Posted on 03/14/2007 6:47:10 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Rudy is a freaking disaster of a republican candidate. Unnngh!
Cue the "'wah, he once wore a dress...let's vote for some obscure figure that will barely carry the same states as Bush' crowd..."
Well I do remember 1996, and to be quite frank, we did not have any real good candidates that year. Lamar Alexander and Steve Forbes were about the only real ones that had a remote chance, and quite frankly Bob Dole had the best chance out of all of them.
That is your opinion. But that's all you know how to do is bash Rudy.
Wrong - people always piss and moan - right up to election day.
Anyone who threatens to "not vote" and then actually doesn't vote - the system has already discounted.
The party is only split in terms of attitude - it's always this way.
Fear not - unity only comes after the nominating convention - remember?
And flip how many Red States to the Dems?
Translation: The GOP takes conservative votes for granted and will happily dish up a liberal, if it looks like it can win that way.
Never again.
Now you are making no sense whatsoever.
No necessarily. A Fred Thompson could unite the GOP.
When you start trashing our top three candidates - we look no better than the liberals when they trash our candidates. We are split and will not win in 2008 this time - we will have 8 years of a Democrat presidency if we don't watch out. Mark my words. We are heading that way BIG TIME!
Fred Thompson will help split it in half. You guys are willing to abandon your one conservative Duncan Hunter for Fred Thompson. AMAZING!
I listen to Bill Bennett's show on my computer and he had Sen. Vitter on this morning. The Senator is supporting Rudy, and he (the Senator) has an extremely good ACU rating -- he believes (as do many of us Rudy supprters) that the WoT is the single most important issue facing this country today.
So, why do we even need an election?
How will Rudy, and assuming he's the repub nominee, the entire republican party shake the kerick stain?
Sure, the dems have worse sains, but you know the msm beats republicans mercilessly while giving the dems a pass.
If rudy becomes the nominee, the kerick isue could bring the whole party crashing down.
Why not stick with a real conservative who doesn't have stains like rudy, and actually has a conservative platform, unlike Rudys pro-abortion, anti gun , etc. etc. etc., ad nauseum, stance?
Oh yes I am. If Fred Thompson enters the race you will see a mass influx of Duncan Hunter people moving away from Duncan to Fred Thompson.
Which Red States do you think will flip to the Dems?
Upon what evidence do you base this "split" by Thompson? He could very well select Hunter as VP. He would keep the conservatives happy while also keeping the issues such as abortion, illegal border invasion, homosexual agenda, and the 2nd Amendment in his corner. Exactly who would he lose? The liberal minority GOP from New York? Who cares? New York is not needed to win a Presidency.
Those are candidates chosen by the MSM, not the party!
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