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A true conservative will not vote for McCain in the general election. She is spot on and you must be a party hack if you intend to vote for him should he be the nominee. Don't put the party ahead of your convictions. |
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I agree with Ann on this one !!!
Hillary, Obama or Obama's MaMa would make a better president than McCain. |
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is just too good to imagine! Can you see the horrific hand wringing at Camp Hillary?! LUV it! Annie could cause a mini-stampede of lib-Dem voters to Juanito McCain in protest. LUV IT!! |
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ROFL
I almost wrecked car listening to talk radio last nite. Caller told about talking with Martinez, who told him that in 1962, McCain personally took the USS Enterprise into the Bay of Pigs to single-handedly rescue Cubans ...
McCain is a legend, alright. But only in his and Martinez's mind.
Keep fighting, Mitt!!
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Further, IMHO Coulter realized that in this particular cycle she has proven to be irrelevent, and to Coulter this is anthema.
I'm laying bets on Coulter claiming this fall that her rallying cry to the faithful handed Dems the election.
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This guy really takes the cake. I have stopped listening to his show. He might as well call it "The Mitt Romney Show". It's as though Mitt Romney has his own radio show every weekday.
I will never vote for Mitt Romney. He claims to be an expert on the economy because he ran a successful business. Yet, he had no clue a downturn in the economy was taking place. Mike Huckabee was warning about it in the debates months ago.
Mike Huckabee deserves to remain in this race. It is Mitt Romney who is the spoiler. Mike Huckabee has more governing experience than the other candidates combined. He was overwhelmingly re-elected twice by the people of Arkansas. He is the only candidate who actually brings ideas, plans, and commitments to the table with him.
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Sid,
Forgive my snide comments, but I simply do not agree that Ann Coulter does what she does for financial gain (although I am sure she doesn't mind the money). The reason I don't believe it is because her message resonates so often and so strongly with so much of what we believe as a conservatives. She gives vent to our political emotions and is justly loved by a great many of us. She is our "kindred spirit" and we are suspicious of anyone who attacks her motives. Thus, an attack on her is really an attack on us.
McCain is a stubborn old man with decrepit ideas. If you think McCain will be better than Bush, you better go take your medication. |
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Well - the consevative GWB -- has been in office for 8 years. It's his mess..correction - our mess. I voted for him and I suspect you did as well. I'm not shallow....I have no problem with Ann Coulter or anyone else doing what they do. I just find it funny that there are those who don't get it. It does seem, however, that this time around voters are feeling a tad independent - tired of being told what to think. I've come to believe that the far right pushes "conservative utopianism" the same way the far left pushes "liberal utopianism". There is no such thing. Today, both parties define themselves as a list of issue opinions that must be adhered to - at all costs. You can do that in fantasyland but not in a living, breathing country. America is hard work....it doesn't take much to be Ann Coulter. |
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Sid writes:
"as for Ann Coulter - good God! She's an opportunistic fraud. Like all good pundits, she knows how to market her product."
I will defend Ann Coulter to the day I die. People like you are probably just as shallow as you proclaim her to be. Unfortunately, we probably will give you McCain. I hope you at least will be happy. The rest of us will spend the next four years trying to figure a way out of the mess the country will be in.
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Frankly, as a Republican, I am tired of everyone invoking the name of Ronald Reagan. The "holier than thou" conservatives would slit his throat if he were running today. Earlier in the week we found out that Camalot was back....except it never existed. JFK would not have been elected in 1960 if the public knew what then what we know know. It's kind of funny or maybe sad is a better word...we would rather believe "stories" about the past than deal with the realities of the present and the needs of the future. Romney has changed his story to accomodate what he thinks the "base" wants to hear; McCain does his best to deal with reality but its a bumpy ride and he gets caught now and then...but at least he tries; Obama sounds good but I suspect underneath the veil of Camalot, there is little substance; as for Ann Coulter - good God! She's an opportunistic fraud. Like all good pundits, she knows how to market her product. This Republican is ready to tell the pundits to get out and they myth makers to tell their stories elsewhere. Give me someone who at least tries. That leaves me with McCain. |
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McCain isn't a Conservative. He's right on about Iraq, but he's less conservative than George Bush (either of them!) and I thought that CIA Director GHW Bush was a "deep penetration mole from the far left, whose mission was to destroy the Republican party".
He succeeded.
President McCain will preside over a massive American train wreck. President Clinton would preside over an even WORSE train wreck. But I'd rather see Clinton cause the train wreck and let the GOP rebuild in 4 years than to see McCain cause the disaster and then turn over the mess to the Democraps to push the wreckage of America off the edge of the cliff.
