ok...you described all of the top gop candidates as not having presidential mettle, with the exception of Guiliani. That is synonamous with not being presidential. And then you say that Hillary’s victim of Bill status will easily trump Thompson and that all other candidates on both sides are basically weak. I will admitt that the shoe in part was a little exaggerated, but that is the way you came across. And then you accuse me of completely twisting it and acting like a leftist. Please, reread your post and try to be a little objective to your own pessimism which you think is brutal honesty, rather than accusing me of misrepresenting your whole post.
orig comment: “There is no one, not one single republican, of presidential mettle with the possible exception of Rudy Giuliani, like it or not.”
I am absolutely sure that of the 10 candidates and candidates-in-prep, about .... ALL TEN are more capable of being President than Hillary Clinton. ALL TEN would be better presidents than LBJ, than Carter, than Clinton.
“And Hillary’s status as Victim of Bill and Strong Woman and veteran De Facto President will trump him easily in the public mind.”
— Media misinformation that creates these phony images may prevail. Or it may not. Its up to us to make truth prevail.
“The others, on either side, are just that: side shows. They are not capable of being the president of this country,”
This is not a sensible statement. You know the ‘qualifications’ for president? A) be a 36yearold native-born citizen, and B) WIN THE ELECTION.
The ‘great’ Clinton was an irresponsible 43-year-old whose only accomplishment in life was getting reelected in Arkansas. Qualification? None, except getting elected!
“a time of trepidation if any of them by some unfortunate turn of events manages to get elected to the office.”
If we survived Jimmy Carter we can survive anything.
Romney - fantastic executive skills.
McCain - Been in Washington long time, “knows the ropes”, would have done a better job than GWB in Iraq; we freepers are only down on him because he’s been in DC *too long* and drank the liberal/RINO koolaid.
Guliani - No BS leader.
Thompson - Another no BS leader and conservative to boot, so no heartburn like with Rudy.
“That would be sad indeed, no matter what party he claimed to be affiliated with, because this country is too much to be handled by an amateur. He’ll be eaten alive and run too high a risk of making really dumb decisions out of ignorance of the true political and leadership tradition of the US, and the discretion required to steer this ship in international waters that are filled with sharks and landmines.”
That might be a credible complaint against Obama, but for other candidates, that’s just a lack of perspective. We need to quit getting so down on our own field - they are far better than Hillary and we dont give them enough credit.
Final thought: Hillary is NOT a shoo-in, in part because her own experience and credibility is a lot thinner than those of the Republican opponents. I think it is unwarranted pessimism to assume the GOP candidates are not as up to the job as she would be.