Electability
November 8th 2007 18:26
The race for the White House is going into high gear, folks. Like you didn't know that, right?? I was talking with my daughter this morning and she expressed confusion (which I also feel) at the support the Christian Conservatives are giving to Rudy Giuliani. He has agreed to nominate constructionist judges, true. That's all a pro-life President can do... But Rudy is pro abortion. He wants gun control, he approves of gay marriage. On the other hand, he is pro-America and has experience leading in disastrous times. That's why they call him "Americas Mayor". What surprises and confuses us is that there are other Conservative candidates who come closer to fitting the proverbial bill. Fred Thompson leaps to mind. He's always been pro-life and a man of strong conservative standards on many other subjects as well. I can't, for the life of me, understand why he didn't get the support of Pat Robertson!
This election will be conducted with a mountain of mud slinging and exposure of every candidate and all their previous positions. Except Hillary of course... Everyone knows what her history is (at least the sanitized version) and she can't seem to lower herself to speak up when asked simple questions. So she'll probably be the lib/dem candidate. All fluff and no substance what-so-ever. But what will she choose as a running mate? There's the question! Will it be Barak Obama so she can scoop in the black vote? Or Bill Richardson for the Hispanic vote? Or another screeching liberal female (Feinstein or Boxer, perhaps? Maybe Nasty Pelosi? I rather doubt that she'll choose Silly Sheehan, that would be way to obvious and not help her with the quasi-conservative liberals.)
This will truly be a monumental election, folks. Lots of firsts...
If the Republicans are smart, they'll capitalize on the idea. No matter who the nominee turns out to be, he'll do well to have a Vice President with impeccable qualifications and a little difference from the norm. Maybe Guiliani and Colin Powell? Or better yet, how about Fred Thompson and Condi Rice? Now there would be a ticket! Any international experience that Thompson might lack could be covered by the vast experience of Ms. Rice. She is African-American, female and a hundred times smarter than anything the dems/libs have to offer. I'd love to see her debate anything with Hillary (or whoever the dem vice presidential hopeful may be!)
No matter who the Republican candidate may ultimately be, I'll support him. Even if I have to hold my nose while casting my ballot. The very notion of another rerun of Billary and whatever she might select to fill out her ticket makes me ill. But I'd really like to see a good race between the candidates. Carefully delineated differences would be a good start.
In Louisiana, Bobby Jindall was just elected to be governor on a strong conservative platform. That's a really nice surprise, folks. After all the liberal years, even Louisiana finally came to it's senses. That's what it takes to win. Not mealy-mouthed liberal drek, but solid ideas and a conservative plan for success! He didn't become a "centrist" and kiss any butts to get votes. We shouldn't have to do that, ever. We need a candidate with those same values who doesn't weasel or waffle but stands up for what he believes. His running mate should be as strong and real as he/she can get.
The libs/dems are trying, already, to split the Republican vote by suggesting that they don't need to vote at all. If you don't vote, whatever you don't want in office will win. Please remember that as the election draws near.
This election will be conducted with a mountain of mud slinging and exposure of every candidate and all their previous positions. Except Hillary of course... Everyone knows what her history is (at least the sanitized version) and she can't seem to lower herself to speak up when asked simple questions. So she'll probably be the lib/dem candidate. All fluff and no substance what-so-ever. But what will she choose as a running mate? There's the question! Will it be Barak Obama so she can scoop in the black vote? Or Bill Richardson for the Hispanic vote? Or another screeching liberal female (Feinstein or Boxer, perhaps? Maybe Nasty Pelosi? I rather doubt that she'll choose Silly Sheehan, that would be way to obvious and not help her with the quasi-conservative liberals.)
This will truly be a monumental election, folks. Lots of firsts...
If the Republicans are smart, they'll capitalize on the idea. No matter who the nominee turns out to be, he'll do well to have a Vice President with impeccable qualifications and a little difference from the norm. Maybe Guiliani and Colin Powell? Or better yet, how about Fred Thompson and Condi Rice? Now there would be a ticket! Any international experience that Thompson might lack could be covered by the vast experience of Ms. Rice. She is African-American, female and a hundred times smarter than anything the dems/libs have to offer. I'd love to see her debate anything with Hillary (or whoever the dem vice presidential hopeful may be!)
No matter who the Republican candidate may ultimately be, I'll support him. Even if I have to hold my nose while casting my ballot. The very notion of another rerun of Billary and whatever she might select to fill out her ticket makes me ill. But I'd really like to see a good race between the candidates. Carefully delineated differences would be a good start.
In Louisiana, Bobby Jindall was just elected to be governor on a strong conservative platform. That's a really nice surprise, folks. After all the liberal years, even Louisiana finally came to it's senses. That's what it takes to win. Not mealy-mouthed liberal drek, but solid ideas and a conservative plan for success! He didn't become a "centrist" and kiss any butts to get votes. We shouldn't have to do that, ever. We need a candidate with those same values who doesn't weasel or waffle but stands up for what he believes. His running mate should be as strong and real as he/she can get.
The libs/dems are trying, already, to split the Republican vote by suggesting that they don't need to vote at all. If you don't vote, whatever you don't want in office will win. Please remember that as the election draws near.
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Comment by S.L Bradish
This will be about the longest election season in history and certainly the most annoying. By next year, when the voting actually happens, so many people will be fed up they won't bother to vote. The only good thing about it taking so long is that any candidate who isn't being honest will have plenty of time to prove it!