Either way, the next four years are a basket case. But if McCain wins now and loses afterward, the USA will NEVER recover - because the liberals won't let it.
Hugh, you ask "Why is Huckabee still in the race?" I'll tell you. Huckabee wants to be McCain's VP in the worst way - and plans on becoming President "in the worst way" when 71-year-old McCain kicks the bucket. |
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Hugh,
I watched you on CNN the other night. The first time I've watched you. Your photo here does not do you justice. Take a photo without the laugh. You're a very handsome man. I was pleasantly surprised. |
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"And you expect us to believe you people are not part of the Romney PR wing? Please. You people SWARM and SPAM this site on EVERY thread. You outright LIE about your candidate. Yes, outright LIE. You have been caught over and over and over again, LYING about your candidate."
This is interesting considering I called you a liar earlier today. The difference between me and you is that I pointed to a particular lie that you told and you attempt to hide in sweeping generalities.
Here is what you said earlier:
"How about that HE ISN'T A CONSERVATIVE by any stretch of the imagination? Couldn't be THAT, now could it?" - Vindex
And my response was as follows:
Mitt Romney is not a perfect conservative. But to say that he is "not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination" is quite frankly a lie. And you know it.
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Vindex,
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"Huckabee Has More of a Chance Than Mitt." - TheSR71_is_ready
Your voice sounds a little lonely there. You don't suppose you could be wrong do you?
I don't understand you Huckabee people. I am all for his conservative stands, but why can't you see that his other foot is in liberal land?
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"I'm shocked at how many nasty Mitt hating McCain supporters are on this blog.
If McCain is so great and destined to win why are you bothering to blog here ?"
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
And you expect us to believe you people are not part of the Romney PR wing? Please. You people SWARM and SPAM this site on EVERY thread. You outright LIE about your candidate. Yes, outright LIE. You have been caught over and over and over again, LYING about your candidate.
If you are KNOWINGLY LYING with absolutely NO shame whatsoever, what are we expected to believe?
Normal, everyday supporters of a candidate do not usually LIE about their candidate. If you are simply *Republicans* and not Romney worshippers (or staff) why the lying?
But, no, keep it up. It is EXACTLY what is turning people off from your candidate. You people set off alarms in people's heads because of your very odd and cultish support for this man. There is nobody I would be willing to LIE for to become president, and yet the Romney vultures do it for hours and hours.
Almost like it is a job.
Hmm.
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Gonefishin,
I have to admit it's hard being a Republican in this city.
Voter corruption is highly admired around here. Illegals have been voting for many years in Chicago. No questions asked. Why do you think the Democrats want to pass laws making it illegal to ask voters for I.D.'s. Mayor Daley and our governor love the Hispanic Democratic Organization. We are a sanctuary city and state.
After watching the illegals take over this city for years. I would never vote for McCain. I would rather vote for Hillary.
You can put lipstick on a pig but, its still a pig. Path to citizenship is amnesty. I expect this kind of legislation from the Democrats. Not Republicans.
And on top of it all McCain treats us like we are stupid. If you put another name on it and not call it amnesty we'll go along. What a jerk.
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Don't you think that is kind of arrogant? A vote for Romney could just as well be a vote for McCain since I am a supporter of Huckabee. Romney is not too far ahead Huckabee in the delegate count. Huckabee has just as much chance to win as Romney. Huckabee is actually leading in some southern states. Derail McCain by voting Huckabee!Huckabee has a better chance at winning than Romney based on the states he is challenging McCain in and the delegates that state awards. The western states Romney possibly could win do not come close to the number of delegates the southern states yield. Huckabee is either ahead in the polls in those southern states or on the heels of McCain. It seems Romney's money has bought the conservative talkshows into pushing him, but don't buy it. Look at the delegate count and the polls yourself. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/rep ublican_delegate_count.html
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I'm shocked at how many nasty Mitt hating McCain supporters are on this blog.
If McCain is so great and destined to win why are you bothering to blog here ? |
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"You guys are amazing. You show up everywhere. You call all the talk shows. I hear your ads when I don't even hear them from the major candidates. Who is funding you? You know you don't have a snow ball's chance in h_ll. You guys are like suicide bombers on angel dust."
Great post - I do agree, we are rather amazing.
The money - that's simple, we are all maxed out on our credit cards. Another million plus donated just today.
Don't have snowball's chance in hell - that's what makes it exciting and fun trying to do the impossible and never giving up. Ever.
