Poll: IF Powell were to run for 2008 Presidency.....

[svonkampen]

OK,

If the Republican party were to run Powell, Giuliani, and McCain in primaries....
Whom would you choose?

vote ;-)

ps: I know Powell will never run....I'm just trying to gauge his popularity (then again....never say never)

[Evans, Marv]

Like I said in another thread, my dream team would be Powell for Prez. and his choice of Joe Liebermann (sp?) for Vice-Prez.

[dd74]

McCain/Powell. The Libs would weep...

[Mulhollanddose]

Never trust a Republican Democrats like...none of the above!

[bryanthompson]

C'mon, Rudy is alright, Mul.

McCain is an absolute weasel and democrat lapdog.
(NO I AM NOT CRITICIZING HIS SERVICE SO STOP HYPERVENTALIATING ALREADY, LIBS)

Powell is a good guy, smart, could handle it. The only reason the dems like him is because he's made a few statements about the war that they agree with. They don't agree with all of his views on the war, just enough to make it look ilke there's some dissention within Bush's cabinet.

[dd74]

Why should I agree with you about McCain as a "liberal lapdog"? What substantiates that?

Meanwhile, about Powell, yes, I do agree.

[86 911]

Joke for ya:

Q: What are three essential things/people needed to run this coutry?








A: Bush, Dick, and Colin!

[aways]

Powell is a closet pinko (pro-abortion, pro-affirmative action, pacificist -- he was even against the 1st Gulf war). His #1 goal is to be universally loved. He knows the second he runs for pres, half of the country will instantly turn on him, so we'll be spared his candidacy. McCain is a back-stabbing, angry, megalomaniac. Rudy is the best choice of the three, slightly pink, but acceptable.

[dd74]

Originally posted by aways
Powell is a closet pinko (pro-abortion, pro-affirmative action, pacificist -- he was even against the 1st Gulf war). His #1 goal is to be universally loved. He knows the second he runs for pres, half of the country will instantly turn on him, so we'll be spared his candidacy. McCain is a back-stabbing, angry, megalomaniac. Rudy is the best choice of the three, slightly pink, but acceptable.

How does pro-abortion, pro-affirmative action and being a pacifist translate into a "pinko"?

His #1 goal was achieved before he announced he would not run for the presidency.

McCain: is all that you say because of the McCain/Feingold bill? Otherwise, show me where he is a back-stabber and megalomaniac. Angry, yes - he has a hell of a lot to be angry about.

[Mulhollanddose]

Love that campaign finance bill...stroke of brilliance...stab in the back at the same time...Lets just leave out McCain's smear of Bush going to Bob Jones University (implying Bush condones Bob Jones previous policies of not allowing interracial marriage).

McCain has nothing to be angry about except his own incompetence and stabbing his fellow soldiers in the back by giving troop position to the communist butchers in Hanoi...Something heros DO NOT do.

[RoninLB]

Rudy is a great manager for getting things done.

I really don't see his nat'l politics pulling a Pres elec off though.. besides the point that Bush makes both parties nuts already and I don't think the pol pros want another relentless man on a mission.

[lendaddy]

Rudy seems like the best of the three then Powell. Thing is McCain has the best chance. He scares me, when he first got to the Senate he was rated in the top three most conservative Senators, then he went nutso in the 90's. Now it seems he jsut wants to be loved (is that so wrong) . Like Mull said, the CFR bill was a joke. It was a failure from go and it was obvious but he pushed it to get his name out.

I hope he doesn't wion, but I think he will. And once he has the nomination the Presidency will be a cakewalk for him. The dems and the media love him.....end of story.

[Rodeo]

Powell does not have the courage of his convictions. He let the neocons walk all over him, and gave America’s credibility a serious blow with what we now know was an ill-advised, fictional report to the U.N on Saddam’s WMD. He knew we were making a mistake in Iraq, but sat (mostly) silent. Powell was a good military leader, but I wouldn’t trust him as President.

Rudy was a good local leader, and amazing in a time of crisis. But still a wild card, and he would never make the cut in the socially conservative, Christian Republican party we have today. There’s no way the Christian Coalition would have him, and if you can’t get the Terri Shiavo crowd, you can’t win the Republican nomination these days. Sad but true.

McCain just inches by with the Republican base I think. He’s a man of conviction with wild cross-party appeal. Probably our next President.

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by bryanthompson
C'mon, Rudy is alright, Mul.

McCain is an absolute weasel and democrat lapdog.
(NO I AM NOT CRITICIZING HIS SERVICE SO STOP HYPERVENTALIATING ALREADY, LIBS)

Powell is a good guy, smart, could handle it. The only reason the dems like him is because he's made a few statements about the war that they agree with. They don't agree with all of his views on the war, just enough to make it look ilke there's some dissention within Bush's cabinet.

Actually, this "dem" was seriously disappointed he didn't run in 2000. Would've voted for him over Gore. I suspect many feel the same.

So I think your theory may be just a bit off.....

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Rodeo
Powell does not have the courage of his convictions. He let the neocons walk all over him, and gave America’s credibility a serious blow with what we now know was an ill-advised, fictional report to the U.N on Saddam’s WMD. He knew we were making a mistake in Iraq, but sat (mostly) silent. Powell was a good military leader, but I wouldn’t trust him as President.

That's true, but I think he had no choice....and that's why he left....like "screw this!" This is nothing like working for Reagan LOL

[livi]

Not among your candidates - but I was under the impression that Mr Arnold 'Conan'Schwarzenegger was going all the way from Austrian (?) bodybuilding 7 times Mr Olympia, via Ca Gov, straight to the White House.

Seems you have a history of former movie stars for President.

But I presume thats as unlikely as a colored person getting the job.

[RoninLB]

Arnold is currently being challenged by the political game in Calif.
He's doing battle with an entrenced bureauracy that figures they can wait out his ending.. so it's a bit early to figure his future. In the US it's producing votes that determine one's future.. nuff said.

[304065]

Markus, our Constitution requires that our Presidents be natural-born U.S. Citizens. Schatzi, even though he is over 35, was born in Austria.

[lendaddy]

Originally posted by livi


But I presume thats as unlikely as a colored person getting the job.

Oh I get it, we're all racists....that's cute.

[livi]

I don´t think a colored person would be elected to lead the Swedish Government either. And the Swedish population in general (out loud) are not racists either.

But I do think that, in any country, there are a certain amount of people that are (out loud, or not) - and having that against one self, as a colored person, will by itself create a weaker position to start with.

Secondly, among all the rest of us that are not racists there will be certain groups that rather would see a non-colored person elected in order not to upset the racists on whose votes they may depend on.