On Oct 10, 4:30?am, HK wrote:
I don't want to get into the politics of their positions, but if you
watched the GOP debate/discussion yesterday, what did you think of the
candidates as performers?

I thought Guiliani and Romney did the best sales job in terms of their
grasp of issues and hard-driving presentation, but I liked Mike Huckabee
the best. He seems the most sincere and decent. Fred Thompson looked
old, unprepared, out of place, even though he told a couple of cute
jokes. McCain is trying too hard and it shows. The rest of the crew
should drop out now.

The performance is meaningless.

If Rudy prevails for the R's, much of the Christian right is ready to
defect. Should that happen, the next POTUS will be a D, not an R.
But who gives a darn which mob boss is in charge of the pimps and
thieves in the federal government, or even which mob is temporarily
king of the hill? One batch of *******s steals for one set of special
interests, and the other batch of *******s steals for another.
Certainly isn't worth getting all excited about, and definitely not
worthy of a fight between friends.

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3rd party nominations?
By Christina Salvo
Posted: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 8:47 a.m.

Rumors have been circulating for sometime now about the possibility of
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, seeking a third-party
candidate for the 2008 presidential election. Tuesday Tom Minnery, Sr.
Vice President of Government and Public Policy at Focus said yes,
"there is some thinking about the possibility of an evangelical
Christian leader's backing a third-party candidate," but that would
only happen if both parties nominate candidates who are both pro-
abortion and pro-gay rights.

Traditionally it is the differences between republicans and democrats
that divide voters, but in the coming election it may be their
similarities. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is leading the polls
for the Republican vote, but supports both abortion and gay rights.

Minnery said "If both major parties choose to go in the opposite
direction then Dr Dobson, as a private citizen, may go in the opposite
direction." A direction that many would faithfully follow. One out of
four Americans are fundamental Christians which now makes up the base
of the republican party. A demographic that political experts said the
Republican Party cannot afford to lose but is not enough for a third
party to gain.

Bob Loevy, Political Science Professor at Colorado College said "All
third-parties do these days is split one of the major parties
guaranteeing victory for the other party."

It is a theory that has proven true in the past and a theory Dr.
Dobson will consider.