Politics
Please excuse the rambling nature of the below.
I watched part of an interview with Michelle Bachman this evening that just frustrated me to no end. The interviewer asked her several hypothetical questions, and she evaded every one of them. I think in the political world this is spun as "staying on message".
A bit of background on my forthcoming example: Ron Paul is currently statistically even with Romney atop polls in Iowa, where the caucuses will be held in a mere six days. Bachman is not even in the top four.
Interviewer: If Ron Paul won the Republican nomination, would you vote for him?
Bachman: [paraphrasing] That's not going to happen because I'm going to win.
She did the same on every other question he asked her. By contrast, they showed a news clip of Gingrich being asked the same question. He said no. He was clear and direct, no spin. He said he could not support a candidate who does not believe that an Iranian nuclear threat is relevant. (PS - Gingrich IS in the top four in Iowa.)
This is one thing I really like about Gingrich: he is not afraid to answer questions with his actual opinion.
As for me, I honestly don't know how I would vote if it were Paul vs. Obama. Look, I am thoroughly disgusted with Obama's economic and social policies. However, I do not feel unsafe with him. Safety is a pretty big deal to me. Anybody who is not worried about nuclear proliferation frightens me, and Ron Paul has his head in the sand on foreign policy. Shoot, he has his whole body buried in the sand, with no more than a few toes peaking out.
So, Jon, push yourself a bit: if it were Bachman vs. Obama, who would you vote for? Honestly, I kind of hated her today. But in that scenario, she would have my vote. Bare minimum, I know she is a social and economic conservative who is not a nut, which I cannot say about Paul.
As of today, though, I feel a pretty high degree of certainty that, when the Georgia primary rolls around, I will vote for Newt. Unfortunately, I have not had a good track record of picking Republican primary winners, lol. When George W. Bush ran the first time, I voted for John McCain in the primary, which McCain lost. In the last election, I voted for Mike Huckabee over McCain, but Huckabee lost that primary to McCain. Poor Gingrich, to have me rooting for him, lol.
I watched part of an interview with Michelle Bachman this evening that just frustrated me to no end. The interviewer asked her several hypothetical questions, and she evaded every one of them. I think in the political world this is spun as "staying on message".
A bit of background on my forthcoming example: Ron Paul is currently statistically even with Romney atop polls in Iowa, where the caucuses will be held in a mere six days. Bachman is not even in the top four.
Interviewer: If Ron Paul won the Republican nomination, would you vote for him?
Bachman: [paraphrasing] That's not going to happen because I'm going to win.
She did the same on every other question he asked her. By contrast, they showed a news clip of Gingrich being asked the same question. He said no. He was clear and direct, no spin. He said he could not support a candidate who does not believe that an Iranian nuclear threat is relevant. (PS - Gingrich IS in the top four in Iowa.)
This is one thing I really like about Gingrich: he is not afraid to answer questions with his actual opinion.
As for me, I honestly don't know how I would vote if it were Paul vs. Obama. Look, I am thoroughly disgusted with Obama's economic and social policies. However, I do not feel unsafe with him. Safety is a pretty big deal to me. Anybody who is not worried about nuclear proliferation frightens me, and Ron Paul has his head in the sand on foreign policy. Shoot, he has his whole body buried in the sand, with no more than a few toes peaking out.
So, Jon, push yourself a bit: if it were Bachman vs. Obama, who would you vote for? Honestly, I kind of hated her today. But in that scenario, she would have my vote. Bare minimum, I know she is a social and economic conservative who is not a nut, which I cannot say about Paul.
As of today, though, I feel a pretty high degree of certainty that, when the Georgia primary rolls around, I will vote for Newt. Unfortunately, I have not had a good track record of picking Republican primary winners, lol. When George W. Bush ran the first time, I voted for John McCain in the primary, which McCain lost. In the last election, I voted for Mike Huckabee over McCain, but Huckabee lost that primary to McCain. Poor Gingrich, to have me rooting for him, lol.