I am a lifelong Republican.
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I dunno, maybe Rush wants another sleepover in the White House:
M'ichael Harrison, a longtime Limbaugh-watcher who edits the industry magazine Talkers, said, "Now that the Bush era is over and the conservative movement has to regroup, Rush has to reposition himself. He's in the game -- that's all that matters." But, Harrison added, "Rush Limbaugh cannot get someone nominated if a critical mass of the public and the tide of history is going in a different direction."
Limbaugh challenged the Republican establishment once before. In the 1992 primaries he helped boost conservative firebrand Pat Buchanan against the incumbent, George H.W. Bush. But after Bush secured the nomination, the president mended fences by inviting the talk-show host for an overnight stay in the Lincoln Bedroom.
-WaPo, today.
Maybe McCain can offer Rush a night in the Hanoi Hilton, whatever floats his boat.
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I have my own theory on Rush.
If a Dem wins taxes will go up. If a Republican wins, depending on the candidate, it could mean people in Rush's tax bracket get to keep more of their own money. I think, that they think, that Mitt may be the only one to extend Bush's tax cuts. Anotherwords, it's all about $$$.
I have this theory because nothing else makes any sense. Rush knows damn well that Mitt is NOT a conservative. |
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dirLie writes:
Richard_223
'I used to think like you but then I started following all the webs back to the spider and that is Romney himself. I think he is the source of all the bile and venom. '
Can't disagree. I was totally taken aback when Hugh posted the Fred cancer stats on the day Fred announced. Then when Huck was rising, Rush went ballistic on Huck. Never saw such hateful attacks on fellow Republicans. Could it all originate from the smiling face of Mitt himself, all the while of course maintaining denyability and letting Hugh and Rush do the dirty work?
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Geraghty the Indispensable has the dope on Romney's tale tales (and lies) on firearms:
Sometimes a candidate gets a little too much grief for misspeaking. The first time Mitt Romney said he was endorsed by the NRA in his gubernatorial run, he was wrong; the NRA rated him a "B," which is not bad. (His Democratic opponent was an "A," surprisingly. The NRA did not endorse in that race.) Apparently some NRA folk did some phone-banking for him, and Romney mistook that for an endorsement, and I guess I can see how that mistake could be made. The key is to note that he was told of his mistake back in December.
And then, in an interview a few days ago with Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, Romney claimed to be endorsed by the NRA again.
When it happens multiple times, one begins to wonder if Romney just wants to assert the endorsement and hopes that the person he's speaking to doesn't hear the correction.
Glenn comes across to me as a particularly fair-minded interviewer, but after Race42008 demonstrates a couple of different positions in a short span of time — telling Tim Russert he would sign the Assault Weapons Ban, telling Glenn and Helen that he would oppose it — Glenn concludes, "I'm beginning to question his sincerity."
That expression of doubt is all the more stinging because Glenn isn't a shout-and-pound-the-table kind of guy.
Team Romney's touting of their man's record on guns can be found here.
02/04 03:10 PM
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTI1NmU2OGRj ZjFkZjZjYzZkMDgwOWFlOGUwMzNmOWE |
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The Straight-Talk Express:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5-DnNsoA5Y |
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The Straight-Talk Express:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5-DnNsoA5Y |
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He's a fine man deserving of our respect. These are the Republican choices. A write-in would allow you to continue to vote your principles. http://ImStillwithFred08.com
Republican Party Candidates for President in California
Candidate Name Party
Mike Huckabee Republican
Duncan Hunter Republican
Fred Thompson Republican
Tom Tancredo Republican
Rudy Giuliani Republican
John H. Cox Republican
Sam Brownback Republican - No Candidate Statement Submitted
Ron Paul Republican
John McCain Republican
Mitt Romney Republican
Alan Keyes Republican
Vote your principles, GIVE FRED DELAGATES IN THE CONVENTION, no need to waste the signs, keep them up as a symbol of principal. We now have a responsibility to choose again, as for me, I’m going to vote for Fred if his name is on the ballot.
The right to choose cost some of our fellow citizens, countrymen and family the ultimate price. Our price for our right to choose based on our principles is one vote.
VOTE FOR FRED…
Dennis McIntire, “The Constituent”
http://www.dennisforlife.com
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.
John Quincy Adams
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Correction. ALL of the other candidates hate Romney, and for good reason. They'd rather sacrifice their own candidacy at this point than let him win. Call it patriotic or madness, that's the facts.
Now, you'd THINK, that would be a red flag to people supporting Romney--that people who know the real Mitt Romney, not just the guy telling everyone what they want to hear--that there just might be more to that "phony" reputation that meets the eye. Can a Romney supporter at least admit that bothers them just a little bit?
Anyway, here's a link to the Times story from today: "The 'I Hate Mitt Romney' Club". Pretty enlightening stuff:
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Apparently Huckabee also possesses the inability to be embarrassed.
He hates Romney more than he loves the country, or even his own reputation. |
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90+% of Mormons also voted for Bush, what is your point? Did you know that Mormons vote more conservatively than any othe group in America?
That's why they've chosen Romney. They would never vote for Harry Reid the same way. It's all about ideals, not religion. But, you appear to be allergic to facts, so I doubt these will make a difference to you. We know what your agenda is.
The depth of you incapacity to be embarrassed by your own behavior is simply stunning. |
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and in Colorado when we caucaus tomorrow I will find out if there are any mormons who are NOT voting for him. So far, he has managed to get 95% of the mormon vote, and that was when Fred the really solid conservative was still in the race. Of course he is an identity candidate - but so far, Hugh has only managed to identiy Huck as the evangelical candidate but Mitt is "the conservative candidate". Republicans are catching on quick!! |
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Sometimes talk show hosts do believe that "they are the base and that anybody who disagrees with them is not the base. This false premise has led them to believe they can stop Mc's momentum to the nomination, a belief that is unfounded and unsubstantiated considering they have been wrong through out this primary. If you believe that the base will not vote McCain in the general election then you must also believe that a republican can be nominated without the republican base. This is not true and it's time talk show hosts stopped propagating this lie. In order for McCain to win the nomination, the base must vote for him. Also, the base that is voting for other candidates will most likely vote for the republican nominee (even Hugh has admitted he would rather vote Mc than Hillary or Obama). The base is deciding who the nominee will be, and so far, McCain has my support and that of the base. Stop lying for Mitt's sake because the more you lie, the more people realize he is not an authentic candidate. Let us pick a commander in chief - and Mc. is the most qualified to be commander in chief. And since we only get to pick one - then do lets do the right thing. ALSO MCCAIN'S BILL WAS DEFEATED AND IT WILL NOT BE VOTED ON BY CONGRESS AGAIN SO STOP SPREADING THAT LIE AS WELL. |
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McCain is also leading in several states that award delegates on some form of proportional basis—Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama, Minnesota, and Oklahoma. These states offer 337 delegates and McCain is likely to pick up at least 40% of those (probably more). That would put over the 500 delegate mark. California is a toss-up between McCain and Romney with 173 delegates to be awarded on a Congressional District basis. That will probably move McCain to a total around 600 delegates. He will pick up a few delegates from other places including Romney’s home state of Massachusetts (Romney will win that primary handily, but its delegates are awarded proportionally). If Tuesday is good to McCain, he will end up with over 700 delegates. That’s not enough to formally wrap up the nomination, but it might be enough to cause the other contenders to throw in the towel. For Mitt Romney, the bad news is that the winner-take-all states likely to go his way can’t match up in delegate count (Utah has 36 delegates). Going through the same state-by-state exercise shows Romney shows the former Massachusetts Governor ending the day with not more than 350 to 400 delegates. After Super Tuesday, there are 980 remaining delegates available through primaries and caucuses. Even if you assume that Romney gets to 400 delegates tomorrow, he would need to win roughly two-out-of-every-three remaining delegates to catch the frontrunner. It’s even more difficult if Mike Huckabee stays in the race and earns some of those delegates for himself.
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And Romney's not an identity candidate... |
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Huckabee's either dillusional or SPITEFUL. Either way, he's not in it to be OUR PRESIDENT! Huckabee's goal is obvious, to ruin it for Romney.
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Mark Levin today reeled off some endorsements of Romney. My reaction:
It would be great for the country for Romney to lose and lose and lose, and go away and stop corrupting high-profile conservatives by buying them with his millions.
