Looking at Republicans and 2008

The Washington Times ^ | August 1, 2006 | Tod Lindberg

[Condor51]

***My crystal ball says Rudy will take it all, with 70% of the popular vote.***

Stop it, yer killin' me.
70% of the vote in Manhattan, Gay Clubs, Abortion Mills and Gun Grabbing Groups wont do it. He'd have to get votes in what's called the USA - that's a place he's never been and knows nothing about.

BTW, Do you do 'stand up' for a living? You're really funny.

[Gelato]

Sen. John McCain is the Republican front-runner. In the first place, that's because he clearly wants the job and is working to lock up key endorsements, political operations and funding.

McCain is too old.

And he's not serious about being president. All he is doing now is building political capital to use as leverage with the 2008 candidate most likely to carry on his anti-First Amendment agenda.

It worked in 2000, when McCain got Bush to support CFR in exchange for an endorsement.

[Gelato]

Mitt Romney is an attractive and popular conservative...

Proof the writer is either wholly unobservant or kidding himself.

[Alberta's Child]

Rudy Giuliani crisscrosses the country raising money for Republicans, but he also makes speaking appearances for hefty fees. As long as he's a "prosective Republican nominee for the White House," he can command $50,000 or more per appearance. The minute he is no longer a viable candidate -- or formally announces that he's not running -- he becomes just another big-city mayor who hasn't been in public office in five years . . . and he'd be lucky to get $2,500 for a speaking appearance.

You heard it here first, folks . . . He ain't running, and his "campaign" to date has been nothing more than a source of cash for him. And watch how many of his former associates (and potential clients in his "security consulting business") end up working on the campaign staff of whichever Republican DOES end up winning the nomination in 2008.

[Gelato]

Sen. George Allen of Virginia is the conservative's conservative, down to the cowboy boots...

Let's not get silly.

George Allen only plays a conservative's conservative to the fool. He is closer to Joe Lieberman than George Bush on abortion, and closer to Bush than Tancredo on border security.

Plus, his name ID is zilch, and his personal appeal as dull as Dole.

[Blackirish]

Even if Rudy is sworn in you'll still be sticking to your "He's not running" mantra.

As you've admitted your primarily a single issue voter...abortion and thats fine ...so naturally Rudy being all alone at the top of the polls freaks you but your constant drumbeat that he's not running despite all the evidence that he is ...is just whistling by the graveyard.

[Alberta's Child]

Even if Rudy is sworn in you'll still be sticking to your "He's not running" mantra.

And even though Rudy hasn't run for public office in nine years despite several prominent opportunities for him to do so (e.g., U.S. Senate in 2000, New Jersey governor's race last year, New York governor's race this year), you're still sticking to your "he's definitely running" mantra.

As you've admitted your primarily a single issue voter...abortion and thats fine ...so naturally Rudy being all alone at the top of the polls freaks you but your constant drumbeat that he's not running despite all the evidence that he is ...is just whistling by the graveyard.

You've never seen me state that I'm a "single issue voter" at all. If I were a single-issue voter then I could simply be passed off as a chronic malcontent. My complaint about Rudy Giuliani is that he's a left-wing radical on many issues -- INCLUDING ISSUES ON WHICH HIS SUPPORTERS ACTUALLY CLAIM HE'S A STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE.

[jla]

AGAIN...Please post something from Rudi within the LAST CENTURY PLEASE. Jeesh.....

All that I've posted has been culled from 1989 thru 2001. Despite your histrionics, it's relevant.

Now, where did you get the albino deer?