Comments on: President Pawlenty? http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dave http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1263 dave Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:13:15 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1263 Thankyou, James! I'll look out for it. Thankyou, James! I’ll look out for it.

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1262 jameshigham Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:52:48 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1262 Post coming up tomorrow on him. Shall quote you. <abbr><em>jameshigham’s last blog post..<a href="http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/caroline-flint-is-it-true.html" rel="nofollow">[caroline flint] is it true?</a></abbr></em> Post coming up tomorrow on him. Shall quote you.

jameshigham’s last blog post..[caroline flint] is it true?

]]> By: Dave Cole http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1261 Dave Cole Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:14:26 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1261 While I agree with you about Limbaugh, I would add a couple of notes of caution. Firstly, although it is not as strong as it perhaps once was in the UK, tribal voting does exist in the US and sufficient people will <em>always</em> vote Republican to give them governors, representatives and senators. Secondly, it is not clear to me that a rabidly right wing GOP does anyone any favours; they have a platform (aside from Fox News) that allows them to evangelise their position (pun intended) that is not going to be removed. Better to have them on some sort of leash. Thirdly, the result of Democratic party hegemony would be corporatist and I don't see a progressive alternative appearing any time soon. xD. While I agree with you about Limbaugh, I would add a couple of notes of caution. Firstly, although it is not as strong as it perhaps once was in the UK, tribal voting does exist in the US and sufficient people will always vote Republican to give them governors, representatives and senators. Secondly, it is not clear to me that a rabidly right wing GOP does anyone any favours; they have a platform (aside from Fox News) that allows them to evangelise their position (pun intended) that is not going to be removed. Better to have them on some sort of leash. Thirdly, the result of Democratic party hegemony would be corporatist and I don’t see a progressive alternative appearing any time soon.

xD.

]]> By: Aaron Murin-Heath http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1260 Aaron Murin-Heath Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:45:05 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1260 I have enough faith in the GOP's Whigish witch-hunting to shake moderates like Pawlenty out. Every centre-right Republican seems terrified of Limbaugh at the moment. Excellent - the guy's a fruitbat. <abbr><em>Aaron Murin-Heath’s last blog post..<a href="http://tygerland.net/2009/06/04/i-wont-be-voting/" rel="nofollow">I won’t be voting</a></abbr></em> I have enough faith in the GOP’s Whigish witch-hunting to shake moderates like Pawlenty out.

Every centre-right Republican seems terrified of Limbaugh at the moment. Excellent – the guy’s a fruitbat.

Aaron Murin-Heath’s last blog post..I won’t be voting

]]> By: Dave Cole http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1259 Dave Cole Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:00:42 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1259 You should. He's an interesting fellow; I heard him speak in London a while ago and, while I didn't agree with much of what he said, he put it across in the calm and rational manner of someone who has both thought about the issues and has experience of implementation. Normally, he'd be a middle-of-the-road Republican, but the current Directory of the GOP would find him insufficiently sound. You should. He’s an interesting fellow; I heard him speak in London a while ago and, while I didn’t agree with much of what he said, he put it across in the calm and rational manner of someone who has both thought about the issues and has experience of implementation.

Normally, he’d be a middle-of-the-road Republican, but the current Directory of the GOP would find him insufficiently sound.

]]> By: jameshigham http://www.davecole.org/blog/2009/06/02/president-pawlenty/#comment-1258 jameshigham Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:27:42 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=1429#comment-1258 Now that's interesting. I'll research this man. <abbr><em>jameshigham’s last blog post..<a href="http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/ladies-and-gays-your-word-is-my-command.html" rel="nofollow">[ladies and gays] your word is my command</a></abbr></em> Now that’s interesting. I’ll research this man.

jameshigham’s last blog post..[ladies and gays] your word is my command

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