Mark Levin says he’ll support the nominee no matter who it is, however when it comes down to his preferences among the current GOP candidates, if he were to vote today it would come down to two people: Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum.

Here’s the clip:

Surprised? If you’ve listened to Levin interview Bachmann and Santorum at all, you probably saw this coming. After all, he just told Bachmann last night that she’d “make a damn good president”.

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  • GiantM

    Wouldn’t it be nice if the field narrowed down to Cain, Bachmann, and Santorum. These 3 imo are really the ones worth voting for.

    And look at what the press has manage to do. Guide us away from the very few that are true conservatives.

    I hope the “machine” does not get to the delegates as well.

    • Anonymous

      Of those three I would pick Bachmann.

      • Anonymous

        And I would pick Santorum.

        • B-Funk

          Both good picks! ^_^

        • Anonymous

          Me too! :)

      • puma_for_life

        me too.

      • Anonymous

        I’d go Cain

    • Anonymous

      Well, I think Newt might be about to take a hit. I haven’t looked into it, but I heard that there’s a debate coming up and the moderators are three Attorney Generals and it’s going to focus on federalism. Newt is pro-government in my eyes, so I don’t see him coming out of this unscathed when put next to Bachmann and Perry. Not sure how Cain will do, but I know Bachmann will excel and Perry should too if he comes prepared.

      • Anonymous

        Depending upon who those ex Attorney Generals are (Levin?), that would be one helluva debate!

        Could it be the GOP has wised up or maybe the adults have taken over?

        • Anonymous

          I just found out the debate is going to be on a two hour Huckabee show …. tomorrow? Lol, I don’t know. But it’s Huckabee for sure.

      • http://twitter.com/onesoldiersmom onesoldiersmom

        He’s smarter than the average bear, though. He’ll be able to speak to federalism, chapter and verse. Now, whether he’d govern this way, some say no, others say, “hell no!” Remember, he will be enormously better than Obama, any day of the week.

        • Anonymous

          Lol, that was funny. Yes, any of the candidates will be better than Obama…except I don’t know if I could actually cast a vote for Ron Paul…but I probably would because Obama will destroy us in the next four years. All of Obama’s decisions on policy all take effect or end by politically expedient dates. Remove the troops right before the elections. Have all of the health care fall into place right after the elections. Pushed the decision on the oil pipeline off until after the elections. If someone can’t see what’s going on here they are pretty dim-witted. He is setting everything up as to not destroy his chances of re-election, but once he wins he will put the hammer down….and I don’t think we recover for decades, if at all. Yes, any of them is better than Obama but I’m killing myself over whether I should strategize on the best Obama-beater or if I should just pick who I like the most. Aaarrrrrggggghhhhh !!

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeffrey-Hoskinson/518535127 Jeffrey Hoskinson

            the remove the troops may not be so expedient, after all he threatened to suspend their pay on more than one occasion!! I really hope he is counting on the military vote after that stunt!

            • Anonymous

              Libs try to disqualify as many military votes as they can every freaking election. The most unpatriotic and disrespectgul pricks I’ve ever seen. Yet, they go around gathering votes from people that don’t even know who the vice president is and commit massive voter fraud. It’s a very sad day when we have ANY politicians that would have the gull to try to squish the military vote and prefer the welfare vote instead.

            • Anonymous

              Libs try to disqualify as many military votes as they can every freaking election. The most unpatriotic and disrespectgul pricks I’ve ever seen. Yet, they go around gathering votes from people that don’t even know who the vice president is and commit massive voter fraud. It’s a very sad day when we have ANY politicians that would have the gull to try to squish the military vote and prefer the welfare vote instead.

      • Anonymous

        The forum was last night, and Newt acquitted himself very well.

        I’ll suuoprt the nominee, whoever it is. We’ve got to dethrone King Barry the Petulant.

        • Anonymous

          I definitely hear ya there about getting the nutter out of office!

          Ah, Newt did alright. He asks us to look at his total record and ignore the portions where he pushed big government and supported liberal policies such as the individual mandate for health care and global warming. He has been inconsistent and even though he said he’d return some power to the states, the President should be able to go state to state to pressure states to change their own policy. Not word for word, but “advocating” by some Presidents (Obama) will mean strong-arming. There are things the states should have full control over without the federal government forcing them to change, and that’s what will happen if you allow the President to go state to state telling them they are doing it wrong. Chicago politics.

          Do I want to support Newt? No, I don’t trust him. Will I support him if he wins the nomination? 150%.

    • B-Funk

      Rush was saying on Wednesday that he feels part of the problem has been some conservative media just absolutely giving these candidates an “anal exam”, unlike the glossing over that Obummer’s received. I agree completely. Let’s band together and pick someone who gives a darn about getting the country back on track, rather than someone who “can win and won’t make it any worse”.

      • Anonymous

        Media has been working overtime to divide and demoralize us when, in reality, any of our candidates will handily bead oMOBa. I agree – let’s rally behind an intelligent, clean candidate.

        • B-Funk

          An intelligent, clean candidate? That’s most of them! :-D Well, actually, they’re all clean, I guess ;-)

        • Anonymous

          “articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking” – Joe Biden ;-)

    • Anonymous

      You’ve just set yourself up to receive the wrath of Mr. EMT, and him calling you a moron because “Rick Perry is THE ONLY conservative!!!”

      Trust me, he’ll be here :)

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=603218151 Laurie Pruser-Stockman

        If Rick Perry is the only Conservative.. I need a new dictionary.

  • http://twitter.com/JTVolkens Jeremy Volkens

    I agree with him. And Beck too for that matter since he’s pretty much said the exact same thing. Funny… Beck and Levin seem to see eye to eye on just about everything, yet I never hear either of them reference each other… unless of course it’s one of Levin’s subtle little jabs… These two SHOULD be buddies.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QYDHF7W7HFEEG4D7M7P4GVUACU Richard E

      I thought it was a really interesting coincidence that Mark and Beck came to the same conclusion. Now if we could just get rid of the damn RINO establishment and return the GOP to it’s small government roots….

  • Anonymous

    Hmmmm. I shall have to ponder this before drawing a conclusion.

  • Anonymous

    Good choices, ML.

  • http://twitter.com/Stewman1965 Bill Steward

    I agree with Levin on this… I’ve always like most of their ideologies, even though I was backing Cain for his business experience.. If you’re looking for a true Constitutional-Conservative with good foreign policy, national security, Immigration, job growth and Tax ideas it would have to be one of these two… I wish both were higher in the polls because right now we only have two Progressives at the top..

  • Anonymous

    Personally, I am more comfortable when a nominee has executive experience. Carter’s problems were inexplicable.

    That being said, those are two choices I could live with.

    • Anonymous

      Carter’s in a class all by himself.

      • Anonymous

        No he wasn’t , he just followed the party line in most respects. Just look at the similarities of Carter and BO overall, the progressive agenda to advance to the max, both times. Both apologists, both pacifists! Until Reagan came to office the Middle easterners were empowered in a way that most mid-easterners were embarrassed by, then Reagan set it right, our embassy workers were released immediately upon his election. ! Peace through strength, trust, but verify, good policy, advanced by statesmen, not pussycats. Something I have learned in life is that no-one respects weakness !

    • http://twitter.com/harold10 harold william

      You don’t need executive experience you need common sense

      • Anonymous

        Experience managing and leading others is important.

      • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

        Example: You have a bad law. EX experience gets rid of it. common sense, says attack it, spread the word, go to court, etc. If you were a boy scout. you would remember learning how to start a fire. Some one taught you, then you
        re lit it lots of times. Common sense would require several eons for you to learn. Last Example: You have a border war. common sense, send troops, or build wall. Experience shows you it takes a lot more that. It requires about 10+ immediate acts. The coyotes are taking these peoples money, then taking them out to the desert, and letting them die of thirst. Go by the experience, I suggest.

