Prominente Republikeinen waren afgelopen week in Washington om te spreken voor de conservatieve Faith and Freedom Coalition conferentie. Op het congres spaken veel (potentiële) Republikeinse presidentskandidaten, zoals Michele Bachmann en Ron Paul, maar ook Haley Barbour en Donald Trump. Meer over de conferentie vind je hier.

De gouverneur van Mississippi, Haley Barbour, zei over president Obama’s herverkiezing: “Barack Obama has worn out two sets of knee pads down on his knees praying that conservatives will split it up (the 2012 vote) and have some third party candidate. And my hat is off to the tea party people who have said no, we’re going to run as Republicans because we understand that’s the way to get there.”

Over de Republikeinen in 2012 zei Barbour: “Conservatives, religious people, small government people, we are not going to have purity, we’re not going to have a perfect candidate. There’s only been one perfect person that ever walked on this earth and there ain’t going to be another one in this election. Advocate who you want, advocate your candidate but once we have a nominee make sure people compare our nominee, our direction, our beliefs, our principles, our faith to Barack Obama. Nothing will be more unifying for us if our heads are right about this.”

De afgevaardigde van Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, zei over de gezondheidszorg het volgende: “I am convinced that ultimately…we will win this fight because we will repeal Obamacare. It will happen. And I am committed, I am committed. I will not rest until we repeal Obamacare. America will not rest until we repeal Obamacare. Take it to the bank. Cash the check. It will be done. It will not stand; the American people will not stand. Because know that you know that you know that you know, the American people are with us on this issue. That’s why the window of opportunity that we have in 2012 is so crucial.”

“Our president made a shocking display of betraying our greatest friend and ally, Israel, when he said to Israel you need to give up more land, you must give up more land, shrink to your 67 borders, as a matter of fact cut your nation in two so you’re separated from each other to indefensible borders and give that land away to the Palestinians who by the way don’t even recognize that Israel exists or has a right to defend herself. America must do what all previous presidents have done since Harry Truman and stand with Israel. I stand with Israel. He does not speak for us on the issue of Israel”, aldus Bachmann overIsrael.

Zakenman Donald Trump zei over Irak het volgende: “In the old days if we win we get the country, if we lose we get the hell out…We should give our soldiers and their families money [from Iraq]. We won the war, we’re going to take some oil, we’re going to pay ourselves back.”

En over de Amerikaanse toekomst zei Trump: “We have problems that are solvable in this country…With the right leader, this country can be great again. If we don’t make a change at the top, we are going over the ledge.”

Lees hier wat voormalig gouverneur van Utah, Jon Huntsman, voormalig gouverneur van Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney en afgevaardigde van Texas, Ron Paul hadden te melden over andere de staatschuld, buitenlands beleid en de economie.