Republicans Need To Face The Fact That Their Best Candidate Is A Socialist Republican

Discussion in 'Elections & Campaigns' started by gregdavidson, Oct 18, 2011.

  1. gregdavidson

    gregdavidson New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2008
    Messages:
    1,806
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Cain can't win with his 16% sales tax. Perry appears to be a George Bush clone. And all the rest of the candidates with the exception of ONE belong at the circus. If you're a right-wing extremist (which most of you are) who hates the less fortunate, you're NOT going to get your guy!

    Your only choice is a "socialist" Republican named Mitt Romney. This guy supported a health care plan in his own state which closely resembles Obamacare. So I'm fairly certain he's not going to veto the overturning of Obamacare if such a bill were ever to land on his desk.

    Another reason why Mitt Romney is a "socialist" Republican is because he wants to put trade sanctions against China. I support that! Isn't that BIG GOVERNMENT stepping on the shoes of the free market? You bet it is!

    Just face it. Whether Obama gets re-elected or Romney takes over, you're not going to get your heartless right-wing extremist which most of you are "dreaming" of.

    And if Cain gets chosen as the nominee, there's a 100% certainty that the Republicans are going to lose. Obama is going to have a field day tearing apart his 999 plan. Even Republican economists are saying that it's a plan he made up off the top of his head. Actually, I think he was playing Sim City.
     
  2. RiseAgainst

    RiseAgainst Banned

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2011
    Messages:
    19,122
    Likes Received:
    3,191
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Romney would be okay because he'd have hundreds of republican cocks in congress waiting to (*)(*)(*)(*) him up the ass if he steps out of line. :evil:
     
  3. Jiyuu-Freedom

    Jiyuu-Freedom Keep the peace Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2009
    Messages:
    16,174
    Likes Received:
    94
    Trophy Points:
    0
    All I can say is "Wow".

    Romney is not the darling of the party anyways. We have some time to go. He could win against Obama but I doubt it.

    Nobody gives a hoot that when Obama goes out to give a speech that he is campaigning at the same time. We are used to it. Things always appear to save his ass just when things couldn't be worse.

    I do not plan to vote for Romney. He is similiar to Obama. No thanks. If either one wins, we are stuck for another 4 yrs. of the same ol, just like people on the left criticized Bush voters for.

    I think Cain has a chance. He's the only one with a plan right now. He is even tweeking it.

    Sorry to disappoint you but I do vote Republican and as embarrassing as this may sound, I may just sit this next election out if Romney is chosen. It would depend on who is his pick for V.P. Have we considered that?
     
  4. RiseAgainst

    RiseAgainst Banned

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2011
    Messages:
    19,122
    Likes Received:
    3,191
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Not a fan of metaphors? ;)

    I know how you feel. I'm pretty complacent about politics these days myself. I'm just saying if the Republicans can regain control of the Senate Romney would probably be better then Obama. I just don't picture him putting up so much of a fight with them like Obama has been doing. As for Romney's VP, it would most likely be Chris Christie. It's so obvious with the soap opera he played with the potential run and then endorsing Romney.
     
  5. SiliconMagician

    SiliconMagician Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2010
    Messages:
    18,921
    Likes Received:
    446
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Don't sit it out. make sure your Republican Congressman and Senator is voted for, even if you can't vote for Romney.

    I abstained on the Presidential election in 2008 myself but I made sure that my Congressional Candidates got my vote.

    We don't need the White House, but we absolutely need a Congressional majority in both houses.

    If we can't win the White House we at least want Obama to be a lame duck reduced to the moniker of "President No"
     
  6. Jiyuu-Freedom

    Jiyuu-Freedom Keep the peace Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2009
    Messages:
    16,174
    Likes Received:
    94
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Yes, I would love to see him as a lame duck reduced to the chicken little that he is.

    I won't give up guys. Christie would be a good V.P. I am just weary of the Republican party as many of us are. The GOP debates have been ridiculous and the showdown between Perry and Romney was just too much. It was a good pot shot when Romney said to Perry not to interrupt if he wants to be the POTUS.

    How do you guys feel about Newt? He switched parties but it happens in politics. Is he not outspoken enough?

