"conservatives need to think outside the box and take risks in choosing the 2008 Presidential nominee."
Very very true.
No one should yet be committed to any candidate. I'm not. But I am willing to support one whom I don't agree with on everything to benefit the larger good (not the least of which is keeping Hitlery out of the White House).
"conservatives need to think outside the box and take risks in choosing the 2008 Presidential nominee."
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Why? The higher echelon of the party needs to get the message that civilization exists beyond the big city limits. The worst thing we can do is fail to use the leverage we have, our money, and our votes. Liberalism is creeping in, republican principles are being abandoned, and it will get worse, if allowed to continue.
Uh, no.
It's the Wall Street Wing's turn to "take risks".
Bush, Bush, Dole, Bush, Bush. Okay, that's enough. Our turn.
Oh, and when the Wall Streeters "took a risk" with Ronnie Reagan (after fighting him from 1968 until 1980, and stabbing Barry Goldwater in the back in 1964 and 1960 and Bob Taft in 1952), they hedged by blackmailing Reagan and his people into putting Bush 41 on the ticket. Who then took over the staff positions and spent the next eight years painting Ronnie into a corner with "Option 'C'" gimmicks, most of which Reagan was able to fight off.
And in the meantime, Bush's people in the Reagan Administration gave us the infamous "pigs at the trough" -- the same pigs that are alleged to be living in Dick Cheney's office today.
No, it's time the Wall Street Wing of the GOP supported the conservatives -- for once, unhedged.
Discussion?