Posted on 03/07/2007 1:00:20 PM PST by garv
Fred Siegel's book reminded me of something I'd forgotten from the Dinkins years: all the cars with the NO RADIO and RADIO ALREADY STOLEN signs in the windows. Some said NO RADIO, NOTHING IN TRUNK. The guys replacing the car windows and trunk locks were having a bonanza but the rest of us were feeling more than a little demoralized and victimized.
Duncan Hunter is not a factor. He never will be. He fired his staff in South Carolina already, and he doesn't even register in the polls among fellow Californians.
Maybe if he'd won the MegaMillions jackpot last night, he'd have a remote chance to buy some name publicity. Candidates who haven't even decided to run in the race are doing ten times better than him.
This forum is going to kid itself that there is some perfect candidate who will emerge and contend. I don't even think Hunter is close to perfect, but I don't have to worry about it since he's going nowhere.
I'd say there's about an 80% chance Rudy will win the GOP nomination, and maybe as much as a 75% chance that he's a lock to be the next President.
How this forum comes to grips with that, and how much bloodshed and anger there will be about that, remains to be seen.
I love that Rudy takes his critics on instead of letting them continue to lie with impunity and having that lie fester in the American consciousness for years and years until eventually it becomes a sort of truth. It's one of the reasons I adore the guy; he doesn't back down to anybody.
Well stated. Bump
That high, huh? No wonder his haters are so vociferous and worried.
Remember the Keyes Illinois campaign...times twenty.
Many of the same players with some n00bs thrown in or maybe retreads...lol.
Thank you miss marmelstein. It's nice to think back to when Rudy was mayor!
Rush was saying that it isn't part of the conservative mindset to fight for power, that a conservative wants less government and government power, not more. The last bunch of Republicans that got elected forgot what they were sent to Washington to do and got caught up in the power of money. Rush said that fighting for that power, both of money and politics is what the left is all about, so it's a natural fit for them.
It's unfortunate that Republicans are mostly afraid to get down and dirty when defending themselves, though. I'm not saying that we should go as low as the Clintons, the ends don't always justify the means. I just want someone who will give it as good as he gets, so that the left knows that if they make crazy accusations the President will answer those accusations directly and publicly.
tick tick tick tick... I'm waiting... They have been doing it for quite a while now - I don't see any torture on his face.
Why stop a winning streak when you're hot. Yesterday buchanan and Keyes...tomorrow the world!
Fortunately no one has ever invented a little blue pill for political impotence.
LOL! It'd be a best seller here.
We sure don't want this scumbag with his finger on the button. He's really not much of a man, as men go.
What a POS.
Oh, they're incredibly worried. I guess I don't blame them. Not many here wouldn't say, "It would be better if he had a better record on pro-life issues, guns, and had stayed married to an attractive high school sweetheart."
Yeah, I wish a lot of things. There is still plenty of time to try to pin him down on the issues. Clamping down on New York is not the same job as leading America.
But you can only play the hand you are dealt. I don't see what will stop Rudy. This forum has already tried posting a million photos of him in a dress, but since he already did it on national television, we're not really going to shock the nation.
Plus, we have no Plan B. Or if we're calling Duncan Hunter "Plan B" then we're not really willing to think this through.
A wildcard could be Fred Thompson. He doesn't have forever to make up his mind. Rudy is solidifying the perception that he's the overwhelming frontrunner. Of course, Fred isn't pure enough for a lot of the folks at this forum, either.
" Nasty, brutish and short "
Enough about Hillary.
VOTAGRA...when you're candidate needs a little assist to get up in the polls.
You know, I have been interested in Rudy's "tough on crime" stuff. I made a graph, and it CLEARLY shows a substantial drop in crime well before Rudy came into office. Rudy managed to ride an inverted wave of the decreasing crime rate started druing the previous administration.
Interesting stuff.
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