Is McCain Blowing It? Peg Noonan offers 3rd party cause they know...

bridgit

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Sat Jun-03-06 03:56 AM
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Is McCain Blowing It? Peg Noonan offers 3rd party cause they know...

republicans cannot win standing on top of their own bullshit starting election 2006

'Peggy Noonan makes the case for a Perot-like 'Perot-like third party candidacy' (one that can express popular anger over amnesty-like immigration plans, unlike the too-respectable Unity08 crowd.). ... P.S.: I disagree with Noonan on one point: She says

As for the Democrats, who co-created Homeland Security, no one--no one--thinks they would be more managerially competent.

I'm not so sure. Doesn't it seem as if the Clinton second-tier hacks were more competent, on balance, than the Bush second-tier hacks? It's not easy to get invited to Renaissance Weekend! Meanwhile, what kind of pro-business Republican is it who can't make it in business and has to become a GS-16? ... Mike McCurry and Scott McClellan--compare and contrast! ... James Lee Witt vs. Michael Brown.** ... Fannie Mae, where the Dem's best and brightest went to get rich by violating generally-accepted accounting rules, would be a counterexample. But Fannie Mae was a well-run scam! ... Third Party Link Parade: Vincent Carroll, Instapundit, Pod the Enforcer, Malkin...' http://www.slate.com/id/2142693/?nav=fo

please follow the link back to Michelle Malkin to understand just how nefariously little this shitty republican dirty trick of a ploy has to do with Democracy :thumbsdown: at least imo

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bullimiami

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Sat Jun-03-06 03:59 AM
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1. i guess the majority of the country is no one now.

noonan is a dumbass partisan hack.

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bridgit

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Sat Jun-03-06 04:01 AM
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2. a prickly, scheming little political assassin imo, malkin no better...

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saltpoint

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Sat Jun-03-06 04:11 AM
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3. Noonan was a darling of the Reagan folks, wasn't she? Is her call here

for a conservative third party candidate her own nostalgia for by-gone days, or do you think she is acting as a mouthpiece for specific people with vested interests?

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bridgit

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Sat Jun-03-06 04:20 AM
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4. i think it's to split the vote & better their chances thereby, she was...

the one that came up with Reagan's wistful-winsome, "across every caring heart" line that all the suckers in Reagan's 'morning in america again' post card actually fell for...as if they have any heartfelt feelings for anyone but themselves. if she wants to be a poet, then let her stay up in Chapaqua...she can do poetry slams at the local espresso house...

just leave america alone is my thought about Noonan

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saltpoint

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Sat Jun-03-06 04:42 AM
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5. I like the idea of Noonan striving to be a poet. The nation could use

Edited on Sat Jun-03-06 04:52 AM by Old Crusoe

quite a few more poets and quite a few less right-wing delusionists.

'Appreciate your take on this, Bridgit. Dividing the vote. That's provocative, especially if we knew who's dollars were behind the effort.

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bridgit

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Sat Jun-03-06 05:13 AM
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6. poor little peggy...

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bridgit

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Sat Jun-03-06 09:11 AM
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7. nooooonan...

:rofl:

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