Novak: Platform Debate Silenced at GOP Convention? Watered-Down? "Another Pablum Platform"

TownHall.com ^ | 8/5/04 | Robert Novak

[Huber]

Given keynotes by the likes of Michael Bloomberg at the convention, this is frightening. Can anyone confirm this?

[anniegetyourgun]

Mayor of host city always does that.

[Loyal Buckeye]

There might not be platform discussions, but I think we can expect a robust presentation of the goals of GWB's second term.

[anniegetyourgun]

Article reads more like Novak is bent out of shape for not having been given more info.

As to platform - it hasn't changed in the GOP for years, no one will be watching platform "debates" on television anyway, and we already know that the candidates stands squarely on the platform. What's the big deal?

[marvlus]

How much credence do you give to Novak? Personally,I don't trust him, even though his politics lean right.

[Poohbah]

Mayor of host city always does that.

But, of course, it's more fun for the unappeasables to soil their Depends and declare that they're "never voting for Bush again."

[coconutt2000]

It isn't true. This is an attempt to spin the Republican stance that debate at its convention has always been encouraged.


The watered down Democrat Convention failed, and now the Democrats are trying to imply that the Republican convention will turn out the way it has already been planned because they exposed an attempt by Republicans to water down ours.

Consider this is the same tactic being used by Kerry, calling for changes in Intelligence that have either been implemented, or are in the process of being examined and implemented, so they can claim credit for what is already going to happen anyhow.

Relax.

[Diogenesis]

Novak = Kerry Operative = American Traitor

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Yo... Bob! Incoming message from all the rest of us:

[Adder]

The platform is pretty meaningless. The average voter doesn't even care about it.
The Repubs are trying to keep the press from leaping on the "divisivness" of the platform debate. But it won't matter...the press will leap on this as Bush dictating to his own party.
Its all bs, best ignored.

[keysguy]

Sometimes it pays to remember that Novak and Neil Boortz for that matter are not Republicans they may be conservative but they are true Libertarians.

My take is that now is not the time to start second guessing GW. If we don't get a significant bounce out of the convention things could go really wrong for us.

The time to argue about how the convention is managed is in January, now is the time to come together.

Let's face it with Arnold, Rudy, GW and the rest it can't help but be a successful convention. We need it to be as well.

I seriously doubt anyone will be shutting up Zell Miller, we should hear plenty of opinions at the convention.

[Huber]

Encouraging feedback. Thanks. I've just been too many state and party conventions where there have been attempts by the politically correct wing of the party to slip through a milquetoast platform. With the unusual number of "Pro-Choice" (barf) keynoters, I will remain concerned until I see the platform.

[Carolinamom]

Novak is a registered Democrat, yet he's on shows as the token conservative. I've never understood that because he seldom presents the Bush administration in a good light.

[jwalsh07]

No reason to be concerned. Bush is the most pro life President America has ever had.

Here's the platform in a nutshell:

Protect the innocent, kill the jihadists, cut taxes.

They're working on the limiting government part.

[alnick]

Can anyone confirm this?

No, because Novak makes it clear that he's written this article based on pure speculation. :-)

[auboy]

Dear Bob,

Go Wilson yourself.

auboy

[keysguy]

My worst nightmare is that we have a very open convention showing all sides of our party and 24 hours after the convention the rat press reinvents everything we did(which will happen anyway) and the next thing you know a complet ly different picture is given of what we are all about.

We have a huge disadvantage of not only having to fight the dem'rats but a complicit press as well. It take a real strategist to overcome these obstacles.

[raybbr]

It sounds as though they are precluding any discussion of Bush's illegal amnesty plan. This does sound like something that Rove would do.

[Liberty Valance]

Hehehe - Keep Novak guessing...

[PGalt]

Beltway Bob at it again.