Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Romney On The Race Ahead
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Posted by:
Hugh Hewitt at
8:56 AM
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Mitt Romney On Good Morning America Today:
"I think what will happen across the country is that conservatives will give a good thought to whether or not they want to hand the party's nomination over to Senator McCain. He has not been their champion over the last several years," Romney said in an interview Wednesday on ABC's "Good Morning America."
"I think there will be a movement within the Republican party to coalesce around a conservative candidate. Mike Huckabee, of course, might stay in, and that might be one of the reasons he does so - is to try and split that conservative vote."
Romney's correct that Huck's role is now as a spoiler of a conservative attempt to stop McCain, but it is hard to imagine Huck leaving the race though many of his voters may leave him.
Meanwhile, John McCain's senior advisor John Weaver makes sure that it won't be a pretty week "[I]f Romney wasn't born on third base," Weaver told the Washington Post, "if he had to campaign and fundraise like everyone else, I'm sure he wouldn't be here anymore."
George Romney never graduated from college, rose through the ranks of the auto industry, and while he lived a comfortable upper-middle class life as head of American Motors before becoming governor of Michigan and Secretary of HUD. He was not a wealthy industrialist who began with a vast inheritance or a trust baby, and neither is Romney.
Mitt Romney earned his money, and if that constitutes being born on third base, lots of Americans who hit triples are going to be surprised to learn that Team McCain has contempt for their efforts.
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McCainiacs telling us what McCain's conservative rating is and telling us that he polls well against Hillary and Obama (in January)...
Tell me Joe, McTex, Colorado, and all you other McCainiacs, one issue, besides the war, that McCain has a different position than Hillary Clinton on... there is none... I could care less that his rating is 82.5 on some conservative scale.... I want to know where he stands on the major issues of the day.... and McCain is on the wrong side of them.... period.
As for the polling.... if you have been following the campaign you have seen how that changes on a weekly basis and to fear that Romney won't do well against the Demos based on these January Polls is just laughable.... What I am most upset about here is that we are allowing the MSM and the Democratic strategist to participate in and influence who we ought to select as our candidate based on their polls and their commentaries....
I am afraid that it is going to be too late for us if we don't unite quickly around our best conservative candidate left standing (which I believe without question is Romney) or we will find ourselves being represented by a candidate that the majority of Republicans simply can't support or support with fingers on our noses....
Whether the McCainiacs want to accept this or not... the moderates will never control this party.... Conservatives will.... Should McCain get the nomination he will be the candidate of a Party with support of only a third of the Party. |
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I'm sure this will be ignored, but I'd like to hear from the McCain supporters on here what issues are the most important to you. I still just don't get the intensity for this guy. I'm a Romney guy, but I concede he's not the second coming. Is it tough on spending, small government, tough on immigration, loose on immigration, the war, less regulation, good for the environment, abortion, can win, war hero. What is it that McCain supports that makes him the best? Romney lines up on all of my stuff. Granted he's a recent morph, but at least he pretends to take my positions. I just don't get the vehemence. What's the burning principle at the bottom of McCain? Like Medved, I get him, he wants to win that's pretty much it. Conservative stuff is just stuff he uses to attract listeners. It's all negotiable. |
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It's absolutely hilarious how all the Romney people are now begging Mike Huckabee to leave the race. They actually expect him to help after Ann Coulter and co have spent the last two months calling him an idiot. What a riot.
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The fact is, Hugh, you have yourself partly to blame for what has happened to Romney. Your attacks on his competitors, particularly Huckabee, have backfired and partly contributed to the anger directed at Romney. There was no reason for you to try and tear his primary opponents down so hard. Your outright lies about McCain, and your vehement, nasty attacks on Huckabee, have soured a great many who may have been predisposed to give Romney a shot. For weeks, I could hardly read your blog, and would just outright turn your radio show off after a few minutes because of your obvious disgusting tactics. I say this as a person who once had a great deal of respect for you Hugh. But I simply can no longer take any more of you, and I strongly believe that you have done the Romney campaign a very great disservice with your tactics.
Hugh, you are for Romney. Fine. Great. But there was no reason to use the tactics that you did. Now you have soiled your reputation. You were wrong about McCain (he'll NEVER get the nomination), just about matching your politcal "acumen" on the Harriet Miers fiasco.
But then, Hugh is just an extension of the Romney campaign itself. Romney's strategy when the heat got thick in Iowa and New Hampshire was to attempt to tear down his opponents and outspend them. Neither worked. And when the opponents fired back, Romney cried foul.
