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The Best GOP Candidate
· Thursday, January 12, 2012
Profile of the Right Man for the Job
"[T]ake care that the laws be faithfully executed ... support the Constitution ... faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and ... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." --Article II Section 1, 3, the Constitution of the United States
The right man for the job?This is no "typical" election year, a point lost for the most part by Republican presidential candidates and obscured by the national media. This just accounts for the fact that a substantial majority of conservatives voters (both Republicans andIndependents) have yet to approve of anyone on the current slate, and consequently, tell pollsters they prefer "other."
What Beltway political advisers and pundits fail to grasp is that the 2012 federal electionswill have enormous ramifications upon the future of our Republic and upon prospects for sustaining Liberty through our current national government structure. That structure, now severely destabilized, is a mere shadow of what the Founding Fathers envisioned and enshrined in our Constitution.
Treating this election cycle as anything less than the critical historical tipping point it is thereby dishonors the enormous sacrifice of blood and treasure that generations of American Patriotshave sacrificed in support and defense of our Constitution.
Sadly, the Republican presidential contenders are still running plays out of an antiquated and self-destructive political attack playbook. They do so at great cost, both financially andto the ultimate objective of defeating Barack Hussein Obama.
The beneficiaries of this primary season's Republican rancor are, once again, the mainstream media, the plethora of pollsters and, of course, the Democrat Party. Meanwhile, Obama does not have a primary opponent (other than the economy), and thus is building an enormous political war chest for the upcoming general campaign.
While it will require many election cycles to undo the severe political injuries inflicted upon our Republic by generations of Leftists, the restorative process began in earnest with the 2010 midterm election of many "Tea Party" candidates -- those who rallied grassroots voters around restorative constitutional campaigns. We have a protracted and arduous fight to turn back the tides of Democratic Socialism -- and time is noton our side.
Though congressional elections are important, and conservatives are making significant headway in the Legislative Branch, it is election of the next Chief Executive that will most determine whether we restore Rule of Law, or our nation succumbs to the fatal cycle of democracy, further submitting to authoritarian government rule and plunging into the gaping abyss of socialism.
(Notably, the U.S. has dropped from 9th to 10th place in the just-released 2012 Index of Economic Freedom.)
Though The Patriot Post devotes substantial energy and resources to evaluate candidates, we do not endorse presidential candidates until the general election. However, given all we have learned about the current field of Republicans, there is one candidate we could endorse and fully support.
Unfortunately, that candidate exists only as a composite of the best attributes from each of the actual candidates.
This amalgamated profile is important because it encompasses the qualities that all Patriots seek in candidates for federal office. Thus, what follows is a collection of winning conservative attributes, which, in some measure each of the current GOP candidates possesses, with the exception of one.*
The best candidate for the job is devoted to Liberty as endowed by our Creator and enshrined in our Constitution. He (because the remaining candidates are male) is a man of strong faith, is devoted to his family and has served his nation in uniform with honor. He has a good record of executive leadership, both in the private sector and government. He is an effective advocate for free enterprise, limited government and tax reform. He is smart, articulate, charismatic, experienced and a great debater with a remarkable sense of history. He has an outstanding comprehension of complex domestic and foreign policy matters. He bases his positions on constructionist logic, not political expediency, and is bold in his vision for our nation. He is salt of the earth from an strong family. He has formative ties to the renaissance of American conservatism launched by Ronald Reagan.
Of course, it would also be instructive to develop a composite based upon all the negative attributes of the contenders, but the GOP circular firing squad is already doing a fine job of promoting their liabilities.
As our ideal presidential candidate is not among the current lot, we must all vote for the primary candidate who most closely embodies him. I would encourage every Patriot to ignore the meaningless Iowa caucus and more so, the New Hampshire primary, as that former conservative stronghold is now little more than a political suburb of Boston. (Oh, but that we would have all primaries on a single day, rather than defaulting to the victors of minuscule Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, neither of which are substantially representative of grassroots conservatives across the nation. But a national primary day would put the choice in the hands of the people, rather than the GOP establishment and the 24-hour news cycle talkingheads.)
All other candidate attributes notwithstanding, we should, first and foremost, demand that every candidate, and president, affirm Rule of Law in compliance with their Sacred Oathto Support and Defend our Constitution.
In the words of Justice Joseph Story, "No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. It is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility to his country; and creates upon his conscience a deep sense of duty, by an appeal, at once in the presence of God and man, to the most sacred and solemn sanctions, which can operate upon the human mind."
Our single focus must be to defeat Obama, and frankly, I would fully endorse a turnip in order to achieve that objective.
