Waiting for Reagan You fight an election with the politicians you have.

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/607onvmn.asp ^ | William Kristol

[lesser_satan]

I'm still hoping for a brokered convention, which would favor Fred as a consensus candidate. I would also vote for Mitt if he's the nominee.

Assuming that doesn't happen and we get stuck with McPain or the Dope from Hope, do you think your man Duncan could be persuaded to make an independent run?

[paul51]

Keep holding your nose and voting for RINO’s until there are no other choices.

[cripplecreek]

I think independent runs are political suicide for most politicians. I could live with a Thompson presidency and possibly a Romney presidency but I really think a Hunter VP is what it would take to get either man over the top.

[xtinct]

Politically correct is what’s wrong with Bill Kristol and his ilk...

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Assuming that doesn't happen and we get stuck with McPain or the Dope from Hope, do you think your man Duncan could be persuaded to make an independent run?

What would be the purpose of that? They could say Hunter got X% of votes or that McAmnesty got X% fewer votes than the Dem because so many Conservatives avoided the election altogether. Either way the result would be the same and Hunter would save the time and money needed to lose in order to make a point.

[Noumenon]

I’ll still write in Duncan Hunter. Screw the rest of those clowns, jokers and RINOs. We’ll die the death of a thousand cuts should any of them be elected. I’d actually rather have a clearly defined enemy to fight against than a RINO poser.

[Josh Painter]

“Geez! Not this neocon crap again!”

[itsahoot]

It is Kristol and his cohorts that have given us no choice but these horribly flawed candidates.

How is this news to any freeper that has been here for more than a month?

Remember McClintock?

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

With the lousy choice in politicians we have this year, conservatives are being forced to take a knife to a gun fight against an opponent notorious for fighting dirty.

It’s going to be an electoral college blood-letting come November.

[Reagan Man]

Nice. Bill Kristol doesn’t even mention Fred Thompson. Fair and balanced my arse!

[awakened]

I love this quote, although I’ve no idea where I got it:
“Political Correctness” is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

[ajay_kumar]

I am getting a little tired of elevating pres Reagan to this super star status by ALL republicans.

To be sure, Reagan was the best president since I arrived in this great country in 1960. But just as a reality check can I list a few things I did not like?

During Reagan’s 8 years-—

> Spending Tripled
> Illegal immigrants were granted full amnesty
> appointed pro-choice people to SCOTUS such as Sandra O’Connor
> 8 Million+ abortions took place (based on Laura Ingrahams figures quoted on her show of 40 million abortions in 35 years)

Now inspite of above, why I think Reagan was the best,
> Engineered collapse of Soviet Union
> Huge Tax cuts
> Misery index dropped precipitously, incl interest rates
> Iran released American hostages almost immediately
> Taught Kaddafi a lesson
> Most of all, American presitige in world grew!

[awakened]

Reading FR day after day, and listening to the candidates night after night, I’m beginning to think in religious terms of “The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, and Ronald Reagan.” He was a great president and I loved him as did all (most?) Republicans. But he is not running for President. He is dead. He is gone. We have GOT to deal with what we have now for better or worse. Constant comparisons are making all the candidates pale, and thus we weaken as a unity. If we are so divided because no one measures up (except possibly Thompson who didn’t have enough gumption to jump in on time to fight for his own very correct principles) then the Dems win. And THAT would be a disaster. At some point we have to look forward realistically with what we’ve got.

[Biblebelter]

I do not take advice from the open borders crowd or NY Times columnists, or ANYONE listed as conservative on FNC.

[xtinct]

excellent... lmao

[supercat]

I think independent runs are political suicide for most politicians. I could live with a Thompson presidency and possibly a Romney presidency but I really think a Hunter VP is what it would take to get either man over the top.

IMHO, Thompson/Romney would be the ticket with the best chance of success. Romney has cash and organization, and if he really does want to be a conservative could use the office of VP to prove it. What would Mr. Hunter offer Mr. Thompson or Mr. Romney?

[gathersnomoss]

I will watch from the sidelines. No more Bob Doles. How pathetic.

[SoConPubbie]

I'll be voting Fred Thompson, thank you very much.

And should by chance he not be on the ballot on the 29th, I will write him in.

Same here!

[SoConPubbie]

(except possibly Thompson who didn’t have enough gumption to jump in on time to fight for his own very correct principles)

You lost me right there!

Fred got in when he should have gotten in.

The rest of the crowd, especially Rudy and Mitt, got in a year early to create what they hoped would be inevitability.

It has not worked for either of them.

Rudy is toast and Mitt has negative ratings at 50%.

Both turn off the base.

Neither is electable!

[dforest]

Ain’t gonna happen. If I vote for the GOP, since conservatism was my reason to vote for a GOP candidate, if I cannot have that, I am voting for the best looking GOP candidate.

Go Romney!