McConnell Sees Presidential Bid by Thune

[babylonsister]

Whaaa? Not snarlin' sarah?

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/07/30/mcconnell_sees_presidential_bid_by_thune.html

July 30, 2010

McConnell Sees Presidential Bid by Thune


A Political Wire reader says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told congressional interns at a closed meeting this week that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) was "the member of my caucus most likely to run" for president in 2012.

[DefenseLawyer]

1. Stupid is as stupid does.

And John Thune definitely brings the stupid.

[hatrack]

2. But he's tall!

And he looks good on the tee-vee, with that glistening good-haired presence that GOP politicians simply must have!

[monmouth]

3. And he does have a chin...n/t

[Deep13]

4. Thune for also-ran '12 !

Whatever criticisms I might have about the President, the R's have got no one that can touch him.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Thune appears to be a Chickenhawk. Republicons luvs them that.

I mean, they gots to have the hots for another Republicon Chickenhawk after the bang-up job Commander AWOL Bush & Five-Military-Deferments Cheney did. Totally Noble (by the basement-level standards of Republicon Family Pharisee Values).

But, ya gotta give 'em credit where it's due: Republicon Homelanders are damn consistent when it comes to choosing chickenhawks for, um, 'leaders' and also for RepubliCorporate Mass Media Propaganda Pimps.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Hey isn't he the stupid who just put out all that crap and

completely dumb ass statements about taxes and 10% be cut out of the budget to cut the deficit but no way can he justify or explain any of it. Damn the more republicans that crawl out of the woodwork the dumber they BE.

[provis99]

7. that moron makes Sarah Palin look like Einstein.

[beam me up scottie]

8. You almost gave me a heart attack.

I saw the words 'presidential bid' and 'McConnell' in the same subject line and my legs went out from under me...

[babylonsister]

9. Haha!

That is scary. :scared:

[beam me up scottie]

10. I've often wondered if Mitch was considering it. I don't know which would be worse:

From Wikipedia:

In a 2005 interview with Christianity Today, Thune supported Operation Iraqi Freedom, expressing a hope that this would result in greater religious freedom: "Liberating Iraq from decades of tyranny and dictatorship, bringing about political freedom, will create an atmosphere of where religious freedom will come to Iraq. And that opens the door, obviously, for the Christian faith there as well."

In August 2007 McConnell introduced the Protect America Act of 2007, which allowed the National Security Agency to monitor telephone and electronic communications of suspected terrorists inside and outside the United States without obtaining a warrant.

McConnell remains one of the strongest supporters of the Iraq War, which he considers a central part of the War on Terrorism. He holds the view that the violence in Iraq is perpetrated primarily by al-Qaeda and other international jihadists who would otherwise be engaged in terrorist actions within the United States. In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper on January 10, 2007 (after President Bush's announcement of an escalation in troop levels in Iraq), McConnell claimed that the war in Iraq was a success because it had prevented terrorist attacks in the U.S. since the September 11 attacks. He warned that if the United States withdrew from Iraq, "the terrorists would come after us where we live."

Thune is stupid but handsome and charismatic and McConnell is intelligent and very good at playing the game.

Could McConnell/Thune be the next conservative dream ticket?