Another Eisenhower would be just right.
Take another blue pill, Senator.
“I’m comin’ to join ya, Elizabeth”.
Most will be surprised that military brass, from what I hear, ain’t the most conservative bunch.
We need something new. We need a president who will focus on domestic affairs, and focus on actually reducing the government. We’ve had great presidents in the past, but I don’t think we’ve ever had one that actively tried to force the government to do less as a long-term goal.
Eisenhower was right for the time and was a politician/administrative general, not a front-line commander. General officers are not all good choices for the role of president and are not all the right kind of leader for the nation. Attaining general officer rank is and has long been a mostly political process where connections and having senior sponsors drives who moves up and who does not. The most able do not always move up. Even Washington was not considered to be the best choice to lead the army by many of the politicians of the day. Anyone who would take an appointment from der Fuehrer would be suspect in my mind.
Bob,
I’ve never heard one single position of Petraeus other than how to defeat the muzzie enemy. At that he’s very good. Before I put my support behind him though I’ll need a little more info such as taxes, government sending etc...
Priceless.
By all accounts Gen. Petraeus is a Democrat and about to be named DCI by Obama.
Unless he is changing his mind after being the subject of those “Betray Us” ads.
Maybe Dole and Weiner can team up to do Viagra commercials.
You know.... kind of a before and after thing.
Bob Who?
This is one of those threads that puzzle me. Why was it posted? Does anybody, anywhere, care what Dole thinks about anything?
“Hey, you Tea Party kids get off my lawn!”
Bless him, I’m getting old too.
Yeah, but we didn't. We thought of him as the "tax collect for the welfare state." Which is why he lost...
I wouldn’t trust/accept any high military officer to be cognizant of my civilian experience unless he/she has publicly stated very clearly and convincingly that they believe the Constitution is still applicable for our modern world. I always thought of Ike as very, very good for stabilizing this Nation after the trauma of WWII. I also believe Ike gave very appropriate comments as to foreign involvements although I questioned him as to the crisis in Lebanon. Petraeus hasn’t shown me anything that brings him up to Ike.If we are in need of a military look for someone like Patton. Until then West stands out.
Amazing.
Next he'll be endorsing a baloney sandwich.
Bless his little heart. There’s a reason BobDole never became US President.