[kellynla]

Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday 12/23/2007

KRISTOL: A deadlock Republican convention turns to the most qualified Republican of them all to be president on the fifth ballot, Dick Cheney.

And he wins in a landslide in November.

WALLACE: And his slogan is no more Mr. Nice Guy, huh?

KRISTOL: Yeah. Right. Bush was too compassionate, let's forget about all that.

Contrary to Fred, I think Republicans win in November. And if it's not Dick Cheney, McCain-Romney, McCain-Lieberman. There are some very good Republican tickets.

[xzins]

I agree with Kristol

Dick Cheney is the most qualified of them all.

[doug from upland]

I wish I was as confident, Kelly. Unfortunately, there will be massive vote fraud and enormous money provided by Soros, et al to get out the vote. I believe that we are going to see an unprecedented number of votes cast this time, perhaps 5 million of which will be from young airhead women who have no idea that Hillary is a rape enabler.

[RightWhale]

There’s plenty more where that came from. We know we need to have a worst-case President but it is sure hard to pick them out when everybody is pretending to be so civil.

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/gop/1944826/posts

Fred Thompson on Benazir Bhutto assassination (Fox Interview)
Fred08 ^ | December 27, 2007

Posted on 12/27/2007 11:14:53 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

HARRIS FAULKNER : Senator, your reaction, first, to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

FRED THOMPSON : It is a tragedy, of course. It reminds us that things can happen in faraway places of the world that can affect the United States. I think this should be of great concern to us. It is almost a perfect storm in a very bad sense because two forces are operating against each other that are both desirable. One is democracy: they were making progress in that regard in that country. Former prime minister Bhutto was an important part of that process. But the other is stability. Pakistan is a nuclear country, and we cannot afford to let nukes fall into the hands of dangerous Muslim radicals. We are hoping those two things can be balanced out. We can see the continued progress toward a democratic society but also maintain stability in the country, which seems to be very much in doubt right now.

FAULKNER: I know you are running for the White House, so I don’t want to put you in a position to second guess the president. But I’m interested in your opinion. President Bush is due to talk with Pervez Musharraf shortly. What do you anticipate that conversation should be like?

THOMPSON: Those two things that I mention probably would be high on the agenda. What could be done to not impose martial law, to not crack down, but be mindful of the fact that there are radical elements in that country, and perhaps even within the government, that would like to see instability and chaos and see those weapons fall into the wrong hands. This is part of a bigger problem. We need to understand that this is not a criminal investigation any more - so we find the bad guys and bring them to justice - it’s a war.

This proves again the mindset of the radical elements that we are dealing with. We are seeing this all across Northern Africa and various places. We’re seeing it across the Middle East and in parts of Asia including Indonesia and other places. We have to come to terms with that and do the things necessary to prevail. One of the things we need to be talking about is what Musharraf can do, additionally, to crack down on the Taliban. I think they have been insufficient in that respect.

FAULKNER : Taliban also supporters of al Qaeda in that country. Pakistan has been an important ally in the war on terror, so have do you walk that line?

THOMPSON: You just walk it. No one said it has been easy and simple. Pakistan has never been easy or simple. I had a chance a few years ago to talk to Musharraf before things got quite as complex as they are now. But it has always been an important part of the world. They’re next door to India. They’ve had a crisis after crisis with regard to them. They’re next door to Afghanistan, and they’re important to us. They’ve been helpful to us. But we’ re going to have to walk that line between democracy on the one hand and stability on the other. But I think it’s possible.

[sanchmo]

America cannot afford to take its eye off the foreign-policy ball

something tells me that today's events will hlep refocus the voters on foreign matters once again.

[Issaquahking]

There are some very good Republican tickets

What I don't get, is the extreme shut out of Duncan Hunter. He's the only one (besides McCain) who has war time experience on the ground! Guys like jule puke-on-me were busy getting deferments for inportant reasons - like being a law clerk! Hey America, Wake up, lots of the candidates talk tough...see which ones that are making the talk, have walked the walk....

[Dumb_Ox]

Well, considering the borders are still unsecure, I think it's safe to say that Bush isn't a wartime president, either.

Has Bush ever made a personal appeal to young men to join the military? His post-9/11 call for people to continue shopping has deafened me to a lot of what he says.

[Clemenza]

I love Cheney myself, but he would get creamed.

I was SHOCKED, but not by much, when the sheeple on TV thought that Edwards was better in the last debate. Dick smashed that metrosexual su-thun fop!