The only candidate who sought the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2004 was President George W. Bush. I don’t recall the Democrats, who were not going to vote for GWB, staying quiet about him in 2004. The same goes for Ronald Reagan in 1984.

It was not directed at you. It was an observation on how a non-partisan thread turned quickly into a very partisan thread. I for one like to scrutinize the people I might actually vote on. I can even comment on the ones on the republican side that I find interesting. I like Hagel, and I have been watching McCain, and have on a couple of occassion mentioned that I thought the Sam Brownback is as close as one could get to an honest politician. See how easy that is.

Thank you very much for the Enlish lesson, but I have no intention of minding my P's and Q's. (or verbs, or adjectives, or prepositions).

You are, of course, talking about encumbents who have a history of supposedly representing an entire nation. I think in case of encumbents, their present job performance should be scrutinized by all.

Your writing skills are a direct reflection on you- your intellect, your education and your respect for others (as measured by your attention to accuracy and detail considering the fact that running what you write through something like MS Word’s grammar checker is very easy).

If your writing skills give people cause to doubt any of these things, why should anyone bother to read what you post? Why should anyone care what your opinion is if you cannot express it in an accurate way.

You said nothing about incumbents (note the correct spelling). You said one party should not attack the candidates that are seeking the nomination of the opposite party. GWB was seeking the GOP nomination in 2004. So by your expressed standard he should have been immune from Democrat attacks.

Please feel free not to read or respond to my posts.

What the hell is going on here. This is a forum, and the posts that people type are not compositions that are going to be turned in. I do my best to spell correctly, but if I don't oh well.

When I read a post I am looking for well thought out posts not to determine the intellect of the poster.

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It is no more "Obama bin Laden" in 08, as it would have been George W. Hitler in 2000 & 2004.

So applying imature names to the candidates so as to muddy the waters for the elections won't work.

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rasta, we will have to wait till the nominations are awarded before the water gets muddy. Rudy and Mitt in 08.

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An American first and always a Conservative.

I think the water will start getting muddy real soon. Rudy/Mitt? I know you said earlier that you hadn't made your mind up yet. Is this a possability to you?