Virgil Goode was today interviewed by WorldNetDaily radio concerning his presidential candidacy and his thoughts on President Obama. WorldNetDaily is one of the largest conservative news and opinion sites on the Internet.
Goode says Obama’s spending is completely out of control but Republican proposals are also not good enough because he says the budget needs to be balanced now and not in a few years or a couple of generations from now.
“I would submit a balanced budget if elected president, and it would be painful,” Goode told WND.
He expects a fierce fight with Congress about cutting spending, but his plan would not focus on entitlement reforms. Instead, Goode envisions big cuts in discretionary spending – both in the defense and domestic portions of the budget. When it comes to jobs, Goode’s top priorities are to end illegal immigration and nearly put a stop to legal immigration in order to prevent foreign workers from competing with Americans for the job opportunities that exist.
“We’ve got to focus on discretionary spending, social-services programs. For instance, I’ll make sure illegals and recent immigrants don’t get food stamps,” said Goode.
The article which contains the interview is currently on the front-page of WorldNetDaily.
…and run back to Romney’s by the time they actually vote.
I don’t think Virgil Goode was a dreadful mistake for the CP. After our President’s recent public stance on “gay marraige,” I will not support him in November, and neither do I think the GOP candidate shares my views on many subjects, and I will not support him either. In fact, I think there might be a good number of “mainstream conservatives” who come into Virgil Goode’s camp before this election is over….
Yeah I agree with NewFederalist. They won’t. Again why I think Goode was a dreadful mistake for the CP. Plus I assume he has alienated much of their core base.
I wonder when was the last time “mainstream conservatives” actually abandoned the GOP? Hmm… let me think. Doesn’t sound like a particularly insightful strategy to me. It has never worked very well before.
JamesT, I think Goode is looking to appeal to mainstream conservatives. If you want to hear his appeal to Ron Paul folks or more rightwing types, I have an interview coming up soon.
This is why Goode is so disappointing. He just sounded like a typical republican. Balanced budgets are great and all but what about ending the income tax, the “new world order’, etc. I can’t imagine anyone who heard that interview and liked it wouldn’t have thought anything other than “guy sounds okay but I’ll just vote for Romney.”
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But yes, they do peddle a lot of conspiracy theory stuff.
If by conservative you mean batshit crazy conspiracy theories that get past off as news.