Well the GOP has seen the very first primary to secure its nomination for President in 2012. And it seems to be developing in to a three horse race between Rick Perry, the Texas governor who recently organised a prayer rally to stem America’s decline (instead of helping America by simply getting on with his job as governor and fixing the problems himself). Mitt Romney the former Governor and second choice candidate to McCain in 2008. And Michelle Bachmann the Representative who wants a Federal Ban on Gay Marriages, the phasing out of social security and Medicare, supports the teaching of creationism in schools in science lessons and refused to compromise an inch during the debt ceiling rise fiasco (this in turn played a large part in America’s credit downgrade).
Now this is where I am glad to live in a country where the likes of Gideon Osborne, David Cameron and even Tony Blair are considered right wing, each of which have nothing on the GOP Presidential hopefuls. Don’t get me wrong, this will be an interesting race, each of the front runners have their own unique strengths. Bachmann is the darling of the Tea Party and can easily whip up widespread Republican grass-root support, Romney is seasoned campaigner after running for the Republican nomination in 2008 and Perry has enormous experience as Texas governor.
Bachmann’s win in Iowa was certainly far from solid, most of the voters in the straw poll were relatively undecided as Perry’s recent arrival will mean Bachmann and Perry will battle it out for the Tea Party and right of the Republican party while Romney takes the relatively moderates.
The GOP would be wise to choose Romney as their candidate for President, as the least Tea Party like front runner he is the one truly capable of capturing the all important swing moderate voters. But with the rise of Bachmann, Palin and Beck amongst the American right, that outcome doesn’t seem certain, which is comforting news for Obama.
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you say that Rik Perry should get on with his job instead of praying, but if you looked at his record and the state of Texas you would see that in his governership he has increased the amount of jobs and developed a surplus of cash worth up $6bn which is now i placeto help the state out in case a large natural disaster hits the state so his term has been v successful and I would say he is likely to be the favourite along side maybe romney for the nomination, as the iowa thing wasnt a proper primary that doesnt tae place till all candidates have been anounced this was just a straw poll, an opinion poll really
He’s also a Governor who has implemented a state wide ban on Gay marriage and wishes creationism to be taught in science lessons both of which strengthen religion’s hold on society and government, further perpetuating society.
He’s also a Governor who has presided over 200 executions. 200 too many it seems
So your saying his moral beliefs are more important then his economic record, interesting, prehaps thats where labour went wrong being to moral and hence screwing our economy
It doesn’t bode well when you have to go completely off topic to make a petty political point. But yes, these are such devise are crucial social ideas that they create a society which is based upon intolerance and revenge, i.e. the worst kind
so going along these lines in a hypothectial sense. Who would you want to lead a country someone who would get 5% growth in the econmy but had the morals of the devil or someone who was holier then God but would onlymanage growth of what we have at the moment 0.1%ish
Ignoring the fact that God is the most sadistic and egotistic supposed being ever to have existed. Yes, yes I would. Economic growth is good and all, but it’s useless if 1. It’s used in the wrong way or 2. The society it builds is inherently immoral.