Romney is going down in flames, and next week will seal the deal. And the campaign and its surrogates have only themselves to blame. |
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For the Republicans, there's actually a clearer frontrunner:
On the Republican side, the three-day average shows McCain with an 11-point lead over Mitt Romney, 32% to 21%. Rudy Giuliani, who will be dropping out of the race and possibly endorsing McCain, received 11%, well behind the third place Mike Huckabee (18 percent).
These GOP figures do NOT reflect the impact of McCain's victory in Florida on Tuesday night, and that, coupled with the departure of Giuliani, will have the potential to change the dynamics of the national pattern of Republican support significantly in interviewing Wednesday night.
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Well alot of people seem not to understand that it is not over with who the gop nominee is. Delegates will decide, we get to vote the popular vote. It is just getting started on who runs some of the dirtiest mudslinging out there yt it is just part of the eletrial system, but it is noyt over yet. |
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Mitt got a deferrment to do a 2 1/2 yr mission It was not uncommon to ask and be granted this request.
And you did what for service for 2 years? Me? I am retired Navy. Therefore, I will donate ANY TIS that ANY Romney needs. They've got 20 years to dole out amoung them. |
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McCain has hardly spent the nights on the trail in cheap hotels. And while I appreciate his son's service (I'm a vet too), I doubt they will be in harms way during this election and beyond.
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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 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.
I don't think Hillary is stupid enough to step in front of this bus. McCain is.
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"Let the healing begin."
The scars from getting stabbed in the back by McCain too many times haven't even begun to heal. In fact the bleeding hasn't even been stopped yet.
No vote for McCain from me. I'll vote third party long before I will vote for McCain. He hasn't apologized to me yet and isn't going to. And he hasn't done ANYTHING to make amends for his MANY transgressions. |
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Your - boy - Romney - got - his - a*s - kicked. Stop with "voter fraud" nonsense. Your candidate doesn't connect and never will. If he wasn't spending his own money he'd be long gone by now. Romney has as much chance of being president as my cat. |
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A reader asks why McCain is called "not conservative" by Rush, folks in the Corner, etc.
McCain's conservative rating from the American Conservative Union in 2006 was 65 (bleh) but his lifetime record is 82.3 at the end of that year. (I don't see any updated numbers that include the 2007 votes.)
Rick Santorum has a lifetime rating 88.1, this reader notes. The ratings are determined by how often a lawmaker votes the conservative position on a key vote.
(Other interesting lifetime ratings.... That squish Lindsey Graham? 90.6 lifetime rating. John Sununu of New Hampshire? 93.2. Trent Lott? 92.4. Sam Brownback? 94.0. Hillary Clinton? 6.2. Barack Obama? 8.0.)
But year after year, there's been a lot of pro-life votes, a lot of defense spending bills, welfare reform efforts, the Republican Revolution of the mid-1990s, voting to impeach Clinton on both counts, Supreme Court justices, etc.
As discussion of Republican primary choices has gotten more heated, I think the terms "liberal", "not conservative" and "not as conservative as I would like" have become synonyms, and that shouldn't be the case.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzMyNmYzYjc1 YmRlNzI5NzY3MDU3ZTMzM2U0ZTk4YjA |
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Hugh, curiously, cites to the liberal CNN for his delegate counts, but Fox shows the following:
Candidate Delegates
Rudy Giuliani 1
Mike Huckabee 40
John McCain 93
Ron Paul 4
Mitt Romney 59
Total 197
Now why, I ask you, would Hugh cite to CNN's count? Hmmmm...
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Finance Law?
Pastor Huck won’t dirty his hands with negative phone calls against Romney — but Trust Huckabee, an “independent” org, happily will. They’re also suspected of coordinating with the campaign, and unlike the Huck’s Army kids, they’ve got enough political savvy among their top people to know (or guess) that the FEC might frown upon it. And so we get the best of both worlds: Innocent actors potentially stumbling into legal pitfalls and malefactors gaming the system.
For instance, a Jan. 15 account in Wired shows a Huck’s Army volunteer describing how he interacts with the Huckabee campaign.
“[Jeffrey] Quesnelle, a Catholic 20-year-old software engineer in Sterling Heights, Michigan, says that the group coordinates with the Huckabee campaign to target messages to specific voters, like white, under-30 evangelical Christian women,” the magazine’s Sarah Lai Stirland reported.
Additionally, news reports have also described Huck’s Army engaging in aggressive phone banking on behalf of Huckabee before the South Carolina primary. It appears that there was some communication between campaign staff and volunteers regarding this effort.
