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Without Thompson, A Boring GOP Field
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| January 27, 2008
| David Broder
Posted on 01/27/2008 10:43:45 PM PST by gpapa
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:43:46 PM PST
by
gpapa
To: gpapa
Sure. Now, everybody loves Fred.
To: gpapa
Republicans are waking up to the fact that McCain is our Hillary, Romney is our Obama, and Huckabee is our Edwards. Just like the Democrat race, the GOP race has come down to the broken Washington establishment candidate vs. the outsider advocating change, with a southern populist spoiler who doesn’t know when to drop out thrown in.
Look at McCain’s list of endorsements.
It reads like a Who’s Who of everything that is wrong in Washington.
McCain is the broken Washington Establishments candidate.
He has all the endorsements from the pork-barrel Senate, the open-borders governors, and the New York Times and liberal establishment MSM.
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:48:40 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(Mike Huckabee — The Religious Wrong)
To: gpapa
Fred, Fred, Fred, we hardly knew ya!
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:50:54 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: gpapa
Was the race really that much more lively when Fred was in?
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:52:57 PM PST
by
CutePuppy
(If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
To: counterpunch
Ultra conservative Senator Tom Coburn has endorsed John McCain. Coburn is a spending and tax reform hawk.
And Romney is still running as the GOP chameleon. LOL
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:53:24 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: gpapa
It’s a down raht cryen’ sharme
:(
To: CutePuppy
Exactly.
Romney won that debate hands down.
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posted on
01/27/2008 10:59:21 PM PST
by
1066AD
To: gpapa
The candidate who was falsely labeled by the media as the most “uninspiring” and “lackluster” was really the one driving the substance and soul of the debate.
Without Fred Thompson, the rest are free to dissolve into the amorphous goo of political gamesmanship. Fred Thompson's echo of true conservative principles has been left behind as they offer their shallow and pithy cooing to woo the masses.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:00:14 PM PST
by
Route66
(America's Main Street - - - Conservative Candidate Wanted... Conservative resume required.)
To: ItsForTheChildren
Now , everybody loves Fred . I am sure Broder was going to endorse him .
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:00:46 PM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
To: gpapa
Zzzzzzz.
Every race gets “boring” as the candidate field is pared down, especially when they’re as large as on the Democrat side in 2004 and our side now in 2008.
Besides, the race isn’t about excitement. It’s about the best candidate. Luckily for us, Romney has always been a fairly strong candidate.
We could be in far worse position here, folks.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:03:04 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
To: counterpunch
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:03:05 PM PST
by
endthematrix
(He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
To: Terpfen
We could be in far worse position here, folks.MMmmmm. Urrrgghhh. Uuggghghhhg.
Agreed.
(There, I said it. Flame suit on!)
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:08:29 PM PST
by
pcottraux
(I can't tell the difference between Carl Cameron, Chris Wallace, or Bill McCuddy.)
To: pcottraux
No flames here, but I won’t pretend to be excited over Romney.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:09:37 PM PST
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: Reagan Man
Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.)
Sen. Richard Burr (N.C.)
Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.)
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine)
Sen. Pete Domenici (N.M.)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.)
Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.)
Sen. Mel Martinez (Fla.)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.)
Sen. Gordon Smith (Ore.)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine)
Sen. John Thune (S.D.)
Sen. John Warner (Va.)
The entire open-borders crowd is behind McCain.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:09:51 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(Mike Huckabee — The Religious Wrong)
To: Reagan Man
Coburn and McCain, once "outsiders", now just the Washington establishment.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:12:23 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(Mike Huckabee — The Religious Wrong)
To: jellybean
Thought you might like this one.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:15:56 PM PST
by
Route66
(America's Main Street - - - Conservative Candidate Wanted... Conservative resume required.)
To: gpapa
Heck...I was on my way to bed when I saw your thread.
"Repeatedly, he emphasized that the only reason he saw to run was to raise issues that the other candidates were too timid to address."
If that is true, he accomplished his goal.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:18:48 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: counterpunch
"McCain is our Hillary, Romney is our Obama, and Huckabee is our Edwards."
Interesting...and true.
Excellent insight.
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:20:59 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
To: Reagan Man
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posted on
01/27/2008 11:21:38 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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