Many of you in the blogosphere might think I am a dyed in the wool Democrat.
But, I must confess ... I could easily be convinced to vote with the likes of Zell Miller.
The same offer is open to George Bush as was open to his father, as well as Bob Dole.
He can get my vote with a single speech.
His nomination speech at his convention.
If he makes three specific points in his speech, his vote is mine. Hell, I'll raise the stakes this year. I'll campaign for him.
What are the three points crucial for Ptolemy to vote GOP?
He has to step up to the mike at the convention and:
A) Disavow the Christian Coalition. He has to call a spade a spade and declare that he's had enough of supply-side Jesus. He doesn't have to go whole hog social gospel. Just state that any organization that loves Jesus doesn't love tax cuts and cutting social services.
B) Declare that he will always balance the budget. He doesn't have to repeal tax cuts. He has to state in front of the American people that he will either slash their services drastically to get commeasurate with revenue, or raise revenues, to pay off the massive Republican-fueled deficits ... and remind people that foreign banks hold a sizable portion of the debt he created.
C) Extol the government as a friend of the people.
He has to trash at least three talk radio hosts who have fueled anti-government sentiment. He can be in favor of small government, but he should remind voters that THEY are the government.
And he should add that militia types who rail against government are traitors (A reminder about what the Constitution says about treason will win him a campaign contribution).
What, you say? Ptolemy wants a Republican to run on a rhetoric that resembles a Liberal Democrat on Steroids?
Well, Zell wants the Democrats to run as Radical Republicans. Fair trade.