JoeB131
Diamond Member
I think Obama is very vulnerable. Which is why I'm surprised the Republican field is weak.
Agreed Obama is vulnerable, but his reelection is like the story of the two hikers in the woods who see a bear several hundred yards away which starts running toward them. One hiker drops down and start switching his hiking shoes for running shoes. The other hiker says "Are you crazy? You can't outrun that bear!" The first hiker says, "I don't have to outrun the bear, just you."
All Obama has to do is stay ahead of the Republicans to win.
The Republican field is weak because we're in the middle of a Civil War in the GOP between traditional conservatives and religious-fanatics who believe in "Big Government" as long as they get to call the shots such who can marry whom and tell other people what is moral according to their own standards.
Yawn, guy, I've heard this song before, and never get tired of it.
"Oh, we just need to not nominate one of those religious nuts. We need to nominate a nice sensible moderate who doesn't talk about morals or Jesus or judge me in any way."
And when we listen to that, we nominate John McCain. Or Bob Dole. Or Jerry Ford.
Americans want certainty. They don't have to agree with a man's faith to appreciate he is a man of character. I'm an agnostic. I don't agree with Rick Perry's religion, but I respect that it gives him focus and he's sincere about it.
That's a lot better than a Mitt Romney (R-Kolob) who focus groups his stances before he takes them.
Had an expression when I was in the Army. "Lead, Follow or get the Hell out of the Way!"