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  • #646
    Originally posted by Jacob View Post
    I can't imagine having promised Bolton any such position. especially not Secretary of State. Bolton is a controversial figure and not very diplomatic. As much as I may like the guy (if for nothing else than helping Justice Thomas develop his conservatism and constitutionalism while roommates at Yale Law) I'd be very surprised if a smart candidate like Romney gave him Sec of State. OTOH, it is amusing that Gingrich did tell everybody he would make Bolton his Sec of State only to see Bolton endorse Romney.

    Also, I don't see this endorsement of having any real effect. No more than any other endorsement and probably less. And I hope that it doesn't mean that Romney will rely much on Bolton's foreign policy preferences, at least as it relates to the size of our military and the aggressive miliary interventionism that I think Bolton advocates. Unfortunately, every public statement Romney has made indicates that he thinks like Bolton. Except for Romney's recent statement that we woudn't have gone into Iraq knowing now what we didn't know then. A bit of hope from that statement for a more modest approach to interventionism.
    Would a promise of a position of National Security Advisor be enough for someone like Bolton? I agree, I don't know about a guy like that being a Sec. of State. I also wonder if a guy like that could be the Attorney General.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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    • #647
      Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
      Would a promise of a position of National Security Advisor be enough for someone like Bolton? I agree, I don't know about a guy like that being a Sec. of State. I also wonder if a guy like that could be the Attorney General.
      Like me, he may be too abrasive in the way he states his mind to be Sec. of State. But he'd most definitely be much better as AG or head of the NSA than the two idiots who are in those positions now.
      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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      • #648
        Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
        Would a promise of a position of National Security Advisor be enough for someone like Bolton? I agree, I don't know about a guy like that being a Sec. of State. I also wonder if a guy like that could be the Attorney General.
        I don't think it would take any promise of any position. There is a very good chance that Bolton simply thinks Romney is the best candidate. Lots of endorsers are not promised any position in the administration. Perhaps Bolton is not a fan of Gingrich (not hard to imagine). Maybe he just prefers really smart people, which eliminates Santorum and Perry. Maybe he is worried that Ron Paul is getting too much run and Romney seems the most likely to squash him.

        In fact, here is what Bolton said today, which isn't a ringing endorsement, more pragmatism than anything:
        "I followed the ... William F. Buckley Jr. test: find the most conservative candidate capable of getting elected, and there are obviously two variables there," Bolton said on Fox News' "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren."
        "In the words of the old song 'Give Me That Old Time Religion,' Romney is conservative enough and I think that's critical."

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        • #649
          This is funny:

          http://NewtGingrich.com now redirects to http://stopromneyspiousbaloney.com/

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          • #650
            Originally posted by Jacob View Post
            I don't think it would take any promise of any position. There is a very good chance that Bolton simply thinks Romney is the best candidate. Lots of endorsers are not promised any position in the administration. Perhaps Bolton is not a fan of Gingrich (not hard to imagine). Maybe he just prefers really smart people, which eliminates Santorum and Perry. Maybe he is worried that Ron Paul is getting too much run and Romney seems the most likely to squash him.

            In fact, here is what Bolton said today, which isn't a ringing endorsement, more pragmatism than anything:
            He may be endorsing now just to prevent people from believing that he's supporting Gingrich, since Gingrich was pimping Bolton for SOS.
            "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
            - Goatnapper'96

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            • #651
              Originally posted by Jacob View Post
              This is funny:

              http://NewtGingrich.com now redirects to http://stopromneyspiousbaloney.com/
              Newts starting to lose his marbles.
              Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

              "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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              • #652
                Originally posted by Pelado View Post
                If the non-Romneys can't win in SC, their backers will start to dry up. Donors don't generally want to support a loser. The more primaries Romney wins, in spite of the extended process this election cycle, the less likely the other candidates are to have the funding to continue to put up a fight.
                That could very well be correct.

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                • #653
                  Originally posted by calicoug View Post
                  That could very well be is correct.
                  Fify.
                  "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                  - Goatnapper'96

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                  • #654
                    Romney needs to turn up the base...

                    [YOUTUBE]xi4lQHjFjn0[/YOUTUBE]
                    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                    "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                    "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                    • #655
                      Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                      Romney needs to turn up the base...

                      [YOUTUBE]xi4lQHjFjn0[/YOUTUBE]
                      Ha, foxnews gave that guy his own show? :igiveup:
                      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                      • #656
                        Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                        Ha, foxnews gave that guy his own show? :igiveup:
                        I'm guessing you are more a fan of Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC...

                        [YOUTUBE]i3WXuyJHd1M[/YOUTUBE]

                        :igiveup:
                        "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                        "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                        "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                        GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                        • #657
                          Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                          Romney needs to turn up the base...

                          [YOUTUBE]xi4lQHjFjn0[/YOUTUBE]
                          What a great commercial for Ron Paul! The only thing it was lacking the "I'm Ron Paul, and I approve of this message."
                          Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                          God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                          Alessandro Manzoni

                          Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                          pelagius

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                          • #658
                            [YOUTUBE]m9LZ3oQzTdg&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]
                            “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                            ― W.H. Auden

                            "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                            -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                            "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                            --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                            • #659
                              Can somebody make a non-ridiculous argument that Romney was ever to the left of Ted Kennedy on any issue?

                              Why are people on TV and in politics so stupid?

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                              • #660
                                Originally posted by Jacob View Post
                                Can somebody make a non-ridiculous argument that Romney was ever to the left of Ted Kennedy on any issue?

                                Why are people on TV and in politics so stupid?
                                This is a rhetorical question, no?
                                "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                                "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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