from, but I respectfully disagree. Since the constitution is based on the rights with which we have been endowed by our Creator (among these, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness), I believe that preserving life should be the top responsibility of the federal government. After all, without life, none of the other rights even matter.
To paraphrase Ogabe, we are the leaders we’ve been waiting for. Use the tea party network to throw the central planners out town by town and state by state.
The fact that names are being tossed around without the faintest idea of whether the person named is interested or what their political beliefs are is proof that the GOP is desperate and bereft of talent. We assume that Petraeus and Odierno are conservatives just because they’re generals. Nobody has any real idea and I’ve yet to hear either general go on the record on any of the issues. Gary Sinise is a fine actor and a stand-up guy, but is no more qualified for high office than Al Franken is. We are expecting people to vote for a name and not for values.
Do you know know where he stands on the issues?
One of the smartest things I’ve seen on FR in a while.
Good idea. All GOP primary candidates and political leaders are losers. Time to expand the gene pool to other fields - military, business, entertainment, sports, wherever to restore the brand name.
I find myself being persuaded by your excellent post.
Sinise has better go no where near Nichole Wallace, or the liberal rag she writes for.”
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The GOP’s “saviors” are they younger people running for local offices. Good quality, principled people working their way through the ranks.
As long as the GOP thinks that publicity stunt candidates are a good idea, it will continue to lose elections.
Smart conservatives who can explain their principles will win. Publicity stunts are just stunts.
“For the record, I’m against both gay marriage and abortion, but these items need to be dealt with on the state level and we need to get the central government back to the small, limited role it was intended to have.”
Hear, hear!
To kinda point this out, and we often miss the core subject...but of the following topics:
1. Illegal Immigration
2. Abortion
3. Gay Marriage
Illegal Immigration is the only one that ought to be a federal topic discussed in DC. The remaining two topics are state items and ought to be kept at the local level. We are allowing dozens of topics to be argued at the national level...which aren’t legitimate topics. The states need to regain their strength and take care of their own problems.
Al Franken, Actor.
You are exactly on target. We must pick our battles carefully and pick issues that have broad support. Taking hard stands on polarizing issues will not win elections. Defense, borders, less government and fiscal responsibility are the keys to conservatives winning elections.
“I like Gary a lot, but I am tired of actors running for anything.”
Yea, lets get some more lawyers to run.
What I’m tired of is people being deemed “unqualifed” simply because they haven’t spent their lives in politics.
It’s time we get some “non-traditional” people in office (small business people, housewives, accountants, blue-collar workers, middle-managers, etc...) and quit electing people from the same old background (professional-politicians, lawyers, and businessmen that have made big money and now want to go into politics.)
Yeah that’s my point. If we apply a litmus test based on the abortion and gay marriage as trump issues on a federal level, we’ll never win again.
If we can leave the social conservatism out of the national debate and get this central government back down to size and under control, then the other issues will take care of themselves at the state level.
having someone who is professionally trained to get their point across could help. we are a nation of soundbites and face recognition.
bttt
I like Gary Sinise . . . . . as an actor.
But, let’s get real. Putting amateurs in the WH is the Democrats’ niche. Let’s look at getting polished politicians like Gov. Palin, Duncan Hunter, Mitt Romney and some of the others that ran last cycle.
Let the Dems keep pushing the Politicians-in-Training (PITs).
It’s their strength, after all.
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