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Seriously, Republicans, This Is The Best You Can Do? None Of These 2012 Candidates Can Beat Obama
Business Insider ^ | 03/05/2011 | Henry Blodget

Posted on 03/05/2011 1:49:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The Economist provides the handy chart below assessing the Republican presidential field for 2012.

The bottom line?

If this is the best the Republicans can do, they might as well concede right now.


(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; gop; obama; potus; president
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To: magritte
I lived in NM for many years, 1972-1986.

Had many Mormon friends there. I am not Mormon and never will be.

I was Republican County Chairman in Grant County NM for a few years. The registration was 5 Dems to 1 Pubbie, it was a mine union town. (there were some Hard Lefties there) The 3 groups I could always count on at the poles were the Rock Ribbed Republican Ranchers, the Mormons and the John Birchers. No matter what, they were at the poles voting for the good guys.

So, I despise Romney for his Rino record, his phony presence and his blue blood Pubbie bigotry.

Good old boys from the South will never vote for his ilk.

121 posted on 03/05/2011 4:31:13 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Christian Engineer Mass
Any man who has funded Harry Reid is the enemy of freedom.

I guess you know nothing about "special fees*."

ML/NJ


* A friend of mine relates a tale about a business trip to a South American country. When it became time to leave a "government agent" found his traveling companion's visas (or whatever) insufficient or expired. After some back and forth, my friend asked if there was some "special fee" that they could pay to let the companion leave the country. After a brief examination of their wallets a fee was agreed upon and they flew home.

122 posted on 03/05/2011 4:41:23 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

I noticed that Rick Santorum wasn’t on that list?


123 posted on 03/05/2011 4:49:47 PM PST by princess leah
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To: SeekAndFind

Agreed! We need a wholesale change in business, academic and political leadership, and that means going through the default first. We need respectful, new leadership and a man like Duncan Hunter for president.


124 posted on 03/05/2011 4:52:37 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
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To: ml/nj

There is a whole list of scum that he has paid. They’re not all bribes.

And a most good businesspeople get by without paying such bribes.

No excuse.


125 posted on 03/05/2011 5:03:23 PM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
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To: SeekAndFind

In my opinion, the honest truth about the Rats and Pubs is plainly stated right here...

…If American citizens are to resist the rush to Obammunism they must first give up on the fantasy that the Republican Party is anything but another cabal of crooks, conmen and clowns, just like the Democratic Party.

The only realistic route to freedom, including a restoration of genuine free enterprise, is through the devolution of power away from Washington, D.C. via peaceful secession and nullification, the original American ideals.

Thomas Jefferson understood that democracy could never work in a country as large as the U.S., let alone one with more than 300 million people. In a January 29, 1804 letter to Dr. Joseph Priestly he wrote: “Whether we remain one confederacy, or form into Atlantic and Mississippi confederacies, I believe not very important to the happiness of either part. Those of the western confederacy will be as much our children & descendants as those of the eastern.”

On the topic of secession, Jefferson continued: “[D]id I now foresee a separation at some future day, yet I should feel the duty & the desire to promote the western interests as zealously as the eastern, doing all the good for both portions of our future family which should fall within my power.”

When the New England Federalists were threatening secession, Jefferson wrote to his friend John C. Breckinridge on August 12, 1803 that if New England seceded and created a second confederacy, “God bless them both if it be for their good, but separate them, if it is better.”Unlike Lincoln, Jefferson did not believe in threatening “bloodshed” in the case of a “separation” or secession. He understood that such behavior would be a moral abomination and an unimaginable act of barbarianism.

A civilized society does not wage total war on “our children,” as Jefferson described the future citizens of a new state formed by an act of secession.

Yet it is Lincoln, not Jefferson, who is portrayed by American court historians as a kindly, benevolent, and charitable angel…………………..

via The Rush Towards Socialism — and How To Stop It by Thomas DiLorenzo.


126 posted on 03/05/2011 5:05:40 PM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: Christian Engineer Mass
And a most good businesspeople get by without paying such bribes.

I think you're quite naive.

How, exactly, do you think most politicians manage to become rich on ordinary salaries?

ML/NJ

127 posted on 03/05/2011 5:06:57 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: SeekAndFind

Is there another page of 2012 candidates?


128 posted on 03/05/2011 5:08:27 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Please. The only one they think is electable is Chris Christie? Are they kidding?


129 posted on 03/05/2011 5:13:25 PM PST by Antoninus (Fight the homosexual agenda. Support marriage -- www.nationformarriage.org)
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To: SaraJohnson
So you want to kill those who don’t support Palin now? Cute. Are you in a cult?

