Rush Limbaugh: The '08 Republican Primary Begins

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 12/22/04 | Rush Limbaugh

[wagglebee]

Rush shows a lot of great insight here. The problem is there aren't any conservatives with national exposure right now, hopefully that will change.

[atomicpossum]

McCain and Hagel and such ilk are media whores who know that they will get press and accolades if all they do is trash a Republican. They live for the love they get from the media. They're indulging their egos at the expense of the party.

[oceanview]

indeed.

But I will add this - if it takes McCain to stop Hillary from getting into the white house, I'm voting for McCain.

[First_Salute]

Mark Sanford for President

[Aussie Dasher]

There must be a conservative show him-(or her)-self soon.

If the GOP allows McCain or Hagel to win the nomination in '08, get ready for President Hillary Rodham Clinton (God help us all).

[Graybeard58]

It is inevitable that when one of these threads is posted about the 2008 election and there have been dozens already, that someone or more will write Condi/Rudi or Rudi/Condi for '08. Never mind that Condi is pro abortion and Rudi is both pro abortion and a gun grabber to boot.

Think conservatism.

[wagglebee]

I think our best bet is for Rudy to win Hitlery's senate seat in 2006. If she loses that race, her national prominence will disappear. McCain will be older in 2008 than Reagan was in 1980, plus McCain has had a lot of health issues. If McCain were to win the nomination his "admiring friends" in the media would turn on him in a second and tear him to pieces.

[Betaille]

Mccain's constant grandstanding really makes me sick. I've never once seen him take a really ballsy stance on anything.

[oceanview]

Hillary will not run for Senate re-election if Rudy runs - because if she loses, her presidential bid is over. She will make a statement: "I don't feel I can give the Senate my full attention, and run for president at the same time". The media will lick it up.

[wagglebee]

You're probably right.

[gridlock]

The Republican nominee in '08 will be former Senator Fred Thompson, and he will win in the Fall. He is smart, right on the issues, and telegenic as Hell. As soon as people get a look at him on the trail, he will be unstoppable.

[byteback]

Fred Thompson...nice call! Another actor.

[wagglebee]

I have always thought that Fred Thompson had what it takes to be POTUS. I was actually surprised he didn't run in 2000.

[Carling]

McCain and Hagel, if either are GOP front-runners or (God forbid, please) the candidate in 2008, will be demonized by the same MSM sources fawning over them now.

What they don't realize is that their positive coverage now and, for McCain, the past four years is only because they offer criticism of George W. Bush, my President.

If Zell Miller were a GOP senator and gave his speech at the Dem Convention, he would be treated as a national hero by the MSM. Instead, he's a hero only to those of us who care about values, not glitz, glam and partisanship.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I think they're all misreading the results of the election and they're misreading the future strengthening of the movement here and the population base that created these election results in 2004.

Here, here! The right is becoming more confident and making its voice heard.

[Carling]

I like to call him Knox Pooley.

I just had a flashback to my teens. My Dad (RIP) and I used to watch him on Wiseguy, I believe.

[NorCalRepub]

I love Fred Thompson. Plus he is funny when needed but can look you in the eye and call you an a**hole and not even blink. He's got the killer bulldog look that could melt an opponent in a NY minute.......love him in Red October too and everything else..........he is a no nonsense Repub but i think he's got too good of a thing going with his acting now........doesn't need the headaches

[bushinohio]

I hope you're right! Thompson is great...his introduction of the president at the Republican Convention was incredible. He seems like an intelligent, calm, and strong figure.