Plagiarizing ME from earlier:
We dont need a female John Roberts in the WH to stab us in the back, TOO!
I like Condi and I thinks shes totally qualified, but I dont fee like she can be trusted..
ALSO
Shes super qualified, but I dont think shes solidly in the Conservative camp. I never have felt she was.
Its just a visceral feeling I have in my gut that minority candidates (any minority) have to strive twice as hard and demonstrate twice as commitment, if they want to pass for Conservatives.
There are way too many temptations for them to make their career by yanking a rabbit out of a hat and shocking everyone with some last minute and wholly unexpected about-face!!!
As a prime example, Powell has tap-danced around like this for decades, to the point where he has made himself totally irrelevant and can be believed and trusted by NO ONE.
The massive political capital he COULD have accumulated was squandered by his perpetual and selfish insistence on riding the fence
“Shes super qualified, but I dont think shes solidly in the Conservative camp. I never have felt she was.”
“Its just a visceral feeling I have in my gut that minority candidates (any minority) have to strive twice as hard and demonstrate twice as commitment, if they want to pass for Conservatives.”
What ARE her qualifications? I think you’re putting the cart before the horse. The first choice is conservative! Everything else is an accessory (like a pair of gloves). If he picks her it will be viewed as shameless pandering.
But it might be the first time a VP candidate votes for the opposition presidential candidate.
LLS