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Lawyers, Leaders and Activists Issue Warning to Voters:
“Conservative Elites” Covering Up Romney’s Betrayals on Marriage, Life, Children and Constitution.
http://www.cpoma.org/blog/?p=147
some extracts from above item:
rent-a-conservative feeding frenzy on Romney $$$
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /662716ea96f5a746
Kirkpatrick, David D. 11 March 2007. "In Romney’s Bid, His Wallet Opens to the Right" _The New York Times_
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/us/politics/11romney.html ?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1198897685-V4op/WdPFhPK3 8TYd2kXyA&pagewanted=print
Romney Buys Activists in Iowa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htKGhe_BGV4
This Romney PAC and its affiliates doled out $1.3, 1.4 million:
Lewis, Raphael and Janette Neuwahl. 1 February 2005. "PAC backing Romney pumps cash in key states" _The Boston Globe_
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/01/pac_ba cking_romney_pumps_cash_in_key_states/
Compare:
Romney: abolish PACs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM0x8WnI4to&feature=related
Morain, Dan. 1 January 2008. "Huckabee foes open their wallets for attack ads" _Los Angeles Times_
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-money1 jan01,1,5350192.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
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"Romney gave us McCain. If Romney had dropped out after he lost Iowa, then a McCain win in NH would have looked like no big deal.
Insted Romney insisted on staying in the race and lost big to McCain in NH, and made McCain look like an unstoppable champion which gave him great support and momentum."
Ah, so Mitt should have dropped out after the *very first state* (Iowa) because your guy Huckabee won. Yep. Makes perfect sense to me!
And now that your guy Huckabee has *absolutely zero* chance of getting the nomination, Huckabee should stay in the race why??? Don't tell me - to stop McCain, the guy Huckabee has been sucking face with for weeks? Yep. Makes perfect sense to me!
Interesting mental gymnastics there, TNBoy - though such should be expected from someone who would actually vote for Mike Huckabee. |
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born again Christian, you have brought nothing to the Party, you are an embarrassment to us, do the right thing, get out, while you still have some decency left or is it true that you have a "man crush" on McCain? |
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Also, while Romney should get credit for pulling out Maine -- it was a tribute to his organization in caucuses -- all the delegates are still unbound. |
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As things tighten up in California (but unlikely anywhere else) and everyone focuses on delegate math, two things to keep in mind:
(1) at least 41 of the 47 Louisiana delegates are bound to McCain unless someone else gets over 50% of the primary vote there.
(2) re: conservatives, most of you probably don't live in California but my favorite political trick of all time was Gray Davis (D) buying ads in the Republican primary telling GOP voters to vote against the guy who could beat him (Riordan) because he wasn't conservative enough. GOP primary voters responded by voting in Bill Simon as the gubernatorial candidate. Davis was highly unpopular but still beat Simon by about 5%.
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Mark Levin just quoted from the article mentioned below.
Calabresi, Steven G. and John O. McGinnis. 4 February 2008. "McCain and the Supreme Court"
They teach at Northwestern University Law School.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120209536777639949.html?mod =opinion_main_commentaries
On Jan. 20, 2009, six of the nine Supreme Court justices will be over 70. Most of them could be replaced by the next president, particularly if he or she is re-elected.
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Accordingly, for judicial conservatives electability must be a paramount consideration. By all accounts, Mr. McCain is more electable than Mr. Romney. He runs ahead or even with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the national polls, and actually leads the Democratic candidates in key swing states like Wisconsin. Mr. Romney trails well behind both Democratic candidates by double digits. The fundamental dynamic of this race points in Mr. McCain's way as well. He appeals to independents, while Mr. Romney's support is largely confined to Republicans.
With many more Republican senators up for re-election than Democrats, the nomination of Mr. Romney could easily lead to a Goldwater-like debacle, in which the GOP loses not only the White House but also its ability in practice to filibuster in the Senate. Thus, even if we believed that Mr. Romney's judicial appointments were likely to be better than Mr. McCain's -- and we are not persuaded of that -- we would find ourselves hard-pressed to support his candidacy, given that he is so much less likely to make any appointments at all.
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Romney's stellar judicial appointments
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=9380a1ac-650e-4e62-a8a 8-cc86e06ca2a1%40q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com
Romney sought 'diversity' with court appointments; Romney's Judge Tuttman
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=b321eb50-1b0c-4abc-8ef a-66b40fff3703%40e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com
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[dirLie on February 4, 2008 6:00 PM]"I started following all the webs back to the spider and that is Romney himself. I think he is the source of all the bile and venom. I do not think he went to Hugh and said bring up Thompson cancer or McCain's temper or Huckleberries pardons. I think with a wink and a nod to everyone working for him Mitt says go out and butcher them, just do not let it come back to me."
acf on 22 November 2006
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2006/11/troubling_evidence_of _social_liberalism_lurking_in_romneys_past.php
Romney has become famous here in MA for saying
anything to get his way, no matter what his true
feelings might be. His flip flops on the abortion issue
are legendary around here, for example. The gay
issue, because of its interest to the conservative
block of voters desired by a Romney candidacy, has
become a ripe target for his crashing rhetoric.
Another thing he is fond of doing is make harsh,
sarcastic statements, either himself, or through his
mouthpieces, then when the inevitable outcry
comes, blame it on being 'misunderstood', or the
words of someone 'not authorized' to speak for him
on this issue. Of course, he has no problem basking
in the intended benefit of the barbs.
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Linda40,
I AM a Conservative Talk Show Listener! I listen to Fox's Brian and the Judge, to Salem's Laura Ingraham and Mike Gallagher, Michael Medved, Bill O'Reilly, Hannity, Levin, Hewitt, Boortz (ESPN Colin Cowherd)...I used to listen to Rush but can't anymore...he has become too "Establishment" since he became one of the "super-rich". He lost some of his cred.
I also check Drudge daily, along with Worldnetdaily.com, National Review, WSJ online...
I think for myself. I do admit that I once gave alot more weight to what many of these hosts said. Now, other than Medved and "Brian & the Judge" who remain much more objective, I have largely cut the cord from the one-sided talking robots for Mitt.
Hugh was one of my favorite talk shows until he prostituted himself for his book and relately Mitt's campaign. Now, I think Hugh has let his brain leak out. He is just an infomercial. Hannity only "came out" recently. We'll see how his show goes...
I will vote my conscience as I always have...and that is for the most conservative, small-govenment candidate running. |
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Romney will take 55% of the total delegates nationwide on Super Duper Tuesday.
I'll be at my precinct caucus here in Minnesota, voting for Romney in the straw poll. |
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You idiots who push McCain want to push the GOP left. Why???
We have a Democrat party where libs can go to hang out.
The GOP is where CONSERVATIVES go. Why do some people want to push our party left when the left is already represented?
It is disgusting to see so called Repblicans wanting to throw in with the ememy on the left. It is disgusting.
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Republican Presidential Nomination
RCP Average: McCain +18.3%
John McCain 42.8%
Mitt Romney 24.5%
Mike Huckabee 17.9%
Democratic Presidential Nomination
RCP Average: Clinton +2.5% Hillary Clinton 44.4%
Barack Obama 41.9%
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Not like us mind-numbed robots that listen to talk radio.
Boy, you people who trash talk radio have one template that you apply to conservative listeners, and you don't stray from it. Amazing. |
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This sight is just funny. I know everybody get's worked up, but it is funny. I don't even mind people calling me names as long as their not profane. What I don't get is why the McCain guys are here. I can't speak for my fellow Romulans or mittens (funny) whatever, but If I saw the sledgehammer coming down on my opponents head like it appears to be on Mitt, I wouldn't bother posting an argument here. I'd be off looking for a good bottle of wine or something. Man, beat that dead horse till it's dogfood. Talk about us with the MDS, you guys just like to fight. Why I stopped going to bars in my twenties. |
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I told you I am not going to comment on Hugh. I don't know him. This conversation has ended. Get real. |
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I used to think like you but then I started following all the webs back to the spider and that is Romney himself. I think he is the source of all the bile and venom. I do not think he went to Hugh and said bring up Thompson cancer or McCain's temper or Huckleberries pardons. I think with a wink and a nod to everyone working for him Mitt says go out and butcher them, just do not let it come back to me. I will feel no pity when the Mittens implode. I will deride them, for they spewed bile and venom at everyone who didn't fall in line, they called us bigots, they ridiculed us as stupid or liberal or worse. They deserve it back 10fold. I just fear Mittbott will be back, and the same destruction will result.
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If Romney had dropped out after he lost Iowa, then a McCain win in NH would have looked like no big deal.
Insted Romney insisted on staying in the race and lost big to McCain in NH, and made McCain look like an unstoppable champion which gave him great support and momentum.
