Pataki won't rule out 2012 presidential bid

ccharles000

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Sat Apr-24-10 06:49 PM
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Pataki won't rule out 2012 presidential bid

George Pataki has ruled out a Senate run, but he's leaving his options open on a bid for the White House.

In an interview with The Hill, the former New York governor said, "I love the private sector ... There are going to be a lot of good people running and my focus is on 2010."

Pataki, 64, declined to rule out a presidential run, noting that he initially said he wouldn't run for a third term as governor and then subsequently changed his mind.

"I've learned never to say never," said Pataki, who toyed with the idea of running for president in 2008.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/94101-pataki-wont-rule-out-2012-presidential-bid

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JVS

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Sat Apr-24-10 06:50 PM
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1. LOL

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BunkerHill24

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Sat Apr-24-10 06:52 PM
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2. AHAHAHA.....is this from the Onion?

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TheCowsCameHome

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Sat Apr-24-10 06:55 PM
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3. Go for it, George.

Your chances are a good as the rest of the GOP pack - virtually nil.

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BunkerHill24

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Sat Apr-24-10 07:07 PM
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4. Mind you, if they (The Hill) continue on interviewing likes of Pataki

They would only attract more of the feeble and the ignoramuses.

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Me.

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Sat Apr-24-10 07:10 PM
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5. Dead Eye Is Back

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TlalocW

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Sat Apr-24-10 07:57 PM
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6. It would be impossible for a Pakistani to run for the presidency

We already have a Kenyan illegally occupying the office of the president. America won't be fooled again.

(We need an icon for when we're channeling tea partiers)

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saltpoint

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Sat Apr-24-10 08:16 PM
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7. Hardly a field-clearing notion. A lot of people aren't quite sure who Pataki is, that is if they've

that is if they've heard of him at all.

Maybe the man has nothing else to do.

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burning rain

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Sat Apr-24-10 08:30 PM
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8. Pataki's a pro-choicer who utterly failed to restrain spending as governor of New York.

Edited on Sat Apr-24-10 08:31 PM by burning rain

Those two things alone would ensure that he'd end up a sorry also-ran, were he to enter the GOP primaries.

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Radical Activist

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Sat Apr-24-10 09:28 PM
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9. I've ruled out supporting him if he does.

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saltpoint

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Sun Apr-25-10 02:27 AM
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10. : )

Perchance to read responses like that is why I love this site.

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saltpoint

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Sun Apr-25-10 05:41 AM
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11. The logical career move for Pataki would be to replace Mr. Whipple as

the squeeze-the-Charmin guy.

It matches his skills and temperament.

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