has participated in great charitibale works for years at local levels.
The Owner is a great Catholic humanitarin.
This is above comprehension of liberal socialist mind. |
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Great company to hang your star on, Mitt! |
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Hugh writes: "As one of Michigan's highest profile business successes this would be news in itself..."
Errr....except Monaghan is known around these parts as essentially abandoning Michigan to build his own Utopia in South Florida. Every grandiose venture he undertook here, secular and otherwise, was walked away from in midstream.
Trust me, a Monaghan endorsement doesn't help Mitt in Michigan one bit. |
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Tom Monaghan is not this Catholic's Catholic and this is spoken as a former Legatus member. He doesn't speak for me, and his own agenda is filled with un Catholic practices, eg. abandoning tenured professors in Michigan, when he felt the urge to start his private world in Florida, cenuring his Dean, Fr.Fessio, when he disagreed with liturgical practices and now endorsing a candidate, who in the past, has supported abortion and whose present stand on immigration is anything but Catholic social teaching. Hugh you've lost me on this Romney love fest, this guy is as sallow and opportunist as they get, he's just a Slick Willy dressed up as a consevative.Do you really like this guy or do you just want to sell more books? |
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With a wafting odor of garbage attached. The MSMs give the impression--and he eats it up with a blind, ego driven spoon--that McCain's their Mr.Cool. HA! IF he becomes our nominee, they'll turn on his wildly temperamental, self-centered a** in a heartbeat and attempt to bury him. He'll be all shocked and sulky and offended at their treason. And, he probably will do a whole lot of embarrassing 'acting out' in reaction...Exactly what the cheap 24/7 news cycle mavens will be fishing for. They'll play Mr.Maverick like a seasoned Stradivarius. So damned predictable. So pathetically predictable.
Senator McCain: Focus. FOCUS. The Newsies are nearly ALL Democrat Liberals/Lefties. NOT your buddies, you fool. |
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Joe writes:
Here are some more McCain supporters. .
blah blah blah
Here are some McCain non-supporters -
The people of Arizona. Trust me. We can't stand the guy here.
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Romney - that is OBVIOUS.
Who has the DNC released the MOST NEGATIVE articles about?
Romney.
Who do the LIBERAL papers love?
McCain.
Who voted for McCain in NH?
The MOST LIBERAL areas.
**Isn't the CHOICE for Conservatives clear?
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The Punditry Class has been screaming for weeks now, "Look, look, Romney spent all that money on ads and it did no good. It DOESN'T take ads to win!"
Ok, so now Romney is pulling back his ads in SC and FL (until he nails Michigan). Guess what? the same Punditry is now screaming, "Look, look, Romney isn't advertising in SC and FL, he is just giving those states away!"
Wait, I thought you DIDN'T need advertising to win?
BOTTOM LINE:
Right now, Romney has 1/3 more delegates than anyone else. He WON in WY, who will be sending JUST AS MANY delegates to the Convention as NH (this time around). He places second in the other two. He has more votes than anyone.
MI is a "winner-take-all" states with 61 delegates. If he wins MI, he will have 91 delegates. Huckabee will be next closest with 21. and McCain will be languishing in the back with 10.
The Conservative Leadership is starting to rally around Romney. He is the only "balanced conservative" left who is viable. Fred Thompson may be good on the issues, but this year's election is a "cult of personality" and Fred is just a boring guy - sorry.
If Romney wins MI, McCain is finished. McCain's ONLY chances are in states with "open" primaries where liberals can pick our nominee. If Romney wins MI, he will have won 1/2 of the early contests (yes, WY actually is a real state and does count despite what Brit Hume at FoxNews thinks) and placed second in the rest. If Romney wins MI, Iowa and NH will be forgotten and SC, FL will take care of themselves. |
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"Why are you ignoring all the other conservative positions held by current candidates?"
What other conservative candidates? There's only one other, and that's Fred Thompson. He's rock solid. But there are no others. Well, Duncan Hunter, but he's a living asterick at this point.
John McCain is a backstabbing, angry old man who attempted not once--but twice--to shove amnesty down the unwilling throats of the American people. He berated good Senators like Jeff Sessions and Senator Corynyn of Texas, calling them idiots who didn't know as much as he is.
McCain is an ego-maniac with a liberal streak a mile long.
