tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658767945700927168.post3423344902913648900..comments2023-11-03T03:26:09.877-10:00Comments on Stranger In A Foreign Land: Conversation On Republicans As Saturday Iowa Straw Poll ApproachesLarry Perraulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036975077624213349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1658767945700927168.post-88536856254049314212007-08-08T13:42:00.000-10:002007-08-08T13:42:00.000-10:00I think our mutual analysis of the situation re: p...I think our mutual analysis of the situation re: presidential politics is a lot better than you'll read in the Des Moine Register and the NY Times. :-)<BR/><BR/>The whole Fred Thompson thing has been slightly eerie. I know Luntz (as good as it gets) thinks Fred has "peaked." There's an old line in Pittsburgh, with its Steeler-mania that the best quarterback in town is ALWAYS the second-string guy, the one who's never played. He must be better than the starter, right? Well, wrong. <BR/><BR/>I'm wearing my Diana Irey tee-shirt (for Congress), so I'm really in my political mode!<BR/><BR/>I believe the MSM has been somewhat less objectinable this year in trying to influence how people vote. It isn't that they've "gotten religion" in terms of fairness, just that there are so many candidates and so many debates, which are good. <BR/><BR/>Even Chris Dodd said something intelligent recently, and that's a very good week. (He said Musharraf was the only thing standing between us and a fundamentalist Pakistan.) He then went on to pretend that al Qaeda was not a major force in Iraq, which spoiled the rare moment.<BR/><BR/>I wish Mike had more even more of his strong point, which is that goodness and decency are exactly what the country needs. He has both in abundance. <BR/><BR/>I noted recently that I never (well, rarely) mentioned that Sarah Palin is physically attractive (which of course she is). Another thing I mention infrequently is the need for an anti-Hillary. I can imagine the race, even with Sarah in the second spot, turning into a Hillary-Sarah battle, which would be, as my father used to say, a "wing-doozer."Stephen R. Maloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113975776816271060noreply@blogger.com