Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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For Once in My Link (YouTube Debate Preview)
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Posted by:
Mary Katharine Ham at
7:40 AM
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First off, the plus of staying in a cheesy beach hotel instead of whatever fancy digs the rest of the reporters are in ('cause they ain't here!) is I got up and took a run on the beach. I have pictures to prove it, too.
I'm down in St. Petersburg for the debate, and will be catching up with campaigns and debate-goers later in the day. Right now, a couple preview links...
From my preview interview with Anderson Cooper: "Campaign operatives are people, too." Awwww.
The Salt Lake Tribune wonders if YouTubers will be the proxy for asking questions about Romney's faith.
A CNN poll shows that if a primary were held today in the Sunshine State, Rudy'd hit his rivals where the sun don't shine, if you know what I'm sayin'. (And, if not, I just mean he's really ahead.)
Of course, the Huck camp is pumped about the Insider Advantage poll that puts the man from Arkansas at 17 percent to Rudy's 26, with McCain and Mitt trailing.
"He doesn't live in Washington."
More Carson-style introductions!
Return of the snowman.
"What does Republican mean to you?"
Hill still tops Rudy in Florida. If I were a Rudy adviser, my advice would be "more jean shorts."
Yeah, this is pretty much what's going on:
Roaring out of the Thanksgiving break last weekend, both Romney and Giuliani traded shots for two days running on a variety of issues - spending, tax cuts, crime, healthcare, and appointments - as they stumped in New Hampshire, where Giuliani is redoubling his efforts to catch Romney. Giuliani and Romney have used increasingly harsh language against each other. But in the past five days, Romney and Thompson have also zinged Huckabee for advocating driver's licenses and tuition breaks for illegal immigrants while governor of Arkansas; Huckabee hammered Romney for shifting positions on abortion and gay rights; McCain whacked both Giuliani and Huckabee for their lack of military and foreign policy experience; and Giuliani's campaign issued a release criticizing Thompson's record on taxes while serving as a senator from Tennessee.
Did Mitt say "probably not" to Muslims in the Cabinet? And, since the deadline for YouTube entries was Sunday, will he have to answer questions about it? When I talked to CNN's David Bohrman Monday he said Anderson had lots of "flexibility." I wonder if that's where his limber mind will lead him...
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Hold the phone. Not that the debate and the struggle for the future of the republic isn't important and all, but there are pictures of you running on the beach? Where? |
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At least words that I can use here in the presence of mixed company. I'll try to avoid them anyway...
Let's just say that social conservatism without either fiscal or governmental conservatism is a losing proposition. |
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That ticket makes me upchuck. |
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Even though it is from Pat Buchanan, it explains why support for Giuliani is extremely soft in what has been the Republican firewall, namely, the South. Time (1976) and time (1992) and time (1996) and time (2006) again, when Republicans have turned into the party of big-government liberals, the populace has chosen to go with the party with experience being big-government liberals.
Back in 2000, I seem to recall claims that New Jersey and California had become "competitive" for Republicans because we had a "compassionate 'conservative'" running. That didn't exactly pan out, and because of that blunder, we came literally within hours of selective re-re-recounts of President Algore Goracle. |
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a Giuliani/Huckabee ticket is working behind the scenes. Huckabee has alreay defended Giuliani in a public forum. Let's see if it shows tonight. |
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Get ready for more analogies. Mike Huckabee it seems does not complete a thought without the use an analogy. The over/under tonight is 5. |
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You might want to check this column about Rudy for President.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article58346.ht ml
This last sentence may sum it up, but please try to read it all;
"Rudy offers the right the ultimate Faustian bargain: retention of power at the price of one's soul."
------ words worth repeating --------
bot_feeder writes:
For Republicans who say that to not support the Republican candidate is to undermine the Republican cause:
I don't care about the Republican cause. I care about America.
To condone national suicide in order to prove one's loyalty to one's party is in my view the most irresponsible thing a person can do.
--------end bot_feeder post--------
We will either elect a President who will uphold the laws or one who will change them to accomodate the illegal aliens. If we do the latter, we are voluntarily committing national suicide.
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Or is lightning or mushroom clouds more your speed?
Clean-up in aisle 2. |
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Due to their DNA atheist lesbians pretending to be republicans have send in videos for the gotcha moments . CNN is for Clinton , MSNBC is for Obama , FOX NEWS is for Rudy , and I am for Mitt Romney .::::.... BREAKING NEWS..::::...Anderson is not a dem neocoM ..... he just looks like one... you know a hush puppy face .............. ....Fred has winged Huck badly ....new poll reveals... |
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Some that I really should, some that certain other commenters wish I would, and some that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. I'll go with the safe ones:
- To answer the Salt Lake Trib's question, you betcha. Bonus answer; Cooper will find a way to work in the "Islamophobia" of Romney.
- Where's the nearest hair-dryer? That snowman needs some heat.
- That head-to-head in Florida simply confirms the serious problem Giuliani has in the state-by-state battle that is the general election. Too much of his support comes from safe-'Rat states. |
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