Conservative activists spur ‘Think Condi’ campaign.
By on Feb 8th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Conservative activists spur ‘Think Condi’ campaign.
Reporting from the Conservative Political Action Conference, the Wall Street Journal notes that conservative activists Crystal Dueker and Rich Holt are attempting to build support for their 527 group Think Condi, “a grassroots movement to get the secretary of state on the presidential ticket as vice president. Dueker and Holter said “they believe Rice is the best running mate for McCain in part because she can bring Bush supporters into the fold who may be wary of his one-time electoral foe.”
UPDATE: Condi didn’t make the Weekly Standard’s VP list.
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Great idea. Even though she was an incompetant NSA and Secretary of State, she should be the VP because she might get votes.
Be damned putting somebody in place who is good at the job or shows they are capable.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:50 amCondi's resume would consist of one bullet point:
*Yes man to herr dubyah
February 8th, 2008 at 10:50 amare they dumb enough to think the 30%-ers are going to get anyone elected??? do they really think the cheerleader prince would win again if he could run again??
February 8th, 2008 at 10:53 amWHY WOULD HE WANT BUSH SUPPORTERS!?!?!?!?!?
He doesn't want anything to do with that legacy. Bigger government, massive debt, huge spending, destroying the 4th Amendment, torture advocacy.
even McCain knows he must run away from Bush to have any chance.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am"a grassroots movement to get the secretary of state on the presidential ticket as vice president."
**cough** astroturf **cough**
February 8th, 2008 at 10:57 amYes, by all means think about the incompetent boot-licker Condi serving as VP.
And if that thought doesn't frighten you, shoot yourself.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:58 amLet's adopt the accountability and measurements of no-child-left-behind.
What programs has Condi spearheaded that have been effective ?
February 8th, 2008 at 11:01 amroflmfao!!!
please put condi on the ballot!
HILARiOUS!
February 8th, 2008 at 11:04 amoh please god let this happen. the laundry list of incompetence is never ending with this woman. And yes what we need is more Bush attached to McInsane!!
February 8th, 2008 at 11:04 amHell, let her be president. She's got all the qualifications. She can kiss Saudi ass with the best of them, she has no idea how to fight actual terrorism. She likes to waste money on pretty shoes, what else is there?
February 8th, 2008 at 11:05 amOh, please please please let him pick her! I would love to see the smack down for that one.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:05 amI love the image. It would make a great bumper sticker.
However, it is missing the rest of the thought. It should read: "Think Condi '08 . . . vote Democratic."
February 8th, 2008 at 11:06 amHell, let her be president. She’s got all the qualifications. She can kiss Saudi ass with the best of them, she has no idea how to fight actual terrorism. She likes to waste money on pretty shoes, what else is there?
Comment by Bobwurst — February 8, 2008 @ 11:05 am
She has a long history with the oil industry - you forgot that one.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:06 amIt would be interesting if she were on the ticket and Obama got the Democratic nod to see how schizophrenic the swift-boating would be.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:09 amLOLOLOL.
Obviously her photograph has been photoshopped! Where are her evil lidded eyes?
February 8th, 2008 at 11:11 amDueker and Holter said “they believe Rice is the best running mate for McCain in part because she can bring Bush supporters into the fold who may be wary of his one-time electoral foe.â€
I'll bet John's near ecstatic at the thought!
It'd be like being forced to wear a coat with ten-foot-long tails. Every time you try to walk somewhere, you're constantly looking back to see if your coattail is about to snag the coffee table, or get caught in the door. He'd spend more time dealing with her past mistakes than figureing out a way forward.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:13 amI love the image. It would make a great bumper sticker.
Comment by tom — February 8, 2008 @ 11:06 am
On an oil-tanker.
Oh. Yeah. That's already been done.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/05/05/MN223743.DTL&type=printable
February 8th, 2008 at 11:13 amAnd McCain's no spring chicken.
"President Condi" sends a shiver to my very soul...
