Thread: Barack Hussein Obama... the record of a unqualified candidate
View Single Post
Old 03-19-2008, 03:20 PM   #10 (permalink)
Katczinsky
Senator
 
Katczinsky's Avatar
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Columbus, OH
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,657
Country:
Points: 14,046, Level: 76
Points: 14,046, Level: 76 Points: 14,046, Level: 76 Points: 14,046, Level: 76
Level up: 99%, 4 Points needed
Level up: 99% Level up: 99% Level up: 99%
Activity: 21%
Activity: 21% Activity: 21% Activity: 21%
Send a message via AIM to Katczinsky
Katczinsky is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by garysher View Post
This thread begs the question why there is no "conservative" candidate left.

Is it because:

A) 7 years of Bush and his neo-conservative adventures have crippled the conservative movement, possibly for decades

B) Many prospective conservative candidates are either in jail, awaiting trial or thoroughly disgraced (Powell, Gingrich, DeLay, Libby, Abramovich, etc)

C) The Vice President isn't running (does anyone really think he would win if he WAS running??)

D) Competing over who is the most like Ronald Reagan means nothing to 40% of American voters who weren't old enough to vote when he was elected

E) All of the above
I'm going with E. Although concerning "D", that prospect is an exercise in futility for conservatives. It seems as if they desperately needed a cult of personality that was more modern than Abraham Lincoln so they chose the closest and most down-talking Republican President on the list. The reason why I say this is because Ronald Reagan didn't even fit the Republican's idealistic mold of Ronald Reagan. If the Republicans truly were looking for a candidate closest to Ronald Reagan, then they're looking for someone that increases taxes, increases spending (even though cuts valuable domestic programs), passes amnesty bills for illegal immigrants, and cut and runs from foreign military engagements when we're attacked (Lebanon).

Sounds like McCain was the closest out of the Republican candidates anyway. That is, minus the actor designation which went to Fred Thompson and the cut and run designation which went to Ron Paul.
"If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72