Our first post... presidential candidates?
Posted by admin at 9/5/2007 11:16 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
Our first blog post! We figured why not talk about what everyone else is talking about, the first ever Texas straw poll and some of the candidates who appeared.
No matter which candidate you support the fact is, the Texas GOP is certainly far more fair than many other state parties. Any candidate who could show they have an actual campaign was apparently invited or there would have been no Ray McKinney, John Cox or Hugh Cort.
Honestly we don't know much about this MKinney guy but he did provide some comedic relief at the straw poll. As to Cox and Cort we know a little more as they have both been campaigning in Iowa and South Carolina, Cox has been spotted in New Hampshire and it appears the Cort people have chosen to skip that state.
John Cox is a millionaire businessman who made his own way, despite humble beginnings, being raised on Chicago's South Side by a single mom. Dr. Hugh Cort is a counterterrorism expert from Alabama who has written a book, it appears he wants to bomb the hell out of Iran (we're all for that).
No matter which candidate you support the fact is, the Texas GOP is certainly far more fair than many other state parties. Any candidate who could show they have an actual campaign was apparently invited or there would have been no Ray McKinney, John Cox or Hugh Cort.
Honestly we don't know much about this MKinney guy but he did provide some comedic relief at the straw poll. As to Cox and Cort we know a little more as they have both been campaigning in Iowa and South Carolina, Cox has been spotted in New Hampshire and it appears the Cort people have chosen to skip that state.
John Cox is a millionaire businessman who made his own way, despite humble beginnings, being raised on Chicago's South Side by a single mom. Dr. Hugh Cort is a counterterrorism expert from Alabama who has written a book, it appears he wants to bomb the hell out of Iran (we're all for that).
Considering more than half the Republicans across the land still have no preference among the top-tier candidates we think it's time all conservatives start taking a look at some of these third tier candidates like Cox and Cort. Sure, it might seem like a waste of time but these third tier candidates have a place in politics and the political process. Being in the race forces the better known, better funded candidates to move to the right, exactly what the GOP needs.
Ron Paul is the only candidate you need to look at.
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John Cox is a frustrated millionaire from Chicago and is not worth even the few words you placed here. McKinney may have provided comic relief, but I haven't heard him speak. I have heard Cox, and depending on his mood, he's either incredibly boring, droning on and on about his upbringing and supposed business successes (some of it exaggerated, and he's had three electoral failures and no successes to his name) or downright angry and at times, freightening.
He's blown through four campaign managers already, and in 16 months, he's raised just a few thousand dollars. He's not catching fire and the media is duly ignoring him.
Say what you will about McKinney, and I don't know him at all, but he clobbered Cox 28 to 10 votes, and Cox was said to be fighting HARD for those Texas votes.
Like I said, he's just not catching fire, and it's a good thing for America.
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Well, it appears someone doesn't like Cox. We could care less but what we do care about is that ALL the hard working candidates are included in the process... Cox, Cort (McKinney if he starts spending some money) and any other candidate willing to actually campaign.
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If you could care less what people think, why on earth are you putting a blog up in cyberspace??? Jeez.
There are a lot of cranks who are "willing to campaign" but your comment about being willing to SPEND some money misses the point.
If a candidate cannot RAISE money from donors (not from himself) he is not a credible candidate. Cox cannot raise money. He's brought in $14,000 or so in 17 months. That's great for a bake sale, but not great if you're running for president and need to run ads and put on events to reach people.
Politics is a messy business, and unfortunately, you don't just need to win, you need to actually *defeat* your opponents by proving that you're better than they are.
As an unlected nothing candidate, Cox not only isn't better than his better-funded opponents, he can barely attract anyone willing to give him a donation to help him say he's better. Even his own legal partner said "no thanks," and the LA Times said the guy told them Cox wasn't a viable candidate.
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By "we could care less" we meant we could care less what people think of Cox. Whether he's our favorite or not (he isn't) is not the point. We were simply pointing out the fact that there are guys out there who are working hard. Hard work is supposed to equal opportunity. Isn't that what we as Republicans preach? Now, as Republicans it's like we are saying, work hard and get no opportunity. It simply doesn't sound very Republican and sure as hell does not reflect Republican values.
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