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At one of the panel discussions on the recent (sigh) cruise, we panellists were invited to opine about what GWB did right this election, and what JFK did wrong. I laid out my own contribution in the form of a Letterman-style Top Ten. Several people have asked me to post it. Here is as much as I can glean from my notes. ---What Bush did right 10. Married Laura. She was a great asset to W's campaign, a natural. 9. Showed humor. Steve Sailer argues that W is a teaser on humor -- always seems on the point of making...

You may like to read yesterday's entry before this one: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280916/posts Hola Freepers - greetings from St. Thomas. Before I go onshore, I thought I'd add a few things. First the cruise is Ft. Lauderdale - Bahamas - St. Thomas - Tortola - Bahamas - Ft. Lauderdale. NR has been doing the cruise for something like 10 or 15 years - many of the people here have been on a bunch of them. William F. Buckley has also been on a lot of them, but he's not on this one. They've also cruised all kinds of places - Malta, Bermuda,...

First 2 threads on the National Review Cruise are here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1280916/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1281110/posts Hola freepers - last day of the cruise. Sorry to be a bad reporter, but I missed the panel again today - (gays, immigration, & social security just couldn't roust me out of my room at 9am). But despite also missing what was supposed to have been the best session yet on terrorism, I did attend the afternoon event on foreign policy. Bernard Lewis gave perhaps the best speech I've heard about the political culture & history of the Middle East - talking about the variety of approaches...

Sorry to post a vanity...but I haven't found ANY other Freepers yet on the National Review cruise here in the Caribbean...any of you have friends or family present? If so drop me a line, I'd love to meet them. As for the cruise itself, it's been quite fun - there are around 400 mostly rabid Republicans here, plus several of the staff & contributors of National Review and a few other notables like Ed Gillespie, Dick Morris, Michelle Malkin, & Stephen Moore. Today they gave seminars on how Bush won, and thoughts on who the Repub. candidate might be for...

I've joined FR at the behest of nerdgirl, whom I've met on the NRO cruise this week. I had begun writing more detailed posts, yet both times these stupid cruise computers botched my attempts, scrubbing the files I had started (oy!!!). Once I get home I'll attempt to put something more comprehensive together for everyone's reading enjoyment. FYI, nerdgirl is way cool and way cute. Her mom is also way cool and stirs it up when conversing. The NRO cruise has been really cool with lots of interesting discussion, great people and way too much food!!! The panels consisted of...