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Jan. 26, 2008 I'm having a hard time deciding which of the GOP candidates to back and time is getting short because I live in one of those States which hold their primaries on "Super Tuesday." There's no question of jumping Parties, of course. The WORST of the GOP candidates is almost infinitely better than even the worst of the Democrats...let alone either of the two front-runners. But then, the GOP isn't nearly what it used to be. Certainly not after so many Republicans have signed on to that stupid "stimulus package" requested by the Democrats and President Bush. It simply amounts to a typically Democrat-inspired redistribution of money from taxpayers to those who pay very little or none at all. I've never quite gotten the rationale behind "tax cuts" for those who don't pay taxes. With the top 50% of wage earners paying 97% of all income taxes, wouldn't it make more sense to rebate taxes to those who actually PAY them? But, that all aside, the GOP field can't possibly be the best Republicans can field. Mr. Huckabee governed like a liberal while in Arkansas and seems to be relying on the evangelicals to sweep him into office. Mr. Paul is a cutesy nut who obviously doesn't understand the role the U.S. has had thrust on it with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mr. Guiliani is as far left on social issues as the Clintons. Mr. McCain is, if anything, WORSE than the ex-Mayor and apparently doesn't believe in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights, mistakenly thinks waterboarding is "torture" and thinks amnesty for illegals and giving illegals social security benefits is the right course to solve the illegal alien problem, and he's apparently bought the global warming scam hook, line and sinker. Maybe the WORST thing about Mr. McCain's candidacy is that the New York Times has endorsed him. That in itself is enough to disqualify him, in my opinion. We may as well elect Ms Clinton or Mr. Obama. That leaves Mitt Romney. Mr. Romney got himself elected governor in one of the bluest of blue States and governed successfully. I don't think his promise about not trying to subvert Roe v. Wade while governor, even though he professes to be pro-life, is necessarily a "flip-flop." I wonder if he's tough enough, however, to stand up to the Clinton's smear machine in the general election, and make no mistake about it, it'll be in full-throat pursuit of the GOP nominee. The liberal media won't do anything to correct the smears since their fondest hope is to get Bill and Hillary back in the White House. Maybe the funniest thing about the race so far is watching the professed non-sexist, non-racist Democrats pull the sex and race card at every turn trying to win. Senator Obama won in IOWA, of all places. Iowa only has about 3 black residents, for Pete's sake, meaning that it was white people, for the most part, who gave him his first win of the primary season. I suppose it's remotely possible that lots of Chicago blacks snuck across the border into eastern Iowa and put him over the top. Democrats, after all, are well-known for stuffing ballot boxes and registering and voting non-residents in other races, so it COULD be, but I doubt it would have been enough to account for the magnitude of his margin of victory there. In conclusion, I'm still not certain how I'll vote come February. It won't be for Sen. McCain or Congressman Paul. Of that I'm certain. That means my current choices are Governors Huckabee and Romney. Huckabee has too much liberal baggage for my taste, so I'll probably vote for Romney. My personal preference would be Newt Gingrich. He may be the brightest person in Washington and, despite the relatively minor baggage of his divorce, I'd enthusiastically vote for him as the GOP candidate. Maybe there won't be a clear winner after all and we may wind up with a brokered convention and put Newt forward as our anodyne to the Clintons. In any debate, he would mop the floor with either of 'em, so why not? ------------ About the author: David A. Jared is a news junkie, semi-retired and an avid golfer who's been writing his first book, "4000 years of chopsticks" for the last 20 years. Email: jaredland@sbcglobal.net ------------- All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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