Pseudo-prophetic malcontents made similar claims about JFK’s chances to be the first Catholic elected to the presidency.

Romney doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeve like other candidates have, although that apparently doesn’t stop the juvenile scoffers in the liberal blogosphere from making a much larger issue of Mitt’s Mormonism than well-informed conservatives who actually understand the difference between the LDS and Christian churches.

If you’re going to speak for “the people” then try to employ critical thinking rather than shooting from the hip based on your emotions.

Can’t wait to get your take on Rove’s resignation and some commentary on the BDS sufferers’ various conspiracy theories for him choosing to do so at this time. With the most hated man on “the right” basking in retirement, where will the petulant, profane and pseudo-prophetic bloggers on the angry left focus their irrational anger now?

P.S. Very nice job of representing us paleoconservatives on Fox the other night. Anyone ever comment on your resemblance to Stephen King before?

Even if the Bush Administration, Congress, or the next Administration would like to keep troops in Iraq, they cannot. The Army is nearing the breaking point. This will force the US to withdraw very soon. In addtion to this, a small contingent of troops that some are proposing that we leave behind is worse than useless. It will be insufficient to actually achieve anything and it will be under constant attack.

After our withdrawl from Iraq I’m interested in learning what each candidate plans to do next. How do they plan to secure America? This becomes especially imperative when we consider the fact that, after our withdrawl from Iraq, Al Qaeda, Iran, and other Islamic terror groups will be stronger than they were before the war and we are weaker than we were before the war. How do they plan to secure America in this environment?

Also, Russia is resurgent and China is stronger than ever. How do each of the candidates plan to deal with these threats to American national security?

I’m interested in getting answers from each of the candidates on how they plan to secure America after the withdrawl from Iraq, how they plan to deal with a resurgent Russia, and how they plan to deal with an increasingly beligerent China.

I suggest the following: 1.)redeploy the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to the northern and sourthern borders of the US, 2.)develop all of our own domestic oil and natural gas resources, 3.)build more refineries, 4.)build more nuclear power plants, 4.)increase the capabilities of the US military so that is can serve as an adequate deterent against Russia and China, 5.)Iran is increasing its military capabilities, in the coming years, we will need a military that can serve as an adequate deterent against Iran, 6.)do all that we can to increase the military capabilities of Israel, so as to strengthen the buffer between us and our enemies, and 7.)place a moratorium on immigration from Muslim countries and closely monitor the mosques and the Marxists groups who are allied with them.

What I suggest is some form of containment. We used containment during the Cold War. Some varation of that doctrine is what is called for now. This is my suggestion but I’m waiting to hear from the people who are running for President. The candidate who can best articulate how he or she plans to defend the US after we withdraw from Iraq will be the candidate who will get my vote.

I don’t think you can make the argument that anything has changed. It’s not going to boost Huckabee that much nor will it give Brownback anything of note.

In the sense that it is meaningless, yes I could care less. Fodder for the pundits for a day or two and that’s about it.

Republican White House hopefuls fight for support in the run-up to Saturday’s Iowa straw poll….