It’s not his social conservatism, it’s that he’s a sourpuss.
5 thoughts on “The Real Problem With Rick Santorum”
We need a president who can say “no.” I don’t know if that’s Santorum or not. I’d rather have a sourpuss president than the glad-handers who’re picking our pockets while smiling in our faces.
I still say we get a shovel and dig up Reagan… even dead he’s an improvement over the current crop. Humor (with an edge) is the only way to defeat the MSM.
…OR put Sarah on stage with Obama. She’s got her cross-hairs on his record now. She would blow him away, stuff him and mount him on the wall. Am I being too uncivil?
Reagan was the most recent decent candidate the Republicans fielded. McCain and both Bushes were too collaborationist, and Dole was too somnabulist.
All of them were lacking as fighters. The only time McCain showed any fight in him was when he was up against conservatives. The “mister nice guy” strategy worked for Dubya’s gubernatorial run against the sour Ann Richards, but his wimpiness made two presidential elections a lot closer than they should have been. (The economy was already in decline during the 2000 campaign, and he didn’t beat Algore over the head with that?)
Fighting the opposition doesn’t mean going full metal Howard Beale. Reagan knew how to do it cheerfully.
Palin does need to lower her voice one octave – too much shriek.
She needs voice coaching and a Cabinet post before she’s a Prez contender. Moving to Arizona and successfully challenging McCain for his Senate seat woudl also make her a contender, but she’s too much of a politician to have that much imagination.
Palin is so far above any other political figure on the scene today that it isn’t even funny. She’s a born leader. She’s exactly what America needs right now. She’s the closest thing we have to Reagan now, and his own adopted son Michael said as much.
But I said way back in 2008 that I wouldn’t blame her a bit if she gave up politics altogether after the sliming she got. I still believe that. It’s her life, after all, and she doesn’t owe me or anyone else a damn thing.
I wrote her a thank-you letter after the 2008 election. Snail mail, even. I suspect I wasn’t the only one. Needless to say, it’s never even occurred to me to do that with any other politician, ever.
Alan: I wouldn’t want to see her run for the Senate. That’s the Borg. She would probably be assimilated.
We need a president who can say “no.” I don’t know if that’s Santorum or not. I’d rather have a sourpuss president than the glad-handers who’re picking our pockets while smiling in our faces.
I still say we get a shovel and dig up Reagan… even dead he’s an improvement over the current crop. Humor (with an edge) is the only way to defeat the MSM.
…OR put Sarah on stage with Obama. She’s got her cross-hairs on his record now. She would blow him away, stuff him and mount him on the wall. Am I being too uncivil?
Reagan was the most recent decent candidate the Republicans fielded. McCain and both Bushes were too collaborationist, and Dole was too somnabulist.
All of them were lacking as fighters. The only time McCain showed any fight in him was when he was up against conservatives. The “mister nice guy” strategy worked for Dubya’s gubernatorial run against the sour Ann Richards, but his wimpiness made two presidential elections a lot closer than they should have been. (The economy was already in decline during the 2000 campaign, and he didn’t beat Algore over the head with that?)
Fighting the opposition doesn’t mean going full metal Howard Beale. Reagan knew how to do it cheerfully.
Palin does need to lower her voice one octave – too much shriek.
She needs voice coaching and a Cabinet post before she’s a Prez contender. Moving to Arizona and successfully challenging McCain for his Senate seat woudl also make her a contender, but she’s too much of a politician to have that much imagination.
Palin is so far above any other political figure on the scene today that it isn’t even funny. She’s a born leader. She’s exactly what America needs right now. She’s the closest thing we have to Reagan now, and his own adopted son Michael said as much.
But I said way back in 2008 that I wouldn’t blame her a bit if she gave up politics altogether after the sliming she got. I still believe that. It’s her life, after all, and she doesn’t owe me or anyone else a damn thing.
I wrote her a thank-you letter after the 2008 election. Snail mail, even. I suspect I wasn’t the only one. Needless to say, it’s never even occurred to me to do that with any other politician, ever.
Alan: I wouldn’t want to see her run for the Senate. That’s the Borg. She would probably be assimilated.