Chuck Norris; Presidential Buyer's Remorse

Townhall ^ | January 29, 2008 | Chuck Norris

[BplusK]

This past week, investors experienced a sizable economic tremor as Wall Street's fortress shook. From a Dow that dropped more than 200 points in the first 10 minutes of trading to the Federal Reserve's biggest "emergency" slash of interest rates in a quarter of a century, even the experts are confused as to whether these are signs of an unhealthy economy or birth pains of an American recession.

Just as fluctuating and fickle is this presidential election. With political surges, primary bypasses, midstream startups and blended politics, there are still no clear front-runners in either party. Super Tuesday is on the horizon, and most people still are speculating about who is leading the pack.

Speaking of presidential ebbs and flows, I believe many are suffering now from a type of presidential buyer's remorse. On the one hand, I commend those who stuck their necks out early on in favor of a candidate's platform, values or principles over another's. (There are still far too many who wait in hiding for a clear leader out of fear of being aligned with a loser.) On the other hand, I'm sure many are now silently sorry that they've backed certain presidential hopefuls because of new revelations or reactions on the campaign trail.

The bases for political remorse are varied:

-- Realizing that all the Democratic candidates would raise taxes, expand big government oversight and waste, and increase national security risks by reducing roles of the military.

-- Discovering Rudy Giuliani wouldn't start his primary political engine until Florida, ignoring early and minor states and so sending a noncommittal and undervaluing message to Middle America.

-- Awakening to the reality that Mitt Romney has and will flip-flop on issues more than International House of Pancakes turns pancakes.

-- Learning, as David Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan noted this week, that John McCain is respectfully not a full-fledged conservative.

Of course, it's never too late to change your mind before casting your actual vote. But then again, pride is often a formidable foe to overcome on the way to the booth.

When I backed Mike Huckabee for president, I didn't do so because he was a front-runner, could beat Hillary, had lots of money, or because his presidency would advance my humanitarian efforts or increase my pocketbook. I endorsed him because I agree with his platform, trust in his integrity, relate with his poor upbringing and support for average citizens, value his 11 years of service as governor of Arkansas, and believe in his vision for a better America.

I want Mike to win -- the nomination then the presidency. But whether he wins or is offered the position of vice president or a position in the cabinet, my wife, Gena, and I can sleep at night and move forward into the future because we've lived true to our convictions, principles and beliefs. We cannot experience buyer's remorse with Mike Huckabee because we know, win or lose, he could lead our nation into a better and prosperous tomorrow. And he will continue to do so, as he has done for the past 20 years, whether he's the president or not.

This past week, news agencies reported how some of the presidential candidates' campaigns are running into financial hardships. Huckabee even grounded press airplanes and asked staff to assume volunteer positions. While many have interpreted those as signs of Mike's demise, I see them differently. They are sureties of his stewardship. He's being fiscally frugal as he always has been in office.

Mike has arisen as a front-runner from obscurity on a shoestring budget, being outspent by his rivals by at least a 10-1 ratio, proving it's his message, not money, that matters. He doesn't have a personal account of multimillions like Romney, nor does he think it's good stewardship, like McCain, to borrow what one doesn't have to gain what one might not win.

For Mike, handling campaign finances is a microcosm of managing the national budget. If he doesn't have the money, he's not going to spend it. He has made this commitment on a number of occasions, and he lived up to it in his gubernatorial service in Arkansas, bringing in a balanced budget for 12 straight years and ending his term with a surplus of $844.5 million.

I ask again: Are those not the types of figures we want to see at the bottom lines from the future executive fiscal leadership of America?

Mike is a leader we all can trust and financially back, and he will be a president with whom this nation will not experience buyer's remorse.

[BplusK]

When you vote for a candidate, do you pinch your nose and vote, or do you vote according to your good conscience?

[waimea.man]

Sometimes I have to pinch my nose and vote.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Sorry, Chuck...not buyin’.

[Perdogg]

My good conscience tells me that Mike Huckabee isn’t qualified to be President. He’s more qualified that Hildabeast, Hussein, and Edwards, but that aint saying much.

He may be a good man, and I like the Fair Tax, but he’s not qualified to be President.

[sageb1]

“When you vote for a candidate, do you pinch your nose and vote, or do you vote according to your good conscience?”

Voting against the Dem candidate IS voting according to my good conscience.

[Perdogg]

*****PBRSTREETGANG goes down after a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick!*****

;)

[HamiltonJay]

Either way, my vote would not go to Huckabee.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Ouch!!!

[ravingnutter]

Oh, Shut the Chuck Up Already!

[Names Ash Housewares]

Who is Chuck going to vote for after Huck drops out?

Will he hold his nose?

[PGalt]

Voting against the Dem candidate IS voting according to my good conscience.

BUMP!

[Vigilanteman]

Sorry, Chuck, your boy is right with McCain on colonizing America with illegal aliens and bowing to the church of global warming.

Here are the Senators who voted against the Cornyn amendment , which would have established a permanent bar for gang members, terrorists, and other criminals looking to snag a shamnesty visa. Republicans underlined:

Never forget McCain not only pushed the amnesty bill, he refused to allow exclusions for the worst of the lot. And he unloaded his infamous temper on his mild-mannered senate colleague for having the audacity to introduce this amendment.

Apologies to any who feel I am spamming this message on campaign threads, but it is an important message on a key vote which needs to get out.

[pandoraou812]

I agree with you & don’t care what Chuck has to say.

[txlurker]

Me either...

[Domandred]

When I backed Mike Huckabee for president

Chuck Norris drops support for Huck!

Thought I would play the out of context game for once.

[Red Badger]

Buyers’ remorse?....I’m sure there were a great many people completely satisfied with their Edsels, Corvairs, Vegas, Pintos and Yugos...........

[streetpreacher]

Norris made an idiot out of himself last night on H&C, attacking Romney for having money and whining about how he couldn’t give millions to Huckabee. Shut up and do Kung Pow Chuck.

[mikeus_maximus]

America is sick of the spineless GOP and is ready for any change, even just supporting an "underdog"-- a black guy. For that simple reason Obama will, unfortunately, win the general election going away. Once again, the GOP will have failed to give us a viable candidate with a strong enough distinction between his quasi-liberal record and the Dems so as to capture the nation's imagination regarding the virtues of small government. We're now just arguing about the degree of giveaways and oppression of the country's producers.

The American voter will see only a small shade of philosphical difference between the GOP candidate and Obama, especially once the GOP's message is tainted by the mainstream media. No GOP candiate has the charisma or credibility to convince America that he will take us in a new direction from the moderates that were voted out in '06, or the Dems currently in power. Moreover, conservatives will not turn out and work for Romney/McCain, especially since Hillary will not be the Dem candidate.

I see this election as all but over. Obama and his accomplices in congress will have to teach this country another lesson in misery, and then another Reagan will have to step forward, before we can begin to crawl out of the economic hole we're about to fall into.

[montag813]

Saw Chuck Norris on Hanraty and Corpse last night. He came off as not being very intelligent.

[streetpreacher]

At least he didn’t ask to be buried with George Washington’s slaves.