Republican front-runners Mitt Romney, Rick Perry come from different worlds

Los Angeles Times ^ | September 18, 2011 | Philip Rucker

[NoRedTape]

Why is Romney even in politics? There is no possible way for him to win the Nom. Get lost Willard.

[Diogenesis]

Grey Eagle (Newbie):
"You are promoting hate and slander on this web site. It is beyond the pale.""

Uh, no.

Your pusing of Statism, and socialized medicine are beyond the PALE.
Pushing RINOs and their agendae is beyond the PALE.

[dirtboy]

You were a big-time supporter of Tommy Thompson in 2008, and yet you lecture others about supporting RINOs? That’s rich.

[lonestar]

Anyone who isn't blind, deaf or dumb will pick up on close similarities between the two.

To people who are familiar with both over years of exposure, know you don't know what you're talking about...a fact, not a talking point.

[dirtboy]

I see Perry as governing from an overall conservative position, with a huge blind spot on illegal immigration and the occasional misstep such as TTC and the Gardasil mandate.

I see Romney as a complete opportunist with no core values that I can see other than his own power-hungry ego.

So between those two it's a no-brainer.

Would I like to see Palin as President? You betcha. But I just don't see her getting in the race, and I see a very tough road to winning the White House if she did enter. She has been thoroughly Quayled by the MSM, the Dems, the establishment RINOs and even a motley assortment of some of the right who for whatever reason have an axe to grind against her.

And now that Perry is starting to be suject to the same kind of unprincipled attacks that Palin has been subject to for three years, well, it's amazing how some of those same Palin-bashers suddenly get 11th-Commandment religion.

I am in favor of addressing Perry's conservative failings so that maybe, just maybe, he won't drag all of them to DC, but we all have to be wary of the liberal hatchet jobs that will come against any kind of front-runner threat to Obama.

[Polybius]

To: Diogenesis .... Of course you leave off the context.

"Context" is sooo 19th Century, Clairity.

Back in the days of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, each candidate spoke for a total of 90 minutes. Context was explained and positions were explained.

Today, it is all about knee-jerk red meat and Sound Bites in 30 Seconds:

"Where's the beef?"
"TARP"
"Fence = Good. No Fence = Bad"
"He said heartless!"

You know who would lose this Sound Bites in 30 Seconds contest?

The State of Israel.

Israel, like Perry, knows that wasting resources on a Fence in the middle of the desert is rather stupid. ..... And the Israelis are not even giving away Rio Grande riverfront property if they build a Fence in the Negev Desert.

[Polybius]

Perry is a Democrat Trojan Horse, not a RINO. Anyone that supports him is clearly either a fool or a troll. (or both?) ..... 74 posted by editor-surveyor (Sarah Palin - 2012 !)

And, so it went. Day after day.

In the end, Sarah Palin kept teasing and teasing and teasing her supporters ...... until the Elections started without her.

Perry was "Borked" and that, boys and girls, is how people like editor-surveyor made it possible for a liberal like Mitt Romney to win the GOP nomination.

[Polybius]

Wish we had some posters who knew that the election process here in America includes "vetting" a candidate. FYI---they don't "vet" candidates in places like China.

Wish that applied to Palin supporters.

Since the talk of the Presidential races started, even Palin supporters who hinted that maybe Sarah Palin was not 100% perfect in every way have been attacked by Palinistas like pork chops in a pit bull kennel.

"PDS! PDS! PDS! PDS! PDS! PDS! PDS! PDS!"

[carjic]

Nice try but there is really no difference between the two.

[editor-surveyor]

Perry was not Borked, that is reserved for the honorable. Perry was stripped naked, down to his record, which stood on solid wet sand in a raging river.

Good riddance; an evil opportunist is never an opportunity for good.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “they do seem to be much similar.” <<

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Both Illuminist masonic types, which is a total disqualifier.
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