NBC’s Chuck Todd Sees Opening for a ‘Fire-Breather’ Republican Presidential Candidate
Feigning interest in Republican presidential prospects, on Monday night NBC Political Director Chuck Todd contended the decisions by Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee to forgo presidential runs leaves “an opening now for the economic populous, a sort of confrontational fire-breather, if you will, in the Republican Party.”
Todd soon repeated his disparaging “fire-breather” formulation: “There is a vast opening now for the social conservative, sort of what Pat Buchanan was in 1992, this fire-breathing, pitch-fork carrying, I'm mad and heck and not going to take it anymore Republican.”
Just the kind NBC News staff would be sure to denigrate and ridicule.
From the Monday, May 16 NBC Nightly News:
CHUCK TODD: ...Both candidates leave an opening now for the economic populous, a sort of confrontational fire-breather, if you will, in the Republican Party, that's missing.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Well, who do we have and who now emerges because of these two, call them vacancies?
TODD: Well, we have two questions marks. Number one, on the establishment side of the aisle, it’s this Mitch Daniels question. He’s the Governor of Indiana, a lot of former Bush 43 officials are pushing him hard to run. He hasn't made a decision. It's a family decision. If he doesn't run, you're going to see a lot of pressure being put on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. In this economic populous wing of the party, this sort of blue-collar wing of the party, Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Congresswoman, she’s now leaning more closely toward running.
Of course, we haven't heard from Sarah Palin. At some point, she is going to announce she's not going to run, or maybe she decides to do this, but there is a vast opening now for the social conservative, sort of what Pat Buchanan was in 1992, this fire-breathing, pitch-fork carrying, I'm mad and heck and not going to take it anymore Republican.
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First of all, F.
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 2:43am.
First of all, F. Chuck...............ditch the stupid mustache and goutee. Secondly, stop trying to tell us what kind of candidate you want US to run for YOU..............so that YOUR man - that phony-assed tilley queebie commie faggy puppet Boy Barry Soetore Barack Hussein Obama...........can win a second term. You guys got the McCain Mutiny..........I'll be damned if I'm going to let this happen again............if I've got something to say about it!!! And I think that there are MILLIONS more like me who feel the same way.
But..................hey.............keep deluding yourself, you bought-and-sold maggot...................
Chuck and His Pet Goat
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 7:28am.
I'm with you, killa. Every time I see this guy's face on here, I have the same thought: lose the goat. He looks like a frat boy in his 9th year of undergrad.
Um... I'm 36 and have a
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 6:06pm.
Um... I'm 36 and have a mustache and goatee. What's it to you?
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First of all, F.
Submitted by navpro on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 1:21pm.
killa37 right on! It amazes me that fools like Todd and his ilk think that they think they know what it is the majority of us want and we are the majority in spite of the garbage they like to spew.
Careful what you wish for, Chuck
Submitted by deadeyedan on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 3:04am.
The Republicans just might pick someone not as squishy soft as a John McCain this time. But really the party would hopefully pick someone who (with apologies to Teddy Roosevelt) speaks softly but carries a big stick. That would be former New Mexico Senator Harrison Schmitt, the only scientist to land on the moon. He would not be bullied by the global warming crowd already gearing up to "quiz" any would-be candidate about that disgraced superstition: http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog
He would re-ignite the old JFK fire that once inspired this great nation and put the flame of a Saturn V booster straight up the hind ends of the likes of Chuck Todd.
The main reason why no women have landed on the moon? The National Organization of Women (they always advocate politicians dead set against our space program).
ClimateGate - the revelation that the pseudo-scientists at East Anglia University know as much about the atmosphere as Harvard law professors know about the Constitution - deadeyedan
I think the biggest stumbling
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 4:33am.
I think the biggest stumbling block to nomination is the stupid system of staggering the states. This encourages a false Manchurian candidate like McCain. There should be one vote with possible runoffs and before that open ended debates. Real life is not staged questions and memorized answers, it is the real give and take of a conversation.
Herman Cain for President.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for!"
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 7:01am.
You mean like that type "fire-breather"? "We are the ones we've been waiting for?" "Ocean level will fall and tides will turn" and Greek columns and staged productions and children singing songs?
