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Are you looking for a one-stop shop for all the zany hijinks of the GOP Presidential candidates? Well, look no further, because our friends at The Right's Field sift through the silliness.
A terrific combination of firsthand reporting, compilation, and incisive commentary, The Right's Field joined my bookmarks bar six weeks ago. I want to know what the GOP candidates are up to — and how TraditionalMedia filters their antics for consumption. Here's a sample of great TRF nuggets just from the last two weeks….
Giuliani was briefed on Kerik’s mob ties while his mayoral administration was vetting him to be New York’s police commissioner. Ironically Giuliani’s consulting company, “provides background checks for companies as part of its services.” I’m not sure if this is more ironic than Giuliani Partners offering cyber security consulting while his campaign website was launched with major security holes with regards to protecting user information.
Old Lord McCain confuses both the date and the intent of the supplemental appropriations bill:
John McCain’s new online petition calls the supplemental funding bill, which includes a deadline for redeploying American troops from Iraq, “surrender.” The petition includes a description of what McCain thinks is problematic legislation:
The supplemental appropriations bill that passed the Senate on March 27, calling for a date certain withdrawal from Iraq, is nothing more than a guaranteed date of surrender. Um, John, the supplemental appropriations bill that passed in the Senate was voted on and approved today, March 29th. You voted against it. Today. Fun straw polls:
Fred Thompson, former Tennessee senator, holds a commanding lead among the online Republicans, according to a new poll released by GOP Straw Polls. Thompson recently floated the idea that he was considering a possible run and shows strong support in his second poll.
An enticing reason why Hagel's presser went off the rails:
A source that I trust recently had a long conversation with a staffer for Chuck Hagel and passed details of it along to me. Hagel is preparing to set up a campaign headquarters in Nebraska, but is in a holding pattern because former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson is entertaining thoughts about running for president.
Finally, the GOP prospects have already starting mudwrestling, which can only get more titillating. Brownback spanks Romney:
Up till now we’ve seen videos of Romney saying moderate things or Giuliani saying socially liberal things and we’ve known that they’re out of step with the Republican base. But it’s good to see Repub’s own up to the reasoning behind their conservatism and why Romney is off base. Pace — a General in the army — should be allowed to gay bash because having to hold back on gay bashing is political correctness run amok. Good for Brownback’s team for drawing the distinction.
So, firedoggies, here's my question for you: which GOP Presidential prospect offers the best entertainment? And which would you most like to see up against any Democrat in 2008, and why?
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I think Rudy and Newt offer the best prospect of entertainment.
Teddy!
That was unexpected. And I read the post first and everything…
Fitz!
hi, all!
bit of formatting confusion in the McCain part of the post — not sure it’s clear that it was McCain’s website that put up:
TRF then commented:
I’m hoping TRF will bring us more incidents of Old Lord McCain’s confusion; sad as it is, I think his meltdown could be spectacular. Seeing how he’s giving media access to the DoubleTalk Express again and all….
Eli @ 3
Where you are concerned, we have come to expect the unexpected. Much safer that way.
Brownback and Tancredo without a doubt. Even more so than Rudy and the Newt. I mean we’re talking two true believers who seem that they would fit comfortably in the John Birch Society. Candidates for the reich wing’s Wing Nuts of the Year each and every year…
egregious @ 5
Where you are concerned, we have come to expect the unexpected. Much safer that way.
But… then it’s not unexpected.
from the polls I’ve seen – if Hillary gets the D nomination, the R’s can damn near run Daffy Duck and beat her; she polls as a loser to both McCain and Giuliani – Thompson would kill her too.
HRC should withdraw – for the good of the party and the American people.
People would rather chew broken glass than vote for Hillary.
Curses. Foiled again.
This trick never works.
[Rocky & Bullwinkle]
If the Gopers run a bag of hammers for President, it will be a distinct improvement over their last three offerings.
The White House is under seige.
Cornered rats with nukular weapons is not a good thing. We must be cautious.
dakine01 @ 7
Seems like the theocrats are very restive & unhappy with the current front-runners. Also, I was surprised Dobson proactively and suddenly challenged Fred Thompson’s Christianity — apparently, Dobson only considers the evangelical to be Christians. They are taking a forward-leaning stance, yet it’s unclear who will benefit.
