This isn’t an anti-Tebow column. While I defend people like Bill Maher’s right to be a meanspirited, unfunny douchebag, I’ve said all I have to say aboot the Tebow haters. That said, when Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann claim they want to be the “Tim Tebow” of Iowa…have they looked at the numbers?
Nevermind the fact that after Rick Perry made his comment at the debate instead of him becoming the Tebow of Iowa, Tebow became the Rick Perry of football, they’re both comparing themselves to a Quarterback that has been mostly all media hype with average stats. That is the worst possible comparison for a politician to make. It’s the political equivalent of the news media calling you a front runner even though most polls say you aren’t actually as competitive as everyone keeps saying you are.
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“Nothing will turn America around more than election night, when Barack Obama loses decisively.” - Newt Gingrich
A lot of cats in the blogosphere have been coming out with endorsements of Rick Perry lately, but I’m not seeing it. What’s sad is that I really wanted to.
As much as the grassroots might not like it, with actual voting taking place in less than a month, there’s a good chance that Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee. I know the conventional wisdom is that he’s going to destroy the conservative movement as we know it and that activists are going to stay home, delivering the election to President Obama. That doesn’t have to be the case.