Insted you have Mitt Romney and his supporters playing the attack game and blame game as usual.
And now what is all of this, dreamed up numbers that are supposed to be supporting Romney. All of those numbers are wrong. It is typical Romney stuff again that so many voters are getting so disgusted with.
Romney and his supporters have burned too many bridges to win this Primary, and even if he some how won the Primary, which he will not but even if he did, I and many others will not vote for him, after all that he and his supporters have done. |
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richard_223 writes:
Mitt Mentum?
Wow, Mitt is only at 50% in his home state! This is really getting funny!
'On the Republican side, Romney has 50 percent to McCain's 37 percent, with Mike Huckabee (4 percent) and Ron Paul (3 percent) trailing. Six percent were undecided.'
Almost as funny as McCain on the brink of losing his state. |
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Lynn40, again, is Hugh not a "principled conservative" given that he will vote and campaign for McCain upon Romney's demise? YOU stated that "And all you McCain supporters will be sweating it out in November when principled conservatives sit out the race rather than voting for a pro-Amnesty candidate."
Thus, I assume that YOU think that Hugh is NOT a "principled conservative".
Is that correct?
Still waiting.
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Brob writes: Monday, February, 04, 2008 5:42 PM
ColoradoCon, a question
My high school classmate from here in Ohio, Andy Romanoff, was recently elected Speaker of the House or Majority Leader or something like that in the Colorado House. He is from Denver, I think, and Dem. How is he doing?
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He is the Speaker of the House and is dutifully pushing through the Democratic governor's legislation.
He actually was one of the few (only) Democrats to speak at the post-9/11 "Stand for America" rallies that I attended.
He is going to law school at night at DU. He recently led the first-ever censure of a Representative who kicked a photographer during opening ceremonies.
He wants to run for Governor.
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You McCain supporters are just as bad as McCain about dropping names and ignoring reality. What is conservative about McCain-Feingold? What is conservative about the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill? What is conservative about voting against tax cuts because they would "favor the wealthy"?
Look, no matter how many names you psuedo-conservatives drop, there's no way you'll convince me that McCain is conservative. He's not. |
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"A perfect conservative he [McCain] isn't.
But he is courageous and steady, a man of character and high standards, a genuine hero.
If "the House that Reagan Built" is to be true to its best and highest ideals, it will unite behind John McCain." |
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I'll take a chill pill when the Talk Show Hosts take 10 of them!
I prefer capitalism, thank you.
I wrote my post tongue-in-cheek, but I am sure it is true that the hosts like Rush don't mind a Dem in power too much. It really does feed right into what they do.
And to be honest, if the Talk Show Hosts were honestly seeking the candidate with the most in common with their views...they would have been solidly behind Duncan Hunter from the beginning.
Don't belive everything they say, Linda. |
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I think it is worth repeating what National Review stated:
"McCain has a more consistent conservative record than Giuliani or Romney. . . . This is an abiding strength of his candidacy."
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"A Conservative's Case for John McCain" by Jeff Jacoby You can read the whole thing here: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/a rticles/2008/02/03/a_conservatives_case_for_mccain/
Regarding McCain, Hugh Hewitt writes "The world's bad guys would never for a moment think he would blink in any showdown, or hesitate to strike back at any enemy with the audacity to try again to cripple the US through terror."
McCain's ratings from conservative watchdog groups have always been high. "Even with all the blemishes," notes National Review, a leading journal on the right (and a backer of Romney), "McCain has a more consistent conservative record than Giuliani or Romney. . . . This is an abiding strength of his candidacy."
Wow.
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Why would I need to reconcile my comments? I don't know Hugh. I do know that I blog all over the net and I listen to the talk shows, and many, many conservatives are saying that they will not vote for McCain. |
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. . .from McCain lackeys. Eveybody wants to be friends with the person whom they think will be "king." The politicians sicken me, and I hope the conservative voters in their states express their displeasure at the ballot bos.
Anyone ever notice that most of McCain's answer to any given question is to drop some names of people who have endorsed him. Hey, John--I don't give a rat's a*s about who's endorsing you. Just answer some questions. |
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Fox news poll show Hillary losing support from women.
Real Clear Politics composite poll:
Hillary Leads Obama by 2.5%
McCain leads Romney by 18.3%
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Spin or no spin, Romney has a lot of work to do in the next 30 hours. |
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whil Hugh tries to tout Romney's numbers in California, McCain need only split with Romney in the state to prove he can carry it.
Super Tuesday will again show Romney can't win in contested fight.
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Lynn40 writes: "And all you McCain supporters will be sweating it out in November when principled conservatives sit out the race rather than voting for a pro-Amnesty candidate."
I guess then that Hugh is not a "principled conservative", huh? Because he is on record as stating that he will VOTE for McCain and actively work to get him elected, should Romney not make it.
Please reconcile your statement to Hugh's statement.
Thank you.
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"So far, the Republican primary campaign has demonstrated fairly emphatically that the movement conservative establishment, from Rush and Hannity to the Club For Growth, isn't nearly as powerful as many observers assumed it to be."
And so sayeth Ross. |
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This is going to leave an impact. Even Instapundit, the blogfather, is onto Mitt:
'When it happens multiple times, one begins to wonder if Romney just wants to assert the endorsement and hopes that the person he's speaking to doesn't hear the correction.
Glenn comes across to me as a particularly fair-minded interviewer, but after Race42008 demonstrates a couple of different positions in a short span of time — telling Tim Russert he would sign the Assault Weapons Ban, telling Glenn and Helen that he would oppose it — Glenn concludes, "I'm beginning to question his sincerity."
That expression of doubt is all the more stinging because Glenn isn't a shout-and-pound-the-table kind of guy.' |
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If McCain does pull this out, it will be because he manipulated the primary system so that he won big in winner-take-all states with support from Independents and Libs. It will not be because he is the best candidate or the candidate that best represents the conservative base. And all you McCain supporters will be sweating it out in November when principled conservatives sit out the race rather than voting for a pro-Amnesty candidate. |
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It talks about his integrity which goes to trustworthiness.
Tell me ONE non-political issue that goes against his integrity or temprament.
Then look at McCain:
1. Cheated on his disabled wife, married his rich, young mistress (Cindy).
2. Was one of the Keating-Five scandal.
3. Used his influence to bail his wife, Cindy, out of trouble when she stole/embezzled prescription pain meds from the non-profit agency she ran to feed her addiction.
4. Lied about Romney's position about "timetables"
5. Throws temper tantrums and drops the F-bomb on his colleagues.
6. Runs on his POW image after decrying those that do.
(Not the kind of guy I want with his finger on the red trigger) |
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http://www.bloggernews.net/113555
February 4th, 2008 by whymrhymer
Most major conservative radio-talk-show hosts are virtually in tears over the success of John McCain in this first part of the primary season. He’s just not, it seems, conservative enough for them.
Apparently these conservative talking heads are missing the point — the point being that it is the people who are making McCain their choice over Romney (Mitt Romney, the man that Conservative talker Hugh Hewitt loves so much that he wrote a book about his candadacy). This begs two questions: Could the far-right philosophy of Hewitt and his ilk be out of step with the public’s attitudes? Or could the problem be Mitt Romney? I think the answers are yes!
Romney comes off as too slick for my tastes; too polished, and not as believable as John McCain. And then there is the fact that Romney has been spending enormous amounts of money on advertising in the early primary states and he has been finding that the voters are apparently not buying what he’s selling. It could be that there are hunderds of thousands of others who are having the same trouble as I am trusting ‘Slick Mitt’ Romney
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The talk show hosts who are endorsing Romney are endorsing the candidate that is currently the best fit for the views that those talk show hosts have always espoused. Even before the primaries, all of these same talk shows slammed McCain for his liberal stances/legislation. They haven't changed their tune.
Ridiculous conspiracy theories aside, what's wrong with capitalism? I suppose you'd prefer socialism or communism where the producers have to give their hard earned money to the parasites of society (e.g., those on the welfare rolls).
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Why any woman would vote for McCain after he left his wife for another woman 18 years younger?
By the way...AFTER she became crippled!
He puts John Kerry to shame!
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I am starting to feel a little bad for the Mitt supporters. Mitt has won one election in his entire life, became a conservative only a few years ago and has difficulty connecting with Joe Sixpack voters because of his upper class upbringing.
It was unrealistic from the beginning, and when my favorite radio host HH starting touting Mitt, I said Huh, no way that's going to happen. I had no idea how serious Hugh was about promoting Mitt, but Hugh's fascination soon became all an consuming obsession, much to the dismay and consternation of his long time audience.
