The 2008 Republican Ticket?

iamthewalrus109 · 01-04-2005, 03:53 PM

Racist or not, courting women voters and the African-American vote is a much smarter strategy. The Dems are retooling right now and by 2008 they may running there own woman candiate. I made the Rice comment based off Bill Safire's comment on MTP this past Sunday, the reality of it is: McCain seems to be a top pick, but one must take into consdieration such a possiblity.

Sure racism still runs deep in the deep south, lets be honest here, but....political strategy by 2008 would appear to not factor them in as much, due to the dwindling minority of segregatioists left in this country. Strong political planning should take into consideration rising numbers of other populations, racist protestants in the south is a decling cultue of hate, and noticibly not really courted by Bush this time around.

In 2000 the Bush Bob Jones visit raised hell. Between that and his DWI, it was looking ominous for the Bushwhacker, but with some spin and the fumblings of Al Gore, a win was had by the GOP and the Bushies. This last election was more about faith, fear, and aleigence than anything else. 2008 may well require some fancy footwork, especially given that the Dems are looking to bump the Repubs in 2008. Counting somebody like Condi Rice out due to racisim is a bit too limitied, lets face it: by any means necessary. I think the conservatives, and the neo-cons are more intrested in seeing somebody with a principled vision, and if GW likes her enough, then she must be all right. I think her experience, her loyalty to GW, and her outlook trumps racism at this stage in America. If people consider Hillary a viable candidate then why not Condi.

- Walrus

01-04-2005, 03:53 PM	#15
iamthewalrus109 High Propagandist Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 111	The base Racist or not, courting women voters and the African-American vote is a much smarter strategy. The Dems are retooling right now and by 2008 they may running there own woman candiate. I made the Rice comment based off Bill Safire's comment on MTP this past Sunday, the reality of it is: McCain seems to be a top pick, but one must take into consdieration such a possiblity. Sure racism still runs deep in the deep south, lets be honest here, but....political strategy by 2008 would appear to not factor them in as much, due to the dwindling minority of segregatioists left in this country. Strong political planning should take into consideration rising numbers of other populations, racist protestants in the south is a decling cultue of hate, and noticibly not really courted by Bush this time around. In 2000 the Bush Bob Jones visit raised hell. Between that and his DWI, it was looking ominous for the Bushwhacker, but with some spin and the fumblings of Al Gore, a win was had by the GOP and the Bushies. This last election was more about faith, fear, and aleigence than anything else. 2008 may well require some fancy footwork, especially given that the Dems are looking to bump the Repubs in 2008. Counting somebody like Condi Rice out due to racisim is a bit too limitied, lets face it: by any means necessary. I think the conservatives, and the neo-cons are more intrested in seeing somebody with a principled vision, and if GW likes her enough, then she must be all right. I think her experience, her loyalty to GW, and her outlook trumps racism at this stage in America. If people consider Hillary a viable candidate then why not Condi. - Walrus

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