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Old 11-06-2008, 05:55 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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It'll be 1980 again if this country survives the obomination intact. There needs to be a very strong conservative, another Reagan.
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Old 11-06-2008, 06:02 PM
 
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Who else could possibly defeat Obama in 2012?
Hold your horses. This largely depends on how the economy fares during the last year of Obama's term.

If September/October 2012 resemble that of 2008, just about any Republican could be elected.

Somebody has to be blamed for a poor economy. Americans seem to like to blame the President. Americans aren't about to take responsibility for their role in creating a sour economy. The battle cry will be: "Vote the bums out, this can't be our fault!"
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Old 11-06-2008, 07:57 PM
 
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Further evidence to support the "luck of the draw" theory...

Historians: Bush presidency 'unlucky'
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Democratic Peoples Republic of Redneckistan
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I like Jindal but I also like Newt Gingrich. I would like to see them both on the same ticket.
I'm not bashing you,but I'm curious as to WHY you (or anyone for that matter) would like Gingrich.He was a major part of the downward spiral of the GOP and was in on the beginning of the neoCON movement(surge?) that has wrecked the repub party....Like I said,I'm not bashing,I'm just wondering.
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:49 AM
 
Location: Romeoville, IL
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Jindal is actually very conservative, especially on issues that relate to Roman Catholicism. His morality is based off of the Catholic Catechism, which for someone like me is desirable. He is 100% against abortion except he supports emergency contraception for rape victims.

He is very intelligent, and VERY articulate. The first time I heard him speak, I was blown away. Out walks this kind of scrawny looking man who I did not expect much from, and he comes off as extremely intelligent. I was surprised.

I think conservatism has not died out. It is just that McCain did not appeal to the conservative base in the republican party, and I believe many conservatives stayed home because of their disdain for him.
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Old 11-07-2008, 06:54 AM
 
Location: western East Roman Empire
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I'm not bashing you,but I'm curious as to WHY you (or anyone for that matter) would like Gingrich.He was a major part of the downward spiral of the GOP and was in on the beginning of the neoCON movement(surge?) that has wrecked the repub party....Like I said,I'm not bashing,I'm just wondering.
I believe you misinterpret. Mr Gingrich is most associated with the Congress of 1994, instrumental in the culmination of a two-decade bipartisan effort to balance the budget, a momentous achievement in the recent history of advanced industrialized nations. The problem with Mr Gingrich on a personal level is that he comes off as a bit ornery.

The NEOCONS, as it is put, are the Bush-Cheney gang whose objective was to rob the surplus. By the way, they did have willing partners on the democratic side (Barney, Dodd, et al), you know.
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Old 11-07-2008, 07:37 AM
 
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He is 100% against abortion except he supports emergency contraception for rape victims.
Huh? Isn't emergency contraception a little too late if you've been raped? If you're talking the morning after pill, that's an early term abortion, so he's not 100% against abortion.
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