Posted on 08/11/2011 3:32:53 PM PDT by madprof98
Mitt Romney is the only person in the GOP presidential race — and I include Rick Perry in that number — who is qualified by experience, intelligence and character to serve as president of the United States.
(OK, Tim Pawlenty might once have been a feasible choice, but his campaign appears to have wrecked on the shoals of his own shallow personality. And Jon Huntsman is such an obvious RINO that he might as well be sporting a big horn in the middle of his forehead.)
Every other candidate in the race is fatally, seriously flawed, and is actually inconceivable as president. Bachmann? Cain? Gingrich? Paul?
Now, in the eyes of many Republicans, the fact that people like me find a Romney nomination even tolerable is itself a fatal flaw in the former Massachusetts governor. Part of the continuing appeal of Sarah Palin, for example, is the reaction she draws from liberals. The more she’s criticized by the left, the more popular she becomes on the right. The modern GOP is in the mood to draw sharp distinctions between itself and its opponents, to define itself by its enemies, and with Romney those sharp distinctions soften to a disconcerting blur.
But speaking as a GOP outsider, while Romney is the candidate most likely to defeat Barack Obama, I still hope the party nominates him. After a string of disconcerting events, I’d like to be reassured by a sign of basic good judgment from my fellow Americans on the right. I’d like to see a recognition that they’re nominating a potential president, not a protest candidate selected because he or she best expresses the anger, frustration and resentments of the GOP base.
But at this point, it could easily go either way.
FUMR!!
Ooh! More helpful insight from the Atlanta Junkie Constitution. I must read what they have to say . . . NOT.
A big machine roll out for Max Headroom the past few days.
Romney the RINO would do almost nothing to reverse Obastard’s job killing policies.
To the limit of Bookman's immagination anyway.
Exactly...we are not falling for any of it this time...not from the NYT or the Altanta Journal Constipation. The media pushes a "moderate maverick" as the perfect candidate to appeal to independents then savages him to throw their support behind a leftist idealogue. Sound familiar?
Romney the RINO would do almost nothing to reverse Obastard’s job killing policies.
The Pedantic Urinal-Constipation...
Despite the desperate attempt to educate folks as to what they really need to be thinking, Jay Bookman fools nobody with this tripe.
FAIL
When determining whether a person is qualified to be President people should keep in mind the actual job of the President. His job is to run the executive branch of the federal government. His job is not to run the country, i.e., you and me. His job is not to run the world. He is head of the executive branch. PERIOD. Nobody is qualified to run the country. Save One.
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
My message to Mr. Whoever at the AJC:
Every American has the right to run for presidency, whether or not you approve. You’re free to choose someone else, but do not choose my candidates for me.
vaudine
Funny stuff!!!
...and public school graduates. Insofar as those are any different at all.
Funny stuff!!!
Yep! The RINOs, MSM and Dems are afraid he will be rejected and replaced.
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