Now here we are with Mitt set to lose big on super Tuesday, after spending millions of his own money and using talk radio to spew anger and venom at the competition. Remember Hugh publishing cancer stats on the day Fred announced.
I think the anger tomorrow will redirect to Hugh for being the pied piper,whose unrealistic ideas led Mitt to this point.
Mitt is a fine family man and businessman.
Was it the talk radio minions who convinced him to spend all that money on a vain attempt to buy the Presidency? |
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If California and Georgia go for Romney, it will suck air out of McCain's sails and breath life into his own campaign.
It would be a HUGE psycholocical win that other states will look at.
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McCain also picked up support from some key conservatives this week, such as Georgia Sens. Johnny Isaacson and Saxby Chambliss.
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Is not unlike the infamous echo chambers of the left such as DailyKOS and MyDD. Here's an online definition of "echo chamber" as a metaphor: "Observers of journalism in the mass media describe an echo chamber effect in media discourse. One purveyor of information will make a claim, which many like-minded people then repeat, overhear, and repeat again (often in an exaggerated or otherwise distorted form) until most people assume that some extreme variation of the story is true."
My friends, just because a few radio voices keep repeating the same thing over and over to the same audience, and then that same audience repeats back to the radio voices, who, in turn, take this as a sign of support doesn't beget a movement and is a "red herring".
And then you have the mirror effect where the candidate parrots what the talk show hosts are saying; again to the same audience. This is an echo chamber.
"You've got people like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham and the list goes on and on and on — Hugh Hewitt, Lars Larson — conservative voices, both from radio and from publications, are saying, 'you know what, we've got to get behind Mitt Romney,'" he continued. "We really can't afford John McCain as the nominee of our party." |
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do the right thing and vote Huckabee. A vote for Romney is a vote for McCain. Are you going to vote for McCain? why no, so drop Mittens and get behind a real conservative, Huckabee !!!!
and oh yeah 2 + 2 still equals 4 not 5 like Hugh is telling ya...
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THE THEORY:
The Talk Show Hosts Monster has, with few exceptions, absorbed the majority of right wing shows and given them a single voice that continues to shout: VOTE ROMNEY
The Talk Show Hosts Monster wants ONE THING:
To get Romney the nomination so that he will
LOSE TO HILLARY OR OBAMA.
The Talk Show Hosts Monster knows that this will feeds it's insatiable appetite for money and ratings.
With a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT in the White House, the Talk Show Hosts Monster knows it will sell more ads, more coffee mugs, t-shirts, website-subscriptions, and the like.
It is capitalism pure and simply.
To a Talk Show Host, THE MATH IS SIMPLE:
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To understand how improbable a Romney comeback is, even assuming - a HUGE assumption, that he beats the worst case scenario tomorrow,see here: http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGY4ZGY1NmY 1NjllMzNmZGQwMzQ5MzNkM2VhNDUzODY=
"On March 4 Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island hold open primaries that are not winner take all.
That's a target-rich environment for McCain: 248 delegates at stake, you don't have to be Republican to vote, and even if McCain loses he still gets a share of the delegates." Note that again. In Texas and Ohio and RI you don't need to be a Republican to vote. Hmmmm, I wonder how Mitt will hold up in those contests if he can't even win a closed primary in Florida.
"Similarly, on May 6 North Carolina and Indiana will elect 126 delegates in open, non-winner take all primaries. And a number of other states still to come also have open, non-winner take all primaries: Washington, Wisconsin and Nebraska.
To put it simply, Romney's strategy assumes that even though he just lost a closed primary to McCain in Florida, and even though he hasn't won a contested state so far where his father wasn't once governor, starting with the Washington and Kansas primaries this Saturday, he's going to start routing McCain by such massive proportions in one state after another that McCain can't win a war of attrition.
Ain't gonna happen."
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Romney leads, 84 percent to 4 percent.
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Murdock, Deroy. 4 February 2008. "Mitt's Vietnam Flip-Flop: His Most Disturbing Yet"
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DeroyMurdock/2008/02/04/ mitts_vietnam_flip-flop_his_most_disturbing_yet?page=full&c omments=true&voted=5
Pick nearly any topic, and you will find the new and old Romneys as far apart as two pugilists in opposite corners of a boxing ring, ready to knock each other’s lights out.
But nothing prepared me for Romney’s most amazing flip flop of all. Somehow, I missed it, despite months of researching his bipolar record.
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But for Romney to somersault on something so personal — his own non-involvement in the Vietnam War — makes one wonder if Romney is any different from an exterior set on a Hollywood back lot: Clean and pretty in the front and all flat, plywood planks in the back.
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If Romney cynically shifted from his old position to his new one on Vietnam service, he is even more cold and calculating than previously thought.
And if he sincerely went from saying in 1994 that he had not desired to go to Vietnam to 2007’s longing to have been there, one wonders if there is anything at Romney’s core but breeze and tumbleweeds.
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Romney's flip on LDS theology
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=8458206d-7aa4-4800-9a4 9-948df8f8035a%40p1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com
Mitt Romney: From Flip-Flop To See-Saw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up60e-ygalU
Tammy Bruce: Romney's fantasies become reality to him: 2:00+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlHy-2Er1I
Romney is a big liar!
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /798c5314480d0328
serial liar Mitt claims NRA endorsement
February 3, 2008
http://race42008.com/2008/02/03/romney-flips-on-guns/
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You asked a question above about Romney being trustworthy.
Please read this short article for the answer.
http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/romney/2007/12/26/59790.html
I do NOT trust McCain at all. His record in the last 5 years is why. |
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After sinking more than $35 million of his personal fortune into his presidential campaign, former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney could soon join the likes of billionaires Steve Forbes and Ross Perot, who dropped princely sums in their failed bids for the Oval Office.
“He’s had to spend a lot of silver to win his silver medals,” Hub GOP strategist Todd Domke joked, referring to Romney’s disappointing second-place finishes in Florida, New Hampshire and Iowa.
Romney’s $35 million investment, estimated to be about 10 percent of his net worth, is technically classified as a loan. But there’s little chance he will recoup the cash, said Bill DalCol, former campaign manager for Forbes, the wealthy publisher who spent some $75 million in two failed presidential bids in 1996 and 2000.
“The sad part for both Steve and Gov. Romney is that with politics, it’s win or lose. There is no market share,” DalCol said.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/2008/view.bg?articleid=10 70745
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For Romney to win he has to take Pennsylvania by alot, Texas 60/40, and most the other other states by that much. Huckabee will also have to drop out.
Romney has only been gaining in 1 or 2 states and in both those states he has been dumping millions. If Romney is down 700 -400 after Super Tuesday (As is likely) his fund raising will dry up and he will need to dump 50 million dollars more at least.
Romney can make it to the end of the line, but lets face it, he will just scorch the earth to do it. I think this guy wants a future in the Republican party as a future presidential candidate. He won't do it.
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...understand that McCain HATES ALL CONSERVATIVES. Especially RELIGIOUS conservatives.
WHEN John McCain STARTS GITTIN' HIS REVENGE ON CONSERVATIVES- You Best Believe the Sh*t is gonna hit you too. He is NOT gonna seperate the Huck supporters from the Mitt supporters.
He's gonna go after ALL CONSERVATIVES. He is a VERY angry, vengeful man- he's been spendin' the last eight years showin' us JUST HOW VENGEFUL he is.
McCain voters like to point out his 'lifetime' conservative rating of 82. BUT they don't MENTION that his yearly ratings HAVE GONE DOWN YEAR AFTER YEAR.I believe that the last year that he voted enough to EVEN GET A RATING it was 65.
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Romney Supporters:
If your guy, Mitt, can't get enough votes on his own, then he shouldn't become the nominee!
If I remember, correctly, this is AMERICA! Not Russia, North Korea or Iran!
If a citizen wishes to run for President, he or she has ever right to do so.
Blaming a Romney loss on Huckabee is sour grapes and un-American.
Even if the Super Bowl was lopsided, the losing team plays until the end. This is still the first quarter in the nomination process. Huckabee has every right to stay in as long as he wants. If Romney can't even defeat the 3rd place candidate, what makes you think he ought to be first! John McCain is competing against Huckabee, too! You don't see his followers complaining about Huck!
Huckabee supporters should vote for Huckabee. If you Romney lemmings want to follow the sheep-bleat of Talk Radio's haughty elitists...that's your choice.
