First, there was this.
Then, Thomas Ravenel — you know, the Giuliani campaign’s state chairman for South Carolina?
What else can happen? Will the Stage Deli take away his sandwich? Or maybe somebody will find out about his regional chairman’s position on the Confederate flag. Not that that would necessarily hurt him in the GOP primary, but you never know…
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Guess Brad’s check from the McCain campaign cleared.
That would indeed explain his absolute giddyness, wouldn’t it? The only problem is that his boy McCain only managed 4th place with 7% in a recent SC poll. Then of course, with such low ratings Brad should be elated that McCain can still write checks at all.
What does Rudy “War on Terror” Giuliani care about these issues? Ask him about Iraq and he says “911”. Ask him about abortion, he says “911”. Ask him about health care, education and the crumbling infrastructure and he says “911”.
Hey, I like Rudy. True, I like McCain more, but I like Rudy. He’s a man of respect.
Once again, I make the point that I made in a comment on the previous post: I’m a newshound. I get pumped about big news. Doesn’t matter who it’s about (although yes, it would sadden me if it were about someone I truly admired, such as Joe Riley, or McCain, or maybe Joe Lieberman).
Partisans — and I’m afraid I must suspect that our Johnny is such — adjust their enthusiasm according to the identity of the “who.” Generally, I don’t. It’s a character flaw, but one that has kept me at this rather thankless task for over 30 years.
Interesting thing to consider here — some think I was too quick to start speculating and commenting on this.
But I ask this sincerely — what is an opinion blogger to do? I reacted by saying “what does it mean?,” and providing a place for people to discuss it. I threw out a seed or two to get the conversation started.
Isn’t that what y’all expect me to do? Or is there something else I should do? I’m curious to know what y’all think on that point.
Speaking of partisans – or non-partisans, Mayor Bloomberg quit the Republican Party yesterday. It’s becoming more and more likely that he will make a bid as an Independent for the White House in 2008. I read his book, “Bloomberg on Bloomberg”, and was impressed. He’s a guy who gets stuff done. A self-made billionaire.
Here’s what he said yesterday:
STATEMENT BY MAYOR BLOOMBERG ON PARTY AFFILIATION
“I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our City.
“A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we’ve balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation’s safest city even safer.
“We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.
“Any successful elected executive knows that real results are more important than partisan battles and that good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology. Working together, there’s no limit to what we can do.”
Yeah, and I wondered — what niche would Hizzoner be shooting for? Don’t the Democrats already HAVE plenty of candidates?
They’ve even got a couple of rich ones already…
My facetious remark was based on a thought I had this morning listening to news about this on the radio. They mentioned his stands on abortion and gay rights, and I thought hey, in South Carolina (and probably Kansas and some other places), that’s not the MIDDLE…
Earth to Brad – to win the Presidency, you don’t need to win Kansas or South Carolina. You need to win Florida, New York, California, Illinous, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and/or Texas.
Bloomberg’s smart enough to know where to put his resources to win if he decides to run.
Yeah, but I’m looking at this from South Carolina.
Say hey to the folks back there on Earth for me. Tell my wife I love her very much.
— Major Tom
Partisans — and I’m afraid I must suspect that our Johnny is such — adjust their enthusiasm according to the identity of the “who.”
-Brad
Why is Johnny’s comment partisan? He’s simply stating what is obvious, you are clearly a cheerleader for McCain, totally blind to facts. Which of course makes you a partisan. Sorry Brad, this whole partisan kick you’re on is really, really, really getting old.