I saw this on the Chicago Boyz web page today:
I am thinking more and more that the GOP presidential candidate is a distraction.
Whoever it is will be better much than Mr. Obama, so don’t worry about it. Mr. Obama makes Mitt Romney look like George Washington.
So, what does matter?
Making sure we have a Tea Party Congress in 2012 is the most important thing.
I agree with idea of having a Tea Party Congress. However, to unwind the mess that our government has become we will need a ‘Tea Party’ President as well. Remember, there is a strong possibility that a Supreme Court position will open up after the 2012 elections. So, actually, it does matter who is the Republican nominee.
If you are a regular reader of MCT, you would’ve read about this months ago… July 12th to be precise:
Achievements in the real world are great. In sports, business and in your personal life, achievements are a positive thing and should be celebrated. However, in the political world, specifically in Washington, legislative achievements are usually a negative for “we the people.” Legislative achievements usually involve eroding personal freedom or adding another layer of regulation to our economy.
If you want to nominate the Republican candidate with the greatest legislative achievement, Mitt Romney (with his signature achievement, RomneyCare) is you candidate.
We have had way too many legislative ‘achievements’ come out of Washington for way too long and we are now paying dearly for them.
Much like conservatives jumping on the governance by intellects bandwagon, the idea of supporting candidates who govern well, rather than candidates who will govern least will not get us out of the hole we are in today. As conservatives, we need to focus on a candidates core beliefs, principles and their adherence to the ideals of limited government and not worry about how many significant pieces of legislation a particular candidate has signed their name on.
Just thought I’d point this out.
Amen. I just don’t know if there is a staunch conservative in the field. Maybe Santorum …
A rino like Romney (and I’m thinking Perry) isn’t going to turn things around. We need good leadership, not waffling demagogues.
Romney is a RINO and Perry is starting to make me nervous. I agree we need to get hard core conservative elected at all levels of government.
You are right on. We should be vetting candidates for all Democratic as well as some RHINO primaries. Primaries. That is our first selection and we need to get it right.
Yes, we need to be engaged during primary’s because this is our chance to get it right.
An excellent point, Steve, that can’t be made often enough. We can no longer live with status quo. Government as it is must be gradually unwound or we will end up like Greece.
Yep, if we get 4 more years of Obama and a Democrat Senate, we will be worse than Greece, and take the rest of the world economy down with us.
Agreed. The fauning over Romney at Mackinac Island made me sick. He left this state 46 years ago and hasn’t looked back. He dissed our most important industry, the auto makers. And he piloted Obamacare. Now he’s fueling the meme of electability despite the fact his views change more often than most people change their underwear.
The fawning over Romney (who only files in during campaign season) was truly nauseating.
Beware when people start talking about elect-ability, they said that in 2008 and we wound up with McCain.