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Originally Posted by JohnR
The last election might say otherwise.
And don't get me wrong, I like Rubio. I'm not convinced that he is the guy.
We - as in the US a we / us, not a they / them. WE keep kicking the can down the road. How is that for bipartisanship  . |
"The last election might say otherwise."
Can you elaborate? I saw polls that say a small majority don't support abortion. I saw polls that said a huge majority thought the country was going in the wrong direction under Obama. I saw polls that said that huge majorities specifically didn't trust Obama to lead the economy. I saw polls that said huge majorities don't believe the Catholic Church should be forced to provide birth control. I saw polls that showed that a majority of Americans think the debt is a national security threat.
I saw nothing, anywhere, to suggest that a majority of Americans are more in tune with liberalism than conservatism. In my opinion (I could be wrong), we lost a very close race (51-49) because people don't know what conservatives stand for. They only know that all the networks except for one, are actively rooting for Obama. That, plus Romney is not a great campaigner, and the media/Obama machine spent a jillion dollars telling the lie that Romney is a real-life Mr Potter from "It's A Wonderful Life". That crap works, otherwise they wouldn't spend a billion dollars on smear ads. It couldn't be any more dishinest, but it's effective as hell.
We lost 51-49. When the economy collapses (not 'if', but 'when') we will get a whole lot more than 2% to switch sides. They'll flee liberalsim like rats off a sinking ship, Spence will be telling us how much he loves Newt Gingrich. It's inevitable. Absolutely inevitable.
I'd love to know what your reservations are with Rubio, other than he's inexperienced, but we were told in 2008 that experience isn't a qualifying attribute. Rubio is young, handsome, articulate, from Florida, Catholic, and Hispanic. I can't imagine a more attractive candidate, except for Condaleeza Rice.
I commend you on some serious bipartisanship!
Have a great holiday season John. At this time of year, I thank you for creating this site. Personally, I only went fishing once this year, which is pathetic. But that one trip was on Cape Cod with my 6 year-old, and this site, and the great folks here, helped make that vacation the best it could have been.