I keep asking the question "when is the last time a mayor won the presidency". All I get back is that new york is larger than blah blah blah state.
Rudy has been out of office 5 years now. The rudy fans want to say his old antig-un, pro-abortion, pro-illegal positions don't matter because they happened "long ago". Well guess what rudybots, so did his leadership of NYC.
"Know what's ironic? Folks will discount Duncan Hunter with the, (fallacious), argument that a 'congressman won't win the Presidency'. They forget to then tell us when the last time a mayor did so."
That's what I'm always saying.
Today I heard a caller call Rush's show, praising Duncan Hunter. I hear this all the time. I think we might be in for a pleasant surprise.
The last President who was a Mayor was Calvin Coolidge.
The last house member was George Bush Sr.
The last President who was a ...
Radio Announcer (1): Ronald Reagan
Divorced (1): Ronald Reagan
Actor (1): Ronald Reagan
Circus Roustabout (1): Ronald Reagan
Coach (1): Ronald Reagan
Lifeguard (1): Ronald Reagan
Construction Worker (1): Ronald Reagan
Born in Illinois (1): Ronald Reagan
Belonging to "Disciples of Christ" (3): Reagan, Garfield, Lyndon Johnson
Dishwasher (3): Reagan, Lyndon Johnson, Ford.
It is not so much where you come from, but what you stand for. I will vote for any Republican over any Democrat, with the exception of McCain ( I will go third party before I will vote for him). I also have a problem with Mormons ( I consider it a cult.)
The perfect point.