It's not abortion
It's not the war(s)
It's not the economy
It's ethanol subsidies. Support for the unsupportable just so you wrangle a few caucuses out of Iowa is a non starter for me. It really shows that you lack the fortitude to do what's right even when not all that popular.
Not that I was a fan of Mitt Romney to begin with (I thought his shameless campaign in Michigan where he told all those voters he could bring back the auto industry was disgusting) but this throws him out of contention for me......
On his first trip back to the nation's first voting state as a soon-to-be declared presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reaffirmed his support for federal ethanol subsidies -- an always important campaign issue in Iowa that figures to take on an even more central role in the divided GOP field."I support the subsidy of ethanol," Romney told a potential voter after an event here was cut short by a fire alarm. "I believe ethanol is an important part of our energy solution in this country."
See, true conservatives have an adjective for corn; food. It's not a metal, it's not a mineral, it's not a stripper's name, it's not a surgical instrument and it's definitely not a fuel.
If Romney can get that, then he doesn't have my support.
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I'm with you on this. A republican candidate should not win points by repeating a mistake that Al Gore admits he made.
Even in terms of strategy this is stupid. Iowa is not about winning; it's about unknowns showing people they can do better than expected. So come out hard against ethanol, make the world write Iowa off for you, come in third amd move on.
The republican party should not be trying to win with a message of "big government is good but needs a better party to run it". It should be about making the government smaller and less stupid. Romney, Gingrich and half of the field just don't get it.
Herman Cain seems like our best hope.
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