With the exception of Ron Paul,Ron Paul,Ron Paul Paul (the Libertarian’s version of Ross Perot(the Libs want him 3rd party REAL bad)has a name that sounds like a tuba solo)I am fairly sanguine of the GOP presidential field as a whole.Any of them,sans oom paw of course,could be a fine president,or at least one incapable of instilling the sheer horror of a Clinton/Obama/Edwards thugocracy.
As a native and resident of South Carolina—born in the holy city of Charelston and now residing in the farmer’s tan (redneck) town of Prosperity-I’m as socially and fiscally conservative as they come—as are most of my fellow state Republicans and for the past several elections we have picked the GOP presidential nominees.In fact,if not for Ross Perot’s deranged hatred for the elder Bush in particular and the GOP in general the Palmetto State would have successfully chosen every president since JFK (yes we went for Jimmuh—sorry about that).As goes Carolina (the REAL once not that Yankee wannabe just North of us) so goes the South AND the election.Even if Florida,the state most South but the Southern state least Southern,holds their primary before us next year,this political absolute will not change.
My U.S. House representative is John Spratt.He is a Blue Dog Democrat dependent on the welfare vote—which means he is as usefull as teats on a boarhog.I vote against him evry two years because of his cowardice in his convictions,but as a real estate owning taxpayer in a gerrymandered district with a majority of federal and state entitlement parasitic lampreys—who are unfortunatly allowed to vote-I am breaking wind in a hurricane.
So my only influence in DC is our US Senators Graham and DeMint.Lindsey is a forked tongued scalawag McCain sychophant who insulted those in favor of illegal alien control so I regret my vote there and vow to support any GOP opponent of his in a primary.
That leaves our truly conservative DeMint and,I hope,next Vice President and supremely conservative (some call him Libertarian) Gov.Mark Sanford (he vetoes Republican pork as easilly as the Dems)as the two jewels of our state.
Jim DeMint is endorsing Mitt and I am loath to dismiss his judgement as are a majority of SC GOP members who are seeing DeMint as a beacon of traditional values in an out of control liberal leaning US Senate.
Emotionally,I like Rudy or Fred—they have the panache.But emotional reactions are liberal political paradigms and unworthy of serious men when choosing our nation’s leaders.
Maybe both are VP contenders.