Frist may make 2008 White House run

[CatWoman]

http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/02/19/frist/index.html

Feb. 19, 2004 | MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Two-by-two, lawmakers left the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached and walked to a black granite civil rights memorial bearing the names of those killed in the 1960s struggle for equality.

Led by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and one-time King aide John Lewis, they clasped hands, closed their eyes and sang ``We Shall Overcome.''


Frist called the visit a sacred pilgrimage. It also was one in a series of ``Kodak moments'' the Tennessee transplant surgeon has strung together as he positions himself for what colleagues say will be a run for the White House in 2008.

``This is the kind of preliminary public relations that you couldn't buy for any money,'' said David Bositis, a political analyst with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a black think tank in Washington.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Let's hope after all his philandering with big pharma the next

"old negro spiritual" he is caught on film singing is "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen"

(OK Midori...make me edit if I've offended...you KNOW me!)

[CatWoman]

4. You should fucking know better than that!!!

Hey, Bill -- can you sing, "Mammy"??




bwahahahahaha

[SharonAnn]

37. This is the man who's family business got a $1 billion plus fine from

for defrauding Medicare! More than ONE BILLION DOLLARS! This is the family business, Hospital Corporation of America, and at the time his father was Chairman of the Board and his brother was President! Father has since retired.

Sounds like primo presidential material for sure. Just like Bush and his family.

The reason Frist got into politics was to get more control over government regulations that were limiting the family business. He ran a dirty campaign, with lots of money and no political experience, and kicked out Jim Sasser - one of the best Democrats Tennessee ever sent to Washington (and we've sent quite a few really good ones).

Bill Frist is a "crony capitalist". Get a business, get government to pay for it, keep the money, dump all the costs back on the government.

[stevedeshazer]

2. Cat Killer

My preemptive strike....

[aquart]

10. Rescue workers and animal activists await the day.

Come, Killer Frist! Here, Killer Frist! Look what we have for you!

The man whose family keeps healthcare from millions of Americans is going to be soooooooooooooooooo popular.

And then, of course, he just might tick off Jeb.

[woofless]

3. That'll be good for a laugh!

[flamingyouth]

5. It'll be hard for him to go up against a popular incumbent

But he's welcome to give it a shot.

[acmavm]

6. Well, that's if there's not another 'ricin' attack. What a lying, phony

dumbass. I hope they hang his ass out to dry over the hacking of the dems computers. You know he was responsible for that.

[bluestateguy]

7. Get in line Bill,

President Kerry will be able to handle him.

[onehandle]

19. Yup. nt

[rooboy]

8. Run for president? How is he going to do that from prison? n/t

[Democat]

9. What about Jeb Bush?

Have we heard the last from him, or is he planning a White House run as well?

[leQ]

12. i've heard he's made the statement that he's not interested

can't remember where i saw it, but probably here.

but a contest between bill and hillary in 08 outta be fun.

[Bridget Burke]

25. You just assume that no Democrat can win in 2004?

That we might not have an incumbent trying for a second term?

[madrchsod]

11. why do you think that

he hasn`t said a thing about anything since he got the job? they are letting delay and others be the shock troops. delay is under the radar and will surface about 2006 and lead the "new" republican party...

[leyton]

13. Frist will probably be the early favorite for the 2008 nomination.

He's the most prominent national Republican who has got the kind of persona that is needed to run. With Cheney out, I think Frist will be sure to be a contender. I imagine it will probably be him, a governor or two (Romney, perhaps) and then a few crackpot businessmen who want a flat tax.

[KamaAina]

15. What? No Jeb! (TM) ?

a governor or two (Romney, perhaps)

Of course, by 2008, Jeb! won't be the pResident's brother anymore, so there...

[KamaAina]

14. Meow! Meeeoooww! Can't wait for the unauthorized bio by...

"Kitty" Kelley. :evilgrin:

That's enough to turn all 50 states (Russian) Blue!

Besides, he won't stand a snowball's chance in Waikiki against the incumbent President Kerry!

