Posted on 01/01/2008 9:01:14 AM PST by RKB-AFG
Then so am I...
The mega-church members I've known have tended to be affluent middle to upper management business types. They're not particularly easily led. I always like to tease them and tell them that I've heard that their particular church is stock-piling assault weapons to take over the world.
Has your experience of these folks been different than mine?
Well put...
I wouldn’t vote for either, against anybody.
Huckleberry was invited to speak to the Council, of which Soros is a prominent member.
He’s been surging ever since.
Rooty and Romney are both anti gun, scratch them because Republicans can’t win without the gun voters.
McCain wants to give the country to Mexico and 70% of voters hate that idea, scratch him.
Huck, Keyes, Paul ? LMAO!...scratch them for various reasons.
That leaves Fred and Hunter. Which will the GOP business leaders support?
Well maybe smarts are missing in Iowa, I hope not.
But...I also remember after the 2006 elections Karl Rove was asked about starting the 2008 kickoff so early. He mentioned that it was too early, therefore making voters sick of these people by crunch time.
Maybe, just maybe, the Fred campaign is pulling off a very deft move.
I would love Hunter/Thompson, but based on what I see, I would be very comfortable and enthused with a Thompson/Hunter ticket.
The two guys we are not sick to death of.
If they want to win, they will go Thompson/Hunter or Hunter/Thompson.
A ticket I am choosing that I feel safe with!
Well, they did not mention Ron Paul either, who is doing better than 2 out of the 3 you mentioned, and I am glad about that.
My thought also that the Fred campaign may be more wise than we have given them credit for.
If forced to support Huck or Rudy, who would you pull for.
PLEASE, NO "I won't vote" answers, I just want to know how Freepers would come down between Huck and Rudy.
My answer, of course, is Rudy, what about you?
This piece is fatally narrow, as you point out. Fred would help avoid these difficulties, and so would McCain, in my humble opinion. I know the name “McCain” has been poison of late, but his recent conversion on taxes and immigration is, I believe, at least as sincere as Romney’s.
My main issue with Fred is desire and tenacity (or a noticeable lack thereof). He just doesn’t seem to want the nomination very much, evidenced by his late start, lackluster campaigning style and propensity to schedule few events or even cancel some of the ones already on his calendar. Sorry to all you Fred boosters out there, but he just doesn’t enthrall me. . .
Oh really? Then why is he polling so low (at par or even lower than Ron Paul) in poll after poll after poll? Are we waiting for Joementum?
Yep, that is why Rudy is tanking. Other than the obvious fact that there is nothing conservative about him, we all just got sick of him.
All the other guys, with an exception of Thompson and Hunter, have irritated the cr*p out of us. Huckster being up there as bad or even worse than Rudy.
Could be Thompson has been biding his time waiting for all the nutcases to come to their senses.
Then , he will step in.
Maybe it is wishful on my part. But...I keep hoping for that!
No, I don’t know any members of one of the mega-churches. I’ve tried going to various churches myself, but have come to the realization that I’m not much of a team player - more of a lone wolf. Churches just don’t do it much for me anymore.
Maybe instead of saying “easily led”, I should have said “team players” - which is fine if the goal is honorable. The problem usually happens when the leader of the team starts getting big-headed & loving power. Then, I don’t want to play on the team anymore - I do better on my own.
I wouldn’t pi$$ in Rooty’s ear if his head was on fire!
I would agree with that. I believe that people would support Hunter more. Marriage made in heaven.
Common sense.
Maybe, and I hope you are correct, but I think that is wishful thinking. If Fred comes in 5th in Iowa and 5th in NH (a distinct possibility), I expect him to drop out. He will be the first man sitting, and not the last man standing.
Must be bad in Clinton ‘ville. Not a word for days.
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