tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2393216657904081469..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: What does Mitt Romney really feel about foreign policy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66032585101009411022012-02-22T14:04:05.015-08:002012-02-22T14:04:05.015-08:00Romney has changed positions on many issues. I rem...<i>Romney has changed positions on many issues. I remember seeing Ted Kennedy say "he's pro-choice, he's anti-choice, he's multiple choice". Romney goes with the flow. I've seen commenters here take his anti-amnesty stance seriously. I think they're naive.</i><br /><br />Every now and again (I know we all know this) take a step back and reflect on what that means.<br /><br />He refuses to come out and support a measure which, if he was the only candidate to do it, would close to guarantee he won the election. And he wont do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31345113055902747022012-02-22T07:33:46.448-08:002012-02-22T07:33:46.448-08:00>For the first time in 20 years, we have a elec...<b>>For the first time in 20 years, we have a electable candidate from either party who aggressively opposes illegal immigration.<</b><br /><br />You shameless tease! Please tell us his name - please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65457793549015269472012-02-22T06:14:38.343-08:002012-02-22T06:14:38.343-08:00"Propeller Island said...
In reality, Americ..."Propeller Island said...<br /><br />In reality, America's manufacturing sector is larger than the whole of China's economy; but the kind of things America makes are not normally sold at Walmart, so you are not aware of them."<br /><br />And what are those things?Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75932162303272183492012-02-22T04:40:35.323-08:002012-02-22T04:40:35.323-08:00Anonydroid asked: Are you now or have you ever b...Anonydroid asked: Are you now or have you ever been . . . no, wait.<br /><br />Who did you vote for in 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, etc? Because if none of Santorum, Gingrich or Romney are preferable to Obama in your eyes, I have a hard time believing that you've ever been anywhere on the right.<br /><br />Hunsdon replied: Well, sir, if you doubt my rightist credentials, I shall simply shrivel up and die.<br /><br />2008 sat out, 2004 Bush (reluctantly), 2000 Bush (enthusiastically if misguidedly), 1996 Dole (reluctantly--"bag man of the welfare state" and all that), 1992 Bush pere (with some enthusiasm).<br /><br />A possible Hunsdon vote for Obama would be based solely on the fact that in his second term Obama would be less likely to initiate a war with Iran, which I regard with horror.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2417091429841414202012-02-21T21:44:08.374-08:002012-02-21T21:44:08.374-08:00Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are ...<i>Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are forcing me to contemplate the hitherto impossible: a vote for the Democratic candidate in the 2012 presidential</i> <br /><br /><br />Who did you vote for in 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, etc? Because if none of Santorum, Gingrich or Romney are preferable to Obama in your eyes, I have a hard time believing that you've ever been anywhere on the right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77908545657989972202012-02-21T19:39:50.372-08:002012-02-21T19:39:50.372-08:00The difference between Romney and Gingrich/Santoru...The difference between Romney and Gingrich/Santorum, is that when Gingrich/Santorum go on their warmongering-invade Iran-defend Israel spiel, I actually believe them. In this case, Romney's wishy-washiness works to his advantage, as far as I'm concerned. When he goes on a similar spiel, I think there's a chance he isn't really sincere and is just saying what he thinks his base wants to hear. That's enough for him to get my vote.Hapalong Cassidynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40526088865022881492012-02-21T18:58:11.447-08:002012-02-21T18:58:11.447-08:00anonydroid at 3:37 said: Again, huh? You have con...anonydroid at 3:37 said: Again, huh? You have convinced yourself that Romney is going to take us to war with Iran? And that Santorum won't?<br /><br />You're not making a lot of sense here.<br /><br />Hunsdon replied: Sir, let me assure you, if I have said a kind word for Rick Santorum it was in a moment of weakness. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney are forcing me to contemplate the hitherto impossible: a vote for the Democratic candidate in the 2012 presidential.<br /><br />Among Republican candidates, I vastly prefer Ron Paul, while understanding that I am charging at windmills while riding Rocinante.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26038420720416981182012-02-21T18:26:54.650-08:002012-02-21T18:26:54.650-08:00Mitt Romney feels nothing. Mitt Romney does not f...Mitt Romney feels nothing. Mitt Romney does not feel; he simply exists.Bourbonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21862660528410703202012-02-21T17:39:47.590-08:002012-02-21T17:39:47.590-08:00"If Americans had higher-paying jobs, they wo..."If Americans had higher-paying jobs, they wouldn't need as much borrowing and government spending."<br /><br />That's true. The problem is not higher wages in America. It's higher spending by US government and vast increase in NGO's that do nothing. To support them, government has to print a lot of money and that raises inflation. After awhile, higher wages and costs cannot be sustained. And so we look to cheaper labor overseas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29318274417650982162012-02-21T17:38:39.880-08:002012-02-21T17:38:39.880-08:00I don't think the elites will care about or wa...<i>I don't think the elites will care about or want an industrial base with a diverse and increasingly diverse populace.</i><br /><br /><br /><br />I thought we had already figured out that the elite utopians just want to get rid of 99% of the populace. They never criticize China's brutal population control measures. They probably would love to just sterilize us all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29859507586870752912012-02-21T15:39:47.740-08:002012-02-21T15:39:47.740-08:00For the first time in 20 years, we have a electabl...<i>For the first time in 20 years, we have a electable candidate from either party who aggressively opposes illegal immigration. </i> <br /><br /><br />Who are you talking about? All candidates technically oppose illegal immigration. Even Bush technically opposed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48419308873397170742012-02-21T15:37:29.044-08:002012-02-21T15:37:29.044-08:00Hunsdon replied: War with Iran, for one thing.
