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jkelly80
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Ya-ta Boy
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| I'd far rather have a folksy theocrat in charge than a humorless one like the Iranians. And ours plays guitar. What's not to like? |
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jkelly80
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I'd far rather have a folksy theocrat in charge than a humorless one like the Iranians. And ours plays guitar. What's not to like? |
Actually, that's not 100% true. Ahmedinejad was briefly in a Talking Heads cover band during the early 90's in Tehran, but Achy (as he was known) soon clashed with the guitarist, (a lesser known mullah named George Michael Kiarostami) over whether or not David Byrne or Jerry Harrison were more suited for the title of "Rock Mahdi". Disillusioned, he entered politics. |
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Czarjorge
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| Yeah, but in the interview I saw him talk about playing guitar he said it was a bass guitar. Bassists just aren't leaders. A bassist can't be President. And if he plays bass why did he lose all that weight? Chubby Bassists are always better. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I'd far rather have a folksy theocrat in charge than a humorless one like the Iranians. And ours plays guitar. What's not to like? |
Actually, that's not 100% true. Ahmedinejad was briefly in a Talking Heads cover band during the early 90's in Tehran, but Achy (as he was known) soon clashed with the guitarist, (a lesser known mullah named George Michael Kiarostami) over whether or not David Byrne or Jerry Harrison were more suited for the title of "Rock Mahdi". Disillusioned, he entered politics. |
I'm almost prepared to believe this. |
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Milwaukiedave
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I don't think Huckabee is quite as big a nut as you make him out to be. Of all the Republicans he is likely the most sane of the bunch. Personally I think Ron Paul is much further out there on the nut-o-meter then Huckabee.
I keep wondering when RP is going to come out with his commercials, "Hookers for Paul". |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think Huckabee is quite as big a nut as you make him out to be. |
I don't either.
Not that I keep up on Arkansas politics, but I don't remember any headlines screaming about witch burnings in Little Rock during his administration.
In fact, Huckabee has moved ahead of Obama in my personal presidential sweepstakes preference. Still behind Clinton, though. |
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Tiger Beer
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I don't mind Huckabee either. I enjoy listening to what he says, and he has a lot of ideas. He also seems like a real authentic guy.
As opposed to Romney who seems way too slick and McCain who just seems like the new Bob Dole of 2008. |
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Milwaukiedave
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I don't either.
Not that I keep up on Arkansas politics, but I don't remember any headlines screaming about witch burnings in Little Rock during his administration.
In fact, Huckabee has moved ahead of Obama in my personal presidential sweepstakes preference. Still behind Clinton, though. |
There is an outside chance if he were the R nominee and you know who was the D nominee, I might vote for him. Then again, you really don't know what will happen. How about a Bloomburg/Huckabee I ticket?
Thinking about that will make people's heads spin. |
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jkelly80
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| He wants to amend the Constitution to reflect the word of God. That's crazy enough for me. |
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Czarjorge
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| It's rather funny that the words your posts use to describe Huckabee are the same that was used to describe Bush in 2000. What ever happened to seperation of church and state? Or a fair tax scheme? Playing guitar and being plain spoken must trump those thing, huh? |
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Kuros
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| He wants to amend the Constitution to reflect the word of God. That's crazy enough for me. |
Yeah, no shit. I can't believe he gets any traction here. It must be his economic platform, which makes Obama's and Clinton's look conservative. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Those bad smells you get walking down the street are not sewer gas, you know. Those are whiffs of sulphur from the fires of Hell. You have been warned. |
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bucheon bum
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| Kuros wrote: |
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| He wants to amend the Constitution to reflect the word of God. That's crazy enough for me. |
Yeah, no *beep*. I can't believe he gets any traction here. It must be his economic platform, which makes Obama's and Clinton's look conservative. |
I read somewhere that people vote with who they like the most. People claim policies matter, but at the end of the day, they vote with their heart. That would explain both Bush's election in 2004 and Huckabee's popularity. And to be frank, that's a big reason why I support McCain: I don't agree with as many of his ideas as I do with a couple other candidates, but I like him more than the other candidates. I think he is more straight-forward, honest, and competant. And hell, I like Huckabee too. If he didn't have some crazy notions, I'd be be more inclined to vote for him than Clinton simply because I can't stand hillary, not because I disagree with her ideas.
And that, my friend, is why Hillary would find it more difficult than Obama or Edwards to beat whoever wins the GOP nomination. I am one of MANY who feel that way about her. While she'll have no problem winning states such as CA, where it is considered one's duty to vote democrat for President, she'll be in trouble in many swing states. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| they vote with their heart |
I think this is largely true. It's certainly true of one-issue voters. Most voters aren't one-issue voters and seem to fall back on how they feel about a candidate. Does 'he' and now 'she' seem like the kind of person I can trust the job to? It does come down to that. An instinctual feeling of trust and likeability.
As I mentioned a few days ago, I spent about 10 minutes talking directly to Hillary and Bill back in '92, and they are both very likeable in person. Bill comes across on TV better than she does, but Mrs. Clinton is warm and friendly in person. |
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