So why are you avoiding it? The truth about Romney came straight out of his own mouth in Massachusetts.
Jim, this is an old, oft-repeated conversation, and you are deliberately not addressing the real issues of today.
I am not avoiding the truth. I am speaking directly and plainly. I'm afraid the same cannot be said about you.
It is almost certainly the case that either Romney or Obama will be President from 2013 to 2017. Between the two some prefer Romney, some prefer Obama, and some are genuinely indifferent.
I prefer Romney.
I am as smart, and well-informed, and realistic as just about anyone on this forum. I am well aware of the shape-shifting nature of our GOP nominee. But by my estimation America will be better served by a Romney first term than by an Obama second term.
Many on this site prefer that of the two, Obama win the election in November. I think this is likely your preference as well, but you have not chosen to state your preference.
Much of the campaigning for Obama that is being done here on FR these days is conducted in a way that I have thought to be irrational and dishonest. I have never found fault with anyone for preferring that Obama be re-elected in November, but I have objected strenuously to the unreason and falsehood contained in so many of the pro-Obama posts. Now, since the USSC Obamacare decision, we have the added elements of nihilism and despair in the mix. Well, I am opposed to these attitudes as well, and I forthrightly have said so and explained why on this thread.
The bottom line is that unreason, falsehood, nihilism, and despair are all perfectly antithetical to conservatism. Yet this once-conservative site is now a hotbed of these abhorent qualities.
It is still a good place to read the news, but there used to be an ethic of embodying conservatism, building community, and facilitating activism that is now lost. For example, since the USSC decision Thursday there has been a sharp upsurge in tea party movement activity nationwide, but not here on FR.
That is telling.