Looking Forward to 2008: Mark Sanford for President

www.sierratimes.com ^ | 5/1/03 | Paul Bingham

[CWW]

Mark was my fraternity brother at Furman University in South Carolina. He's the real deal and a great guy. What you see is what you get. His family is from the low country -- Buford, S.C. If you are a conservative, he's your man. If you are pro-second amendment, he's really your man. I remember as a young student when I went to his hunting cabin on the S.C. coast and saw first hand his love of duck hunting. Very impressive. His father died my sophomore year and I remember how touched I was that he buried his father under a favorite family tree on their farm.

Also, although Mark is well off, not just from his family's success but for his own success, you would never know it. He drove a beat up old vehicle in college and wore bean duck boots and khakis that were fraying at the bottom. Very unpretentious. He's a true renaissance man -- he can converse comfortably with kings and paupers.

Mark is truly a man of integrity, and he is very bright. I personally will volunteer to work on his campaign here in Alabama.

[RockinRight]

I like Tancredo. But he's like Buchanan was in 1992 or 1996-has no chance to win.

[mombrown1]

George Allen for President 2008. He is the only one that can beat the Clintons.

[Protagoras]

Many believe that 2008 is a long way off, that it is far too early to consider candidates for the Republican primaries now.

I am one of them.

[billbears]

That's a maybe but we all know what's more important to some than beliefs, stance on issues, or actual actions is first and foremost that he has the right letter by his name.

Thanks for the ping, I will be watching Sanford over the next few years. I don't care what letter he has by his name, just that they're conservative. And contrary to what Republicans would have us believe, there are still Democrats in the South that would make Republicans look moderate at best

[inquest]

Tancredo won't have the same liabilities as Buchanan. He rhetoric doesn't have any overtones to it that could be slandered as racist, he's not pro-Arab in his foreign policy, and he doesn't have that populist class-warfare air about him.

The important thing at this early stage is to find the best candidate possible. Then we can work on getting the public to agree with our choice.

[hosepipe]

[ Instead this ticket: Rice-Coulter. ]

Exactly.. What do you call something thats white and black and considers a bitch slap as compassionate conservatism.. and a hyper-bole as a good candidate for Press Secretary..

Not only would I vote for "that".. I would give some good hard money just to see and/or hear the debates..

Americans are way too socialist for that however. Elder americans ugh.. senior citizens are the largest socialist voting block in America.. "Show them the money", or you'll be talking to the hand.. White, black, hispanic, women, men, republican or democrat, they are most all pretty much socialists.. McLaim / Rice will be more like it, sad to say.. I sure hope 2008 won't be the disaster I think it will be.. I want to be wrong.. Especially if Hillary jumps on the close the borders.. bandwagon, she of course, WON'T..

If elected; after the election Hillary would provide an amnesty to dwarf all other amnesty's.. After all Mexico is the greatest source for new democrats since democrats are aborting all their new ones.. She make would GW Bushs importation of new democrats pale into insignificance.. And change the landscape of american politics for BAD.. Even more than GW is doing right now as I post.. The Mexican invasion is just that.. Democrats know it, republicans do too, but would rather be conserned with insurrection in Iraq.. or saving the lives of vitual enemys in Indoesia.. and Sri Lanka.. Outright insurrection in the U.S. they say is hyperbole, it isn't..

The republican party appears to be autistic.. and democrats are the gov't funded mental health providers.. If it was not so pitiful, it would be funny.. It appears the U.S. Federal Gov't is almost as useless as the U.N.... I would become an anarchist if being an anarchist was not much worse..

[alessandrofiaschi]

I have to agree with your worthy post. We must find a strategy to exit from Irak mess as soon as possible, and to reduce Federal Debt. In other words, we must recover the spirit of President Nixon.

[pratherdc]

Some great Sanford information:

http://acuf.org/issues/issue15/040703news.asp
http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200406280927.asp
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/weyrich/050107
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/27/181058.shtml
http://www.sanfordforgovernor.com/news.asp?action=detail&id=1772&name=In%20the%20News

Also, my main problem with George Allen is that he is a career politician. Some may not see this as a problem, but coming from someone who spent the last four years working for both a U.S. Senator and Congressman, I do see it as a huge problem.