Quote: (01-30-2012 10:30 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
Quote: (01-30-2012 08:33 AM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Exactly. If you have a black man who believes in free market principles and actually has the experience to back it up, he will find a shitload of supporters within the Republican party. The reason why many conservatives hate Obama is that, although he's intelligent, he's never had a real job. Community organizer? Con Law professor? Senator?
Not sure I buy that.
If so, why didn't they hate Bush with the same passion?
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Here's a guy who's running the world's biggest free market enterprise and yet he's never had a real private sector job. He's in over his head and has no idea how to actually bring jobs into the US.
Why didn't they hate Bush with the same passion?
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I think Romney would be a better president in this time of the country's situation. I don't think being wealthy and successful should preclude him from getting the job. If anything, him being president will rally the markets and start seeing some movement of all that cash that the corporate sector is sitting on.
I wouldn't get your hopes up. If Romney does win, I think you are setting yourself up for some tear filled days and nights.
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Fundamentally, the US is a country of go-getters, type A's, and alphas. It's a highly competitive rat race here. You should be about getting yours regardless of who's president and you should support a president who's going to make sure that the principles that allow us to realize our dreams are being committed to. For me, Obama is NOT that guy.
Really, Obama isn't a "go-getter"?
As in he is a lazy guy that can't get up off the couch?
No drive, to say, get an important job, like, I don't know, maybe The President of the United States?
Bush actually did have business experience, it's just he wasn't very good at it. Also, there are many conservatives that were angered and disappointed by Bush. Many of them feel he was a RINO (Republican in Name Only). He expanded government bureaucracy by creating new agencies like the Department of Homeland Security. He squandered billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars on misguided military adventures.
Also, he arguably lost the 2000 election, as there was all kinds of voting irregularities, and Al Gore captured the majority of the popular vote.
I'm not saying Romney will be a great president or will even be the guy to turn around the economy, but I think he has a better shot at doing so than Obama. He also has an extensive track record in both business and government. He was a very competent and moderate governor in Massachusetts. He also successfully brought the winter olympics to Salt Lake City. He's also extremely intelligent and hard working. He even speaks French fluently.
Had Colin Powell ran for President, he would have no problem capturing the Republican nomination (assuming there's no damaging skeletons in his closet). Polls after polls have made that abundantly clear.
I'm not saying Obama isn't a go-getter, I'm just saying I don't think he's the kind of president who respects the free market fundamentals and principles that make the US what it was.
He's also a Democrat, who Republicans will hate regardless of race. Remember how they tried to take down Clinton. Newt Gingrich led a government operation to have Clinton impeached for the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Talk about hypocrisy. There were several government shut downs, and Clinton was never able to get his goal of universal health care passed through the Congress.
I actually think Obama has it relatively easier. Unlike Clinton, he's not a guy who naturally enjoys political gamesmanship. Clinton had no problem reaching out across the aisle and even inviting his enemies on board Air Force One. Clinton was a masterful politician who regularly used the social power of the presidency. Obama does not do this.
I think Obama's strength is that he is a very eloquent speaker. His speech game is second to none in modern presidential history. He's also been extremely lucky, and I think he knows that. Had John Kerry not put him on by giving him the primetime slot at the DNC convention in 2004 where he made that consequential speech, he would not have been in a position to run for President. His popularity accelerated rapidly after that night, and his memoir, which had already been out for years on the low, instantly became a NYT bestseller.
However, soaring speeches can only get you so far. I think Americans now want a competent technocrat who understands the economy to be running the show. Romney is that guy more than anyone.