“Yes, we have a list that will not be overlapped with the official campaign list,” said a volunteer who posted a message at the Huck’s Army online forums. Other participants had worried about overlapping with the campaign’s efforts…
“A lot of people may be enthusiastic,” said Lawrence Noble, Counsel at Skadden Arps in Washington, DC. “They don’t know what the law is, they assume certain things, and then they go ask the campaign what they can do.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/29/huckabees-supporters- violating-campaign-finance-law/
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Sheesh, Hugh, more wishful thinking? Huck's voters might leave him...wait!..he's not a conservative according to you, so why would they leave him now? Oh, I get it, now Mike IS a conservative and is siphoning votes off from Mitt. Keep grasping those straws Hugh and when Mike ends up with more delegates than Mitt after Super Tuesday, it will be interesting what you have to say then. |
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A guy who works hard, like Romney, earned his money. McCain married to 3rd base. |
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we move on. Hillary was clever in drawing attention to herself last night. We should never underestimate her savvy.
Mitt is still getting his sea legs in politics. He's not finished. The field narrows and Mitt continues.
Mitt unearths hidden voting records and alliances that the Washington candidates want to stay hidden or forgotten.
His campaign reveals their character, records, and motives. In effect, he's stirred up a beehive of Washington-style politicians trying to shut him down with their endorsements and alliances. Mitt will rise above the fray. |
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Romney made his.
McCain dumped his first wife to marry his.
Hey Huck fans, Im looking forward to hearing more about the Huckabee campaign sharing phone lists with it's push pollers...the ones that Huck poo-poos.
Pastor Huck won’t dirty his hands with negative phone calls against Romney — but Trust Huckabee, an “independent” org, happily will. They’re also suspected of coordinating with the campaign, and unlike the Huck’s Army kids, they’ve got enough political savvy among their top people to know (or guess) that the FEC might frown upon it. And so we get the best of both worlds: Innocent actors potentially stumbling into legal pitfalls and malefactors gaming the system.
For instance, a Jan. 15 account in Wired shows a Huck’s Army volunteer describing how he interacts with the Huckabee campaign.
“[Jeffrey] Quesnelle, a Catholic 20-year-old software engineer in Sterling Heights, Michigan, says that the group coordinates with the Huckabee campaign to target messages to specific voters, like white, under-30 evangelical Christian women,” the magazine’s Sarah Lai Stirland reported.
Additionally, news reports have also described Huck’s Army engaging in aggressive phone banking on behalf of Huckabee before the South Carolina primary. It appears that there was some communication between campaign staff and volunteers regarding this effort.
“Yes, we have a list that will not be overlapped with the official campaign list,” said a volunteer who posted a message at the Huck’s Army online forums. Other participants had worried about overlapping with the campaign’s efforts…
“A lot of people may be enthusiastic,” said Lawrence Noble, Counsel at Skadden Arps in Washington, DC. “They don’t know what the law is, they assume certain things, and then they go ask the campaign what they can do.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/01/29/huckabees-supporters- violating-campaign-finance-law/ |
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When I heard McCain's Hispanic Outreach guy was none other than Smiling Juan Hernandez, I knew John McCain has heard nothing we have had to say.
Smiling Juan Hernadez
We know who he is, we know his loyalties are to Mexico, we know he wants to erase our borders and immigration laws.
JOHN MCCAIN, YOU NEED A NEW HEARING AID
Smiling Juan Hernandez
In case you don't know him, he used to work for the Mexican govt., lately he has been shilling for "rights" for illegal aliens in this country. He has said he wants Mexicans to remain Mexicans even if they are living here. His loyalties are to Mexico, not U.S.
Questions for illegal alien apologists like John McCain:
Why does The National Council of the Race (la raza in spanish) and the Chamber of Commerce get to negotiate a "Comprehensive Shafting of The American Citizens" behind closed doors? Since when does an organization representing foreign nationals breaking our laws get to rewrite our immigration laws to suit the lawbreakers? Isn't this akin to allowing NAMBLA to rewrite our laws regarding child predators? Or allowing organized crime syndicates to rewrite racketeering, gambling, prostitution, and extortion laws?
We The People are being told by our representatives that we should sit down and shut up while they invite in the entire world. We The People should get some say in this matter. Another amnesty will set off a stampede like we have never seen before. There is not much time to save our country. All the money and power are on the side of shoving this amnesty down our throats. The RNC wants an amnesty candidate, don't vote for one. |
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The healing could begin by McCain removing the knives from my back.
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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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When someone implies that another has had advantages over others such as "starting out on 3rd base" they should make sure that they never had any advantages that the rest of us had.
John McCain probably never had any college loans to pay back.
John McCain never had to worry about what he was going to do to get into the school of his choice.
To give him credit, he did have to het through that school (NA) but his career was pretty much paved for him from that point.
