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Frist won't rule out run for president in '08
Knoxville News Sentinel ^
| 2/21/5
| J.J. Stambaugh
Posted on 02/21/2005 11:45:23 AM PST by SmithL
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Let's see how you do on Judicial nominations, first.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:45:24 AM PST
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
To: West Coast Conservative
Amen! The Oval Office needs to be occupied by decisive executives; not consensus-seeking debaters.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:50:34 AM PST
by
clee1
(Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
To: West Coast Conservative
I agree. Last time a Senator won a presidential election was Kennedy.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:51:55 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The Democrat's Mind: The Hamster's dead but the wheel's still spinning!)
To: SmithL
yawn... has he done anything in the Senate yet?
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:52:57 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: West Coast Conservative
Frist is a wonderful human being, but he really lacks in the charisma department. He'll never make it.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:54:03 AM PST
by
Trippin
To: SmithL
Survey says 98 out of 100 senators think they should be president. Frist is not one of the two who don't.
But his chances are slim, and he may just be smart enough to know that. He has no star power. He has no signature issue except healthcare, and he has not staked out an conservative position there.
Worst of all, from my point of view, is that he went to Washington with no coherent political/economic philsophy, because he had been a doctor his whole life and paid scant attention to such things. As a result, what philosophy he does have in those areas was shaped by the Washington elite, and will have no resonance with mainline Republican voters.
To: SmithL
I think voters will. Nothing against Frist, except that there's nothing for Frist.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:54:45 AM PST
by
AmishDude
To: SmithL
Frist won't rule out run for president in '08Reality will.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:55:03 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
To: clee1
"The Oval Office needs to be occupied by decisive executives; not consensus-seeking debaters."
Probably contributed to Kerry's flip-flopitus. He was waiting for a lobbyist to tell him what he thought.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:55:20 AM PST
by
IamConservative
(To worry is to misuse your imagination.)
To: rhombus
he saved someones life with CPR or some kind of acronym
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:55:40 AM PST
by
al baby
(Dick Trickle is not just a medical condition)
To: areafiftyone
Yeah, but it may be like that year when two dome teams went to the Super Bowl. One of them had to break the streak.
To: SmithL
Ditto that! That was my first thought as well. If he breaks the back of the obstructionist Dems, he could have my vote.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:56:27 AM PST
by
My2Cents
(Fringe poster since 1998.)
To: SmithL
He must overcome fugase filibusters first.
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:57:17 AM PST
by
Belisaurius
("Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Ted" - Joseph Kennedy 1958)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Busy day for our campaign!
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posted on
02/21/2005 11:58:34 AM PST
by
jtminton
("I shall never surrender or retreat." William Barret Travis Lt. Col. Comdt., Bexar, Feb 24th 1836)
To: jtminton; xsmommy; Laura Earl
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posted on
02/21/2005 12:00:05 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
So do you think that people are going to get tired of us hijacking all the '08 threads, or admire us for our resourcefulness and perseverance?
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posted on
02/21/2005 12:01:51 PM PST
by
jtminton
("I shall never surrender or retreat." William Barret Travis Lt. Col. Comdt., Bexar, Feb 24th 1836)
To: SmithL
POTUS?
Heck, Frist can't even do the job right he's got now!
how 'bout cutting that budget down senator and get those judges that W keeps nominating appointed!!
Hellooo????
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posted on
02/21/2005 12:02:37 PM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: Joe Bonforte
My guess is the two Senators who don't think they should be President are McCain and Clinton. Am I right? :P
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posted on
02/21/2005 12:02:53 PM PST
by
loreldan
To: SmithL
I really don't get this BS that just because someone is a Senator, they can't win or they will make a lousy President. You pick the President based on the person, not whether they were a Senator or a Governor. Besides, the Historical sample is too small to draw real conclusions.
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