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Republican candidates for 2012

  • ohiobucks1
    HitsRus;1053269 wrote:we've had 35 years of history to judge Carter....not so much historical perspective on GWB.
    we knew he sucked from day 1
  • HitsRus
    Oh you are right...we could have had Al Gore!
  • ohiobucks1
    HitsRus;1053281 wrote:Oh you are right...we could have had Al Gore!
    I'm talking about Carter
  • believer
    FairwoodKing;1053172 wrote:...Obama looks like Abraham Lincoln.
    Come to think of it, you're right.

  • fish82
    FairwoodKing;1053172 wrote:He was also the worst president we ever had. Compared with Bush, Obama looks like Abraham Lincoln.
    Interesting that Dubyas current approval rating is about 5 points ahead of Obama's, huh?
  • Zombaypirate
    The US is going to stay status quo.

    Mitt Romney will be the GOP nominee and if he beats Obama no one will notice a difference. SIGH....
  • Tobias Fünke
    Zombaypirate;1053874 wrote:The US is going to stay status quo.

    Mitt Romney will be the GOP nominee and if he beats Obama no one will notice a difference. SIGH....
    It baffles me how people can actually believe this.
  • believer
    Tobias Fünke;1054302 wrote:It baffles me how people can actually believe this.
    While Mitt is not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination, he will nonetheless be a far more effective POTUS than the Dis-Appointed One.
  • Zombaypirate
    Tobias Fünke;1054302 wrote:It baffles me how people can actually believe this.
    Simple, the deficit will continue to rise and nothing of any importance will change.

    We will still get us some Obama care too. Romney is socialist just like Obama.

    It is incredible liberals are so blind.
  • believer
    Zombaypirate;1054372 wrote:Simple, the deficit will continue to rise and nothing of any importance will change.

    We will still get us some Obama care too. Romney is socialist just like Obama.

    It is incredible liberals are so blind.
    This wouldn't change even if Saint Paul took office. No one person will cause a big enough change to make the Big Gubmint deficit monster go away.

    With the bitter partisan political climate we've been experiencing in DC the past few decades, it's not about to change anytime soon short of complete worldwide financial meltdown.

    So the best we can do is vote for the folks who will lead us into economic oblivion a little slower.

    Paul might be best suited for that at the moment but he will never come close to occupying the Oval Orifice. I'll vote for Paul in the primary as a last great act of defiance towards the Republican establishment...and then I'll cut my losses by voting for Romney this fall.
  • O-Trap
    believer;1053043 wrote:True...But I'd still rather give Romney a chance rather than give Obama 4 more years of raging ineptitude.
    Two bottles with the same contents, but different labels.

    I certainly understand the desire to get out, but I'm not sure which I prefer: a mostly inept president who seems to have the bipartisan negotiation skills of a vacuum cleaner or an intelligent, but greedy politician who has the ability to appeal to "both sides."

    It has been my experience that if you've got someone working against you, it's better to have someone inept.
    believer;1053369 wrote:Come to think of it, you're right.

    Reps to follow.
  • WebFire
    ccrunner609;1054477 wrote:Wow, just wow.
    I was going to ask him how Obama helped him. But then I remembered I didn't care.
  • sleeper
    Tobias Fünke;1054302 wrote:It baffles me how people can actually believe this.
    Romney is a RINO. The path in which Romney takes us might be different, but the destination is the same. More wars, greater deficits, no real solutions to any important issue. Romney may be better than Obama, but I'm honestly tired of picking between the lesser of the two evils and a vote for Paul is actually someone I want to be president.
  • jmog
    sleeper;1054577 wrote:Romney is a RINO. The path in which Romney takes us might be different, but the destination is the same. More wars, greater deficits, no real solutions to any important issue. Romney may be better than Obama, but I'm honestly tired of picking between the lesser of the two evils and a vote for Paul is actually someone I want to be president.
    You've voted in what, 1 presidential election?

    I agree with you 100%, my vote is for Paul in the primaries. I just thought it funny to say "I'm tired of..." after doing it once ;).

    I mean I've only voted myself in 3 presidential elections myself (turned 18 just a couple months after the 1996 election).
  • jhay78
    Huntsman is out now. More moderates can now line up behind Romney.

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/huntsman-to-drop-out-of-gop-race/

    If Romney wins the nomination, the 2012 version of the Republican party may go down as the dumbest political entity in US history. You add 60-some seats to the House in 2010, thanks to conservative Tea Partiers, most of whom were energized in opposition to Obamacare, and then you nominate the architect of a state-level version of Obamacare. Astounding.
  • sleeper
    jmog;1054596 wrote:You've voted in what, 1 presidential election?

