Epic
04-14-2010, 07:09 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/14/obligatory-polls-obama-leads-bush-by-two-ron-paul-by-one/
That’s useful but no fun; the fun poll, of course, would be an HA reader survey to see where you guys stand on the thorny hypothetical of an Obama/Paul race. I used to tilt, very reluctantly, towards The One on that, since normally I’ll give precedence to foreign policy over domestic policy. But the more poisonous Obama’s economics become and the more confounding his treatment of American allies, the harder it is to justify that.
Alright, so he used to, and he's torn now.
But how does he spin the Rasmussen poll?
He leads each of the top GOP contenders by margins that are reasonably healthy, especially in light of the fact that his approval’s headed down the toilet over ObamaCare. That’s because Romney, Huck, and Palin all bring their own baggage to the hypothetical whereas Bush and Paul are more symbolic — Paul because his agenda is probably unknown to most voters (i.e. he’s baggage-less) and Bush because, of course, he embodies the pre-Obamanomics era.
Alright, so Paul does well because nobody knows him (??) and has no baggage (??) meanwhile Romney and Huck do worse because they have baggage, or something. But then, how does he explain Prez Bush? Well, he says, former presidents don't count because they came before Obama.
None of this makes any sense.
But wait - this Hotair post isn't over - there is time for a we/government fallacy and a free trade misunderstanding.
A possibly clarifying exit question for Paul supporters: Would/should the United States actually sell nuclear technology to Iran? Sounds crazy, I know, but Paul himself has always insisted that he’s not an isolationist, merely a non-interventionist. Trade is therefore on the table, and since Iran has a demand for reactors and we have a supply, hey.
Somehow in the world of NEOCON-land, a government selling nukes to another government is 'free trade'. Ridiculous. Free trade, properly understood, is when a government does not restrict private individuals from different countries from trading goods and services. Governments taking on nuke selling is not laissez-faire.
These HotAir leftist neocons are literally the dumbest people on Earth.
Well, until I go to dailykos.
That’s useful but no fun; the fun poll, of course, would be an HA reader survey to see where you guys stand on the thorny hypothetical of an Obama/Paul race. I used to tilt, very reluctantly, towards The One on that, since normally I’ll give precedence to foreign policy over domestic policy. But the more poisonous Obama’s economics become and the more confounding his treatment of American allies, the harder it is to justify that.
Alright, so he used to, and he's torn now.
But how does he spin the Rasmussen poll?
He leads each of the top GOP contenders by margins that are reasonably healthy, especially in light of the fact that his approval’s headed down the toilet over ObamaCare. That’s because Romney, Huck, and Palin all bring their own baggage to the hypothetical whereas Bush and Paul are more symbolic — Paul because his agenda is probably unknown to most voters (i.e. he’s baggage-less) and Bush because, of course, he embodies the pre-Obamanomics era.
Alright, so Paul does well because nobody knows him (??) and has no baggage (??) meanwhile Romney and Huck do worse because they have baggage, or something. But then, how does he explain Prez Bush? Well, he says, former presidents don't count because they came before Obama.
None of this makes any sense.
But wait - this Hotair post isn't over - there is time for a we/government fallacy and a free trade misunderstanding.
A possibly clarifying exit question for Paul supporters: Would/should the United States actually sell nuclear technology to Iran? Sounds crazy, I know, but Paul himself has always insisted that he’s not an isolationist, merely a non-interventionist. Trade is therefore on the table, and since Iran has a demand for reactors and we have a supply, hey.
Somehow in the world of NEOCON-land, a government selling nukes to another government is 'free trade'. Ridiculous. Free trade, properly understood, is when a government does not restrict private individuals from different countries from trading goods and services. Governments taking on nuke selling is not laissez-faire.
These HotAir leftist neocons are literally the dumbest people on Earth.
Well, until I go to dailykos.