Posted by
John Finnigan on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:09:18 AM
I watched the debate last night, enjoyed it and only threw a few sharp barbs at the practiced responses that the candidates gave.
Of those who were there last night, Ron Paul was the most entertaining. He was a little crazed, and reminded me of the old style ready to loose republicans. His outrageous theory on the cause of the 9/11 attack I found reminiscent of the Ivy league Republicans and Democrats.
Rudy G is a man. I can’t vote for him, but he is a man. He doesn’t hide his support for abortion and gay rights, but I believe he would defend our country vigorously. I worry that we’d have another series of Clinton like sexual integrity controversies to hear about because Rudy seems to like his women, and is a practitioner of a sort of serial monogamy. Rudy may not be done getting married and divorced, so he worries me. I appreciate that he doesn't hide his liberal social views.
Mitt is slick and he looks GREAT. I’m not sure that he’s settled what his core political beliefs are, but he looks great. Mitt also has to overcome the Mormon issue with traditional Orthodox Protestant Christians without hurling accusations of bigotry at the Christian Coalition crowd. He could start with the founder of the Mormon Church’s written statements that Orthodox Protestant Christians are an abomination. If Mitt can overcome the differences between the Christian Coalition Crowd and the older practices and beliefs of Joseph Smith’s LDS Church, he will be formidable.
I love John McCain. He’s got the manhood thing down pat. I too have survived torture, and I disagree with John about the use of torture in dire circumstances. I’ve been water boarded, and know first hand that it is effective. Water boarding is torture, but we’re not fighting civilized people. I have no doubt that John would indeed be the last man standing in the defense of our country. If John McCain ran the war on terror and the war in Iraq, I’d be happy. I disagree with John about lots and lots of other things, and those issues make we wince.
Mike Huckabee could be the man for the Christian Coalition Crowd. We’ll see. I don’t know that much about him.
Mr. Tancredo was good but he seems to be cooking on low.
The Rest of the crowd looked like the rest of the crowd.
It’s really early in the race. You never know who may breakout. The frontrunners could flame out and someone from the rest of the crowd could strike like greased lightening. I should be an interesting Republican race. You never know what will happen and you never know what the public will end up voting for.
John