I like Bobby Jindal, but I must say I think there is some speech coach out there that tells politicians there are certain hand gestures they MUST use when speaking and it just disturbs me. It looks fake and contrived. Sen. Salazar is the worst. Pat Buchanan also has that annoying hand chop without which he cannot speak. Pelosi with her pointer finger in the air must also have had this coach.
9. Sal #265
If we remember back even before Katrina, the libtards were trying to find something, anything they could use to impeach Bush. They even tried some goofy UK memo that gave somebody's "opinion" that intel had been sexed up...It went a bit beyond many of us speculating that the Clintons were pulling Blanco's strings. Several of us, Miss Marple the most prominent, figured the purpose was to provoke Bush to the point where he would take over because Blanco was not protecting her citizens. If he had done so, he would have committed an actual impeachable offense. IIRC he practically begged Blanco publically to call in fedgov and she refused. We figured they wanted him to overstep his legal authority so they could slam him with impeachment, but he did NOT take the bait. Of course, they rewarded that by accusing him of not caring about the people, especially black people. We certainly thought the Clintons were designing the attempted take down because Blanco doesn't have enough brain cells to figure out the impeachment strategy. AG, I didn't know until now that it was KNOWN that the Clintons were pulling the strings. True evil.
8. Morgan in Denver #88
Richardson made comments that homosexuals chose their behavior and supports boycotting the Olympics in China (ala Carter), plus other positions he’s taken that showed he is not ready for prime time yet. On the plus side he brings the Hispanic vote into play but I’m not convinced he is needed to do that nor is he that popular with the radical left that Hillary has to contend with.
7. Miss Marple #192
I 100% agree with you on the Clintons and Blanco conspiring to prevent Bush from helping. Heck, those of us on the hurricane threads spotted it right away.It has been my long-held opinion that the democrats had formulated a plan in case there was another terrorist attack. That is why Kerry kept yammering about no security in the harbors and Hillary kept emphasizing that we weren’t funding first-responders. They had a plan all ready to go for the next terrorist attack, but too bad for them (and good for us) one never happened. So when Katrina came along, they rolled out their plan and used it against Bush during the hurricane and its aftermath.Whenever I hear people say that it will take another terrorist attack to bring us together, I remind them of Katrina, because if we are hit again, the coverage will be just like Katrina coverage. Shep Smith will probably be on air crying about why we weren’t prepared, and Geraldo will be taking cameras into the blast zone, spewing all sorts of accusatory comments at the President.
6. The Pack Knight #179
This is true, though I'd say that 1960-1976 was skewed by a disproportionate frequency of Presidential successions. Only 5 former VPs have been elected, but 9 have succeeded to the Presidency.I certainly agree that the trend has been in favor of governors, but I would also argue that it's possible that we may be seeing a (and I hate this term) paradigm shift with this election.No one yet knows what impact the increasing influence of the internet and 24-hour news is going to have on Presidential politics. It could well be that these and other factors will weaken the position of governors running for President. Certainly it has disproportionately enhanced the name recognition of US Senators
5. PerConPat #160
And now it seems that some of the Louisiana Dims may be going the same way. I was impressed with the Jindal interview on FNS.In a time of political turmoil when we have the Pubs being assailed by a collection of ideological Mad Hatters from without and within the party, it's nice to see voters in Louisiana getting it Right. It's not easy to fool a majority that has suffered at the hands of those who bring nothing to the table but "I feel your pain..." Especially when the termites making those empty declarations are responsible for the pain!
4. Arrowhead 1952 #62
I'm linking several interesting FR threads to the Sunday talk show thread, just in case you didn't see these yet.
But At Least Clinton Was Willing To Say It
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Chertoff rips phony press event
Former President Fox: Nations would benefit from female leader Pandering to her thighness alert
Jail time in store for all AZ crossers
Feds strike ID deal over NY licenses Pandering to illegals
Oval Trysts 'insane' To Hillary Her thighness in denial alert
Democrats Want Congress to Work Less Lazy RAT alert
Truth Is Out There, Gov. Believes (Richardson to Explore Roswell Story) Saturday morning humor thread for Sunday enjoyment