And Huckabee? Don't get me started. This guy is still running around saying he cut taxes 94 times when the record clearly shows he sent the tax burden up 47%. And he still pretends he loves the middle class when this fair tax of his hits the middle class the hardest. Just like he raised the sales tax and interent tax in Arkansas.
It's Romney or Thompson if you're a conservative.
And as for our local hysteric who somehow envisions an Obama/Romney ticket, wake up. It was Romney who won the support of Republicans and conservatives in New Hampshire, not McCain. And it was McCain who John Kerry wanted as his running mate.. |
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If Mitt does not get the nomination, and obama gets the nomination. obama will need to make the rich white establishment feel confident in his leadership because Harvard Law is not Harvard Business school. Mitt will be happy to tap into his other record of mandatory health care, gay marriage, embroynic stem cell research, anti-gun, employing illegal aliens, seeing his parents march with MLK in order to make a great VP for Obama. He will be more believable then than he is now with a new born-again conservative platform. |
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Everybody agrees that Mitt's Money and business ventures are the only reason he is still in the race and still getting endorsements. Blaming anyone but Mitt for his losses is irresponsible. The guy learned a lot in business school but he obviously did not learn much about closing arguments in law school because he can't make a coherent argument to voters. He starts out with a double digit lead then he begins to speak and the more people know about him the more he looses votes. Of course all rich guys want Mitt for president - self preservation is a strong motivator. Why are you ignoring all the other conservative positions held by current candidates? Because they are not as rich as Mitt. |
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...and that is how McCain will become the greatest president on this the greatest nation on earth... cue music |
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I have never seen a talk show host so hell bent on playing gotcha politics. If McCain had any money he would be doing similar ads himself, but the old man has to do with what he has I guess, which is a big bag of nothing.
I'm tired of the sanctimonious intellectual drivel that comes out of Medved's mouth lately. His defense of McCain-Kennedy just goes to prove that once a liberal, always a liberal.
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me of the knight in the Monty Python movie, who keeps issueing threats and bluster while his arms and legs get chopped off one by one.
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me of the knight in the Monty Python movie, who keeps issueing threats and bluster while his arms and legs get chopped off one by one.
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During the course of our conversation, I deplored the slimy negative ads aired by his candidate, Mitt Romney – in particular a TV commercial where the narrator says that John McCain “voted to allow illegals to collect Social Security.”
I condemned the ad as an outright lie, but Hugh defended it as an arguable, reasonable description of McCain’s position.
Let’s settle the issue, Hugh, and move ahead to that apology—because the record clearly shows that I was right and you were wrong. There’s nothing defensible about Romney’s smear
http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/a52da5d2-10bf-4ac1 -948f-40bb9972db73
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Associated Press is reporting that Romney is pulling his ads from South Carolina and Florida. Virtually conceding both of those races to Mike Huckabee.
Many have wondered if Rudy will make his comeback in Florida, and he well could. But Romney's move allows an easier division of the pie. True social conservatives will have only the one candidate opposing the social liberal Giuliani.
Huckabee's internet team should immediately use this bit of news to RAISE money for those two races specifically - especially Florida.
The Associated Press implies that John McCain will contest for South Carolina - which he did aggressively in 2000 - but something tells me that this is a very different year.
Nonetheless this may be the right play for Romney, a big win in Michigan would be something he would not have seen to date.
http://kevinmccullough.townhall.com/blog/g/2f9ea92b-96c6-46 08-835a-7b7c7a105762 |
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Joe, You prove the point I have been hitting on all day, a Republican who can't carry the South is simply not electable. Period. |
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A pizza box with some ketchup and Velveta is a pretty close approximation of Domino's "pizza" |
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I wonder how the pizza man looked passed the $50 abortions in Romneycare?
...by the way, Romneycare is already looking a cost overruns and the monthly mandate "fees" (i.e. taxes) havn't even kicked in yet.
...I'm sorry but Mitt's a lib and I don't understand why republican establishment isn't calling a duck a duck!!!!!!!!!! |
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i was gonna throw some zingers at the anti romney folks..but dans comment was too funny to go on!dominos,little caeser,pappa john! ha ha ha
want some extra delagates...not today pal! ha ha ha
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I would gladly, ethusiastically vote for Fred. I have a Fred bumpersticker. But I see he is not catching fire and probably never will. So while I would love to see President Fred, I doubt I will see him win a primary.
