The First Post-Macaca GOP '08 Straw Poll (Allen Craters to 11.5%)

Red State.com ^ | 8.27.06 | machiavel

[Blackirish]

Allen may....may... be VP but will never POTUS.
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He doesn't have what it takes to be a wartime president...and the voters will see that.
I like him as a senator but no way does he have anything in his backround to qualify him as a wartime prez.

[wouldntbprudent]

True, W had been a fighter pilot, but what else qualified him to be a wartime president? And he's been a good one.

A good leader is a good leader. I think Allen has what it takes.

Time will tell.

[familyop]

Yes, most GOP bloggers are Caligliani fans, but most GOP voters, as conservative Protestants and conservative others, are not. So give up the silliness, and nominate Newt. Our elite will control themselves and give us Newt, or they will be ruled by Hillary.

[familyop]

"What the hell is a Macaca?"

It's a monkey. The neo-Nazi press and its fans obfuscated the issue.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Macaque \Ma`caque"\, n. [F. See Macacus.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the
     genus Macaca (formerly Macacus), found in rocky regions
     of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque of
     the East Indies.
  
     Note: Macaca mulatta is the Rhesus monkey, much used in
           biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used
           in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the
           Rhesus monkey).
           [1913 Webster +PJC]

[Blackirish]

Rudy cleaned up NY and kicked Arafat in the ass plus carried NYC after 9/11

Newt..contract with America took the House.

Pence ..leading the charge against his own party on wasteful spending

All proven leaders.

Allen grew up as a privileged kid in the suburbs of LA and Chicago...and now he's pretending to be a cowboy boot wearing good ol boy from the south.

As a senator he's been another fiscaly liberal, social conservative.

Senator fine.... as far as running for POTUS the voters will reject a mini-W and the dim hate machine would crush him.

[EternalVigilance]

Got a bad taste for Newt when he did the renewable fuels panel at the Iowa State Fair this month along with Dem Governor Vilsack.

Gingrich spoke as if he believes that the global warming myth were true. Shocked me. Bigtime.

Considering his past hostility to that myth, it smacked of extreme (and dangerous) pandering to me.

In light of the fact that there's new polling out that shows an increasing number of Americans who believe in that garbage, ya hafta wonder if the man isn't operating solely by listening to polling and focus groups.

[EternalVigilance]

One other note about Gingrich's appearance at the Iowa State Fair with Vilsack on the renewable fuels panel:

When asked about the FairTax, Gingrich totally wimped out. Ended up endorsing the flat income tax.

Newt Gingrich is SO ten years ago...*bleh*

[pigdog]

Thanks for the info EV.

[EternalVigilance]

You bet. I couldn't find a transcript of his remarks, but did find someone who took notes. Watch how he pays lip service to the FairTax and to how bad the current system is (like any capable GA politician knows how to do), but in the end comes down on the side of the income tax:

10:53 - Question about gas prices - how reduce tax on fuels, consider national sales tax? Vilsack - Iowa aggressively reducing taxes by encouraging producers to pass tax credit savings to consumer. Part of the challenge is to have total transportation strategy.”America spends too much time in gridlock.” Sales taxes tend to be regressive. Gingrich - Fair tax interesting idea. Complicated idea to lay out nationally. Current tax code complex. Flat tax now gaining popularity. Wants to incentivize renewable fuels and new fuel cars. Market-based solution. Must cut government in order to reduce taxes. Entrepreneurial public management.

http://www.politicalforecast.net/2006/08/12/isf-2006-renewable-fuels-forum-notes/

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"What a shame about George Allen."

I think someone else has the chance to pop up.

[Torie]

Your list of unacceptable GOP candidates for the GOP nomination is just so long, and the list of acceptable ones is just so short. :)

[PDR]

ping -- look who has a new republican candidate to get busy tearing down.... as gomer pyle would say, "suh-prize, suh-prize, suh-price"

[EternalVigilance]

Your list of unacceptable GOP candidates for the GOP nomination is just so long, and the list of acceptable ones is just so short. :)

Well, in the end, there can only be ONE, right? ;-)

[Torie]

Well I am an easier grader. I have more than one on my acceptable list. Color me "catholic" (lower case "c") in my tastes or something. :)

[EternalVigilance]

ping -- look who has a new republican candidate to get busy tearing down.... as gomer pyle would say, "suh-prize, suh-prize, suh-price"

Simply pointing out what he's saying on the stump about an issue that's near and dear to my heart: Fundamental tax reform.

No surprises here, though. If Newt actually wanted fundamental tax reform, he'd have scrounged up the political courage to advance it ten years ago.

Or maybe not. He tends to only stick with stuff that gets 80% or better approval from his focus groups...

So, are you on Newt's payroll these days, "PDR"?

[Torie]

By the way, your "acceptable" list at this point appears to be white space.

[Torie]

46% of Freepers would be willing to pull the level for Rudy by the way, if push comes to shove, given the candidates really in play at the moment, with 21% sitting it out. What do you think of THAT? Yes, Freepers don't know Rudy is a social liberal and are uninformed of course, of course. Cheers! Yes, Jim accommodated me and put up the poll at my request.

[EternalVigilance]

What do you think of THAT?

I think the nomination of Rudolph Giuliani would spell the speedy end of the Republican Party.

However, I don't think that the powers-that-be have any silly illusions that he can actually win the nomination in any case.

They are simply using him as a tool for pushing people's standards to the left.

Making room for "Bush-lite".

[EternalVigilance]

By the way, your "acceptable" list at this point appears to be white space.

Yep. Keeping my powder dry, and doing what little I can to make sure folks know where the current erstwhile field actually stands.

[Torie]

IC.