Whoever is running needs to be tied to George Bush very tightly!!!!! They are BUSHIES, BUSHOFACISTS, BUSHICANS or whatever you care for but tied tight to George who most people don’t like now.
I’d “like” Fred Thompson just so the “doink doink” can be played at every event.
Otherwise, Mayor Rudy would be mucho fun.
Tough question. I think I’ll go with Rudy.
Between the female impersonating, the messy divorces, the son airing the dirty laundry, the tap dance he’ll have to do over guns, gays and women’s right to choose…..welll, it can’t get much better.
AZ Matt @ 12
This would be the advantage for Rudy, Mitt, or even Newt. They don’t have a track record of voting to give Dubya everything he wanted, no matter how crazy or stupid.
Newtie for overall entertainment
with Tancredo or Brownback for VP
The least interesting would be Romney
I’d like to see a Ghouliani- Clinton matchup just to shut him up once and for all. I think she would kick his ass everywhere.
In other words, even if they’re fans of Dubya, they’re at least not *accomplices*.
McCain the Bushican for ‘08!
Eli @ 16
This would be the advantage for Rudy, Mitt, or even Newt. They don’t have a track record of voting to give Dubya everything he wanted, no matter how crazy or stupid.
Who says we got to play nice? We just got to stick Bush all over the Whole Repub party. If they are Repubs they are Bushies!!
Siun—ygm
Rudolph, Romney and McBush all support the surge and staying the course in Iraq. Even if they aren’t on record with a vote they have certainly been on the road selling the policy.
AZ Matt @ 19
It’s a lot easier if you can show that they were substantive enablers. “Hey, do you hate the war? McCain voted for it, and voted to continue it every single time!”
No Newt, I can’t stand his preening. He’s PNAC*
No Ghouliani he is a crook
I pick Mitt and pray to God he doesn’t win but if he does I hope he isn’t a fake Mormon.
Eli @ 23
It’s a lot easier if you can show that they were substantive enablers. “Hey, do you hate the war? McCain voted for it, and voted to continue it every single time!”
I don’t disagree with you on that point but I want to paint the WHOLE Repub Party as his enablers. They do deserve it cuz they benefited from his administration.
jayt @ 9
Yup.
OT..but I’m steaming. It was mentioned by someone at DKOS that David Gregory will never mention gwb43.com because he’s too chummy with TPTB. So, I went surfing to all the network websites and as you might expect, it’s not mentioned once at any of them.
Sometimes, I get so disgusted.
The entire Republican Party has already tied themselves to GWB.
Any efforts to disengage should be painted “Flip Flop”
Hang ‘em High and Dry
They all seem so flawed, it’s tough to choose who would be the most fun (or most easily defeated) opponent. I’m also wondering if one of the ministers, perhaps Dobson, will step into the fray himself having found the field (or the nominee!) wanting.
solai @ 26
As long as Waxman cares about it, I’m okay.
katherine graham cracker @
17
I was officially living in CT but working and staying in Manhattan during the week for most of 2K. If Rudy hadn’t used his prostate cancer as an excuse to drop out, Hillary was going to mop the floor with his a** for the senate that year…
So here’s a thought. If McCain runs, is there any chance he might choose Lieberman as his running mate?
Any of them wins aginst Hillary, that’s the problem!
I’d love to see a balanced-budget / social-progressive candidate for the Repub nomination.
They’d never get enough “Dixie values” voters to win the nomination, but would divide Rethug primaries along class and religious fissures.
Dixie values wing vs investment banker wing:
I’d pay to watch that Rethug grudge match.
Ideally, for several consecutive primary seasons.
Fred Thompson is hot air. He can be tied to Bush and Cheney through his support of Liar Libby.
Oh. Giuliani.
No doubt.
Cripes, the man can’t open his mouth without stepping in it, as evidenced by this week’s bizarre comment about his wife and the Cabinet.
He’s like a Mexican-soap-opera-American-reality-show rolled into one.
