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Monday, March 30, 2009
Rich Galen :: Townhall.com Columnist
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by Rich Galen
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


The GOP doesn't have to hit itself over the head with a gender-based ball bat. The Dems had a real shot at nominating a woman - a highly qualified woman - but decided to nominate Barack Obama, instead.

So, Republicans don't have to sit for being called, nor for thinking of themselves as being, the party of gender discrimination.

Another person asked who I thought would be the GOP nominee in 2012. If I had bet, in March of 2005 that a guy named Barack would be the next President of the United States I would owned his car, his house, his dog and his club membership.

I finished with one of my favorite maxims: If you want to make a difference, win an election. Tomorrow, the special election in NY 20 will be held to fill the seat left vacant by the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate Seat.

NY 20 is a Republican-leaning district. According to an AP piece by Valerie Bauman, "The district has more than 196,000 registered Republicans, about 125,000 Democrats and 118,000 unaffiliated voters."

If the Republican candidate, Jim Tedisco wins, that will be a leading indicator for the 2010 mid-terms that without Obama on the ticket (or George W. Bush in the White House) Republican-leaning districts will go back to voting for the GOP candidate.

If, however, the Democrat Scott Murphy wins, it will be seen as proof that Republicans have done nothing to attract independent voters and, more worrisome still, done nothing to get its base vote out to the polls.

In politics you either win or you lose. It's not like Little League where you get credit for taking "good cuts." Coming close doesn't count.

At the Lincoln Club speech, I might have been dreadful; but the questions were great.

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Rich Galen has been a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich. Rich Galen currently works as a journalist and writes at Mullings.com

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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 2:27 PM EST
trade 2004 Chevy Malibu for '51 Plymouth

Roy Location: WV
Reply # 2
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 12:40 PM EST
Jim_CA
I can identify with U on the need for a choice of 200 (at least) varieties/models of Vehicles.

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I mis read what you mis read on my post earlier.

I don't want 200 different models, I want less. Of course color can make all the difference, and when was the last time you saw a car painted in a pretty color?

I have rented nearly a 1000 cars, from Saipan and Guam to various parts of Europe and nearly 40 States, mainly in my business life. At one time I noticed the car I had so often was hard to get in and out of. I asked the gals at the rental desks, where I visited monthly, why I was getting such a cramped vehicle.

They said exactly the same thing in Phoenix, Frisco, and Sacramento, "We thought you would like the sports car, so we saved our best for you." I replied, "Just give me one I can step into, rather than craw into."

I would trade my 2004 Chevy Malibu for my '51 Plymouth, straight up. I know comfort when I feel it.

And that '78 Caddy that I drove for 22 years, is still one of the best.

75 years ago my brother and I would sit on the front porch on a Sunday afternoon, and he would count Fords, and I would count Chevys.

In spite of all the publicity on the part of the auto makers, I have owned only one Ford in my life and did not like it, and when I visited with my brother a few times over the years, he never had a Chevy.

So there.



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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 31, 2009 - 2:14 PM EST
Ugly, Ugly, Ugly

I told a guy the other day, "That looks just like the box my first car came in."
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