Posted on 12/21/2001 6:52:48 PM PST by LSUsoph
Dick Cheney due to health reasons decides to withdrawl his name from the ticket in 2004 after a very successful term as Vice President. He figures he can still stay close to the President and advise him in any way possible, but not have to deal with the every day hustle of being the Vice-President of the country. So who would President Bush pick to be his new VP? I think Condi Rice would be a wonderful choice but I dont know if this country (especially the Republican Party) is ready for a VP who is black, a woman, and from the South (Alabama). I also love Powell but would he and Pres Bush be able to work hand in hand as P-VP? Donald Rumsfeld is a terrific Sec of Defense and I think he would make a great President one day...maybe him being VP could lead us to 8 great years of a Rumsfeld Presidency after 8 great years of Bush. Other candidates that come to mind would be Tom Ridge, Liddy Dole, Ashcroft, and dare i say it...JOHN MCCAIN ( i know, i know, but i think the Bush-MCcain ticket would be a shoe in). My pick would have to be Rice, she is worth her weight in Gold. She is a genius, works well with Bush, and would really be great for the country. And what would the naysayers say after Bush nominates a black woman to be his right hand WOMman?? I think they would just have to throw up the white flag! GO DUBYA!
Your prescribed course of inaction...and your pejurious banners...belie your claim to be pro-life.
...suggesting a better route to victory.
You offer nothing.
You really don't understand how everything on the liberal agenda is inter-connected. If you ever come to that understanding, you'll be a better man. Abortion is THE foundation-stone of the entire liberal agenda. This, clearly, you don't get.
For 40 years the GOP was made up of the so called "country club Republicans" and for 40 years the Dems held Congress. The GOP was in a permanent minority status in DC. It wasn't until the cultural conservatives decided to make the GOP their home that the GOP began to make strides in taking over Congress. As of now the GOP is essentially made up of 2 different factions that don't much like each other.
As much as each faction wishes that the other would go away, if that happened, the GOP would fall back into permanent minority status. I think down deep, most cultural conservatives realize this and are willing to generally hold their noses and try to sort of get along with the country clubbers.
From all appearances, the country clubbers think that the cultural conservatives don't have a right to be part of THEIR party. Witness the total lack of support the party gave to Bret Schundler in NJ.
If the GOP does get rid of the pro-life plank, I fear that there would soon be 3 parties. 50% of the voters would be Dems. The other 50% would be split between the cultural conservatives and the country clubbers.
There is some evidence that the Reform Party is heading toward becoming culturally conservative. If it does, and manages to attract the Reagan Democrats, I think the GOP as we know it will soon be laid to rest.
---sells out innocent baby lives;apparently you'd let your own die to advance whatever else is in your agenda
---will have no constructive effect
---illustrates a galactically huge non-understanding of how inter-connected the various pars of the liberal agenda are
---in the War on abortion, I advocate many strategies, some of which have not been employed. All you proffer is surrender, and to that I say no.
Knock off the silly graphics.
Do you know what I find really interesting? Those who want the GOP to give up the prolife plank have no sense of history. Perhaps they are too young, or they just don't want to see.
For 40 years the GOP was made up of the so called "country club Republicans" and for 40 years the Dems held Congress. The GOP was in a permanent minority status in DC. It wasn't until the cultural conservatives decided to make the GOP their home that the GOP began to make strides in taking over Congress. As of now the GOP is essentially made up of 2 different factions that don't much like each other.
As much as each faction wishes that the other would go away, if that happened, the GOP would fall back into permanent minority status. I think down deep, most cultural conservatives realize this and are willing to generally hold their noses and try to sort of get along with the country clubbers.
From all appearances, the country clubbers think that the cultural conservatives don't have a right to be part of THEIR party. Witness the total lack of support the party gave to Bret Schundler in NJ.
If the GOP does get rid of the pro-life plank, I fear that there would soon be 3 parties. 50% of the voters would be Dems. The other 50% would be split between the cultural conservatives and the country clubbers.
There is some evidence that the Reform Party is heading toward becoming culturally conservative. If it does, and manages to attract the Reagan Democrats, I think the GOP as we know it will soon be laid to rest.
The RINO's around here would have you believe that the GOP dominated the House and the Senate prior to 1973.
It's obvious he brings nothing to the table but looney rantings, third grade HTML skills and a burning hatred for tens of millions of fellow Americans.
Ya'll are just slumming, imo.
Get "Sentryoveramerica" to
Knock off the silly graphics.
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