Posted on 11/03/2004 9:16:48 PM PST by Cornpone
Someone asked earlier tonight who we should consider for office in 2008. I know this might sound crazy and I don't know too much about him other than the more recent epic movies he has made, like the "Passion" but what about MEL GIBSON? Unless I heard wrong I believe he was born as an American citizen. Just a thought. What say you?
He wouldn't even carry his own state in a Presidential election, BTW.
Insert evil chuckle here.
L
Rudi may be an excellent choice but for one thing: He is pro-choice and although that may not make much of a difference policy-wise, many Catholics will sit out the race. It seems to risky to run a candidate that could turn off a huge portion of his base. It is too bad, because other than that he is definitely presidential material.
How about Bill Owens?
just kidding
another thought;How about the Hammer, Tom Delay?
What WINNING combination do you have in mind
I don't pretend to have answers but a slate of pro abortion gun grabbers is not the answer.
J.C. is what I was thinking. The only problem is he has been out of public seervice for a couple of years now. If he is nominated to a cabinet level position during this term then we know he is being groomed for 2008.
I think this is the logical choice. He will broaden the base of support among minorities and bring in some more conservative Dems. Once the base of conservative minority republicans is in place for eight years they will be locked in. Thus, maintaining a strong national presence for republicans for years. Use the strnght of the Dems against them. Make their base our base.
Number two, Guiliani. He is pro abort and therefore cannot be nominated without literally splitting the party in twain.
Number three, Frist, upon sober evaluation, the obvious front runner.
There's no way I'd ever opt for McCain. Forgot about what a self-serving, repugnant elitist he is--he's a Senator with no executive experience. Historically, Senators are virtually assured losers in Presidential elections. That would rule out Frist, Allen, and Hagel, too. After watching Kerry and Dole go down the tubes in the last decade, let's not make that mistake again. Let the 'Rats make it.
If Giuliani could be persuaded to have a epiphany on abortion soon, he'd make a good choice. He's a well known and well respected executive. Not surprisingly, Hillary is by far the front runner on TradeSport's 'Rat side of the ledger at $0.500. Giuliani would deprive her of the big chunk of electoral votes in NY.
I must admit to not knowing Owens, and I'm not impressed with Pataki. Powell is far too liberal for me. At this time I would feel comfy with either Bush, Romney, Ridge, Rice, or Thompson. My first choice amongst these is Rice.
I believe only genuine Christians make good leaders. If Hillary actually were converted to Christianity, her views would be changed, and God could perhaps use her.
How about Bush making Dr. Rice Secretary of Defense. Cheney can resign in a year, moving Rice automatically into his spot (isn't that how it works?)
Dr. Rice can work on her shaking voice, that's easy. By 2008 she'd be the existing VP, and could pick a strong male runningmate. Blacks and Latinos would support her. She is so much smarter and better prepared than Hillary, the differences would be striking. Southern white males wouldn't come out and vote at all, but if forced, would pick some third party.
Mel needs to be CA govenor next, so that we are no longer collectively guilty of killing humans in embryonic stem cell cannibalism. Or, Mel (if you're reading, please)will be making The Pasion II, ALL about the Resurrection! Every single argument against it has never been able to hold. It proves Jesus is Who He claimed to be. Mel could have double features with 1 &2 two for the price of one!!
I would submit that it was not their status as Senators which defeated Dole and Kerry. Even Kerry who was utterly vulnerable on his Senate record, did not suffer as much as he should have because he was attached to a liberal Senate record. He was attacked for his statements and one vote on $87B.
So far, all I have heard against Frist is that he is not dynamic enough and he is vulnerable merely because he is a Senator. I think the former means he has gravitas and the latter is not disqualfying unless he has exposed himself as extremist, which he clearly has not done.
Frist remains the obvious front runner.
Rudy and Condi. We have a solid south and think of what this would swing.
By the way, what are Frist's accomplishments?
Finally, ignoring the TradeSports list, if I could choose whoever I wanted, it'd be Cheney. I've been privileged to be able to successfully vote for Cheney four times now--twice as my Congressman and twice as my Vice President. I'd gladly vote for him another two times to be my President. He's my number one pick of famous person with whom I'd like to fly fish.
Try our guy Pawlenty in Minnesota. He can get the Upper-Midwest rolling in our favor. Package him with Condi and you have a formidable duo. If not Rice, try JC Watts.
Abandon Cheney and put WY's 3 electoral votes at risk?!
Anybody who saw NYC in 1992 and went back in 2001 would agree it would have taken a very strong leader to improve that city the way he did.
Well you need to overcome women who would want to vote for a woman in 2008 if a Hillary is on the ticket.
Women might just vote Hillary to get a woman into the history books and if that appears to be the case, we need to either overcome that decision with another woman or have a back-up Reagan to run in 2008.
I understand your point, we need to deal with the potential 2008 issue. Depite Hillary being polorizing, she is still classified as female.
Tom Tancredo or another nationalist.
Ticket for 2008: Jeb Bush/Rep. John Hostettler-IN
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.