McCain v. Romney
Here are some thoughts from John Spangler of fineoldguns.com that mirror my own (and do a better job of explaining them). John lives in Salt Lake City, has first-hand knowledge of the financial fiasco that the 2002 winter Olympics almost became, and is actively involved in the politics of gun rights on the state level in Utah. Don't know if he is a Mormon or not. Don't really care - all my dealings with him over the years have been fair, above-board and at reasonable prices. That's all I need to know about him.
Vote for Mitt Romney-
he sucks the least!
John Spangler's personal thoughts on the Presidential election.
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There are no really good choices for President this cycle. NONE!
However one of them WILL be our next President, appointing judges, writing budgets, opening or closing the border to a flood of illegals (or worse), and leading the fight against global Jihad (or whimpering in dhimmitude surrender to them). And they will defend or infringe on gun rights.
Mitt Romney is a really sharp, intelligent, insightful decision maker who truly understands the big picture and thinks in terms of long term consequences and how to make things happen. We saw him here as he turned the bloated, corrupt and procrastinating 2002 Olympic games into a huge success (with cash left over!). His success and wealth gained from 25 years in the private sector show his ability to make stuff happen in the real world. He even managed to make conservative changes in ultra-liberal Massachusetts! As governor he converting a huge budget deficit to an even larger surplus, with no tax increases. (Albeit with some fee increases). Mitt clearly is not a big supporter of gun rights, but I don’t think he is bent on eroding gun rights, or proposing gun bans. I trust him to appoint “original intent” judges. He has the youthful vigor and stamina that McCain lacks, and the proven experience successfully running (and leading teams in) large business or government enterprises that NONE of the other serious candidates have. Romney can hold his own in debates against the Democrats, and the news media have already trashed him with all they’ve got (starting with an offensive and inaccurate hit job on all Mormons on PBS last fall! [Note- I am not a Mormon and even I was offended!] Mitt is not ideal, but he can do the job best of any of the candidates.
John McCain would be older than any other president, taking office at a time of unprecedented challenges. He is old enough to run, but too old to serve effectively. Worse, he has been wrong on many gun issues, too eager to collaborate with the likes of Kennedy and Reed proposing gun show bans and other schemes. He has voted right on a couple of gun issues (when it was clearly in his best interest to do so). He is totally wrong on open-borders amnesty. He is totally wrong on not supporting Bush’s Judicial nominations (leader of the infamous “gang of 14”) and his choice in judges is likely to be more to his buddy Ted Kennedy’s liking than mine. McCain had no hesitation when gutting the First Amendment protections for free political speech with his execrable McCain Feingold “Campaign Finance Reform” scheme. I fear he may treat the Second Amendment no less carelessly. He would be a good leader for the war against Jihad, albeit saddled with a ferocious temper and huge ego when we need a calculating decision maker able to understand nuances of multiple options. He claims to be a conservative but acts against nearly every conservative principle. Decades of experience leisurely debating his “good friends” in the Senate are not good preparation for overseeing the operations of the massive (and bloated) government bureaucracy. McCain’s Senate service has been part of the problem in Washington, not the solution. On balance, McCain is better than either Democrat, but too wrong on to many issues to deserve my vote. He deserves an honorable retirement to enjoy his trophy (second) wife and recuperate from his horrible captivity while defending our country. Thanks for your service, but you are not the right man for President.
Those who think McCain is the only one who can win against a Democrat are delusional. While the news media are praising him now (as the most liberal Republican) they will turn on him and devastatingly point out every shortcoming as soon as he is the nominee. The quick-witted Obama or ever-ready Clinton lies will cut him to pieces in the debates.
Mike Huckabee is a nice guy, good on guns, but naive on security issues, dangerous on economic issues and clearly fading fast toward political oblivion. His adeptness at telling people what they want to hear reminds me too much of his neighbor from Hope, Arkansas, Slick Willie. He would be a good pastor, not a good President. Look like Huck will drop out anyway. A vote for Huckabee now only helps get McCain the nomination.
Clinton and Obama are hardcore anti-gun zealots determined to take away guns. On all other issues they are clueless idiots. Hillary is a power mad, lying kleptocrat to boot. Obama, is articulate, charismatic and probably would be a lot of fun to party with, but is philosophically wrong on every issue and has ZERO experience running anything larger than crooked ward politics in Chicago. Heaven help us if either of these dolts attempts to run the country.
Fred Thompson was good on guns, and a good solid conservative on most other issues, but is no longer in the race. Too bad. I think he was better than anyone who is left. Rudy was not bad, (for a liberal), and much to be preferred over McCain, but he is out too.
Ron Paul? Great on gun rights and on about 10% of the issues he makes excellent sense. The other 90% of the time he is out to lunch. Regardless of the admirable enthusiasm of his tiny core of supporters he is totally irrelevant and a vote for him is as wasted as writing in Mickey Mouse’s name. (Paulista’s mileage may vary, but my mind is made up, so don’t bother arguing.)
Vote for Mitt Romney-
he sucks the least!
McCain is like Guliani; he's a great Democratic candidate who is confused by what party he belongs in. Hillary Clinton? Chairman Mao with a rather botched sex change. Romney? I don't see him being interested in supporting my rights; why should I support his campaign? He really needs to come to the table with the 2ndA folks if he wants our support, and playing the "party loyalty/fear factor" card isn't going to cut it this time. Step up, or step off. Huckabee? He talks the talk, but does he walk the walk? I like what he says better than the rest, but I do wonder how sincere he is. Obama? He has that RAV-rund slickness to his speeches, but his political views are going to go over like a turd on a church pew to most of the country outside of the inner cities and the liberal states. If America believs it "needs" the first Black President, God willing it would be Alan Keyes.