Let’s not forget, especially if Rudy continues atop the GOP field running on his leadership on 9/11, that he said to his Police Commissioner on that fateful day, “Thank God George Bush is our President”
Jayt @ 9
Correcto-mundo!
I would proudly vote for, even volunteer for Chuck Hagel if it was him vs. Clinton. She and Leiberman epitomize everything that is wrong with the Democrats – if she gets the nomination they deserve to lose.
I’d pay really good money to see the sore loser take that all the way to November!
There’s something not mentioned when they talk about Rudy and Kerik. If you have someone in your employ that you have the ‘goods on’ that makes them a much more manageable ally. I think that’s how Rove/Bush have operated, and maybe Rudy has taken a page from their playbook.
OT — oh. my. god.
Bush again affirms support for Gonzales
Is this like Peter denying Christ three times before the cock crows? Are we at three Atta-boys / Heckuva-jobs yet?
Rayne @ 41
Has George kissed him on the cheek yet?
Teddy!!!
Are you gonna make this a regular feature?
From Rayne’s link, W sez:
Is that the same as saying: He’s done nothing wrong? Do all those extra words, from our plain-speaking Preznit, morph his meaning into something completely different?
TeddySanFran @ 43
It reminds me of the crime show cliche, the smug rich asshole who knows they know he’s guilty, but also thinks they can’t prove it, and smirks his way through obviously false denials.
I go for Rudy
His ‘appeal’ is such a creation of punditry and dissolves at the first sense of hit true measure.
He was a middling to disastorous mayor whose stock went through the ceiling ist 9-11
(Usually accompanied by “you can’t prove anything” taunts, the subtext being that they know he’s guilty, and he knows they know he’s guilty, but he still thinks he’s untouchable.)
People would rather chew broken glass than vote for Hillary.
Don’t kid yourself thinking that Hillary can’t win. I don’t want her to, mind, but about 1/3 of Dems will vote for her regardless and all the catering to the right that she does will stand her in good stead with indy’s and disaffected repubs.
I mean, what’s to stop her from pulling a Lieberman and running as an independent even if she loses the dem nomination? She will have plenty of dough and I could even see the VRWC quietly promoting her as “not so bad, after all.”
looseheadprop @ 43
Well, I hope everyone will bookmark The Right’s Field, since they do a swell job of tracking the bad guys over there. They’ve even got links to GOP aspirants I’d never heard of — Cox? Smith? other Smith?
I’m not sure we need to track the unseemliness onto the FDL carpet regularly. But when TRF highlights something juicy, I’ll make sure everyone here knows!
Here is an opportunity to vote for a new Repub symbol: Go Vote Early and Often!
Speaking of GOP prez candidate “prospects,” this comment just in from Newt on the “ghetto” of bilingualism…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..grich-2008
David Olsen @ 48
As an independent, she would finish behind Nader, Ross Perot, George Wallace, … in the 2008 election.
Romney. The Mormon deal would be too funny to see. Watching all those evangelicals have to either shun the GOP candidate — or have strokes, acting like they supported him.
Hill Tops — In Iowa, NH, Florida
Most Democrats may not want New York Senator Hillary Clinton ☼ to be their party’s presidential nominee in 2008. But that won’t necessarily stop the former First Lady.
Clinton’s determined bid looks to be succeeding, in large part because her many opponents — all of whom had hoped to emerge as “the anti-Hillary” are instead dividing up the great mass of voters who would prefer another nominee. That’s especially true of former North Carolina Senator John Edwards and Illinois Senator Barack Obama ☼.
Both Edwards and Obama have staked out positions to the left of Clinton on the war in Iraq and a host of other issues. Combined, their support in key states and nationally overwhelms Clinton. Divided, they fall behind.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs…..pid=180992
Teddy, I don’t exactly get your point:
… but you quote nothing more.
Per the Wikipedia:
I suspect your question is: “Whom does McCain claim the supplemental funding bill offers as `prisoners,’ and exactly where does it do that?” Right?
Shell @
53
One question I was unsuccessful at getting any Washington Post chatter to address this week was: Now that we are actively discussing the health of one Presidential candidate’s spouse, why hasn’t there been any similar conversation about Ann Romney’s MS?