  • http://twitter.com/Rushlimbang Brian Skinner

    Wow!!! Mark and Glenn Beck are thinking on the same wavelength. Something is wrong with the Cosmos.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Valdez/1806887704 Steven Valdez

    if Newt falls, could Santorum be the next and only favor of the month left to choose from the Non-Romney’s?

    • Anonymous

      I don’t know. There’s something about him I don’t like that rubs me wrong. I don’t like Romney at all (well, he’s at least low on my list), but in a debate it was Romney’s time to speak and Santorum filibustered him…talking over him the entire time and then pointed at the clock and said “you’re out of time”. No matter how much I don’t like Romney that came across as a major “fail”.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CEIVCJOJU3JJBFIWTB7EMP7ZJE FillmoreBrown

    yes to Bachmann, Sanatorium not so much.

  • Anonymous

    Rush was talking about this on his show today. The idea that, as voters we tend to be guided by the polls and the media instead of voting the one who best exemplifies our ideals. I must say I am guilty of this. I am leaning away from Newt and taking a fresh look at my first pick which was Michele Bachmann.

    • Anonymous

      I have No problem with Rick Santorum however, Michelle Bachmann has showed to much pettiness attacking and in some cases making a big deal about issues that she has talked about in the same manner.

    • Anonymous

      Curious-why are you now leaning away from Newt? What changed? (I’m glad though).

  • Anonymous

    Lets just wait and see what transpires after January. By then we all should have an idea who will be in front. I like Bachman. She has the knowledge and convictions to uphold the law of the land and not compromise.

    • Anonymous

      We keep looking for a winner, that’s our competiveness showing, a good thing in it’s way, we really really want(need) to win this one, it’s real real important to us, and it should be, too . We really don’t want to compromise this time, to not have to hold our noses and vote for less than our ideal candidate. Bachmann may be that !

  • cabensg

    Hearing who Beck and Levin want as president of the United states makes me realize that being in the public spotlight, writing books and shaping public opinion doesn’t always make you the smartest person in the room. Okay, fine! Their entitled to their opinion it’s just I thought with all their knowledge and experience I’d actually get something I could agree with.

    • Anonymous

      It is not just their options that should be given weight, but that their opinions is shaped upon a deep understanding of the core principles on which the Republic was founded.

  • http://twitter.com/harold10 harold william

    Unlike Levin I will not vote for establishment GOP type I will go fishing. My preferences are 1 Bachmann 2 Santorum or Cain.

  • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo Ozzie

    Santorum, IMO, is just a neo-con throwback. Bachmann is a “me-monster” that wants it too much and seems like she will spit venom at anyone she needs to in order to move up. I don’t like either of them. My choice is still a Cain/Gingrich ticket, but I’ll vote for any of them except for Huntsman and Romney.

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      Well, Cains gone. That should teach you something, I hope.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with the Great One that it does not matter which Republican you are defending. It is your choice, no matter whether I agree or not. I will say that I am not surprised by his choices announced recently because that exactly what I expect from him: Use his on damn mind like the rest of us should do.

    If you take a look back of past election cycles during primaries you will see that although earlier polling does add some value to the predictive aspect of determining a nominee, it is not, as historical records indicate, a be-all-end-all, with absolute certainty (death and unfortunately taxes, as many of you are aware). Therefore, before anyone rush to judgment and write off candidates with single digit polling results, especially before January 3 and subsequent Caucasus leading up to the GOP nomination, you might need to take a decade or two in review and analyze the obvious trends. Just a thought and suggestion!

    Wow! It is amazing when you receive assistance from another concern citizen on this forum in the form of a Psalms reference. Thanks, if you are reading this. You know who you are.

    Congresswoman Bachmann or Senator Santorum would be very capable, if nominated, to make President Obama reign of terror and universality, utopia, Alinski commune euphoria, statist pining, etc., etc., one term. The man must go!

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      I really liked your comment, so I didn’t just check it. The terrible truth is polls, and predictions can be slewed so badly, it means nothing. Really, factual, and honest polling can give great insight. You are not going to get that from the media. I could, given time, give you a great prediction. The media will also do immoral things to effect the election, they have a lot at stake. Your best bet, is work for your party. Serving coffee can be just as good as a comment on this forum. Imagine the fun, in catching a voting poll judge, throwing out good ballots, for your guy. Working at voting polls, gives you more a feeing of actually doing something. Talking may ease your angst, but actually doing somethng, will ease your guilt, even if you lose.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_W3FMTBSVBSRY6R5HWJ4PWP5MCI Lacey

    I guess to each his own, that’s why we have elections! Looks like the votes are going to be so split…It’s anybodys guess who will come out the nominee. To bad more can’t get behind just one or two so who ever wins can go into the general really strong..Oh right we don’t live in a perfect world.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Tom.DodsonUSA1 Tom Dodson

      They have too many differences in principle and character to treat them all the same this early in the Primary. There is more at stake than beating OBAMA. We must lay waste to his progressive agenda and policies and I have no faith in some of the field to do that as they were part of it and took BIG money from some of the players in that Agenda. Personally do not want to damage the GOP image any further by running old guard RINO republicans who by their own admission were part of the Problem in the 90′s who lost their Reagan way. Time for some new No strings attached, NEW BLOOD.

  • http://twitter.com/ntheo93 Nathanael Theobald

    Being a governor doesn’t automatically get you my vote, but it is definitely a plus in my book. One of the mistakes we made in ’08 was to elect someone who didn’t have a RECORD of LEADING people, and now he’s ruining our economy. As a governor/ex-governor, we at least know where you stand, and we know what we’ll be getting.

    • Anonymous

      Exactly. You have a record to judge and determine how that stacks up against the task at hand. Not only is Perry a three time governor, but he’s governor of the second most populous state. The state which has created the most jobs and led the country in exports. Those are important facts to consider when making a choice.

      • Anonymous

        The debt has almost doubled under Perry.

        In state tuition for illegals and calling us heartless for not supporting that is unforgivable to me.

        • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

          Sorry you do not like Perry. and no LBJ to vote for. poor you!

  • http://twitter.com/Stewman1965 Bill Steward

    It comes down to ideology, not intelligence… Never choose a candidate hoping they will change and conform to your Ideology once elected, they won’t and you’ll only be disappointed…

    • Anonymous

      Agree with you on this, but as pertains to Bachmann, while her ideology is sound she has not shown the ability to lead and sway her peers to her side. This is crucial as an executive.

      • Anonymous

        What was MB supposed to do? Convince a Pelosi led Congress??

        Now she has a RINO in Boehnor leading the House. She has fought this clown as well, especially with the $108B in funding in the continuing resolution for Obamacare. MB also voted against raising the debt ceiling.

        It’s not her fault there are too many weak RINO’s in the House.

      • Anonymous

        I also find it interesting that no one in congress has come out to support her. Not even to comment on having worked with her or how she maybe swayed them toward her line of thinking. Nothing. At least nothing that I am aware of.

        • MichaelLee1

          Ya know why? “cause the majority of them are anti-American communists. Can’t you see how this country is headed? Congress as well as hussein hate America. Only a very few are loyal.

        • http://www.facebook.com/Tom.DodsonUSA1 Tom Dodson

          Not True, Trent Franks of Arizona has become her Co-Chair. Any True Conservative in Arizona Knows he is the BEST congressman we have in the House. I suspect Steve King of Iowa who has stood by her on every issue publicly will endorse her just before the Iowa Caucuses. She is the closest to his ideology.

        • Anonymous

          I wonder if you would find it interesting that not one freshman from the 1994 Congress has endorsed Newt Gingrich? Not a single one. My Senator Tom Coburn is on record saying that he cannot support Newt and his method of leadership.