This is not to minimize his challenges while in captivity but many others were captives as well.
There is a difference between being competitive and having a very large vindictive mean streak. |
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Some who think of themselves as Republicans should rub two brain cells together and pick the best person to win the nomination instead of a leftwingnut Media telling you who to vote for.
In California we are being over run by Citizens of Mexico.
Our kids between the ages of 16 and 23 can not find work because those jobs have been taken by Illegal Aliens.
If anyone really thinks the Illegal Alien numbers are as low as 12 to 20 million. You are just plain crazy. The numbers are more like 28 to 30 million.
McCain is a nutcase and no better then what the socialist (d) have to offer in this election cycle. |
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Re: Two Americas Analysis [Mark R. Levin]
As Rush said to me last night, Romney needs to spend his own money to try to counter all the fawning, free media that McCain gets. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjQyOWQzMzU3ZWQ2N Dc0NDRmMDRjOTc3MzFhNzdiNzA=
Rush: You, Hewitt, and Levin are the equivalent of those Confederates who refused to surrender after Appomattox.
Unlike you I do not look at McCain winning Florida as Liberals defeating the Conservatives. I look at it as Republicans picking the best canidate available. McCain is far from perfect, but he can be influenced to do the right thing and is hands down better than Hillary or Obama. McCain has been good on fiscal spending control his whole career. McCain is great on defense. If he agrees to no immigration reform his first term until the border is sealed and is watched carefully (especially on judicial appointments) you may find him doing better on conservative issues than George W. Bush. McCain is no Reagan, but neither is Romney (did you catch Mitt attacking McCain over his vote against expanding Medicare entitlements? I thought conservatives opposed expanding entitlements?). Rather than looking at the glass half empty, consider it half full.
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...conservative "know it alls" ought to just shut-up and let the process play out.
They sought to knee-cap Huck, now they'll be BEGGING him to endorse Romney or get out to save Romney.
Revenge is sweet.
Romney has no prayer.
His support will dry up as well as funding.
He won't keep throwing away the kids' inheritance.
He has to have a bottom line number he will give to his campaign.
Maybe from now on when conservative pundits air their greivances about candidates, they'll be honest and thorough about ALL THE CANDIDATES, instead of just shilling for the one they want to prop up. |
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Wow. How would you describe Bill Gates, Hugh? As being moderately well-off?
For the record, I agree with you that being rich is no crime or sin. Oh, and even if it were, blaming Mitt Romney for being born rich would make even less sense than blaming him for earning his wealth would be. At least he has control over the latter; no one can have any power over the circumstances of his birth.
But it seems to me you’re trying to have it both ways here: Being rich isn’t a crime – and hey, Romney didn’t grow up all that rich anyway.
I think though that you may have missed a point. Romney (like Clinton & the Bushes & Kennedys) is a political aristocrat. Finances are a separate concern. I think a lot of people are just burned out from seeing the same few families pass leadership back and forth and would like to see what some new blood can do.
Perhaps this isn’t “fair,” to Romney, but note that Romney has already benefited from the phenomenon. Jeb Bush himself is more conservative, more electable (were his name anything else), more successful as a governor, and more popular than Romney. It was only dynasty fatigue which eliminated Bush from consideration this year and left the door open for Romney at all, so IMO Romney can’t really complain if the same property which gave him his start later comes back to work against him. |
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Seriously, talking about the financial starting point of someone else does NOT equal "contempt" for those who've worked hard and earned money. I have come to expect more balance from Hugh. |
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The cries of VOTER FRAUD in Florida are growing louder and louder.
It turns out that there are numerous reports of polling workers being "instructed" to allow Independents to vote illegally.
Just so you don't think I'm wearing a tin foil hat, consider this:
% of INDEPENDENTS VOTING:
Republican Primary - 17%
Democrat Primary - 17%
% of REGISTERED INDEPENDENTS IN FLORIDA:
You guessed it - 17%
So the % of Independents voting in BOTH primaries was EXACTLY what you would expect if Independents had been allowed to vote.
Also, the AVERAGE TURNOUT OF MODERATES/LIBERALS in the OPEN PRIMARIES so far has been 40%.
The AVERAGE TURNOUT OF MODERATES/LIBERALS in Florida? - 39%.
See the picture? Someone in the Florida government (who backed Mccain) instructed poll workers to illegally allow Independents to vote. |
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Hey Hugh; Mitt isn't WAVING; he's DROWNING! |
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Is that all you sheeple have been lied to. Romney is a say anything liberal who has used his money to buy an image as a conservative, and at the same time to trash the one remaining conservative in the race... Mike Huckabee. Huckabee supporters know this and will never, ever support Romney after all his attacks and lies about their candidate. They will never move over to support Romney, especially when they think a VP position with McCain is a real option.
