Going to be light on political blogging for a little bit as I adjust to having a baby around, but I thought I’d link this poll from Right Wing News I participated in on preferred (and hated) GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential race. Palin did well in a more limited field, but she’s not my favorite choice as an antidote to Obama. When included in the poll, Chris Christie easily got a plurality. Fiscal conservatives love Chris Christie. His three favorite phrases are:
1) “Budget cuts.”
2) “Fiscal responsibility.”
3) “nom nom nom nom”
Also, everyone seems to hate Huckabee. I don’t know why; I just join them.
Who do you want right now as a candidate in 2012? I still like Mr. T, but I bet Obama would strain his fool-pitying abilities.
who vs Obama in 2012? how about the back of the ring-hand of anyone within reach. 🙂
Aren’t you 35 yet?
Geez, get older already.
I’m thinking of supporting O’Yama.
http://www.imao.us/archives/001041.html
1 – Palin
2 – Bachman
3 – Christie
4 – Bolton
Anyone who says Huckabee needs to be punched in the nads!
He’s got a lot of baggage that’ll be dredged up but Newt G. is the strength of true Conservatism and speaks decisively!
I like Christie too but give him a few years to wrestle the Unions into submission and if he can save NJ he will impress the multitudes.
Huckabee is real bad about the “compassionate conservative” business, happily ceding that government can and should do all sorts of things for people rather than make it easier for people to do things themselves.
Nominating Gingrich would confirm (and to a great extent, fairly) all the lefty whining that the GOP is a few dozen crotchety white guys.
Bolton would also confirm the “several old white guys” criticisms… but he has the benefit of that wicked awesome ‘stache…
I’m almost willing to settle for any – any – man or woman who understands that the Commerce Clause does not justify socialism.
And anyone who even thinks about Romney needs to be punched in the nads and then kicked in the butt. A vote for Romney is a secret vote for nationalized health care. He actually told me that during an unguarded moment.
I’m still waiting the “The Unnamed Republican” to emerge.
If no unnamed republicans emerge, I’d go with Christie, then Pence. The fact that Christie has no interest in being President tells me he’s the perfect candidate. If a candidate really wants to be president, then that should be an automatic disqualifier. Their outlook should be: “Hey, I don’t really want the job, but this country is so totally Obama’ed up, that I’ve really got no choice.”
BTW, that third list has some real duds on it.
Mr.T / Buttercup. conservative, and she talks so much more better sense than Biden.
The GOP has sadly failed to groom anyone to take Reagan’s place. None are near perfect, but Christie, Palin, Bolton, Bachman , Jindal, or Barbour would work.
Fred Thompson!
Dick Cheney riding a dinosaur firing a Hellfire missile from his shoulder.
Wait. I think I’m on the wrong thread.
Actually, Frank, having a baby around will MAKE you think about politics more.
I was very happy to see Mitch Daniels featured prominently in those polls. Some of you who think that Palin is a true conservative need to examine her record (not the shiney things she says). And some of you need to look into the record of Mitch Daniels as Bush’s OMB director and as governor in Indiana. If you think Christie did a great job in NJ, you will be astonished by what Mitch has achieved.
Just my $.02
“Going to be light on political blogging for a little bit as I adjust to having a baby around”
So, blogging will be light for the next 18-or-so years?
As for Huckabee: Without Huckabee we wouldn’t have had McCain as candidate in 2008…that alone is reason to despise him. However, his liberal politics and phony conservatism are even bigger reasons.
General David Petraeus, with Condoleezza Rice as his running mate. He has the military experience. She has the diplomatic experience. Condi is also smart (even though she earned a degree from Notre Dame), and doesn’t take any shit from anybody, and she’ll cause the lefties’ heads to explode, being female, black, and sane.
For 2012, I don’t want a 2008 retread, someone who is widely hated, a complete unknown, or even vaguely moderate. I want someone with (preferably executive) experience, solid social conservative, solid fiscal conservative, likeable and well known enough to be electable, and who is so small government, they think the entire federal budget should consist of only defense spending. (I may compromise on that last point.)
Based on that criteria, my preferred candidate at this point is:
Tim Pawlenty
Although not my ideal candidate, I would also be happy with: Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence, John Thune, Jim Demint, Fred! Thomspon, and probably a few more.
I like Palin, but enough people hate her that I wouldn’t want to try it. I like Christie, but I think he needs to finish his term as governor (and not sure about his social con creds). I do not want to see: Romney, Huckabee, or Gingrich as the nominee.
And it goes without saying, that nobody wants to see Ron Paul as our nominee.
