‘These Boys Better Watch Out’: Roemer’s Third-Party Run for the White House "Obama, he said, is a “disappointment” because of the “lack of leadership on campaign finance reform, tax reform, budget reform, immigration reform, trade reform. He’s non-existent on any of them. … The thing he hasn’t done is change Washington.”
"Roemer also slams Obama for “his immaturity at leadership,” such as telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on an open mic that he would have more flexibility on the missile defense shield after the election. “He wouldn’t tell the American people that,” Roemer said. “He think we’re fools!”
"“He wants to be friends with Putin,” he added. “He’s an immature leader. I’m embarrassed by it. … And it’s dangerous."
Roemer is saying the things that those of us who plan to support Romney against Obama agree with. And many who now support Romney would instead vote for Roemer for some strange reason. In 2008, distaste for McCain led many to stay at home or to wish for any third-party candidate, thinking "that'll teach them Republicans!"
Now we have two more leftist Supreme Court justices, ObamaCare, allies who no longer trust the U.S. and adversaries who laugh at us. Worst off, we have the Occupiers, racial divisions nationwide and groups of Americans at war with other groups of Americans, a president who smugly speaks about "pitchforks" in the streets and makes threats against those who stand in opposition to him.
Obama is -as Dick Cheney bravely put it - an unmitigated disaster and must be denied the chance to govern...uh no, that's a bad word, um...do whatever it is that he has been doing the last three years. Then along comes some third-party conservative who is actually running against not Obama, but against our hope for getting rid of him. As Napoleon once put it, "one bad general is better than two good ones."
Obama may actually help him out with campaign funds and have his people leak comments to the press about how much they "fear Roemer" and how he would be a very strong candidate. Roemer has to know that and I fear that perhaps his political ambitions outweigh his fear of another Obama administration.
And what kind of man is President Obama that many so badly want to remove him from office? Read on:
Richard A. Baehr: Running on Empty: The Cliché Candidacy of Barack Obama "We can also expect to see and hear more of all the following poll-tested gestures or comments over the next seven months:
- Obama running up the stairs to speak to a crowd with his sleeves rolled up. (It’s good to know he is rolling up his sleeves to solve America’s problems.)
- “This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class.” (If we adopt the Buffet rule, it’s a good bet it will be a “make” moment).
- “Everyone needs to pay their fair share.” (Everyone except for the half of all Americans who do not pay any income tax and will not be asked to by the president.)
- “The rich need to pay their fare share.” (Presumably 10% of taxpayers paying 70% of all income taxes, greater than their share of income, is not a fair share and needs to be substantially higher.)
- “Corporations need to play by the rules.” (Of course, we presumably need more of them.)
- “All Americans should get a fair shot.” (At what exactly is unclear — opportunity to succeed, or an opportunity to share in the fruits of the labor of others? What is Obama’s plan for those who get a “fair” chance to compete, and fail? )
- “We need to build an economy that can last.” (All countries have economies that “last,” even Greece. The test is whether the economy is growing, and if so, whether that rate of growth is sufficient. Is Obama concerned about growth — the size of the pie — or only about how a pie of whatever size is distributed?)
"Roemer also slams Obama for “his immaturity at leadership,” such as telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on an open mic that he would have more flexibility on the missile defense shield after the election. “He wouldn’t tell the American people that,” Roemer said. “He think we’re fools!”
Roemer is saying the things that those of us who plan to support Romney against Obama agree with. And many who now support Romney would instead vote for Roemer for some strange reason. In 2008, distaste for McCain led many to stay at home or to wish for any third-party candidate, thinking "that'll teach them Republicans!" - Obama running up the stairs to speak to a crowd with his sleeves rolled up. (It’s good to know he is rolling up his sleeves to solve America’s problems.)
- “This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class.” (If we adopt the Buffet rule, it’s a good bet it will be a “make” moment).
- “Everyone needs to pay their fair share.” (Everyone except for the half of all Americans who do not pay any income tax and will not be asked to by the president.)
- “The rich need to pay their fare share.” (Presumably 10% of taxpayers paying 70% of all income taxes, greater than their share of income, is not a fair share and needs to be substantially higher.)
- “Corporations need to play by the rules.” (Of course, we presumably need more of them.)
- “All Americans should get a fair shot.” (At what exactly is unclear — opportunity to succeed, or an opportunity to share in the fruits of the labor of others? What is Obama’s plan for those who get a “fair” chance to compete, and fail? )
- “We need to build an economy that can last.” (All countries have economies that “last,” even Greece. The test is whether the economy is growing, and if so, whether that rate of growth is sufficient. Is Obama concerned about growth — the size of the pie — or only about how a pie of whatever size is distributed?)
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