The only answer for conservatives who don't want to see McCain is to dump the loser Romney and vote for Huckabee. Otherwise, McCain will win the nomination. Deep down even Hugh knows this. He is just in denial trying to convince himself that Huckabee supporters will leave him and back Romney. Anyone with the smallest dose of reality knows that will never happen after all that Romney and talk radio have done to smear a good man. A man who Duncan Hunter, the most conservative of all the GOP candidates has endorsed! And if Huckabee does win the nomination, Hunter will be a great VP choice.
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But if a McCain campaign person spoke too harshly, at least give McCain a chance to reach out. I would rather see reconsiliation with Romney than division. Mitt is not through. He is young enough to run again. Mitt's not getting the nomination this time, the math runs too hard against him. Let's face facts, if McCain has his problems so does Mitt. |
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Maybe the conservative voice will be heard after four years of Hillobama! |
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Won Florida yesterday. He's already tossing snide, small cuts at Mitt in the glow of victory. McCain isn't the only All-Class Guy. So's his senior advisor. Sorry bunch of Little Men. Pathetic.
BOTTOM LINE: For me, we must not retreat from the Jihadist Sewage in Iraq. Hillary is indebted to her Nutter Coward Base whom she's promised full retreat in the First Year. She and Obama are forever on-record as wanting...1.)Shameless Retreat from our Enemies. 2.)A Smaller, WEAKER America, a Nanny State, a France II Socialist Shipwreck.
Please God, wake our countrymen from their sleep. If McCain is our nominee, I'll support him with my vote & $$, but it will be a very bitter pill. We can't have the defeatist Party in power in this Huge Time of War. Ruinous for our country and, possible significant new chunks of the world. |
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"Well, it is better to win the general than to face President Hillary in the White House for possibly two terms. GO MCCAIN!"
How about THIS for Acceptance: We lived through Jimmy Carter and got Reagan. We lived through two terms of Bill Clinton and got George W Bush, who is not perfect but makes McCain look every bit the liberal he is. Though the country will have hard times, we will survive. It will be a great, but hard, teaching moment for the conservative movement. I am willing to accept that.
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"Do you really want the Supreme Court determined for the next 30 years by a Democrat? Just to spite john McCain? For what value? Deciding that it would be "good" to let the Republican nominee lose because it would show the American people the value of "true conservatism" is the deed of a selfish, thoughtless citizen."
I'm looking at David Souter vs. Ginsberg. If McCain wins we probably can't get a good nominee for another eight years. That's at least down to 4 years if Hillary or Obama wins.
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I see a mean little troll who will lead a once proud institution named Reaganism into oblivion. I bid the new moderate left leaning Republican Party, adieu.
As I say my goodbye’s to you the new moderate Republican Party, I suggest that you say hello to your future. Say hello to the new language of your future, Spanish. Say hello to open borders and amnesty for law breakers. Say hello to tax payer funded health care. Say hello to US taxpayer’s funding of the cost’s related to fighting a war against an imaginary foe by the name of “Global Warming”. Say hello to a flood of mentally ill Jihadist’s crossing our open borders and filling our land with death and destruction. Say hello to massive tax increases. Say hello to the end of the global fight for freedom and liberty. Say hello to the free and open murder of tiny helpless babies.
You asked for it you got it! Say hello to President Barrack Hussein Obama or Billary Clinton - the republican’s choice in 2008.
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Jennifer Rubin stole my seven stages of McCain! (she may never have seen it) but that is okay--that just shows her good taste and sound judgment:
John, I have no doubt McCain will never win the talk show primary, but he has won New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. Unless something very odd occurs (even more odd than what we’ve seen so far) he will be the nominee. Yes, first there is denial, then anger, next bargaining and depression but finally, acceptance. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/21 52
Here's my version:
Shock or Disbelief: How could this be, his campaign was DEAD last summer?
Denial: McCain cannot win, Mitt Romney is the stronger candidate. American want to round up all Mexicans and put them in concentration camps. He is against waterboarding, so he is not qualified to be a Republican.
Anger: I am sitting out this election or voting for Hillary! Just watch me do it!
Guilt: How did we ever let this happen? What did I do to allow the GOP to sink so low?
Depression: Pass me the liquor. I feel sick.
Bargaining: McCain better make things right with the base, he has to get approval from Rush, Hannity and then agree to have Fred Thompson as his running mate to keep him in line (actually even I hope for that!).
