To me, Deace is irrelevant, so we can let that horse die. You say you “will support any Republican candidate.” I don’t necessarily agree with that, but I respect your logic and reasoning to get to that conclusion. In other words, it makes sense where you’re coming from.

But then you say things like “no more Romney,” “Huckabee is not a conservative,” patronize Palin supporters by referring to her as the “second coming,” note that you’re “no fan of Fong,” and assert that “BVP is not our strongest candidate” (all in this one blog, I’m not hunting around for quotes). I’m not weighing the merit of any of those statements, but what I am saying is that you seem to have a “purist” mindset of sorts (albeit different from Deace’s). In other words, you have ideals that you want in candidates and many don’t meet that standard. Your quotes clearly reflect that sentiment.

Your contention that you will support ANY Republican gets lost in all your critiques. By all means, find a candidate to support, but don’t tear down all the others in the process. I don’t believe that is helpful for the party you are so adamantly bound to support.

I WILL support any Republican candidate. I see far too many who believe it is virtuous to only support someone they believe suits their perception of someone pure enough.

This is a very dangerous philosophy but you can be sure I will be flamed for it.
I’m not sure if you’re defending Deace but Deace and I have a totally different agenda. I believe he enjoys tearing down Republicans so he can exalt himself in the process. You have to remember, he considers himself too good to be a Republican and frankly, as radical as he is, that is ok with me.

But make no mistake about it, if VP is his person and from what I read VP is his person, then he will do all he can to undermine any other candidate Republicans may select.

I don’t see how any Republican working to try to rescue Iowa from the grasps of these Dumbocrats can listen to Deace and give him any credit whatsoever. He’s working against you.

So far Deace has worked to elect Obama, Culver and Boswell. This jerk doesn’t need to set himself up as some kind of perfect person when he is working for the Dumbocrats.

He has zero credibility.

In many respects, I am on the same side as you on ALL of the issues. We agree on the social issues, agree on the fiscal issues, and generally agree on ‘Republican’ issues. Unfortunately, every candidate that has appeal to the base, you find flaws (i.e. Huckabee, Palin, BVP). Many here keep saying that BVP has no chance of winning a general election. Really, maybe thats because those same people are intent on tearing our candidates apart. You talked months ago about how you would support the eventual Republican nominee no matter what, and generally I agree with that. However, is your party best served by finding flaws in our potential candidates, or by enthusiastically supporting your candidate? This is where you seem to have a lot of disagreements with Deace, yet you often are guilty of it yourself. Just a thought…

A. The rumors are wrong;

B. Steve Deace will never allow Palin to get a foothold among western Iowa social conservatives, because he’s intent on keeping that flank clear for his candidate, Mike Huckabkee. As soon as she starts making a move into Iowa, he’ll do to her what he’s doing to Fong (and will do to Rants et al).

Sorry, but it’s true.

This goes to show how independent minded are Republicans. We cannot all threaten to take our balls and go home if things don’t go our way.

We must stay united in our zeal to dislodge Dims. Surely, we can see the need to remain united.

It may not go the way I want, either and of course, I know best (sarc) but regardless, I pledge that after a primary, my goal will be to defeat Dims.

“gohwks wrote on 15 July, 2009, 9:39
Until everyone who does not want BVP as the nominee starts to rally behind one candidate we are handing him the nomination”

Why don’t you try something civilized like finding a candidate who matches up with your line of thinking and support them. By making this an anything but Bob primary, you are exposing us to all kinds of criticism from the media and democrats. Stop all of the petty back-stabbing and promote your candidate. Nobody can fault you for that.

Culver is vulnerable. We need to put up a candidate who can WIN. It’s not Vanderplods.