Some of the GOP presidential front-runners “are so desperate to obtain power that they will say and do anything to win,” former Rep. John Le Boutillier wrote. “Do we need another Republican president who will say one thing to get nominated and then do something else?” he asked. He also contends that George W. Bush has driven voters from the Republican Party, just as Bill Clinton did for the Democratic Party. “We need new blood in both parties — and soon.”
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I agree there really is a need for ethics in the elections, but the question remains is the American people ready for the truth? We seem to value hearing what we want to hear over being told the honest truth.That is why Mc Cain at one point was such a refreshing change, but even now he tends to say only what he thinks you want to hear. How nice is would have been if Clinton had looked in the camera and said “Yeah I got a blow job!”. If G.W. had said “I wanted to be President because that way I could seek revenge on Saddam for trying to kill my dad”.
Does this mean Boutillier will support taxpayer financed elections or continue with the same system that requires huge financing from corporations and PACS?
BTW, he forgets that Clinton still had high approval ratings despite the “liberal” media’s witchhunt against Clinton. In 2000 the majority of the population still voted Democratic. So what is the author talking about?
As a Democrat, I am pretty happy with our candidates so far. I think we stand a 50/50 chance of beating Hillary and a 75/25 chance of winning in November of 2008. The elction is ours to lose.
“Does this mean Boutillier will support taxpayer financed elections or continue with the same system that requires huge financing from corporations and PACS?
BTW, he forgets that Clinton still had high approval ratings despite the “liberal” media’s witchhunt against Clinton. In 2000 the majority of the population still voted Democratic. So what is the author talking about?”
Bill Clinton did run lots of folks off with his sexcapades and his sticking with Janet Reno who was a disaster waiting to happen. Her handling of the Waco and Elian fiascos cost Democrats votes- especially in Florida which used to be a swing state before she went down there and put a gun in the face of a little kid that ended up registering 29,000 new Cuban voters who are angry to this day. If not for that, Gore would have won. And all the scandles didn’t help. Whitewater, Monica and the White House Travel Office are still fresh in the minds of people.
The person in the Democratic Party with the best experience and demeanor is Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico. He won’t get the nomination as there are too many screaming meemies of far Left in the party.
Unless Hillary runs over someone’s pet dog between now and the Democratic Convention, I don’t see anyone beating her – or should I say Billary as it will be a packaged deal.
The best thing for Republicans is to present a packaged deal with one of the candidates announcing a Vice President running mate early. Whoever does that will probably, if the choice is good, be the best of the candidates.
Yes! We definitely need some new blood. I haven’t found a single candidate on either side that I can really get behind. Voting is going to end up being choosing the lesser of two (or more) evils…
Hillary won’t get it.
The media have seized on her just like they seized on Howard Dean.
48 percent of registered voters say they will not vote for Hillary.
Unlike Republicans, facts matter to us.
Even if I were for her–and I’m not, I don’t think she will get the nomination.
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BTW, the KINGS of flip-flops are the Republican candidates.
Look at Mr. Straight-Talk-Express kissing reich-wing ass at Bob Jones “University.”
Pathetic.
“unlike Republicans, facts matter to us”???
Oh puhleeeeze. Having a different political viewpoint does not bestow desireable or undesireable behavioral characterstics.
Comments like that have one purpose, to try to cause strife rather than address the issues at hand.
Kev why do you hate Hillary so much?
I don’t think Bill drove that many dems away. Remember, Gore still won the popular vote in the past election. I think Shrub and his grubby minions HAVE driven more republicans away from their party though. The same mind though perseverates throughout the nation. Just look at what has happened here in Kansas.
Only one Dem got in trouble for having an affair during the Clinton administration, and that was Clinton. While a few republicans like Newt had to sacrifice themselves in order to get him.
“Bill Clinton did run lots of folks off with his sexcapades and his sticking with Janet Reno who was a disaster waiting to happen. Her handling of the Waco and Elian fiascos cost Democrats votes- especially in Florida which used to be a swing state before she went down there and put a gun in the face of a little kid that ended up registering 29,000 new Cuban voters who are angry to this day. If not for that, Gore would have won. And all the scandles didn’t help. Whitewater, Monica and the White House Travel Office are still fresh in the minds of people.”
I think the people recognized the BJ coverage for what it was, a non-issue. It was George Bush, as governor of Texas, who asked the Clinton administration to go to Waco to deal with the cult but that didn’t drive anyone away from Bush. As for the Elian thing it revealed the right wing to be the most hypocritical because they had been fighting for father’s rights but took a 180 when the father wanted his son home with him. So I don’t see how any of that hurt the Democrats.
Gore did win Florida if all the votes were counted. The Supreme Court decided that all the votes shouldn’t be counted including the tens of thousands of votes of African-Americans who were purged from the voting lists for being Black. Lucky for you Greg Palast re-released his book Armed Madhouse where he goes into more detail about his investigative report he did for the BBC that the “liberal” media wouldn’t carry in the U.S.
I am going on record this 1st day of May and predicting that Hillary will be the dem candidate and Rudy will top the repub ticket. We have a lot of time from now until then and many more candidates will come and go but in the final brush up I think this is the way it will end. Oh yes, I also think Rudy with all his baggage will be the next resident of the White House. JMOHO
And Doug by the way, Gore didn’t want all the votes counted. He only wanted those in the areas he felt he could carry. It was this selection that cost him a full recount. Like it or not that is what happened.
ksgrm – interesting prediction. While I don’t think Rudy can get the GOP nomination I do think he would be the strongest candidate in November.
It will be an interesting process …
What difference does it make; it is still a political election side show, it is all about globalization and the corporate elite.Democrats tend to be more comfortable with the forum’s informal seminar-style and big-think topics like global poverty, cultural diversity and executive stress.Republicans generally prefer more private venues.George W. Bush, of course, doesn’t do anything unscripted, but people like Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, John McCain and Condoleezza Rice have all worked the globalization circuit.All markets of the world are systems of rules that determine what sort of people are winners and what sort are losers; politics is largely conflict among the different sorts – or classes – over who gets what.So far Hillary has some very strong financial backing as evidences of support for president and the opposition to the war in Iraq has demonstrated the limits of America’s willingness to elect another Republican.
Germ, Gore knew that the largest amounts of voter fraud were in primarily Democratic districts, that’s why he wanted the votes counted. I’m not surprised the Republicans are opposed to votes being counted, democracy is an inconvenience to a corporate run government.
Boy this former Representative hit the nail on the head!