Posted on 02/24/2009 7:14:01 PM PST by Jean S
Live thread.
He has massive charisma. That is how he smoked the field in the debates while only getting a fraction of the face time. He has a deep baritone voice, he looks the part, and he doesn’t need cheat notes to debate or speechify. The way he handles a libtard like Chrissy Matthews in an interview is the way a man does it.
Bobby, I remember that press conference you gave when there was a hurricane approaching around the time of the GOP convention, I think it was. Serious business was immediately at hand and I was mightily impressed by your presence and your command of the details when it really counted. Tonight was all about “showbiz”, so be sure to nurture that showbiz gene! Or not. Talk about being under a microscope, oy. Public life looks like a big pain in the arse.
Clinton had the press on his side. We don’t.
Reagan was different — he was a good candidate that barely lost. It was also a different way of electing our candidate during those years. If Reagan ran against Ford say in 2000 instead of 1976, he would have won IMHO because everything is different today.
I don’t think we had one candidate that stood out in the field. Not to say they didn’t mean well but none of them hit it out of the park and I worked for one of them here in OK but I can admit he didn’t run a very good race.
I like Sarah but the jury is still out on whether she will even want to run in 2012.
The GOP debates were horrible IMHO. I want someone to energize the Party. I don’t want a candidate that chooses who asked questions at his Town Halls for starters.
I want someone who makes me want to work 24/7 to help elect them. I worked a lot of hours for McCain but my heart wasn’t in it.
Before anybody accuses me of being a troll those who have read my postings over the last few months know that I am a strong Sarah Palin supporter and that I am committed to not trashing any other 2012 Presidential contender.
Having said that Bobby Jindal was OK-he wasn’t awful, but he didn’t hit it out of the ballpark either.
If he has charisma, he definitely didn’t show that tonight. If he has gravitas he did not show it tonight. If you wanted some red meat he did not give that to you tonight.
Bobby gave a milquetoast rebuttal and it was not memorable.And that is the key for somebody thinking about running for President-you have to perform when you get a chance.
Bobby is not finished in national politics, but like Tiger Woods occasionally does, he had an off day. For the sake of the GOP I hope he does improve.
George Allen will always be one of my favorites. He knew how to get a room energized. That ‘macaca’ deal was so overblown and now we know that ACORN was already in VA. They had to take him out before 2008 IMHO. Sad he was replaced by a Clymer.
ZERO looks like a skinny teenager — someone who never grew up with a wife that is too big boned for him IMHO. Now I am being tacky! :)
I had a running battle with him earlier in the thread, but I couldn’t think of what to call him or than an idiot! Troll, I’ll have to remember that next time I run into someone like Melas. Thanks :)
While I agree that it’s far too early to nominate a candidate for ‘12, there are a couple thing that need to be addressed.
“I have yet to have seen a ring on her single-parent daughter’s hand”
-I could not care less if Bristol Palin ever gets married. That’s her business.
“She bombed on during Gibson’s interview”
-Gibson misquoted her words. Also Gibson proved HIS ignorance about stem cell research when he failed to recognize that Palin was referring to pluripotent stem cells when she was talking about skin cells, which IS the most promising area of stem cell research. Contrary to Gibson, the cutting edge researchers in this area are moving away from embryonic stem cell research.
Would be willing to bet he is going to run. In fact, there were rumblings he was going to run for NY Governor even if McCain got elected. He could start to rebuild the Party in NY which is pretty much in shambles. My sister-in-law was telling me that Rudy will do very well in Upstate even among the Democrats.
Don’t see the appointed Senator winning in 2012 either. That would be something — RG in the Governor’s office and Pataki as a Senator.
Thanks.
I can’t understand the criticism of Jindal not coming out like gangbusters against zero in this particular speech. His goal was only to raise questions in the mind of the public about the wisdom of the big government direction that the dems in congress are taking us.
His aims were at least threefold:
1. Set the stage for making gains in the 2010 congressional elections, not trying to take down zero in one fell swoop tonight.
2. Be inspiring and non-threatening to particular voter blocks, i.e., women and seniors.
3. Not say anything stupid or incendiary that would focus attention on himself, and end up having the press latch on to and run with.
I think he actually was quite sneakily effective with the subtle gauntlet he laid down.
We agree and it's called REALISM, baby! : ) That's why we have to get majorities in the house and Senate in 2010.
I'm not sure I agree about McCain's overlords (though I'll give it some thought). It's also his tendency to be overly fair (i.e. bend over backwards for), too polite and wimpy towards his opponents. And he definitely didn't want the racist tag.
McCain orchestrated a get together with Huck, Fred, and Rudy to get Romney out.
Right.
“That [game rigged] I blame on McCain.”
I wish it were that simple. McCain was merely a patsy. He (or rather his overlords) ordered his entire campaign NOT to lay a glove on 0bama.
“Palin is not too conservative for the GOP. Last I read she had a 90% approval rating among the R’s....”
Oh, I agree with you; It’s the vibe the GOP is putting out there as they and McCain hung her out to dry. She became an unexpected “accidental” star - much to the GOP’s chagrin.
Who do you think are the “overlords?”—not challenging you, just trying to educate myself.
Jindal’s accent reminded me of Huell Howser. This is really too bad b/c he gave a virtuoso performance during Ike. Had he been gov. during Katrina, there is no doubt that the immediate aftermath/rescue efforts would have been 1,000 times better.
A/P factcheck rebuttal on Obama.
They titled the Jindal fact check as if they’d found a flaw, but when you read the text, it doesn’t support the comparison - Jindal didn’t make an error.
Obama, however, farted in the wind - if AP is factchecking him, something is beginning to tilt...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/fact_check_obama
“Mitt’s home here is next to one of his money men”
Why do you think he did that?
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