Posted on 01/20/2008 5:16:22 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Can you name one Conservative who has received fair coverage in the past 20 years? I could probably name several hundred that haven’t.
No, I'm saying that a candidate has to be of interest to the MSM. Usually, this means the candidate is telegenic, dynamic, and articulate (Obama, anyone?). You can't put it all on the MSM... they serve up what brings in viewers, and Fred has not generated the kind of excitement necessary to get his campaign off the ground.
Ronald Reagan garnered a lot of media attention. I wouldn't say that he had fair coverage, but he had the qualities which drew the cameras.
Let's face it. Fred is an excellent 19th century candidate. He doesn't have all of the superficial qualities that are necessary for the modern-day candidate.
What used to be the Federalist Party has, the last I knew, merged with the American Taxpayer’s Party to form what is reputedly the third largest political party in the US after the Demicans and Republicrats (although the Libertarian Party disputes that contention somewhat) - the CONSTITUTION PARTY!
http://www.constitutionparty.org/
The CP is the ONLY 100% Pro-Life, pro gun rights, pro National Sovereignty party in the Country.
Sure; Pubbies SAY they are; We MEAN it!
If you are a hard core Conservative - especially a Christian Pro-Life one - who has been feeling a little ‘persona non gratia’ in the “Big Tent” (with the open back door to boot pro-Lifers out) lately, check us out, won’t you?
We have a convention coming up next month, and may have some surprises for an alternative Conservative Candidate for those of us who have been wondering if there might be one.
Stay tuned - things could get interesting!
Add that McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts and panders to the goofball "global warming" alarmists, and you have a flat-out loser.
I agree with most of that, but:
Thompson - President
Romney - Commerce
McCain - Defense
Hunter - Homeland Security
Giuliani - Sec. of State. No anti-gunners as Attorney General. At State, he’ll at least be a friend to Israel and stand up to the Islamofascists.
Huckabee - Dog catcher
LOL. I suppose I could go with that, except I would prefer Hunter for State Department. And I would put Romney as US Ambassador to the UN. I would reserve much more of a trade hawk in favor of US, not international, business interests over at Commerce.
[If conservatives leave the RINO run GOP to form a new party,the GOP would become the third party—a small party populated by a circus of little prima donna generals moving non-existant divisions about on a fantasy battle map.
The conservative party,the new Federalist Party,would be second in size to the Dems only and with a lot more unity, purpose and nascent power.]
It is a shame that it has come to the point where rinos run the conservative party and a split between us is neccessary in order for conservatives to have a conservative nominee in the race, but it is necessary. Huckabee is but another Jimmy Carter near as I can tell and McCain is soooo liberal.
I thought SC was a closed primary state? If that's so then how did liberals and independets help McCain and Huckabee?
Oh, Lordy, that’s all we need - a Republican version of Ralph Nader. Say hello to President Hillary.
I suggest you put off your convention until after the GOP’s.
If Huck or McCain get the nomination,the CP would be more tempting.
ditto
I hope that you will get someone to run that has some name recognition or the ability to bring in a lot of funding. Because this is probably the best year to have a chance of actually having a successfull third party run and social conservatives desperately need a viable alternative to the GOP.
Any idea who are the likely candidates for the Constitution Party nomination this year?
Any idea who are the likely candidates for the Constitution Party nomination this year?
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