tarmac
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Post by tarmac on Oct 20, 2020 6:54:47 GMT -8
1. Condoleezza Rice
2. Kristi Lynn Noem
3. Jacketless Jim Jordan.
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SK80
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Post by SK80 on Oct 20, 2020 8:55:27 GMT -8
If I spent a week really thinking it over i am sure I would add a few names to my list before I picked a top 3, it would be hard to drop Tom Brady from my list however...., dumping a real Field General! Two names have worked into my selection process, as Tarmac listed Krisiti Noem. I like what I see in her my reservation is how long I have really had time to look deeper into her governing. The other is Ron DeSantis, he has flied in the face of the media in a swing state especially during Covid, he has big state experience as well.
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Post by Bick on Oct 20, 2020 11:06:46 GMT -8
Great Question
1. Ted Cruz - might be THE most constitutionally grounded candidate
2. Scott Walker - love governors as candidates
3. Rick Perry - see above
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Post by SK80 on Oct 20, 2020 12:47:50 GMT -8
Might be a bit late in the life cycle but Newt Gingrich might be the best living candidate, maybe the most well read constitutionalist and operator on how government works. His experience pales most in politics and he has the ability to communicate.
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Post by MDDad on Oct 20, 2020 16:35:54 GMT -8
Newt Gingrich was also high on my list of people I considered.
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Post by RSM789 on Oct 20, 2020 18:51:47 GMT -8
I'm just interested--what about Romney is appealing? Romney has the qualities desirable for a successful president in today's environment. .............................................Luca My criticism of Romney is that he comes off as fake, i.e., a politician. I don't disagree with your assessment of him, but my Spidey senses flare up when ever he speaks. I have the utmost confidence that what he is one person in public and quite another in private. I believe he thinks he is better than everyone else and it takes all his self control to put up with us peasants, i.e., kind of like a Newport Beach CEO or a Mater Dei football player. An example of his lack of genuineness was his condemnation of Trump when Trump was the nominee, but then meeting Trump for dinner in an effort to get a political position such as secretary of state once Trump won the presidency. I know it really isn't a fair criticism, one that really doesn't offer a chance for rebuttal. It is more instinctual, but I would place a bet that it is correct. |
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Post by RSM789 on Oct 20, 2020 18:54:19 GMT -8
Great Question 1. Ted Cruz - might be THE most constitutionally grounded candidate I like Ted Cruz alot, voted for him in the 2016 primary and think he is sincere in his efforts to make our country the best it can be. Many people I talk with find him creepy, they get turned off before even hearing him complete his thoughts on a point. I'm not sure how one gets past that. |
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Post by SK80 on Oct 21, 2020 5:02:07 GMT -8
Can you give us an example of a CEO from Newport who thinks he is better than everyone else and back that up with why the City of Newport and any of it's CEO's are different than any other city across America and their CEO's?
