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I don't vote republican or democrat , I vote for who I think is best no matter the party. That out of the way I really haven't liked anyone running against Obama so far and the thought of another Obama term also makes me ill.
I couldn't sleep last night and wound up watching cspan, hey , it was either that or infomercials and I don't need Chuck Norris telling me how to get fit. They were replaying the speeches from friday conservative speeches so I watched.
Guy opening for Santorum, made the joke, a conservative, a moderate, and a liberal walk into a bar, bartender says "hi Mitt" . ok, not great but you get the point. I expected more Romney bashing to come.
Santorum himself I mostly liked what he had to say and I think he meant what he said, he seemed to have some fire or emotion in what he was saying and overall seemed genuine enough. He didn't spend much time on his record or bashing others, but pretty much stuck to the facts and what he wanted to accomplish. A lot of it made sense and I can't say I would vote for the guy but he seemed sincere.
Guy opening for Romney came out and proceeded to talk about the great guy he has known , really this guy reminded me of a mobster the way he talked and had that thick Jersey accent.
Romney started off okay , not great, but not bad, then it went downhill. His entire speech seemed to be about how great a guy he was, I was seriously expecting him to say "I love me, don't you love me too !" . I almost felt like the guy had a mirror in front of himself, talking to it like a bird in a cage that doesn't realize the thing in the mirror isn't real. I caught several micro-expressions that were enough to tell me that the guy is talking out of both sides of his mouth. Reminded of when a car salesman is trying to sell you a lemon on the lot and smile while doing it.
Gingrich sent out his wife to do his opening and I swear whoever did that hair for her must have been associated with whoever does Lady Gaga outfits. It looked like something cast in plastic and set on her head. That combined with her nose, which looks like a beak on a bird, made it hard for me to pay attention to her making very bad , terrible, awful , jokes about Newt. The kind of jokes that died out in the 1950's. I expected her to say ' Newt is just a swell guy !' shortly followed by Gingrich playing as Desi Arnaz saying "I'm home !"
Gingrich himself made a bunch of very bold statements like executive orders repealing Obamacare, Dodd Frank, and several other bills on his first day in office, followed by the removal of both the EPA and the Department of Energy, and closing the border to Mexico. He wasn't talking long term for a lot of this stuff , but made statements to the effect of within 2 hours of taking office, pretty bold Newt. I felt in the end that he somewhat believed what he said but at the same time wasn't fully confident he could do what he said.
Overall I felt like, Santorum - would stand his ground and fight for what he believed , even if it did harm to others, Romney - would back down or fail to do what he said and would laugh it off if challenged as something that wasn't his fault, Gingrich - would fight for what he said but if it didn't go his way would pretend he wasn't home and not answer the phone.
I found youtube links for the video of the speeches.
Newt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU_LWYRcGBk
Santorum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pdy09iQrNw
Romney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZr0m8bU8m0
I couldn't sleep last night and wound up watching cspan, hey , it was either that or infomercials and I don't need Chuck Norris telling me how to get fit. They were replaying the speeches from friday conservative speeches so I watched.
Guy opening for Santorum, made the joke, a conservative, a moderate, and a liberal walk into a bar, bartender says "hi Mitt" . ok, not great but you get the point. I expected more Romney bashing to come.
Santorum himself I mostly liked what he had to say and I think he meant what he said, he seemed to have some fire or emotion in what he was saying and overall seemed genuine enough. He didn't spend much time on his record or bashing others, but pretty much stuck to the facts and what he wanted to accomplish. A lot of it made sense and I can't say I would vote for the guy but he seemed sincere.
Guy opening for Romney came out and proceeded to talk about the great guy he has known , really this guy reminded me of a mobster the way he talked and had that thick Jersey accent.
Romney started off okay , not great, but not bad, then it went downhill. His entire speech seemed to be about how great a guy he was, I was seriously expecting him to say "I love me, don't you love me too !" . I almost felt like the guy had a mirror in front of himself, talking to it like a bird in a cage that doesn't realize the thing in the mirror isn't real. I caught several micro-expressions that were enough to tell me that the guy is talking out of both sides of his mouth. Reminded of when a car salesman is trying to sell you a lemon on the lot and smile while doing it.
Gingrich sent out his wife to do his opening and I swear whoever did that hair for her must have been associated with whoever does Lady Gaga outfits. It looked like something cast in plastic and set on her head. That combined with her nose, which looks like a beak on a bird, made it hard for me to pay attention to her making very bad , terrible, awful , jokes about Newt. The kind of jokes that died out in the 1950's. I expected her to say ' Newt is just a swell guy !' shortly followed by Gingrich playing as Desi Arnaz saying "I'm home !"
Gingrich himself made a bunch of very bold statements like executive orders repealing Obamacare, Dodd Frank, and several other bills on his first day in office, followed by the removal of both the EPA and the Department of Energy, and closing the border to Mexico. He wasn't talking long term for a lot of this stuff , but made statements to the effect of within 2 hours of taking office, pretty bold Newt. I felt in the end that he somewhat believed what he said but at the same time wasn't fully confident he could do what he said.
Overall I felt like, Santorum - would stand his ground and fight for what he believed , even if it did harm to others, Romney - would back down or fail to do what he said and would laugh it off if challenged as something that wasn't his fault, Gingrich - would fight for what he said but if it didn't go his way would pretend he wasn't home and not answer the phone.
I found youtube links for the video of the speeches.
Newt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU_LWYRcGBk
Santorum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pdy09iQrNw
Romney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZr0m8bU8m0
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