Yeah, that's the ticket./sarc
Posted on 11/17/2013 2:43:10 PM PST by SoConPubbie
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the 2016 GOP presidential ticket should be made up of governors, not members of Congress.
"I think it's got to be an outsider," Walker said on ABC's "This Week With George Stepahnopoulos." "I think both the presidential and the vice presidential nominees should either be a former or current governor, people who have done successful things in their states, who've taken on big reforms, who are ready to move America forward."
"So that rules out Marco Rubio, it rules out Ted Cruz, it rules out Rand Paul," said ABC's Jonathan Karl.
Walker responded, "All good guys, but it's got to be somebody who is viewed as being exceptionally remote from Washington."
What about home state Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)?
"I love Paul Ryan. Paul Ryan, if he had a fan club, I'd be the president of that," said Walker.
Walker is himself a potential 2016 White House contender. He declined to rule out the possibility on Sunday. First, though, he faces reelection in 2014. Asked whether he would commit to serving out a second term as governor, Walker said he has never made such a commitment.
"To me it's not about the time you serve in office, I feel right now, my calling is to be the governor in the state of Wisconsin. That's where I'm called to," said Walker.
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Yeah, that's the ticket./sarc
Scott Walker may be good for WI but I am not interested in anybody but Rand Paul or Ted Cruz. Oh gee they are both from Congress.
Ever hear of Governor Jimmy Carter?
Yes, but my argument isn’t that every governor makes an effective President. My argument, and if you study our history carefully you will agree, is that effective Presidents come from the chief executive positions of the states.
Coolidge was probably the single most hands off president we’ve ever had. He was no fan of social programs and didn’t think it was the job of federal government to rebuild homes after natural disasters. He was a vehement anti racist who worked to purge progressive klansmen from government. He was Reagan’s favorite president and Reagan took an official Coolidge portrait out of storage and displayed it prominently in the white house.
Coolidge speech on expenses of government and the burdens it places on the American worker. (4 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5puwTrLRhmw
I agree and love Coolidge, sadly, he was an accidental President. I wish he’d had four terms instead of FDR. Can you imagine how America would look if he got us through the depression? I wonder if he would have kept us out of WW2? I don’t think we could get a Coolidge elected again.
He vetoed a Farm Bill by saying something like, “Farming’s always been a hard business.”
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