Political thought for the day

[daiku]

"An audience that decides for itself, based on 'fair and balanced' coverage, ought not to reach monolithic conclusions. Yet, in our 2004 polling with Media Vote, using Nielsen diaries, we found that Fox News viewers supported George Bush over John Kerry by 88 percent to 7 percent. No demographic segment, other than Republicans, was as united in

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[tinkerhellish]

i voted for Kerry...so, unfortunately, i am one of those 7%

i'm depressed as McCain is turning into a less animated Bush...so that leaves Guiliani for me. Like hell am i voting for a dude with less than two years political experience...and some menopausal lying broad.

[roadriverrail]

Well, there are more than those two. The primary season is long and unkind. Recall that nobody was talking about Kerry when the primaries started.

[tinkerhellish]

i'm not much of a democratic supporter. I voted for Kerry because it was the more intelligent of two evils. Chances are Nader (or whatever green candidate there is now) will run again and split votes...again.

I have ten bucks on Guiliani. He just has to ride the whole 9/11 thing until November 2008. Bush has been riding that since '01. McCain is no longer the awesome POW who had moderate beliefs, he's a tired photocopy of Bush that speaks slightly better. Romney's Mormon...

08 election is one giant joke with around 34 punchlines.

[roadriverrail]

Guiliani's problem is going to be the management of his closet, including the assorted skeletons in it. He can do it, and possible pull out over a weak Dem showing. Any Dem mudfighter will have his cojones for breakfast, though. Lucky for him, the only mudfighter in the pack currently is Hillary, who I don't think is a viable candidate.

Personally, I question how qualified he is, though I can think of worse people in the oval office. Unfortunately for all of us, mediocre candidates is not what we need. We need a strong domestic issues President, and we're unlikely to get one.

[tinkerhellish]

oh agreed. Guiliani has some major crap that both sides can bring up against him (EG- turning NYC into basically a police state [for the dems], and saying government should fund abortions [for the GOP]). But i think his "leadership" following 9/11 will outweigh those two things. One being because NYC flourished because of him (albeit not as interesting a city as it once was) and because the other was said in 1989.
The only real threat i can see for him would be if his estranged son decides to out more personal skeletons leading up to the election.
I also agree that Hillary would be the only one to go toe to toe with him, but she's an easy target as well. Obama seems too eager to get himself labeled "token black guy", but he might take a swing at Guiliani on race based issues. Granted that would strengthen his minority standings, but also further pigeonhole him.