Did hell just freeze over? No? Then I’m quite sure it’s not yet time for Republicans to start taking advice from a malicious hard-core socialist like Nichols....
This is an interesting idea, and one that never occured to me. If the drive-by media isn’t able to do the Dan Quayle treatment on him, he could be a good choice.
Why does Bush/Quayle spring immediately to mind, here? I don’t know much about Ryan, but he’d better be an exemplary speller and public speaker, if he’s to be on the ticket.
Who the hell is “Phil Ensign” ?
The left picked our Presidential nominee and now they are trying to pick our VP?
Frank Lautenberg’s age doesn’t seem to bother the left...
I cannot disagree with the title of this piece, but The VP to McCain means nothing.
Getting rid of RINOs is all I care about.
I won’t vote for Mccain no matter who he puts on the ticket. If it is a true conservative, I might vote if McCain switches places on the ticket.
By the time of our convention, it won’t matter who McCain picks.
Every day he pushes conservatives further away.
The three recent GOP losses should send the RINO’s a wakeup call, but won’t.
McCain and the GOP have no policy that excites conservatives. The dems are smart, repubs are running as liberals in conservative districts and the dems are running conservative dems.
I think in November it will be hard for Conservatives to cross over and vote for McCain.
Mike Pence might truly be a better choice if McCain is to pick a Republican from the U.S. House of Representatives to be his final VP choice. I still see McCain picking someone much more moderate such as either Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney, or Tim Pawlenty as his final choice for VP.
..how about Marsha Blackburn?
His vids are good, he's very articulate, and a retired Army LtC.
He's running for a seat from FL in the Congressional cesspool and even a victory there would seem a waste of this kind of integrity.
Thanks to FReeper Ooh-Ah for posting the original thread where I learned about this patriot.
Anyway, here's a pic of the man and his family:
(click it for his website)
. . . and a few links to some stump speeches:
Strategic Observations of World Affairs (Part 1)
Too young.
Tim Pawlenty should be at the top of his list.
He is a member of Woodale Church, the largest Evangelical Church in Minnesota.
Accordingto Wikipedia: "...By 2006, attendance was averaging 5,000 per week, including the state's Governor Tim Pawlenty. Following the resignation of Reverend Ted Haggard as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, Pastor [Lieith] Anderson was appointed as interim president of the organization which represents 30 million Christians.
Governor Pawlenty is co-chair of the McCain campaign and stayed loyal and upbeat when McCain faltered under the Limbaugh crusade against amnesty for illegals.
The above makes most sense to me; however, I am not an unbiased person.
There is not much that can help McCain in my view, no matter how young and chirpy the VP is. McCain is in trouble and, as Novak says, he doesn’t even know it. I know I won’t vote for him no matter what. Better an Obama liberal disaster than a Republican liberal disaster.
I don’t care how old he is or what he looks like. I hope that I at least get to see the age he is at now. What I do care about are his policy positions, and I don’t find those to be acceptable.
The only Ryan that would interest me would be Jack Ryan.
Huckabee is a much better choice. He's a great guy, with a wonderful sense of humor, an ability to listen, and a real humanity.
So what if his religious views seem cracked to a guy like me? He's so much better than everyone else on offer that I'd be willing to overlook them.