RE: Republican candidates invoke Reagan, evade Bush
If you read the transcript here, Ron Paul seemed to do well. He didn't get nearly as much time or as many questions as Romney, Giuliani, or McCain, but then again, neither did Hunter, Thompson, or Brownback. Even so, his were the principled responses and were not the obvious grandstanding and demagoguery of the three "leading" candidates.
This is all rather pointless anyway. Some nasty little skeleton hidden in Giuliani's closet will pop up and he'll drop out before next year. Romney will bow to inevitability when he runs out of money. McCain will annoy the Right again before the SC primary and have to drop out shortly thereafter. Who knows who will get the nomination. Probably Fred Thompson if he runs.
This is all rather pointless anyway. Some nasty little skeleton hidden in Giuliani's closet will pop up and he'll drop out before next year. Romney will bow to inevitability when he runs out of money. McCain will annoy the Right again before the SC primary and have to drop out shortly thereafter. Who knows who will get the nomination. Probably Fred Thompson if he runs.
posted by Anonymous | 1:37 PM
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Steve: [Paul's] were the principled responses and were not the obvious grandstanding and demagoguery of the three "leading" candidates.
...which is probably why he didn't get as much time or as many questions: Americans' attentions are generally attracted by grandstanding and demagoguery over principled responses.
Who knows who will get the nomination. Probably Fred Thompson if he runs.
Maybe. It seems that the Republican base is itching for a Reagan, and at least Thompson has the professional actor thing going for him (and we Americans love us some Law & Order). Anyway, Thompson as president — it could be worse. He was in office while I lived in TN; he struck me as a very smart guy. And simply having a smart president would be a big improvement.
At the moment, all I can manage to say about Thompson is, "It could be worse."
He is head and shoulders above any of the three supposed front-runners, but he isn't even close to Ron Paul as far as ideology and principle goes. As another commenter elsewhere has said, it is a sad statement on the state of American politics that Thompson, lackluster as he is, presents as the most dignified and astute personage in the front of the race for the Oval Office.
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