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Seems the Ron Paul Contingent Did Well Last Night
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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 1082740" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>What brought the GOP to where it is today is its lack of motivation to go bold with its candidates. Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney were all fine men, but they were milk toast when it came to their stance on political issues. They didn't want to upset anyone so they tried to be more like their opponent in hopes they would draw in some voters from the other side. The problem with that is all it did was cause their opponent's supporters to laugh, and their own base to abandon them. Mitt Romney earned millions less votes than his failure of a predecessor because he just wasn't the bold candidate many of us were hoping for. When the GOP does go bold they can win landslide elections like they did with Ronald Reagan. The GOP establishment did not like Ronald Reagan and fought tooth and nail to stop him. When Ronny finally won the primary the democrats were ecstatic because nobody felt he had a chance to beat Carter. Well so much for that theory. I like Rand Paul, but I also like a whole host of other Presidential hopefuls on the GOP side. My fear is that by the next election this country will have gone so far down the tubes that no man will be able to turn it around. I guess we will see what 2016 brings, but after this last election I do question the American people's resolve to support the founding principles that brought this country to greatness in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 1082740, member: 249"] What brought the GOP to where it is today is its lack of motivation to go bold with its candidates. Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney were all fine men, but they were milk toast when it came to their stance on political issues. They didn't want to upset anyone so they tried to be more like their opponent in hopes they would draw in some voters from the other side. The problem with that is all it did was cause their opponent's supporters to laugh, and their own base to abandon them. Mitt Romney earned millions less votes than his failure of a predecessor because he just wasn't the bold candidate many of us were hoping for. When the GOP does go bold they can win landslide elections like they did with Ronald Reagan. The GOP establishment did not like Ronald Reagan and fought tooth and nail to stop him. When Ronny finally won the primary the democrats were ecstatic because nobody felt he had a chance to beat Carter. Well so much for that theory. I like Rand Paul, but I also like a whole host of other Presidential hopefuls on the GOP side. My fear is that by the next election this country will have gone so far down the tubes that no man will be able to turn it around. I guess we will see what 2016 brings, but after this last election I do question the American people's resolve to support the founding principles that brought this country to greatness in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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