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Romney Supporters:
If your guy, Mitt, can't get enough votes on his own, then he shouldn't become the nominee!
If I remember, correctly, this is AMEERICA! Not Russia, North Korea or Iran!
If a citizen wishes to run for President, he or she has ever right to do so.
Blaming a Romney loss on Huckabee is sour grapes and un-American.
Even if the Super Bowl was lopsided, the losing team plays until the end. This is still the first quarter in the nomination process. Huckabee has every right to stay in as long as he wants. If Romney can't even defeat the 3rd place candidate, what makes you think he ought to be first! John McCain is competing against Huckabee, too! You don't see his followers complaining about Huck!
Huckabee supporters should vote for Huckabee. If you Romney lemmings want to follow the sheep bleat of Talk Radio's haughty elitists...that's your choice.
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If McCain wins the nomination, there will be a large chunk of conservatives who will sit out. If Romney wins the nomination, there will be an even larger chunk of conservatives who will sit out (perhaps even the independents, as well.) Can anyone else see the writing on the wall? |
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"So naturally Mike Huckabee would focus his attacks on - Mitt Romney???
Nope, no covert action here. None whatsoever."
Nope, Romney never started a fight. Never. |
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I hate when people post links, but I think this one is very instructive. One thing that stuck out was how well McCain did among people that have high negatives on Bush. So while McCain gets support for backing Bush on the Iraq war, he also gets credit for criticizing him. So most McCain supporters probably never liked Bush much to begin with and really don't now. Another interesting thing was that the unchurched and the pro-aborts heavily favor McCain. Confirms for me that I'm in the right crowd. You Huck supporters might want to reconsider throwing the election to the candidate with the most supporters diametrically opposed to your point of view.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#F L |
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as we know it?
With the only question left being whether our McCain-Feingold orchestrating candidate, Mack the Maverick (should Mack secure the nomination), will necessarily have to take the appropriate page out of Rom's play book by Mack's designating uber-SELF-financing Bloomy as his running mate?
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Let's see, McCain is the solid frontrunner for the nomination, Mitt Romney is in 2nd place. Mike Huckabee trails in 3rd place.
So naturally Mike Huckabee would focus his attacks on - Mitt Romney???
Nope, no covert action here. None whatsoever. |
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He not only considered running with Kerry - he initiated the conversation. HE WENT TO KERRY.
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I realize that we have to respect John McCain and his service to our country. BUT.. I think Mitt Romney is the best overall person to be President of the US. Mitt Romney must get tough with McCain and not let up, he has the ammo and he has the nerve, he just needs to do it!
I think Rev. Huckabee is a spoiler and seeking a VP slot if he helps McCain, could be wrong but I dn't think so. I have decided that I will not vote if it comes down to having to vote for McCain, (Rev. Huckabee won't be a problem). I won't vote for the Democrat either, but I believe as a Republican, the only way to get our party back on track is to vote for the best person who is fit for the job. Good Luck Mitt Romney.... |
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[Lmiller on February 4, 2008 2:44 PM]"Huckabee
candidacy is dead. He has half the votes and only a third the delagates as the two front runners. Drop out huck."
So he can help out the serial liar Romney?
That same serial liar Romney that spent millions in advertising dollars sliming Huckabee?
The serial liar multimillionaire Romney that has monied friends contributing to ad campaigns sliming Huckabee?
Go, Huck, go! Stick it to the serial liar Romney!
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Bank, Justin and Lori Robertson, of factcheck.org. 19 December 2007. "Romney on Huckabee II
Romney attacks Huckabee again with false and misleading claims."
http://www.newsweek.com/id/80949
Morain, Dan. 1 January 2008. "Huckabee foes open their wallets for attack ads" _Los Angeles Times_
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-money1 jan01,1,5350192.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Romney supporters donating to a) Romney, and b) Club for Growth to attack Huckabee: 3:00 - 3:13
Mike Huckabee on Hannity & Colmes - 1/18/2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVwHzG8L23k
Romney is a big liar!
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.republicans/msg /798c5314480d0328
Allott, Daniel. 20 December 2007. "Romney, get real about your abortion record"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7482.html
Murdock, Deroy. 4 February 2008.
"Rhetoric vs. Record
Romney’s life problem."
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGYyZWE4OGI5YzNlZTc1M2 M2OTRiYmMzMjEzMDlkNzA=
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Hope that election thing works out for you!
(While more conservative of candidates haven't caught on yet, it's The Maverick who has been gaining steam.)
Could Mack end up being sorta the turn-of-the-21st-century's Ike?
(The newest NPR poll says folks would prefer a Democrat but still at the moment pick The Maverick over either Hill or Barack.)
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I realize that we have to respect John McCain and his service to our country. BUT.. I think Mitt Romney is the best overall person to be President of the US. Mitt Romney must get tough with McCain and not let up, he has the ammo and he has the nerve, he just needs to do it!
I think Rev. Huckabee is a spoiler and seeking a VP slot if he helps McCain, could be wrong but I dn't think so. I have decided that I will not vote if it comes down to having to vote for McCain, (Rev. Huckabee won't be a problem). I won't vote for the Democrat either, but I believe as a Republican, the only way to get our party back on track is to vote for the best person who is fit for the job. Good Luck Mitt Romney.... |
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MSM/DNC Strategist: Who do you plan on voting for?
Joe: I'm not sure yet. Romney?
MSM/DNC Strategist: Romney is not the candidate you're looking for.
Joe: Romney is not the candidate I'm looking for.
MSM/DNC Strategist: McCain is the one we fear.
Joe: McCain is the one you fear.
MSM/DNC Strategist: Vote for McCain. He is your only hope.
Joe: McCain. McCain is my only hope.
MSM/DNC Strategist: Spread the word.
Joe: Spreading the word.
MSM: I can't understand how you got him to vote for the liberal McCain.
DNC Strategist: MSM Propaganda can have a strong influence on the weak-minded. |
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"NeoConScum writes: Monday, February, 04, 2008 4:29 PM
Inchdeep...Perceptive, Boy-yo !
It has been rumored that Joe's wife killed him with the weed whacker this a.m. Good Guy, but waaaay too obsessive. Well, R.I.P.
Mc_Putz, the faux Texican, was heartbroken to discover that his Daddy had turned off the power to his Basement I-Mac, this morning, as well. Told him that, at 35yrs, it's time to get a job and an apt. of his own.
Is that a tear I'm feeling..? Naw...Just a speck of dust!" |
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" Hercules Mulligan writes: Monday, February, 04, 2008 4:28 PM
To Boomshak
McCain never considered running as Kerry's running mate. Thats a lie. That makes you a liar.
HM"
I have heard the audio. Your are at best ignorant. |
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It has been rumored that Joe's wife killed him with the weed whacker this a.m. Good Guy, but waaaay too obsessive. Well, R.I.P.
Mc_Putz, the faux Texican, was heartbroken to discover that his Daddy had turned off the power to his Basement I-Mac, this morning, as well. Told him that, at 35yrs, it's time to get a job and an apt. of his own.
Is that a tear I'm feeling..? Naw...Just a speck of dust! |
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McCain never considered running as Kerry's running mate. Thats a lie. That makes you a liar.
HM |
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wow, what timing. Boomshak is a perfect example as to why the republican will lose, or have already lost. |
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I've listed your assumptions on Super Tuesday and Beyond for Mitt to win. These are all in Right for America spreadsheet.
1. Romney must win Montana tomorrow
2. Romney Must win California tomorrow.
3. Romney must beat Huckabee in Arkansas tomorrow
4. Romney must beat Huckabee everywhere.
5. Romney must win Virginia?
6. Romney must win the District of Columbia
7. Romney must win Vermont?
8. Romney must win 62/48 in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island?
Get a grip. Seek therapy.
Its over.. |
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SUCCESSFUL, INTELLIGENT, EDUCATED, DEDICATED Conservative.
I will NEVER vote for John McCain. EVER. I'd sooner vote for the Devil to be the President of Heaven.
Think about this. John McCain, in 2004, actually considered running as VP on the Democrat Ticket. Think about that.
This is the man who now says "trust me, I'm a great conservative!". He who wanted to be John Kerry's running mate?
No, never will I vote for McCain. Never will I send him a dime. Am I alone? No, actually, I think I am quite common amongst the Conservative Base.
MY PREDICTION FOR SUPER TUESDAY:
McCain will lose amongst Conservatives by DOUBLE-DIGITS in every single state, including AZ. |
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Oh, he must be lying!! Conservative logic. Like Romney isn't lying his A@@ off all over the country.