      • http://www.facebook.com/Tom.DodsonUSA1 Tom Dodson

        Anyone with the courage to run up against the establishment has my support, could care less that the corrupt status quo go along get along oafs in congress won’t get on board with good repeal legislation. It’s our fault we have not sent more quality Congressmen to help her. Steve King of Iowa, Trent Franks of Arizona, are great and could use some help in their uphill battle against entrenched the Washinton DC establishment. It takes courage to know if you decide to step out of the approved line they will turn the mainstream press on you just like they did Reagan but his superior intellect and ability to communicate beat them down once in the Bully Pulpit. If I did not think Michele Bachmann had the ability to stay focused and defend her constitutional message I would still be looking for a candidate.

      • Anonymous

        Michele was targeted by the Pelosi money machine in 2010 remember? Even Bill Clinton and Barack Obama got involved to defeat her re-election throwing large sums of money to her opponent.

        Michele has a much broader appeal than you give her credit for. Even Ron Paul supporters will vote for her if their guy isn’t nominated. She will be President if we nominate her, more so than any other candidate running. (This is the dirty little secret that the left is so afraid of).

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Unfortunately, the media has ALREADY “Palin-ized” Bachmann. She is unelectable now as a result their smears, lies, and distortions. If you want an alternative to Mitt Romney (like I do), Gingrich and Santorum are the best options. Either works for me, but I prefer Newt. Contract with America 2012 is the answer!

    • Anonymous

      Newt has zero chance of winning a General election. He, like Romney, will cause the GOP to gain less seats in Congress.

      • Anonymous

        You have any empirical evidence to back this assertion? Because I have evidence that says differently.

        /s/ JDLLMinTaxationGuy

        P.S. Don’t worry, you aren’t the first CPA I have set straight…LOL.

        • Anonymous

          What is your evidence?

          My evidence is that, like Mittens, Newt is getting hammered on a wide variety of Conservative websites, TV shows, and radio shows. While he is receiving some praise…the grassroots is obviously being woken up to the real “Newt.”

          This means, that like with Romney, the grassroots will not be particularly motivated to support him. This election, the grassroots represents a significant part of the electorate given the Tea Party movement.

          If the Tea Party isn’t motivated to support them, then Romney, Newt, and Huntsman will cause for lackluster Congressional results.

          • Anonymous

            Newt is beating Obama in a head-to-head national poll?

            How is Cain doing?

            P.S. The threat of staying home and not voting if your “guy” is not the nominee is foolish, childish and pathetic. You will have to answer to your children and grandchildren for the resultant destruction to this country if Obama re-elected!

            • Anonymous

              The threat of staying home?

              This is a republic…I will spend my time and utilize my votes as I damn well please.

              • Anonymous

                It is certainly your foolish decision as to whether or not you stay home, but staying home is a de facto vote for Obama. Nevertheless, you sure are quite sure of your ways Mr. CPA and getting a little defensive here too I might add. P.S. And you don’t see all of my designations (believe me they are greater in prestige and quantity than yours too) in my screen handle either.

              • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

                Not voting is a vote. Like defence, if you have none, expect to get hit.

            • Anonymous

              You are forgetting who answers to whom. It is the candidates that represent us, not the other way around. A prospective employee doesn’t demand the terms of his hire.

              We will have to answer for the destruction of this country no matter who is elected. If McCain had won, corruption would have grown, the collapse would have occurred, the bailouts would have still happened, yet Americans would not be awake and the Tea Party wouldn’t exist. Think long and hard about this.

              Simply removing Obama from office will not ‘magically’ put Humpty-Dumpty back together again. It matters greatly who we replace him with.

              Neither Mitt nor Newt have the will or even the intentions of falling on their sword for America’s future, yet that is exactly what the next President will have to do to correct course. The next President will be the most hated person in recent history…if they do the right thing. They will be loved by the media if they sell out. Both Mitt and Newt have already sold out long ago.

              Michele Bachmann will loom large in Iowa because people are starting to see what Mark Levine recognizes. As Michele has said, “This is the last exit ramp”

    • Anonymous

      I disagree strongly; Bachmann’s personal circumstances are a LOT different from SP’s.

      • http://www.facebook.com/Tom.DodsonUSA1 Tom Dodson

        For two years Bachmann has willingly gone up against the liberal machine and accepted every interview on MSNBC, CNN, etc, I have watched her defend her positions with more eloquence than ANYONE in this field. As hard as the hosts tried to drag her down, she has left them frustrated. That is how she earned my support, I knew the left would never Palinize her, Michele saw what happend to an honest and good woman and decidedly has more practice and oratory skill with which to defend her (our) positions and to defeat the liberal agenda. If you check Micheles Facebook page you still find many lefty assigned trolls on her page and posts trying to chip away at her unsuccessfully I might add but they recognize her as formiddable against Obama. Tim Pawlenty tried to take off the gloves in a debate with her and the next day got a ticket back to private life. I would much rather see a debate between Obama and Bachmann where the two disagree on EVERYTHING. We don;t need another tired old guard Republican agreeing with half of Obama’s agenda like McCain did. Most boring uninspiring debates you will ever see. Newt would be the same. Cap and Trade, Illegal immigration and Amnesty, Globalism over National Sovereignty, WTO, GATT “free” trade. The list is too long and too sad. That’s how I see it. We don;t have to settle, wer have to put up the best ANTI Obama to win and that is Bachmann.

    • MichaelLee1

      With due respect to you,believe me,newt will carry on the “obama agenda”. Please think twice!

    • http://www.facebook.com/Tom.DodsonUSA1 Tom Dodson

      She has my Primary Vote. I remember the first Contract With America, we ended up with nothing but more government. One plank was he was going to end obviously unconstitutional unfunded mandates, after he got done he legalized unfunded mandates and virtually every state is broke because of it. His flame burned out in my mind 15 years ago. NEXT !

      • Anonymous

        We also ended up with a balanced budget for 4 straight years (actually a surplus) and entitlement reform. People that cannot objectively present both sides of the argument must be disregarded here. You are solely focused on the negatives. P.S. What party controlled the White House during this time? Don’t you think that is a little important to keep in mind?

  • MichaelLee1

    We need to realize the facts, If obama gets back in this country will be no more a land of liberty & freedom but a land of slavery and tyranny. If you are like me you know. My life is in major turmoil. I am in debt.I have worked hard all my life & never asked for government assistance. My car is from 2002 & has 182000 miles on it. My house taxes are 5 grand & climbing. I haven’t had a vacation in 12 years. I don’t buy what I want. I have no savings accout. This has left me with a feeling of despair and the fact that there is no way out! There are many,many more like me, people who always worked hard and played by the rules. If we don’t stick together and rid our country of this cancer called obama then I know we will all be in misery until the day we die.

    • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

      Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:5,6

      Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:1,2

      Michael, a lot of us are in the same ark my friend. God knows- and He will provide and carry His own through whatever the world throws at us.

      Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:27,28

      Can you hear the trumpet being polished?! :-) You’ll be in my prayers.

      • Anonymous

        Spread the encouragement. Bless you, friend.

        • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

          aw cut it out (blushing) ;-) I mean it, and it’s meant for you and everyone else here who needs it- Him. Thank you my dear brother.

      • MichaelLee1

        God has always helped me in the end. Thanks for the message! You are in my prayers also. I really hope Jesus comes here very fast!

        • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

          Me too Michael. I’ve been hoping for quite a while- but the best things are worth the wait :-D

          • MichaelLee1

            Better words have never been spoken. God bless you! My only hope is that we woop alot of ass before it’s over! Yeah, you know how us macho dudes are!

            • Anonymous

              Here, Have some spinach. :-)

              • MichaelLee1

                How did you know i like spinach? Oh my goodness, I treasure people like you and many others on this site! With God we can defeat the monster!

