George Allen for President? (vanity)

http://www.georgeallen.com/site/c.hgITL5PKJtH/b.1434575/k.BEAC/Home.htm ^

[HHKrepublican_2]

I was just looking at Allens website for his senate re-election bid, his philosophy on Government is near perfect!! He has an all American family and his wife just has that first lady look to her which complements George's Presidential leadership 'vibe' Any FReepers know more about allen? Is his name being tossed around for 2008?

The Allen Family (left to right): Forrest, Brooke, Susan, George and Tyler

[plain talk]

Allen is a former Governor, speaks well, has a good smile and is genuinely likable. That goes a long ways in running for the Presidency. Whether I would support him depends on what other Republicans are running. Politics is about comparative choices.

[linda_22003]

Virginia's tied with Ohio for eight. William Henry Harrison, U.S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding were from there. Virginia would need Allen to break the tie.

[Blackirish]

Just what we need another inarticulate, big spending, go along - get along, privileged frat boy who never had a job that didn't involve spending taxpayer money. Don't say how he cut the budget as Gov cuz the minute he got to the Senate... Farm bill...yes Highway bill....yes Medicaid expansion...yes Energy fiasco of a bill....May Crude Fri up at $69.65...yes But since he's pro-life that makes everything OK.

[Iscool]

I read that he supports mandatory trigger locks on all 'legally owned' guns...

[Oliver Optic]

Politics is about comparative choices.

Deserves repeating.

[Coop]

I'll vote for the man just to raise your blood pressure.

[JRochelle]

My favorite George Allen quote:

Lets enjoy knocking their soft teeth down their whiny throats.

(He was speaking of democrats).

[Coop]

An Illinois flag! Who'd have ever have guessed?!? ROTFLMAO!!

[Iscool]

I'm voting against him...That cancels your vote out...

[MarxSux]

Allen might make it nine, but not Warner. He's a Hoosier by birth.

[linda_22003]

George Allen was born in California.

[iceskater]

I'm voting for him - so my vote cancels out your vote.

[Corin Stormhands]

Good grief! I have neither the time nor energy to correct all the misinformation on this thread...

[Blackirish]

An Illinois flag! Who'd have ever have guessed?!? ROTFLMAO!!

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Your pretty easily amused, a box of crayons must keep you in stitches.

[Beagle8U]

"He will need to clarify this ... but as a Senator he has been solidly pro-life ... and there is little doubt that he would appoint strongly conservative judges when the time comes."

"He will need to clarify this ... but as a Senator he has been solidly pro-life ... and there is little doubt that he would appoint strongly conservative judges when the time comes."

Those were two very reasoned comments on George Allen.

In my opinion Allen is honest, Conservative enough, southern enough, and most of all, electable!

I don't agree with everything he has said or done, but he has the best chance in 2008 of being elected, over anyone the RATS have to offer.

[birbear]

From what I've seen of Allen (which I admit is very little) he's not the most stimulating person in the room.

He may very well be a great president, but he doesn't seem like that dynamic of a campaigner (at least not yet). I personally think he's going to get trounced in the primaries.

[W04Man]

There is NOBODY perfect enough for you, right? so you gonna elect a Dem?

[Corin Stormhands]

Interesting that you quote the Washington Blade. But the information is correct. That article is from April of 2004

Allen voted for the Marriage Amendment in July 2004.

[dogcaller]

He may be a Senator now but he was a great governor here in the state of Virginia. Therefore he has the executive experience that John Kerry and so many of the other nimrods lack. He is not a schmoozer like Bill Clinton but presented properly that may be an asset.

[areafiftyone]

MR. RUSSERT: Something else happened this week, Senator Allen, in South Dakota. And this is how The New York Times reported it: “Governor Michael Rounds, the Republican Governor of South Dakota, signed into law the nation’s most sweeping state abortion ban. ... The law makes it a felony to perform any abortion except in a case of a pregnant woman’s life being in jeopardy.” No exceptions for rape, incest, health of the mother. Would you like to see that law, the law of the United States of America?

SEN. ALLEN: Well, first of all I respect and support the right of the people in the states to pass laws that reflect their values and their desires. For the country, I think each state ought to make those decisions. Personally, I think that there should be exceptions for rape and incest because I look at the person, there as a victim of a crime, and if they so choose they ought to have that option.

MR. RUSSERT: But you would outlaw all abortion except in cases of rape, incest...?

SEN. ALLEN: Oh, I don’t think the federal government ought to be making such laws. I think the laws ought to be determined by the people in the states. If South Dakota wants a law like that, they can have that. If South Carolina wants a different law, that’s up to South Carolina or Virginia or California.

MR. RUSSERT: And if a state said unlimited abortion on demand, you would abide by that?

SEN. ALLEN: Well, I don’t agree with that approach.

MR. RUSSERT: But you said states should have the right...

SEN. ALLEN: But the, but the—if a state did that—I can’t imagine too many states or any state having one that allows abortion for all nine months for any reason or no reason at all. But that would be the right of the people of states. And for those—but if a state like South Dakota wants a law like that, even though it’s not exactly what I would think is appropriate, that does reflect the will of the people. This is a representative democracy and I think that’s an appropriate approach.

MR. RUSSERT: That would mean that Roe v. Wade would have to be overturned, which you would support?

SEN. ALLEN: I think Roe v. Wade has been interpreted in such a way that it precludes the rights of the people to decide their laws. When I was governor, we passed the law on parental notification. I think parents ought to be involved if a girl who’s 16, 17 years old...