This election is over and the democrats have won. |
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Any word on who the whacko's at freerepublic and littlegreenfootballs are supporting?
I refuse to go there anymore but I guess it's Romney. |
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I just heard McCain's radio ad concentrating on IMMIGRATION on local ABC radio here in Los Angeles he tries to assert that he's changed and touches every base regarding questions about his Amnesty/McCain/Feingold thing. Of course he's LYING to try and garner as many votes as he can in tomorrows election
Romney MUST BE TOUGH in his speeches today. He has to HIT BACK at McCain's false claims and explain why McCain is lying and why he'll (Romney) is the better candidate. |
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The notion that McCain is somehow due or uniquely qualified for POTUS because of his years as a POW is baffling to me. The more addled notion that McCain is somehow beyond questioning, challenging or is our holy duty to support--NO MATTER the sucking up to the Dem-Libs and press punks--is fatuous nonsense. He may very well have been a conservative prior to his losses to Bush in 2000, but gone are those days. If he's our nominee, I plan to support him, but ONLY because he has the War right and has been Stand Up with the Prez when it took some guts on Iraq. His Ego is tiresome, and his current habit of over crediting himself with The Surge irritates me mightily. It was our Prez, God Bless Him, who ordered the Surge, not any Senator with a too large head. His TEMPERAMENT is unsuitable, frankly, for President, but Hillary-Billary is entirely unacceptable and Obama is little more than a likable, charming Empty Suit for a Resume, a 60's style pacifist and a spokesman for our country becoming France II. Nanny Statism, no different than Lady MacClinton.
I also know that the Clinton Sleaze Machine is working overtime to slime John. His rage and imbalance will be on national display when they begin their dirt, with the collusion of the press lapdogs. It's possible that the No-Resume Obama could beat him in 3-photo ops called Debates. |
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Hi, I'm Hugh Hewitt and I'm a pathetic shill for Mitt Romney. Please buy my book. After tomorrow, it will be as worthless as "Painting the Map Red". My tried and true marketing techniques have failed me this time. Normally, my mush head listeners fall for my false bravado and certitude. Not this time though. I don't want to have to make nice nice with the Ancient Mariner of the Sea. I would rather latch on like a parasite to a true flip flopper in the mold of John Kerry, Willard "Smitten Mitten" Romney.
Romney is Rising I tell you. Romney is rising. Don't you know who I am? I led the fight for Harriet Miers. She would have been a much better justice than Sam Alito. George Bush, my other pret project, nominated her. He, nor I, have ever made a mistake. What's wrong with you people? I'm Hugh Hewitt. I matter! |
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During CNN’s January 30 debate from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Romney said, “one of the two great regrets I have in life is I didn’t serve in the military. I’d love to have.” This echoes what he told the Boston Globe last June 24. “I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.”
Now, as works with almost any subject, search Google or Nexis for “Romney” and “Vietnam” and any date before 2004, when he got serious about pursuing the 2008 GOP nomination.
Voila! There it is, from May 2, 1994. “I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam,” Romney told the Boston Herald.
This flip flop is much more revealing and far more disturbing than the rest.
It is bad enough to reverse course 180 degrees on public-policy matters such as taxes, gay rights, guns, abortion, immigration, the minimum wage, Ronald Reagan’s legacy, or any of the other topics on which the old and new Romneys clobber each other. At least these are political issues on which, at best, new information and thinking can justify changed views or, at worst, electoral mathematics can explain abandoning one position for another.
But for Romney to somersault on something so personal — his own non-involvement in the Vietnam War — makes one wonder if Romney is any different from an exterior set on a Hollywood back lot: Clean and pretty in the front and all flat, plywood planks in the back.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DeroyMurdock/2008/02/04/ mitts_vietnam_flip-flop_his_most_disturbing_yet?page=full&c omments=true&voted=5 |
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Hugh's non-sequitirs are killing me. You can tell he's off his rocker again, given the very small possibility of a Romney victory. Here's how the flow has been:
Hewitt: McCain bad!
Hewitt: McCain bad, Romney Good!
Lewis: Romney doubts conservative base will support McCain.
Garthwaite: Who knows what's going to happen tomorrow, given the Super bowl sunday results.
MKH: Go Manning!
Hewitt: ROMNEY RISING IN CA!
Garthwaite: Obama has a neat Super Bowl ad.
Ruffini: Huckabee was a distraction.
Hewitt: ROMNEY SURGING!
Lewis: The conservative base is not weakened.
Lewis and MKH: Sanford would be a good VP choice.
Hewitt: ROMNEY SURGING!
MKH: Is Hillary losing and why is she crying again?
Hewitt: Delegate MATH! ZOMG, Romney SURGING!!
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A vote for McCain is a vote for La Raza and the open border. Look at McCain's campaign website. He says that he is going to have the border state governors certify that the borders are secure, whatever that means (any certification would only be a snapshot picture of the situation). (Um, this is ultimately a federal responsibility!!) He makes a big deal about the border, but even if he manages to secure the border (which I doubt he'll really bother to do) what good is that if he isn't going to eliminate the magnet that draws the illegals here in the first place?!
Also, his Hispanic Outreach officer is Juan Hernandez, former Mexican cabinet member for Vicente Fox (!) and extremely pro-amnesty, pro-open border advocate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i7dyp_nK_Q
Even CLINTON mentioned enforcement within the US in the last Dem debate, which is a big part of tackling the problem. You will not find one bit of evidence that McCain will even do this. He's never mentioned that tactic. That's pretty alarming when Clinton sounds more reasonable on the illegal immigration problem than a Republican candidate. =(
So you McCain supporters like all this? All that "national sovereignty" and "rule of law" stuff must mean nothing to you.
If this is what you want, then so be it, but I think he is dead wrong on this issue. This is why I just can't vote for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIK9ZawRMlg
Go Mitt!!! |
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Power must be cut the there mother's basements. |
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feverish levels.
I just dialed through all the major cable and netork news channels. On every single one, this is what I heard over and over again:
1. McCain cannot lose.
2. Everyone hates Romney.
3. Romney flip-slops on everything.
4. McCain always tells the truth.
5. McCain the great hero.
6. Romney wasted his millions.
It's like some sort of Gregorian Chant in a Monastery. I have never in my life seen such orgasmic love for one candidate by the Liberal Media (John McCain) in my life. I have never seen such utter hatred and denigration of one candidate (Mitt Romney).
BUT HERE'S THE RUB:
The MSM swears the Democrats are SCARED TO DEATH of McCain! "Ohhh, that John McCain, boy her scares us!" They say, "Oh we wish we could run against Mitt Romney, it would be a slaughter!"
And yet, 24/7, they breathlessly promote the man they fear and disparage the man they desire?
Huh?
You're right. Makes no sense. The TRUTH is they fear Mitt. They fear him greatly and will do ANYTHING to stop him.
If McCain somehow still wins this nomination, my only joy will be to sit back and watch as his dealy beloved MSM flays and then crucifies him before the world. It will be entertaining watching McCain go broke because the Conservative Base refuses to send him money. The final coup de gras will be how all of the polls showing Mccain beating Obama and Hillary will suddenly flip with McCain behind by 20 points.
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Does anyone know what Romney promised voters in California? We want some of that pander money too. Maybe free gas for a year and I would consider voting for him. |
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I agree. My family made 200 calls to fellow Arizonans for Mitt Romney this weekend. The responses were good. |
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And Mitt will lose a bunch of delegates in his own state. Face it folks, it seems like even Hugh is starting to realize it's about hopeless for Mitt. The lower your expectations are, the better off you'll be when Romney drops out on Wed. |
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What if Rasmussen is correct?
I can feel a collective raise in heart rate. This is awesome.
Consequently, I'm in AZ and I have received about 6 emails today from Romney headquarters calling for a 4th Quarter 2 minute drill. Major excitement here and a MAJOR push today and tonight.
Can you hear the talk Wed when McCain squeaks a win or even worse... loses his home State!! Maricopa County is full of Mormons and that is Phoenix Metro. Not enough Mormons to shift the vote, but pleanty to get the word out. |
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we can thank him for giving McCain the nomination. |
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Hucksterbee is loosing because he is not a conservative. Plus given what he said about Hannity recently, I think he sees black helicopters flying around...when his tin foil hat is not down over his eyes.
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...that qualifies him for president? Nothing...
I was in the Navy. In fact, I had a much more distinguished career than he did (considerably less publicized). I also crashed five FEWER fighters than he did...