Acceptance and Hope: Well, it is better to win the general than to face President Hillary in the White House for possibly two terms. GO MCCAIN!
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"Do you really want the Supreme Court determined for the next 30 years by a Democrat? Just to spite john McCain? For what value? Deciding that it would be "good" to let the Republican nominee lose because it would show the American people the value of "true conservatism" is the deed of a selfish, thoughtless citizen."
This is not simply a matter of spiting McCain. It's a matter of fact that if the GOP leaves conservatives, we will have to look elsewhere. John McCain is simply a liberal. He has been the one to show spite to conservatives even while he offers platitudes to Reagan. We lived through Carter and we lived through Clinton- we can do it again. The nation will survive, though not in optimal condition. The fact is that the lesser of two "evils" is still too "evil" to support. |
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Well, I guess your boy-ee McCain made his fortune the old fashioned way, Mr. Weaver. He dumped his long-suffering first wife and married a hotter, blonder, rich babe. Be careful where you're throwing those stones Weaver. You may need one or two of us in November. |
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allegiance is clearly with the quasi populists and nativists that are making immigration such an issue for McCain. My dad is a 350 million dollar executive, and we all know where those folks stand on cheap labor and open borders. The idea that dad will say something just to curry favor with the rubes in the base is just beyond ridiculous! |
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but sometimes people who don't like us and respect our hard earned success make me mad as H-E-double hockey sticks.
With regard to immigration, dad's record in MA on immigration really shouldn't be up for consideration. Haven't you heard all that he's been saying lately about how tough he's going to be once he gets into office? Listen to his words, look at his hair, but DON''T consider his actual record. That's hitting below the belt!
Now Guilliani on the other hand, there's a bona fide sanctuary city mayor - and who did he endorse? That's right, McCain!!! |
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Now that the hysteria is over, let's all be real for a minute. Romney is done. If he had won in New Hampshire and Florida, he might have had a chance, but this is over for him. He can't win in the South or the Midwest. He is way behind in New York and and California. He's a nice but he's finished. Huckabee's strength lies in the South and Midwest and if we really don't want McCain to be the guy then we should now clearly see that from this moment forward a vote for Romney is a vote for McCain. ROMNEY CAN'T WIN NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA OR THE SOUTH OR MIDWEST. HE IS DONE! Vote Huckabee or McCain is the guy. |
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collin - To win the nomination and the general election, Mitt must have wins in the South. He has failed that test, close only counts in horse shoes.
Notice Mitt is not carrying on with the silver medal label today. |
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And he did ask us to sacrifice, by helping him buy the nomination! And while John McCain's father was following their family tradition of serving in the military (like his father before him) my great-grandad was diddling multiple wives in the salty salty desert of Utah! Don't disrespect the Romney family sacrifices!
It's a free country, and freedom isn't free. If it weren't for people like us, who talk tough on national security but would never think of putting ourselves in harm's way, then I doubt people like McCain and his sons would even sign up. They only do it to earn our respect! |
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Tagg - If Mtt can't keep illegal immigrants off of the front yard, why should we believe he can drive them back across the border? |
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Did you even read hugh's article? |
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Do you think anyone really wants to read your disgusting diatribe? I get it; you don't like Romney. But why the mean spirited attitude?
About his sons: was Mitt supposed to force one of them into the military? Is that how it is?
to Richard 223 You said that this proves he can't get conservative votes? He got 31%! Huckabee got like 15%. That is still pretty good. And now that Guliani is out of the race, the debates will focus more on McCain and Romney and Romney will look better. That is why McCain declined the invitation to debate just Romney and Huckabee |
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So we are supposed to get over our disgust at McCain's betrayal of conservative principles? Sounds a little bit like, "You better put some ice on that." How about McCain making a sincere attempt to acknowledge what a jerk he has been in the last decade. |
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McCain is just so rude!!! How can somebody snub corporate america and the top 1% of earners in this country by opposing tax cuts!
I know the country is at war and all, and that asking people to go shopping might be a strange way of asking them to make sacrifices, but Bush is, has been, and will be remembered as the greatest president of all time!!! We ned to continue his legacy!
And it should be clear by now that dad represents a third term of GW's brilliant leadership (except on immigration, record in MA not withstanding). If you want four more years of Bush, then by all means vote for my dad!!!
- Dad initially opposed the surge, which was only adopted after Rummy got canned b/c of the Demoncrap victory in 06
- Dad supports doubling Gitmo, and being really really tough terrorists! What does McCain know about torture?
- Dad is the real compassionate conservative. Unlike McCain, who will likely tackle congressional pork, dad has already promised a huge bailout package to the good folks in MI and an insurance bailout to the good folks in FL! And he isn't even in office yet! If you thought the GOP and govt. were spending too much under Bush, then you'll really love the plans that dad has!!! |
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"It's time to get over it and back McCain."