                • Anonymous

                  Doesn’t everybody like spinach? ;-)

                • MichaelLee1

                  Well Popeye sure does & he’s one bad fing dude!

                • Anonymous

                  You better believe it! lol ;-)

              • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

                forget that ol’ canned stuff! I’ll send y’all some fresh out of our garden! :-)

                • Anonymous

                  Sounds good, but it better not have been grown with EMT fertilizer. ;-)

                • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

                  LOL!!!!!! I was thinking of including the fact that it ISN”T!!!!! :-D

                • Anonymous

                  I would have appreciated that. :-(

                • Anonymous

                  LOL!!

            • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada
              • Anonymous

                Excellent pic Duck.

                • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

                  Thanks. Had to splash it all over my facebook a couple of weeks ago- it’s classic!! :-D

              • MichaelLee1

                Check me out, I’m on the same page of liberty for America. I also Thank God for her and I will do all I can to protect her and prevent her from the sudden death of communism. This, you can take to the bank.

    • Anonymous

      I feel for you. I have similar circumstances. But remember; liberalism is the cancer, Obama is the mole.

      • MichaelLee1

        I hear you my friend!

        • Anonymous

          :-)

      • MichaelLee1

        I hear you! But please,don’t feel for me. I can handle this. Feel for all the patriotic,God loving people who haven’t a clue. We need them to join us. God bless my friend!

        • Anonymous

          You are absolutely right. We are the messengers for our misguided friends that have an ear to hear.

          God chose my situation and I am grateful for His wisdom. He has denied me many material possessions but has blessed me and my family in so many other ways.

          • MichaelLee1

            Amen! It’s good versus evil and we will prevail my friend!

            • Anonymous

              You got it brother. We’re on the same team and the battle is already won.

        • ApplePie101

          That’s the mentality that made America. Independence, self-reliance, compassion, and courage. You are an inspiration.

    • Anonymous

      Michael, I hear your pain. I drive a vehicle that is from 1991 and that has 188000+ miles on it. My husband happens to know a bit about mechanical engineering that’s why that old vehicle still makes. It does not have any major problem except that it has a leak head gasket where Stop Leak comes in handing every time. The radio is fried and the heater is a shadow of its former self. I have been taught what to do if finding myself in major trouble. Whenever I tell my friends that fact, they look at me and they smile – thinking I am kidding them or crazy to not get a better car! I dream of a Prius every day! Or closer to my dream, some doable second-hand-pass-me-down vehicle. But just like you, I am hanging in there, that day will surely come! :)

  • http://profiles.google.com/michael.andrew.alaniz Michael Alaniz

    If Michele doesn’t win, how about a Gingrich/Bachmann ticket? Former Speaker of the House of Rep. and a Federal Tax Attorney and Congresswoman. That would be steller!

  • Anonymous

    I am not surprised because Bachmann’s positions, like Levin’s, are based on Constitutional principles not political expedience.

  • Anonymous

    Like me , he support the only 2 reals conservatives in the race

  • Anonymous

    Ultimately, I would go with Bachman. Gingrich for me has integrity issues (and I just listened to the Meller clip RED posted up and felt so guilty… I was like “darn, Meller’s got my number!”); Paul thinks AlQuaeda just needs some love; Cain, as good as he is, has dithered TOO Much on issues (the abortion gaffes made me too suspicious of his stamina and his determination to stand up for real conservative causes were he to get into office at all and I’m sorry folks but he hasn’t handled this stuff with the scandals convincingly); Perry also has integrity issues for me, major ones; And Huntsman and Romney are no-goes for me (I can’t stand the idea of a president that genuinely believes Jesus was Satan’s kid brother and insists on being called a true Christian in the process, of course their policies are disagreeable as well as I do not see from them how they are true conservatives.); Santorum is great but Bachman just skims past him 4 me.

    If you’ve been paying attention to any of my contributions since I began commenting on trs, you’ll see this has been a journey. I have been a Cainiac, A Gingrich lover and even considered Paul at one stage but seeing all I do as of today… Bachman might just be America’s answer to Margaret Thatcher. However, see this how you will, but I feel it is telling when a people cannot find a man credible enough to lead them and turn instead to a woman. For me, it is a sign that God wants to prove a point to that nation; A humbling point. Just ask Deborah.

    • Anonymous

      Why Bachmann rather than Santorum?

      I’m for Cain, of course (and all signs now indicate that he is staying in the race), but I would like to hear a deeper dive on both Bachmann’s and Santorum’s backgrounds, pluses, minuses, etc.

    • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

      That’s what’s good about this whole process- so you can go in, get “aquainted” with all the candidates, and if it takes going back and forth before you come to a solid choice- that only makes you well informed ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1492030437 Adele McConnell

    I used to think Levin was intelligent. Buh bye, Mark.

    • Anonymous

      So The Great One is stupid for supporting real conservatives that supposedly can’t win?

      Just because he doesn’t sell out his principles he’s stupid??

      • Anonymous

        Good one NH.

  • Mr. EMT

    The voting record and stances bachmann takes on the issues is the right direction…
    However once she opens her mouth she proves she is more of a detriment to the causes than any type of help.
    She is the worst thing for the conservative party.
    Had she been running her campaign with out the hypocritical attacks, the lies, an the pandering slogan promises she would probably be running away with the campaign.
    However, she has a serious character flaw, and the lying pandering hypocrisies are only symptoms.

    For people who somehow do not know what I refer to:
    http://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghengler/2011/11/25/debate_flashback_when_bachmann_supported_a_non-deportation_approach_to_illegal_immigration

    http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/09/16/does-michele-bachmann-have-a-crony-problem-too/

    Santorum is a good conservative who lost his way and lost his seat.
    But if he continues sticking to his guns will one day make a good leader.
    Im not sure what I think of someone who comes fresh from a defeat from their local home state.. and tries to sell himself as the person everyone else wants.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah it’s a shame Bachmann hasn’t sold out her principles to support in state tuition for illegals and mandating vaccines!

      • Mr. EMT

        I would ask if you are joking, but since I just posted the two links making a lie of what you just said I have to ask instead if you are illiterate.

        The townhall link is her making an ass of herself endorsing a path to amnesty while condemning newt for doing the same.
        The link to pjmedia is details over her support of minnisota’s mandated hep B vaccine while taking over 140k from drug lobbyists, including and especially from merck’s only competitor.

        • Anonymous

          You really don’t get it do you?

          • Mr. EMT

            Yes I do more than you

        • Anonymous

          1. The first one isn’t her best moment, it’s a 30 second clip. She never actually said she’d let them all stay, but she’d have to consider alot of factors.

          2. Show me where she voted to mandate a vaccine. The link you gave talked about money from pharma companies. The guy ended it saying he didn’t think the crony capitalism charge applied to Perry or Bachmann.

          On the other hand there’s alot more on Perry:

          http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/perry-and-the-jets/

          http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/rick-perrys-dirty-dell-deal-more-cronyism-and-corruption/

          http://thespeechatimeforchoosing.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/crony-capitalism-rick-perrys-corrupt-pay-to-play-enterprise-fund-recipients-miss-job-targets-in-texas/

          No go ahead, make some more excuses for your phony conservative!

          • Mr. EMT
            • Anonymous

              Still don’t see anything about her voting for any mandates in that.

              And I’ll take MB’s record of sticking to her principles over Perry any day of the week.

              Again, why is Perry against e verify??

              If he was a real conservative he’d be for it and wouldn’t be giving in state tuition to illegals!

              You have no defense for that, just pathetic excuses!

