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(BrightCitizen.com) Just looking at Reuters you see headlines such as
Gingrich’s nods to history don’t impress scholars
Virginia ballot shows Gingrich organization woes
it would very much seem like people don’t want to see Gingrich take off with his campaign. Clearly there is attack even from Mitt. Why is it that we have to listen to all the complaints from unknown personalities when we’ve got some pretty solid performance from a known personality.
We are all tired of politics as usual.
Country music singer summarizes the Obama plan in song. Check out an OP-ED piece in the media to follow up on it here.
(BrightCitizen.com) Another debate ends in the United States of America for the Republican Party nomination. The debates have become a very effective way for Americans to conclude which candidate they like best.
Strangely, the bulldog status of the events seems to have been taken up by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota. As a candidate of no particular influence, it seems her message is not to actually have a message but to attack whomever is a front runner in the polls.
In the debates, the Bachmann bulldog has locked on to the poll leading candidates with various criticisms such as Perry over Texas immunizations, Cain over his 999 plan, and Romney over not being a true conservative or flip flopping (which we tend to agree on that).
Today in Sioux City Iowa, Bachmann attacked mostly Gingrich for not being a true conservative (despite a record to the contrary) and try to label him as a lobbyist for working as a consultant in the housing industry. Will it stick?
Most likely not, as factual errors and dwindling interest have taken the air out of Bachmann’s political balloon. From the bulldog perspective, Bachman has been like Hillary Clinton in the 2007 election primaries. However, Bachmann has not got the support among Christians (whom she is trying to court), women, or any other special groups of influence at this time. The only person to really talk supporting her is Glenn Beck who many see as a front for actually supporting Romney or Huntsman later on due to his background religious connections.
It will be interesting to see if Bachmann can get any momentum in her campaign. We certainly would like to see more ideas of her own and an end to criticizing others because they have higher numbers in the polls.
(BrightCitizen.com) Newt Gingrich says keep the campaign positive. Excellent advice we would like every aspiring politician to adhere to.
Dear supporters and staff, Since I announced my candidacy for President of the United States, I have made it clear that I intended to run a positive, solutions-based campaign. There is not doubt, these are difficult times for our country.
The American people deserve a respectful and constructive campaign that focuses on a vision for rebuilding the country we love. It is critical the Republican nominee emerge from this primary campaign un-bloodied, so that he or she can make the case against President Obama from a position of strength.
For these reasons I have refrained from launching attacks on my Republican opponents, though I have reserved the right to respond when my record has been distorted. On Monday this occurred when Governor Romney and I engaged in what in diplomatic circles is called “a frank exchange” over our respective records in the private sector.
That same day, however, Mr. Romney announced, “I’m not going to say outrageous things that can be used to hang [a GOP opponent] down the road.”
I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. So let us hope that from this point forward we can devote our energies to real issues, such as discussing our plans for our nation’s economic recovery and helping to create millions of new jobs for the American people.
I also want to reiterate to each of you what I have said from the beginning of our campaign, and most recently last Saturday in Iowa: We will run a positive campaign focused on our country’s future. We will not be running any negative advertising. With Ronald Reagan’s eleventh commandment in mind, we will ask our supporters not to contribute to any so-called SuperPAC that runs negative ads against any other Republican contender and we will discourage ad hominem attacks on our fellow Republicans.
Therefore, I am instructing all members of my campaign staff and respectfully urge anyone acting as a surrogate for our campaign to avoid initiating attacks on other Republican candidates.
It is my hope that my Republican opponents will join me in this commitment. Running a positive solutions-based campaign is the only way to guarantee President Obama is not reelected. Thank you as always for your support and enthusiasm.
Sincerely,
(BrightCitizen.com) As we were leaning towards throwing our support towards Mitt Romney a few months back, however we have seen actions of the campaign speak even louder than his words.
With Mitt Romney advertising that misquotes Obama, and now another round of adverts misquoting and misleading on Gingrich, it is clear that Romney has gone towards Darth Vader’s ‘Dark Side’ as the famous Star Wars movie scripts the evil character coercing the good character Luke Skywalker to ‘Come To The Dark Side’.