A week ago, I would have gladly done so. But after McCain's desperate and blatant 11th hour lie about Romney's Iraq position, I can't support the man. I just can't. McCain joined Huckabee as totally undeserving of my vote under any circumstances. Dirty politics are for dirty politicians. And McCain proved that dirty politics work. Nice work, John.
No McCain vote from me.
And yes, Huckabee will stay in as the spoiler. It's his "divine calling" - anything to keep a Mormon out of office and appease the fringe Mormon-haters (brianakira and his disgusting, ignorant ilk).
Much to my dismay, there is no viable GOP candidate left once Romney is out of the game. |
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You are obviously a liberal with your envious talk. If you haven't already -- change political parties. You'll be much for accepted on the other side of the aisle.
I've never been to prep school or had a lot of money. But I'm glad there are people out there who have and I'm happy for them. |
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...candidate was born on third base when his campaign began in 2006. It's a metaphor, Hugh. It doesn't mean that Weaver is accusing Mitt's mother of actually giving birth to him on a baseball diamond.
Romney also needs to stop scapegoating his allies Thompson, Huckabee and Giuliani. Every one of those candidates has cost McCain more votes than he has cost Romney the longer he has stayed in the race. Every one of those candidates had/has more supporters who list McCain as their second choice than who list Romney as their second choice.
We’ve already seen that in action in Florida, where the exit of Thompson helped McCain. Now Romney is trying to rationalize an expected poor Super Tuesday showing with the claim that Huckabee will siphon off more votes from him than from McCain. That’s nonsense. Huckabee’s cultural (southern) supporters are more comfortable by and large with southwesterner McCain than with northerner Romney.
Of all the antagonisms and competitions between the candidates and their supporters this cycle – almost all involving Romney and/or Huckabee – the most antagonistic relationship has been between Huckabee and his backers vs. Romney and his backers. And that’s not surprising; Huck is the populist (too populist, IMO) candidate, while Romney is the elitist (too elitist, IMO) candidate. Huckites are more likely to vote “anyone but Romney” than anyone is. The longer Huck stays in the race and hurts McCain, the better for Romney. If Huck drops out or his poll standing plummets, that just means an even better Super Tuesday for McCain in Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, and Oklahoma. |
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let's have him write a post about his McCain death watch. |
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Evangelicals will continue to vote for Huckabee which will help McCain - the John McCain who against an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
So Huckabee voters will be happy to help McCain even though he doesn't seem to care about being right on gay marriage?
Please tell us what are you'all thinking so we can understand. |
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Mitt went to private prep schools, got a deferment to avoid service in Viet Nam and then went to Harvard. If that's not being born with a silver spoon in your mouth, I don't know what is.
And that's one reason why Mitt cannot connect with the 'folks'. |
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I think it's quite admirable that Romney puts in his own money. I heard him say something to the extent of "he can't ask his supporters to donate if he doesn't spend some of his own money." To risk losing all that money, yet willing to do so, is pretty impressive. Class envy is alive and well even in the Republican party. BTW, doesn't John McCain's wife have a lot of money??? Good for her! |
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Wow, this morning Laura Inghram sounds like she is mired in a deep, dark depression now that her man Mitt lost. How dare those stupid voters in FL vote for McCain, don't they know they are supposed to take their marching order from talk radio and do what they are told?
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I do not envy you Hugh. For more than a week, you have been telling us that the economy is "the" issue this year and no candidate is better suited to deal with our struggling economy that Mitt. Well, Floridians also believe that the economy was the number one issue. Only problem is that those voters that rated the economy as the #1 issue, voted for John McCain. Quite a conundrum, eh? So which issue is the most important this week Hugh? Immigration or judges? |
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We plan on doubling the goat sacrifices! All hail Mitt, the savior of the Salt Lake City Olympics, the brains at Bain, and the future ruler of an afterlife planet!!! |
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Unfortunately, there are some clueless evangelicals who think the only requirement for conservatism is to be anti-abortion, and anti-Mormon.
Get it? - Hugh is pandering again to the evangelical Huck supporters. Lotta good it did him. |
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Everyone knows that this is our favorite blog, and Hugh is our boy - so we thought we'd share a little insider info on how we aim to win back the momentum:
1. A renewed focus on how dad has been the true champion of conservative causes over the years. We'll remind voters of his great record on abortion, gay rights, taxes, and illegal immigration while governor of MA! McCain's 80% rating from the ACU is pretty weak compared to this!!
