2008 Republican contenders

[aoxamaxoa]

He REALLY needs to shut up!

"Rightwing warrior Falwell has eyes on 2008"

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-02-08T164735Z_01_N08195268_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-FALWELL.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C2_domesticNews-3

By a long road back Falwell was referring to his youth in the 1930s and 1940s -- a period he feels brought out the best in a strong nation that adhered to "old fashioned values".

What an idiot....

[okiebybirth]

Michael Savage mulls presidential run:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/2/5/161823.shtml

And here:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=79326

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

We've had a philanderer in the oval orifice before, non-issue.

But republicans were outraged by extra-marital affairs! Don't tell me that there is a double standard!

Go ahead and make Rudy the nominee, the republicans are going to lose the White House in two years anyway.

Outraged only when it's a Democrat that does it. []

[aoxamaxoa]

Was his cousin the wife he was cheating on or was it Donna Hanover? I had no idea his life was such a soap opera. Maybe that's why his team thinks he has a chance in the South. As a political observer, the Rudy candidacy should provide high comedy. It won't last halfway through the primaries.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html

[RecycleMichael]

I think marrying your cousin for twelve years, then getting an annullment is weird. Dating your secretary is fairly common, but frowned upon as well.

Rudy, the unconventional candidate.

[rwarn17588]

Jerry Lee Lewis did it.

Um, never mind.

[iplaw]

Here is a good link from thesmokinggun.  It was a paper written back in 1993 when Giuliani was running against Dinkins.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html

All of these so-called "big issues" that have been discussed apparently weren't such a big factor in that race.  In spite of all theses issues he was still elected to office in a heavily democratic city.

I think the very fact that democrats are already trying to discredit him makes him the ideal candidate, as they know it would be disaster for their party if he makes it as the nominee.

[aoxamaxoa]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

Here is a good link from thesmokinggun.  It was a paper written back in 1993 when Giuliani was running against Dinkins.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html

All of these so-called "big issues" that have been discussed apparently weren't such a big factor in that race.  In spite of all theses issues he was still elected to office in a heavily democratic city.

I think the very fact that democrats are already trying to discredit him makes him the ideal candidate, as they know it would be disaster for their party if he makes it as the nominee.

Repost!Was his cousin the wife he was cheating on or was it Donna Hanover? I had no idea his life was such a soap opera. Maybe that's why his team thinks he has a chance in the South. As a political observer, the Rudy candidacy should provide high comedy. It won't last halfway through the primaries.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html

[rwarn17588]

There are plenty of evangelist voters and conservative Republicans who are coming after Giuliani, too, because of his pro-choice stance and other moderate views.

Face it -- the knives are coming from all sides.

[iplaw]

They may be, but the fact is, it's just more of the same for him.  Been there, done that, and won, in one of the most liberal cities in the US.

[rwarn17588]

Personally, I wouldn't object at all if he got the GOP nomination. He's a quality candidate.

[iplaw]

I'd actually like to see someone who isn't a Bush, Clinton or someone who worked in either administration...

[rwarn17588]

You have misgivings about dynastic presidencies, too, eh?

[Conan71]

I hope the evangelicals can get over themselves long enough to recognize a great leader when they see one.

[rwarn17588]

Do you think they honestly will, Conan?

Banning abortion, creationism, preventing gay marriage, et al, are about the only things many evangelists seem to care about.

Or will pragmatism finally carry the day for Giuliani and his party?