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To: steve harris who wrote (5830)	2/10/2013 10:52:37 AM
From: D. Long	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 124875

Who cares about electability if we're just electing a Democrat? I heard so many of my Democrat friends say "if only you had nominated Huntsman, you may have won the election." Won the election and lost the country. Thanks, that's a fool's alternative. Give me a Goldwater that will lose over a Huntsman that will win, dammit.

To: steve harris who wrote (5830)	2/10/2013 4:07:37 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 124875

If it were just me voting for a Presidential Candidate, it would be a different matter. But I'm not the only person ....People are down on Rove....well, sometimes I am too. BUT we have to remember in all cases, that unfortunately, Money Talks.....And he does raise Millions. Most of us don't have millions to contribute. So, we, in a way, can either band together with the Candidate of our choice, and do the dog work that it takes to raise that person to public conscientiousness or we can bellyache. We could try to be on Poll Watch to help prevent voter fraud. For those states that do mail in only (like WA) we could spend some time at the Election Dept of our Cities to see exactly what they do with the ballots that are mailed in....Are there any snags? How do they tell if this person has sent in several ballots, like the Voter Fraud Queen of Ohio? The stage of Republicans this last time filled most of us with gloom. Except for Paul Ryan. And I STILL think he was a good candidate, and would make a good President. At the very least, he (and his family) have this country at heart, which is more than we can say about the current resident in the WH. Romney had the appearance and likeability, but as hard as he worked for nearly two years to gain the nomination.....what happened? Yes, he was "stiffer" than he needed to be. Who were the trainers that told him how to say whatever he said? In a large way, those folks ruined a very good and capable man. Mr. Romney is a religious man. I appreciate that. BUT I don't like ANY politician to wear their personal beliefs on their shoulder and talk about them at any instant. Romney didn't wear his religious beliefs on his sleeve. Christine O'Donnell did and so did Michelle Bachmann. Our land was framed by the Constitution, and we have "Freedom OF Religion" but the only way that interests the public is by that person, (or any person for that matter) to be a person who lives their life in a way that would make others ask "How do you live your life in such an" upright, moral, and helping others" way? I've thought lately that we on this thread maybe should have a discussion about what Republicanism (for want of a word that describes the opposite of what we have currently in the WH) and what it means to each of us. I think this is a MAJOR problem for Republicans everywhere. For the Left....it is easy. Most of them just want FREE STUFF, and have everyone else to pay their way on everything. (Boiled down to a nutshell so to speak) The Right says we want Freedom.....Yes, But WHAT does that mean to each of us? We also have to keep in mind that we want a candidate that we think would be good to WIN....but there are 50% of the country, of opposite mind..... The Candidate that is to represent the Right, must also represent the Left (or we have another Obama).....We are all Americans..... How would you define that candidate? A RINO? Colin Powell? Huntsman? Romney? Bob Dole? McCain?