Have GOP Campaigns Always Followed the Pattern Identifiable in the Present One?

Question by Brutus: Have GOP campaigns always followed the pattern identifiable in the present one?
Alright, I am more interested in answers from older citizens who had participated or observed previous presidential campaigns (2000 and earlier). So what I am interested in is if we might be blowing out of perspective how “crazy” the rhetoric in this election cycle is. By observing other political systems, it seems natural to me that early in the election cycle a candidate wouldn’t be too fearful of pandering to the fringes, while he/she would inadvertently begin to gravitate towards the center closer to election date. In a nutshell – did we always have Bachmanns, Cains, and Santorums or are we really regressing today?

Best answer:

Answer by David
We arent regressing. We are getting back to basics. Tackling the true issues that have devastated our nation as of late. Issues such as, DOMA, illegal immigration, increasing fuel prices, government waste, political correctness, terrorism, shuria law, judicial activism and government spending and many more have brought this nation down to its knees. True conservative Preidential runners are aware of these issues and the effect it has had on our nations economy and greatness. Yes, GREATNESS. We were unstoppable before and we can again if we tackle all these issues and get back to basics. Cain, Bachman and Santorum as well as Perry, ( Not Romney) he is a RINO) They all know this and will fight for our former glory.

Answer by Weasel McWeasel
I’ve PERSONALLY met, Barry Goldwater and Hubert H. Humphrey in my time, Kissinger as well, …….(albiet, not at the HEIGHT of their political lives, but I’ve met them, and I once worked for Ted Kennedy.

I can remember when IDEALOGIES were debated………..by intelligent men. None seemed to be “mental patients” or off their meds……….they were intelligent, and well educated, and speak to the issues of the day, with clarity and give as good as they got, and present a RESPECTABLE debate. Didn’t have to agree with the other side………..but they were not men to be DISMISSED lightly.

Now fast foward…….and look at what we’ve become…….we have late night comedians deciding the outcomes………and candidates who supply NO SHORTAGE of material for them.

The treatment of John Kerry, a 3 times Purple Heart winner………being treated like some TRAITOR????? A man who served in the MILITARY, with distinction, being openly MOCKED.?

The Birth certificate nonsense????????? Walter Cronkite with have ended that with ONE announcement, and that would have been the END of it.

If you still bandied about a stupid idea after that, you would just be dismissed as an IDIOT.

Now we have those IDIOTS, actually running for President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perry wants to re-ignite the BIRTER issue! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! How Brain-dead do you have to BE to still be flogging that dead horse?

Ron Paul……..yeah, lets legalize drugs! JEEEEZ!!!!!!!!!

Christine O’Donnell, with her “I am NOT a Witch” ad. It BOGGLES the mind!

Can you picture Nixon or even Reagan, running an ad like that? “Hi, I am Richard Nixon, and I am NOT a Warlock! ”

They would cart you off to the FUNNY FARM so QUICKKKKKKKKK, your head would spin.

Michelle Bachmann…….”gay can be cured thru prayer”……….

I think even Christians have to be embarassed by that! How can you actually be presidential candidate and say stuff like that? It’s ABSURD!

Boenher, CRYING on the house floor……..ughhhhhh.

But today……..these are the people that get on the news. These are the ones, who get the sound bytes. The wackier the statement, the better. And then you get “politicians” like Palin, ,with no education whatsoever to speak of…………who thinks she can run the world.

Are you KIDDING me? We don’t have politicians anymore………we have You Tube Stars.

Where are the people with VISION and HOPE for the country?

Arguing about fake birth certificates? Is that REALLY the best republicans can do anymore……..just smear, at all costs, and hope some of the sh*t they fling at the wall, actually sticks?

That’s who I am gonna vote for? The one who slings the most sh*t?

Not me, my young friend. I will take the one that at least shows SOME promise,..has SOME kind of Vision for a BETTER America…………..not the one, just merely trying to take down the other guy.

This isn’t a game of “King of the Hill” You need a PLAN once you get up there.

If your whole plan is to just take the spot and then stand there with your thumbs up your azz…….that’s not much of a plan.

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