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!
"...a black woman from the South..."
For crying out loud! This country (especially the Republican Party) is ready for WHOEVER CAN DO THE JOB BEST!
We need Powell and Rummy right where they are.
"My pick would be Rice, she is worth her weight in Gold."
Mine too. She certainly is.
And you can bet your boots if George Bush thinks she's the best one for the job he'll give it to her. And let's hope she accepts!
GO DUBYA!
GO CONDY!
LET'S ROLL!
I'm not too sure about that...Colin Powell could have had the presidency if he had wanted it. I'm not sure if he could have carried the GOP, but he was a slamdunk.
1. It won't be someone who can't claim residence in a state other than Texas.
2. It won't be someone under the age of 35 as of January 23rd 2005.
3. It won't be someone who is not a native born American citizen; and
4. It will be the person he considers best suited to assume the office of the presidency without regard to any political considerations.
If you think for one second that President Bush would base his decision on who would best help him win reelection you have no clue as to true nature of him.
This isn't a valid question. It's brought up, any time a conservative person is up for election, because it is so useful to divide conservatively-minded people.
Don't make the mistake, that whether a person is pro-choice or pro-life, that this must be a delineation between those that are acceptable, and those that are not.
If a person were elected to the office of President tomorrow, they would have no power to alter Roe v. Wade, at any level.
Let me repeat this:
They would have no power to alter Roe v. Wade.
The feelings of any candidate, on the abortion issue, are irrelevant, since the law is decided by those who are NOT elected representatives.
If we wanted to take this conjecture a step further, suppose that your obvious wish were to occur: An (actively) pro-life President were elected, what would be the results? The Supreme Court might get a pro-life judge, who would tilt the balance away from the Roe v. Wade decision. If THAT were overturned, it would then be decided by the individual states, and not the Federal government.
It would not stop abortions nationwide.
So, back to the original question, about whether a candidate is pro-life???
The answer is obviously, WHO CARES???
To what extent is she "pro-abortion"? I ask because if people applied the same standards to gun control as they do to abortion Ms. Brady could be described as "pro-gun" (since she's not calling for an immediate and total ban but instead will let some gun owners keep some guns for awhile).
Someone whom the "pro-life" camp would call "pro-abortion" but who would seek to protect the unborn in many more cases than they're protected now could be far more effective at protecting the unborn than someone who insists continually that allowing any sort of birth-control bills is tantamount to murder.
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ROFL. This is the woman who was doing great out of the box, turned left.. lost the base virtually overnight and then blamed us for being afraid to vote for a woman.
McCain has better chances than Liddy imo.
Being a resident of Omaha and knowing many fine LSU Tiger fans who make Omaha their second home during the College World Series, I can't believe your statement. Some of the most exciting people in the Republican movement are black, Dr. Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Alan Keyes, Herb Cain, Congressman Watts etc. Pull your head out.
Well, I certainly do. I won't even vote for a state legislator who supports so-called abortion "rights." And neither my wife nor I would vote for a presidential ticket with an abortion lover on it. No choice, you say? Yes, there is. There's the choice to stay home.
Ummm, now they don't even sign the bill, eh?
Both of those names are really scary. <
And I can't imagine Dubya putting either of them on the short list. For any reason.
"Simply put, that translates into a Bush advantage on the abortion issue of 2.5 million votes in an election that Gore won nationally by more than 540,000 votes."
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