My ol’ granpappy ust ta say about this kinda feller…

A farmer was resting on a tree stump when a rabbit, running at full speed, crashed into the stump and died. The farmer took the rabbit to the market and sold it. The farmer said to himself ,”Why bother farming when I can make a living picking up dead rabbits?”

freds? sitting on the stump waiting for the presidency to fall in his lap.

Pretty soon freddie boy is gonna have to actually do something and then we’ll see just how he compares to other candidates.

“authenticity” like ranches and pick-up trucks and NASCAR. It’s tiresome.
Allahpundit on May 14, 2007 at 2:02 PM

AND his pickup truck schitck is a lie anyway. He drives it out of sight of his supporters, he gets in his limo, and his aid drives it away.

One billion just to keep the Republicans from having any chance at all of taking the White House? This guy could teach George Soros a thing or two about commitment. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepared to spend……

I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced…”

I would love to see a Rudy/Newt ticket if only to see the NY Times’ reaction to “Benito Giuliani/Satan in ’08″

Hilary continues to have high negative rating. That could mean that a 3rd. party candidate would hurt her. It is anyones guess as to what will happen to the black vote in ’08′. Obama has made an impact and people know how the Clintons went after him…

Update: This would answer my prayers for an intellectual Republican candidate, but I think Newt’s too well associated with Clinton-era partisanship to make him an attractive pick for 2008. Although maybe that’s what he’s counting on with Hillary expected to win the nomination — to entice Republicans into meeting Clinton with the anti-Clinton.

The problem with this is that his negatives are worse than Hillary’s. In the polls that ask “would you definitely not” “would you definitely” vote for, Hillary always hovers around 49-50% “definitely not”, Newt is something like 75% “definitely not”. It’s good because it means Hillary should be easy to defeat, but not good if Newt were our candidate. He won’t get in though… but I wouldn’t be mad at Fred! if he got the nomination and picked Newt for VP.

Thank you for the laugh Attila – perfect!

All pandering is fake but real in our political lives. I resent it from all sides. Authenticity/sincerity still wins hearts and minds. People just know fakery. Too bad the handlers/candidates don’t get this.

Did you think the GOP was counting on carrying New York and California in the general election?…

see-dubya on May 14, 2007 at 1:58 PM

If Fred runs, I predict he will carry Kalifornia in the general. Hollywood and Arnold will help to make that happen.

Come election time, I’m voting for the global-warming-skeptic-tax-cutter-most-likely-to-nuke-Waziristan, regardless of whether or not they know to do the sidewalk stoop while eating a hot dog or a slice of pizza.

Why the concern about Fred’s accent?

I’m not ragging on his accent. The point Bainbridge is making isn’t related to accents, it’s related to showy cornpone trappings of “authenticity” like ranches and pick-up trucks and NASCAR. It’s tiresome. And I’m not as sure as you are that people from Michigan will take to it all that much better than blue staters.

If the GOP wants to become a purely regional party, by all means, let it continue on in this way. It’s going to alienate swing staters.

It’s happened, but I don’t think we should count on it. (We tried a New York stater on the ticket in 1996 and it didn’t help much.) Better to bash Hollywood and sway the good folks of Michigan. Conservatives in Deep Blue–which right now includes me as well as you, electorally anyway–are pretty much just along for the ride.

Why the concern about Fred’s accent? It’s not fake like Hillary’s. And no one’s digging on Rudy for his accent. Hey, Brooklyn sounds tough, and the country likes tough. There are some substantive faults in his resume that seem like a bigger deal.

Dag-nabbit. I guess this means that Fred! couldn’t count on carrying Queens in the general election.

Exactly. If the GOP wants to become a fully southern party, by all means, let it. I and the other non-southern conservatives will happily look for alternatives. We’ll see how you guys do without us.

Update: “[T]here were several ‘my daddy used to say’-s…” The more that keeps up, the further I drift towards Mitt as my social con alternative.

Dag-nabbit. I guess this means that Fred! couldn’t count on carrying Queens in the general election.

Probably San Francisco, either.

(Me, ah lahks me some folksy!)

Bush’s overreaction to David Gregory

I don’t see that as “anti-intellectualism.” There’s a difference between being an intellectual and a pretentious Arschloch, as they might say in Behrleeeen.

Regardless….

All conservatives should be praying that FRED THOMPSON gets in the race. I hope everyone here jumps on the bandwagon and votes for Fred. He is the right guy for the job.

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Poll THAT.

I will not give you another chance to disappoint me.

I think maybe Newt for VP, but he’s got strong negatives, so I doubt it unless he really strong, he’s not going anywhere because of the negatives.