Posted on 08/25/2006 10:22:21 AM PDT by Blackirish
In lieu of potentially demoralizing issues such as Iraq, Allen addressed conservative causes -- the pledge of allegiance, judicial nominees, and arctic oil drilling to lower gas prices ("It won't bother any of the mosquitoes up there"). He regained some of his usual brashness when he criticized the Bush-backed immigration legislation as "convoluted," "outrageous" and "absurd.
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I like him. The whole thing is media hyperventilation anyway.
All George has to do is say something nice about McCain.
I like Allen but he is not ready for prime time (Presidential competition).
Hey Dana, I'm still waiting for the WaPo's apologies.... Any old time now...... No need to stand on ceremony.... Just go ahead and seek our forgiveness....... Whenever you're ready to confess....... I'll give you a list of things to apologize for if you need help getting started. You can start with this phony 'insult' you've created with George Allen.
Nope. he better grow some nads just to win reelection to the Senate.
ROFL. He better NOT or I will send money to his opponent.
Allen should never have apologized. He should have just laughed it off and called them all useless "macacas" and let them just fume and rage about it.
This made him look very weak. Not good. You can't genuflect to your political enemies just because they get tough. You need to get tougher and meaner. Frankly, I'm looking around for somebody else to support now. Allen isn't hacking it.
Still, I wonder how much of this attack on George arises out of the anti-semitism that's overtaken the entire Democratic party in the last couple of years.
Maybe you could illuminate us.
Sorry. I have no clue on how to decipher the various pathologies infecting the Democrat Party. I just try to stay out of their way and keep them out of mine. That's not always possible as they seem to be running around loose everywhere.
P.S. I would be more than happy to line up to p!ss on "MacNamara's brick". If you can find a leftover of LBJ's I would also be thrilled to oblige. Additionally, I'm looking forward to doing the same on Bubba's headstone. The line will be endless but well worth the wait.
*sigh*
So many scoundrels, so little time...
Next time we have a Freeper event on the Mall, I'll bring some bricks.
Agree completely. Memo to George Allen: The hole is deep enough, stop digging already!!!
Allen's campaigning recently has to be one of the WORST managed campaigns in recent senate elections.
Allen has managed to blow away a double digit lead to a lead of a few points , what a fool and a wimp!
This repeated apologising has to be a really bad piece of political strategy, a putz like Webb should be on the ropes now, instead its Allen on the defensive..
No, I don't consider Brownbach remotely viable with this cohort (he went "soft" on illegal immigration, is a very poor speaker, and comes across as dull, among other things), so I doubt it will be him. So who is left, that one can reasonably expect might decide to go for it to fill the vacuum, as opposed to those who say they won't, such as Condi Rice (who would probably not fill the bill anyway)? Or is no one left, and the three are the viable choices, in which event some in this neighborhood will not be happy campers?
He's apologized, and now he needs to take control of the campaign.
What is disturbing about the staff problem is that it indicates Allen is not a good manager, and that is NOT a good message to send if one wants to run for president.
As far as who is left...McCain will not win the nomination because he has alienated too many people. That leaves Guiliani and Romney. Romney is flying under a lot of people's radar, but I heard he has a very professional staff in Iowa and he surprised a lot of people by the amount of money he collected in California.
Neither Romney nor Guiliani are going to please some people here, but I always look for the most conservative candidate who can get elected. I am not interested in "making a statement."
Guiliani is a sentimental choice, but I am afraid that his personal life might come back to bite him. Republicans don't get the pass from the media that democrats do.
That's my opinion now. Ask me in 6 months...I might be singing a different tune. I have no favorite and my vote will be cast in the Indiana primary, which is late and will no doubt be after the candidate has been chosen.
Allen isn't going to lose his seat over this media-driven nonsense, especially that his 'Rat opponent exposed himself as not above engaging in Jew-baiting. I consider the RINO troika of Romney, Rudy, and McNut as non-starters. Romney has done nothing for the MA Republican party as it becomes more and more moribund by the day, accomplished nothing as Governor (partly because Republicans are completely powerless thanks to the obscenely overrepresented 'Rat legislature reducing it to figurehead status) and doesn't even want to bother with running for a 2nd term. McCain is a senile wackjob of whom the media is hoping will get nominated so they can easily polish him off for the general (a very easy task), and Giuliani is a Democrat in virtually every position save law and order (excluding gun rights, in which case, he is as liberal as they come).
I agree with you on Brownback, he is also a no-go. I could settle for Rice, but worry about her lack of electoral experience and the fact she's not socially Conservative enough. I'm still sticking with Allen, but there may be some dark-horse candidates out there coming from the ranks of the Governors. I wouldn't mind Haley Barbour, who did a superb job of managing the Katrina aftermath (in stark contrast to the buffoons in Louisiana, who demonstrated they didn't have the collective intelligence to flush a toilet). But it is readily apparent that there is no "magic" candidate. Of course, the good news is that there is no "magic" candidate for the 'Rats, either. In a world where they didn't nominate candidates with Stalinist family histories (Lamont), Lieberman would be a superb candidate for them, but we know how that goes... ;-)
I only see new one name in your post, Barbour, and didn't he say he was not running? I might be wrong on that. He might be viable, if the Yankees can tolerate his accent. Don't laugh, it matters in politics.
What about Mike Huckabee? There was a small trial balloon in the papers a few months ago.
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