Republican Debate Note to Candidates.
A special note to Bachmann and Romney. IF you attack Perry on his record that’s fine. IF you take a page out of the liberal group think tank, and parse statements with LIES, you will lose ALL support from MOST of us on the right. At this moment I’d vote for Bachmann, after this debate we will see if that’s still the case. Rumor has it they will be attacking Perry for his “Social Security Statements.”
They better make their case for why they are better than Perry without disparaging Perry. Just a little advice from a voter who can be very nasty to folks who are nasty…
UPDATE
Didn’t see the debate, but I read enough about it to make an informed opinion.
Bachmann: Trying to remain relevant attacked Perry on his executive order involving vaccinations. She neglected to acknowledge that Perry also admitted his error and included an OPT-OUT clause. That puts the decision back where it should be with the parents.
Mitt Romney: Attacked Perry on his Illegal Immigration (As did Bachmann) IMO only Bachmann has the ground to stand on in this charge. Romney is NOT strong on Illegal Immigration. Although Bachmann has never had to make a decision regarding it and has never had to look into the faces of those that the decisions hurt. Personally I think this is the only area Perry is vulnerable in the primaries. Perry pissed me off more than once with his actions and statements regarding this issue.
Ron Paul: Um… Well, Yeah he actually did say that.
Herman Cain: Yeah I like the guy but he’s not going to get elected.
Huntsman: Um. Well, he’s an idiot RINO with a following similar to Ron Paul.
Santorum: Piled on Perry because “Hey everyone else is doing it”..
Seriously. I don’t think Perry is the BEST man/woman for the job. I think he’s the best we got right now and he’s a damn sight better than the idiot in charge now.
Bachmann and Romney disregarded the basic rules of Reagan Republicans. Don’t talk bad about other Republicans. They pissed away a lot of independent support because of their actions. Bachmann who wanted to strip vet benefits, Romney who started Obamacare for him have little high ground in any debate.
4 Replies to “Republican Debate Note to Candidates.”
They clearly went after Governor Perry tonight. Bachmann and the others gave him no quarter about his executive order for the vaccinations or for his defense of his position on instate tuition for the children of illegal immigrants. I am not trying to gang up on Perry, but I felt like he did not do well in tonight’s debate.
Well, I gotta say you’re right about Perry not doing great. What I did think is they piled on Perry and they did NOTHING to help the Republicans in the view of Americans… As of right now PERRY is the only one I can vote for without holding my nose. And Bachmann should listen to Perry a little bit. Perry said there is an “OPT-OUT” clause after he signed the vaccine thing. He also ADMITTED he made a mistake with it.
He seems to not defend himself well, or at least he didn’t last night. Of course, that is hard to do when you have incoming from all sides. I felt his explanation of the Gardasil issue was more than sufficient and actually admire him for being willing to admit he made a mistake.
I think the biggest problem he is going to have to overcome is the immigration issue. He is perceived as being very weak on that. I think I understand where he is coming from, but he is still going to carry that weight around his neck. He seemed to be willing to do that last night, in that he refused to back down when questioned hard about giving instate tuition to the children of illegal immigrants.
If the Gardasil issue is the best they have fight Perry, get ready for President Perry… Bachmann looks more like a fool on a daily basis, she’s taking *talking points* from Palin and it just backfired on her…
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2777712/posts
As noted on numerous occasions in the past, Palin is a damned fool, and it’s coming back to hit her and those she is coaching… About damned time too…