...<i>Hunsdon replied: War with Iran, for one thing.</i> <br /><br /><br />Again, huh? You have convinced yourself that Romney is going to take us to war with Iran? And that Santorum won't?<br /><br />You're not making a lot of sense here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57385658815108878322012-02-21T15:34:43.714-08:002012-02-21T15:34:43.714-08:00All politicians play cat and mouse out of pragmati...<i>All politicians play cat and mouse out of pragmatism, but Romney changed 180 degrees like a chameleon.</i> <br /><br /><br />I'm not seeing the distinction there, other than you don't like Romney.<br /><br /><br /><i>He's a Mormon moron.</i> <br /><br />Yes, I get it, you don't like him. You just have trouble explaining why.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3575440847172630302012-02-21T15:33:10.224-08:002012-02-21T15:33:10.224-08:00"Chinese are cruel buggers but can we afford ...<i>"Chinese are cruel buggers but can we afford the American Way without cheap exploited Chinese labor? Sure, many US jobs were shipped to China, but the fact is Americans want more loans, more government spending, more everything. All the goodies that people demand cannot be made available based on traditional American-standard labor costs."</i><br /><br />If Americans had higher-paying jobs, they wouldn't need as much borrowing and government spending. All that consumer debt and government spending has been used to paper over the stagnation in average incomes due in part to our trade deficit with China. <br /><br />Cheap Chinese labor hasn't prevented inflation in anything but consumer goods -- we still have had plenty of inflation in health care, rent, gasoline, food, etc.DaveinHackensackhttp://www.thehackensack.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-35839127888979292882012-02-21T15:20:44.974-08:002012-02-21T15:20:44.974-08:00"Romney has changed positions on many issues...."Romney has changed positions on many issues." <br /><br /><br />"Unlike who? Obama? Gingrich? Reagan? If you crave consistency, politics and politicians are not for you."<br /><br />All politicians play cat and mouse out of pragmatism, but Romney changed 180 degrees like a chameleon. Obama may be slick and deceitful but liberals at least know he's a liberal who played the 'game' in a Saul Alinksy Rules for Radical way. <br />With Romney, we really don't know because he changes so fundamentally and then pretends he was the same guy all along. He's a Mormon moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36583427954708222142012-02-21T14:19:36.841-08:002012-02-21T14:19:36.841-08:00Rick Santorum has identified the enemy. Satan. Who...Rick Santorum has identified the enemy. Satan. Who is even now, marching upon America.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Romney is like Ike. Yes, not a man of massive charisma. Not Obama. Or Clinton. That's a good thing. Romney like Ike is an organizational man who seems to want a strong defense to deter attack.<br /><br />Don't forget, Ike launched Operation Chrome Dome to have B-52s circling the Arctic with nukes on board to annihilate the Russians on a moments notice. The Cold War "pause" between Korea and Vietnam was maintained by a highly aggressive nuclear stance (and a phony missile gap manufactured by Kennedy). With Romney, you'd get as close to Ike as you could get these days. Technocratic in a good way, a desire for technology driven solutions instead of massive mobilization, strength to deter attack, government by data analysis not cronies and deeply held "feelings." In short about as big a repudiation of the Clinton-Bush-Obama style as you could get. Also of Reagan, and Carter, and LBJ, and Kennedy, and FDR.<br /><br />Some good and near-great Presidents had the same aristocratic reserve: Washington, Polk, and Coolidge come to mind. <br /><br />Particularly since we can't roll back the power of the Presidency that Obama created: rule by fiat with Congress irrelevant and useless -- getting a guy like Romney in is critical.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61271293764091518982012-02-21T12:36:50.836-08:002012-02-21T12:36:50.836-08:00Anonydroid at 7:28 a.m. said: Huh?
