Posted on 12/16/2014 6:45:59 AM PST by Kaslin
Pence isn’t perfect, but I consider all aspects when choosing whom to support: knowledge, experience, speaking ability, likability, skeletons in closet, integrity, toughness, etc. I would like the most conservative electable candidate to run. Until someone better comes along, for me, it’s Pence.
Ah the old “electable” fallacy.
In 2007, half-Kenyan socialist radicals were deemed “unelectable”.
In 1979, Hollywood actors were deemed “unelectable”.
In 1959, Catholics were deemed “unelectable”.
And now in 2014, per llmc1, true conservatives are “unelectable”.
The federal govt. has been the problem.State govt., under Pence has been a model of what Govt. can be. Wisconsin is another example of how govt. should be run.
I totally disagree with the notion that serving your government is serving the country.
Pence is one of my top 4 choices.
no they aren't
“And now in 2014, per llmc1, true conservatives are `unelectable`.”
That is not what I meant. I was trying to say that in order to win a national election, there has to be something more than just being conservative. The candidate must be able to convey why conservatism works. If they are unable to communicate, or they burp after every word, I wouldn’t consider them a good candidate for the presidency.
Your examples of being so-called “unelectable” prove my point. Those candidates were all likable to the majority of Americans.
Okay, okay, so Pence is running. He showed lots of GOP-e last time he semi-campaigned. .
When was the last time a U. S. Presidential election was decided on questions other than domestic peace, security, and prosperity?
JFK was elected on national-security and competence issues and because Dick Nixon had the flu and looked cadaverous on TV -- not on Quemoy and Matsu.
LBJ was elected by lying about everything, and because people were afraid of the disorder adumbrated by (Communist) Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of JFK.
Presidential elections turn on domestic issues, and on domestic issues Gov. Pence profiles as a typical GOP-e RiNO. State-level socialism is still socialism. No points for claiming to be a small-"f" "federalist".
I'm sorry Cal Thomas got had by Pence's inchoate campaign marketing.
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