Fred will likely support McCain and I would love to see a McCain-Fred ticket (I doubt Fred would agree to VP, but he would be a great one). If McCain says he will consult Fred and adopt some of his plans (which are excellent), McCain might fix some of his issues with the base. |
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Hugh Hewitt opines that:
McCain must win Florida, or his campaign will be revealed for the anti-GOP base coaltion I suspect it really is.
The implication is that Hugh’s man Romney is the real Republican in the race. I don;t buy that, given Romney’s history of flip flops, and it seems neither did a lot of New Hampshire voters. Jim Geraghty reports on numbers from CNN:
Romney and McCain were almost even among those who identified themselves as Republicans, with 33 and 34 percent, respectively.
That’s more along the lines of what I expected.
And Hugh’s own fellow Townhall blogger Patrick Ruffini writes that:
I don’t think we’ve assimilated the fact that Mitt Romney was never going to resurrect the Bush coalition. In Iowa, his demographic was country clubbers; in New Hampshire, where he didn’t have Huck to seriously contend with, he was the candidate of secular Republicans, non-gun owners, and (most stunningly) there was no real independent skew to McCain. Romney’s voters looked like the kind you could expect for a moderate-to-conservative blue state governor. It’s difficult to see where Romney’s change of heart on key issues won him any votes at all, and had he stayed closer to where he was to begin with, he might have been able to avoid the flip-flopper tag and generate some momentum to expand that center-right base. You could almost see him doing what Rudy tried to do but couldn’t.
The only thing authentic about Romney is his ambition.
http://www.stephenbainbridge.com/punditry/comments/whos_the _real_republican_mccain_or_romney/ |
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Let me bring you all up to speed.
Mitt is a RINO!
John is a RINO!
Rudy is a RINO!
Mike is a RINO!
All 4 of these pretenders have proven it time and time again. I will never vote for these men because I am conservative first, Republican second. |
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If you are going to bring up Congressional endorsements - a body which John McCain is a part of - Romney has the most of any Republican candidate. That may not be your best argument. And if you want to look at who is endorsing who, DeMint is endorsing Romney while Lindsey Graham is endorsing McCain. I don't have a problem with Graham, but DeMint is absolutely great.
Honestly, I do think McCain is a solid conservative. I think he has served as a great example in Congress by not bringing pork projects back to his own state. However, McCain's bipartisan efforts in the Senate may be his biggest problem. To truly bring about fiscally conservative change - the kind that I really do believe McCain would like to see - it requires an outsider. Romney may have changed positions on social issues as of late, but even in his 1994 campaign against Ted Kennedy he spoke of fiscal reform. You cannot deny the fact that he is a true conservative in that regard. |
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As the race moves to here in Michigan, I just got my first push-polling. It tried to change my mind to support (You'll never guess!) Huckabee instead. First there was the news story about Huck push polling, now I got one personally.
I already wasn't thinking of supporting him, but any candidate who insults my intelligence by assuming I can't think for myself is not gaining any favors.
At least if he wins we get a shot at a better tax system, but I can't think of much else I like about him. He is starting to seem duplicitous to me. |
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Russ Feingold & Sobriety Central Ted Kennedy. Absolute icons of Conservatism. |
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The underbelly of the Christian Right has been exposed. Has anyone factored in the reaction of loyal Republicans who can't ignore it anymore? How many are going to leave the Republican party if they continue to tolerate the religious bigotry of fundamentalists? I have never seen such a desire for a third party. |
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Taco Bell just endorsed McCain. This clearly puts him back in the drivers seat! |
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here is what InTrade says
JM up 6% on RG to win the nomination
2008 Republican Presidential Nominee
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2008.GOP.NOM.GIULIANI
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2008.GOP.NOM.HUCKABEE
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Ron Paul to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 2.6 2.7 2.7 99363 +0.2
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Fred Thompson to be the Republican Presidential Nominee in 2008 M 2.1 2.4 2.3 102836 +0.3
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Arizonans know McCain and he will lose there.
Sheriff Joe is backing Mitt. Who's Sheriff Joe? "America's Sheriff"
When Arpaio took office, inmates were routinely being released early due to overcrowding. Arpaio believed that "courts, not head count" should determine when an inmate is released, and that no officer should be deterred from making an arrest for fear that the inmate would be released due to jail overcrowding.