A "sacred pilgrimage"? :puke: :puke: :puke: When his buddy Bush* made a similar "pilgrimage" for MLK Day, he followed it up by shoving Judge Charles "Hang 'em High unless they're Cross Burners" Pickering down our throats.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Nah... he's w-a-y too fundie for national consumption...

Plus, he has that Lott-like, fundie hair-helmet thing going on.

He's one scary dude.

Of course, this news could mean one of two things; either he's set to replace Cheney on the ticket, or he thinks Bush is going to lose in November.

Kills kittens, but the man covers his bases.

[graelent]

17. Why does it mean Cheney is out or he thinks Bush will lose?

Cheney could never be President outright. Bush and Cheney pretty much said this outright in the 2000 election.

2008 will be a totally open seat unless our Dem wins in 2004.

Frist, Guliani, Ridge and probably Jeb will all duke it out in 2008.

[T Bone]

36. His latest letter for the Republican Presidentail Task Force says this:

"it is the role of Republican Presidential Task Force's Platinum Members to make sure that the liberals--Howard Dean, Tom Daschle, Hillary Clinton and other special interest groups fail in their effort's to defeat President Bush's agenda..."

No mention of Kerry or Edwards at all in that paragraph or in the letter. I think he thinks Bush will lose and then he can step in to take on the Democratic incumbent in '08. Notice also that he says bush's agenda, not Bush himself. Maybe I am just splitting hairs, but he signed his name to it.

Of course the biggest mystery is why he sent that letter to yours truly. Or why he thinks I would pony up $120 to help the Republican he thinks will lose. :shrug:

[Cooley Hurd]

18. If Frist replaces Crash Cart...

...that would put him in a good position to run (being an incumbent VP). However, if he believes Shrub's going down this year, then '08 is wide open to any repug. Maybe Jeb doesn't want the gig... :shrug:

[schultzee]

21. He is worse than bu$h becaue he is intelligent

[Lurking Dem]

27. Your first choice is correct.

They have indeed picked Frist as Cheney's replacement.

[belle]

30. Gah, I hope you're right. Frist gives me the Fear.

I actually think a fundie president like that would make this administration look like a walk in the park.

[Chovexani]

20. Frist should make a run to the county psychiatric ward

Cat killing bastard! I think my brain just exploded again. :argh:

[Oilwellian]

22. Oh goody

we can throw ricin at his inauguration. :D

[dusty64]

23. Nows the time

to let the People know ALL about the "good" doctor. Hes being pushed as another "nice guy" by Pravda and we all know better about Senator catkiller. Let the truth be known.

[Neecy]

24. let him run (and lose)

The guy is downright creepy. He looks and sounds like a mortician (which, to many cats, he was).

[Lurking Dem]

26. Buzz on The Hill is

he may be running from the position of VP.

I'm not sure if Bush really plans on replacing Cheney with Frist or if it's just a balloon they're floating but interesting nonetheless.

[CatWoman]

28. I just read yesterday that * is not planning on replacing Cheney

as a matter of fact, he vigoriously rejects the idea.

[Lurking Dem]

32. Well something has the

Congressional staffers all atwitter about this but I don't know where their info is coming from.

[twilight]

29. Cat killers unite - or do we need to?

I think that Frist's karma is seriously screwed for killing all of those cats he claimed to be adopting.



... you Frist will rot in hell for your sins! President - yeah - when HELL freezes over dude! :grr:

:dem: :kick:

[yellowcanine]

31. Yawn. Frist has as much charisma as a rectal thermometer.

He is no threat to Kerry' s reelection.

[saltpoint]

33. I could see giving him a tv series --

-- like a remake of Dr. Kildair or something like that.

But not real power.

[saoirse]

34. Frist is creepy

Really, really creepy. I don't think even the Republicans would go for him.

[grasswire]

35. maybe this is a trial balloon..

.....just in case Bush goes down before November.

I keep expecting a Republican challenger to arise.

[LiviaOlivia]

38. You got one this morning on MTP.

All he has to do is get the constitution amended. One actor in the
White House in my lifetime was one too many. Arnold is such a creep.

on edit: you got two on MTP

[Beaker]

39. Bring It On!...

cat-killer.