    I agree with you 100%, my vote is for Paul in the primaries. I just thought it funny to say "I'm tired of..." after doing it once ;).

    I mean I've only voted myself in 3 presidential elections myself (turned 18 just a couple months after the 1996 election).
    Once again, link to how many elections one must vote in in order to sick of the status quo? It's not like I can't have a rational thought before I even was of age to vote and know that most people chose between the lesser of two evils rather than a candidate they mostly agree with. Research has shown people like to vote for a winner regardless of their current beliefs.
  • jmog
    sleeper;1054687 wrote:Once again, link to how many elections one must vote in in order to sick of the status quo? It's not like I can't have a rational thought before I even was of age to vote and know that most people chose between the lesser of two evils rather than a candidate they mostly agree with. Research has shown people like to vote for a winner regardless of their current beliefs.
    I didn't condemn you or say you couldn't have an opinion, I basically just found it humorous. Obviously in America your opinion counts just as much as someone 70 yrs old, both get 1 vote.
  • Heretic
    jhay78;1054641 wrote:Huntsman is out now. More moderates can now line up behind Romney.

    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/huntsman-to-drop-out-of-gop-race/

    If Romney wins the nomination, the 2012 version of the Republican party may go down as the dumbest political entity in US history. You add 60-some seats to the House in 2010, thanks to conservative Tea Partiers, most of whom were energized in opposition to Obamacare, and then you nominate the architect of a state-level version of Obamacare. Astounding.
    Or tied with the 2004 Dems. You have Bush II and his lackluster approval rating, so you counter with Kerrey, who had so little charisma that he looked like a block of granite compared to Bush.
  • jhay78
    Heretic;1054718 wrote:Or tied with the 2004 Dems. You have Bush II and his lackluster approval rating, so you counter with Kerrey, who had so little charisma that he looked like a block of granite compared to Bush.
    Maybe, but I don't remember a massive wave of Democrat opposition to GWBush's policies before 2004, no takeover of the House in 2002, etc.
  • believer
    ccrunner609;1054502 wrote:He cant tell you. He has no clue how bad the Dems policies have been for us the past few years. People like him have no clue that our economic situtation that "WE" are all in is directly related to crap like Frank Dodd.
    Don't forget Fairwood's favorite former Congressman; the dishonorable Barney Frank.
  • majorspark
    believer;1054967 wrote:Don't forget Fairwood's favorite former Congressman; the dishonorable Barney Frank.
    Who will be enjoying a much more cushy retirement than you funded in part by your hard labor.
  • O-Trap
    jhay78;1054641 wrote:If Romney wins the nomination, the 2012 version of the Republican party may go down as the dumbest political entity in US history. You add 60-some seats to the House in 2010, thanks to conservative Tea Partiers, most of whom were energized in opposition to Obamacare, and then you nominate the architect of a state-level version of Obamacare. Astounding.
    Never agreed with you more.

    I'd almost prefer Obama, as at least the Republicans in Congress are wary of anything he might suggest.

    I'm willing to bet they'd defend the exact same suggestion if put forth by the Republican Bruce Campbell.
    believer;1054967 wrote:Don't forget Fairwood's favorite former Congressman; the dishonorable Barney Frank.
    I prefer to think of him as Barabbas Frank.
  • O-Trap
    ccrunner609;1055218 wrote:Newt and Paul arent getting equal mic time.

    Shocking. The two that are able to make Romney look bad and who are likely to be his biggest contenders throughout the race are getting no time.
    ccrunner609;1055232 wrote:"Mr. Romney are you going to release your tax records?"


    "uuhh, uuhhh, uuuhhh, words, uuuhhh, probably"


    I know now he is a snake oil salesman.

    Foreign bank accounts CAN be difficult to track sometimes. Poor Mitt.
    ccrunner609;1055240 wrote:Newt just crushed Juan Williams and got a standing ovation.

    There is no doubt he would do the same to Obama.
    He's the best orator of the bunch, either side of the aisle. I don't trust the guy as far as I could throw him, but damn can he deliver a riveting monologue ... even an impromptu one.
  • stlouiedipalma
    They're all making claims and promises they know damn well they either can't deliver on or won't deliver on. There's an awful lot of hot air on 29th Street in Myrtle Beach tonight, and it's not from the ocean breezes.
  • Skyhook79
    stlouiedipalma;1055270 wrote:They're all making claims and promises they know damn well they either can't deliver on or won't deliver on. There's an awful lot of hot air on 29th Street in Myrtle Beach tonight, and it's not from the ocean breezes.
    Kind of like promising Hope and Change?:rolleyes: How is closing Gitmo going anyway and those shovel ready jobs?:laugh: