In 1991 I was told by many in my college dorm that fighting the system (political system of Dems and Repubs) was honorable, and they even applauded my idealism to liberty, however, each of them was equally excited about the prospect of voting for their respective parties nominees (GHW Bush or Clinton). The only people voting for this outsider Perot were malcontents and myopic political bomb throwers...not levelheaded individuals who were sick and tired of the same old politics as usual. After the election, many of the Repubs were upset at Perot supporters because as they say it, "Perot cost Bush the election"...well, policies as well as elections, have consequences...NO NEW TAXES was a promise Bush broke...and it is a lesson not soon forgotten in the halls of Republicanville.
Fast forward twenty years...it is 2011, and Republican establishment insiders are repeating (over and over and over) that Romney is the front-runner...and anyone else in the field is just a flavor of the week...not to be taken seriously. OK, how about this. Romney is the nominee, and every TeaPartier, Independant, and conservative Republican all abandon the party to make a statement to the "Establishment" that their idea of pushing this over hyped egomaniacal executive-level powermonger as an alternative to the most over-hyped egomaniac who has ever held office is NOT OK. Until the R party understands that we are not going along for the proverbial ride any longer, and real change comes from a really different candidate...which means that Dole, Perry, Romney, McCain, McConnel, Boehner, et al are NOT acceptable. Long live King Obama, at least we aren't surprised to see the stupid shit he does...as apposed to waking up one morning in 2014 to find our Republican Establishment Candidate has expanded the Federal Gov't role, issued executive orders, expanded wars in new nations, compromised with Pelosi/Reid to expand gov't services to lazy "collectivists"...etc.
If ever there was a time to throw out all the bums, it is now. Rove and Fox are planning for the Romney Obama fight...which should be pretty easy, as most of Obama's policies are extensions of what Romney thought at one time...until he changed his mind to try to get elected. If this leopard's spots aren't showing through, I don't know what is needed to convince the public anymore. There are three people in this debate that are not establishment cronies...Newt Gingrich who lived in the belly of the political beast and knows how the games are played, but can't stand the games as they led to his demise in politics; Herman Cain who has no political experience, but has an economic plan (unlike most candidates, including the sitting president), and Ron Paul, who is called every name from unelectable (forgetting he has been elected to office for the past 30 years) and a crackpot (because he is against more wars and graft for countries who do not share our ideals, values and desire for peace, or because he blames an unaccountable entity that prints money without oversight which lead to our damaged view of economic stability in this country). It is true, that none of these guys looks as presidential as Romney, and it is also clear that none of these guys would listen to or fall in line with party politics...but at the end of the day, don't you think we need someone with a backbone instead of a hole in their ass that is used to snugly fit a hand in to move their lips?
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