Thursday, November 29, 2007
Mitt's Disaster, Huckabee's Salvation, and Thompson's Killer YouTube Ad
Posted by Greg Hambrick on Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 1:07 PM
Been out of town for a few days, but I got back in time to watch last night's CNN/YouTube debate. A few observations:
• Chris noted the largest mistake of the night: Mitt Romney's hatred for the Confederate Flag (stars and bars edition). As much as people (myself included) give Mitt hell for saying what people want to hear, it was a refreshing bit of candor from the polished candidate. The problem, of course, for Mitt is that it was the worst thing that he could have said. Not only did he bad mouth the flag that is a staple in South Carolina, he showed absolutely no respect for the young man in the video who may very well be racist, but probably doesn't think that he's racist. Fred Thompson basically said the same thing, but he was much more respectful of those who ignore the use of the flag by white supremicists. What will be interesting is how Mitt backs out of this mistake.
• That said, it wasn't a bad night for Romney in every other state. His only problem being that it was a much better night for Mike Huckabee, who seems to have hardly any barriers in his run to the White House. At this point, you have to look at these candidates as far as who won new voters over. Huckabee did that last night. Everybody else just fired up their base.
• The best candidate-submitted YouTube of either debate goes to Fred Thompson. Other campaigns have gone too low-tech or too polished. Thompson's use of video with Romney supporting abortions and Huckabee supporting taxes was the essence of what YouTube is all about, particularly in the political realm. His response to Anderson Cooper's question about the commercial was also priceless: “I wanted to give my buddies here a little extra air time.”
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Anyone interested in what Huckabee is really like face to face should try this funny (but it actually happened) column: http://goupstate.us/index.php/lanefiller/2007/11/02/title_14
Anyone looking for a different take on the GOP YouTube debate should try: http://goupstate.us/index.php/lanefiller/2007/11/28/youtube_madness
Looks like the MSM marching orders involve promoting Huckabee endlessly. Ron Paul had 2-3 questions and limited time. He still crushed them all (how come every article forgets to include his comeback to McCain which mentioned that Ron Paul gets more Military Contributions than any other candidate?). Mitt is dead after desecrating the Confederate flag. Many Southerns died under that flag. Unfortunately it took segregationist Governor Wallace to reveal the truth that "there's not a dime's worth of difference between" Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats willingly went along with the War in Iraq, suspension of Habeas Corpus, detaining protesters, banning books like "America Deceived' from Amazon, warrant-less wiretapping and refusing to investigate 9/11 properly. They are both guilty of treason. Support Dr. Ron Paul and save this great nation. Last link (before Google Books bends to gov't Will and drops the title): http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-38523-0
With her friends in the media, Hillary might just beat any Republican candidate. CNN PLANTED A QUESTIONER FROM THE HILLARY CAMPAIGN AT THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE. Turns out that the questioner given the most time --both with a video AND in person at the debate (wait, wasn't this supposed to be a debate responding to video questions?)--is a member of the "LGBT Americans For Hillary Steering Committee." Retired BG Keith Kerr is a member of the Hillary campaign! No wonder CNN gave him the opportunity to ask his question about homosexuals serving in the military again and again. Will members of the Republican candidates' steering committees be given the opportunity to likewise ask pointed questions of the Democratic candidates at future debates?
Has the faux-Brahmin Gov. Romney ever visited the fine state of Mississippi? The people of that state do not find their own flag offensive: http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/FlagVote/CountyScans/CertStateResults.pdf
Fred Thompson did great in the debate. He is direct and actually willing to talk about the issues and be honest with the American people. Mitt should be working at "Waffle House". He can't make a decision. Rudy is a liberal in conservative clothing. Huckabee is like the backup quarterback for every football team. They all love him until he has to play. Then, people know why he is a back up. Please voters, I beg of you, get past the Golly Gee Huckabee and look at his voting record. He raised taxes more than Bill Clinton in Arkansas. He gave special benefits to illegal immigrants. Do your homework America!
Trashorama, I don't think candidate support has ever been a benchmark for asking another candidate a question. Considering that all the main challengers in the Democratic race have said they will repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, I think it's a more than fair question to be asked of the Republicans. The reason that conservatives are bent out of shape about the question is because they're uncomfortable with their own answer.
I don't see why there isn't more press about why liberals would rather face ANYONE but Dr. Ron Paul. Much as we'd like politics to be positive, it is in fact ruled almost entirely by negatives. For instance, what's the biggest negative the Republican Party is facing in 2008? Iraq - a staggering 70% of people favor IMMEDIATE withdrawl from Iraq. Who is the only candidate that doesn't have that negative? Dr. Paul, who advocates using those trillions of dollars to secure our border (perhaps against Saudis who were 20 of the 24 terrorists in 9/11) and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure which is far more worrying than the loss of Social Security. Hm, full employment, withdrawl from Iraq and a huge boost to our economy from rebuilding our infrastructure - what Democrat wants to run against that. Hence the behavior of known liberal biased network CNN, who wants us to nominate either Guiliani or Romney - both of whose negatives are so high the copy practically writes itself!
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