Posted on 06/13/2008 6:16:19 AM PDT by K-oneTexas
I like Steele, he’s a traditional Conservative of the Jim Gilmore school. Also a very personable guy.
I’d just hate to see him endanger his political future with a Democrat schmuck like the reprehensible McQueeg.
Either Steele, or Romney.
Condi Rice.
Both I believe would be excellent choices.
Prefer Steele over Romney. I really like Steele
McCain is not that smart.
I love Steele, and had he won his Senate race, I would be more inclined to support this idea. However, am I the only one on this Forum who would thinks such a selection would be seen as tokenism?
No way he nominates a conservative. He wants to show his Democrat and Leftist buddies how much he’s “grown” as a person, ie, the Democrats in Hanoi pretty much knocked all the partisanship out of him in 5 years of torture.
Ever since I heard Steele speak at the Republican national convention (in 2000 or 2004), I have been keeping my eyes and ears open to Michael Steele. Everything I hear about him is positive, upbeat, and the guy is my kind of conservative. If McCain taps him, expect to hear all kind of haranguing from the left about picking him “because he’s black”. Well, as far as this Southern 44 year old white woman is concerned, I admire Steele’s conservative values as much as I despise Obama’s marxist core - and in both men, the color of their skin plays no part in my feelings for either.
I’d love to see McLame pick Steele - I only wonder if Steele would be willing to link himself with McLame!
I like Michael Steele, but he is not in favor of capital punishment. He is a Catholic and is pro-life, is a strong law and order guy, but is against capital punishment.
I heard Bill Bennett on his morning show say much the same thing. He likes Steele, but feels you have to pick someone for Veep who won their race (though I suspect a lot of dead people voting was the reason Steele lost). I suppose picking Steele would be tokenism, but he is quite good at expressing the conservative viewpoint. However McCain will certainly not siphon off any of the black vote by choosing Steele.
Me too!!
And yes, I did say it at the time, I just didn't mention Mr. Steele by name...
To guarantee a win McLame needs to pick a
1) conservative
2) black
3) woman
any 2 would guarantee him a win
Still, it would be nice to punch some holes in the evil blood-libel that conservatives are racists and won't ever vote for a black candidate.
We don't hate Obama because he's black, we hate Obama because he's a Marxist. We need to drive that point home.
It would be a terrible pick because it would be seen as very lame/transparent pandering to blacks, who would not vote for him anyway.
Agreed, but it would tend to blunt the acusation of racism when we vote against Obama.
Would Condi Rice siphon off any of the female voters?
“However, am I the only one on this Forum who would thinks such a selection would be seen as tokenism?”
Nope, because that’s exactly what it would be.
Having him in the VP slot against Osama Obama would probably do even less.
I like the guy just too well to see him hooked up with McQueeg. He actually has a future in politics cleaning up after Jimmy Carter II.
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