Although this should have been done long time back, its still worth a shot given that we really don't have anything 'more to lose'....
This is Havax's idea: Idea: Release "Foreign Policy Plan" and Hold Press Conference
I think the campaign had many missteps one of them being addressing the Foreign Policy in a forceful way.
How many of you have heard from these Republicans who don't support Ron but say they support Rand? For god sake even Hannity is on board with Rand. There is not too much of a difference between them but the major one is Foreign Policy.
I will say this, America is in under IMMENSE FEAR. FEAR is a POWERFUL controlling state of mind. Although most of them like Ron's domestic policy they do not agree with his Foreign Policy especially when they think "He'd let Iran build a nuclear"... "he doesn't give a shit about Israel" etc....
If anything Ron needs to play more 'strength'.. Act like a hawk but in speech only...
"I will go to war with Iran if it becomes a national security threat according to our intelligence, and I'll ask Congress to declare war."
This statement is what they want to hear.. They don't want to hear him defending Iran. Period. (The above line isn't a lie either
) Anytime they try to make him 'defend' Iran (which is usually what he does) he needs to pivot it (anyone watch Game Change?)
If they 'pester him more':
"Currently our intelligence agencies have determined that Iran has not taken the necessary steps to build a weapon. Since we know this we don't want to have another Iraq War where there were no weapons. So we need to keep a watchful eye on them and I'll instruct our Intelligence to monitor Iran closely, and if Iran takes the steps and moves towards building the bomb and we determine to be a threat to this nation, I will ask Congress to declare war and take out their nuclear capability. DESTROY it. And get out. Also if Israel believes that it is in its interest to attack Iran, we will let Israel do what it thinks is right. I will not stop Israel from defending themselves. We have no right to tell Israel what to do, if its in their best interests they should do it. If they say Jerusalem is their capital, we should build our embassy in Jerusalem. Its really that simple. We need to recognize Israel's sovereignty. And as I said, if our intelligence ever find any action by Iran that is a threat to this county, I'll put it before Congress, and show Iran that America will decisively destroy any threat to its citizens with our full military power."
In Politics you ALWAYS have to sugarcoat things to make them sound 'good'.. To these Republicans war sounds good. "Strength" (fear if you ask me) sounds good.
None of what I said above is 'a lie'. But it sounds hawkish. This really is Ron's position. He needs to sound like a hawk.
It may be that this could convince people to vote for him. In the Republican party there really is an 'anti-Romney' mood but in that same party there is also an anti-Paul mood, which we already know first hand by establishment trying to keep us out, but they are only anti-Paul primarily because of foreign policy. This could sway those anti-Pauls to come our way. And then we just might become the 'anti-Romney' which we still haven't become. Also given the fact now we have Rasmussen poll showing we can beat Obama.
Its really a time for a bold move. Nothing is going to get us any wins unless the campaign does something bold. And the boldest move right now is to pacify the anti-Paul vote turn it into pro-Paul and bring that anti-Romney vote along.
You wonder why we're low in Texas. Well because of foreign policy. The campaign can't continue to ignore the fact that there is a reason we aren't getting the votes our way. Why is Gingrich polling higher in Texas than us.. I made numbers of threads saying the same thing. Anti-Romney vote will NEVER come our way for 2 reasons:
1. They think we can't beat Obama. So there is no point in voting for us because the nomination process is to select someone who CAN (irrespective of how conservative they are)
2. Republicans are still warmongers (more correctly UNDER FEAR of dying)
They need to go after this.. No amount of 'anti-Romney' ads will do anything significant to address the 2 issues above.
This is Havax's idea: Idea: Release "Foreign Policy Plan" and Hold Press Conference
I think the campaign had many missteps one of them being addressing the Foreign Policy in a forceful way.
How many of you have heard from these Republicans who don't support Ron but say they support Rand? For god sake even Hannity is on board with Rand. There is not too much of a difference between them but the major one is Foreign Policy.
I will say this, America is in under IMMENSE FEAR. FEAR is a POWERFUL controlling state of mind. Although most of them like Ron's domestic policy they do not agree with his Foreign Policy especially when they think "He'd let Iran build a nuclear"... "he doesn't give a shit about Israel" etc....
If anything Ron needs to play more 'strength'.. Act like a hawk but in speech only...
"I will go to war with Iran if it becomes a national security threat according to our intelligence, and I'll ask Congress to declare war."
This statement is what they want to hear.. They don't want to hear him defending Iran. Period. (The above line isn't a lie either
) Anytime they try to make him 'defend' Iran (which is usually what he does) he needs to pivot it (anyone watch Game Change?)If they 'pester him more':
"Currently our intelligence agencies have determined that Iran has not taken the necessary steps to build a weapon. Since we know this we don't want to have another Iraq War where there were no weapons. So we need to keep a watchful eye on them and I'll instruct our Intelligence to monitor Iran closely, and if Iran takes the steps and moves towards building the bomb and we determine to be a threat to this nation, I will ask Congress to declare war and take out their nuclear capability. DESTROY it. And get out. Also if Israel believes that it is in its interest to attack Iran, we will let Israel do what it thinks is right. I will not stop Israel from defending themselves. We have no right to tell Israel what to do, if its in their best interests they should do it. If they say Jerusalem is their capital, we should build our embassy in Jerusalem. Its really that simple. We need to recognize Israel's sovereignty. And as I said, if our intelligence ever find any action by Iran that is a threat to this county, I'll put it before Congress, and show Iran that America will decisively destroy any threat to its citizens with our full military power."
In Politics you ALWAYS have to sugarcoat things to make them sound 'good'.. To these Republicans war sounds good. "Strength" (fear if you ask me) sounds good.
None of what I said above is 'a lie'. But it sounds hawkish. This really is Ron's position. He needs to sound like a hawk.
It may be that this could convince people to vote for him. In the Republican party there really is an 'anti-Romney' mood but in that same party there is also an anti-Paul mood, which we already know first hand by establishment trying to keep us out, but they are only anti-Paul primarily because of foreign policy. This could sway those anti-Pauls to come our way. And then we just might become the 'anti-Romney' which we still haven't become. Also given the fact now we have Rasmussen poll showing we can beat Obama.
Its really a time for a bold move. Nothing is going to get us any wins unless the campaign does something bold. And the boldest move right now is to pacify the anti-Paul vote turn it into pro-Paul and bring that anti-Romney vote along.
You wonder why we're low in Texas. Well because of foreign policy. The campaign can't continue to ignore the fact that there is a reason we aren't getting the votes our way. Why is Gingrich polling higher in Texas than us.. I made numbers of threads saying the same thing. Anti-Romney vote will NEVER come our way for 2 reasons:
1. They think we can't beat Obama. So there is no point in voting for us because the nomination process is to select someone who CAN (irrespective of how conservative they are)
2. Republicans are still warmongers (more correctly UNDER FEAR of dying)
They need to go after this.. No amount of 'anti-Romney' ads will do anything significant to address the 2 issues above.
