Which is why I say Romney needs to bring Paul's supporters into the fold. They have energy that is lacking in the rest of the field. On Dec 20, 2011 3:01 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Santorum? You are talking about the man whose name has become to mean > a frothy mix of various .,. stuff. I'll let you google the rest.George > Rockwell Lincoln dead and buried has a much better chance of becoming > president. If there is any candidate that could fire up the Democratic > Party base more than Bachmann he is it. > > Gingrich, that man as so much baggage, his name should be Pullman. > This person was kicked out of the congress for ethics violations. > Think of it, he was too unethical for Congress. That says something > about the person. He has claimed to be a historian, yet gets so many > things wrong about history in his writing. Frankly is he even > trustworthy. He was screwing an aide while prosecuting Clinton for > doing the same thing - and on top of it would go to groups like the > Family Values Coalition decrying infidelity. during the mortgage > crisis he was slamming Freddie and Mannie Mae while at the same time > collecting 15 million in consulting fees. All the time saying he was > not a lobbyist. > > Even Ron Paul when you start really looking into what he says and > wants (and his writings) comes out less than stellar. For years his > newsletter for instance was cited time and time again as a very racist > rag, virulently anti-black and latino. Is that what you people want in > a President? > > The fact is that the Republican clown car has so many bad candidates > that even the best of the lot only polls a statistical tie with Obama. > And that is despite the miserable performance of the economy, and > Obama's kowtowing to the Republicans every chance he can get. > > I think the Republican party at this point could do much better by > simply throwing in the towel on the current crop of loonies and get > American Idol to do the choosing. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So is Paul an irrelevant fringe candidate or Ross Perot II? He can't be > > both. > > > > Look at the facts, Sam. All else being equal, Romney does not beat Obama > > head to head. Gingrich could, I think, if he recovers from his > precipitous > > drop in the polls, but what are the odds he can keep it together for > > another eleven months? Santorum can compete with the President on > gravitas, > > but he has a shortage of charisma when matched against Obama, who can > turn > > it on *big time* in the spotlight. Hunstman is Romney with more > > international political experience and less name recognition, not a bad > > thing, but not a winner. Bachmann is a Tea Party darling, but not a > winner > > at this level. > > > > And then there is Ron Paul. Despite lacking the shininess of the other > > candidates, he is polling at the top in Iowa. He has intellectual heft > and > > consistency on his side. His positions leave him open to attack from the > > mainstream, but those same positions provide him an incredibly solid base > > of support. He is a terrible debater from a technical standpoint, but the > > right debate coach could break his bad habits and turn him into an iron > > hammer. He will continue to have money and a message. He isn't going away > > anytime soon, so someone in the Republican establishment had better find > a > > way to bring his supporters into the fold. > > > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> You so confused. > >> The Hardcore middle does not represent the Majority. > >> The are a fringe like all other fringe groups. > >> They can swing both ways or in neither direction. Do not confuse the > >> with the mainstream. > >> > >> . > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