...but believe me, you don't want me to be president.
I'm proud to call McCain shipmate, and I honor him for his service to our country, but this Navy veteran is voting for Romney.... |
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Every MSM poll has McCain up by 20+ points. Rasmussen has it a DEAD HEAT.
Rasmussen has been the #1 pollster in America for years. Has he suddenly gone insane or is there a conspiracy among these MSM polling firms the likes of which has never been seen before? |
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Unite behind Huckabee and smash this MSM and Democrat fueled McCain surge into the ground!
The sure path to victory for conservatives is to ditch the moderate Romney and get back together with your conservative evangelical friends.
Be bold and be courageous! Who will be the first TH blogger or Radio Talk Show host to lead by example?
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bottom of the class from the Naval Academy is still out of your league.
Hugh Hewitt continues to demonstrate that he is not a creditable news source. Fair and balanced, what a joke. This site has become the republican equalivant of Daily Kos.
The democrats will sweep the election and people like yourselves are the reason why. |
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Because this is NOT a two-man race no matter how much you TH bloggers and talk radio hosts would like to wish and imagine it to be.
Romney has no clear path to victory. All of you who purport on your shows to be one the side of truth are putting yourselves and encouraging your audience to join the side of defeat. Think people - think for yourselves!
The MSM, the Democrats, and McCain by design or default have one path to victory that is the path that is playing out right now. That path is the path that is dividing the GOP. The more the Romney camp demonizes McCain and Huckabee the more they empower McCain's surge & the Democrats and the MSM.
The only sure path to victory here for conservatives is to reconsider Gov Huckabee's consistent record, his leadership and communication abilities, and unite with him and his supporters to secure the nomination and hand the MSM, McCain and the Democrats a resounding defeat. Only by exhibiting humility, principled leadership, and political courage can you make the winning move. Like the Giant's in the game yesterday you have to show heart and guts. Like the conservative opinion leaders always tell us - it's time to do what's right!
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id= 1217
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Jsmith writes:
'Gergahty He is channeling the MSM..only the new media knows the math helps Romney. '
Uh, Hugh refers to him as the Indespensible one. His predictions for the early primaries have proven to be very close. His state by state review for super Tuesday is compelling.
And he posts at National Review, which has endorsed Mitt. |
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The Stupid Party
The RNC wants an amnesty candidate.
Don't vote for one.
Another amnesty will result in Democrat majorities for decades, or until they are supplanted by the La Raza Party, why doesn't the RNC know that? How stupid do you have to be to import voters for the opposition at the same time you alienate your own voters? Nominating any of the amnesty supporters is a losing proposition, we will not support them. If the GOP intends to surrender our sovereignty and abandon the rule of law, they will find in November 2008, that they still have their big money/cheap labor donors, but they do not have voters. GOP-RIP |
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Not according to the latest Gallup tracking poll. Yesterday, they had McCain's lead decrease to 19%. Today they have McCain in the lead again with 20%. Looks like a McMentum to me...
"John McCain continues to hold a commanding lead in the Republican race, leading Mitt Romney 45% to 25% among Republican voters in the Feb. 1-3 national data. McCain's lead has been 19 or 20 percentage points higher in each of the past three daily releases, and it is just as solid (43% to 25%) among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents eligible to vote in tomorrow's GOP primaries and caucuses."
http://www.gallup.com/poll/104125/Gallup-Daily-Tracking-Ele ction-2008.aspx
Look at the trendlines. |
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Zogby has this about Huckabee and Romney.
"Huckabee and Romney are splitting the anti-McCain vote in states like Missouri,"
Thanks Hucksters for helping McCain to, heaven forbid, get the nomination. Note to McQueeg supporters. There is a large anti-McCain contingent out there. Don't delude yourself that McCain is leading because people hate Romney. If Huck would be a man and realize he can't win, instead of trying to be McCain's VP, we could put a stake in the heart of the McTraitor campaign.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN034586612008020 4?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true |
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The reason people think of Romney that way is because of people cutting and pasting crap.
McCain is no different:
http://nyformitt.blogspot.com/2008/02/mccains-flip-flop-exp ress.html |
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These numbers show a clear opportunity for Romniacs to deny McCain 58 delegates, but you'll have to give them to Huckabee to do it. Huckabee is up in Missouri and gaining ground. Romney supporters certainly know by now that Huckabee supporters will not move over to Romney, but would rather vote for McCain. A vote for Romney in Missouri is clearly a vote for McCain, but a vote for Huckabee by Romney supporters will deny McCain 58 delegates in this winnner take all state.
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He is channeling the MSM..only the new media knows the math helps Romney. He is a Bain guy remember? Only he can understand the complex math aided by the new media.
Gergahty is indispensible only by the MSM. He is an analyst not to be trusted in the new media. Anyone knows looking at the math that it clearly helps Romney.
A click to read Gergahty post is a click for the MSM. |
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VoiceOfReason said...
in describing Hugh,
"coupled with your dishonest partisanship"
hey dude, he is a talk show host. now if he was a CNN reporter you could get on him. |
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Best description of Mitt Romney ever -- by a Townhall columnist:
"Mitt Romney is not only not a conservative on any issue, he's not even on the left-right spectrum. He has no beliefs. No principles. No backbone. No soul. He is a soulless creature who will do and say anything to get elected."
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GreggJackson/2008/02/04/ why_im_voting_for_mike_huckabee
My prediction for tomorrow?
1. McCain wins an overwhelming number of delegates and becomes the GOP 2004 version of John Kerry;
2. Talk radio and the conservative punditry become largely irrelevant. By putting all their chips on the institutional candidate in order to preserve their own power base and abandoning true conservative principles, they alienated so many Republicans, that they will become nothing more than a niche market for the forseeable future; and
3. The self-proclaimed "conservative base" is seen as nothing more than a marginalized and minorty faction within the GOP. No matter how much screeching and haranguing to the contrary by self-important talk show hosts or bloggers, the vats majority of Republicans will have said "no" to the institutional voices of the GOP and have will have taken enormous steps to bring the party back to a more populist position. |
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Please do NOT stay home. You must vote. You do not have to vote for Hillybama or McAmnesty. There are always other parties and people on the ballot. You could write in Joe Oliva. The important votes are for House and Senate seats. Conservatives MUST win seats in the House. The House is where things get done. It was the passage of H.R. 4437, an enforcement bill, in Dec.05 that sparked the illegal alien protest marches and moved this issue to the front burner. It was the Senate that tried to jam amnesty down our throats. The D's that won seats in '06 were conservatives running on enforcement platforms. One of them, Heath Shuler D-NC, introduced the SAVE Act. Call, e-mail, or write your Congressman and urge support of this legislation. Enforcement is what Americans want, not amnesty.
Amnesty is a losing proposition.
I don't think Hillary is stupid enough to step in front of this bus.
McCain is.
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All we need is for McStain to show his true colors.
Don't count your chickens, McStain supporters. |
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Honestly, you're just making a fool of yourself now. Have you no shame sir? |
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As an American Citizen born in the United States of America. Under Laws mandated by our Constitution, what laws do I get to Break?
Why do you show prefferance to Citizens of Mexico who break our Laws?
Did you or did you not take an oath to protect and defend the Nations Boarders?
Did you ask John Kerry to be his VP in the 04 election? Why did he say no?
Sense you act as a democrat more then a Republican. Why not change parties?
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Romney.
"While the national race for the Democratic nomination appears to be a toss-up, John McCain seems on his way to effectively wrapping up the GOP nomination on Feb. 5, if not soon thereafter. He now has the support of 46 percent of Republican primary voters, compared to only 23 percent who support Romney and 12 percent who back former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee."
Especially read this part ...
"Even those normally viewed as most skeptical of the Arizona senator's record now appear to be coalescing around his candidacy - he now leads among conservatives, as well as with moderates."
"He now leads among conservatives."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/03/opinion/polls/mai n3783743.shtml?source=mostpop_story |
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Oops, read the numbers backwards, I am corrected on AZ and Mass. |
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Romney is in a war he cannot win:
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGY4ZGY1NmY1 NjllMzNmZGQwMzQ5MzNkM2VhNDUzODY=
With Huckafans breaking more to McCain than Romney, and with a bunch of delegate rich states following Super Tuesday that are proportional (not winner take all)--Romney cannot win.
Romney can theoretically get the nomination but it would require him trying to flip flop and abandon his Patriot's strategy (because Mitt is a Patriots fan) and adopt the Giants' strategy. I am sorry Mitt, but you are no Eli Manning. You are not much of a Tom Brady either.
