Posted on 12/21/2001 6:52:48 PM PST by LSUsoph
Dick Cheney due to health reasons decides to withdrawl his name from the ticket in 2004 after a very successful term as Vice President. He figures he can still stay close to the President and advise him in any way possible, but not have to deal with the every day hustle of being the Vice-President of the country. So who would President Bush pick to be his new VP? I think Condi Rice would be a wonderful choice but I dont know if this country (especially the Republican Party) is ready for a VP who is black, a woman, and from the South (Alabama). I also love Powell but would he and Pres Bush be able to work hand in hand as P-VP? Donald Rumsfeld is a terrific Sec of Defense and I think he would make a great President one day...maybe him being VP could lead us to 8 great years of a Rumsfeld Presidency after 8 great years of Bush. Other candidates that come to mind would be Tom Ridge, Liddy Dole, Ashcroft, and dare i say it...JOHN MCCAIN ( i know, i know, but i think the Bush-MCcain ticket would be a shoe in). My pick would have to be Rice, she is worth her weight in Gold. She is a genius, works well with Bush, and would really be great for the country. And what would the naysayers say after Bush nominates a black woman to be his right hand WOMman?? I think they would just have to throw up the white flag! GO DUBYA!
I am sorry, but your statement that something well known to be false was in fact true left me hoping that you were trying to provide evidence for your statement. Sorry about that -- but if someone tries to tell me the world is flat, I will reasonably try to see if they offer evidence (not that I would waste a lot of time on that). I have been receptive to the possibility that you have evidence to support your judgement in this matter. It looks like you do not.
Likewise for Buchanan.
I actually thought of a whole long list of unelectable candidates when I wrote that.
Buchanan was at the top of the list, then Pat Robertson, then Al Sharpton. I didn't dignify Jesse Jackson with a thought, but the same applies to him, too.
If pro-life Bush voters like myself had thought that he was not pro-life, and would not appoint pro-life Supreme Court nominees, they would not have voted for him. During the campaign, Bush was more pro-life than Buchanan, and since Pat had changed on so many issues over the years, his neglect of that issue left me more suspicious of him than Bush. I remain convinced that you are not presenting your honest position, but seek to drive pro-life Republicans out of the 'big-tent', to give you greater power within a dwindling GOP.
Incidentally, would you vote for someone who believed in gun control but was a strict constitutionalist who thought owning a gun shouldn't be a right, but would use an ammendment to overturn it?
I'm sure you have already been flamed for this remark, but if not FLAME on YOU. If that black woman from the south is Condi Rice, you bet your ass I'll vote for her. (Twice if I could but I'm not a democrat!) I'd take Condi over Powell any day of the week. But if that black woman from the south is Mrs. Lee -- fahgettabouit! It's not the color of skin, or the sex, or the heritage. It's the content of character that reigns supreme.
Seriously, I don't think it would matter in a VP. I don't think folks decide to vote for a president based on his running mate, but I do believe they may decide to vote against someone based on his running mate.
I admit I have not done a scientific study on this, nor commissioned a poll. In fact, it could work in her favour. Men might fantasize about sweeping her off her feet, single women could empathise with how difficult it is to find a good man, and we could even start a whispering campaign in the "gay community" that she had a crush on Jan Reno...
No, I think I have been fairly explicit in my position that, despite more than 40 years as a Republican activist, my loyalty, if that is the correct term, to the GOP is completely dependent on that party remaining pro-life.
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