posted August 12, 2005 10:39 AM            

Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 and her Republican opponent will be none other than Dick Cheney, according to Watergate journalist Bob Woodward.

Speaking to a crowd in Aspen, Colo., on Tuesday, Woodward said there was a strong chance that President Bush would urge Cheney to seek the White House.

"He would be 67 if he ran and was elected," said Woodward. "Reagan was 69. Nixon was 68. Republicans always like the old warhorse ... Both parties like to nominate vice presidents.

"Cheney would do it, and I think it's highly likely."

Woodward, who's now assistant managing editor of the Washington Post, disclosed the following tidbits to the gathering:

When he interviewed George W. Bush for his book "Plan of Attack,” Bush answered 500 questions and was "very direct." He used words like "duty" and "zeal" to describe "liberating people."
Woodward spoke of Bush's intense belief that what he is doing is right, the Aspen Times reports. "It was almost a mind trip on how he looks at things and what he values," said Woodward.

The veteran journalist refrained from criticizing Bush. "If you go back into history, you'll find many instances of presidents making unpopular decisions," he said. "History teaches you that the most important trait a president can have is simply courage, and courage often means walking the road alone."

About the Nixon presidency, Woodward said, "The real chill goes down your spine when you see the smallness of Richard Nixon," who too often used "the power of the presidency to settle a score."

Nixon was a very intelligent president, however. "He understood that the hating is what had done him in."

Woodward rejected the notion that a third party could be a threat to the Democrats and Republicans.

posted August 26, 2005 02:31 PM            

You care to fire up your few remaining brain cells and hazard a guess BlueRoamer?

posted August 26, 2005 04:20 PM            

I agree with you jwhop, it is just more of the leftest Mantra.. if you're either a Republican or, even moreso, if your last name is Bush, you must be an idiot.

This is what I found on him from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush#Early_years

Jeb Bush was born in Midland, Texas, where his father was running an oil drilling company. He has been known by his initials "JEB" since childhood.

When Bush was six years old, the family moved to Houston, Texas. He was a childhood athlete, enjoying baseball and tennis. He went to a public elementary school, but later transferred to a private school. When he was in eighth grade, his father won a seat in Congress and moved to Washington, DC. Bush stayed in Houston with another family to finish the school year, and spent most summers and holidays at the family estate, known as the Bush Compound.

He then enrolled at Phillips Andover, a private boarding school in Massachusetts already attended by his brother George. Bush made the honor roll in his first semester. He has described himself in his time there as "a cynical little turd in a cynical little school". He has also admitted to smoking marijuana while a student. Friends recall him as disciplined and focused, neither drinking nor gambling during a trip to Las Vegas. He did, however, enjoy an Elvis Presley concert.[1]

When Bush was seventeen, he went to León, Mexico, as part of his school's student exchange program. He spent his time there teaching English. While attending a motorcycle race, he met a local girl named Columba Garnica Gallo, whom he eventually married.

Bush attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies in 1973, taking only two and a half years to complete his work, and obtaining generally excellent grades. He registered for the draft, but the Vietnam War ended before his number came up.

After his early graduation, Bush married the first and only woman he had ever dated, Columba Garnica Gallo, on February 23, 1974. Their three children, now grown, are George P. (recently married), John E. "Jeb", Jr. and Noelle.

posted August 27, 2005 08:24 AM              

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posted August 27, 2005 02:15 PM              

I remember thinking during one of the debates during the election...

"Man... Bushy's daughters are HOT! Poor Kerry's daughters."

I'm still kickin' myself in the ass for voting for Kerry.

posted August 29, 2005 06:20 PM            

Now, I totally expected a idiotic response like "they're retards" from MG..that is par for the course.

posted August 30, 2005 03:15 PM            

Ted Kennedy.......$45,000,000
John Rockefeller..$80,000,000
John Kerry, est...$1,500,000,000...his first wife was only worth about $300,000,000
Jane Harmon.......$150,000,000
George Bush.......$16,000,000

posted August 31, 2005 02:24 PM              

I see the Republican nomination as wide open in 2008, as is the Democratic one. Woodward is BSing. He's trying to create a stir. jwhop, I thought you were beyond these irritating media tricks.
Cheney doesn't want to run for the Presidency. He considered it in the 90s and concluded he doesn't like the limelight. Plus he has his failing heart, a liability.
There are lots more promising candidates to speculate over, such as Mitt Romney, Condi Rice, etc. and et al.

This is reported to have happened on Russian talk radio, during Ms. Rice's recent Russian expedition.

Host: Will you run for the Presidency in 2008?
Condi: Yes. No no no no no no no.