The thing that Mitt Romney's health-care position reminds me of the most, is Rudy Giuliani's position on guns. When he was running for President, Rudy said that the strictest gun control laws in the nation were a great idea as far as New York was concerned, but he would never support those ideas for the broader nation. This was obvious pandering to an electorate who wasn't nearly as stupid as he thought they were.
Romney is doing the same thing with Romneycare - his Obamacare like health-care system that was enacted in Massachusetts while he was governor. Some consultant somewhere told him that he doesn't dare admit he was wrong about it, and he's listening because he wants to be President. He really wants it. He can feel it in his bones. He imagines what he'd look like being sworn in. He see's his portrait hanging on the wall beside Reagan and Kennedy. More than anything else, he desperately wants to write his name in the ledger of history.
What this tells me about a man is that his highest principle is to tell the public exactly what he thinks they want to hear. In effect, it means that he wants power and he's prepared to say (and probably do) anything he has to in order to get it. No one who demonstrates such craven-ness should ever be allowed to serve in public office. We shouldn't be electing men like that, we should be shunning them from public life - regardless of the party they say the represent. They really only represent themselves. And I don't think this country can afford that kind of populist egotism right now.
I don't know Mitt Romney personally, but I know many people who do. And they all say that he's not really like that. Fair enough, but I have to trust my own lying eyes before the assessment of others. If he quacks like a duck....etc. And it sure seems like he's quacking to me.
Personally, I think the only thing the political right can do to lose this election is offer America another milquetoast liberal in a conservative suit like John McCain. To my eyes, Romney would meet that test. I'd rather see almost anyone else as the candidate. And if you ask me, I think I'm going to get my wish.
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Curious out of the current contenders (those announced and those thinking about it) you like the most?
I am favorable to John Bolton, though I think he is vulnerable on the economic front (lack of experience) and might turn off some of the more social conservatives (gays in the military).
So who do you think would be a good pick on the Republican ticket? At the moment, I am partial to Bolton. I think though that he is vulnerable on the economic front (lack of experience) and with social conservatives (he opposes don't ask don't tell).
Herman Cain also seems to be making some waves.... but I don't know much about him other than he took on Bill Clinton at a town hall meeting back in the 90's.
I don't think Bolton can get elected. In fact, I don't see any of the current candidates coming close to beating OBama, and I think Ron Paul will actually help Obama get elected by splitting the right.
I'm still holding out hope for a stronger candidate to come forward. I don't think much of Christie because he's so anti-gun. I tried to get the message to him to change that view, (in my crafty way) but I don't know if he heeded the warnings i had delivered to him.
So honestly - I don't know. so far every viable candidate looks too much like McCain to me.
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