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Posted on 01/11/2008 9:05:46 AM PST by jdm
Right Wing News has done another Rightosphere temperature check on the Republican race for the Presidential nomination. Over half preferred Thompson as the Republican candidate — these folks must have been very happy with last nights debate, where Thompson finally woke up and realized politics ain’t bean bag and you can’t win if you don’t play. RWN’s does some helpful breakouts on relative preferences among the candidates, so do check out the temp check.
The two candidates the bloggers don’t like are McCain and Huckabee. I’d pick it strongly the other way, but bloggers actually prefer McCain over Huckabee. My view is that Huckabee would be a better President down the line, definitely more conservative, and more tolerable to have in the news and on your TV set for 4 years — a big consideration.
I don’t like McCain, I don’t trust McCain and I don’t believe McCain. I don’t believe his heart is in the right spot (John McCain loves John McCain), I don’t trust his judgment, and I don’t like the way he thinks about issues.
And I actually think Huckabee has a good case defending his record as governor of Arkansas — conservatives actually believe in solving problems at the state and local level, and Arkansas historically has had terrible schools and public infrastructure.
Huckabee didn’t do anything for the Republicans in Arkansas, and I don’t like his record on crime, but his record on illegals isn’t nearly the worst in the country. He did leave his state with a large budget surplus, which is much better than most Republican chief executives today.
I’m at the point of thinking we need to give Huckabee a break.
One reason Romney isn’t doing that well is because he’s nit-picking Huckabee’s record, and he’s not taking on his opponents at a principled level — Huckabee is right to respond “What would you do” when faced with court orders and a terrible school system.
UPDATE: This is news — Human Events endorses Fred Thompson. This race might have been a completely different one if Thompson had decided he really wanted to be President a few months ago, instead of only last night.
Patrick Ruffini suggests the Arkansas governor will have to make a similar decision, “[Huckabee] seems to be running for Mr. Congeniality at times. Huckabee’s path to the nomination lies in convincing conservatives why John McCain was so unacceptable to them to begin with. He has to make a decision about whether he’s running for President or Vice President.”
Vicious attacks.
Saying FRed’s wife dresses like a slut. Saying that his 4 year old daughter looked like she was playing with a contraceptive device in one of the interviews. Calling FRed a dirty old man for having a younger wife. Attacking him for not jumping on THEIR hobby horse (immigration) when he was in the Senate, instead of what he focused on: fiscal/regulatory responsibility and arms proliferation.
Then there are those who call us names like “starstruck”, when we couldn’t care less about FRed’s acting.
Most of FRed’s supporters were/are fine with Hunter, and would never have bothered trying to find his weak points if the Hunter supporters weren’t so vile towards FRed.
(Any of you FRedheads have any more examples?)
The only true conservative ticket to vote for at this point! Huckleberry and McLame are the ones the MEDIA is trying to set up....
But could Hunter carry any state not carried by Bush in 2000 or 2004? I doubt he would even carry his own state.
Plus the fact that he has never won anything bigger than his congressional district. A candidate who can't even carry his own state in the electoral colleg is worthless on a ticket.
Again, how is “unreasonable hate” exposing Duncan Hunter’s liberal votes?
Lets just run Dole and Kemp again and get it over with.
I think you and the other pests are just dancing around singing little simple songs like children on the playground.Mommy needs to put youall down for a nap.
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I’m all over that.
Hunter/Thompson
ditto
There was a rather vulgar poem/song posted about Fred, Jeri and “beanie weenie,” but it was pulled shortly after being posted.
Did you mention the spamming of pole dancing pictures next to photos of Jeri?
The dream team.
Could we not do better than McCain as VP?
How about Huckabee/Obama or Clinton/Huckabee? He’d fit in better over there.
Duncan Hunter for President!!!! There is no other viable or Conservative candidate.
Duncan Hunter for President!!!! There is no other viable or Conservative candidate.
Duncan Hunter for President!!!! There is no other viable or Conservative candidate.
www.gohunter08.com
Read later.
If there's no FRed and no Hunter and we're left with the four headless RINOs, then what?
Remember that every day, more illegals are coming in by the southern border, and they aren*t all Mexican. Amongst the invaders already here are thousands of people from the ME. Hunter*s well-established work would be a giant plus for the voters.
I think that’s a great team.
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