And you call Palin stupid? LOL

130 posted on 03/05/2011 5:24:13 PM PST by kanawa (Obama - "The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are people with something to hide.")
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To: jonrick46
Is there another page of 2012 candidates?

I hope so. This list is only 15 names long. I want to see the other 1,997 names.

131 posted on 03/05/2011 5:26:08 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Screw The House of Saud and Prince Al Waleed. They control DC, London and have been the mega money behind exporting islam and muslims to the west. They are not our friends. I will take enemies over these people any day.

The American public is so stupid and manipulated by TV and fox is no better.


132 posted on 03/05/2011 5:39:15 PM PST by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: ml/nj

I know principled businesspeople personally. Scum pay scum.

Both the payer and the payee are the problem.

I’m sorry if this doesn’t match your imagination of the truth.


133 posted on 03/05/2011 5:44:14 PM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nobody on this list will ever be President. Sorry...but that’s the truth. I think that a candidate’s popularity on FR is in direct inverse proportion their popularity among the public at large.


134 posted on 03/05/2011 5:54:39 PM PST by pgkdan (Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s a damn cynical and snarky chart. It’s full of high-school “he’s ugly” crap.


135 posted on 03/05/2011 5:55:07 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: americanophile

Ataturk said THAT?!


136 posted on 03/05/2011 5:55:58 PM PST by kenavi (The good ol' US of A: 57 state laboratories for the future.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Sorry but anyone who saya that Romney will never be the GOP nominee has no familiarity with the history of the party. He will be the nominee and he will lose. Just like Bob Dole. That’s the way the GOP works. It’s ‘his turn’.


137 posted on 03/05/2011 5:58:01 PM PST by pgkdan (Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
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To: RicocheT

And the instant such a candidate pops his head above the fence, the lying media will train all their firepower on him. But at least that will give Sarah Palin a break from being the one they most fear.


138 posted on 03/05/2011 6:00:18 PM PST by TheOldLady
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To: pgkdan
It’s ‘his turn’.

I know the history, but these are not the good old days. The Tea Party has put the Pubbies on notice that we will not go there again. If Romney is the nominee of the Republican Party, there will be a huge bolt. The dolts in DC know it, so it will not happen this time.

139 posted on 03/05/2011 6:05:29 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: SeekAndFind
That's a lengthy list - impressive by the ONE name they're all afraid of - the one name don't want mentioned - the ONE name that could beat them all, hands down.

If we look to the GOP for our candidates, we will lose this country.

WE THE PEOPLE need to stand up and chose our ‘alternative.”

You want some who would “aggressively reassert American interests and discipline on the rouge states...” etc.

LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX - NOT to the Establishment.

You want someone who knows who are enemies are “Foreign and domestic” - and who will name them and who will fight them - and who our enemies will FEAR?

How about someone who knows our Constitution backward and foreward? How about someone who loves this country and also knows the Bible through and through? How about someone who knows Islam line by line and will face them down - and political correctness be damned? How about someone with decades of leadership and a proved record of standing firm, even at great personal loss, for what he knows is right?

Would you like a person like that? Or just another good ole boy from the worn out list of Establishment candidates? That REALLY worked out great for us in 2008, didn't it.

How many of you can think outside of the box?

Here's just a few clip to think about - but while on YouTube, watch more on this man. (Israel wishes he could run for their Prime Minister.)

Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M

“Don’t blow sunshine up my butt and tell me it’s warm and fuzzy...put down the mike and go home!” (PC be damned!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MZx38i6iYs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkWXEvOenNY

idiot s laugh and joke about a Marine’s question, clueless. Only one person could answer him - who knows who our enemy is. It’s not a laughing matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k

at CPAC “NOW is the TIME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mf33LIEt-g

on illegal immigration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k

A Draft movement - save these clips and send to everyone and check out other clips on YouTube. A proved leader like this, who kow tows to NO ONE, is what we need. We need new blood in DC - NO ONE from the “Establishment.”

CLEAN HOUSE -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7RKIpufStQ

Save these clips in a desktop file and email everyone and post everywhere. The Establishment is afraid of Lt. Col West. The muzzies are. The demRats are and are doubly troubled because how do they use their favorite weapon: “RACIST! “

This man would hit the ground running - he's a seasoned leader, he backs down to no one, He loves this country and will defend our Constitution against ALL enemies, “Foreign AND domestic.”

Throughout history, at it's darkest moments, a leader will appear unexpectedly - “the man and the Time have met”

one draft link

http://allenwest2012.ning.com/

140 posted on 03/05/2011 6:05:47 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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