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Friday, February 15, 2008
Lee  Culpepper :: Townhall.com Columnist
It's All About the Vice President Now
by Lee Culpepper
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Furthermore, Hillary is the “emotionally abused” wife of a negligent, bullying husband. But despite the public’s knowledge, she pitifully and unstably defends him versus seizing the opportunity to “liberate” herself. Hillary behaves exactly the way terrorists want women to behave -- vulnerably.

Instead of repairing strained relations in the Middle East, Hillary or Obama would likely further weaken them: Hillary (the female magnet for male humiliation) and Obama (the infidel apostate and every terrorist’s fantasy).

On the other hand – if voters can look beyond McCain’s blemishes – the man has not crawfished on fighting the terrorists in their war against America. Assuming he receives the GOP Presidential nomination, voters should now seriously be considering whom he selects as his Vice President candidate. A strong conservative VP could inspire the conservative base. A Washington outsider with strong business experience that assuages McCain’s shortcomings would be ideal.

Something else to consider is that McCain would be the oldest President ever elected. He has already defied the odds. The average man’s life expectancy is 70 something. For pilots, it is lower than that. And for POWs it even lower. No one is wishing McCain harm. However, ignoring his age and health is just not smart. Enduring the level of stress he will encounter at his age, McCain simply faces a higher probability of not being able to serve a full term.

Coincidentally, America’s ninth President (William Henry Harrison) also ran on his military-hero reputation. There are a number of similarities. Some considered Harrison egotistical and ambitious. John Quincy Adams called Harrison “the most troublesome of all the office seekers during my administration.” Senator John Calhoun said of Harrison, “…he seems to enjoy his election as a mere affair of personal vanity.”  And Andrew Jackson said, “The Republic…may suffer under the present imbecile chief, but the sober second thought of the people will restore it at our next presidential election.” 

Harrison was, at the time, the oldest President ever elected. He was also the first to pass away in office. None of us know what the future holds. Could Vice President Romney be America’s “sober second thought”?

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Lee Culpepper is a former Marine and high school English teacher. He is currently working to complete his first book, Alone and Unafraid: One Marine’s Counterattack Inside the Walls of Public Education. Visit Lee’s website at www.leeculpepper.com.

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Lee Culpepper the Islamist (apparently?)
Hello Lee,

So you are going to argue from a Wahhabist perspective? Is that your cultural core? Sen. Obama has never considered himself a muslim. I do not consider him a muslim. And by any rational thought system with which you would agree even YOU would not consider him a muslim (unless you really are a Wahhabist / Islamic fundamentalist?). Please enlighten your readers as to your Islamist tendencies - I am sure they would LOVE to know about them. LOL

In my email to you I did not once talk about "feelings" - so your conjecture in that regard displays only your preconceived notions about people with whom you disagree.

Best Regards
(sorry I do not close with your favored Insha Allah, but I am Christian)

Bad Memory or a liar, you decide
Funny how he keeps saying the same lie in several speeches. I can understand a misspeak, but to keep telling the same untruth over and over and over and over.........

http://www.electionspeak.com/USElectionVideos/354

Heck, I could understand a change in position from a candidate such as switching from gun control to gun rights, or pro choice to pro life, etc. But to keep telling the same Whopper. Maybe after it is all over he can be the Burger King spokesperson.
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