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heavenlyboy34
01-19-2012, 10:01 PM
I thought this was a good point. :):cool:
http://lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli66.1.html
Republicans sure have short memories. It was just four years ago that they went to the polls in the primaries and elected the most "moderate" and "electable" candidate they could find in the hope that they had a man who was palatable to the general population. Their reward for their unprincipled pragmatism was an ass-kicking in the general election that few Americans will ever forget. John McCain and Sarah Palin certainly won’t forget it.
Four years later, having learned absolutely nothing from the election of 2008, Republican voters are once again lining up behind the most moderate and supposedly "electable" candidate that they can find in the pragmatic hope that they can beat Obama in the general election. They have become so unprincipled and pragmatic, in fact, that they are lining up behind the very man who brought European-style socialized medicine to our fair shores, simply because they have been told that he is more "electable" than anyone else in the field. How they can expect an outcome that’s better than four years ago is difficult to fathom, unless they think that their new moderate’s plastic hair can compensate for his obvious blandness.
In one respect, moreover, the selection of this particular "moderate" is even more ridiculous than the selection of the kooky moderate four years ago. This guy came in second place in the primaries to the "moderate" who got his ass handed to him in the general election. Think about that for a minute. This guy was moderate enough to come in second in the primaries two years ago, when the Republicans first decided to eschew principle and select a moderate, and yet he was deemed less "electable" than the guy who lost so badly.
In other words, if the more "electable" moderate got his ass kicked four years ago, how badly is the second-place moderate going to do this time around?
Here’s a novel idea for Republicans: Vote based upon principle, not based upon whatever the bobble-headed morons in the media establishment say is strategically expedient. Your strategic pragmatism got you nowhere four years ago. Young people and independents in this country are not any more impressed with bland flip-floppers from Massachusetts than they are impressed with nut-job moderates from Arizona. These guys don’t even impress Republicans themselves. If they want a "moderate" who stands for war and socialized medicine, they might as well stick with the moderate, warmongering socialist they already have.
How about nominating someone who has a record of standing up for individual liberty for once? How about nominating someone who believes in the Constitution for once? How about nominating someone who opposes liberal nation-building and warmongering for once? How about voting for a real capitalist for once?
In other words, how about voting based upon your own damn principles for once, instead of voting like pragmatic Trotskyites taking strategic orders from the political-media establishment? Forget this ridiculous, immoral and futile idea of "electability" and vote for Ron Paul and the principles of your own party.

ronpaulhemp
01-19-2012, 10:59 PM
I think that's a really good point. If Romney failed to win four years ago, in comparitively "moderate" times, then what makes him better suited or more likely to win this time around? Definitely something I'm going to bring uo next time I debate someone about Mitt Romney's supposed "electability."

AuH20
01-19-2012, 11:18 PM
It is based more on familiarity & name recognition with the likely republican voters. Very rarely does the fresh face win the republican primary. McCain had to wait his turn after being edged out by Bush. Romney is the guy in 2012 because he's cut his teeth in 2008, improved his rhetoric and (3) has massive resources at his disposal to at least be competitive against a hated Obama.

dbill27
01-20-2012, 01:12 AM
Romney is a democrats wet dream. He's the stereotype every democrat wants to paint a republican as. A rich white guy out of touch with working class people who made his money as an evil capitalist laying off workers.

oyarde
01-20-2012, 11:32 AM
I , and sixty percent of republican primary voters are not convinced he is . Even if he was , would I want him elected ? Do I think he would try to cut the massive debt & spending that is required to save this country ? No.