Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.) conservatice pick for '08

[wyldwolf]

(File away in the "Know Thy Enemy" folder)

For the second straight year, conservatives failed to identify a frontrunner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, according to a poll taken at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.

However, Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.) went from a middle-of-the-road presidential candidate one year ago to the favorite among conservatives in the 2006 straw poll, conducted by Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates.

The unscientific poll of CPAC attendees gave Allen 22% -- double the 11% he received in last year’s straw poll. Although conservatives remain divided, Allen’s plurality cements his status as one the leading Republicans.

When conservatives were polled about Democrats, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) maintained her status as the frontrunner among CPAC attendees. With 62% of the vote, Clinton was the clear leader in the straw poll.

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner was the only other Democrat to hit double digits. Warner is considered the moderate alternative to the liberal Clinton.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12373

[Wabbajack]

1. 42 percent

picked McCain, Guiliani or Rice. Surprising.

[skylarmae]

2. Mary Matlin has been pushing this guy hard for the last 6-9 mo.s

If that is any indication as the power behind this guy. Scary...IMO

[Faygo Kid]

3. Another member of the IQ club. Just like the current George.

What's with these doofuses who have nothing to offer but Daddy's name? They are out of ideas. Totally gratuitous photo follows, appropriate to taking George Allen seriously.

[LiberalPartisan]

4. Allen really is an unqualified dope......n/t

[swag]

5. A brief Q & A with Senator Allen

Here is what Senator George Allen of Virginia, who is considering a bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, said when asked his opinion of the Bernanke nomination.

''For what?''


http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

[Catchawave]

10. "The heir to Bush, only dumber. "

Great post :hi:

[wisteria]

6. Since these are republicans being polled I will assume they are

naming Democrats they think are beatable. I am therefore happy to see that Kerry isn't listed with any significance.

As for Allen, he is a Bush clone, but even dumber.

[NJ Democrats]

7. I've been saying

that Allen will be the nominee in '08 for a while now. And we can beat him.

[snowbear]

8. OMG.. if you read your post title too fast...

"Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.) conservatice pick for '08"

it sounded like you said... ....... ah, I'd better not say...

But I did misread conservative "pick" the first time around! http://eliteleague.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/lol!.gif

[saltpoint]

9. Someone please tell me that George Allen is too cement-headed to be

the President of the United States.

After dimwit Dimson, can't we please have someone who can THINK and construct an entire sentence?

[Catchawave]

11. We're hoping James Webb is the anti-Allen

...snipped from his bio...

Mr. Webb spent the "Watergate years" as a student at the Georgetown University Law Center, arriving just after the Watergate break-in in 1972, and receiving his J.D. just after the fall of South Vietnam in l975. While at Georgetown he began a six-year pro bono representation of a Marine who had been convicted of war crimes in Vietnam (finally clearing the man's name in 1978, three years after his suicide), won the Horan award for excellence in legal writing, and authored his first book, Micronesia and U.S. Pacific Strategy. He also worked in Asia as a consultant to the Governor of Guam, conducting a study of U.S. military land needs in Asia, and their impact on Guam's political future.

Mr. Webb has written six best-selling novels: Fields of Fire (l978), considered by many to be the classic novel of the Vietnam war, A Sense of Honor (l981), A Country Such As This (1983), Something To Die For (1991), The Emperor's General (1999) and Lost Soldiers (2001). He taught literature at the Naval Academy as their first visiting writer, has traveled worldwide as a journalist, and his PBS coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut earned him an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

In government, Mr. Webb served in the U.S. Congress as counsel to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs from l977 to l98l, becoming the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full committee counsel in the Congress. During the Reagan Administration he was the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs from l984 to l987, where he directed considerable research and analysis of the U.S. military's mobilization capabilities and spent much time with our NATO allies. In 1987 he became the first Naval Academy graduate in history to serve in the military and then become Secretary of the Navy. He resigned from that position in 1988 after refusing to agree in the reduction of the Navy's force structure during congressionally-mandated budget cuts.

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[saltpoint]

12. Well, good, then. I'll cling to that hope.

'Appreciate the info on Webb and my fingers are crossed!

[Jamison]

13. Allen? LOL

Even Hillary would rape him in the '08 election.

[Dr Fate]

14. Have any other Presidential candidates worn toupees?

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