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DEL.ICIO.USWe’re No. 2! We’re No.2! We’re No. 2?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Now here’s something you don’t see every election cycle.
A University of Georgia student is opening a draft committee promoting Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour for the 2008 Republican presidential ticket - as vice president.
Josuah Jones, a senior, said he’s filed papers with federal election officials to create the Atlanta-based Draft Haley for Vice President committee to convince the eventual Republican presidential nominee to choose Barbour as a running mate. (Fred Heads take note of Plan B.)
Presidential candidates normally make strategic decisions about the No. 2 pick - Will he boost us in the South? Will he complement or over-shadow the president? Has he ever shot a friend in the face while hunting? - based solely on the needs of No. 1.
But Jones is convinced that Barbour, former head of the Republican National Committee, former lobbyist and a top GOP fundraiser, would provide a bounce for any GOP contender. He’s the man for The Man no matter who The Man is, it appears.
Barbour’s post-Katrina leadership and his ability to handle Mississippi’s financial woes make him “the man who can help the GOP win the White House in 2008,” Jones said.
“The people of Mississippi made their voices heard at the ballot box, and now we want to make our voices heard by drafting Haley Barbour as America’s next vice president,” said Jones.
Comments
By GodHatesTrash
December 19, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this
Haley Barbour is an unctuous tub of flatulence and dogdoo.
S/he’s pure unadulterated trash.
By SharonH
December 20, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh that’s almost as funny as Sonny Perdue being the number 2 man.