You call all the talk shows - since we can't afford the angel dust that's how we keep each other pumped up.
Why not check out Ronpaulforums.com and join the Revolution. We are currently accepting new members for a limited time period. PM me if you come over.
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Tom writes:
"I would rather stand by Huck with his faults knowing that he won't 'change his mind' on these important core principles."
I am more than a little concerned about Huckabee supporters standing by while the conservative ship goes to the bottom of the sea. Listen very carefully to Romney. He is articulate and persuasive talking about conservative issues. I doubt that he will "change his mind" again. That would be political suicide.
Quite frankly, I am concerned about Huckabee because he needs to change his mind and I cannot count on him to do it. By the way, we can't really call Mitt Romney a 'flip flopper' until he returns to his liberal positions. I don't believe that will happen and I also don't believe most Huckabee supporters have given Mitt the chance he deserves. |
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Huck is not conservative across the board (according to you) but he is consistent (Mitt has been known to change his mind a time or two on little issues like abortion, gun control, marriage, etc). I would rather stand by Huck with his faults knowing that he won't "change his mind" on these important core principles.
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"I actually like RP in the debates cause he comes totally out of left field."
That shows just how little you know about the Constitution and Ron Paul.
"He needs to drop the monetary fund stuff, though."
As above. I guess you like having depreciating money.
"He keeps arguing about the constitution. Man, we're so far from what the framers intended, it's like someone on the Apollo mission half way to the moon arguing that he needs to go back for his car keys."
Don't worry, the next president will probably use all the "tools" put in place to fight the GWOT by "conservatives and Republicans" and some Democrats in order to set him/herself up as a some sort of quasi-dictator. Bush already uses signing statements to strike out the parts of legislation he doesn't like. The next president, unless it is Paul, will only be worse. |
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You guys are amazing. You show up everywhere. You call all the talk shows. I hear your ads when I don't even hear them from the major candidates. Who is funding you? You know you don't have a snow ball's chance in h_ll. You guys are like suicide bombers on angel dust. I actually like RP in the debates cause he comes totally out of left field. He needs to drop the monetary fund stuff, though. Republicans do have higher I.Q.'s but that's way to deep for the modern American. He keeps arguing about the constitution. Man, we're so far from what the framers intended, it's like someone on the Apollo mission half way to the moon arguing that he needs to go back for his car keys. Hey it's America, we all have a dream. |
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Coulter has no intention of supporting any Democrat. She just has an insatiable appetite for notoriety and this is a way to get a little more for a few days. |
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I've been trying to figure out if the Huck supporters were rational. I guess you are. I like Huck more than I expected. I think my problems with him are that parole he did, the in-state tuition for illegals, the fact that he seems to use his religious credentials for political purposes, and that he's a little knowledge deficient in the debates. He is very talented otherwise. I'm going to try not to get hacked off at him and his supporters when he throws this election to McCain. It's just bad luck for us conservatives this time around. If there's anything left after the Dems get done in 4 years, maybe we can bring back someone a little more to our liking, like Reagan came back after Ford. |
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Don Arndt Jr writes:
"Can Romney supporters agree that Huckabee is more consistently pro-life, pro-marriage, pro second amendment than Mitt is?"
Certainly. But the point is that Romney has moved quite near to Huckabee on each of these. And when you consider this fact in combination with Romney's more conservative positions on illegal immigration and global warming and the fact that Huckabee was bestowed with an endorsement from the New Hampshire NEA, it seems obvious to me that Romney is the better candidate of the two.
I don't understand why Mike Huckabee is not a true conservative across the board, but he certainly is not. And unlike Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee does not admit liberal leanings nor move towards more conservative positions. As far as I can tell, Mike Huckabee doesn't think he has made any mistakes. And I think he has and I also think he continues to do so. |
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Those are reasonable arguments, although not necessarily convincing and I appreciate your attitude in expressing them.
I will support Huckabee monetarily at least until Tuesday, I believe he still can make significant inroads on Tuesday.
Maybe the biggest hurdles for me is that Romney supporters do not acknowledge that Huckabee engineered far more tax cuts than raises and that the tax increases were for specific issues, roads, conservation, etc. He left Ar with a 850 million dollar surplus that led to a large tax decrease that was implemented just after he left office, which he clearly supported and suggested. He supported the largest tax decrease in Ar history, raised the child tax credit, decreased the marriage penalty, the list goes on. Mike is a fiscal conservative.
