Like most republicans I am unhappy with the current “top 3″ Romney, McCain, Giuliani, that the media seems to keep on talking about. It seems like the liberal media wants them to be the frontrunner because they don’t want a “right winger” as the Republican candidate. Well a lot of republicans like me will not vote PERIOD if that is our choices for the Republican Candidate in the general election.
I’m hearing a lot about this thompson guy. I don’t know much about him and also he now came out saying he had lymphoma. Considering my dog died of Lymphoma very quickly I’m not in the mood to elect someone who is suffering from such a condition. I have also heard questions about his social conservatism.
Not having a very detailed picture on each candidate(and at this point its too early to even care) for now my two picks are Tancredo and Hunter. Both are strong on immigration and both aren’t trying to make waves against the Iraq war like Brownback and Hatch.
Right now Illegal immigration is the most serious problem facing america. Being a Californian I see the effect better then everyone. To me Iraq and other issues while important are not as important as immigration. I will change support for candidate just on that issue alone. That is why these two are my first choices among Republicans.
Besides immigration bush and many Republicans have abandoned fiscal conservatism. I don’t know where hunter stands on that, but I believe Tancredo is strong on fiscal conservatism. I also appreciate Tancredo’s boldness. Tancredo and Hunter seem to be outside the “mainstream” as far as chances, but in primaries people vote their concious and who knows maybe one of them will do good in the primaries.
Jimmy Z said
I know a lot of conservative people are professing this “I won’t vote if those are my choices” hoohah. Look, the world of politics hasn’t recently coughed up the ‘lesser of two evils’ routine – it’s been around as long as our country has been around. Are you telling me that you’d rather see Hillary Clinton get into the White House than vote for Rudy for President?! Come now, that’s neither logical nor pragmatic. Would you prefer to see Barack Obama in there, with his ludicrous lack of experience, than to hold your nose and throw one for Romney? I would love to see Fred Thompson get in there, but time is not on his side anymore; he needs a war chest and he needs one NOW if he’s going to run.
I am no big fan of this John McCain fellow, but he wants it bad. Will he be the nominee? Sure hope not, but if it’s McCain vs. Clinton, you better get out there and vote for McCain, and you better get everyone you talked into “I’m not voting if it’s one of those three” back into the voting booth.
This is crunch time, my friend. You can’t get it all – it ain’t gonna happen. Step up and vote for the imperfect conservative. It’s way better than letting the leftwing democrat step into the Oval Office again.
Cheers,
Jimmy Z
Jimmy Z said
I wrote a thoughtful response to this blog entry last night, it has yet to appear – have you moderated it yet?
Jimmy Z said
Hmm… if you are getting comments and not publishing them, that indicates an unwillingness to discuss issues and especially from a ‘conservative,’ I find that offensive. I sure hope not.
I do play hardball, and I’m willing to discuss how this blog is run on my blog.
I don’t understand that reluctance…
Jimmy Z said
I am going to discuss this blog’s reluctance to discuss the issues you present on your blog openly and honestly, with rational disagreement.
You will want to keep an eye out!
And unlike HERE, you will be welcome to reply to MY posts about YOUR blog.
See you there!
conservativerepublican said
Hey sorry, I run a bunch of blogs and this is the first time i checked back in a while. Im glad you took the time to write a response. You got some interesting points. I just hate to think of the lesser of evils to THAT degree. I guess we will have to see who gets nominated first.
Between if you want to exchange blogroll links id be ok with that.
-Paul