Posted by
Stuart Caesar on Friday, August 19, 2011 12:43:09 AM
If there existed a device, an ultimate machine , if you will, that could calculate the outcome of any contest, any event, by sheer mathematical reality , who would it say won the Republican debate last thursday night?That's easy. Newt Gingrich , with Michelle Bachmann coming in a close second. The reason? Everything that all the candidates are talking about doing, to turn Washington around and save our economy , free market, and our country, Newt has actually done.
President Clinton was going under quickly in the first year of his Presidency, with the same socialist policies that Obama embraces , until Newt became speaker of the House, and the Republicans took control of the House and Senate , for the first time in many years . Speaker Gingrich and the Republicans cut taxes , cut spending, passed Welfare Reform , and saved our country from total economic collapse. Prosperity reigned. All on a Liberal Democrat President's watch. Newt actually did what all the others on that stage thursday night were only talking about doing . He feels he can do it again ,using the same methods that he used before. He has job experience , not just in ideas , and beliefs , but in actual accomplished legislation . Michelle Bachmann would be the Ultimate Machines second choice. Why? Because she also has been in the arena of practical Washington experience, and has proposed and stood strong on pure conservative legislation that would cut taxes, cut spending , and , most importantly , end Obamacare. Although , as Tim Pawlenty pointed out, she did not actually accomplish passed legislation ; she never varied , never waivered , never cut deals , and never compromised her beliefs .She knows that Democrats must be defeated , not negotiated with . Congresswoman Bachmann was , unfortunately outnumbered in Congress , before last November's big Republican sweep , and that is the only reason she , technically , accomplished nothing.
The others are eliminated simply because they have waivered on issues , made deals with Democrats , or they have no Washington experience , being ex-Governors, or State representatives , or even corporate Pizza moguls. Ron Paul and John Huntsman are , unfortunately , flawed for different reasons , that make both of them un-electable . Paul is a military hating isolationist,who would choose to defund the military , end our war on terror , and leave us clueless and vulnerable to enemies determined to destroy us.
Huntsman is , at best , a Rino , and at worst , a Liberal Democrat. His record speaks for itself, and proves , quite clearly , that he is no Republican , by any stretch of the imagination. Santorum is a strong conservative, but inflexible on abortion issues , involving rape or incest. This will, unfortunately, always hurt him in any election. Herman Cain is also a strong conservative , with business experience, and an instinctive grasp of how the free market operates . But , his lack of knowledge of foreign affairs regarding the war on terror , seems strange for a man running for the office of Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. However, the Ultimate Macine would probably throw out these results now that Rick Perry has thrown his hat in the ring.
Gingrich and Bachmann are good; Perry is better , for one reason . In a country with a shattered economy , his State , Texas , has a booming economy , the result of his low taxes , and domestic oil drilling . Also, he has a strong pro-Second Amendment stance , and strong Christian values that create a State that is business and family friendly ; always helpful to an economy.
The Ultimate Machine result? Perry reigns supreme , with Newt and Bachmann 2nd and 3rd. Governor Perry has accomplished the impossible , an Island of free market prosperity surrounded by a crumbling socialist leaning country . His Texas is an oasis of conservatism , that will spread , once he becomes President, that is.
One final question remains;.....What is the Ultimate Machine?
It's the American People. Us. The single, greatest force of self government , liberty , and freedom , ever to exist on earth . And , for that force, the choice will always be , not in the individual candidates , but in the principles of conservatism that founded our Nation.