{"id":665,"date":"2007-08-17T04:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/08\/17\/2007-8-17-jaunty-election-blorg-too-early-to-tell-edition-html\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T01:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:28:10","slug":"2007-8-17-jaunty-election-blorg-too-early-to-tell-edition-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/2007-8-17-jaunty-election-blorg-too-early-to-tell-edition-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaunty Election Blorg: Too-Early-To-Tell Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

I understand that you’re tired of these presidential candidates. Too phony. Too calculating. I get that and I’m here to help. With all of these knuckleheads vying for your attention, it’s hard to know what to think. We’re here to help! Here’s the Jaunty Early Line on the respective tickets for the general election. You can take this to Vegas. Ready?<\/p>\n

Hillary wins the nomination. How can she not? Obama is imploding. The rest of the Democratic field is, well, Kucinich and kookoolulu Bill Richardson. My pick is a Clinton\/Obama ticket. Why? That’s pretty easy. Hillary is marginally electable in the general election and Obama suffers from the inexperience tag and could use the veep time to be ready for 2014<\/strike> 2016. I’ve thrown this out to a couple of people, and they cringe. I’m a big fan of universal healthcare, but will that dynamic duo buy in to global warming hysteria? More petrol taxes? Slapping down coal-fired power plants? Bazillion MPG corporate average fuel economy standards? Nanny state nonsense? Yikes.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I know. I liked Bill Richardson at one point. He’s clearly the smartest guy in the room, but he can’t be president. The extreme left’s adorable pander bear just can’t cut the mustard. As Senator Obama clearly doesn’t have the experience to run the Executive Branch, Governor Richardson has spent so much time tiptoeing through the netroots minefield that it’s hard to see him coming back.<\/p>\n

But what about the GOPers? Glad you asked. The pragmatists over there see Giuliani as electable. The “base” hates him, which will play havoc on his primary chances. I still think he’ll prevail and be the nominee. Who to balance out the ticket? Nobody who’s running. I’m hearing weird noise about drafting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin<\/a> to round out the ticket. Why not? She’s as conservative as can be. She helps with the people who want to vote for a woman, but don’t like Hillary.<\/p>\n

Man, this could shape up to be a brutal campaign. Clinton\/Obama vs. Giuliani\/Palin could be a bloody slugfest, don’t you think? You thought you were tired of the campaign now…<\/p>\n

Your pal,<\/p>\n

bob<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Date fixed and link to Draft Palin site added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladies and Gentlemen, I understand that you’re tired of these presidential candidates. Too phony. Too calculating. I get that and I’m here to help. With all of these knuckleheads vying for your attention, it’s hard to know what to think. We’re here to help! Here’s the Jaunty Early Line on the respective tickets for the … <\/p>\n

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