Comments on: “I’m sure you could see it on some of our faces.”

By: GlitterGirl

GlitterGirl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:34:39 +0000

From CNN Political Ticker blog:
“There has been palpable tension among some GOP governors gathered in Miami that Palin has been sucking up all the media oxygen.
In an interview with CNN, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour shrugged off that suggestion.

“That’s just somebody running down a rabbit trail. There’s plenty of oxygen here,” he said.”

By: lotus

lotus — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:59:33 +0000

A Huckabee-Romney shootout would be great — just think of all Huck’s ideological ammo on Mittens and all Mittens’ ethics ammo on Huck: YUMOLA. Then there’s Jindal and his exorcisms . . .

By: Ben Cole

Ben Cole — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:37:27 +0000

3S: I concur. And I fully expect to see a resurgence of Mike Huckabee in GOP activities. I don’t see a Mike Huckabee ever getting elected president—he may wield strong influence in the GOP and he may prevent Romney’s getting a nomination, but Huck’s a non-starter as a presidential candidate, same as Haley Barbour is (albeit for different reasons). However, if the GOP puts him on the top of their 2012 ticket … good on ‘em.

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:05:25 +0000

Good point, Ben, but if Sarah fades away and Huckabee and Romney don’t, how are you going to keep Huckabee from “appearing in the FE’s pulpits”? Won’t happen. He has to do a Rove number on Mormons to beat Mitt, and you can be sure he has a Cheney conscience when it comes to going negative and rallying the Sarah crowd.

By: Ben Cole

Ben Cole — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:51:07 +0000

WHO the Republicans nominate in 2012 is vitally important, of course. But WHO they pitch their spiel to perhaps trumps that. The smartest thing the GOP can do is to allow the Fundamentalist-Evangelical [FE] elements to preach to the winds but to ignore them. Let that band of the political spectrum wither on the vine. The GOP doesn’t have to have a formal divorce decree from the FEs—just accord them benign neglect and deaf ears. Avoid appearing in their pulpits. Avoid appearing on their radio/tv shows. Avoid doing anything that suggests that they hear or recognize the FE. An informal, but determined, policy and practice of shunning the FEs would permit the brighter elements of the GOP to re-establish party principles and chart the party’s future.

I don’t expect it to happen. The GOP has shown again and again that it intends to be a Know-Nothing party. It hasn’t had what I’d call a “good Republican” since Nelson Rockefeller’s death.

By: EvellSnoats

EvellSnoats — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:24:07 +0000

Not many. Honestly a lot of them are pretty misogynistic when it comes to

CIC. Lets face it we lucked out Obama is as smart, etc. as he is. A three legged dog could have run against what ended up being Bush II. McCain was toast the minute he, for whatever reason, decided Rove tactics were the only way to win.

By: lotus

lotus — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:36:18 +0000

Evell, got a question for you (or anyone else here with Republican men friends). What percentage of the ones you know do you think voted for McCain-Palin because they had crushes on her?

By: lotus

lotus — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:28:50 +0000

Evell 10, that’s basically Drum’s and Sullivan’s point too, and I agree with all three of you. This was just asinine from the git, and McCain should NEVER live it down.

By: GlitterGirl

GlitterGirl — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:00:17 +0000

I with ya’ Evell. Besides, all Sarah does to the ticket is distract from the real issues. She needs to quit the limelight and retire to a dimly lit, quiet library-preferably one where no books have been banned- and get herself some learning.

By: wooabby

wooabby — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:01 +0000

Evell, I would welcome a good fair fight if only we had a good fair referee.