--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote:
>
> Forget about Jindal. After his wimpy impersonation of Mr. Roberts, it ain't
> happening. My bet is on General David Petraeus. The other day I saw Oliver
> North (who should be behind bars along with William Ayers) on FOX News hyping
> Petraeus about what a great job he was doing in Afghanistan, as if Petraeus
> was making all the military decisions without any direction from President
> Obama, Secretary of State Clinton or US special envoy to Afghanistan and
> Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.
>
> And there's this:
>
> "THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that General Petraeus is planning on
> delivering the commencement address at the University of Iowa in 2010.
> Petraeus going to Iowa, a state he doesn't have previous ties to, is going to
> create a huge amount of buzz about his presidential ambitions because the
> Iowa Caucuses kick off the whole presidential nomination process. If he does,
> deliver the address—and Petraeus must know this—it will be seen as a sign
> that he is thinking about running in 2012."
>
> Read more:
> http://tinyurl.com/bbox3p
> http://www.spectator.co.uk/americano/3441926/petraeus-planning-2010-visit-to-iowa.thtml
>
> Love her of hate her, as far as Sarah Palin is concerned, she can draw big
> crowd enthusiasm, make a lot of money for the GOP and will probably get the
> same rightwing populist support as Mike Huckabee who won the Iowa caucus.
>
> I'm saying the GOP pick will be Petraeus/Palin for 2012.
>
There's only one problem with this prediction: General Patraeus is a soldier,
and doesn't want politics...he's apolitical...
And besides, I would believe anything, that comes out of the mouth of Mr. NOrth.
R.g.
