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December 06, 2004
Born to move on!
James K. Glassman offers ten suggestions to help the Democrats save their party. 1. Nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2008. A Northeastern senator will be a big advantage this time around as Americans tire of Southern hicks. Sure, her negatives are already 44 percent, but Hillary will resurrect government-run health care, a sure winner. Also, she'll get the support of the New York Times -- the key to the White House.Quite impressive. But I do have one additional suggestion -- humbly offered to reinforce the infrastructure of Mr. Glassman's proposals. While it's a brilliant idea, I don't think merely pushing George Soros as chairman of the Democratic Party goes quite far enough. For any number of reasons, Hillary Clinton's campaign might run into various troubles along the way. If Chelsea fails to supply the much-anticipated grandchild, the "family values" platform might suffer. There could also be problems with bloggers posing too many questions which went unanswered (and were ignored by the MSM) back in the 90s. Right now, the Democrats are presented with a major opportunity to seize the momentum being created by the Republican plot to amend the Constitution: Schwarzenegger, the former actor and bodybuilder, grew up in Austria and became a U.S. citizen in 1983. Under provisions of the Constitution, he - like Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, Sen.-elect Mel Martinez, Commerce Secretary nominee Carlos M. Gutierrez and every other immigrant - is ineligible for the presidency.Why do these articles only refer to foreign-born Republicans? While I think Chirac is a bit of a stretch, George Soros would be a natural as a foreign-born candidate for president! And surely he's at least as electable as Hillary! Why, it's almost no-brainer. (Besides, the Democrats are already discussing it.) UPDATE: Things are worse than I imagined. As blogger Ian Hamet points out in a comment below, Michigan Gov. Granholm is a Democrat. Obviously there are many Democratic "fureigners" already in place. . . Might it be part of a shrewd Democratic strategy to make Ahnuld appear to do the heavy lifting for them? Stay tuned. posted by Eric on 12.06.04 at 10:06 AM
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Well, thanks a lot, Ed Driscoll and Professor Bainbridge! I haven't even got around to reading my copy of Hitler's Pope yet and now you tell me it's a waste of time (Driscoll wonders if CBS is paying attention)... Don't miss James Glassman's 10 wa... [Read More] Tracked on December 13, 2004 09:27 PM
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Granholm is a Democrat. Ian Hamet · December 7, 2004 07:55 PM I stand corrected. Thanks, Ian! Eric Scheie · December 7, 2004 10:23 PM |
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Excellent suggestions. Sure-fire winners, every one of them. If the Democrats keep following such good advice, I can guarantee they will soon get as many votes as Michael Baradnik got. Whoopi!