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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: Final result gives Mitt Romney an 8-vote win in Iowa caucuses [View all]RickFromMN
(478 posts)39. Watched the coverage on MSNBC. Interesting take on Gingrich. I'm upset with Bachmann.
Gingrich is mad. Seems Romney's super PAC money crushed Gingrich. Gingrich wants revenge.
When the Conservative branch of the Republican Party is done,
that branch will say they will vote for Romney in the General Election, but will lack enthusiasm.
On Election Day, in November, wonder how many of them will blow off the election.
Anything Bachmann doesn't like is left wing.
Bachmann doesn't like Ron Paul's foreign policy.
Therefore, Ron Paul's foreign policy is to the left of Obama and is left wing.
A foreign policy of not wishing to get involved in wars in other parts of the world is neither left or right.
It is called non-interventionism. Look at the 1930s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s
From this URL,
"Powerful forces in United States Congress pushing for non-interventionism and strong Neutrality Acts were the Republican Senators William Edgar Borah, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Gerald P. Nye and Robert M. La Follette, Jr.,[1] but support of non-interventionism was not limited to the Republican party. The Ludlow Amendment, requiring a public referendum before any declaration of war except in cases of defense against direct attack, was introduced several times without success between 1935 and 1940 by Democratic Representative Louis Ludlow."
It's not just the Democrats who can suspect bankers and arms dealers want us involved in wars overseas.
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/AmericanIsolationism
From this URL,
"In the wake of the World War I, a report by Senator Gerald P. Nye, a Republican from North Dakota, fed this belief by claiming that American bankers and arms manufacturers had pushed for U.S. involvement for their own profit. The 1934 publication of the book Merchants of Death by H.C. Engelbrecht and F. C. Hanighen, followed by the 1935 tract "War Is a Racket" by decorated Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler both served to increase popular suspicions of wartime profiteering and influence public opinion in the direction of neutrality. Many Americans became determined not to be tricked by banks and industries into making such great sacrifices again."
It's far easier for Bachmann to label, as left wing, Ron Paul's military foreign policy.
I guess Bachmann can get away with it. You can fool most of the people some of the time.
I think I have that wrong. I think it should be, you can fool most of the people most of the time.
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Breaking: Final result gives Mitt Romney an 8-vote win in Iowa caucuses [View all]
Fearless
Jan 2012
OP
within his lifetime, people will be embarrassed to say his name in polite company or quickly add
yurbud
Jan 2012
#65
Oh, I get it. That's funny because of the internet project to define the word Santorum
tclambert
Jan 2012
#30
That's because he is obviously the stronger candidate in the general against President Obama
DWilliamsamh
Jan 2012
#41
Clinton came in third. And yet all we heard about was Obama and Clinton, not Obama and Edwards.
ieoeja
Jan 2012
#66
It's good for Democrats if the Republicans continue to spend vast sums on close primaries.
tclambert
Jan 2012
#36
Check out all the exploding heads here! Seems that Karl Rove is a deep cover Democrat!
alp227
Jan 2012
#37
Watched the coverage on MSNBC. Interesting take on Gingrich. I'm upset with Bachmann.
RickFromMN
Jan 2012
#39
I understand that some retired people in Adams County couldn't decide whether or not to reschedule
LynnTTT
Jan 2012
#59
Of course primary votes can be recounted but these were caucuses not primaries
MaineDem
Jan 2012
#76