I wonder if West Wing made MS a less-feared disease, or if TradMed has simply decided not to discuss it. IOKIYAR?
Kiddo – Thought you might have washed away with all that rain..
Someone recently placed this compare and contrast from tpm cafe of Hillary, Obama, Lieberman votes… not much difference between Hill and Ob.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 54
run AL run
start_beating_around_the_bush @ 52
That may be true on a level playing field. However, I can see the corporate media flipping out if they think that the dem party is moving “too far to the left.” If she is identified in high places as the best corporatist available I could see her being promoted from those quarters. If she is roundly rejected in the primaries they’ll pick another pony.
Most people aren’t like us in that they won’t be able to filter out the propaganda. Before you know it, Hillary will be the gal we all wanna have a beer with.
It’s impossible to choose! It’s a bit like the Keystone Kandidates.
I’d love for Brownback to win the nom though. He is absolutely no chance of sounding halfway sane, let alone get elected.
As a New Yorker I want Giuliani to run because I despise him the most among the goopers but also think he is the most beatable. He has too much baggage, and the deeper we get into this, the more his phony credentials as America’s Mayor will be exposed. As a liberal, I would want the weakest man to run for the GOP and that is Rudy.
http://www.rawstory.com/showar…..1828/16663
I apologize for the OT. Homeland Security is demanding the master key to the internet. These people will not quit. This is frightening beyond words to me.
Wigwam, there were some formatting errors in the McCain section of my post (I’m new on the frontpage, sorry!) so, to be clearer, I’m copying a larger block from TRF’s post about McCain here:
Twasn’t I (nor TRF) who called the bill a guaranteed date of surrender; it was the Senator’s website. Sorry if this was confusing; I’ll do better next time!
Newt! Mr Tell everybody else how they should live with 3 marriges and adultry, while he was trying to impeach Clinton for lying about adultry makes him the biggest family values hippocrite in a very tough field. Even Rudy’s press release break up with Donna Hanover isn’t as bad. Newt just attacked bilingual education calling it the language of the ghetto thats right Newt piss off hispanic voters before an election. Also in an election where everybody is going to be watching Elizabeth Edwards struggle with cancer everyone will be reminded that Newt asked his wife to sign divorce papers when she was in the hospitol still groggy from Chemo Therapy. What woman would vote for a guy who deserts his wife when she might be dying? The right needs to stop the war which is the biggest issue for voters now the right needs new ideas. Newt is prowar, old ideas, but great jokes I remeber when Comedy Central had dozens of comedians on hour after hour making fun of Qualye, bush and Newt that was great TV! Newt is easily the funniest canidate the GOP has because he is so serious and Insane!
I just can’t seem to get into the spirit of fun around this, sadly, it’s all so danged depressing! Their candidates are awful humans. Hillary is ruining the Demo field. Maybe it’s just the cumulative load of muck we’ve seen displayed all week, but very little is amusing in this pile of shite.
TeddySanFran so glad to hear you speak from the pulpit.
All of the repug candidates seem insane in their own way.
McCain keeps bumping into walls.
Thompson continues his bad acting and bag of winding.
Newt-jeebus-my Baptist pastor from New Orleans dunked him and said he didn’t hold him under long enough.
Brownback spanks Romney and I would like to watch.
Hagel seems the most sane but I could just be taken in by a momentary lapse in his madness for King George.
Rudy has the heartlessness of GWB combined with more brains. Scary.
I guess the real entertain value is watching the chosen one swing in the wind after the election in ‘08.
Eli @
32
McCain’s running mate will be Jeb. That’s the deal. You heard it here first.
The thought here is that Gore could beat any Republican in the ‘general’. Those Republicans already declared and others who might.
cleter @ 66
NO. One of the unspoken themes of all the Republican Candidates will be “George Who?” The last thing they want to do is associate with him even indirectly.
Eureka Springs @ 57
Thanks… I’ll take a look.
David Olsen @
48
APEACT candidates’ second loyalty is to the Democratic party.