February 8th, 2008 at 11:15 am"If you think KindasleezyisNice,
February 8th, 2008 at 11:16 amvote for Condileezi Rice"
Now why would the conservatives want to prop her up to more scrutiny. They know she is gay and ignore it while stepping on every other gay persons rights. (I do not care about her sex life, except that her boss and is buddies have been trampling on gay people for 7 years)...it is just ironic that nobody will report on it...typical republicans..
February 8th, 2008 at 11:17 amCondi's just competent enough to return to Stanford to run a lemonade stand during Summer Session.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:17 amWell, we have one person sleeping with a former president running, so why not?
The Soviet "expert" who never got anything right on the Soviet Union. Perfectly qualified to continue the Bush legacy.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:20 amNo, no, no, no.....no.
The people who are pushing this are probably the most tone deaf political operatives in the country. Unless they are secretly democrats - that would explain a lot.
McCain's best choice for VP, IMHO, is Crist of Florida. Covers his conservative base, endorsed him early, Governor of a critical electoral state and he is Hispanic. An, ahem, older Presidential candidate like Mac will bring extra scrutiny to his VP. Hispanics would have to give him a second look with Crist on the ticket.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:24 amWhat is it about incompetence that so enchants the neocons?
But please put Condi on the ticket, you guys. Anything that ties McCain to Bush as closely as possible, I'm all for.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:24 amThe picture of Condi on the cover of her new book eliminates the gap in her front teeth. Weird.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:30 amMcCain’s best choice for VP, IMHO, is Crist of Florida. Covers his conservative base, endorsed him early, Governor of a critical electoral state and he is Hispanic. Keltoi
Whoops:
How well did Florida Gov. know alleged child porn peddler?
Michael Roston
Floridians were shocked last week when police announced that the spokesman for the state's Department of Children and Families had been arrested and charged with peddling child pornography. But buried in news accounts of the case was a curious detail: the official in question had listed the state's current Republican Governor, Charlie Crist, as a reference when he applied for his post in 2005.
Gov. Crist returned to the news as the nation awaited the outcome of the Republican presidential primary in Florida. The Sunshine State's governor's endorsement of Sen. John McCain late in the campaign may have helped push McCain across the finish line to take the state's 57 delegates. Crist's endorsement also contributed to ending the campaign of Rudy Giuliani, who had heavily courted the governor's thumbs up.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:33 amThe last step for McCain to sew up the nomination would be to be baptised by Huckaebee as an evangelical. What a ticket McCain-Rice would be then; war-mongering evangelical and a female of color. Sounds like an unbeatable combo to me.
/snark
February 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am"... who had heavily courted the governor’s thumbs up."
Comment by barfly — February 8, 2008 @ 11:33 am
Uh, and what would that thumb BE up?
February 8th, 2008 at 11:44 amMore like: THANK CONDISLEEZA IN ADVANCE FOR GETTING THAT GAP IN HER TEETH FIXED!!!! I mean come on!!!
February 8th, 2008 at 11:45 amWhoops:
How well did Florida Gov. know alleged child porn peddler?
Michael Roston
Comment by barfly — February 8, 2008 @ 11:33 am
Hmmm.....but then, Craig was an uber-conservative, too ;)
February 8th, 2008 at 11:45 amYes.
That's what this country needs:
"Kinda-lies-alot" for veep.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:47 amif they have to run against obama, they might renew condi's token contract and put her on the ticket as a "racial inoculation" - that's how deeply righty considers these things.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:47 am#25, I could never support someone who is so ashamed of her "Letterman's Gap" she'd resort to photoshop.
/gapped and proud
February 8th, 2008 at 11:52 am//my teeth are small for my mouth
///alternatively, I've got a big mouth
Rice on any ticket is a sure way to assure victory for the opposite side. He he!
February 8th, 2008 at 11:52 am"because she can bring Bush supporters into the fold"
And this is a smart political strategy ... why, exactly? This would be like Ford attempting to court Nixon supporters during the 1976 campaign. Ford distanced himself from Nixon as much as he possibly could, because he was trying to heal the GOP. It's time to heal the GOP again, and it's not going to be done while clinging to the virus that made it sick in the first place.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:56 amI always think of Condi in an orange jumpsuit.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:59 amCondi’s resume would consist of one bullet point:
*Yes man to herr dubyah
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 8, 2008 @ 10:50 am
*Bush's girlfriend.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pmDid she ask her 'husband' for permission to replace Darth?