Yes, He supported some tax increases, but his overall policies and principles were very economically conservative. You will have to forgive me if I think that it is disengenuous to call Mike someone who loves raising taxes.
Mitt admitted that a 30 second ad could contain less than the whole truth. A half truth is still a lie.
Can Romney supporters agree that Huckabee is more consistently pro-life, pro-marriage, pro second amendment than Mitt is?
I would be in favor of a Romney Huckabee ticket. I woul prefer Mike on top, but I could get jazzed up about Mitt on tap, with Huckabee.
McCain does not have the temperment to be president.
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know when you would have time, given your incessant participation here at HH, surely, you cannot possibly be in sales, given your lack of success or maybe it's not your sales acumen but the product that's the problem. Which is it? |
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Many of us are dissatisfied with the current field of Republican nominees.
What are the consequences, both good and bad, of voting uncommitted in the upcoming elections in order to provoke a REAL debate at the convention in Minneapolis?
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Yours truly included, would never vote for McCain or Romney. For the first time since I've cast a ballot I will vote with a sense of pride in the upcoming Utah primary. To vote for a citizen-statesman of Dr. Paul's calibre will be an honor.
Perhaps a strong enough showing among the delegates would impel RP to run independent. Were he to garner even 10% of the national vote, he would force the Repug nominee to adopt enough of his platform to force the GOP back to its roots. Because in reality, we've become the party of Woodrow Wilson. |
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Actually Hugh, I agree with Ann Coulter's assessment. Although I will not campaign for either Democrat, if McCain is the candidate, I will note vote for him. I haven't yet decided if that means voting for the Dem or just sitting out. It will depend upon whom the Dem candidate is.
Not to go all Christian on this matter, but I recall an admonition from the Bible that says I would rather you be hot or cold. But if you are luke-warm, I will vomit you out of my mouth. That pretty well describes McCain. Yeah, he's conservative on the war, and . . . the war. But he's liberal on everything else.
Voting for McCain makes me no better than people in Chicago whom I rail against saying they would vote for the dog catcher for mayor if he had a "D" next to his name.
I will enjoy watching McCain go down in flames again because this time he abandoned his wingman (conservatives). |
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I really appreciate your openness and I hope that a different Mitt Romney supporter can give you better answers than I am about to give.
But let us assume that every question that you ask about Mitt's past positions were true. I will not say it is irrelevant because it is not. However, I believe his movement to the right is genuine based on the passionate and brilliant arguments I have heard him make concerning traditional conservative values. The bottom line is that the sum of his current stated positions is more conservative than even Huckabee.
Quite frankly, I would support Romney even if it were Huckabee that was about to win the nomination. Some examples that may warm your heart towards Romney follow:
1. Romney's current stated position on life and traditional marriage is very conservative.
2. Romney's stated position on gun rights is probably conservative enough for most conservatives.
3. Romney will not allow the Global Warming issue to destroy the American economy and probably harbors more conservative thoughts on this than he feels he can express without political penalty. Huckabee's position on this issue scares and frustrates me.
4. Romney did indeed raise fees as governor, but he made a very reasonable defense of this in the CNN debate that aired 1-30-08. And Huckabee is far more culpable than Romney if we are going to talk about increasing taxes.
I am sorry if this isn't as much help as you were looking for. If you can stand a little more criticism of Huckabee and McCain, please go to my blogsite:
http://probable-answers.blogspot.com/
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Romney has has always been personally against abortion, but his policy view was that government should not intervene to prevent it. when he was considering the issue with embryonic stem cells and thought about the life issue, he changed his mind. He has also stated that it was also because of the pro-life community's efforts that he changed his mind.
When people talk about romney supporting "gay rights," this has nothing to do with gay marriage. At the time, gay rights meant something completely different - like trying to convince people to not hate them and commit violence against them. Romney stood up against gay marriage in Mass. and he is in favor of a Const. amendment banning gay marriage. Plus look at his own marriage. Romney is a strong traditional marriage/family guy.
Romney raised some fees, but they were things like fees on billboard advertising, not a broad-based tax raise.
i believe romney believes that huckabee is a good man, but just disagreed with him on certain issue. I think huckabee and romney supporters can both agree that we have more in common with each other than with mccain. I know I didn't answer all your questions, but I encourage you to consider all sides before making a decision. Get the pro-Romney side too at blogs like evangelicals for romney and elect romney in 2008. |
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Joe writes:
Mitt Romney "panders like offering billions in bailouts for Michigan. It is Mitt's way. Because Mitt has no conservative convictions."
