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Can This Man Be President?

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4/20/2003 2:31 AM

Can This Man Be President?

Just when all seems lost in terms of political morality and the waning constitutional rights of individual citizens, out of the blue comes a voice from the past in the form of Gary Hart.

Looks like Gary is once again going to make a serious run for top office. I'm normally a conservative, but this guy has some interesting things to say:

http://www.garyhartnews.com/hart/

His main thesis is that the US has become an empire that is no longer controlled by the people but rather by special interests. With that I have to agree. He wants to restore the Republic as he calls it. An interesting idea that has a chance of gaining popularity.

Can Gary Hart realistically become president?

LFO

4/20/2003 3:01 AM

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"Can Gary Hart realistically become president?"

Many people asked the same question about Carter, Reagan, Clinton & George W., so it's safe to say that anything can happen. If Hart can get the press to look past the sex scandal of his last run (which looks pretty minor today), and also do the money-raising thing well enough, he can certainly get the Democratic nomination. Look at the lame pack he'll be running against.

The guy has serious ideas and serious experience. In fact, he was sounding the alarm about international terrorism long before 9/11...

4/20/2003 3:02 AM
Don Symes	It's gonna be tough for anybody to withstand the Right Wing Echo Chamber of Rove/Limbaugh/FauxNews/RantRadio. I wish him fortitude.

4/20/2003 5:27 AM
Steve A.	LFO: How about a mixed ticket with Gary Hart and John McCain? I'd rather vote for them than Al Bush or George Gore... Steve Ahola

4/20/2003 6:10 AM
Don Symes	McCain/Hart on an independent ticket --> much goodness.

4/20/2003 6:25 AM
Matt in TX	I think I would even vote for them. I agree that special interest groups and lobbyists have GOT to go

4/20/2003 5:12 PM

A McCain/Hart ticket would be interesting and certainly not too far fetched. I noticed that Hart currently is on special assignment with Warren Rudman working on covering up holes in homeland security. Rudman, as you know, is a well known Republican and also a former US Senator. Very conceivable that Hart would be open to a bi-partisan ticket.

McCain is from Arizona and Hart is from Colorado. Regionally they share some of the same values.

I guess the question is whether Hart would run as an independent or as a democrat.

LFO

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