Romney drops out of presidential race
February 7, 2008
Catching his supporters off guard.
I am curious as to what Ingraham and Limbaugh are going to say next.
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Glad to see the two remaining Republicans are against torture.
Three remaining Republicans.
My mistake, Blackadder. And I like Ron Paul more than McCain or Huckabee.
I think Alan Keyes is still in as well.
I’m waiting for some commentary on this line from Mr. Romney’s speech today:
‘…I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st century – still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world, no longer the superpower. And to me, that is unthinkable.’
Poor France.
It is unthinkable to Romney that the US cease to be the superpower leader of the world? That explains so much.
The section of the speech in question was:
We face a new generation of challenges, challenges which threaten our prosperity, our security and our future. I am convinced that unless America changes course, we will become the France of the 21st century—still a great nation, but no longer the leader of the world, no longer the superpower. And to me, that is unthinkable. Simon Peres, in a visit to Boston, was asked what he thought about the war in Iraq. “First,” he said, “I must put something in context. America is unique in the history of the world. In the history of the world, whenever there has been conflict, the nation that wins takes land from the nation that loses. One nation in history, and this during the last century, laid down hundreds of thousands of lives and took no land. No land from Germany, no land from Japan, no land from Korea. America is unique in the sacrifice it has made for liberty, for itself and for freedom loving people around the world.” The best ally peace has ever known, and will ever know, is a strong America!
And that is why we must rise to the occasion, as we have always done before, to confront the challenges ahead. Perhaps the most fundamental of these is the attack on the American culture.
Over the years, my business has taken me to many countries. I have been struck by the enormous differences in the wealth and well-being of people of different nations. I have read a number of scholarly explanations for the disparities. I found the most convincing was that written by David Landes, a professor emeritus from Harvard University. I presume he’s a liberal–I guess that’s redundant. His work traces the coming and going of great civilizations throughout history. After hundreds of pages of analysis, he concludes with this:
If we learn anything from the history of economic development, it is that culture makes all the difference. Culture makes all the difference.
There’s certainly an American pride aspect to it, but I wouldn’t call it nationalistic by any stretch. His claim seems to be:
-It’s better for the world to have America as a superpower than any of the other obvious contendors.
-The loss of superpower status would likely be a result of the destruction of American culture, which he consider to be under moral threat from within (discussed elsewhere in the speech.)
“It is unthinkable to Romney that the US cease to be the superpower leader of the world? That explains so much.”
I agree with Romney. I think the world would be much worse off if say the current regime in China were the superpower leader of the world. The US simply can’t retire from world affairs. We tried that in the last century for a time and the results were not pretty. If we are not going to be the leading power in the world, it should concern us greatly which other nation will attempt to take that role.
I think the world would be much worse off if say the current regime in China were the superpower leader of the world. The US simply can’t retire from world affairs.
Strangely, I find myself agreeing with this line. I would like to see more political and economic cooperation with the EU, as well as a rebuilding of the ruins of the U.N.
Exactly. Donald, you must be quite dismayed at the way that our current president has thrown our standing in the world completely to the wind, in his intentional divergence from the :reality based community”.
‘I think the world would be much worse off if say the current regime in China were the superpower leader of the world. ‘
Hard to disagree with that. I guess the question is what exactly it means (or should mean) to be a ‘superpower’. We may not want to be the ‘France of the 21st century’, but I don’t think we ever wanted to be the France of 1812, either.
If we could get our candidates to discuss exactly what their idea of global leadership entails, the results would be very interesting.
“Exactly. Donald, you must be quite dismayed at the way that our current president has thrown our standing in the world completely to the wind, in his intentional divergence from the :reality based community”.”
Not really Mark D. I recall that Reagan, as he was implementing the policies that led to victory in the Cold War, was just as hated by most European and American elites, which is what “world public opinion” usually means. Bush has recognized the threat posed by the Jihadists and acted against it. That this distresses people who adopt a strategy of dealing with the Jihadists by putting a hand over their eyes and hoping everything works out distresses me not at all.
I think the world would be much worse off if say the current regime in China were the superpower leader of the world. The US simply can’t retire from world affairs.
Yes, the question here of course is what kind of leader the US actually is. And the fact is, it leads by clutching onto the most sinful, deadly weapons ever created. It leads by bullying.
“It is better that the United States be liquidated than that she survive by war.” – Dorothy Day
Alan Keyes is still in the race? Oh, wow … that changes EVERYTHING!
It becomes a snore rather than just a yawn!
Donald,
“Bush has recognized the threat posed by the Jihadists and acted against it.”
And has he ever. 6+ years later Bin Laden is safely in Pakistan, a country with nukes and a precarious order ready to go asunder; an emboldened Shiite Iran, after we have completely dismantled the Sunni army of its adversial neighbor; an Iraq in a civil war with no discernible end; an Afghanistan which is veering back to its dangerous state in 2001; and our “moderate” Middle Eastern neighbors now less willing to go out on the line for us and join us in the battle against terrorism.
Michael,
Weapons as themselves cannot be sinful. They’re inanimate objects. Actions are sinful. And so far, thank God, the only thing we’ve ever had to do with the stockpile of nuclear weapons is… nothing.
Weapons as themselves cannot be sinful. They’re inanimate objects. Actions are sinful.
Fine, then the act of making a nuclear weapon is a sin.
But the “inanimate object” line is bulls–t.
DarwinCatholic,
Did you forget the “thing” we did use nuclear weapons upon?
This should pave the way for Ron Paul to win the race!
Sincerely,
John Ubele
http://www.patrioticactivist.com
I’m personally delighted the nasty right wing sod’s out the race.
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