The first hit in my Google search uncovered that Mitt Romney proposed spending $20 billion a year on "energy research, fuel technology, materials science, and automotive technology."
This is hardly a bailout and it was simply a proposal not a promise.
Michigan voted for Romney because he said he would "take burdens off the back of the auto industry" claiming that "unfunded mandates . . . uncoordinated with the domestic manufacturers, and absent consideration of competitiveness, kills jobs and imperils an industry."
Michigan voted for Romney because they believed Mitt cares about American interests.
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I have many of the same misgivings about Romney, however...
Romney may have to be good enough this time around. He would require watching to be sure he follows through. We may only have this election to stop the illegal inundation. McCain, Clinton, or Obama will try again on amnesty. One more and we're done. 1 in 8 residents of the U.S. is foreign born. That is higher than ever. This is not like previous immigration when immigrants became Americans. 1 in 8 households speak Spanish. The birthrates of illegal aliens are astounding. We are running out of time to save our country.
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This is so funny, talk radio has unleashed all this division, hate and scorn, and now has no idea how to put the mess they have made back in Pandora's box.
The Dems were lucky liberal talk radio never got off the ground. Look how Hillary and Obama are smiling while the GOP eats its own.
Rush, Laura, Sean, Hugh, reap what you have sown, and take Santorum to defeat. |
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Could you flesh out Romney's support for life and traditional marriage?
I have seen several things that seem to be at odds with the contention that Romney defended these cherished conservative, republican ideals.
For example, a $50 co-pay for abortions, moving to change the language to be silent on gender on marriage licenses before he had to.
Did Mitt march in or support gay rights parades in Massachusetts or not ?
Did Mitt mean it when he said in 1994, he was independant in the Reagen-Bush era and was not trying to return to that era, or does he mean it now when he says he is a true Reagen conservative?
Did Mitt raise fees significantly while Governor?
Is this a conservative thing to do?
Was Mitt telling the truth when he admitted in one of the NH debates you can't tell the whole truth about someone's record in a 30 second tv ad or is he still contending those ads were contrast adds full of truth and light with no intention of distoring Gov Huckabee's record?
Is Mitt as dedicated to the second amendment as Huck is?
I am a dedicated Huckabee voter, but I realize he has little chance of being on the top of the ticket. But I need some good, solid reasons for me to vote for Romney and give me some reasons to trust his changes in position. I will vote for the republican nominee, but in order for me to give money and push the vote I need some answers to these questions. |
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I would rather vote for the guy who has come around to my point of view than the guy who is still giving me the finger.
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Fox News just reported that the city of Berkeley has declared war on the US Marines.
See, this is why we must stop all this bickering. If Hillary win, she will shut down all the recruiting stations.
I have visions now of dirty, smelly, wanna be hippies throwing their bongs at a line of sharp dressed Marines.
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Hillary "would make a very good President", he's just a democrat who has yet to change parties. We now know that for 2 months in 2001, he was negotiating with top dems in the Senate to do just that, switch parties because he was mad that he had lost the nomination to "W". This guy is a closet liberal democrat, thats whats in this mans SOUL. He hates conservatives and that hatred has manifested itself in his legislation. With few exceptions, he has repeatedly attempted to undermine conservative initiatives in and out of congress.
When the primary season began, there was one candidate that i knew i could never vote for, John McCain. Although, as the season has progressed, i have honestly tried to see this man in a different light. I can tell you that i have failed, no matter how hard i might try, i just cannot stomach this individual. He has shown contempt for the things i consider important and he has done so repeatedly. I simply do not believe that he has changed his position on immigration, i do not believe that he "has heard the people". In fact, i do not believe that he is capable of changing his mind on anything. Stubbornness served him well as a POW but it now makes him look like a bitter and angry old man, undeserving of conservative support. This silly argument that he would be better than Hillary is refuted by McCain himself when he said that she "would be a very good President". That's whats in his heart, that's not whats in my heart, though, and i will never vote for this interloper.
Ann's position is not much different from Rush's, in that he has stated that he feels a Hillary Presidency would be no different than a McCain Presidency. Therefore, if the country's going to heck with either one, then, let it be the democrat that gets the credit.
Conservatives better rally around the only conservative left, and that is, Mitt Romney. |
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Ann, If you remember supports Romney. Her point is both, McCain, and Comrad Hillary, their policies are very similar, and backing either is the same.
The tragedy, for conservatives, is the train has left the station, and all are heading toward a very distastrous desintation.
GOP, R.I.P1 Reagan conservative party shattered.