However, a new jail would have cost Maricopa County taxpayers around US$70 million. So instead, Arpaio obtained used tents from the military, and established Tent City in a parking lot adjacent to one of the jail facilities
Wikipedia
These are the type of people that back Mitt!
BTW Jeff Flake (AZ) up on that list was a backer of McCains immigration/amnesty bill |
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and was never a front runner. Mitt, although most hate to even admit it, is the front runner with more delegates than anyone. He also has one win like the other two. . |
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It's time to face facts. Romney started this race with no name ID, no national support and a bunch of money.
He spent his big bundle of money on an "early state" strategy, which bought him two come-from-ahead losses to two underfunded candidates who were given up for dead two months ago. He still has no national support and is known as "the guy who wasted money and lost." Just what the nation DOESN'T need.
The sooner Mitt is retired from the race, the better. We need to focus on beating the Democrats, not doubling down on a candidate who is only good at defeating himself. |
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McCain? That's rather rich Mr Hewitt. I mean I have endorsed Romney on my blog and all and find him a good person. But calling John McCain, the guy with a perfect pro-life, pro-gun record going back 25 years, is silly, especially from a Romney backer. UNtile three years ago Gov Romney was anti-life and anti-gun and his wife was making donations to Planned Parenthood. Remember the saying about glass houses? |
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Quite right. We'd love to run against the guy. Unfortunately, I don't think it will happen.. |
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Mccain lies
pass it on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3veJ43TEMmM |
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"The Democrats and the "mainstream" media (also Democrats) are obviously terrified of Mitt Romney."
You Mitt Zombies crack me up with your senseless conspiracy theories. Get some help. Breathe.
Trust me, the last thing the Dems are worried about is a guy that is hated by independent voters (who represent 1/3 of the electorate). |
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Pass the video on:
McCain lies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3veJ43TEMmM |
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Ask Giuliani if you doubt me. Dominos is melted open face grilled cheese stuff. But it is not pizza. |
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Will be ordering Domino's only from now on.
God bless him. |
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Sorry that was just hanging out there...lol
Mitt does have some significant backers that the rest of the conservatives should take notice...now Monaghan, you've had Robert Bork, NRO, Keene, EBay Founder, Bob Jones University President, Sen. DeMint, Sheriff Joe Arpaio from my home state of AZ-tough as nails, a good part of Jeb Bush's team in Fla., Cofer Black-counterterrorism during Bush admin, etc.
Besides their is a ton of support over here in Iraq for Mitt by the military. |
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The guy is a multi-millionaire businessman who is endorsing Romney. What exactly is the news?
Oh yeah - he is a Catholic's Catholic on the culture wars and has shown so by starting A LAW SCHOOL AND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE??
Sorry - if the guy's pro-life stance was the guide to his vote, then Huckabee would be the only choice. So please don't spin his business endorsement as if it was a pro-life endorsement.
By the way, as a Catholic, is it OK to accuse him of bigotry against a Southern Baptist - since that is why the "anti-Mormon" fringe doesn't buy into Romney. |
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Mitt has Dominos.
If he can line up Pizza Hut, Little Caesers, and Papa John's, no one will be able to stop him.
Hey Hugh - I'll have a large pepperoni pizza, with extra delegates!! |
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The Democrats and the "mainstream" media (also Democrats) are obviously terrified of Mitt Romney. That should tell us conservatives all we need to know.
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... eh, Hugh, before the campaign collapses?
"the anti-conservative John McCain and the neopopulist Mike Huckabee."
Love is blind.
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Hi Hugh and all conservatives,
The Democrats and the "mainstream" media (also Democrats) are obviously terrified of Mitt Romney. That should tell us conservatives all we need to know.
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> keep their party on the path established by the Reagan-Bush coalitions
Romney is the anti-Reagan.
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If he gets Pizza Hut, too, this could be the end for McCain. |
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So many sound minds have endorsed Romney, and he is clearly the best in the GOP Race for many reasons.
Hoping it will help.
"the anti-conservative John McCain and the neopopulist Mike Huckabee."
so true...
the future is not bright for Conservative Interests with either McCain or Huckabee.
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supporting Mitt Romney. I should hope so. |
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Bain was involved in restructuring Dominos. I am surprised he endorsed Brownback before he endorsed Mitt. |
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Beltway/Manhattan pundits like you are the basis of Mitt's candidacy. That, and his "investors." |
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