*Jon Huntsman's best attribute is that he is a superlative example of what notto support in a Republican candidate, as affirmed by his strong performance ahead of Gingrich, Santorum and Perry in the New Hampshire primary, where centrist Independents and Democrats outnumbered Republican voters.
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In todays world of instant messaging, unlimited historical resources, and hyped media, we will NOT find the perfect candidate. Reality, sucks, but it is true. Instead of beating our heads against a wall, we need to look at who has been presented, find the one that most meets our requirements, discuss whatever shortcomings and then work to support him or her.
We have spend to much time, money, and energy on clamoring for "Mr. Right" without any baggage. Ain't gonna happen, get real, get up and support your candidate. Quit bad mouthing the others, as they too have made contributions to this process, give them their due, and then bid them a due. It is time to mount the charge and show solidarity.
Just my thoughts!!!
Anyone except obuma.
Ron Paul is about as perfect as we will ever see again.
Imagine hussein and paul on a debate, the moderator's first question is “what qualifies you for POTUS?”
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“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.”
"a light will shine upon you, you will experience epiphany and you will say to yourself “I have to vote for barack”"
…whom are you gonna vote for?!
LOL!
Oh get off it Karen. Ron Paul is a horrible candidate. I prefer his son and he is not even a candidate. Ron Paul is so far out of it except for his announced intentions for the economy, his foreign policies suck and would be as ruinous as Obama's if not worse. And while we will never see another Reagan any time soon, absolutely none of the candidates have shown they have the guts, brains and wherewithal to carry the burdens of the office not to mention return the freedoms Obama and the Democrats have stolen from us.
As for the rest of you, Stop living in the past as the National Republican Leadership both serving and in the NRC and get behind Santorum and Newt the only two with any real Character left. Otherwise the answer is not Obama and socialism because the 3%ers and I (although I am not a member of that group) will no doubt make certain that Obama does not serve a second term along with a Democratic led Senate...For we can not accept a President that is at once at war on two fronts while destroying our wonderful military, at war with the congress of both houses bypassing everything they do not want him to do and using tools illegally granted to other presidents (and using them in excess)and finally at war with the majority of contributing citizens whom he is desparately seeking to make non-contributing by taking away their means of contributing to our economic growth. Neither can we accept his national policy appointments of extreme radicals who are not only extreme but are insane like the former La Raza leader.....You get the picture? Obama wins, it is virtually assured that a civil war starts the next day. We do not need that nor do we need Obama and his ilk including some of the Worst Congressional representatives in our history telling us what we can and cannot do. We need to be telling them what they can and cannot do or to get the hell out of our house and do not let the door hit them in their rear ends on the way out....Frankly, I am getting sick of the moaning and groaning about Ron Paul, and Romney being the only clowns out there to beat Obama. I say there are millions of us out there that could beat Obama and every other of the 435 members of Congress that violate their oaths every day by failing to take action afforded them by the very document that they swore to uphold, defend and protect......Get Some people.....Semper Fi.
Richard, I'm with you. We have more problems than just messiah mullah osama bin obama. We have 2 political parties in a conspiracy to enslave all of us. boehner and mcconnell are just patsies for globalist tyranyts, as are graham, mccain, and so many others. They will have their fancy power seats when we are all working in the gulags.
All instance of humanity evident are evidently full of sh!t. May God help us because we obviously need it - and we are obviously still a work in progress - and so largely not fit to be judged yet. Even so, we must make some choice and therefore must judge - perhaps we can include God's part in our judgment and so avoid grave error.
We are going to come under Judgement as a Nation and any who think other wise have put there heads in the sand. READ your Bible and then look at what has become of a Nation that was established as one Nation under GOD. Perhaps those who think we are not going to fall under JUDGEMENT should read Billy Grahams prayer to a Nation.
AS A NATION WE MUST REPENT TO FOREGO JUDGEMENT as was the case for Nineveh for a time.
Prayer is are strongest weapon against the enemy. LUKE:19:10 Behold I give you the power to trample over serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means harm you.
PRAY MY FELLOW VETERANS AND PATRIOTS
GOD BLESS ALL
At this point, you have to ask yourself, who do you trust with your country, family, assets - life? I have to say, none of them at this point, but we have to be able to choose whoever is better than Obama and someone that can be worked with and on. I personally trusted Michele Bachmann, but that is no longer an option.
Who is the best? The one who does not lie, cheat, steal nor tolerate those who do. One who loves God and this country beyond all else. One who will sacrifice themselves to save others. Do they exist???
We are at a turning point and everything is at stake.
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