Posted on 11/06/2007 2:31:05 PM PST by jaybeegee
Are those special Mitt glasses that blur your vision and make him look electable? No thanks. I’ll stick with glasses that allow me to see the phoniness beyond the glitz.
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They are not the issue....Have they even noticed most have had a belly full of total government mismanagement? While *real*, critical national problems spread, the punitive sound bites and allegations of discredit fly.
Special interests throw money at power in hopes of influence...It rules the day. I'm sick of it! and it's outta hand!~ From the top down. It's all wrong...It will and has divided us.
There are legitimate rights given to us, to answer to these difficulties.
You don’t like Fred, don’t vote for him. Don’t listen to his interviews, don’t watch his YouTube videos and don’t read his commentaries. If he’s such a dud, you have nothing to fear from him.
A man who may well by a state or two could easily afford a few bloggers...
Ok we’ll pass it one to the campaign, I’m sure they’ll get right n it...
1. He has a substantial level of support -- I don't deny that. But I don't want to see the ultimate winner dragged through a bloody primary battle, and I am convinced that Fred has no chance of being that ultimate winner (mainly because he does not want it).
2. The winning candidate needs the strength and support that Fredheads are squandering in a lost cause. (I realize that I am not doing much right now to charm them and lure them to a viable candidate. Plainly put, it is that I am angry at a non-serious candidate like Fred sucking so much of the oxygen from this campaign. He is now deflating, but his impact is still large. He needs to end it, and Fredheads need to open their eyes, come to grips with the disappointment, and pick a serious candidate to back.)
I think that one thing we can be confident about regarding Fred's campaign is that they will not "get right on" anything.
I second that! And thank you.
Sounds like Fred’s a little desperate.
Uh huh...
Well it seems to be working for him.
I wish I thought Fred had enough fire to rise to "desperation," although I know what you mean.
Hey, I'm not a big Fred supporter (although I love the idea of a US PResident named FRED) - but that is a low blow, for a Republican.
Fred was (and still is to some extent) a power in Washington DC thru much of the 1990s, and was a very effective US Senator.
The fact is he an actor is NOT a detriment, nor is it something to be ridiculed.
I don't think that it is.
I've been watching FOX today and what I am hearing is Mitt very strong and Fred very weak in Iowa and New Hampshire. So SC is a ~must~ win for Fred, but he is in some trouble there against a Mormon, former Mass. governor. Fred expected a big SC win and he ~should~ have been able to win there easily. Why is he struggling there?
One reason is that he simply has not made the effort. So now he is attacking Mitt -- who has worked very hard there with shoe leather -- for spending too much money. Lame. Sorry.
Fred is the only one serious enough to win. The others are in it to stoke their own egos. They have no core principles to stand against the wave of negative press that is sure to come. They’ll change their position if they sense it’s unpopular. You may not like Fred’s campaign style, but he won’t lie to you in order to get your vote.
I have pretty much decided that Mitt is the man, but I admit to you that he does not walk on water. He is ambitious and, politically, he is not as authentically conservative as I would like. On the other side, his personal life is a model of conservative values, which means a lot to me. He is a very smart, capable, nationally appealing guy. But he is a politican and he somewhat shapes his views according to political necessity. It is an essential part of politics and, in my mind, is not disqualifing as long as it is a reasonable amount of shaping one's views, not out-an-out hypocrisy. I think Mitt shoots reasonably straight.
Fred's political instincts may be a little more conservative than Mitt's but, honestly, I don't think Fred has any strong ideology. Federalism? I am afraid that Fred would resemble George Bush...a conservative with no real depth of conviction. Fred's pitch is essentially, "Trust me...I'm just old Fred, like your neighbor." I don't want another soft and fuzzy candidate who might turn out to be "conservative" but so unserious that he thinks SCOTUS appointments are a good way to reward his buddies. To me, everything about Fred screams "unserious." A lightly defined political philosopy and an unserious campaign.
I think Mitt is smart and serious. He might never give us Scalia but he would never do worse than a Roberts (which is pretty good).
But none of it matters, because Fred is not going to win.
This entire argument (which I’m not about to get embroiled in, considering my knowledge of American politics isn’t as detailed as it could be during election times - I prefer to learn about the President after he’s elected, seeing what he does.) notwithstanding, I’d like to interject.
Fred Thompson’s quote is the kind of thing I’d like to hear more of. “Governor, you can’t buy South Carolina. You can’t even rent it.”.
Even though Romney MIGHT be spending his money to woo voters in constructive ways, Fred appeals straight to their integrity and pride. He states that voters aren’t for sale (although, as we all know, many of them are), even for a little while. Though it’s a bit of an idealistic statement, I’d like to see an idealistic conservative with the flair Fred has in the White House.
Fred has found out that the bloom is off the rose, so the rope a dope strategy is the best one. The less voters see of him in person, the better. Of course he would try to turn a weakness into a strength. Lazy like a fox? Even foxes have to eat, a quick fox is better fed than a lazy one.
I really am fascinated by the “Fair weather Fredders” around here. The ones who say “I was for Fred, but...” but now don’t like him because in their mind he seems to be stumbling or whatever
Because he is not running the way they are used to they either never really supported him, were playing games with their support or supported him but never tried to learn anything about him or his way of doing things.
So have your say and enjoy. We shall see how prophetic you can be...
Nevermind the fact that "the Mormon" has been campaigning like a madman and blowing millions on the state for months now. The fact that Romney is ONLY "in striking distance" says quite the opposite of what you'd like for it to say.
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