Posted on 02/19/2005 4:43:15 AM PST by pookie18
You said so much better that ever could have!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who thinks Hillary would do anything about immigration is either seriously misinformed or a closet Democrat. She'll say anything to try and divide the Republican Party and win the election. However, based on posts on this forum, she'll get the 1% that vote for people like Tancredo and Buchanan as many have proclaimed she is their savior from illegal aliens.
mariabush wrote: Condi is 50. I believe that she probably would be post-menstrual. I like being under the "umbrella" of a male leader.
to mariabush: right now, honeypots, we need all the post-menstrual temper we can get to fight the dems and their Shrillery.
But no, I believe it'd be good to just outright elect Condi to office like we did our current President.
Well, darn, she's been secretary of State for less than a month and already WWII has ended and the Soviet Union has fallen....
I'm talking about her knowledge.......we'll see.
Don't forget her pro abortion views. Without credibly shedding those she is a loser. It can be done. GHWB did it. If she becomes the nominee, even if the Republican prolifers don't brig it up, the crats surely will.
Now, those may sound contradictory to you, but people are complex. Few people "tow the line" right down every issue. What that means for Condi (and Arnold, were he to run for Senate) is that pro-lifers will give them a wide berth if they pretty much agree to shut up about it; and if they are on the right side of what seems to be an even more critical issue of immigration. I could be wrong. That's just what I get from talking to people.
Not to mention that it would be ham-handed, clumsy, and show contempt for the electoral process. After all, Cheney was elected to the office. Condi was not.
W, Cheney and Rove and their Republican advisors have never shown anything but very subtle and clever electoral moves. They're not going to do something like that unless there is a compelling health reason. Cheney seems to show all evidence of being in better, or at least equal, health now as he was in 2000.
Holy cow, snugs, I can't believe that photo of Clinton. I swear, he looks as old as GWHB!
You're right, Dick Cheney looks far healthier and more enthusiastic about life and his job than many politicians. He certainly looks healthier than Bill Clinton.
I think you may be right on the first point -- they will claim she is illegitamate -- and hillary is truely black.
I question whether it is wise to make her Sec. of State if this is truly in the works. As a platform for a presidential run, it still concerns me that she has never run for public office. In addition, the harsh treatment she received during her confirmation is likely to be trebled were she to go through confirmation as VP.
Whatever one thinks of Condi, she has no track record as a political candidate and that should worry some. It does worry me.
Where do you get that from? She is more intelligent, more knowledgeable and tougher than most of the men in Washington. As far as some of the other world leaders, she has what it takes to handle them. If they can't deal with, so what.
I hope you are not holding your breath.
FR is at times more about political eye candy than reality.
If and thats' a 'BIG IF'; should VP Cheney step down, which I really don't believe likely. Then, I vote Condi. I do believe that there are many other candidates out there who can equally qualify. I don't believe that Hillary will go for the Presidency, only people that like her are the extreme liberals. Thinking Demos (conservative types) will not back her up... MSM definately will.
George H. W. Bush was the first sitting vice president to be elected President since Martin Van Buren in 1836. Teddy Roosevelt became President when William McKinley died in office a few days after being shot. They are the only successful cases since the 12th amendment was adopted in 1804. (Of course, if it hadn't been for vote fraud in 1960...)
You keep making a monkey out of me!..Thank you for keeping it accurate! I glanced at a list...
I shall try to be better at both reading accurately and recalling those Presidents who died in office..
You have strengthened my argument that being VP does not give you an edge to being elected President
Jefferson is the only Secy of State that was President that I recall..I have not looked that up,though. Do you know how many Secy's of State have been President?
Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, and Buchanan were all Secretary of State before being elected President. (In Van Buren's case, he was SoS for part of Jackson's first term, then VP for Jackson's second term.) For a while that seemed to be the natural stepping-stone to the Presidency, which may be part of the reason for Jackson's anger when JQA made Henry Clay Secretary of State, after Clay had helped JQA win the election in the House of Representatives.
I'll try to remember your name when I can't find information! Thank you!
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