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20943. wonkers2 - 1/24/2007 2:51:27 AM I think she'd give him a tough fight. McCain's been sticking his neck out on Iraq more than Hillary. And his record on a lot of issues is off the chart to the right. 20944. prolph - 1/24/2007 5:51:39 AM no i would not vote for hilary, for many reasonsbeginning with her
insane i will fix health care before she unpacked at the whiye house, We do not need another dynysty or you get two for one nonsense.
20945. wonkers2 - 1/24/2007 6:07:02 AM Wouldn't whether you'd vote for Hillary depend on whom she was running against? Suppose Brownback was the GOP nominee and Hillary was the Dem candidate? Would you vote for Brownback? 20946. arkymalarky - 1/24/2007 6:09:03 AM I agree, Patsy. And when you create a large and complex monster and don't feed and maintain it, like a health care behemoth or NCLB (almost 700 pages), it's very difficult to adjust where it falls short and change it to meet changing circumstances and new needs. That's a real possibility, especially as Bill Clinton (and Hillary too, for that matter) would look at her election as a mandate for a return of Bill Clinton's presidency.
FWIW, I don't think McCain has a chance of getting the Republican nomination. Their machine wouldn't have it, even if the party membership would. 20947. judithathome - 1/24/2007 3:28:08 PM Wonkers, there IS such a thing as not voting or voting Independent or even writing in a vote. It isn't automatic that a person vote for one or the other. I seriously doubt I'd vote Republican if NO ONE ran for the Democratic position.
I've said this before...in 2000, I wrote in Bill Bradley. I couldn't warm up to Gore and hated that he got the nom and there was no way in HELL I would vote for Bush. 20948. judithathome - 1/24/2007 3:28:57 PM I'm off to the doctor this morning...wish me luck in getting something to get me over this bout of colon trouble. 20949. Magoseph - 1/24/2007 4:17:10 PM Let us know how you fared as soon as you come back, please--I doubt that I'll get to the phone this morning--Flexy is scheduled to listen to two stock-conferences.
And good luck.
Mago I love you! What a brilliant rant.
That's so nice of you and I too love you!
20950. Magoseph - 1/24/2007 4:18:02 PM toys 20951. Magoseph - 1/24/2007 4:19:07 PM Will be back to answer you, thoughtful. 20952. Magoseph - 1/24/2007 10:34:58 PM
Hillary can handle McCain, thoughtful.
Look, I‘ve learned something in the last election that admittedly I had no knowledge of in the past. That being that the soundest source in respect to matters of chance is found with the people that make a living year in and year out in the wagering business—specifically the bookmakers in London and Las Vegas. They’re almost never wrong and if wrong by a very narrow margin. At this moment, they’re calling it is Hillary all the way.
I sent an e-mail a day or two before the midterm election to Jexster predicting what happened—my knowledge deriving for watching the bookmakers odds.
Why do these people know the general population doesn’t know? The answer is they simply have to survive financially as a result they’re able to poll in a fashion that is obviously not available to the random public.
Of course, I wouldn’t have followed their wager, had I not felt that all the signs pointed to a win. Six years of Bush is a long time for those we call the middle-class and these people are only concerned with peace and prosperity, a future for their kids and a chance to work all their lives. They will vote for whoever is promising them they can deliver what they need. Hillary is on her way to tell them she can. The last thing women younger than fifty with children will believe is that a woman can’t win the presidency.
20953. thoughtful - 1/24/2007 11:40:33 PM Mags, We are a year out from even the first primary.
Even if I had the faith in bookmakers that you do, which I don't, it is far too early for even them to call.
Imus and crew were on this a.m. discussing pelosi's suit and blink rate as the pres was speaking. and they were discussing botox and her face. Do you really think men who are focused on what a woman's wearing and her beauty treatments will ever seriously consider what policies a woman might put forth? Let alone have the confidence that she'll be able to stand up to a nuclear north korea and a potentially nuclear iran? Moreover a higher share of women 50 and over vote than those 50 and under. I just don't think she has a strong enough constituency to make it.
Right now, she's going on name recognition, and a year from now, she won't be the only candidate with that.
We've got a long way to go and lots of candidates to sort through. (dodd, vilsack, edwards, obama, gravel, kucinich, biden...) Besides, if you think hillary is really the best candidate than you can be sure she'll never make it through the primary process. For whatever reason, the primary process often selects the worst candidates, not the best.
And i dont' think you want to underrate the charisma of obama. Even my wall st journal toting husband finds him likable.... 20954. arkymalarky - 1/25/2007 12:28:24 AM I'm tellin' y'all....He's my pick by far, right now. 20955. Magoseph - 1/25/2007 12:32:03 AM Yes, thoughtful, it’s a long process and the only thing that one can do is watch. However, I just don’t think that we can eliminate her because of femininity grounds. I think that’s a version of yesterday, not tomorrow. 20956. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/25/2007 12:35:02 AM This country surely needs a good mother after all of the profligate fathers who've failed much often than not.
I don't know if Hillary (or Billary) is indeed that mother, but I would think that the need should be obvious–especially to women. 20957. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/25/2007 12:36:44 AM much MORE often than not 20958. arkymalarky - 1/25/2007 1:05:44 AM That's why Nancy Pelosi is so great. I still grin every time I think about that. I would vote for a woman for president without hesitation, but I can't think of many really compelling candidates, male or female at the moment. Like Thoughtful said, they'll emerge. I notice Angela Davis is still alive and well.
This discussion reminded me of seeing this article a week or two ago. 20959. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/25/2007 1:27:57 AM Opinion Solicitation Department:
Anyone prefer one over the other?
20960. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 1/25/2007 1:30:00 AM If you depress your control key (for a MAC) while selecting the image, it will bring you to a larger version. 20961. thoughtful - 1/25/2007 1:33:22 AM Yes, I prefer the second with the deeper, richer colors...the boat really pops.
Of course, my tastes run to the richer tones anyway. 20962. arkymalarky - 1/25/2007 1:33:42 AM I like the tone of the first (if "tone" is the right word), but I like the bottom one more--the red/yellow contrast and a stronger sense of sunlight and the water's reflection. My web accelerator's on "best" setting, so I can see clearly enough to comment, for a change.
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