No one can put Hummpty Dummpty back together agian! Thanks to you know who! Missiion accomplished, like a good old warrior.
Whatever Happens in this election, is not Ann, or Rush, it is John McCain the Candidate. |
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Mitt says now in a conference call to bloggers he never intended to attack McCain on entitlements (McCain did the conservative thing and voted against the Medicare entitlement expansion, Mitt attacked him for it in Florida to pander to seniors there). Mitt got caught.
It was no mistake. Mitt's campaign has done dirty tricks like that fromt he start. Or alternatively he panders like offering billions in bailouts for Michigan. It is Mitt's way. Because Mitt has no conservative convictions. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120182471883733637.html?mo d=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks |
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but McCain threw away his medals, too...
--Supporting Amnesty and SS benefits for foreigners who come here and commit felonies (and their families, here or abroad)
--Supporting limits on free speech (McCain-Feingold)
--Calling for illegal combatants to receive all of the protections accorded to warriors who obey the rules of war (even if they violate ALL of them)
It's a turning point for America. The political parties have made it clear they support things NOT supported by the majority of Americans. If we elect Clinton, Obama, or McCain, George Soros wins and we lose. |
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Shannon writes, "Romney cannot win against Clinton or Obama. He does not come across as genuine, he panders and looks like a corporate boss. The average person does not have warm feelings toward the CEO of their company."
You do not give Mitt Romney enough credit. The man is brilliant, articulate and sincere. I believe that he will do his best to implement as many of his promises as he can to the fullest extent that he can and still remain true to as many conservative principles as he can.
I also believe that he is even more conservative than he appears now. In a way, he is an even more gifted politican than Bill Clinton. Only he hides his conservatism in the same way Bill Clinton hid his liberalism.
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I dont hate talk radio. Talk radio pundits talk from both sides of the mouth just like the politicians they skewer all the time. Hugh claims the MSM is crap, irrelevant etc..fine; but if the MSM is pumping someone as he claims, then there is something wrong here - that someone (mcCain) is winning now. so, they are not crap and irrelevant, are they?
This McCain is not a conservative is not a new mantra. Its been there. People have listened to that and still gone ahead and voted for him.
So, if the contrast was so striking, why hasn't Romney cleaned the slate?
Like in sports - you could have the best team, at the end of the day it is the W on the scoreboard. You can't say but we did all the Xs and Os right..but you didnt win and so you didn't do all the Xs and o's right, you know.. |
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Sure, I'll make a note Hugh - give up on Paul after you and other fair-minded conservatives have repeatedly bashed the only real conservative in the race and called his supporters every name in the book. At least McCain is honest and has made it clear we don't belong in his tent.
Your call to join ranks is about as two-faced as it gets if you are a Paul supporter. We don't play that game since we actually believe in something worth supporting for years to come.
Your little stack the deck game at the Texas Straw poll left a very bad taste in my mouth. We'll see how it plays out next time around. |
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They have some good looking, trained people who can take what the editors give them and regurgitate and run with it, day in, day out. A demanding mind-numbing job, always with the need for content, with lots of angles and issues.
Should be about presenting objective facts for watchers to evaluate, but now MSM are heavily into subjective content, talking heads and pundits spouting opinions. MSM have our eyes and ears and accordingly influence public opinion, but seem to have become arrogant (a la Dan Rather) and seem to assume they are now the arbiters of truth, that it's about them, that they are the news or that people answer to them, after all, they create content, right.
Kind of like Huckabee assuming the kingmaker role. Now he is diverting attention from the real battle, dividing the conservative coalition that could otherwise become a juggernaut.
Hopefully people realize MSM is not the news! Decision makers and people are. |
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i could care less what Ann, Rush, Sean, or Hugh have to say, or who they are voting for. but it is clear that many people do care, and they place alot of weight in their choices. i don't understand why, but to each their own.
my husband, who does not follow politics at all, made a prediction months ago. and it has become very clear to me that he is right.
THE REPUBLICAN WILL NOT WIN THIS ELECTION.
Romney cannot win against Clinton or Obama. He does not come across as genuine, he panders and looks like a corporate boss. The average person does not have warm feelings toward the CEO of their company.
Conservatives are being loyal to their movement and , by all appearances, will not support McCain if he is the nominee. The republican party is fractured and therefore will not win. If Romney is the nominee he will lose by global proportions.