              • Mr. EMT

                So you read that article from Ace of Spades and you are now trying to claim Bachmann voted against the Hep B mandate in her state that came with no form of opt out or parental right protections?
                Maybe I posted the wrong Ace article exposing bachmann’s brainless tardasil objections that you are here parroting because there is also this one
                http://www.voicesempower.com/pushback-against-bachmann%E2%80%99s-gardasil-statement/ going into additional detail about it
                and here
                http://ace.mu.nu/archives/321327.php

                And some others i can keep posting but you get the idea.
                No one in thier right mind is attacking Perry over gardasil right now because of the fact you come off as a raving paranoid delusional fruitcake that even Ron Paul thinks is “out there”

                Especially in light of the facts
                http://ace.mu.nu/archives/321445.php

                http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/md-anderson-president-opposing-hpv-vaccine-unethic/

                Perry on E-verify
                http://rightwingnews.com/interviews/interviewing-rick-perry-on-illegal-immigration-2/

                Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Perry
                “The federal government has failed on border crime and border enforcement, and no candidate for president has done more to secure the border than Governor Rick Perry,” Arpaio said in a statement. “I have been watching Governor Perry and Texas closely and know his border surge operations with state, local and federal law enforcement officials have helped shut down the illegal trafficking of weapons, drugs and people. I’m endorsing Rick Perry because we need a tough-on-crime president who will champion and fund full-time border security operations from Brownsville to San Diego. Governor Perry has a superior border security record and plan to make our border and our nation safer.”

                • Anonymous

                  In your first link it shows that when Minnesota passed a Hep B vaccine mandate in 1993 that MB wasn’t in office. She didn’t vote for it and had no voice to stop it. So don’t pretend she made the same mistake as Perry.

                  If the HPV mandate was such a great thing then why did Perry admit it was a mistake?

                  MB was wrong to use the mothers example that HPV vaccine causes mental retardation. Perry was wrong to try to mandate it. It’s NOT the role of gov’t:
                  http://michellemalkin.com/2011/09/15/yes-cancer-sucks-but/

                  It says Gov’t knows best not the individual.

                  And why was Perry against the Arizona law before he was for it? Why the flip flop?

                  The statement he made on e verify sounds good,but he is 100% WRONG on in state tuition. They already have a high school education funded by the taxpayers but now we have to subsidize their college too???? Why not use the same argument for an out of state US citizen, saying they’ll be a burden on society too if they don’t get the discount? Maybe their state colleges aren’t as good as the ones in Texas or they don’t offer the desired major for them. Why stop on in state tuition for illegals? Maybe they need daycare, a new car, and a big house subsidized by taxpayers to avoid being burdens on society.

                  Perry’s argument is one of big gov’t compassionate conservatism. It’s too bad you can’t admit that instead of making excuses.

                • Mr. EMT

                  Actually its been the governments role to mandate vaccines since about 1777 starting with George Washington vaccinating the colonial militia.
                  It was continued by Jefferson and in 1813- US Congress authorizes and James Madison signs “An Act to Encourage Vaccination.” This establishes a National Vaccine Agency. James Smith, physician from Baltimore, becomes the National Vaccine Agent. Text is available at http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/vaccines/vac_act_1813.pdf.

                  Furthermore
                  1905- The US Supreme Court in the case of Jacobsen Vs. Massachusetts upholds the constitutionality of mandatory smallpox vaccination to preserve the public health. Court decision articulated that the freedom of individual must sometimes be subordinated to the common welfare. It also articulated that vaccination rested in the “police power” of the state. While acknowledging the potential for vaccines to cause adverse reactions and the inability to determine whether a particular person can be safely vaccinated, the Court rejected exemption based on personal choice.

                  So your claim that it is not the government has no right to mandate is blown totally out of the water.

                  You want to argue about the efficacy of the Vaccine verses the disease it prevents, come back when you have training and education equal to or higher than mine. I’ll let you slide on experience since I have been on the front line of the medical profession well beyond the average burn out period.
                  AS far as im concerned neither you nor Ms. Malkin has any experience nor knowlege to be allowed an opinion on THAT aspect of it.

                  If the HPV mandate was such a great thing then why did Perry admit it was a mistake?

                  Perry has already explained why it is a mistake past the point of beating the dead horse into glue.
                  Furthermore whether or not Texas is one of the last states to include gardasil in the list of vaccines or not, it will happen.
                  And in order for it to be paid for by insurance and government funded health care programs it has to be a REQUIRED vaccine. Which means either by mandate or by doctors order.

                  It is an astounding example of ignorance for so called conservatives to be on the “I can do what I want to do because the government cant make me do anything I dont want to do” side of DISEASE.

                  If the topic was over Aids and it was an infected aids victim you would not think twice about the idea of placing the person under arrest and isolating them if they engaged in risky behavior.
                  But the idea of getting a shot sends you screaming and pissing your panties despite the empiracal evidence showing how affective and safe the vaccine is and that it prevents cancer.
                  Conservatives had an opportunity to seize a golden moment over this, and lost it because people such as YOU and bachmann think you can win a cause by lying your ass off about the facts.

                  Bringing us to your BS claim that the Texas Dream Act is a subsidy, which is a bald faced lie.
                  You have been shown the proof that there is ZERO language in the Texas Dream Act taking tax money from citizens and giving it to illegals.

                  Why not use the same argument for an out of state US citizen,

                  The main reason is we do not feel the need to bend over backwards for outsiders who have invested nothing in Texas.
                  Which is why you have had to have been here for at least three years and graduated from high school with a diploma or GED and go through the ENTIRE immigration process with no short cuts.

                  Where is the benefit for Texans to force them to pay more and therefor take more from federal grant money and scholarships that they can qualify for, or worse, discourage them from an education and keep them on welfare?
                  Grow the hell up.
                  Not one single Founding Father would support your attitude.

                  The worst things you can say about Perry on this subject is he did nothing Reagan would not have done.
                  And he signed a bill into law that had 99% of 200 legislative votes behind it.
                  NO ONE WOULD HAVE VETOED THAT BILL.

                  Facts are that no one running against Perry would have handled either situation better than Perry did.
                  And his loudest critics would have absolutely handled it worse.
                  I guarantee you not malkin, not bachmann, not newt or santorum or cain could tell you who Heather Burcham is.
                  But I know for a stone cold hard fact Perry does.

                  Why stop on in state tuition for illegals? Maybe they need daycare, a new car, and a big house subsidized by taxpayers to avoid being burdens on society.

                  Perry has Passed Voter Id, passed laws preventing illegals from obtaining drivers licence, vetoed bill that would have allowed them to use a mexican national ID for Texas Identification purposes among other legislative actions preventing Texans from being exploited.
                  There is no one at the table that has a better record and a more affective plan to deal with the border and immigration. Just ask Joe Arpaio.
                  There is NO ONE who has a better conservative record than Perry, ask Senator Inholfe, Wayne Christian, Marcus Luttrell, Dr. Melisa Coulthier, Ted Nugent and about 20 others I can name off.

                  Your candidate has NO ONE who can amount to the value of one of those people.

                • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

                  Amen brother pour the wine.

                • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

                  REally, you are 100% wrong about everything. I wish you had stayed in Minnieapolis.

                • Anonymous

                  Have fun at the next La Raza rally

  • ApplePie101

    Bachmann, because she’s fought Obama’s health care law relentlessly, organizing rallies against it and trying to get it defunded at every legislative opportunity. Her record proves that she will kill it if given the chance. I’m not sure the same can be said of Newt, and definitely not Romney.

    • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

      All that and she’s wanting to get rid of the Dept. of education and bring it back to the states.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Meyer/100001861954200 Jim Meyer

    You can also add Sarah Palin to the list of those recommending that GOP primary and caucus voters take a closer look at Rick Santorum.

