He's certainly a long-shot. Regardless of what he thinks he's doing, he's really running for vice-president on the assumption the nominee is Giuliani or a governor with little foreign policy experience.

Looks as though he has a limp.

At least the man and his family walk the walk as well as talking the talk, better than the present mob in the white house who are conspircuous for being in favour of other americans dying for their country

the aussie has a very good point.

Seriously, conservative or liberal this country needs men and women who believe in something and stick to it.

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I don't know if I can actually agree with that. It's clear that Bush and the chickenhawks were absolutely determined to invade Iraq from the very beginning of his presidency, but it remains to be seen if this was a manifestation of any sort of belief system.

I've always suspected it was pissant, petty ego and a great deal of self-interest, backed by a quite unreasonable sense of American power. This is not the same thing has having closely held beliefs that give you a moral, ethical basis for political decision making.

I hesitate to describe Dick Cheney as having anything resembling morals or ethics, the man is as close to Machiavellian scum as I've ever seen. He believes in power; his, the president's, the republican party's and America's. In that order.

So I would say the decision to invade Iraq is a good example of a government that lacked any true belief in something beyond their own power and importance. That's not a belief system.

Duncan comes across as a nutbag, but for all accounts he is an honest nutbag who says what he believes and has the guts to really back it. I'll stand that in contrast to Bush, Cheney and the chickenhawks who (to quote Dick, gotta love the Dick) "had other priorities" than serving their country in Vietnam. And have no problems denigrating those who did. And have no problem gutting the Veterans Affairs Administration right before sending thousands into harms way.

These fuckers aren't conservatives, they don't believe in the core ideas of traditional American conservatism (love or loathe them is not the question). These people are political vultures who don't believe in god-damn anything other than serving themselves and their mates at the trough of executive power. Yes I know George has found God etc Religious faith does not make for a moral or ethical system. If it did we wouldn't be having half the problems we presently are.