It’s apparently never too early to talk presidential politics. The Web site Politico reports that Mike Huckabee soon will revisit Iowa and South Carolina to promote his new book. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, will address a conservative Christian crowd and tour flood damage in Iowa this month. Said anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist: “Jindal will be president. I don’t know the year.” Meanwhile, columnist Robert Novak is talking up Newt Gingrich (in photo): “What is certain is that Gingrich has the desire and the will. He has a deep-seated ambition. He had not even settled into the House speaker’s chair in 1995 when he confessed to me his presidential desires for 1996. That was not to be, but he never abandoned the personal dream and is ready to pursue it now.”
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Fools, Bush destroyed not only his brother’s political ambitions, but Republicans for decades to come.
Don’t count on it Phantom. Obama will have to raise taxes to try to pay off the binge; unfortunately people have short memories and will blame Obama.
Kind of like the drunk who forgets the hangover and goes and does it all over again.
You might be right, the idiots are already asking where are Obama’s ‘changes’?
This is like the stores that put out Christmas decorations in September….
What Bush can do for the Democrats, Obama can do for the Republicans.
Pretty funny to feature a picture of Noot, given his, um, stunning lack of popularity and all. Nonetheless, Gingrich’s common background with the President-elect invites comparison, since both served in academic posts.
Noot: denied tenure at the University of West Georgia, entered politics, overthrown as Speaker of the House, currently residing in the “where are they now?” file.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich
Obama: declined a tenured offer at the U. of Chicago, entered politics, elected to the Presidency of the United States.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/inside-professor-obamas-classroom/
here is a ‘change’ he has already done. He has created “the office of the president-elect” and has signs/podiums, etc. Never mind there is no such constitutional office, obama created one.
ego much?
Will he create a new independent office for the v.p., oh that’s already been done.
Raptor – Obama is only stating the obvious that he is the president-elect. Obama does not want to blamed for what George W. Bush yet can do in his remaining days.
As for Newt Gingrich – this little white angry man will make John McCain look like a choir boy. And, knowing Newt, he will pump up the Religious Right into a rabid foaming at the mouth and they will once again have to be beat back by the more moderates of both parties.
Newt Gingrich – a legend in his own mind.
Vote for Newt. Then you, too, can dump your wife while she is in the hospital and claim family values.
Noot doesn’t stand a chance against Palin/Joe da Liar/plumber.
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Raptor
Posted November 10, 2008 at 3:37 pm | Permalink
here is a ‘change’ he has already done. He has created “the office of the president-elect” and has signs/podiums, etc. Never mind there is no such constitutional office, obama created one.
ego much?
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Hardly ego, but a man using the Presidential Transition Act of 1963:
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 provides that offices, communications services, and presidential transition funds may be used by the President-elect and the Vice President-elect prior to the beginning of the new term on January 20. For these purposes, even before the electoral vote has been certified, the President-elect is the apparent successful candidate of the general election, as ascertained by the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
Call it what you want, but there it is in black and white. But keep on listening to rush, o’rielly, and the rest of the partisan hacks; it’s the only way you’ll get your con fill everyday.
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963:
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_BASIC&contentId=24780
Newt would be a great president!
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American
Posted November 10, 2008 at 5:38 pm | Permalink
Newt would be a great president!
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. . . of the really stupid republicans of America! Go get em, newt; I’ll vote fer ya.
Newt?
JINDAL?
PALIN???
The cons are so amazingly and entertainingly dense. They think they can win just with their base of goons, and poorly informed people.
A national party no more are they.
At least Jindal is smart
Newt is a brilliant thinker and a thoughtful leader. See his “American Solutions” project. Whether he is presidential timber 4 years hence, who can say? Way too early.
Palin is not.
jm…go pound sand, will you? Just because you believe the extremist rags doesn’t mean everyone who disagrees with you follows that idiot rush.
Your assumption is wrong, off base, and insulting. I would imagine it was intended to be insulting, since you seem to have trouble writing anything that isn’t insulting.
Very juvenile way of posting. You might be surprised to learn that not everyone who disagrees with your is wrong. But..you cannot comprenhend adult facts like that, can you?
Were not going to elect your adulterer/hypocrite into the W.H., so give up on Newt.
Jindal, isn’t he Indian? Never Happen!
Jindal could be an interesting candidate were it not for the “fact” that he was born in India.
He’s got the Schwartzeneger problem doesn’t he.
Funny how the repubs wanted to change the rules to let Arnie run, but tried to accuse Obama of being a ferigner.
“bth
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Permalink
Jindal could be an interesting candidate were it not for the “fact” that he was born in India.”
Wikipedia tells us he was born in Louisiana
Actually …
“Piyush Jindal (pronounced /?d??nd?l/) was born on June 10, 1971 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Punjabi Indian immigrants Amar and Raj Jindal, who had recently arrived for Raj to attend graduate school at Louisiana State University”
Unless, of course, he cannot prove it to the satisfaction of anyone who doesn’t want to believe it.
“Phantom
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
He’s got the Schwartzeneger problem doesn’t he.
Funny how the repubs wanted to change the rules to let Arnie run, but tried to accuse Obama of being a ferigner.”
I think those would be two different groups of Republicans.
I’ll have to see his ‘vault copy’, before I’m buying it.
brian – I know. That is why I put “fact” in “”s.
Playing the same BS game the Republics did with Obama.
Of course, I’m not real sure Lousiana is in the United States …
;)
Well, his family hasn’t been Americanized long enough for him to gain acceptance for a run, so they’ll have to find someone else.
“Phantom
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:51 pm | Permalink
Well, his family hasn’t been Americanized long enough…”
LOL
“bth
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:50 pm | Permalink
…Of course, I’m not real sure Lousiana is in the United States …”
It is like another world down there in many places.
Raptor
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:34 pm | Permalink
jm…go pound sand, will you? Just because you believe the extremist rags doesn’t mean everyone who disagrees with you follows that idiot rush.
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This after posting:
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Raptor
Posted November 10, 2008 at 3:37 pm | Permalink
here is a ‘change’ he has already done. He has created “the office of the president-elect” and has signs/podiums, etc. Never mind there is no such constitutional office, obama created one.
ego much?
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And this moron tells me to go pound sand? Nothing “extreme” about The Presidential Transition Act of 1963. Obamna didn’t create “the office of the president-elect”; it was created in 1963.
Oh, you were maybe referring to my comment about Newt? Obviously, Republicans have no sense of humor:-)
And obviously you don’t know a thing about my posts.
And what “extremist” rags were you referring to?
“Piyush Jindal (pronounced /?d??nd?l/) was born on June 10, 1971 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Punjabi Indian immigrants Amar and Raj Jindal, who had recently arrived for Raj to attend graduate school at Louisiana State University” — dono
you dispicable lowlifes. You’re going to push an anchor baby for the presidency.
whatever crap you read that says anyone who dares disagree with you must be a loyal follower of rush limbaugh..that extremist crap.
Let’s get a jump start on 2012, Jindal is a Hindu!
I wonder how well an Indian candidate would do in the south, or even in the Midwest? there’s people who think Raj Goyle is an Arab.
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brian_nuevo
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:57 pm | Permalink
“bth
Posted November 10, 2008 at 6:50 pm | Permalink
…Of course, I’m not real sure Lousiana is in the United States …”
It is like another world down there in many places.”
I can assure you, they think the same thing about Kansas!
A higher percentage of Louisianans voted for Obama than Kansans. A higher percentage of Oklahomans voted for Bush than did voters in any other state.
Just try and run the towell head, he might not even get Kansas!