    Romney has the appeal that voters like. He is easy on the eyes like many thought about Obama. Nice smile, yada, yada. Talk is cheap and Romney has to give us more than giving himself credit for the health plan in his state.
     
  7. RiseAgainst

    RiseAgainst Banned

    Joined:
    Jul 26, 2011
    Messages:
    19,122
    Likes Received:
    3,191
    Trophy Points:
    113
    The only reason I don't think Romney will get elected is he just looks like a filthy liar. But then that's what I thought about Obama back in 08 and look at the pile of (*)(*)(*)(*) we're laying on top of. The American people are like a box of chocolates, you just never know with us... It's almost like most Americans vote with their eyes closed :confused:
     
  8. SiliconMagician

    SiliconMagician Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2010
    Messages:
    18,921
    Likes Received:
    446
    Trophy Points:
    0
    The whole field has bits and pieces I like.

    Romney has electability and is the only one I feel could stand up to Obama in a one on one knock down drag out debate.

    Perry has the jobs record and experience and is a real conservative btu Krauthammer brought up the excellent point that he is awful in debates and Obama would cream him.

    Cain has the likable personality and great ideas and drive, but I'm not sure how he would stand up in a debate against Obama especially with that awful "apples and oranges" debacle in the most recent debate. Obama will crush that.

    Newt, too old, to grumpy, too craggy, but is the bar none the best policy wonk the GOP has.

    Everyone else is just window dressing.

    It would be great if we were staring at the next Republican administration with each of these heavy hitters forming a cabinet for a true GOP frontrunner. But any one of them alone is just "meh" against Obama the great orator.

    The GOP candidate will have to endure the worst guantlet of media hate, propaganda and then face up against "Big Boss" Obama who we know, despite the lies, puts up the best facade seen in decades and with the media squarely in his corner. He's a powerful enemy.
     
  9. Libhater

    Libhater Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2010
    Messages:
    12,500
    Likes Received:
    2,486
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    You sheeple are putting way to much emphasis on the debating skills of these candidates. No doubt Romney would kick obots arse with a one-on-one debate.

    But the debate process is still overblown. Didn't George Bush take a beating during his debates with algore and later against john kerry, yet manage to win the presidency both times? Just face the fact that Romney will be our president through 2013-2020 where Chris Christie takes over for the following 8 years. Okay, neither one of them are a Ronald Reagan, but at least neither of them will be a seen as a socialist like this current clown that occupies the WHITE HOUSE.
     
  10. skeptic-f

    skeptic-f New Member

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2004
    Messages:
    7,929
    Likes Received:
    100
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Mitt Romney is not the Socialist Republican candidate; he is the Very Rich candidate. What a lot of Tea Party Republicans don't understand is that a lot of the developments of the past couple of decades favor the very rich, and that is why they occurred. It has nothing to do with free market capitalism versus government but rather whether government is helping or hurting the interests of the very rich. Mitt Romney should be the scariest of the Republican candidates for the OWS crowd.
     
  11. Woogs

    Woogs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 6, 2011
    Messages:
    8,385
    Likes Received:
    2,556
    Trophy Points:
    113
    The problem with Cain 'tweaking' his 9-9-9 plan is that he went out of his way saying how it HAD to be 9-9-9 and not something else. Tweaking is, by his own definition, an admission of failure.

    Cain is toast.

    I like Newt. Aside from Ron Paul, he is the only one I could vote for in good faith. Anybody else would get my vote as an anti-Obama vote only.
     
  12. Jack Ridley

    Jack Ridley New Member

    Joined:
    Feb 25, 2009
    Messages:
    10,783
    Likes Received:
    43
    Trophy Points:
    0
    I could vote for Newt Gingrich out of Fear and Loathing, but the only candidate I could vote for even quarter-heartedly out of good faith would be Ron Paul, and even then just barely.
     
  13. gamewell45

    gamewell45 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2011
    Messages:
    24,711
    Likes Received:
    3,547
    Trophy Points:
    113
    If you choose not to vote, then morally you won't have a right to complain about any of the candidates who get elected.
     
  14. kipper

    kipper New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 23, 2011
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    He's no more socialist than Reagan was.
     

Share This Page