Has the President just selected his 2012 opponent?

[OmahaBlueDog]

Stanley McChrystal is certainly not Douglas MacArthur, and I doubt that the administration will be dumb enough to allow him a venue in front of congress to give an "Old soldiers never die..." speech. Nevertheless, in my estimation, General McChrystal may have just become the front runner for the 2012 GOP nomination.

- McChrystal will have an instant platorm for speaking and fundraising

Certainly, he won't be able to discuss classified material, but McChrystal could quickly become a fixture at American Legion and VFW halls. The theme of his speech? "Our smart troops could win this war, but we have this dumb congress and this weak-kneed President...."

- His career has been in Special Forces

No, McChrystal is not a Medal-of-Honor winner, but I bet he's done a lot of really exciting stuff. However, most of it involved special forces and intelligence, so it's really exciting stuff he'd love to tell us about... but just can't. We are, however, free to use our imagination.

We're the land of the free, because of the brave...and he won't let us forget that for a minute

- He's a Political Outsider

He's not a public official... he's just a brave defender of freedom. To hear most conservatives solutions to our problems, what we need in Washington right now is more people with no meaningful experience in government.

- He'll be a return to the short, declarative statements of the Bush years.

Things are simple. Conservatives know this simple truth. We don't need all of that fancy, long-winded, book learning we get from the professor in the White House. We need this kind of thinking to address the issues that really matter:

Gays in the military? BAD
Islam? BAD
Jesus? AWESOME
Abortion? VERY BAD
Health Care Reform? BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD... VERY BAD
Income Taxes? AS BAD AS ISLAM, GAYS IN THE MILITARY, HEALTH CARE REFORM, AND ABORTION, PUT TOGETHER
"Under God" in the pledge? GOOD
Distribute Christian Bibles in Afghanistan? YES (note: this is a huge issue to many fundies)
North Korea? MORE TROOPS
Illegal immigration? MORE TROOPS
Oil Prices? WAR IN IRAN
Unemployment? SEE "OIL PRICES"
The deficit? CUT ALL OF THE CRADLE-TO-GRAVE ENTITLEMENTS TO PAY FOR MORE TROOPS

- He's a victim ... just like you!

Is your business overtaxed? Did you not get the bail-out you deserved? Are you afraid of losing your gun collection to the socialists? Well here is the candidate for you! A brave soldier, fighting for freedom, who lost his livelihood because of (wait for it)....... Barack Obama!


So...it will not shock me at all to see McChrystal emerge as the lightning rod for administration opposition, and a McChrystal/Ron Paul 2012 ticket would not surprise me one bit.

[tabatha]

1. Don't agree

"Our smart troops could win this war, but we have this dumb congress and this weak-kneed President...."

He was in charge of the war and now Petraeus is in charge and Obama has been supporting them to the hilt.

[pnwmom]

2. I don't see how a guy who runs off his mouth as much as he does

could get through a primary campaign, much less a general election. He'd be bound to antagonize an awful lot of people.

[HereSince1628]

5. I think that's exactly right.

It amazing he made it to stars before lighting his career on fire.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

3. Well McChrystal voted for Obama in 2008, so I don't think he'd get

much support from conservatives, and he won't get support from Dems.

I'd like to see a Palin/McChrystal ticket! Actually, I'd just like to see Palin and ANYONE on the ticket.

[mwrguy]

9. he's a pariah

as he should be

[Xipe Totec]

4. We should be so lucky

And he would be just as successful running for President as MacArthur was.

[Jim Sagle]

6. By replacing him with Petraeus, Obama has neutralized any possiblility of either general being a

successful candidate.

[Unvanguard]

12. That's exactly correct.

Politically, it is a clever move. Strategically, I haven't a clue.

[monmouth]

7. I would bet he keeps a very low profile...n/t

[ellenfl]

8. nah, his handling of pat tillman's death will sink that. eom

[Arkana]

10. No. MacArthur never became President either, for one thing.

Second, McChrystal didn't go out in a blaze of glory like MacArthur did and do the "Old soldiers never die" thing. He apologized profusely to the President and was unceremoniously relieved of command and told to GTFO.

[Aramchek]

11. Not a chance

[B Calm]

13. That's why he should be court marshaled.