Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be different if McCain had chosen him as his running mate.
Even more different with Paul/Palin. The only problem with Ron Paul is he gives too much credit to every American for having a brain that's turned on. Tom Ridge give me a break, he's done.
Tom Ridge is an all around mediocre politician who's made his career out of not getting anyone too particularly pissed off at him, and not really pleasing anyone too particularly much. I will admit to voting for him twice, though I voted against him in the PA primaries in 1994 (I voted for Mike Fischer, who would lose, but would later end up winning the GOP nod to Ed Rendell -- I've always supported him, but he's always lost. Sad)
Tom Ridge overestimates his popularity among conservatives in Pennsylvania. We were willing to hold our noses. His popularity among independents and soft Republicans is high, however. But I doubt he'd help McCain's ticket take Pennsylvania any more than Palin, and his suggestion that it would speaks of his ego.
PA gun owners managed to make progress under his watch, but I wouldn't call him a real friend of gun owners. He's kind of like Bush in that regard -- no real friend, but had enough sympathies to be better than the alternative.
Even more different with Paul/Palin. The only problem with Ron Paul is he gives too much credit to every American for having a brain that's turned on.
ReplyDeleteTom Ridge give me a break, he's done.
And the campaign would be different if there was a viable candidate with honor, integrity, and an understanding of absolute human rights, too.
ReplyDeleteNow, the only way to make this campaign be different is to refuse to vote for any incarnation of OBAMcCAIN.
Tom Ridge is an all around mediocre politician who's made his career out of not getting anyone too particularly pissed off at him, and not really pleasing anyone too particularly much. I will admit to voting for him twice, though I voted against him in the PA primaries in 1994 (I voted for Mike Fischer, who would lose, but would later end up winning the GOP nod to Ed Rendell -- I've always supported him, but he's always lost. Sad)
ReplyDeleteTom Ridge overestimates his popularity among conservatives in Pennsylvania. We were willing to hold our noses. His popularity among independents and soft Republicans is high, however. But I doubt he'd help McCain's ticket take Pennsylvania any more than Palin, and his suggestion that it would speaks of his ego.
PA gun owners managed to make progress under his watch, but I wouldn't call him a real friend of gun owners. He's kind of like Bush in that regard -- no real friend, but had enough sympathies to be better than the alternative.
Tom Ridge is an idiot. He once proposed to make the shoulders of the interstate highways in Pa. hiking trails.
ReplyDeleteNobody with even half a brain would have entertained that thought, but he was proud as punch with it when he proposed it.
A true idiot.