We can muse all we want but the fact is that the RNC and GOP already have this thing rigged and your candidate for the next election cycle will be Mitt Romney! If they want your opinion, they will give it to you so sit down, shut up and let the “professions” handle this you rubes! Who do you think you are, like free people or something? Ah! You are slaves to the Federal Government and they ain’t giving up power that easy no matter if it’s a DEM or a Republican in office. I didn’t see massive cuts in spending during either Bush administrations!
So, go back to watching Family Guy on TV. Michale Steele has this!
I would say have said, “Bolton/Cheny”, but I’m not sure if the world could handle that or if it would spontaneously combust.
And, Veeshir, since Bolton got booted from
“Dancing With the Stars”, he only has his tour schedule
to work around his campaign.
I know, you meant John Bolton, and I like him,
but I’d vote for Michael Bolton ahead of
Obama.
I’m not sure there’s anyone out there with any integrity at all. Christie seems to be a stand up guy but I’d like someone with some kind of business experience so Mitt seems like a good bet. I wish I could be sure Republicans who win in November will have the moral fiber to do what really needs to be done, but I’m afraid that they will be either mowed down by the career politicians or turned to the dark side by the Emperor.
Sigh.
Also Frank please tell me this baby is going to have another name other than Buttercup. I don’t need to know what it is, I just need to know there is one. Thanks.
Romney passed state healthcare. He won’t be leading the fight to repeal Obamacare. Without a president with anti-Obamercare fire in his belly in ’12, the legacy that is Obama’s will live forever.
As Harry Calahan asked the murderer at the end of Dirty Harry, “Uh uh. I know what you’re thinkin’. Did they really notice or not. But bein’ as how this is the most angry electorate in the whole world, you have to ask yourself a kestion. Would a conservative sign onto the healthcare mess that is Massachusetts? Well, would ya, punk!”
Allen West is the antidote for Obama!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhOzIQ1-CmQ | …if you ever find yourself in a fair fight it is because your tactics suck!
Duncan Hunter – based on absolutely no information at all.
He ran for president in ’08, and if he hadn’t showed up at the debates I never would have known about him at all since he got ZERO press.
So, he’s the perfect candidate; if not the ‘un-named Republican’ then at least the ‘un-known Republican’.
Besides, I like his name, it sounds like the moniker a tough, no nonsense, hard-drinking, hard punching private detective with a dark past would use. (queue the Peter Gunn theme).
Fred, with Chuck Norris as his running mate. They can run on a platform of fiscal responsibility, pointing to themselves as fixing the problem, instead of adding to it. Chuck can function as his own secret service protection. Chuck can double as Fred’s secret service protection. We save money that way.
I despise Huckabee. He should stay away from national politics. Romney looks like a doctor on a soap opera. He should stay in Massachusetts. Palin would be okay if Todd ran as her running mate. He could call everyone raaaaaccccciiiiisssstttt who doesn’t vote for the first Eskimo VP candidate.
Christie could run and tie in a weight loss gimmick into the campaign. Something like, “I’ll drop the same number of pounds as the number of electoral votes I receive.” In a landslide, there’s no telling how trim he’d get.
I don’t think Alvin Greene would make a very good President.
I agree with windbag. If Fred and Chuck got started kicking libs into the sun a little earlier than last time, they would be unstoppable.
Gene Simmons 2012
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4116654/gene-simmons-on-health-care/?playlist_id=87249
Can you imagine a fire-breathing POTUS with an axe-shaped bass! Yeah, he says he voted for Clinton and Obama, but he’s from Hollywood, and a Joo. So what do you expect? He seems to be getting it right now. A pre-emptive strike foreign policy and repeal of government social programs. And he’s good on illegal immigration, too. Lets pair him up with Macho Man Randy Savage, Oh Yeeeeaahh! I would watch every presidential address!
Otherwise I would say its about time for another Predator cast member to win public office. Who’s left? Carl Weathers is on TV again. He can be veep for Chuck Norris.
4) “Quit your bitching!”
That would pare down the list quite a bit.
what the hell is the point of sending a ‘fiscal conservative’ who hates guns? So what, yeah, for four years okay fine, he talks good about the economy while getting overridden by congress, and he signs away the 2nd amendment. Even if you DID get some good out of him fiscally, now you have no guns for when they come to put it back the way it was, only now you have no guns. AND you voted for it.
Ron Paul would be great fiscally, right? Only the rest of the world goes total communist in the four years until we get him out, then we could have friggin Reagan in there and the rest of the world is still bigger and redder than we are, and we’re still doomed. AND you voted for it.
The Second Amendment is not negotiable. you protect that or the rest is meaningless.
Jindal 2012!
Palin and Christie. AKA Slinky and the Brain.