tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post7930564939514778475..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: Why Not Take Responsibility, Mr. Obama?The Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-71503231129699641622011-08-11T20:46:16.363-04:002011-08-11T20:46:16.363-04:00Are you seriously suggesting that, until the last ...Are you seriously suggesting that, until the last two years, a man who was never responsible for anything would by now have had time to develop the character trait of standing up and actually taking responsibility? Especially when considering the years he spent being a Community Organizer, who's very essence is one of blaming everyone else for his own community's ills?Mudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106218895150473141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-34781803928432061492011-08-09T20:53:21.086-04:002011-08-09T20:53:21.086-04:00This is a terrific post, CW. I agree with Hammer, ...This is a terrific post, CW. I agree with Hammer, though, that the GOP will need to bring a candidate who can present a more competent and visionary alternative to the increasingly negative President. I still don't see that person. Romney is reticent to take a stand, flip flops on issues, and his most egragious fault (at least for me) is that he supported the war in Iraq while his five sons chose not to serve.<br /><br />The only GOP candidate who could exhibit the needed combination of optimism and competence is probably Rick Perry. He's very conservative and Christian, but at least sincerely so. He will have to explain, however, that his success in creating jobs in Texas also came with worst-in-the-nation teen pregnancy, second-worst education, and bottom five infant mortality.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449961206943205940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-18064414773878613262011-08-08T21:46:05.265-04:002011-08-08T21:46:05.265-04:00Well unfortunately David Plouffe is Obama's ch...Well unfortunately David Plouffe is Obama's chief advisor and he doesn't think that way. He knows dick about governing and the rest (apart from Bill Dailey) are no help, they're all ideologues.<br /><br />Rove was just on the tube and he said what most of us have been saying. The campaign has already started and since the President can't run on his record he has no choice but to go negative in a big way. Just look at Obama's previous campaigns, he won most of them by smearing his opponents. <br /><br />Here's the thing, as bad as Obama is, if he can smear the eventual Republican candidate to the point that he or she is deemed unacceptable, then Obama will win by default. In 1980 Reagan only broke ahead of Carter the last two weeks because people were making up their minds as to whether he was the madman the Dems said he was. They knew Carter was bad but was Reagan worse? They decided he wasn't and Reagan won in a landslide.<br /><br />Now, you're probably right CW. Romney is probably the guy they don't want to run against. He has executive experience and the bearing of a leader (no small thing). As much as I like the fire of Michelle Bachmann or the political philosophy of Ron Paul, I think they would be a target rich environment for the likes of Plouffe.<br /><br />This is going to be a slash and burn, filthy, devisive election because Obama has no choice but to make it so. I think a Republican will win, and possibly win big, but in the end the country will be a mess. At the end of the day, we're going to need a real leader. I hope we get one."The Hammer"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16342812251947807673noreply@blogger.com