    Governor Palin appeared on Sean Hannity’s television show Thursday evening. She sidestepped a question about whether she would endorse any particular candidate in the Republican field (to the great disappointment of our friends who have decided to back Speaker Gingrich, no doubt). She praised not just Speaker Gingrich, but ALL of the GOP Presidential hopefuls (including, sadly, the infelicitous Wrong Paul). She seemed most enthusiastic, however, in her praise for Senator Rick Santorum.

    I know it’s fashionable for the punditry, and most voters, too, to dismiss Senator Santorum out of hand as a Presidential candidate. Given his poor (to this point) performance in the various polls, it’s even understandable. But the reason Senator Santorum is polling so poorly is because nobody is even looking at him. Even people who SAY they’ve looked at him and written him off haven’t REALLY looked at him.

    And why is that? Because he’s being shrouded by the media.

    In the glorified three-ring circuses that have been presented as “Presidential debates”, it’s not at all uncommon to see Mitt Romney asked three or four questions, and to see Speaker Gingrich, Mr. Cain, Governor Perry, Congresswoman Bachmann and even Wrong Paul asked one or two questions apiece, before Senator Santorum is asked even ONE question.

    Would someone please explain to me why this is the least bit fair?

    More to the point, would someone please explain to me how any primary or caucus voter can intelligently evaluate nine Presidential candidates when the media–at their discretion and their discretion alone–steer the attention to two or three candidates by allowing them to effectively monopolize the available air time?

  • Anonymous

    This guy has the worst radio voice I’ve ever heard, he’s the only guy the local radio station I can’t listen to for more than 5 minutes. He doesn’t really say anything interesting or shocking either, I get the feeling he’s just saying what he thinks the “unwashed masses” want to hear. Maybe Limbaugh has spoiled me as far as radio hosts go.

    • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

      my husband used to hate him for the same reasons, until I stopped turning the radio off and made him listen ;-) Give him some more time. He really is one of the most intelligent guys out there and he makes a lot of sense.

      • Anonymous

        like learning to drink straight whiskey

        • http://no-apologies-round2.blogspot.com/ AmericanborninCanada

          DOH! I never did get the hang of straight anything LOL. A shot of Jack Daniels every now and then with Dr. Pepper is about all I can take anymore ;-)

          • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

            Oh my!

  • Anonymous

    Not surprised at all. I say again; the media is trying, and probably will succeed, in choosing our candidates for us. The frontrunners are not as conservative as we would like but they know we will vote for them anyway because they are Republican. But, as we know, a Republican does not a Conservative make. That’s why the true Conservatives are not getting the airplay or the commentary. Herman Cain rose to the top and look what happened there, deserved or not. You saw what happened to Sarah Palin. They are going to keep pushing the quasi-Conservatives on us until we are forced to choose one. The real Conservatives will continue to be minimized until we lose heart and accept their choice. It is up to you not to accept their choice. Look what happened last time. Do Not Listen To The Media!

    • Anonymous

      I can replace “media” with “RNC” and eveything you wrote is still true

      • Anonymous

        Well said. Disgusting, but well said. The RNC is folding up. I get hit left and right for donations but I just tell ‘em, “I gave at the pump.”

  • Anonymous

    I am not thrilled with this field. However, I would pick Bachmann out of the 2 Mark mentioned. I will vote for the Republican nominee unless it is Ron Paul, John Huntsman or, and I am sorry for this, rick santorum. I refuse to even capitalize the guys name. It’s a personal thing for me with santorum, I will never vote for him not even for dog catcher or mosquito control. I loathe the man. If he, Huntsman or Paul were to be the nominee I would not cast a vote in the Presidential election. Sorry to say it but it’s how I feel.

    • Anonymous

      Ok. Why?

      • Anonymous

        rick santorum not only turned his back on but rebuked what he called a 30 year good friend. Sorry, this guys just a piece of garbage in my eyes and I will NEVER pull a lever for him.

    • Anonymous

      whatever. I guess your feelings are more important that beating Obama…

      • Anonymous

        I have a conscience my man and I can never, in good conscience, pull the lever for Ron Paul because of his foreign policy that will be disastrous, John Huntsman because he is a liberal nor rick santorum because he is a guy that pats you on the back while calling you a friend that’s just looking for the soft spot to slide the knife in later when he thinks the folks will be cool with it. Sorry.

    • http://twitter.com/cfallon57 Cheryl Fallon

      Then don’t complain about the country if you choose not to vote.

      • Anonymous

        Cheryl, I will have to take the George Carlin approach to your cliched comment.
        The people that don’t vote have the most right to complain. If you vote for a person that is NO good and that person is elected and does NO good, you are the one that put them there. The person that did not vote is forced to live with the problem you caused by voting for and electing a dirt bag. So it is you, who voted, that has ZERO right to complain. Oh, by the way, where did you invent that I was complaining about my country? I simply stated that I will never vote for Ron Paul, John Huntsman or the pond scum (rick santorum). I will never vote for Mr. Obama either. All the other Republican candidates in the field will get my vote. Even if I have to hold my nose while doing so.

        • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

          Oh my quoting an addict comic, is sad. Truth is if you do not vote, you have no say. Chat all you want, but shooting a gun with no bullets, is your case.

          • Anonymous

            LOL! I think you and I are actually on the same page here, over all.
            I was simply trying to inject a little humor with you but I am sorry you took it so seriously. I just DO NOT LIKE ricky santorum is all I was ever trying to get across.

  • Maxsteele

    I agree wholeheartedly with both Levin and Beck on this one. Bachmann and Santorum are the two most honorable and stready candidates. Yet, like him believe that anyone would be better then Obama. Heck, you could write “Republican” on a rock and I would rather vote for it then Obama.

  • http://twitter.com/Winston80 Winston

    Rick Santorum is excellent…

  • Anonymous

    Rick Santorum!

  • Anonymous

    I stand with Perry. If he drops out, I go with Newt.

    If he falls, I stay home for Romney and prepare civil disobedience when/if obama gets re-elected.

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      I will still write Perry in.

  • Mike Lee

    I disagree w/ the idea of Santorum being a good POTUS. I don’t think he has the right temperment, though I can see why he would appeal to conservative voters based on his values matching theirs. Bachmann? I completely agree. Aside from the HPV stupidity, and her habit of saying something really “out there” now and then, I am extremely impressed with her. What concerns me is her lack of executive experience, but at least you know where she stands. She is tough as nails. And look at the caricature the liberal MSM has shamefully painted her with. (“crazy”). Why doesn’t Levin like Perry? There’s a lot to like about Perry.

    My sincerest hope is that the GOP nominates someone who is NOT palatable to the MSM and DC elites.

  • Anonymous

    A conclusion we at our house came to a week ago. Who would you trust with your children’s future? Bachmann and Santorem fit that bill .

  • Anonymous

    Bachman’s remark about that vaccine causing retardation is particularly bad. Does anyone doubt that someone will die as a result of hearing that unquestionably false statement?

    After she said this and learned that the person that told her this was wrong, did she apologize and state she was wrong on this? Part of being great is stating you’ve made a mistake. No one is without mistake.

    That she won’t retract that remark and apologize is selfish and hurtful.

    Sorry folks.

  • Anonymous

    Before we can restore the country to it’s foundational principles we have to win, there is no point going for candidates who cannot win and th reason why a bachmann or a Santorum cannot win is because their conservatism is too obvious folks in the middle don’t like extremes the reason why the ego won is because he hid is leftism well and that is what you want a candidate who is essentially conservative who can appeal to the folks in the middle that way we can actually win and I think newt fits that bill perfectly

    • Anonymous

      This is a primary not the general election. In primaries candidates generally move to their base, in generals they tend to move toward the center.
      Based on your argument it is Romney and Gingrich who are hiding their leftist tendencies during the primary. You don’t even see that it is yourself being fooled.
      Michele has a much broader appeal than you understand. It is Romney and Gingrich who will have the biggest problems making a contrast with Obama. News flash, Obama is losing even his base. Now is not the time to select a candidate who supports so many of the issues that Obama supports. If we nominate another nominal candidate like we did in ’08 we lose. Learn from history.

