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The Apathetic Voter and the 2012 GOP Presidential Debate
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 6:14pm | posted by United Liberty Guest
The following was authored by Ron Davis, a conservative activist from Georgia and blogger at UpholdLiberty.org.
I first became interested in politics during a GOP Presidential debate in 2008. In the middle of that array of candidates, one really stood out to me. What he had to say sparked my interest, and his 2008 campaign cured my political apathy.
There’s a significant group of people who will read this post who are, like I was, primarily apathetic when it comes to the political process. If you find yourself in that group, this post is for you.
2012 is coming soon, and it’s going to be a huge election year. The presumed frontrunner Republican candidates are, quite honestly, no good. So what’s so great about tonight’s debate? They won’t be there. Instead, we’ll be hearing from the people who actually have things to say – things that you won’t hear when those bigger names are in front of the camera.
Not everyone in tonight’s debate is a great candidate, but if you watch this evening, you’ll be exposed to some great minds – people who have real ideas for how to make America better who typically have to fight for their fair chance to be heard.
I’d like to ask each of you to tune into tonight’s debate. Watch it with an open mind and give fair consideration to what each of these candidates has to say. You may see somebody who stands out from the crowd – someone who resonates with what you believe.
And you might even go to bed tonight having found the cure to your political apathy.
Herman Cain is the man that excites me about 2012.
The debate didn’t do it for me. I was already praying for him to be our next president.
Actually, I was surpised by the wonderful reaction from the focus group and the big bump he got in the polls. I’ve listened to Cain a lot, and didn’t feel he was at his best. I wonder what the response would have been had he really turned it up?
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