Posted on 04/24/2007 10:22:39 AM PDT by Al Simmons
I’d bet if Tommy Franks were to throw his hat in he’d rise to the top of the polls very quickly.
Quite cryin and shet-ep!!
Now go sit down Francis....
Ooh. Such language.
Duncan Hunter. Fred Thompson. Tommy Thompson. Newt Gingrich.
They are only unrealistic because people like you say so and don't support them. You send the message that the RNC doesn't support conservatism. Your faith in conservatism is pretty shallow if you can't express support for a conservative over ten months out from the primaries when it doesn't cost the party a thing to do so.
The general? Could be. It’s very early yet.
Again, they are not exactly motivating the party. We need someone new and interesting, someone who can overshadow Rudy.
IOWs you’re motivated by Rudy not the conservatives who are or might run.
.................The election is in November of 2008-—more than 18 months away-—which is at least six different lifetimes in this hyper media age...................
Nope!
The election is on Feb. 5, 2008, less than 10 months away, as the electoral votes will be decided on that primary day.
There ain’t no way that a viable diss candidate will be able to enter the race after 2/6/08 as all the money will be lined up as of then.
It’s gonna be series ugly, and your phone will ring countless times before Feb. as the pollsters take over.
I believe that as long as people generally respect the rules and mission of the forum, and do not lie, there is no problem. This whole thing with Rudy reminds me of the Schwarzenegger/McClintock wars from a few years back. Shwarzenegger was known even then to be at least as liberal as Rudy is viewed now. Probably more so.
If I recall correctly, Jim supported Schwarzenegger in that one and I believe it was out of sheer pragmatism (ie., Arnold could WIN against whatever Democrat he would ultimately face). Ironically, many Rudy supporters (and I am now OFF that bandwagon) support Rudy for the same reason.
Meanwhile.... Run, Fred, RUN! I beg of you....
Have you been this dumb, all this time?
Buh-bye now!
Nope. Looking back, I distinctly said "Cicle Jerk".
;)
Give me a break; you're being a bit ridiculous here.
I’m not at all motivated by Rudy. I’ll admit that I was very early on when he first announced because I was solely basing my decision on the WOT. His original stand on partial birth abortion is totally a turn off. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if anyone else emerges over the next several months. My issue is that I’m just angry that the party hasn’t groomed any up and coming potential candidates knowing that Cheney wasn’t going to run.
>>But when the Rudybots started posing some claimed that if I didn’t support Rudy I was not a very smart person, and that was one of the nice things he said.<<
My all-time favorite is when they say if I don’t support Rudy, it is a vote for Hillary.
Darwin was right!
Posting the facts on Hizzoner is not "bashing" him. You guys really need to wake up and smell the coffee.
There's just something about prophets of doom like them that makes me think I'm being herded into someplace I don't want to be.
“someone’s restaurant ... get up and leave.”
Ah, but this isn’t someone’s restaurant. FReep is a valuable political resource that plays a unique role in the Movement. The good judgment or lack of good judgment with which it’s run is of legitimate concern to all conservatives. We don’t have much, so what we do have needs to be good. Whether FReep is good or not is a very legitimate topic of debate.
You cannot use cheap analogies to the business world (that this is a business, that we are customers) in politics. They don’t work, because the two spheres are radically different.
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