      • Anonymous

        One problem with ur argument ur advocating for a candidate who can move right and then to the center and bachmann can’t do that only newt and mitt can

        • Anonymous

          I’m not advocating such, you are. I am simply pointing out what you are overlooking. Your last post demonstrates it. You acknowledge that both Mitt and Newt are disingenuous about their true record.

          All the candidates are trying to sound conservative, but these two are obviously other than what they claim to be..by your own admission.

          We the People are done with fake conservatives, we demand a real leader this time. Haven’t you been paying attention?

          Iowans are paying close attention and will have everyone’s attention real soon.

          • Anonymous

            I believe newt will not need to move to the center… the center will move to him because he can sell conservatism using his intellect…i believe mitt will move to the center as for the rest they can do neither. U can win the general two ways move to the center or the center moves to you.

            • Anonymous

              Newt is just a policy wonk like Bill Clinton. Don’t confuse that with brilliance. Newt Gingrich is just another third-way ‘compassionate conservative’ who will do nothing to fix the mess we find ourselves in. It is as if someone took Bill Clinton and George W and smooshed them together….that is who Newt is.

              In contrast, Michele Bachmann is like taking Rick Santorum and the appeal of Ron Paul and smooshing them together. Because of this she has a larger appeal from both Independents and conservative Democrats than you are taking into account.

              This is not 2000, 2004 or even 2008. This election is something completely different. The sleeping giant has awakened.

              • Anonymous

                How do u explain a 90% conservative voting record over 20 yrs and call him a third way conservative…he is as conservative as bachmann… the good thing is he can sell conservatism better than the rest that way the center will move to him.

                • Anonymous

                  Newt is still trying to convince people that he is more conservative than Mitt Romney. And it’s not selling very well.
                  So who do I believe? You or Rush Limbaugh? You or Sen. Tom Coburn? You or Mark Levin?
                  Newt was a co-signer of the Fairness Act of ’87, give me a break. He repeatedly supported the individual mandate before he was against it. He is for amnesty everytime it comes up…in ’86, in ’04 and now again in 2012. You have lost all credibility here and more importantly, so has Newt Gingrich.

                • Anonymous

                  See newt’s side for each of those issues and do ur own research instead of listening to others we can debate each issue and his side of it and it is because he is conservative he took those positions… when he supported the fairness doctrine there was no conservative media…, he was fighting for conservatism when he supported the doctrine, when he did the advert with pelosi …. i can go thru each issue and show u how he has been lied about by the folks whom he did so much for.

                • Anonymous

                  There is absolutely nothing that is conservative about the Fairness Doctrine….nothing. It doesn’t matter how Newt spins it. It is a big government solution to an imaginary problem that government has no business nor authority to get involved in. That is what you don’t understand.

                  So much for Newt’s ability to “sell” conservatism. He is only good at selling-out conservatives and he has a long track record of that very thing. This is why Rush, Sen. Coburn and Mark Levin isn’t buying it.

                • Anonymous

                  it was not imaginary to the conservatives at that time…it may be the wrong solution but that does not change the fact he was fighting for the conservative side at that time

                • Anonymous

                  It was imaginary. The FCC voted to end this 1st Amendment violation in ’87 and this bill co-sponsored by Newt was immediately introduced to make it permanent. The solution ended it’s abuse and Newt’s action demanded that it continue.

                  In a Congress controlled overwhelmingly by the opposing party, it passed by a 3:1 ratio because it was in no conceivable way helpful to the conservative side. It required the action of President Ronald Reagan to veto the bill.

                  The best that Newt could possibly do at this point is apologize profusely for his part in this historically horrendous decision. This is an example of a long list of reasons why Obama and his billion dollars will mop Newt up from the floor.

                  In fact, they are already gearing up and relishing such an opportunity:
                  http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/197173-pelosi-plans-to-reveal-information-about-gingrich-when-the-time-is-right/

                • Anonymous

                  Even if he did apologize I don’t see u forgiving him ….as for the billion dollars if anybody can defend himself it is newt.

                • Anonymous

                  In 1987, the three left-wing networks plus PBS/NPR dominated media, and talk-radio was still nascent; many of America’s most influential conservative activists, including the American Conservative Union and Phyllis Schlafly, supported the Fairness Doctrine at this time.

                • Anonymous

                  Nascent, eh? Do I smell a copy/paste from Newt.org? Yes I do.

                  Tell you what, find credible documented evidence that Phyllis Schlafly supported the Fairness Doctrine, then we’ll talk. Until then, you are spreading an unverifiable rumor.

                  BTW, forgiveness when Newt profusely apologizes, definitely. Trust? So far I see no reason to trust the guy.

                • Anonymous

                  How do u not trust a guy with a 90 % conservative voting record over 20 yrs…beats me trying to understand ur logic

  • Anonymous

    Exactly what does Levin, or anyone, think a Romney or Gingrich would do as POTUS that would jeopardize the conservative agenda? As I run through the major issues I can’t see them altering from what they have stated as their platform…which are platforms that are basically the same as a Santorum or Bachmann…the difference is a Romney or Gingrich have much broader and deeper levels of experience (hence more to find fault with); Gingrich especially has a grasp of the issues unmatched by any of them and he articulates the conservative agenda better than any. Levin is making a leap of faith based on some self imposed purity scale that can only be achieved by a novice. I don’t fear a Romney or Gingrich continuing the progressive agenda and would have much more confidence in them as POTUS than a Santorum or Bachman. And like it or not our candidate does have to win the general…Something a Santorium or Bachman would have a much more difficult time doing than R or G.

    • Anonymous

      Here’s another perspective. Over decades Republicans have compromised away a conservative United States. We are getting more and more and more liberal and the unions are getting bigger and bigger and more powerful. What have Republicans done to stop this? When they get elected everything stays the same….they don’t push back the other way and they don’t take on the unions. When libs get in they demand the moon so we give them half the moon. They come back and get the other half the next time. Conservatism lives and breathes but in our government I’d argue that we’ve completely lost the battle to retain it. I want someone who will push back the other way against big government, against the unions, against the Department of Education, against ACORN and it’s voter fraud, and etc. Bush made government bigger which is NOT conservative. Gingrich and Romney won’t shrink the size of government or the liberal power over the states any more than Bush did. Is that conservatism to allow them to continue a Bush style big government?

      • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

        Oh, now I see, it is all Bush’s fault. Is there an echo in here?

        • Anonymous

          Ok, I know it sounded like I’m blaming Republicans for where we are at, but that’s not my intention. They aren’t innocent by any means, though. My point was that government has gotten bigger and bigger and bigger (mostly because of the left) and when Republicans got the power they didn’t try to shrink it back. Bush actually expanded the government and intentionally created more socialism….the drug program (which has added a huge amount to our debt). It’s not all Bush’s fault by any means, but he contributed his fair share. Point to a time in recent history where Republicans have reduced the size of government instead of letting it ride statis quo. They never took on the unions, they never tried to reign in the Department of Education, they haven’t controlled spending, and etc.

  • Anonymous

    Romney, Gingrich, Perry, Huntsman Are Progressives on the Right side, they are equal to Lindsey Graham, John McCain, you don’t know for sure they are going to be on your side. There will be things that they will say and do, and I will be yelling I told you so. Michelle Bachmann, and Rick Santorum are the True Conservatives. All you have to do is look at the Flip Flops, the voting records, where they stand on Illegal Immigration. You will see it. Newt is for a Reagan Amnesty, Romney is for Amnesty, Huntsman is so Liberal he will give amnesty, and Rick Perry you have no heart if you don’t think they deserve all the goodies. Gees Rick and Michelle have been staunch, consistent and they know their stuff. Rick S. speaks with passion, and Conviction. Mark Levin and Sarah Palin are right. They are the only conservatives in the race, and they will restore this republic. Both are Not Owned by anyone either. The others are chasing the big bucks and will do favors, their records prove it.