For those of you who think Romney has come around to your point of view, I will be thinking about you when he adjusts his values once again after he has lost the election and is trying to buy another election. |
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I won't be booing Coulter. Wake up and smell the coffee, Hugh. I have never seen such a groundswell of Republican disgust over a Republican frontrunner and it is not just his liberal tendency, it is his nasty temperament that concerns people who want a gentleman in the Whitehouse. I will be voting for the Dem if McCain gets the nod. He won't win anyway and I don't want him to lose by a small margin, I want the loss of the century. Nothing else will get the point across to a party that lets the MSM pick its candidates. |
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I will ignore the fact that LIBERALS hate talk radio. A back and forth discussion about issues really scares some people when they are forced to explain themselves. Sad to see you in that camp.
My question to McCain supporters.
How is McCain more conservative than Romney on any issue? Fine, McCain was for the surge.. great, we know.. so was everyone else.
Please answer this for us. Just tell us how McCain TODAY is more conservative than Romney.
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Not-so-old news that McCain can't deny ---
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/byauthor/166271
Seems McCain considered benchmarks before they became (as he declared) a buzz word.
Nevermind.
It must be our lying eyes.
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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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Well fellow conservatives, it comes down to this week. All these years of moving the conservative movement forward are about to be destroyed on Tuesday if McCain pulls this off. This is why the libs are having the time of their life on all their blogs everytime McCain wins a primary. They are loving this! We are doing a suicide bombing on our own party and the far left liberal losers have popcorn and a seat in the front row.
Paul supporters... screw you. If you were dumb enough to follow this racist in the first place, you should go join your anti war buddies on the left. Take your " 9-11 was an iside job " and stick it.
For the rest of us, it is time to step up and go with Romney. At this point he is the only guy who has rock solid conservative positions. I could care less what he said in the past. At least Romney is not trying to join with the hated left on every issue ( except Iraq ) like McCain.
McCain supporters.... you are either dumb, are a liberal, or you have been a bit confused. You have yet to defend McCain on his positions and you sound much like the libs who conservatives despice. Your guy McCain is going to get blown out in November by the way.
Huck supporters... I see why you like this guy. But he can't win at this point. Look at the map and do the math. It's over. Huck is a spoiler for McCain and you know it. If you are pro life, a McCain presidency is a nightmare for you. Think about it.
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I would rather vote for the guy who has come around to my point of view than the guy who is still giving me the finger.
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For someone who blabbers that the MSM is not relevant blah blah, you sure are scared of what they are capable of doing WRT to McCain.
If they are so irrelevant, why bother? You have the Rush's, Hannity's on your side (we know your word matters little - look at your track record and your weekly audience..not that big). But SAVAGE - UNDISPUTED #1 is also for Romney. (The latter is what could swing the pendulum for Romney, btw) So, with so much firepower, why are you afraid of the irrelevant MSM.
And if Romney is the undisputed conservative you all say he is, why haven't people gone to him after all these contests. Why? If he is such an exceptional businessman, why havent people abanadon others and gone to him?
So, either the candidate is plain ineffective or people have analyzed things on their own and come to a decision that they are comfortable with.
Its funny - all you radio talk idiots say our listeners are not mindless blah blah and then you turnaround and ask them to do what - blindly abandon McCain and go vote for Romney. Not mindless, huh?
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I meant to say:
"We are vying for the nation's future here and there is not a viable, conservative Christian candidate that will beat McCain."
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Romney is Presidential, the real deal. I appreciate that you have recognized and consistently communicated this fact. We need more people like Hugh Hewitt who recognize and stand for truth.
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Vindex writes, "How about that HE ISN'T A CONSERVATIVE by any stretch of the imagination? Couldn't be THAT, now could it?
What exactly are they smoking in the Romney HQ?"
I do not work for Romney HQ. Here is my blog site with a string of posts that will serve as proof of that:
http://probable-answers.blogspot.com/
I apologize for neglecting to mention the prejudice against him because he is a Mormon. I assumed we were past that argument because the urgency of defeating McCain is off the charts. I am an evangelical Christian that is totally against Mormonism. But we are vying for the nation's future here and there is not a viable, conservative candidate that will beat McCain.