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Post by Oakley on Oct 21, 2020 15:39:08 GMT -8
I have found Romney to be a constant disappointment. I believe he is jealous of President Trump and here is more evidence of his continual seeking of attention and pettiness. Never Trump Hack and Sore Loser Mitt Romney Tells CNN, “I Did Not Vote For President Trump” Never Trump hack and failed presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, AKA Pierre Delecto told CNN that he just cast his vote but that he didn’t vote for President Trump. “I did not vote for President Trump,” Sen. Romney (RINO-UT) said. Romney wouldn’t say if he voted for Joe Biden or wrote another candidate in. This should not surprise anyone because Romney was the only Republican senator to vote yes on one of the articles of impeachment against President Trump. Mitt Romney is angry with President Trump for pursuing corruption related to the Bidens and Burisma because Romney may be implicated in the pay-to-play scheme. So why would Romney defend the Bidens’ corruption and involvement with Burisma? Because Romney’s advisor Joseph Cofer Black joined the board of Burisma Holdings in 2017 while Hunter Biden was also serving on the board. www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/never-trump-hack-sore-loser-mitt-romney-tells-cnn-not-vote-president-trump/ |
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Post by ProfessorFate on Oct 21, 2020 18:28:59 GMT -8
1. Trey Gowdy
2. Nikki Haley
3. Lindsey Graham
Honorable mention:
Marco Rubio
Ted Cruz
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Post by RSM789 on Oct 21, 2020 20:29:05 GMT -8
Can you give us an example of a CEO from Newport who thinks he is better than everyone else and back that up with why the City of Newport and any of it's CEO's are different than any other city across America and their CEO's? Ok, but since he is a customer of mine, I will have to mix up the letters in his name to give him some anonymity: Hicamle Sama, CEO of a gaming company and an all around douchebag. Originally from the East Coast, he moved out here after college. Moved to Newport, moved out of Newport to a beautiful estate, but his wife complained, so they moved back to Newport to a smaller home on a lousy lot. But at least they were back in Newport, he said smiling. If that example isn't good enough, I could also nominate one of my brothers. Once he achieved a certain level of success, he felt he had to move from Peralta Hills to Newport even though he hates the ocean and throws up whenever he is on a boat. The city of Newport Beach is fine, if you like crowded conditions and overrated beaches. That isn't the problem. The problem is the number of folks who look at having a Newport Beach zip code as a status symbol and move there for no other reason to say 'I live in Newport". Compare that to a successful CEO who chooses to live in a big, beautiful home in Villa Park, San Juan Capistrano or Yorba Linda. 9 times out of 10, those CEO's are much more grounded people, not interested in flouting their success than their Newport Beach counterparts. In other words, many who live in Newport are fake people. You can tell by their Biden bumper stickers that were placed on top of the Romney & McCain stickers. |
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Post by SK80 on Oct 21, 2020 20:36:42 GMT -8
Wow as a 50 year resident I’m convinced by your in depth and thorough analysis. Thanks for the the history and reality education as well on your schooling is on people of Newport Beach.... (insert big thumbs up emoji here)
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Post by MDDad on Oct 21, 2020 21:30:01 GMT -8
The city of Newport Beach is fine, if you like crowded conditions and overrated beaches. Not to mention some of the most grossly overpriced restaurants south of San Francisco. |
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Post by RSM789 on Oct 22, 2020 23:41:29 GMT -8
Wow as a 50 year resident I’m convinced by your in depth and thorough analysis. Thanks for the the history and reality education as well on your schooling is on people of Newport Beach.... (insert big thumbs up emoji here) I didn't say "ALL the people of Newport Beach"...  However, the fact that you ignore a stereotype created by reality and are offended by it seems to show a blind spot. As a 57 year resident of Orange County, the Newport Beach of the 1970's & early 80's bears no resemblance to the city today. That happens. Cities grow & change, sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad. Personally, I preferred the Newport Beach of my teenage years, when you could drive down on a Saturday in the summer and find parking at 9:00 am. There was plenty of open space on the beach, the small beach homes along the boardwalk featured doctors & retirees who loved the ocean and everything about it. It was a neat city, a real beach town. It no longer is. Sorry if that offends you, I wasn't the one who made Newport Beach what it is today. |
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Post by SK80 on Oct 23, 2020 4:54:53 GMT -8
By no means will I argue with the romanticism of yesteryear. My family moved to CDM in 1971 and yes it was a small village, with a wide open beach and coast and even had a feel of the old west as the Irvine ranch surround the town. Yes we parked where ever we wanted and rode our horses on the beach at Crystal Cove. It was Shangri-la! It was the 80's that saw the first change that could somewhat fit your present day description or tag RSM, the town became known as New-Porsche Beach. Corona del Mar was a quite, conservative community made up of mostly people from the east side of LA, Arcadia, Pasadena, South Pasadena and San Marino. These people had money, but they were frugal, demure and not flashy about it. When the west siders in LA discovered it things began to change. It was those from Beverly Hills to Santa Monica that started a transition to the city many did not like.
So yes RSM, change is always coming and being that I myself is an old soul and traditionalist I don't much like the change either. But comparatively speaking that happens everywhere and if you think Newport sucks now all around I could argue that it may just suck everywhere else a bit more!
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