Posted on 01/01/2008 4:19:31 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball
That’s fine. That’s certainly your prerogative. The likely fact remains that Fred will finish 3rd or 4th in IA and perhaps 5th or 6th in NH, dooming his campaign. He honestly blew it; his golden opportunity came and went, and he has no one but himself to blame. He looks like he’d rather be doing ANYTHING but campaigning to be the next President of the U.S.
I’m not suggesting “the answer” is simply. Like in any card game, you have to play the hand you’re dealt (or fold). I look for values/policies close to mine and November electability. As I frequently say, we live in a binary political world (Democrat/Republican). Everything regrettably must be viewed through those lenses. Accordingly, per the foregoing, I could go for McCain or Giuliani. Fred is absolutely fine, but like I said, he probably won’t be around in a week or so. Huck scares me for several reasons; Romney just brings out indifference in me.
Once again, not sure if you’re kidding or not here. I’ve got news for you: There is just not a statistically significant number of Americans who think tactically like you would surmise. The vast majority of people simply don’t care about politics. Your conspiratorial theories are entertaining, though. . .
LOL, AZObserver apparently signed up today, just so he could chuck his tiny little pebbles at Fred.
How cute.
Let me know when he gets zotted, wudja?
As P.J. O'Rourke once wrote, "Republicans are the party that says that government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it."
Unfortunately for your stunningly inept attempt at a refutation, there is no need for a significant number of Americans to think as RM suggested. In the primaries, you just need a few thousand committed Dimocrat ground troops in each State, as directed by party HQ, to vote the GOP ticket in open primaries, or re-register as Republicans (easy and free to do) for the primary. Wouldn't be hard to do at all. It's already been done before, in fact.
One reason the rats have always had higher registrations is that it is far easier to mobilize registration drives in parasite nests (”cities”) than in widespread suburban and rural areas. Also, in the parasite nests it is basically expected that you register Democrat since your registration is public knowledge and you don’t want to irritate your ward leaders and local politicians (you might need them to fix a parking ticket or get your sidewalk cemented, etc.). So you register Democrat even though you’re a working taxpayer with a normal, traditional American family and therefore always vote Republican.
Who do you support?
It is illegal to sign up and post on the same day? Didn’t read that provision in the site agreement. I’ve already said I have nothing against Fred — his values/policies are probably closest to my own. I was just critiquing his campaign and his likely chances.
Does that get me banned from the site? If so, then so be it. I thought this site encouraged the free exchange of thoughts and ideas among conservatives. I always write from a good-faith perspective.
I do not care if he walks on water. The simple truth is, whether it is fair and just or not, the MSM will tear him to shreds and make him an object of ridicule, a combination of what they did to Jerry Ford and Bob Dole. By the election,the MSM will have finished with him, and people will laugh when they hear his name.
Look, the POTUS is really not a very good job- It is generally thankless, and does not pay as well as president of a medium-sized business: Just what quality of people do we expect to attract, anyway?
Of course, people like Gore can use the White House to pimp various scams later on, I suppose...
Well he is not going to win. He is not willing to work hard enough to win. He is like many people who have worked on TV. They are so used to having their butts kissed and eveything done for them, that in the hard work of runing a campaign they are totally lost.
Reagan was an exception because he has spent two terms as president of Screen Actors Union. He had to run a large operation and do it well enough to get elected President of the Union twice. In the Screen actors Union the movie companies pay their actors by paying the money to the Union. The union then cuts the checks to the actors. Running the Screen actors union and negotiating contracts is no easy job.
But Fred has never done much except be pampered by his Senate staffers and Hollyword employers. It shows in his lack of drive to get a hard job done.
Hillary would eat his butt for breakfast and he would not miss it until noon.
There is a chunk of America that blows back and forth between calling themselves “independent” and Republican. When the media tells them we going to lose war they are so shallow they immediately run from the battle....
I saw these same people in 1969 when Walter Cronkite told them the war was lost........
As my name implies, I’m from AZ and so McCain is acceptable to me. Fred would be my first choice, had he shown more tenacity and gumption. I could stomach Mitt or Rudy. Huck is a complete turn-off for a number of reasons.
Bottom line: Like many agree, there is currently no perfect GOP candidate in the race. . .
/ just kidding
This can’t be right.
The left wing nuts at Daily Kos, DU, Moveon.org have been besides themselves for 9 months now telling each other all the big changes they are going to make when they have the Presidency and still own the House & Senate in 2009!
PS: Don't forget to join the "Dollar a Month Club". You'll feel better about yourself as a human being.
You really haven’t even bothered to research Thompson’s background, have you?
He was a very young, very successful prosecutor. He was chosen to be minority counsel to the Watergate committee at 30. He carried a Clinton state twice, the first time with very little name recognition and a 20 point deficit in the polls.
He’s been successful at everything he’s done, and he did NOT come from a privileged background.
If you don’t like Fred, fine. But don’t just parrot MSM talking points because Fred is an accomplished, intelligent person. Smarter I think than any of the other guys running.
He wasn’t born with a silver spoon like Romney. His daddy wasn’t an admiral like McCain. He got everything he got on merit. He became an actor only AFTER a quite distinguished career as an attorney and prosecutor.
Hank
“McCain or Giuliani”
Well, McCain wouldn’t be terrible if he wasn’t for amnesty. But I just don’t know how to reconcile with him on that, since he doesn’t seem to recognize it’s importance.
Rudy is a very dangerous person to nominate. He could split the party...and that alone is something I wish not to see.
If Romney was what he says he is, then I wouldn’t have a problem voting for him. Trouble is, I don’t trust him.
Huckabee says weird things, and his record is just not to my liking.
Duncan would be great, but he barely shows up on any polls...and that’s sort of depressing. He deserves some recongnition.
Fred’s the only one I see (other than Duncan), that’s worthy of being our nominee. I’m really not a Republican...I’m more conservative....and the difference is I’m there when they get that. When the ‘right’ understands what conservatism is, I’m there with my extra vote. I’m a Californian, and my vote is purely based on what I think is best.
I’m not doing it because ‘I have to’, I’m doing it because I think it’s right and I think it’s possible. Reagan was a step in the right direction, and so would Fred....any other, would be a lose (either way). But I wish our candidates the best (except Rudy).
Fred worked his way up his entire life. He has always worked hard at everything. Everyone who knows him personally says that, even some freepers who have met him.
A lot of your posts are excellent, but I have to disagree with you about this subject. I don’t know whether Fred will win or not, but I want him to. I like his campaign style.
Saying that Fred has been pampered by his staff is just wrong. Marie Ragghianti personally knew one of Fred’s office staff, and he worked them long hours and he worked longer hours than they did. He did most of his own research on her case instead of passing it off to someone else. She hired him because of his hard work ethic and he proved it the way he handled her case. Some staffers from Washington say the same kind of thing about him, about how hard he works and always has.
He worked multiple jobs all the way through college. He was working three jobs last spring when he gave them up to do this [Law and Order, commentaries, Paul Harvey]. He’s got two young children which is a lot of work for both parents. A lazy man would not do that.
I agree. Plus, Reagan was PASSIONATE about conservatism.
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