Posted on 03/02/2007 1:35:28 PM PST by George W. Bush
Question: "What do you think of Governor Romney's candidacy for the presidency?"
Ann's reply:
"I think he's probably our best candidate."
"I think it is fair to say, and this is coming from someone who supported Pete DuPont, Alan Keyes, Pat Buchanan, Steve Forbes so it's not like I won't go for an underdog."
"But I think we have to be serious about this. I think our choice is among Gingrich, Giuliani, McCain, and Romney.
And Giuliani is very very liberal and when this country gets to the point (and I have a love letter to him in my current book, Godless, what he did for New York was magnificent) but when this country gets to the point where both presidential candidates support abortion, I think we can hang it up as a country."
And McCain, I think has some problems because everyone who supports McCain would have to switch party registrations to vote for him."
"I love Gingrich, I think he's brilliant, he was crucial, the man for his time. We don't even know if he's running for president but assuming he is, I kinda think his time has passed and, I don't know, it could come back again, like Eighties music, but I think his time was over..."
"...And you have to say about Romney, he tricked liberals into voting for him." (laughter)
"I like a guy who hoodwinks liberals so easily. And also the one thing I have a very soft spot for is that I love Mormons and the reason I love Mormons (among other things) is that...you may have forgotten this...But Bill Clinton in Utah in 1992 came in third (in Utah). Now that's a fine state."
"You know, people keep saying, criticizing some of our presidential candidates, saying 'well, they're not Reagan, they're not Reagan.'"
"A Reagan comes around once every hundred years so don't keep comparing everyone to Reagan. It's a very tough job to run for president."
"I was just saying, the only thing I don't understand about Romney is why he wants to run for president. He has a great life, he's rich, he has a beautiful family...why ruin it by running for president?"
"But hopefully, he won't think of that."
They must have been holding back a bunch of McCain votes last night...because when I saw the results on Hannity and Colmes last night...McCain was WAY behind.
Edwards is a fag?
ROFL
I like Ann but that does not help CPAC or the cosnervative movment. Better words could have been used. Though I do agree Edwards is a girly man.
"Are they the finals?"
They said they were results from last night.........so really don't know if it is final as didn't say "final".
Ann made a complete fool of herself with the comment about john edwards. What a total idiot!
A modification of the Rudy mantra--"Vote for Rudy or you'll get Hillary."
..I'm not convinced of Ann's commitment to Mitt though...
I wish there was some mystical way I could convine those in my neighborhood that I am a Rudy supporter AND a John supporter in such a way that I could guaranty they were cooked simply based on that support.
Hecks bells, the McCain camp just announced the McCain Team in Minnesota. This team (committee) includes some names of a few people that I know quite well and like. Yet I have told my puppeteers that if McCain gets the nod I will take a leave of absense from the ought eight race because he has worked so hard for so long to groin kick conservatives on most domestic issues.
Either way, Hunter has done well.
Maybe she forgot.
No, it was hilarious. Purposefull as well.
Really don't know. I am also confused on just how many straw polls South Carolina is having. The results I found and posted above are from a Spartanburg County Straw Poll. Are there several going on in SC?? Anyone know?
If anyone reads Moxie, thats her on the left.
Hey -- if you'll show me an electable pro-lifer, I'm in with both feet. Anyway, we're not going to eliminate abortion via executive fiat. Nor are we going to get an anti-abortion amendment anytime soon. We may win an incremental court ruling here or there, from time to time. Maybe.
So, am I saying "give up"? Nope. But we have to play within the bounds of "what's possible". I think a wise course would include massive PR campaigns on TV, billboards, etc., a la the anti-smoking campaign. It's taken 30 years; but the anti-smoking campaign has been very successful. Its tack has been to 1) point out the health problems, very graphic at times, 2) point out the social problems, saying that nobody wants to be around a smoker, 3) put smokers on a guilt trip, second-hand smoke and all, 4) ostracize smokers by denying them access to public places, 5) create smoke-free workplaces, thereby affecting people's livelihoods -- you get the idea. And, it's been very successful. Have you noticed that about the only demographic that still smokes, en masse, is the high-school-dropout crowd that lives in snaggletooth estates?
OK. So, why not shame abortion, abortionists, and abortion-users in commercials? Why not encourage entire hospitals to declare themselves "Abortion-Free Zones"? Wouldn't it be great if, as we escalated the anti-abortion campaign, the only people who, as a group, remained consumers of abortion, were the same dropout, dentally-and-mentally-challenged clientele, the ones who still smoke?? We might even secretly hope they WOULD abort. We might even punctuate the ad campaign with a proposal for "Free Abortions for All Liberals, Minorities, and Smokers". Maybe by then, people would catch on to what abortion is all about.
Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani can govern; and, for that reason, I am not going to write him off. If he's the standard-bearer, though, the VP becomes crucial, because Rudy might not live out his term(s); I am serious about that. His health is very much an issue.
That's all I need to know about Mormons
My platform includes a National Holiday to celebrate Beer, Wine and Pole Dancing. The socons might reject me.
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