    • Anonymous

      This is part of why I have reservations about Gingrich. I think he can be bought and he’s about as establishment as you can get. I don’t know if I’d lump Perry in there as Progressive, but you are right about that one position he takes on illegals. However, he has put a lot of boots on the ground to try to keep them out. Being so, that tells me that when they get in he can’t get rid of them because of a sleeping federal government so he has to do something with them. Either give them welfare or try to make them tax payers. But, it pisses me off because a carrot is a carrot is a carrot. You offer them and education and a job and they want to come. Offer them nothing and make sure no businesses offer them nothing and they go gome. Other than that I think Perry’s pretty damn conservative, but that IS a big one.

      • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

        Now it is Perry’s fault, people are hiring illegals? If you read this, you may realize, few illegals stop in Texas, they go to Iowa,and points Ne, where they are hired, so gratefully. They even go to Canada. You see, you really don’t grasp the problem. They just grabbed an illegal, after 30 years, in where, oh, Chicago. Must have been a community organizer.

        • Anonymous

          What the hell is wrong with you? I say I disagree with a position a candidate is taking and you accuse me of blaming everything on him? I said Perry is pretty damn conservative but I didn’t like his position on in-state tuition for illegals. I ALSO said that he can’t deport them so he’s trying to make them into tax payers and not tax burdens. That’s not an insult to Perry. Quit trying to twist my words by saying I’m blaming Republicans and Perry. In case you haven’t noticed, Republicans are not squeeky clean like you seem to think they are. But, I am a Perry supporter, and how does that happen if I think he’s to blame for everything. Geez, get off it.

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      Uno mas imbecil, if you are born in the USA, you have no heart, if you refuse them an education.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Dias/1680711668 Chris Dias

    I like him!! I haven’t looked at Rick Santorum much because he’s a hot head. Maybe I’ll look at him closer now.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FYVERNVVEL7KWT6UKIKYNCEMLM Douglas

    Really? Are you sure, because at one time you thought Perry was the guy. Have you finally got your facts together or are we going to have some nasty surprise about one of them too?

    • Anonymous

      Considering that the media sent dozens of dirt diggers up to Alaska to destroy Palin when she wasn’t even the Presidential candidate (and got 30,000 pages of her emails) should tell us what they will do to any other big threat to Obama. I think we can look forward to the media trying to destroy anyone we put forward…the more conservative, the bigger the attack. Thank God for alternative media and Fox news because we are finally breaking the strangle-hold the MSM has on the information we receive.

      • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

        I still like the black rock myth. It just cracks me up. What a great myth. Next. what is it, Perry singing ‘Swannie”? Well, Cain found out, no one is safe from the media. I send my regrets to him. What’s next? Has Newt banned Tiger Woods from his golf course.

  • Anonymous

    I agree with Mark that I will support the nominee.
    But I do not want Bachmann or Santorum.

  • bobemakk

    Guess if I said Gingrich/Cain in 2012 everyone would jump at me.

    • Anonymous

      That was ticket also.

      Let ‘um jump!

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      I guess I am just old fashioned, Perry/Newt.

  • Anonymous

    Santorum would have trouble carrying his home state of PA and Bachman still has hoof n mouth disease. Both would get destroyed by the media and the DNC.

  • Anonymous

    Exactly the two I thought, Bachmann and Santorum! I still like Bachmann the most myself. I really can’t see why she isn’t gaining any ground. Maybe it is because she is so open about her religious belief’s, although she has made it clear that certain of her belief’s should not be regulated by the government and that she wouldn’t do it.

  • Anonymous

    I knew this about Levin all the while. I agree with him on Michele.

  • GregorMandelbaum

    I like the idea of Bachmann, despite the appearance she has no chance. I had dismissed Santorum, perhaps in error, and will be at least taking a long, critical look at him before I revisit that decision one more time. I’m not locked into any candidate. I even like many things about Ron Paul and am sad to see Cain bowing out, though I guess it was time – not because of anything he did but because of the withering fire he’s under from the hypocrites on the left. Levin’s comments here are golden. Agree right down the line. If the Republicans can’t get it together it’s time for the rise of a 3rd party that can defeat both of the dinosaurs that are running things now.

  • GregorMandelbaum

    Should Bachmann, or for that matter, Santorum, come from behind to get the nod, it wouldn’t be the first time. I was going to just post there, but as I went for the button I saw, in the right column, “Martin Bashir says…”. Why do I care what he says? Why is what he says even visible to me, here in particular? He says Cain should resign from church? I think twisted people like Bashir should believe their own nonsense about carbon footprints and supposed overpopulation and resulting environmental damage and stop wasting perfectly good oxygen! Voluntarily – I’m not saying anyone should assist them, other than Kevorkian, perhaps.

    • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

      Works for the progressive liberals. Well, maybe not all the time.

  • Anonymous

    Last night was the “Huckabee Debate”. It was actually a one-at-a-time interview by three elected Attorneys General of the remaining candidates. It was marvelous.

    Biggest losers: Bob Scheiffer, Brian Williams, Wolf Blitzer, and all the other liberal hacks posing as unbiased, thoughtful debate moderators. This forum was a clear illustration of why WE should be running our own debates and without liberal interference.

    Biggest winner: Newt Gingrich. Still the master of of issues and processes. He has an impressive ability to list problems and causes, plus paint a clear picture how to go about correcting them.

    Least helped: Mitt Romney. Even when he was making good points he sounded like he was making excuses. He appears to constantly be in defense mode. Maybe it’s his hurried, stuttering manner of speaking.

    Most helped: Rick Perry. There is a lot of Ronald Reagan in this guy. He’s relaxed and happy. Even when a term won’t come to his mind or thought won’t congeal, you know it’s not because he’s lost or stalling. He has Constitutional convictions and a national vision.

    Biggest winner. The American electorate.

  • Anonymous

    Michele Bachmann is number one. She has the humility, integrity, knowledge, self discipline, and graciousness to be one of the greatest leaders America has ever known…I admire her strength and courage. She is the one to help get our nation back on track. I really believe she can do it.

  • http://twitter.com/PoeAllen Allen Poe

    Mark, for you. Thanks. Same message I have been preaching for 30 years. If we can just get people to vote. If we can just get people to vote for their beliefs. This is what the USA is all about. Stop dreaming for perfect candidate, start working for your country,or, it’s gone…

  • Anonymous

    Everyone talks of Bachmanns conviction but I disagree. The way she danced around the issue of women being submissive to their husbands was discouraging. I guess she didn’t think it was politically expedient to explain the issue. It doesn’t mean a woman has to bow her head to her husband it means she is to honor her husband and a husband is to love his wife as he loves Jesus Christ. That’s it. She won’t defend her faith for politics so what makes people think she would defend conservatism in the face of the adversity? She is a politician like some of the others. I would prefer not vote for a person who has not run anything.

  • Arlea M.- Spencer Norton

    Unfortunately, neither one of these would be capable of taking the lead over Obama. To get out of this mess we must vote intelligently. Pick the one most likely to win.

    • Anonymous

      I will. I am voting Bachmann and on Jan 3rd you will understand why. She will get the Ron Paul vote when their guy isn’t nominated. This is a 10% advantage that cannot be ignored. They will not support any other candidate.

      Obama is less popular than Carter now. Simple math shows that Michele is most likely to win the Presidency. Much more likely than either Mitt or Newt.

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