Wednesday, May 24, 2006
It's official. Dick Morris is an idiot and so are any Republicans who listen to him. After years of whining about how the US is growing daily more liberal, about how only Condi could stop Hillary in 2008, about how John Kerry was sure to win every swing state by double digits in 2004, now he has taken the cake. I opened my email this morning to find a message from Dick now claiming that since Condi will not run in 2008 and John McCain and Rudy Giuliani aren't likely to be able to stop her, our only hope is Al Gore. The whole email was a paean to both McCain, the poor put-upon RINO, and to the good sense and moderation and principled, presidential stance of Sir Albert Gore. Morris compared him to Nixon, another VP who lost narrowly only to return eight years later and win. Morris is now full-fledged behind Al Gore for the Democratic presidential nomination, a move he claims is inspired by his anybody-but-Hillary stance.
This is ridiculous. While I share his concern that no Republican appears to be taking the lead in the next presidential election (although I am more hopeful than he that perhaps Mitt Romney might run), his sky-is-falling mentality is getting a little old. Hillary's poll numbers continue to sink. The latest prediction has New York State in doubt should Hillary try for the presidency against either John McCain or Rudy Giuliani. If McCain can give Clinton a run for her money here, then certainly Romney or another famous Republican could. The anti-Hillary crowd is stronger than he seems to give them credit for. What's more, he has never been right yet; why should we start taking his opinion now? As I recall, a year ago he predicted Hillary would drop out of the senate race if pushed because she didn't want to spend her 2008 cash. In the end, the only purpose Morris and his ilk will serve is dividing the Republican Party and giving them a who-cares-who-runs-as-long-as-he-is-electable attitude. We saw how well that worked in 1996.
This is ridiculous. While I share his concern that no Republican appears to be taking the lead in the next presidential election (although I am more hopeful than he that perhaps Mitt Romney might run), his sky-is-falling mentality is getting a little old. Hillary's poll numbers continue to sink. The latest prediction has New York State in doubt should Hillary try for the presidency against either John McCain or Rudy Giuliani. If McCain can give Clinton a run for her money here, then certainly Romney or another famous Republican could. The anti-Hillary crowd is stronger than he seems to give them credit for. What's more, he has never been right yet; why should we start taking his opinion now? As I recall, a year ago he predicted Hillary would drop out of the senate race if pushed because she didn't want to spend her 2008 cash. In the end, the only purpose Morris and his ilk will serve is dividing the Republican Party and giving them a who-cares-who-runs-as-long-as-he-is-electable attitude. We saw how well that worked in 1996.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 10:10 PM 
