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To: Kenny

As Mark Steyn said yesterday on Rush, we’re going to have a flawed candidate. It’s up to us to drag him across the finish line to win.


10 posted on 01/25/2012 5:19:37 PM PST by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: nascarnation
As Mark Steyn said yesterday on Rush, we’re going to have a flawed candidate. It’s up to us to drag him across the finish line to win.

I think it was Milton Friedman who said that it's a waste of time to find the perfect candidate; what you do is get the imperfect candidate to do the things you want.

That's not exactly how he put it - I went looking for the quote but couldn't find it.

12 posted on 01/25/2012 5:25:09 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Virginia GOP: Romney's favorite butt boys)
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To: nascarnation
There was a great article in American Thinker about the advantages of having a flawed candidate.

Newt Gingrich and the Rise of the Flawed Conservative

16 posted on 01/25/2012 5:34:04 PM PST by Kenny
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