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Absolutely (none / 0) (#3)
by Plutonium Page on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 11:02:47 AM EST
And let me be clear about something, there are no straight talking pols. Never have been, never will be. Not George Washington. Not Abraham Lincoln. Not FDR. My gawd, are we so far gone in our naivete about this?

I completely agree.  "Straight-talking" is campaign rhetoric, not reality.

Now, what matters is how successful the campaign is at pushing that crap.  If people fall for it (like they did in 2000 and 2004), it's a sign of skillful manipulation of the electorate.

I also think the "I'm a populist" message/image is crap, but that's another topic.

This is why I'm afraid Guiliani may be (none / 0) (#5)
by oculus on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 11:46:56 AM EST
our next President.

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I worry about Huckabee (none / 0) (#6)
by Plutonium Page on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 11:56:48 AM EST
He's Mr. "Hey, let's go grab a beer" Nice Smile... he seems perfectly harmless, just the down-home-feelgood (faux) Southern populist.  He's engaging, funny, and calm.

If people fall for that, and he wins, we've got Dobson in the Oval Office again.

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True (5.00 / 1) (#8)
by Big Tent Democrat on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 12:01:28 PM EST
But I tell you what, if Thompson was not such a lazy person, he would be a real problem.

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Rigor mortis (none / 0) (#20)
by jondee on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 03:29:03 PM EST
often effects people that way.

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Which would be worse in the Oval Office, (none / 0) (#9)
by oculus on Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 12:03:02 PM EST
Dobson or Robertson.

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