You pushed all that UpChuck - and we have 9 percent unemployment, a recession, 4 dollar a gal gas and 3 wars. And Obama fortunately back at historical low Gallup numbers.
I Would Like...
Submitted by GeneralAl on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 7:41am.
I would like to see Hermain Cain and Condi Rice run. They are both articulate, intelligent, have dynamic personalities, and would have the credentials for both domestic and foreign policy. As far as Todd Girl goes, "We" will chose our candidate, not "You"!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
My choices
Submitted by Texndoc on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 7:49am.
Sarah Palin
Rick Perry
Marco Rubio
Paul Ryan
Any combination of two from the above list. Perry has been Governor of Texas for over a decade. He has his faults, but Texas is leading in business and job creation. Perry is pro-life, anti- Cap and Trade, and pro-gun (all of which differentiate him from Chris Christie, who for some reason Ann Coulter adores).
OT: Change?
Submitted by jdhawk on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 7:58am.
There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and told the first mate that his men smelled bad.
The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors
would change underwear occasionally.
The first mate responded, "Aye, aye, sir, I'll see to it immediately!"
The first mate went straight to the sailors' berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear."
He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with
Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Someone may come along and promise "Change",
but don't count on things smelling any better.
Time to raise some "Cain".
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:08am.
Funny, these people talk of Republican candidates for President being "boring", seriously, is Obambi really exciting, his droning side to side speechifying is exciting?
His smarmy "I think I am smarter than everyone" responses that drone on and on and on but really don't say shit?
I thought this President "thingy" was about uh, uh, uh, uh ideas and policies?
They pretty much WANT someone to come out firing just so they can call them "hateful, racist, bigoted and FULL of negative campaigning as this should be only about ideas".
I have a goatee, but unlike this fat faced Mommies boy, I look cool............... (:-)
Chuck Todd isn't the only
Submitted by TE on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:48am.
Chuck Todd isn't the only member of the leftist fever swamps to invoke the "fire-breathing Republican" formulation. Today, at the leftist cesspool calling itself "Swampland", some whacked-out, utterly feminized, leftist, freakshow freak named Michael Grunwald declares his fear of the "fire-breathing, far-right Michelle Bachmann". http://swampland.time.com/2011/05/17/please-do-not-google-the-name-of-th...
Paul E. Vallely, for President
Submitted by Lord Howard Hurts on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:30am.
I don't know Paul E. Vallely, but from what I have read about him, I propose that he is most qualified to lead this Republic back to the greatness ordained by the Constitution. I think that in view of the serious threats to this Republic from the internal socialists, a military man is the only solution at this present time. We need a leader who does not want the "Office", but who is willing to serve for the good of the Republic. I think that Paul E. Vallely would take the challenge. I think that the only way to get "good" people to come out of the "shadows" is to get behind Paul E. Vallely, and show him that we are ready to break free from the "chains" of Political Correctness, and that we will fight to restore this Republic to Greatness and Freedom. We have been a Nation of Sheep for too long. It is "do or die" time.
Lord Howard Hurts freedomfiles.blogspot.com
Gov. Mitch Daniels
Submitted by Conservator on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 11:51am.
There are far to many liberals and progressives in the MSM pushing Daniels. This alone causes concern for me about the Governor - Herman Cain/Rep. West is the ticket I support.
Just like they "pushed McCain" and then BAM
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 2:00pm.
Conservator, agreed on Daniels.
Herman Cain, Condi, West and Marco Rubio in the mix somewhere..........
All electable, totally respected by me and to watch NBC and MessNBC and PMS etc, etc choking on themselves, PRICELESS, but I ALSO THINK THEY ALL CAN LEAD THE COUNTRY.
Realizing that as a firing breathing racist Conservative NONE of this would or WILL never make sense to gutless pussy Mommies boy's like Todd, I will vote my conscience.
No MF BLEEPIN' RINO'S this time.
We?
Submitted by Model850 on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 3:54pm.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Well, who do we have and who now emerges because of these two, call them vacancies?
Who is this "we" to whom Williams refers? The Republican Candidate Selection Committee of the Main Stream Media?
Hey Williams, pick your own party's candidates and let the Republicans pick theirs, 'K?
Why oh why oh why does a
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 6:07pm.
Why oh why oh why does a network that loves airheads NOT seek the talent of Joy Behar?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.