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Three women who might join the GOP ticket

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Posted by Steve White 2008-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I can't buy any of the three of them at this point: Carly Fiorina, because she's a failed CEO who enriched herself while eroding shareholder value and laying off thousands; Kay Bailey Hutchison, because she's part of the longtime Trunk crew in the Senate whose complacency and stubbornness led to the Quislingcrat takeover in '06; and Palin, because she isn't even halfway through her first term as Governor (but I do want to see her as Bobby Jindal's running mate in 2012).

If McCain thinks that all he has to do to regain positive press attention is to name a female running mate, he just might be senile for real. Journos are determined to put Obama in the White House by any means fair or foul, and the only way McCain could get back on their good side is to just concede now. He needs to start channeling Ronaldus Maximus and figure out how to reach the voters despite the media's attempts to filter and censor his message.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-06-23 00:39|| 2008-06-23 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 My friend, a republican, will ask the Obama office is they need volunteers if he sees Fiorina anywhere near the ticket. He worked for HP and isn't impressed by her resume to say the least and I don't think he's alone.

I liked what I've read about the AK governor. She's the only acceptable one and it is good to see the Republicans have a bench for the next time. I think Jindal needs more seasoning, so does she, but I don't really see any other choices either at this point.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-23 00:46|| 2008-06-23 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 If he's going wiht a female, Palin. Hands down. Plus SHE (unlike McCain) wants to drill in ANWR.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-23 01:29|| 2008-06-23 01:29|| Front Page Top

#4 ...I don't really see any other choices at this point.

How about this guy?

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-06-23 02:29|| 2008-06-23 02:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Sarah Palin.

DO WANT.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2008-06-23 05:32|| 2008-06-23 05:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Abu: General Mattis is an absolutely brilliant mind and extremely skilled leader. He'd make an excellent choice.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-06-23 08:02|| 2008-06-23 08:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Allegedly, Gen Mattis is who pushed through the trials of the Haditha Marines, and consulted with Jackass Murtha, and may have had undeu command influence.

Put Mattis on the ticket and I'm sitting this one out.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-23 10:43|| 2008-06-23 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Candidate McCain now wants to open up the coastal areas to drilling. What happened to Governor Steele? It seems to me the VP bench is pretty deep on the Republican side.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-23 10:54|| 2008-06-23 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Fioroma's tainted as a failed CEO of HP.

Palin's the one who is suing the federal government to open up Oil drilling in Alaska. Would be a good choice.

Don't know much about Hutchison.

Steele would be a good choice, and the Democrats (and MSM) might not be able to resist going after him because he's 'not black enough'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-06-23 11:12|| 2008-06-23 11:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Mitt delivers Michigan and threatens Massachusetts where there will be an anti-ztate-income tax referendum. Plus he's got money.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-23 11:28|| 2008-06-23 11:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Governor Steele

Oh I wish! He had been Lt. Governor in Maryland during Ehrlich's term. He ran for Senate against Ben "who?" Cardin. Sadly, he lost.

Posted by Ebbeamble Bourbon6576 2008-06-23 12:03|| 2008-06-23 12:03|| Front Page Top

#12 OS - I'm on the same side as you 99.97% of the time, but I have to respectfully disagree on this one. To me it didn't look so much like Mattis "pushed" to have the Haditha Marines brought up to GCM as much as he simply trusted the judgment of the investigating officers, and the integrity of the military-justice system. As for the Murtha thing, didn't that treasonous asshat state that General Hagee, the CMC, had personally briefed him on the Haditha situtation?

For a good read on supporting both Mattis AND the Haditha Marines, go here. Keep scrolling & RTWT...I'm surprised I never found this lady's blog before. An excerpt - she actually corresponded with GEN Mattis on this matter:

"Gen Mattis did not ignore my email last week when he very easily could have told himself that he was too busy to respond to a civilian. He is, after all, a four star general, and some might have thought 'who is this woman from Texas who had the audacity to think she had the right to email a four star general whom she has never met.' He answered my email almost immediately with a response that was thoughtful to what I had said without discussing the case.
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As the CG of the IMEF, LtGen Mattis was duty bound to make judgments in the Haditha cases. In his letter to me he spoke of trusting the UCMJ more than the civilian justice system. Interestingly, one by one, the cases against the Haditha Marines are falling apart, and I am seeing that Mattis' trust in the UCMJ is well placed.
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The wrath of the people angered by the Haditha prosecutions should be directed solely at Murtha, the media, and those responsible for not stopping this insanity before it got to LtGen Mattis' desk for review. These are the people whose actions so egregiously interfered with the lives of the Haditha Marines. Murtha, et al are also hoping that you will project their guilt onto the men who stood up to the task of dealing with their mess. Don't blindly fall for that subterfuge (Emphasis mine - RbR).

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-06-23 12:12|| 2008-06-23 12:12|| Front Page Top

#13 We're now selecting candidates based on gender or race.

We have a problem

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-23 12:34|| 2008-06-23 12:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Big Jim, the problem is that in today's politics there is no other way than gender or race. Obviously, experience doesn't count - look who you got at the end - 3 friggin senators including straight talk McCain himself whose only leadership experience outside the Navy has been watching his 2nd wife get those beer trucks rolling. There is a reason we never elected a sitting congressperson since JFK.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-06-23 13:45|| 2008-06-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#15 The obvious selection is the one that keeps saying "NO", Condoleeza Rice.

Posted by RWV 2008-06-23 15:27|| 2008-06-23 15:27|| Front Page Top

#16 RWV - I think Condi's become a nonstarter for several different reasons:

(1) Her becoming a captive of the Foggy Bottom Arabist/"realist" axis,

(2) Her association with the Administration's stubborn pre-Surge insistence that all was well in Iraq, that ~~McClellan and Burnside~~ Rummy and Bremer had the situation well in hand, and that no changes in strategy were necessary, and

(3) Actually a corollary of (2) in that her long-term presence in the Bush adminstration gives the Obamedia an actual piece of data to hang its hat on for its "McCain = 3rd Bush Term" theme.

Wish I didn't have to make this comment...I had high hopes for her too.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2008-06-23 15:41|| 2008-06-23 15:41|| Front Page Top

#17 We're now selecting candidates based on gender or race.

It is a part of the lawyering of America mentality. I recall asking an attorney why he thought he and his client needed a certain kind of expert witness; the reply was because the other side has one.

I would hope the trunks would go for the veep candidate possible--man or woman. Someone that can add to the ticket and someone that could become president if necessary.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-06-23 16:33|| 2008-06-23 16:33|| Front Page Top

#18 JQC - that's because the political hax worry about winning vice leading. Our country is in for some rought times. We're long overdo for a revolution.

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