CD @ 51
Beat me to it. I’d just like to send out a big “fuck you” to the Newtmeister…in English, Mandarin, Japanese, Dutch, and Latin.
Actually I wish Cheney would reconsider and run.
cleter @ 67
blech
Well, I think that was the plan–W backs McCain, and in exchange McC picks Jeb. I think it’s a Faustian bargain McCain has already made. Except, I kind of doubt McCain gets nominated.
Sorta on topic-
I got an email from dem.org and on their partybuilder page is a list of our contenders.
Wes Clark is listed on here with profile. What do they know that we don’t.
http://www.democrats.org/page/content/pb_presidential/
“Gingrich Decries Bilingual Education”
I guess the Newterator has never considered that being bilingual meant you were well educated.
TeddySanFran @ 63
Hey, Teddy: thanks. I feel better now.
I don’t know who the nominee would be. But I am looking forward to the savagery of Newt, Guliani, and John Sidney McCain III smearing each other with poo.
Mary McCurnin @ 77
The Newtronizer couldn’t care less. He’s making a purely emotional appeal to an anti-intellectual audience.
cleter @ 75
I’ve also long thought McCain’s Bush crush included a Veep spot for Jeb! but if he’s doomed in the primaries, he may have to choose RGJoe for their Unity08 run in the general.
EvilDrPuma @ 80
So true.
TeddySanFran @ 81
Either way, ask not for whom the bell tolls.
Brownback and Brownback. Nutjub, entertaining, and supremely beatable.
The one thing that would cement the fundies lingering mistrust of J. Sidney McCain III would be if he picked the Jewish Northeasterner Non-Republican as his running mate.
Florida 54, UCLA 36
cleter @ 79
Also, their second-tier may decide that flinging poo upward is the only way to dislodge the three front-runners. I think this was Brownback’s General Pace Hail-Mary pass — calling Romney out not just for sympathizing with teh gays but also for endorsing the evil tolerance crowd’s view. It was a two-fer, although I don’t think Romney’s spot in the lineup is particularly to be coveted. Unless you are Brownback.
I am struggling to imagine a scenario in which the nation turns it’s lonely eyes to Brownback. And I just can’t see it.
TeddySanFran @ 81
Joe Lieberman, Osama Bin Laden, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and sundry righ-wing pundits are the only people who join the White House in support of the surge. Somehow, I think that Bush’s surge is giving “aid and comfort” to the enemy (right-wing pundits included).
Does anyone else think that the GOP is running their b team canidates for president this year because bush has made winning the White House impossible this election?
TeddySanFran @ 86
With a name like Brownback, you gotta figure flinging poo upwards is a pretty regular occurrence…
Angie from the previous thread…
a BIG thanks for the Jeremy Scahill alert. That was an incredible interview. I remember watching the footage of New Orleans when it was happening and about went crazy when I saw Blackwater guys there. Not only wasn’t the administration handling the problems, they were sending IN a disaster. It made me and still makes me very afraid for our country. I do NOT want to be in a demonstration and have the Blackwater Ballet Squad come after me or anyone else I know or don’t know.
Also thanks for the heads up about the Brent Budowsky article at TPM. I hadn’t seen it and it was stunning to read.
David Olsen @ 59“Before you know it, Hillary will be the gal we all wanna have a beer with.”
From talk of the trip she took with McCain, I would have a beer with her anytime now. I know too many people who would never vote for her, under any circumstance. The media would be much worse than it was the first Clinton go round. She could single-handedly resurrect the self-destructing repugs, and I think they are counting on it.
things come undone @ 89
Who would their A team be?
things come undone @ 90
Yes. I mean…Fred Thompson? Sam Brownback? C’mon.
Second choice…Romney, with Jeb! in the VP slot. Romney will say anything, and Jeb! will do anything to get the Precious.
My first choice, ‘Flip, Flop and Fly’ McCain and SanctiJoenious Lieberman (a.k.a. the Grand Old Farty ticket) won’t happen…It’s just too good.
;>)
things come undone @
90
Well, my issue with that scenario is: who are their A-team wallflowers who are hanging back?