In American politics, the candidates are held to higher standards than their Asian and European counterparts. If you do a search on Mitt Romney + lying + liar you will find sites like Rolling Stone magazine, ABC News and a myriad of bloggers highlighting the misuse of information by the Romney campaign. Americans are not so ignorant to believe misquotes by any candidate.
We truly hope that positive will take the campaigning to a higher level. Maybe Romney could learn a thing or two from passionately positive Tim Tebow, quarterback of the Denver Broncos. Build up people, and everyone does well.
(BrightCitizen.com) At BrightCitizen the only GOP candidate we have met is Mr. Mitt Romney back in 2006. We were impressed with him. However as we look back at the experience, it is clear that is what he was trying to do… hoping to impress. The Economist magazine was not impressed as we were and commented that he was a bad speaker and was not good with crowds. We did not agree with the UK-based magazine (they call themselves a ‘newspaper’) as we saw the contrary in person.
In his second attempt for the US President election, we had thought Mitt Romney was knowledgeable, a good speaker and very professional. His business experience has been a point that stood out to us as the writers at BrightCitizen are all business professionals and believe there are too many lawyers in Washington DC.
However, it seems the media is shoving Mitt Romney down our throats. Yes, he has been endorsed by New Jersey Chris Christie (another lawyer), but most Americans are clueless on who the governor of New Jersey is. Why is it that candidates such as Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich seemed to be judged as unfit for debate while Romney is getting all the attention?
In November, things have begun to change. We are happy to see many people beginning to connect with Newt. We disconnected with Mitt’s message this summer as he doesn’t seem mind attacking, belittling, and misquoting not only the good guys he was competing against, but also Barak Obama. His TV advertising is outright lying that reflects back on the whole Republican party. He started with Barak Obama, but now seems to be lying about and misquoting Mr. Gingrich. What kind of integrity is this?
If you read the comment sections of most news websites, you will also notice there has been a steady interest in, and excitement about, Ron Paul. There really doesn’t seem to be that same excitement for Mitt Romney. It just seems that most Americans accepted him as the lesser of two evils when compared to Barry Obama.
Do you think the polls are really the reason why Mitt gets so much press?
Although chances of Texas Governor Rick Perry being selected candidate of the Republican party are nearly zero, his advertisement hits the nail on the head recognizing the anti-Christian environment promoted by Barak Obama, atheists, and some politicians in America.
(BrightCitizen.com) Yet again we see Donald Trump threatening to run for the US president. Apparently he will be moderating a debate in December. In a recent telephone interview he stated, if he’s not satisfied with the party nominee – he’ll run as an independent saying,
“If I endorse somebody, I’m with that person,” Trump said by phone in Florida. “But if somebody else gets in who I think is somebody that I don’t think is appropriate for the job, I don’t think could win, I don’t think would well and would maybe not be a good president, and if the economy continues to be bad, I would run as an independent, yes. I don’t want to do that, I love what I’m doing, and I’m doing it well, but if — if — those circumstances happen to happen, I would do that, yes.”
No one is going to be completely satisfied with any candidate. We have learned from Barak Obama that the president needs to have experience not just the ability to whip up a crowd. People are not satisfied with politicians but Mr. Trump running for President would likely just be a side show as most people will not consider him a serious candidate for President. Our request to Mr. Trump, please focus on your business.
(BrightCitizen.com) Amnesty International seems to promote fairness and liberty. Their motto is
Working to protect human rights.
However, when you look at their actions there seems to be a bit of hypocrisy. Human rights do not apply to world leaders they don’t like. Good national leaders sometimes have to make difficult decisions and administer the law of the land.
What may have started out as a good idea seems to just be a platform to attack people that don’t agree with “Amnesty”. Recently, they called for the arrest of the Bush family as they travel Africa. How can a group outside of the justice system of a sovereign nation decide what is right or wrong?
There is definitely abuse in our world. There needs to be a voice that is compassionate and working to end the horrible acts towards our fellow man in the world. However, Amnesty International approaches the Greenpeace style of pushing your way over listening to others and advocating violence rather than resolving issues though dialog and due process.
(BrightCitizen.com) The answer is very clear. For any candidate of substance, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are the two that will be left standing. That is barring any ‘skeletons in the closet’ that the media can dig up and use against them.
What about the others?
What do you think?