MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME: “If you forgot to get a Christmas present for Charlie Rangel, don’t worry. The congressman picked one out for himself, and he’s sending you the bill: $2 million for a shiny new Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College. The New York Democrat’s Monument to Me was one of about 9,000 earmarks in the omnibus spending bill Congress approved before going on vacation.” - Columnist Jacob Sullum
“None of the candidates looks truly inspiring at this point. I wouldn’t buy a used car from most of them, nor a brand new car from some of them.”
- Columnist Thomas Sowell
WHO WOULD REAGAN VOTE FOR?
“It is my personal belief that if Reagan were alive and living in Iowa today, and he had to choose among the Republican presidential candidates, that he would likely choose the man the GOP establishment and national media have written off — Congressman Ron Paul.
…As I try to remind my friends who were around in 1980, Reagan was considered by the mainstream Republican establishment to be as kooky as many label Paul as being.
“…Paul has managed to become the first Republican candidate I’ve seen since 1980 that can draw huge crowds so devoted to their candidate that they seem almost cult-like in their zeal. Believe it or not, that’s what we thought of the Reagan crowds that gathered early in his bid for president in 1980.”
- Columnist and former National Republican Legislator of the Year Matt Towery
RUDY WHO?
“A week before the Iowa caucuses, Rudy Giuliani was still atop the Republican presidential field in the Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of national polls. ‘Big Mo,’ however, is about to mow him down. . . . The Republican nominating contest is now a three-way race that does not include the national frontrunner.”
- Columnist Terence Jeffrey
MCCAIN’S SURGE
“Sen. John McCain, given up for dead a few weeks ago as he ran a cash-starved, disorganized campaign, today is viewed by canny Republican professionals as the best bet to win the party’s presidential nomination. What’s more, they consider him their most realistic prospect to buck the overall Democratic tide and win the general election. Indeed, if Mike Huckabee holds on to actually win the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, the road forward could be clear for McCain.”
- Columnist Bob Novak
DESPERATELY SEEKING MCCAIN
“John McCain seems to be having a little resurgence but it is hard to believe that Republicans are so desperate as to support a man who joined with far left Democrat Russ Feingold to restrict free speech in the name of ‘campaign finance reform’ and with Ted Kennedy to sponsor a bill giving amnesty to illegal immigrants.”
- Columnist Thomas Sowell
PAGING MIB
“John McCain needs to get a hold of the producers of Men In Black I and II quick. The only way Arizona’s longtime thorn-in-the-side of the GOP can claim the Republican nomination is with a neuralyzer.”
- Columnist Hugh Hewitt
COULTER HUCKS-A-LOOGIE
“(GOP Presidential candidate Mike) Huckabee is a ‘compassionate conservative’ only in the sense that calling him a conservative is being compassionate.”
“Huckabee opposes school choice, earning him the coveted endorsement of the National Education Association of New Hampshire, which is like the sheriff being endorsed by the local whorehouse.”
“Huckabee has said illegal immigration gives Americans a chance to make up for slavery. I thought letting O.J. walk for murdering two people was payback for slavery.”
“(Huckabee) said America would have to ‘accommodate’ those who come here. . . . For those of you keeping score at home, this puts Huckabee just a little to the left of Dennis Kucinich on illegal immigration and border control. The only difference is that Kucinich supports amnesty for aliens from south of the border AND north of Saturn.”
“In his current attempt to pretend to be against illegal immigration, Huckabee makes a meaningless joke about how the federal government should track illegals the way Federal Express tracks packages. Can a Mexican fit in one of those little envelopes?”
“Huckabee wants to get kids involved in music at an early age because he believes it leads to a more balanced and developed brain. You know, as we saw with the Jackson family.”
- Columnist Ann Coulter
DISQUALIFYING HUCK
“It was unfortunate that Mike Huckabee and others have tried to make (Mitt Romney’s) religion an issue. John F. Kennedy was supposed to have taken that issue out of politics — and Huckabee’s bringing it back in ought to disqualify him for a shot at the White House, even aside from Governor Huckabee’s wholesale pardons of criminals and his raising taxes.”
- Columnist Thomas Sowell
Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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