Some people say they are voting for Romney because he isn’t Obama (and evidently that’s his only qualification). How do these people feel when they see that Romney seems to think the way to win is to make himself indistinguishable from Obama?
Okay, I admit that I spoke too vaguely; only SOME of Romney wants to be just like Obama. Depends on the day and the crowd. His positions are etched in sand.
tjr: Finally someone mentions Congress. At least we can vote for those, while only a few hundred anonymous few are permitted to vote for president. Yeah, in a few designated “swing states” you can make a non-binding suggestion, but as Duke Ellington might have said, “It won’t mean a thing if your state cannot swing”. Since all such “votes” are wasted, you might as well cast it for Jill Stein and the Green Party. At least they want you to be able to vote for your president and it will help bring back a two-party system.
Since 1998, Romney’s evolution into the man who would be our president in 2013 to 2016 has been mercurial and dramatic. The Mitt who led Massachusetts in a moderate and bipartisn fashion appeals to me if it could break the deadlock in the legislature. The Mitt who won the Republican primary frightens me as I only know the social issues he supports and no details on how he’d enact policy on the business issues for which he claims to be expert.Is he trying to win over independents who want change but not the earlier focus on “impossible issues”? When he tells us voting for Obama means more of the same, does that mean more of the same obstructionism and lack of good will that has deadlocked our two party legislature for the last 4 years? I have to feel any action by either party to resolve the moral social issues we do need to one day address, will keep us from laying a foundation of good government, secure society, and healthy people/environment needed for a good and compassionate people to thrive. Before we can arrive at the place we want, we have to work together to build roads and bridges between neighbors. If we push the boulders together, we can get them out of the way.Respectfully,C.
Odon Premium Member over 11 years ago
I am who I am, I am him.
lonecat over 11 years ago
Some people say they are voting for Romney because he isn’t Obama (and evidently that’s his only qualification). How do these people feel when they see that Romney seems to think the way to win is to make himself indistinguishable from Obama?
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Romney IS a study in “fluid dynamics”, he can fit any mold of the moment. His next step is to become a gas.
ukujiku over 11 years ago
No, I actually voted for him because he isn’t Sarah Palin.
lonecat over 11 years ago
Tigger is an independent thinker, not tied in to anyone’s world but his own. Not always in touch with reality, but who is?
Gypsy8 over 11 years ago
How can you trust anyone with far more opportunism than principle?
braindead Premium Member over 11 years ago
Show of hands of Republicans who actually know what any of Willard’s foreign policy positions are.
lonecat over 11 years ago
Okay, I admit that I spoke too vaguely; only SOME of Romney wants to be just like Obama. Depends on the day and the crowd. His positions are etched in sand.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
tjr: Finally someone mentions Congress. At least we can vote for those, while only a few hundred anonymous few are permitted to vote for president. Yeah, in a few designated “swing states” you can make a non-binding suggestion, but as Duke Ellington might have said, “It won’t mean a thing if your state cannot swing”. Since all such “votes” are wasted, you might as well cast it for Jill Stein and the Green Party. At least they want you to be able to vote for your president and it will help bring back a two-party system.
chazandru over 11 years ago
Since 1998, Romney’s evolution into the man who would be our president in 2013 to 2016 has been mercurial and dramatic. The Mitt who led Massachusetts in a moderate and bipartisn fashion appeals to me if it could break the deadlock in the legislature. The Mitt who won the Republican primary frightens me as I only know the social issues he supports and no details on how he’d enact policy on the business issues for which he claims to be expert.Is he trying to win over independents who want change but not the earlier focus on “impossible issues”? When he tells us voting for Obama means more of the same, does that mean more of the same obstructionism and lack of good will that has deadlocked our two party legislature for the last 4 years? I have to feel any action by either party to resolve the moral social issues we do need to one day address, will keep us from laying a foundation of good government, secure society, and healthy people/environment needed for a good and compassionate people to thrive. Before we can arrive at the place we want, we have to work together to build roads and bridges between neighbors. If we push the boulders together, we can get them out of the way.Respectfully,C.