What is if tha...Anonydroid at 7:28 a.m. said: Huh?<br /><br />What is if that you you think we have to hope "that he is lying to us now" about? What is it he says that you think we have to hope that "he can't really mean that"?<br /><br />Hunsdon replied: War with Iran, for one thing.Hunsdonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81978224376828669092012-02-21T12:09:00.005-08:002012-02-21T12:09:00.005-08:00For the first time in 20 years, we have a electabl...For the first time in 20 years, we have a electable candidate from either party who aggressively opposes illegal immigration. <br /><br />So let's dismiss him based on some irrelevant details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49915340712229122082012-02-21T09:41:01.592-08:002012-02-21T09:41:01.592-08:00>I'm going to go to Wal-Mart, buy me some M...>I'm going to go to Wal-Mart, buy me some Made in USA goods! Who ELSE would be making them, after our wise decision to pull out of Vietnam so the Chinese could do absolutely nothing of consequence to anyone<[sarcasm]<br /><br />Good gosh. Are you saying that America was in Indochina wiping out untold numbers of natives for the simple purpose of preserving America's hegemony in global markets? What are yer, a Chomskyite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28809332095550332112012-02-21T08:09:16.354-08:002012-02-21T08:09:16.354-08:00"Problem is, China already has plenty of IOUs...<i>"Problem is, China already has plenty of IOUs, and doesn't really need any more. What if they just used their huge existing stash of IOUs to buy the raw materials and other goods they need from around the world, and just stopped sending us all that nice "cargo.""</i><br /><br />Huh? What do you think China had been doing lately? Have you noticed what happened in the last few years to the prices of oil, gold, steel, and so on, even concrete? This is to a large degree due to China's buying spree. Chine is buying as much of that as it wants and it would be extremely stupid to buy more concrete than you absolutely need.<br /><br /><i>"In case you haven't noticed, America doesn't really produce too many tradeable goods these days, except for MBS derivatives, "intellectual property", and Hollywood movies."</i><br /><br />In reality, America's manufacturing sector is larger than the whole of China's economy; but the kind of things America makes are not normally sold at Walmart, so you are not aware of them.Propeller Islandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74410014803678006872012-02-21T07:28:21.682-08:002012-02-21T07:28:21.682-08:00It says wonders about the state of American politi...<i>It says wonders about the state of American politics that the people who support Romney all play a variation of the "but he can't really mean that" card. Our hopes for Romney are hopes that he's lying to us now, in order to do better later.</i> <br /><br /><br />Huh?<br /><br />What is if that you you think we have to hope "that he is lying to us now" about? What is it he says that you think we have to hope that "he can't really mean that"?<br /><br />Reading you comnent conjures up an image of a candidate running hard to the left, as McCain did in 2008. But Romney ran to the right in 2008 and in 2012.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40342762794421274872012-02-21T07:26:10.294-08:002012-02-21T07:26:10.294-08:00"Anonymous said...
What an odd thing to say...."Anonymous said...<br /><br />What an odd thing to say. Why do you think that e.g. Newt Gingrich wants to be President? Why do you think Obama wanted to be President?"<br /><br />Quite so. Most people who run for the office just want to be President, because they're shameless egotists and careerists. Likewise, Romney wants to be President, perhaps because it's the biggest job there is. Also perhaps in order to be the first mormon President - because it will bring respectability and acceptance to his religion, which may serve as a recruiting tool for them.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45128533496868528492012-02-21T07:20:25.970-08:002012-02-21T07:20:25.970-08:00Given that George Romney was born in Mexico, what ...Given that George Romney was born in Mexico, what possessed him to think that he could run for President - he most clearly was not a "natural born" citizen.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68995660663965107802012-02-21T06:52:40.416-08:002012-02-21T06:52:40.416-08:00The problem for me is, here we are, five years and...<i>The problem for me is, here we are, five years and two presidential campaigns in, and I still don't have the tiniest clue about why Mitt Romney, the actual man, personally wants to be president.</i> <br /><br /><br />What an odd thing to say. Why do you think that e.g. Newt Gingrich wants to be President? Why do you think Obama wanted to be President?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61484614219721018942012-02-21T06:37:59.440-08:002012-02-21T06:37:59.440-08:00"What does Mitt Romney really feel about fore..."<i>What does Mitt Romney really feel about foreign policy?</i>"<br /><br />I believe that to understand a person's motivations, one must know something about the person's ancestral-identification. (This is probably particularly true of Mormons, who are legendary for their passion for genealogy.) Not necessarily a man's ancestry <i>per se</i>, but rather the ancestry(ies) with which he <i>identifies</i>, and those ancestries' particular narratives, baggage, historical grievances, whatever. <br /><br /><a href="http://hailtoyou.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/mitt-romneys-ancestry/" rel="nofollow">Mitt Romney's ancestry</a> is:<br /><br />40.6% England — Mostly Northwest England, partly W.Midlands.<br />18.8% Scotland<br />28.1% Colonial-Yankee<br />12.5% North-German<br /><br />...among his ancestors, we find many intriguing stories. One was that his father was born on a Mormon colony in Mexico, but was expelled while still a boy. That was century ago this year.<br /><br />In other words, Romney probably rejects, implicitly, the PC line that Whites Are Evil -- which on some level animates a lot of foreign and domestic policy these days. His own <i>father</i> was the victim of Antiwhite Rage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com