2. More focus on the Romney family's awe inspiring sacrifices! Did you know that while McCain was enjoying a leisurely stay at the Hanoi Hilton dad was slogging it out in southern France, winning souls for the angel Moroni? And did you know that while John McCain only has two sons headed for Iraq, that dad has five wonderful sons that are serving their country by helping him buy the nomination?
3. Finally, we've heard your pleas and we've decided to double up on pandering to the base. FL clearly demonstrated that the GOP belongs to the whack job racist nativists and torture mongerers within the party - the only reason McCain won was because of dirty liberals and hispanics. A close analysis of the numbers shows this. We stand by our commitment to continue to alienate veterans, hispanics, moderate GOP voters and independents. By continuing to garner favor with the likes of Rush, Hugh, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Malkin we will ultimately prevail!
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Matt, you're not even remotely serious in that question are you?
I'll just give you the benefit of the doubt that you are emotional and not thinking rationally. |
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"George Romney... becoming governor of Michigan and Secretary of HUD."
At
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=columnists&sc=the_ro mney_files
are linked articles. Some text from two of those articles:
My church was criticized in the ’60s and ’70s as not being fully accepting of black Americans, and yet my father [George Romney, former governor of Michigan] was widely recognized as a leader in the civil rights movement, particularly in the Republican party. He marched in civil rights demonstrations or parades, opposed the Goldwater platform in 1964 and refused to endorse Goldwater as a presidential candidate when my father was governor. So despite the misunderstanding about my church, my father’s personal views were manifest by his actions in the public and private arenas.
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BW: How do you feel about conservative Republicans like Pat Robertson or Jesse Helms?
MR: Any party ends up being a large tent and I don’t want to toss people out of the party, but I do not favor people using the party as a platform for the views of different special interest groups.
I remember in my earliest political experience my father fighting to keep the John Birch Society from playing too strong a role in the Republican party. He walked out of the Republican National Convention in 1964, when Barry Goldwater said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Because he saw that as a tacit approval of the effort the John Birch Society was making to influence the Republican party. I think that extremists who would force their views on the party and try to shape the party are making a mistake.
I welcome people of all views in the party, but I don’t want them to try to change our party from being a large tent, inclusive party, to being one that is exclusive.
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Given McCain's behavior with the Gang of 14, most conservatives (myself included) are looking at him and saying 'how would his nominees be different from Hillary's?' We. Don't. Trust. John. |
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Interesting.
Why do I have the feeling that if the financial situation here were different - say McCain was spending millions of his own wealth to buy his current total and Romney had survived after staying in the cheapest hotels in town just 3 months ago - the spin would be that the money man is only surviving because he's trying to by the nomination? But that poor guy is going to win, because the Republican nomination isn't for sale.
Listen - Every "major" complaint about John McCain can be countered with a similar complaint about Mitt Romney. Not one national candidate for the Republican nomination is, or ever was. in the Reagan mold. Get over it.
Whine all you want about John McCain, but the only question that really matters is:
Do you really want the Supreme Court determined for the next 30 years by a Democrat? Just to spite john McCain? For what value? Deciding that it would be "good" to let the Republican nominee lose because it would show the American people the value of "true conservatism" is the deed of a selfish, thoughtless citizen.
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Hey, it already worked, why should we expect better? McCain is showing his nasty colors. McCain is second only to Clinton in the lust for power dept.
Huck will never quit. His hatred for Romney drips with every word and glance Romney's direction. He's proud as punch to be the anti-Mormon bigot taking Romney out. What a legacy!
For the life of me, I don't know why Hugh has been so generous to the Huckster. He's far, far worse than McCain. He's a liar and a cheater, and sorry to soay, an idiot. For the life of me, I can't figure out who would vote for him. Obviously, the less than 100 IQ crowd. |
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Seems as if the Republican electorate is voting that Mcain can beat Clinton in November. Lots of reasons for this...I guess. We can only hope they are correct. The only thing worse than a Mcain Presidency would be a Clinton/Obama one. |
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If we didn't have limits on fundraising, we wouldn't have to rely on self-financed candidates. McCain is responsible for the Romney's of politics. |
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Sounds to me like sour grapes from Hugh.
Mitt demonstrated he cannot win votes in the South, the GOP base.
Mitt cut and ran in SC, and now is defeated in FL. John is 10 points ahead of Mitt in CA, so where does Mitt go from here? Nowhere.
I am sure Mitt supporters want Huck to drop out so Mitt can get his votes. Hang in there Huck, after the way Hugh treated you, pull every vote you can from Mitt and ensure John the vicotry.
Notice Mitt did not talk about the 'silver medal' last night. |
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