After New Hampshire - Now what?
In spite of what the the talking heads on the boob tube would like for us to believe, live and this race for the White House isn’t simple. It will not be easily explained by exit polls showing more women voted for X or Y. America is complex. This race will be complex.
As I sit in the radiology suite looking at an angiogram of a gunshot victim, I’m stuck by stereotypes and how the MSM would like to label us. They would like to place us into a nice and neat box. For example, I bet most reading this post are thinking that the guy gunshot victim is a drugged out gang banger deserved his fate. Nothing could be further from the truth. This guy has a job and is as clean cut as Clark Kent. So, you never really know.
From the Republican side, it is still very unclear who has an edge. John McCain will appeal to the Republicans who supported the president and the War in Iraq. McCain believes that we should stay in Iraq and it is important to our national interest. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, I believe will fade from view. He may win some primaries but I don’t think that he is credible with anything but the financial aspect of the Republican party. I think that his changing positions will be see by the religious portion of the Republican party as slimy. Mike Huckabee should appear to the religious right. He has the ability to communicate and connect with his audience. If he gets enough money, he should be able to get his message out. Republican voters may flock to him. The problem is Governor Huckabee is that he has very mixed past. He pressured a parole board to left a rapist out of jail. That will not and has not gone over well with the law and order portion of the Republican party. He has little or no foreign policy experience and he seems to trip and stumble whenever he is asked about Pakistan, for example. Fred Thompson. I have never seen a candidate that just seemed to expect that he deserved the nomination without doing any work. He doesn’t seem to want to campaign that hard. He doesn’t seem to have anything brilliant to say. This brings us to the Law and Order candidate (pun intended) Rudy Giuliani. Rudy is the 2001 candidate. He is running because of 9-11. Besides marrying and divorcing wives and making money for himself, I just don’t know what he has done. Why is he more qualified than the mayor of Los Angeles or Chicago? Outside of 9-11 what does he stand for? Ron Paul should not be left out. He is a serious candidate and he does have a following. He represents a significant number of libertarians. He stands for decreased federal government and more local control.
More later.
Dr. T: I agree with you that traditional lines have gotten politcal handlers in a tizzy. Feminists are not radical, unshaven dirty hippies. Race is no longer as (ahem) black and white as it used to be; there are many shades in between - your mileage may vary, however, depending on where you live.
Even evangelicals/religious people cannot be summarily categorized as right…except for extremists of course. An example that comes to mind is the co-opting of environmental issues and re-branding it “creation care”.
In my rural hometown, a good ol’ boy was raving about “Okra Winfrey”
on the TV in the gas station he runs. “she done a lot of good for dem girls with her money”.
They have been traditionally conservative, but threw the bastards out and Dems won big a year ago - even Sheriff!
Huckleberry is the past, and a fluke in this election. Romney is robotic - is he human?
Regardless, he appears to be a kinder, gentler neocon to me.
Frederick of Hollywood remains a joke. Sorry, I just don’t find him well informed and he will not play well internationally. Internat’l relations are one of the highest priorities for the next admin.
July Ruliani (9/11! 9/11!) will feel right at home in the cave Bush, Jr and his cabal have created. “You’re with me, or I’ll….”. 9/11! Don’t you forget it, pal, or I got a pair of cement shoes for ya.
Medicale, has hit it on the head with the republicans except you forgot Mc Cain….He is prowar but will not support torture.
McCain - best of the lot of GOPers. Thanks for asking
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