But Newtie is so moral, reminds of Ralph Reed in this aspect.
Even considering what the GOP has become, the Newt is ghastly.
Thanks for the link, Teddy.
An update on my job situation: I am moving back to the Bay Area from Tucson, again.
I’ve been away from the computer doing less writing these days but I will always remember where I got my start =)
The only “A-list” Repub (electability-wise, that is) I can think of is/was the scary Allen, pre-macaca. Though his fall was quickly eclipsed by other Party scandals, I think he was a huge loss for them.
The only possible setup that I imagine in play is Hagel… His postponed announcement remains curious, imo.
The Republicans understand the concept of putting forward a face and installing “handlers.” IMHO, in 2008 their candidate will be Thompson.
AZ Matt @ 13
Bushician Politicians With Positians
Matt Ortega @ 99
Everyone — it’s TRF founder Matt Ortega, who started at FDL with his ground-breaking series on War Profiteering back in the Bad Old Days of the 109th Congress. Hi Matt!
CD @
51
Newt is just pandering to the anti-immigration base. He can’t even be honest about it and openly say he wants stronger immigration laws (and therefore fewer Hispanics). He is a sneaky coward, always will be.
I have a GOP co-worker who is very depressed by the lineup so far. He can’t vote for the Mormon idolator, or the adulterous pro-choice New Yorker. He thinks McCain is an untrustworthy old fool. Brownback is a third-string warm-up act clown. He’s got nothing. He’s very depressed. He’s also scared shitless that we might nominate Obama or Edwards instead of Hillary. He likes Newt intellectually but sees him as unelectable.
Matt Ortega @ 99
MattO!!! I love you! Great blog, matt-o-matic. So you have a job in the Bay Area?
p.s. wasn’t it punaise who called you Matt-o-matic? Not sure why…
Chuck Hagel is the only A list GOP canidate I worry about but he is just not getting GOP establishment support.
Giuliani. With those 3 wives and fights in public. Entertainment Tonight! The scandal press will finally get its fill and won’t go after our guy. Why? Because they can only cover one story at a time.
Here’s my nightmare– Cheney gets soooo sick, has to give his regrets and bows out at just the right moment 2008 election wise; who’s left that Georgie can trust? Jeb! gets some experience, has VP status, not to mention backing of the dynasty and there ya go! no one else need worry with the machine they have set up for awinnin’!
things come undone @ 108
Not to worry. The repugs are no longer viable.
Hagel’s the only one that scares me, too. My nightmare is a Hillary v Hagel matchup.
Mary McCurnin @
111
It’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to early to be cocky.
For pure entertainment value I’d go for Gingrich or Giuliani. Gingrich is such a flippin’ hypocrite it is great for belly laughs and I kinda like Giuliani’s strange streak.
I pick J’LIE. He’s the one they can count on when they really need it. Maybe he’ll let
Admiral StockdaleMcCain be his running mate.CD @ 100
Yes.
All hail S.R.Sidarth:
OT -
Hey pups -
Does anyone on the thread recall Egregious and others’ recent warnings that Abu’s “internet child p**n” campaign is the latest assault on the toobz?
I think they were right:
h/t raw; bolding kjm
cleter @ 113
It’s another disaster for our country…no matter who wins we all lose..
I left Seattle 34 years ago this month. I miss some things more than others. That Pink Elephant Car Wash sign is precious!
A smart, paying-attention Democrat would respond by calling for all students to get a bilingual education, just like in other countries where you’re expected to speak more than one language.
Nanz @ 110
Per the Wikipedia:
you’re very welcome, greenwarrior @ 92.
OT– the wheat gluten/pet food contamination is widening:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17870750/
Nanz @ 110
I don’t think the Speaker would approve Jeb! as W’s Veep. It’s just too dynastic and un-American.
Matt Ortega @ 100
Welcome back, Matt!
Today it was sunny and over 70 in teh city! In the Richmond!
Rents for small houses in Alameda/Marin are softening.
Strawberries in the farmers’ markets have sweetened up! Live wild scallops and fresh local sardines (too windy this week for the herring catch).
Welcome back!
