I don't think that Palin honestly has any chance of nomination in the GOP. Many Repubs are embarrassed by her and think she hurts the credibility of their core ideologies. The most likely candidates will be Romney and Huckabee- I'd like to see Rudy G. in there but he's too 'left' for the GOP.
Why do you think Rudy G. would be good? He seems like yesterday's news and he failed miserably in the 2008 when supposedly he was peaking!
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I didn't want to comment on this thread until all of the specifics were out and the rhetoric had died down, but this video makes me wonder who the people are that want to see this clown as a President. Her facial expressions to her making a specific mention of a Catholic mass, and that is only in the first 30 seconds. It looks like she is not paying homage to those who died, but she is rather covering her own ass and looking like a horrible person in doing so... I don't care who won the Presidential elections two years ago and who won the recent elections in November, that isn't what this is about, it is about a horrible event.
Just watched the speech. That was unbelievable; at the beginning, I actually found him a bit stiff, and the adoring crowd was a bit inappropriate in their applause. By the end, he had hit all the right notes. I don't know what I expected, but that was something else.
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Just watched the speech. That was unbelievable; at the beginning, I actually found him a bit stiff, and the adoring crowd was a bit inappropriate in their applause. By the end, he had hit all the right notes. I don't know what I expected, but that was something else.
That was a great speech. He really is trying to be every American's President. Unfortunately, the positive sentiment will fade away almost immediately for most. I'm not trying to be overtly negative when I say that. As a matter of fact as I was watching the service I couldn't help but get caught up in the overwhelming positivity of it. At one point I even thought that perhaps the political rhetoric would die down as a result of this incident and the President's speech...
...and then I turned to CNN to listen to Anderson Cooper and his octo-box of pundits. Immediately after the speech they were breaking it down into it's political points and judging it as they would any other political speech rather than judging it as a memorial and reassurance for the nation. They completely took it out of context and were counting the political hits and misses from the speech. Maybe they had such a clinical reaction because they are entrenched into the political machinery of Washington, but regardless, I was immediately snapped back to the cold, negative, partisan reality.
For now, most of the mainstream political leaders will tone down the rhetoric. However, as soon as it is politically expedient the "sharp political divisions" will be on parade once again in Washington and the political media. They enjoy their own game far too much to really deviate from it longterm.
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Why do you think Rudy G. would be good? He seems like yesterday's news and he failed miserably in the 2008 when supposedly he was peaking!
I have always liked him. He fails in the Republican party because he's far too liberal on the 'conservative issues' like abortion (he believes in a woman's 'right to choose' although he says he's against it, far too left for GOP). He is pro gay rights and opposed Bush's ban on gay marriage. He was tough on crime in NYC and crime dropped (in half some say) when he took office.
Here is a good link to look at his core values/beliefs:
Not saying I want him to be president, I just think he's probably more open minded than the other GOPers. If anyone would have to be on the ticket, I'd feel better if it were Rudy. (Compared to Palin and even Romney-urgh)
I can't vote anyway, but if Palin is even nominated to run, I will do everything I can to uproot the family and move back to Canada.
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Odd that MSNBC went straight after Palin. Usually the put Chris Matthews up for the "tingley" moments of adoration before they move on. That they spent so little time on the positive moment and went straight to the negative is a sure symptom of the problem. MSNBC seems to be the left what Fox is to the right.
Giffords opened her eyes on her own and can reach out to touch her husband now. Pretty incredible considering she was shot through the brain 5 days ago.
Great speech by Obama, but the crowd was acting like it was at a Yankees game cheering on A Rod. Kind of disrespectful considering what the speech was going to be about.
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