Posted on 03/17/2005 7:39:46 AM PST by areafiftyone
STATE GOP Chairman Stephen Minarik is exhorting the party faithful to open their wallets so that Republicans can "soundly defeat" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton next year, with the result that "her hopes of running for president will wither on the vine."
Meanwhile, an adviser to Gov. Pataki, angered by a top Clinton strategist's dismissal of the governor as "an object of ridicule," responds: "It's obvious that Hillary's people have decided who they don't want to run against."
That's two "What color is the sky in your world?" moments.
Hillary Clinton is in great political shape and has been ever since she took office.
After all, running as a rookie, she won by a solid 12 points; her 55 percent of the vote equaled the total won by the famously popular Daniel Patrick Moynihan in his last election.
Plus, no New York Democrat has ever been defeated for re-election to the U.S. Senate since direct elections for the office began in 1913.
And Minarik's attack trying to stigmatize Clinton as a hard-core liberal hardly seems like a winning idea in ultra-blue New York.
Pataki? He wasn't in such great shape even before the recent drop in his poll numbers. In 2002, running against a hapless Democrat who barely garnered a third of the vote, the governor couldn't even muster a majority of the ballots. And since then, Pataki's been emmeshed in one tawdry ethics incident after another.
The governor may dream of sitting in the White House, but he'd be hard-pressed even to win another term in Albany.
So Sen. Clinton isn't exactly cowering in fear in her Chappaqua basement at the thought of a challenge from George Pataki.
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***Her legs look like beer kegs and believe me, I know what a beer keg looks like.***
Yes, but the sight of a beer keg makes my mouth water, not vomit.
And we all know historical trends guarantee future results. For instance, no sitting president's political party has ever strengthened their foothold in Congress during his midterm elections...oh, wait, that happened in 2002. Well then, how about if the Washington Redskins lose their last home game before a presidential election the incumbent will be defeated...oops, 2004 shot that one down, too.
Gee. Maybe relying on past occurrences as a political strategy isn't as bulletproof as it appeared. I guess we should rethink foregoing elections and actually give the people the opportunity to make their own choices rather than bowing to the supreme infallibility of the Democrat Psychic Network.
My view is that Hillie WILL NOT run for Senate in 2006 but will use Willie's status and her one term to steal the nomination. Why would she have to run while holding an elective office once she has established that she has the capability of performing the duties of such a position? The media will give all the platform she requires. No, Hillie will not run for reelection in 2006!
Hillary promised to serve her full 6 year term when she ran for the Senate. Her 1st term isn't "Staying in the Senate" it is fulfilling a commitment she can't run out on. "Staying in the Senate" is running for a second term. I for 1 think it is not necessarily a given she will run again. I'm waiting for her to say "I'm running".
Try to get a hold of yourself! She has absolutely NO CHANCE of winning in 2008. She will beaten in much the same fashion as Kerry attempted to beat W. In an "anybody but Hillary" race. Even if Condi decided to nuzzle up next to abortion rights, Hillary frightens the pants off of every Republican, Libertarian and left leaning Republican in this country. The numbers for voter turn out will break the 2004 record and Hillary will be beaten soundly!! Mostly by, once again, middle America!!
Don't underestimate the female voters. She is very popular among women voters! She also will get the Black and Hispanic vote! We have to beat her before she gets that far. BUT, trying to beat her for the NY Senate seat is like beating a dead horse. I just won't happen. So we have to wait until she announces her run for president which will come soon after she wins her Senate seat. And the hard part is we cannot bring up any of the stuff that happened while she was in the White House otherwise we will lose BIG TIME!! The American public does not want to re-hash the whole thing over and will only think that Republicans can't GET OVER IT!
Who will beat Hillary in 2008??? We don't have anyone who can beat her at this point!
"Any fat female politicians should be stripped of their franchise..." Dumb comments like this win votes for Hillary and reinforce stereotypes about the Neanderthal right. Save it for the barroom. Otherwise, if she gets elected, I'll blame you.
I think she will run for Senate. This way she will keep her Senate seat while running for president like Kerry and Lieberman did. That way if she loses her bid for the presidency she still has a job with political power! Remember she is power hungry!
Hillary will beat herself. Liberalism and Liberislam, Hillary has both problems, can't win in 2008.
The black vote is going to the right at break-neck speed! Republicans are wooing the black vote thru the pastors and churches that many rely on for guidance. Blacks are beginning to see what the Dems have done for them over the past decades...zero, zip! When Condi decides to run, which she will because it will be by the request of W, the media can do all they want to depict her as the female Uncle Tom, which they will. Now that black voters are beginning to see who really brings them into the political fold, W, the MSM BS will no longer work. The MSM is dying a slow painful death. Talk radio, Fox (to some degree) and the blogosphere will defeat the Dems in 2008. Of course, they're doing a pretty good job at political suicide themselves.
In my experience, liberal women like her, but a LOT of moderate women despise her. She comes across as fake and a lot of women don't respect her for the way she stood by Bill when he cheated on her. Never underestimate the ability of an ambitious woman to make other women hate her.
calm down. there's no way hrc will win the white house, read sabato's critique of all these "sky is falling" conservatives.....She has you spooked royally.
The republicans would have to pick a real loser for Hillary to win. She's just too much of a disgusting, self serving pig.
"She has nice legs"
Correction, she had nice legs when black and white photography was main stream.
"Who has national recognition and would move here to run?"
Arnold!
Actually, black and white, color, trick photography, smoke, mirrors, none of these can erase or cover the evil bitch that is Hillary. Bitches are a turn-on for some guys. This...thing, has snakes ready to burst from her eye sockets.
"This...thing, has snakes ready to burst from her eye sockets."
And elsewhere I'm sure.
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