Can't We All Just Get Along

The GOP debates see to have gotten better and better since they began 869 debates ago, or so it seems. The candidates have gone at each other and have scored some good points on the issues facing the nation.  Some, like Pawlenty, Perry and Bachmann have dropped out of the battle when it looked obvious that this was not going to be their time, and some, like Ron Paul, have hung on, if only to make a point.  

What seems to be missing, however, is that the contenders have not sufficiently gone after Obama, and now are going after each other with a vengeance.  I'm speaking primarily of Newt and Mitt, although Rick and Ron are not completely innocent of attacking those in their own party.  The question now is, will these attacks turn off those independent voters who might not have voted for King Obama?  

Newt is being labeled a nonconservative, but that certainly isn't true.  There were times in the Reagan administration where Newt actually was further to the right than Reagan.  Mitt's campaign is accusing him of a gross ethics violation and stating that he left office in disgrace-this is overstated.

Mitt is being labeled as a rich moderate, and a flip-flopper; in part, this is true, but there's no doubt that for now, he has the best chance of beating Obama, but this is always subject to change.  Moreover, what is wrong with being successful and making money? That's called capitalism, and just because the word was invented by that unwashed lazy bum Marx, doesn't make it bad--it makes it good.  Yes, capitalism is good.

  Rick said that Mitt's healthcare program is very similar to Obamacare, which Mitt denies, but Rick zinged him in the last debate and made him look bad because the truth is, Mitt's program is like Obamacare and is basically mandatory, which he denied.

Conducting Israel Philharmonic--just kidding

Ron didn't really go into specifics in the debate, probably because he's more focused on ideals than issues, and didn't seem to have much knowledge about foreign issues that go beyond his isolationist program, but his followers love him--if he wore a tutu and danced the Makarina his followers would still love him.

But these guys are hurting the chances of a Republican occupying the White House come 2013. They should tone their attacks way down and focus on Obama's lack of leadership, distorted American vision, failure to make good on real promises, the ruined economy, his military cuts in spite of his accolades of the military to make himself look good, his failure to support our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel, and being Islam's lapdog.  Instead, Mitt has spent millions in Florida ads to attack Newt, while Newt has spent something like a buck fifty and made public appearances to do the same, and Rick is home with his sick daughter and we wish her well.  Ron, whose supporters haven't done much for him financially because they're the Republican version of Occupy Something or Other, has forgone Florida and instead is counting on his message to get him through the night.  

Meanwhile, during these attacks, Obama is pretending to be as great a president as Abraham Lincoln and as inspiring a leader as Mohammad.  His approval rating has gone up because people who still like him have the attention span of sponge, and independents have the memory of brook trout.  But Republican candidates better get their scnapps together or they stand to lose more than just the presidency.


Tuesday is probably going to be the telling point in the nomination process.  I suspect Mitt is going to pull it off, if we can believe the polls, but you never know.  The one thing I have said, and will continue to say, is that I hope Ron Paul does not choose to run as an independent because that will kill our chances to rout Obama and the country will be going down the red brick road to socialism.
 

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