Posted on 05/02/2006 8:27:23 AM PDT by jacquej
he new Republican presidential candidate must be agile, quietly brilliant, intuitively political, a cross between Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan -- overwhelmingly charming and deceptive enough to achieve our national goals without anyone seeing his lips or his fingers move. Who's waiting in the Republican wings that fits that description? Few, if any. ...
.....So how does one choose the right man? C. Northcote Parkinson of Parkinson's Law fame had the answer. For every impossible job -- as per Winston Churchill or FDR in World War II or Reagan in the Cold War -- there is only one person who fits the bill. He called it a short list of selection. The times are so challenging that a prospective candidate might best be described, in caricature, by a help-wanted ad for the job.....
....Who among the contenders would be courageous enough to respond to such a daunting ad? Only one: Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Why? Is he so hopelessly ambitious to suffer indignity for his personal goals? Perhaps, but more important, he seems to be the only one who has that in-born authentic patriotic spirit that requires him to sacrifice for this nation. Plus he seems to have the sense of destiny, shared by Washington, Lincoln, FDR and Reagan -- that he is the only one of his time capable of the onerous job of a president under shattering fire. .....
.....In summation, Mr. McCain is the only presidential candidate possible for the Republican nomination. And as a plus, he is the only one who can defeat any candidate the hapless Democratic Party can put up, especially Hillary Clinton.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
However, the points Martin L. Gross makes about the requirements for the job are good ones. Who else might fulfill these?
"What McCain has to offer..."
Capitulation.
Somebody get a shovel. There's a real load here.
McCain seriously considered a vice presidential run with John (I served in Viet Nam) Kerry. Do you consider that the sign of a good conservative candidate?
he seems to be the only one who has that in-born authentic patriotic spirit that requires him to sacrifice for this nation. Plus he seems to have the sense of destiny, shared by Washington, Lincoln, FDR and Reagan -- that he is the only one of his time capable of the onerous job of a president under shattering fire
I just threw up things I ate in second grade.
He’s an unhinged, constitution-hating, corrupt hump.
He still hasn't gotten over having his ass kicked in South Carolina.
There goes the media pushing their favorite candidate, again.
I am not fond of McCain, personally. I worry that he is unstable, to put it politely. But, the entire article is interesting. We do need someone who will inspire the base and the independents to vote Republican, and some of the more conservative Dems to cross over.
Who could that be?
"What McCain has to offer..."
Don't need a liberal in office thank you.
What we do need is a Conservative Governor who understands what it takes to run a large corporation and how to make things work efficiently, effectively and according to a set of guidelines handed down to us from our founding fathers.
Other than that, he could be a Ranger fan for all I care.
The Washigton Times are fairly solid... I would have agreed with you if it was the Washington Post.
Open borders.
Then they will drag out all that Keating 5 stuff out of the closet and put Hillary Clinton or worse in the White House.
Ultra-lib Ellen Ratner 'adores' McCain. That's it in a nutshell. Be afraid, be very afraid of McCain.
I don't endorse candidates, but I do speak out against those unworthy of the office, thus I don't have an answer, sorry.
Insanity
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