Mitt is more of a Derek Anderson. |
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And campaign for him. When Romney drops out.
It's down on the record. You can look it up. |
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Hugh, do us all a favor and be up front with us. Tell us, today, exactly how many delegates Mitt needs to win tomorrow in order to have any legitimate shot at the nomination. Your revisionist history, coupled with your dishonest partisanship, has rendered you uncredible in almost every respect. So why not take a step back and begin your road to redemption by actually staking out a position and what the line of demarcation is for a viable Romney candidacy.
Well? |
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Note the assumption at the bottom of the chart:
"In states where recent poll data was not available, I assumed McCain gets 45%, Romney 35%, and Huckabee 20%"
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richard_223 writes:
"Wow, Mitt is only at 50% in his home state! This is really getting funny!"
uhh... McCain is in the low 40s in Arizona...
so what is your point? |
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More from the Campaign Spot:
'Team Romney is insulting my intelligence when they call their rival “half of the proposed McCain-Kerry '04 ticket," as they are today in press releases. (I note another NRO voice, on his radio program on Friday night, approvingly played audio of John Kerry claiming that John McCain approached him about being his running mate, not the other way around.)'
I could add arrogant and full of hubris to that, but I don't want to seem to be piling on. But 'insulting my intelligence' is what I say when I turn off Mitt/Rush radio. |
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Romney is the Republican John Kerry -- an out of touch, aloof, uninspiring, no message, flip-flopper. |
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"Wow, Mitt is only at 50% in his home state! This is really getting funny!"
Wow, and McCain, in the latest polls I read, isn't even hitting 50% in *his* home state.
Yes, it really IS getting funny.
Your point fails. |
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Romney's Raw Deal: The Winner-Take-All/Proportional Split
Hugh examines polling putting McCain up in the low 40s, leading by 9 to 17 percent, in Arizona and chuckles, "astonishingly, McCain cannot nail down a majority of Republican voters in his own state!"
Well, yes, but Suffolk/WHDH puts Romney at 50 percent in Massachusetts. And I'd rather have McCain's low 40s in Arizona than Romney's 50 percent in Massachusetts, as Arizona is winner-take-all, and the Bay State isn't.
I don't want to appear to be saying Super Tuesday is all over — we saw last night, they play the games for a reason - but the winner-take-all/proportional split among the primaries has just sorted out terribly for Romney. He's going to get a decent slice of the vote in McCain's best states and absolutely no delegates to show for it, while McCain gets a few here and a few there in Romney's best states, and California probably splits pretty evenly.
If New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Arizona were proportional, and Colorado and Massachusetts were winner-take-all, the race would probably look quite different.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzI2MzAwMTM0 NWFkNzViNDVkMjgwNTc5ZDc2M2NjNWY= |
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ONE DEBATE
frumpy McCain growls his stock answer
"when pigs fly"
Obama does not even have to open his mouth
and will be the NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE USA
McCain finished at the bottom of his class: |
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If Democrats *really* feared McCain, why would they publicly keep telling us how much they fear him?
Bob Beckel, Democratic strategist, kept repeating on Fox that McCain was the one they *really* didn't want to get the nomination.
Now, what Democratic strategist with half a brain cell would get on a conservative news network and openly confess which candidate they *really* feared?
Wake up conservatives. The DNC and the MSM are playing you for fools. Liberals love McCain, the DNC loves McCain, and the MSM love McCain.
If that isn't a reason not to vote for John McCain, I don't know what is.
Have GOP voters ever heard of reverse psychology? These are grade-school tricks being pulled by the DNC, and GOP voters are falling for every one of them.
Gullible fools. |
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The Campaign Spot:
'I don't want to appear to be saying Super Tuesday is all over — we saw last night, they play the games for a reason - but the winner-take-all/proportional split among the primaries has just sorted out terribly for Romney. He's going to get a decent slice of the vote in McCain's best states and absolutely no delegates to show for it, while McCain gets a few here and a few there in Romney's best states, and California probably splits pretty evenly.'
Hugh will no doubt link to this, so I won't. |
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Romney's way behind the eightball on this. It is possible, but not very probable for him to get the nomination.
Even if Romney managed to get it, he would lose and lose badly to Obama and Hillary. That would finish him off. Romney would not be coming back in 2012, he would be finished as a presidential canidate (just like John Kerry).
McCain will likely get the nomination and has a decent shot at winning (let's face facts that conditions do favor the Dems this time around). If McCain wins great for all of us. If McCain does lose--Romney is well poised to come back in 2012. |
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It was just a few weeks ago when Rush, Hugh, and others were saying "evangelical" like it was a bad word. Romney spent millions running dirty attack ads and now expects Huckabee to drop out to help him win? Bwahahaha! |
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for South Dakota and New Mexico to have some sort of influence, just once, in a national primary? Or any one in any state after Super Tuesday for that matter (or Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina, or Florida). |
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Knowing that McCain holds grudges, I wonder how many of his endorsements are because they fear what he would do as president if they were not on his 'good' list? Or even if he wins the nomination, but wins the election, and continues in the Senate? |
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Obama is beating Hillary withotu any real effort
SO:
Imagine senile frumpy Mccain beside Obama
growling
"when pigs fly" as his answer to every question
McCain finished at the bottom of his CLASS:::: |
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If you follow the link, you find this 'Romney's post-2/5 path to Victory - This isn't pretty, but it isn't out-of reach'
Wow, we have come a long way since Mitt winning the early races and using the Big Mo to get the rest of the states! Goodness.
Mitt can't win unless Huck drops out, and Huck has proven to be a fighter. The talk radio voter suppression effort is failing. If Rush, Hugh and the Corner had treated Huck like a gentleman instead of the next coming of the antichrist, maybe the Romney campaign could have worked with Mike.
This is but one example of Mitt's ham handed campaign. |
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"A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain."
A vote for Huckabee is a vote for Huckabee -- not that hard to figure out, really. If the Huckabee people wanted Romney, they'd vote for him.
"McCain (D, Arizona) is not a conservative. He is not strong on any leg of conservatism."
He's the only candidate with any credibility on foreign affairs. When selecting a commander in chief, most people don't look to the guy who saved the Olympics as their top choice. |
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SO that "ECON" major McCian
finished at the bottom of his class
he can't even COUNT
he was still in the Navy in l981 during
the REAGAN revolution:
McCain didn't get into congress until l983 !!!!
Senile McCain lies about his lies |
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candidacy is dead. He has half the votes and only a third the delagates as the two front runners. Drop out huck. |
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The Delegate Count scenarios assume that Ron Paul gets no delegates on 2/5 and both he and Huckabee drop out after 2/5. Not sure those assumptions are valid. |
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McCain is us by 16 in AZ, per the RCP average. Mitt will get the Mormon vote there as will in Utah, but John has never lost an election in AZ.
A vote for Huck is a vote for McCain or Hillary is a scurrilous attempt at voter suppression by Mitt and his talk radio lackeys. One man one vote is our tradition (that's conservative talk for you all out there in Rio Linda), each should vote for the man or woman who would do the best job.
Subversion and suppression by the angry folks of talk radio. The noise you hear in the background is their clout draining away.
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They have Romney losing Colorado and Mass... just not gunna happen. |
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The GOP might survive.
Those numbers should be right up Mitt Romney's alley. I don't have time today to be that much of a numbers wonk, but I'm encouraged to know that, with some decent showings tomorrow, the GOP might still be around in a few years.
A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain. McCain (D, Arizona) is not a conservative. He is not strong on any leg of conservatism. Conservatives are the heart of the GOP. Where is the GOP without a heart? Dead.
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Romney will win North Dakota, and West Virginia.. |
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Winning the general election is about voters supporting a candidate they *want* to win, not one they have reluctantly settled on. Mitt Romney, while less well-known than McCain, inspires a lot more enthusiasm.
McCain always points to his 2-point lead over the democrats in a hypothetical campaign, but fat chance that will hold up in a general election, especially when he walks in with a tenth the money and a base motivated solely by the nauseating thought of President Hillary (let’s all remember John Kerry was up 15 points on W at this time in the last election).
Romney excites supporters because he’s shown over and over an ability to walk into what looks like hopeless gridlock, and apply innovative conservative solutions to create a brilliant success. He did it in business, he did it when he lead the Olympics (for which he refused a salary), and he did it in the debt-ridden Massachusetts. Don’t let the polls fool you…Romney, who volunteers will actually fight for, is the Republican’s best path to victory in November.
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