Reply #21: Well, you know, they hate women too, but they were cynical enough to grab onto Palin [View All]

[Berry Cool]

so why not? Look at all the people excited over her, and an inspiring speaker she is not. If anything, she's proof that inspired speechifying is NOT a qualification to become a Republican candidate for president. (You'd think we'd have learned that from McCain, but no.)

I can see a certain flank of Republicans deciding that Jindal is "our Obama" and giving him the Pygmalion treatment in hopes of making him more palatable to both the party as a whole and to the voters in general, especially the independents. They might even make him a better speaker than he is now.

As for the exorcism thing, will Republicans really think of that as a deal breaker? I mean, come on...fundies are people who readily believe you can cast out devils from people. Not only that, but they believe the devils have shape and form.

The next election is four years away, and I say "never say never." I'm sure if you look on the Internets enough, you can find sages of 2004 wisely predicting that no way will Obama even be a candidate in '08...it's too soon, he's too young and inexperienced, and besides he's (whisper) black, and everyone knows America ain't ready for a black president and so do the Dems, and they're too desperate for victory to run the risk of losing yet again by putting up a black candidate. I mean, come on. (Hell, you can find people who were saying this a year ago.)