tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post1915642968930423652..comments2023-06-24T10:50:46.068-05:00Comments on Minnesota Conservatives: Mitt Romney For PresidentJohn Hugh Gilmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-68560159808388075842012-01-20T10:41:10.144-06:002012-01-20T10:41:10.144-06:00OK, so Santorum wins Iowa, Romney wins NH, and Gin...OK, so Santorum wins Iowa, Romney wins NH, and Gingrich (maybe) wins SC. Where is the "inevitability" and what value does it have? What good is a guy that can't beat Obama and doesn't accomplish much if he did?<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-70139888266370934622012-01-02T08:33:15.516-06:002012-01-02T08:33:15.516-06:00I just read that the Obama campaign has thousands ...I just read that the Obama campaign has thousands of ads ready to go to paint Romney as a flip-flopper, offending Democrats and Republicans alike. It seems clear that they expect and WANT to run against Romney and can be very successful doing it. Maybe we should throw them a curve? Once more, unless Romney IS the inevitable victor, what recommends him over the others? <br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-52090384301355687422012-01-01T14:04:11.700-06:002012-01-01T14:04:11.700-06:00Mitt Romney will indeed be our 2012 GOP candidate ...Mitt Romney will indeed be our 2012 GOP candidate simply because he is the most disciplined and electable candidate to beat Obama. He is 10X better than McCain in 2008!<br /><br />Yet, I would LOVE to watch a Lincoln/Douglas debate between Gingrich & Obama. It should be a pay-for-view and erase a couple of trillion of our national debt!!MikeWBLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927687039951665644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-7740569380743035002011-12-27T13:19:16.387-06:002011-12-27T13:19:16.387-06:00Let me just ask. If Romney were NOT the only cand...Let me just ask. If Romney were NOT the only candidate that could be Obama, would you still believe he should be the nominee?<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-46748143532160378822011-12-24T08:28:52.991-06:002011-12-24T08:28:52.991-06:00a Merry Christmas to you as well.
I believe we al...a Merry Christmas to you as well.<br /><br />I believe we all want the same things in the upcoming election. The difference is that some people believe that only Mitt Romney can defeat Obama, while I believe that there are a number of Republican candidates who can, as a practical matter, do so, and that all of them would be better presidents than the current disaster in the White House. On True North I have posted my reasons for believing that Newt Gingrich may, in fact, be the only candidate that can defeat Obama.<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-68333436860472175112011-12-23T21:03:56.083-06:002011-12-23T21:03:56.083-06:00The definition of a true conservative is the probl...The definition of a true conservative is the problem. Reagan allowed the death of countless unborn when he signed into law the most permissive abortion laws before Roe. More liberal than New York state and that takes some doing. He's rarely held to account because he, uh, did what Mitt Romney did on the subject: changed his mind. So is Reagan still a true conservative? <br /><br />I would be surprised if Mr. Ewing genuinely thought that Rick Santorum or Ron Paul could beat Obama. Just how does that happen? <br /><br />Anyone we elect will disappoint and we need go no further than W to prove my point. The first question is: who can beat this horrible President? The second is: how can we keep him as conservative as possible? In that task you have my full support going forward. <br /><br />I will suggest that President Romney would never have nominated a Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. In that, W failed to govern conservatively and disappointed you, me, us, at the same time. Conservative progress, like any sustained achievement, is by degrees. We rebelled and we got Justice Alito. Good for us. <br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.John Hugh Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095758200969949080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423868999082505525.post-41000768460177724672011-12-23T20:43:03.598-06:002011-12-23T20:43:03.598-06:00Seems to me you are correct that there are two con...Seems to me you are correct that there are two considerations. We want a true conservative who will govern accordingly and not disappoint AND we want somebody that can beat Obama. If I accept that Romney can govern as a conservative, for which there is scant evidence, will you accept that ANY Republican ought to be able to beat Obama, given united GOP support and an educated electorate?<br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com