Nanz @
110
I don’t think Jeb would have a chance. Everyone is too sick of the name Bush. Poppy wasn’t weeping in public for nothing a few weeks ago.
Florida 76, UCLA 66.
My neighbors are setting off firecrackers and shouting drunkenly.
TeddySanFran @ 104
You’re too kind. Kombiz and MBH deserve the credit as founders. I was just lucky enough to be asked to join.
greenwarrior @ 92
forget the bullets, they have microwave weapons.
cleter @ 127
You live near USC?
Nanz @
110
Condi Rice on the other hand could shake things up. I personally think her main job skill is being able to lie with a straight face and deliver a mean stinkeye (per Jon Stewart), but I think she would turn some heads.
Just watched an interview Al Gore did on tv in Sweden. The host wished him a happy birthday.
She asked him about running for president, and if he might be able to accomplish more with regard to the global warming issue if he were president.
Al Gore: “I don’t have any plans to be a candidate for president again. I haven’t completely ruled out going back into politics at some point in my life. But the reason I don’t ever expect to be a candidate again is partrly because I’ve fallen out of love with politics, and I have less patience for some of the aspects of the politicsl system. But also because the way the political dialog is conducted over these 30 second TV commercials now, there is less of a chance to deal in depth with the biggest crisis that we have to face–this climate crisis.”
kirk murphy @ 129
At UF.
Hey MattO! Don’t think “luck” had anything to do with it. Hard work, a great brain, great writing, great research skills… and the snark is on the upswing (just read over at your blog)…xxooo
raven @ 113
I don’t think I am being cocky. I live in a conservative town and the citizens of this little berg have had it with everything republican. They know that they have been had.
I think Al Gore would like to be president. But I don’t think he wants to run for president.
rxbusa @ 130
She would turn heads and “shake” things up– just like Regan in The Exorcist!
cleter, yep.
And I can’t say I blame him.
Pach is partying upstairs
new tapestry upstairs from Pach the amazing weaver…
My vote is for Giuliani….
There has been so many interesting tidbits cropping up about him and to think of it….
It’s still really early in the 2008 prez election season…
Maybe this is just the tip of the iceberg…
Had Ghooliani been a Mormon, he could have wired his marriage scene in parallel instead of series. The GOP will come out of their convention with Jeb Bush, the Dems with Bill Richardson, unless Gore steps in.
The most fun to watch so far have been Gingrich for the GOP and Gravel for the Dems. Please, Ralph – NO!
cleter @
135
Agree. And why would he? If we go to an undecided convention, his name could be placed in the second round. Whoowee! The fun starts.
Tancredo, without a doubt! As a (gak! awk! gasp! ptui!) constituent of Tancredo I would love to see him win the Repug primary! It would keep him out of our hair while we run a decent candidate , and provide hours of entertainment for the entire nation!
Oklahoma kiddo @
98
Yes, to you and me the Newt is horrendous. But to the kool aid drinkers he may be the savior. Personally, I think he is probably the most dangerous Republican in the country right now. Remember, he’s very slick, often “charming” and very smart. In fact he’s Evil Bill…
Eli @
1
katherine graham cracker @
17
there is no way that hillary would beat guliani in florida or more than 0ne state if that of the old confederacy
guiliana would beat hillary big time in fl and all over the south
jayt @ 9
Agreed, but if she gets the nom it will be another hold-your-nose election, because no one the GOP props up will be a worthy candidate, and she’ll play it safe in any event.
Hill -vs- Rudy would be a voodoo rematch. He was sidelined the last time he tried to run against her. Very unlikely that he’ll get the nod, but if he did they’d law and order one another to death. Every debate a draw.
Hill -vs- Romney might provide some productive debates if she takes the gloves off and leaves Bill and the DLC kids at home. But of course, she won’t.
Back to my dream team: Pelosi and Murtha.
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For entertainment (ala American Idol), I vote for Newt.
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mia
phil cattar @
146
Just curious…Why?
I mean, don’t the Republicans believe in Traditional Family Values?
What are they, hypocrites who only vote Republican, no matter what rattlesnake or skunk the corporations make their candidate?