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Juan Williams Predicts Obama Landslide, Calls GOP Presidential Field A “Wasteland”
mediaite.com ^ | Feb. 22, 2010 | Frances Martel

Posted on 02/22/2010 2:53:38 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Juan Williams has absolutely no faith in the 2012 Republican presidential field. He brought a healthy dose of “fair and balanced” to the FOX News Sunday Panel Plus online-exclusive segment yesterday, where he predicted to his bemused colleagues that, despite their high hopes, if they didn’t find a respectable candidate soon, Barack Obama would win reelection in a landslide.

While the rest of the panel – Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard, NPR’s Mara Liasson, and host Chris Wallace – shrugged it off with laughter, it was a pretty fearless point to make riding on the heels of one of the most successful CPACs in recent memory and in a year where dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party has fed a massive Tea Party resistance movement and launched Republican Scott Brown from Massachusetts into the Senate.

Williams seemed to have been pushed into making this argument not by the successes of Sarah Palin or propositions that Mitt Romney still has a viable shot at the presidency, but at Kristol’s suggestion that Texas governor Rick Perry, who has advocated for Texas secession in the not-so-distant past, could make a splash in the presidential pool. While Romney and Mike Huckabee have the traditional advantage of being runners-up from 2008, Kristol argued, Perry’s decade in the governor’s seat would put him in a “pretty strong position to run for President.”

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To: bmwcyle

This whole thing about 2012 is so ridiculous because we an only know after 2010 is decided. The left wants us to keep talking about 2012 so we take our eye off the real prize. Please don’t fall into that trap.


81 posted on 02/22/2010 3:44:18 PM PST by Hildy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Juan is stuck on Obummer stupid......the Obummer koolaid dribbles from his mouth everytime Jack Squat Obummer is mentioned. The only difference between him and Mathews is that Mathews has his own show and get’s a tingle up/down his leg when he see’s Jack Squat Obummer. Idiot.


82 posted on 02/22/2010 3:45:35 PM PST by cranked
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To: definitelynotaliberal

Brit it is. My fingers got ahead of me.


83 posted on 02/22/2010 3:45:55 PM PST by TADSLOS (Tea Party. We are the party of NO! NO to more government! NO to more spending! NO to more taxation!)
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To: RetroSexual
I think even John McCain could beat him in 2012.

Hell, I think Juan Williams could beat him in 2012.

84 posted on 02/22/2010 3:46:03 PM PST by Hildy
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To: cajungirl

That’s the feeling I get.
No candidate is going to be perfect.
We need to start settling on one and unite to elect him.

Maybe if so many were not mad that their candidate didn’t get nominated, etc and stayed home, the Marxist/Muslim wouldn’t be in the white House.

I despise McJuan, but I held my nose and voted for him.
Everybody who stayed home or voted for a third party candidate or did a write-in cast a vote for the muzzie.

.


85 posted on 02/22/2010 3:47:27 PM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Williams is delusional and cannot believe his savior is going down in flames. The mind is interesting that it has a tendency to only see its own position. All the Left Wing kooks have gone into a frenzy. It will get crazier before November and will be at a fever pitch in 2012.


86 posted on 02/22/2010 3:51:51 PM PST by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: curmudgeonII

I agree. Juan could be right. I know there is nothing running right now that I care to vote for.

I will not hold my nose and vote Republican like I did the last time, I would rather vote for someone I like whether they have a chance or not.


87 posted on 02/22/2010 3:53:39 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

While I think that Williams is an idiot, I must say that there is not yet a candidate that MOST conservatives and moderates will stand behind. Perhaps one of the possible candidates will galvanize the middle and right, but it is not a sure thing. If a candidate manages to satisfy both of these groups then the Usurper will suffer one of the worst defeats in history. Time will tell.


88 posted on 02/22/2010 3:56:04 PM PST by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: bmwcyle
At the rate Bimbo is going the republicans could nominate a tomato can and beat the marxist usurper. He still has a few more years to piss people off with his disgusting displays of extreme arrogance.
89 posted on 02/22/2010 3:57:39 PM PST by peeps36 (Democrats Don't Need No Stinking Input From You Little People)
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To: cizinec

agreed.

He’s an honest man. His son is die hard conservative...and he - Jaun - with that and Fox’s association, seems to influencing him.

He will attack on the other side - this is one of my favorites...he aggressively defends Rush against a bigot black man. First you have this clip to set it up and then watch what Juan does the following night -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrHFbiX5k-U

this next one is GREAT - Juan pulled no punches!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_z-Iyus8SY&feature=PlayList&p=A6267535994F97FB&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=30


90 posted on 02/22/2010 3:57:46 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If the CPAC crowd picks the GOP candidate, Juan may be on to something.


91 posted on 02/22/2010 3:58:17 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What’s Juan on? Strong stuff whatever it is. The landslide would only come if 0 is the only candidate on the ballot. Wouldn’t put it past him either.


92 posted on 02/22/2010 3:59:37 PM PST by madison10
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To: texanyankee
Sounds like Juan Williams is canvassing for Robt Gibbs’ job as press sec’y.

Or competing for a gig with O'Reilly.

93 posted on 02/22/2010 4:00:12 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: Mobties
I only wish I knew how to post that kid that pantomimes “That's racist!”

Take your "pic:"


94 posted on 02/22/2010 4:03:07 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Free ThinkerNY

juan is black... obama is black... that is all that is going on here.

LLS


95 posted on 02/22/2010 4:09:52 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

mmmmm Romney, huckster, Pawlenty, Barbour, Newt......did I forget any other slime?


96 posted on 02/22/2010 4:11:10 PM PST by rrrod
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To: patriot08
That’s the feeling I get. No candidate is going to be perfect. We need to start settling on one and unite to elect him.

We have plenty of time. Juan is trying to panic us into anointing someone now so they can have three years to attack them.

97 posted on 02/22/2010 4:17:01 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: bmwcyle

Nah, he’s a useful idiot. He makes the rest of the contributors look sooo good!


98 posted on 02/22/2010 4:22:15 PM PST by conservativejoy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Juan to God: I was in the middle of the RR tracks between stations. I saw the speeding train coming. I can’t believe it killed me. It’s just not fair.

God (stifling a yawn) to Juan: Take the left stairway—down.


99 posted on 02/22/2010 4:29:52 PM PST by dools007
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Always suspected poor old Juan was on drugs.
He just confirmed it.
Hey, Juan, you need to get off the drugs.
100 posted on 02/22/2010 4:38:05 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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