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1 elizajane  Tue, Jun 28, 2011 6:19:28pm

Far be it from me to stick up for the Martian Representative in any way, but this Ron Carey seems completely idiotic and I don’t understand why anybody is listening to him. I mean, I wouldn’t exactly trust somebody whose criteria for president are as follows, taken from the original article:

“I know Tim Pawlenty very well. He is a family man filled with faith and conservative convictions proven in action. He will make a great president. I know Michele Bachmann very well. She is a faithful conservative with great oratory skills, but without any leadership experience or real results from her years in office.”

And here’s how Carey describes his own Republican credentials:

“A native Iowan, I write as a former participant in the Iowa process. In 1976, days before my 18th birthday, I attended my very first caucus in a farmhouse outside my hometown of Fredericksburg, Ia., and caucused for a man who would one day become our greatest president: Ronald Wilson Reagan.”

So why should we take his opinion on anything?

[Link: www.desmoinesregister.com…]

2 Political Atheist  Tue, Jun 28, 2011 6:22:32pm

re: #1 elizajane

So why should we take his opinion on anything?

Because he was there, eye witness. Working for Reagan hardly disqualifies him from having insights into modern candidates.

3 elizajane  Tue, Jun 28, 2011 6:32:25pm

re: #2 Rightwingconspirator

Because he was there, eye witness. Working for Reagan hardly disqualifies him from having insights into modern candidates.

Carey didn’t work for Reagan. He was merely involved in a caucus, at age 17, in which the Greatest President Ever won early approval. Whoopee. Hero worship of some unreal, mystical Reagan is de rigeur on the Right, but does not qualify you as an outstanding judge of governing ability.

Carey seems to think that Pawlenty is qualified to be president because he is a family man filled with faith. This does not fill me with confidence in his judgement.

4 Political Atheist  Tue, Jun 28, 2011 6:36:07pm

re: #3 elizajane

So… He might be wrong given this bad judgement and Michelle is actually ready? I’m just not seeing it. Think what you will, he is right this time. And I think we need not take his word for it. We can see for ourselves.

5 EiMitch  Tue, Jun 28, 2011 8:28:33pm

This is a stupid argument to have. I don’t care whether or not Carey is qualified to pass judgment on someone’s abilities as a politician. I don’t care because we don’t have to take his word on Bachmann anyway. A lobotomized chimp can tell that she’s not qualified. We don’t need an expert to explain this much.


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