February 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pmSick of reality? Vote Straussian!
February 8th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Crystal Dueker is a Repuke fanatic who has been banned from calling Ed Schultz's show. She started this shit about 2 years ago, claiming Condi would solve all of America's problems.
Crystal lives in the Fargo, ND area & calls political talk shows on a daily basis. Never with a question or topic, mind you, but to preach her brand of conservatronism to any & all who happen to be listening.
She's also an avowed nudist. I'm not sure if she's naked when she makes the talk show calls & I don't want to know.
This lady is batshit crazy. She makes Michelle Bachmann look normal. In this region of the frozen Tundra, Crystal is considered certifiable.
In other words, she's a born conservatron.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:09 pmQuick question here -- has ANY presidential candidate been influenced by a "grassroots" effort or a 527 group when it comes to picking out a running mate?
Here's a list to consider -- Dick Cheney, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman, Jack Kemp, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, Lloyd Benson, Geraldine Ferarro, George H.W. Bush, Walter Mondale, Bob Dole, etc. I don't recall any groundswell of popular opinion that made them be chosen (well, in Cheney's case -- it was HIS opinion that caused him to be chosen).
February 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pm35 - rather than heal the gop, can't we just put it in hospice care, load it up with morphine, and let it die of natural causes. i don't want the gop healed, i want it disbanded and replaced.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:14 pm"Think Condi '08" - just like she "Thought NOLA '05"
February 8th, 2008 at 12:18 pm35 - rather than heal the gop, can’t we just put it in hospice care, load it up with morphine, and let it die of natural causes. i don’t want the gop healed, i want it disbanded and replaced.
Comment by tombaker —
Lets shrink it until it's small enough that we can drown it in a bathtub.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:19 pmFirst gay black useless president in our history. Sign me up.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pmGreat idea. Even though she was an incompetant NSA and Secretary of State, she should be the VP because she might get votes.
Be damned putting somebody in place who is good at the job or shows they are capable.
Comment by bobcat_grad — February 8, 2008 @ 10:50 am
February 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pmBecause that type person exists in the GOP anyway ?????????
Where ?????????
I think McCain should consider Mike Pence.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI think McCain should consider Mike Pence.
Comment by thirdparty — February 8, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
February 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pmFor a (mentally) unbalanced ticket ...............
It would be interesting if she were on the ticket and Obama got the Democratic nod to see how schizophrenic the swift-boating would be.
Comment by raynman — February 8, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Hey, I gots one better. Obama puts Clinton (either one. :-D) on his ticket as VP, and McCain puts Rice on his. And then watch the country spectacularly self destruct like matter meeting antimatter...
February 8th, 2008 at 1:20 pmComment by Keltoi — February 8, 2008 @ 11:24 am
I don't think Crist is hispanic. Are you thinking Mel Martinez?
February 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pmI'm also a fan of Tim Pawlenty. He could be a nice boost to the campaign.
February 8th, 2008 at 1:30 pmawesome,let her roll on in ,that willjust help the left even more.She is as useful as Bush and Cheney .Condi can help with Iraq,can`t she?
February 8th, 2008 at 1:40 pmComment by Keltoi — February 8, 2008 @ 11:24 am
I don’t think Crist is hispanic. Are you thinking Mel Martinez?
Comment by IgnoranceIsNotBliss — February 8, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Duh. Yes. Crist is Lily white, albeit well tanned by Florida's sun. My bad.
February 8th, 2008 at 1:59 pmI’m also a fan of Tim Pawlenty. He could be a nice boost to the campaign.
Comment by thirdparty — February 8, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
February 8th, 2008 at 2:05 pmYeah , McInsane would rise dramatically from 23% of the popular vote to 24%..............
Conservative activists spur ‘Think Condi’ campaign.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:22 pmthey are choosing her because of the color of her skin and she is a woman.... how incredibly racist.
Goes to show the conservatives see color and gender before recognizing character, honor and intelligence.
LOL.
February 8th, 2008 at 7:18 pm