Tea Party-Backed Candidates Diverge on Foreign Policy

[King]

"I'm more of a Ronald Reagan Republican than I am a Bush Republican..."

LOL.  Mods, please invite Libertas to this thread to explain why this is an illogical statement.

You know who else was a true blooded conservative who promised to be non-interventionalist?  George Walker Bush: Compassionate Conservative 2000.

[King]

The point still remains that Dubya was channeling these same waves in 2000 and ended up not following through.

This is typical of a party out of power.  The Democrats did this all throughout the 2000s decade and the Republicans did it in the 90s.  Lobby for powerful, radical and meaningful change, but settle back into status quo of government when they get back on top.  You can already see signs of it as candidates like Angle, Rubio, O'Donnell, etc., etc. start hiding most of their views come general election time.  They care only about getting elected.  They have no convictions.

And John Raese is just another opportunist cut from the same cloth as Rick Scott.

[King]

The path to a dovish America right now is to just let the bureaucracy finish their Iraq/Afghanistan mess and then, when the inevitable new war proposals come about, actually protest them like it was some sort of gay marriage or health care reform bill (as in major rallies that cross liberal/conservative ideologies and good ol flooding of Congressional phone lines) instead of being blind followers who call anti-war anti-American.

[King]

Jimmy Carter was the most dovish of recent era Presidents.  He wasn't particularly effective at being dovish, but he certainly tried more than Reagan.  Though I guess I would say Reagan would be #2 on that list.  Still, it's low ratings overall.