Posted on 03/28/2007 5:37:45 AM PDT by shortstop
I have to agree with you on that, PITW.
Also, I take heart in knowing that the Dims will continue their irreversible slide into the huge gaping maw of leftist failure and,between that and Thompson running, we should be fine.....juuuuuuust fine.
In short, I don't see a Dim president in 08. I have faith.
Duncan Hunter = nice guy, great credentials, but DOA as a candidate.
The GOP followers of all stripes better vote for a winner not a loser. The Bushies and the wussy GOP have undermined our own strengths by acting like Dems and not defending their agendas. A real leader, Rudy or Fred, I don't care who, as long as he can win. The loss of Nov. '06 should have taught the purists in the GOP that unless at least you win, you have no impact. None. Stop the whining and go out and vote for the nominee and get Congress back. Then perhaps we will not have a defeatist Congress, more pork than ever, higher taxes and a loss to the Islamofascists. And , yes, there is a difference between the GOP and the Defeatist Dems. If you put in the right leadership.
We're on the same page, see post #90.
Um... no thanks, if it works for you, great. Doesn't for me
I would love to see Michael Steele as a VP candidate.
Does ANYONE, even in this cocoon known as FR, believe that Hunter has even the slightest chance of carrying California? Never, no way, no how.
LOL, rightwing trash making the rounds, sniveling unproductive bores. Where are our men? I count very few on FR these days.
Count me in: I am definitely a FredHead.
The biggest problem the GOP faces right now is the White House. George Bush is tired and ready to retire to Crawford. There is clearly no fight left in the President as evidenced by his willingness to let the Democrats fabricate a "scandal" and then bend over and grab his ankles instead of telling them to go play in the street, nobody is testifying, your subpoenas are in the trash can, and by the way I just fired five more US Attorneys because it's Wednesday.
Nobody wants to jump in a foxhole with somebody who is afraid of his own shadow.
The Party must be UNFIED AND ENERGIZED next year, and JulieAnnie would do just the opposite.
Fred Thompson WILL UNIFY AND ENERGIZE the traditional conservative base. Without the 'base'--the Party will just will not have the enthusiasm for the necessary turnout.
"We" meaning the voting population in general.........that's it in a nutshell. You are correct.
RINOs in the GOP and Socialists (S) in the DNC have seen to it that we already have a one party system. The political football was moved left long ago.
As the Socialists gain power, they are limiting political speech (not just in campaigns but in workplaces). Political correctness is despotism.
>Of course you guys will pick a-part some of his statements, however the general concept is correct. My take is: two words-Fred Thompson<
Well, to begin with, I've watched with pain the GOP drift further left each year for the past 20, and witnessed the far left plunge of the Democrat party. So we wake up today to find there is the Communist Party and the Social Democrat party with the complete disappearence of the Republican party in America today. The Globalists (New name for the Communists) have finally arrrived on the threshhold of the New World Order that GHW Bush spoke of so glowingly. Sadly, his issue did not fall far from the tree, as he's brought us to the North American Union - regional government in full bloom at last. As all this was emerging, Americans have become dependent on television and computer games, entertainment at any cost, as a result of the public schools which indoctrinated them with Situational Ethics and Values Clarification. Thinking and using their innate gifts of vision and powers of deduction have apparently been severely damaged. Going along with the crowd was simple and far less strenuous than standing up for higher standards in their party. No, the Republican Party died a long time ago, and it's ghost just doesn't know it yet.
Your "take" falls right in with the above: Laura Ingraham waxed utterly sappy over Fred Thompson on her morning show today, as she played clips of his Paul Harvey broadcasts, where he drolly drawled his sound bite observations of no real import. She extolled his wife's encouragement to audition for the role of roles, as the new "Social Democrats" sign petitions to draft him. Timing is crucial in acting, so Fred is sitting back as the mindless momentum builds to a crescendo.
The one true Conservative candidate, still quick, continues his battle to preserve the country he loves with little or no fanfare-two words: Duncan Hunter. Now, that's my take.
That was probably a Republican.
And he has more name recognition than Hunter how?
I can understand your reasoning, I think, but how does Michael Steele have more name recognition than Duncan Hunter?
How does Michael Steele help us carry the states with the most electoral votes?
I'm not razzing you, I'm asking an honest question.
LOL!!! I love it. We need a CONSERVATIVE with 'nads' like that! FRED WOULD BE PERFECT.
The dems are not making any big mistakes in Congress. Their margins will increase in both the House and the Senate, barring a dramatic change in the political landscape.
I don't think a strong conservative can win The white House - for whatever reason, the electorate just doesn't have the confidence in conservative values, either legit or irrational.
Conservatives need to check the way the winds are blowing, and evaluate what parts of their agenda have significant popular support, and push those aspects.
Frankly, I see the conventional wisdom on FR is to push aspects of the conservative agenda that are waning. The electorate is hostile to the president and the GOP - they kicked them in the raisins in 2006 and unless some conservative minds open, the electorate will be hot to kick them in the raisins again in 2008.
Hunter won't even win the California GOP primary, let alone win the state in the general election.
I think the problem on FR is too many people whose calendars are stuck on 1956.
That's a very good point, emphasizing that too many in the conservative bubble are just deeply in denial. The purists in the real world just appeal to fewer and fewer people, a detail that is just lost to their fertile minds.
If you want to accelerate the movement of the Party to the left and someday FINALLY achieve the liberal DREAM of two parties to the left-of-center,,,,
RUDY IS JUST THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!
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