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[ThirstyThursday]

A few points;

<li>Anyone who honestly believes Rudy Guiliani (or Condi, for that matter) has a snowball's chance in hell of being the GOP nominee in '08 doesn't understand who controls the party apparatus.
I'll sum it up for you in one sentence- they're both pro-choice.

Not gonna happen.

<li>All this blather about Hillary being "the front runner".. Yeah, it's coming from the same media that would have you believe that disappearing co-eds in Aruba and Bear attacks are the <em>most important events taking place in our world today.</em> That and whatever the newest permutation of Brad and Angelina and Jennifer's relationship/divorce/childbearing/breakup/reconcilliation is.

I spend my time around a LOT of members of the Democratic Party <b>base.</b> NONE of them want HRC as the nominee. 95% of the people I've heard flogging the idea are Republicans. Rush Limbaugh loves the idea almost as much as he loves his hillbilly heroin fix.

That, alone, ought to tell us something.

<li>Steve, before you run out and vote for McCain, please do a little research on the guy's <i>positions</i>, mmmkay?  Clearly because of his service to this country, he deserves more Respect than Dubya (just like John Kerry does, but that didn't stop the GOP's swift boat goons from sliming him) --- but that bar is set pretty damn low.

<li>My ticket for 2008? Two words: Gore/Feingold.

Although other names I wouldn't mind seeing in the mix include Clark, Boxer, and Durbin.

[Mary]

Thirsty was here!  :)

[Nelson Plywood]

Like it matters. The Demopublican party keep spitting out the same two canidates and either way it makes no difference. You get two choices, bad and worse. If you have no money your voice doesn't count.

[Red Frog]

ThirstyThursday said:

Yeah, it's coming from the same media that would have you believe that disappearing co-eds in Aruba and Bear attacks are the <em>most important events taking place in our world today.</em>

Don't confuse the Colbert Report with the media.

[bizaleth]

ThirstyThursday said:

<li>Steve, before you run out and vote for McCain, please do a little research on the guy's <i>positions</i>, mmmkay?  Clearly because of his service to this country, he deserves more Respect than Dubya (just like John Kerry does, but that didn't stop the GOP's swift boat goons from sliming him) --- but that bar is set pretty damn low.

I saw McCain speak a few months ago. Man, was I disappointed. I have always respected him and saw him as a reasonalbe, rational centrist. He was much more conservative than I imagined and he got some basic facts wrong. Of course, he was speaking to a very conservative audience so I am sure some of it was that, but still...

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<li>My ticket for 2008? Two words: Gore/Feingold.

Gore won't run. He has already said as much. But Feingold? He already has my vote.

[REMLydon]

bizaleth said:

I saw McCain speak a few months ago. Man, was I disappointed. I have always respected him and saw him as a reasonalbe, rational centrist. He was much more conservative than I imagined and he got some basic facts wrong. Of course, he was speaking to a very conservative audience so I am sure some of it was that, but still...

McCain is such a HUGE disappointment now. A) He's a media whore. It seems each time I turn on one of those Sunday morning political shows, it's McCain, McCain, McCain. It's ridiculous. B) The Republican Party branded John Kerry a "flip-flopper" and "wishy-washy" during the 2004 Presidential election. If anyone has become the ultimate "flip-flopper" it's now John McCain. This is the same man who is now embracing the 700 Club crowd yet in 2000 proudly exclaimed, "I don't need them...they are irrelevant..."  He also said the Republican Party is not the party to oppose "gay marriage", yet now he's staunchly against it. My respect for him has gone out the window in a major way.


Also, I am soooooooo for a Gore/Feingold ticket fpr '08...or even Governor Warner from Virginia. I hope he runs. HRC does not stand a chance. As  ThirstyThursday states above, I do not know of anyone in the Democratic Party who wants her to run. As for (President) Gore saying he won't run, don't be so sure. According to some blogs, he's been hiring people lately who run Presidential campaigns. There's hope just yet. :)

As a side note: the current issue of Rolling Stone has an excellent cover of Bush with 'The Worst President in History?' It's pretty sad when the guy is in the White House for another two years, and is already being thought of as the worst Prez in history. :eek:

[raveman2001]

Maybe Gore/Kerry?

[REMLydon]

raveman2001 said:

Maybe Gore/Kerry?

As far as I'm concerned, Kerry doesn't stand a chance again. I like and respect John Kerry but not again for '08. It's going to come down to Gore (if he runs), Feingold or Warner. They seem to be the three with the "big buzz" on their names. And Hilary needs to simply stay in the Senate.

[Jesse Motorboy]

Me.

I'm going to be the next president. It's time America paid the piper... and I'm just the man for the job.;)

What? You guys said you wanted it to be contraversial earlier.:confused:

[mandolinbryn]

REMLydon said:

As a side note: the current issue of Rolling Stone has an excellent cover of Bush with 'The Worst President in History?' It's pretty sad when the guy is in the White House for another two years, and is already being thought of as the worst Prez in history. :eek:

How about that Warren Harding?  (shudders)