Mitt Romney is not a perfect conservative. But to say that he is "not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination" is quite frankly a lie. And you know it. |
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Whereas, Senator McCain repeatedly proclaims that his Amnesty bill is not Amnesty, refuses to vote to allow drilling for oil in Alaska thereby weakening our national security while causing as steep rise in inflation, buys into Gore’s unproven hysterical rhetoric stating Global warming is caused by human activity, and makes the disingenuous claim that he is pro-life while repeatedly voting for embryonic stem cell research and fetal tissue research with tax payer money; and
Whereas, In a straw poll during the Maricopa County Republican precinct committeemen meeting of January 19, 2008, Senator McCain was voted as the most unacceptable Republican presidential candidate by amassing an overwhelming negative vote of 427 of the 721 ballots cast; and
Whereas, Leading conservative voices, including Delay and Santorum, have warned us that McCain is not a conservative and poses a great danger to the Republican Party; and
Whereas, McCain has demonstrated his ease with the truth by mischaracterizing Romney’s statement on timetables for Iraq; and
Whereas, This grassroots leadership body censured Senator McCain in 2005 for his failure to faithfully perform his duty to uphold the Constitution and for his undermining the Republican mandate of the 2004 election: therefore
Be it resolve, That we, the Maricopa County Republican Committee state most emphatically that Senator McCain is not our favored Republican candidate for President of the United States. |
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our nation, a party of principle, led by a man with sound judgement.
John McCain has shown a willingness to sacrifice principle for short-term personal gain. There are examples aplenty of his poor judgement rooted in either deep-seated ignorance or expediency, causes he has championed that have far-reaching negative consequences. Liberal causes. Conservatives know he has been just plain wrong, but he will not admit it.
McCain is not a straight talker, no matter how long and how loud he asserts that he is. Though he is inarticulate when trying to talk his way out of his past, he seems to have learned a few ugly Washington insider tricks of the political trade, such as how to engage in a fillibuster and blustering to divert attention from issues, though one-on-one he will look you straight in the eye and lie.
McCain has shown a Nixonian willingness to bend the truth, some dirty trick mongering, even Clintonian attempts to parse his own words. He still has not actually answered several significant questions that conservatives have about his positions. He appears offended that he should even be questioned, as though he should get a free pass for being a patriot.
Mitt Romney on the other hand is an honorable man with an amazing record of good decisions. Those who know him best know he is sound in every respect. He intelligently and cogently explains and communicates his positions. He answers questions. He listens. He has honorably remained above dirty politics, appropriately focusing on contrasts on the issues in a spirited campaign and avoiding personal attacks, even remaining silent at times when he could have had much to say, thus allowing McCain to retain a semblance of dignity.
We must not lose this opportunity. Time to rally to Romney. |
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A source inside the Maricopa County Executive Guidance Committee (EGC) has told us that District 11 Chairman Rob Haney is moving forward with a resolution opposing McCain at the next EGC meeting on February 7th. The information was provided to us by someone normally opposed to McCain who none-the-less wanted to move on to other issues and opposed bringing forward the motion. Despite some opposition from certain members there are still enough Haney allies opposed to McCain that the resolution has a very good chance of passing at the EGC meeting on the 7th. We are not in contact with all 28 members on the committee but we do know that Haney does have some strong allies and can be very successful at lining up votes. Haney was forced to send out an advanced copy of the resolution because of past complaints from committee members about not having enough time to read the resolutions before the meeting. We were able to obtain a draft copy of the resolution printed below.
STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION TO THE CANDIDACY OF SENATOR MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Whereas, Our National Republican Committee members, Bruce Ash and Sharon Giese have chosen to endorse the presidential candidacy of Senator McCain during the primaries thereby reviving the angst, revulsion and polarization amongst the majority of the Arizona Republican activists who oppose said candidacy; and
Whereas, Senator McCain’s, dual-citizenship holder and Spanish liaison advisor, Dr Juan Hernandez, (who was an advisor to former Mexican President Vicente Fox), has repeatedly stated his “think Mexico First” position and repeatedly, when American interests were at odds with the interest of Mexican illegals, Hernandez has sided against America; and |
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Hugh, I agree with you on Romney as the right candidate. But you have to be honest and admit that he has to win California in order to send a booming message to the GOP all over the country. And he will win in the golden State. If this happens you will see a growing momentum for Romney in states like Texas, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington after Super Tuesday. But Romney needs to send a jolting earthquake to the GOP all over this country to wake them up. And I believe California is the perfect place for an earthquake to shake up to GOP.
Rasmussen has Romney down by 4% right now in California. 25% of the voters are undecided. Among these undecided voters you have conservative Fred-heads, and Giuliani supporters. Moderate and liberal Republicans have already joined the Mc Cain Express. So your typical undecided voter in California is a conservative that can't decide who to vote for. Romney can easily get the conservative undecided voters and Fred-heads, and make up the ground to beat Mc Cain by 1-2%. |
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"..Mccain struggling to raise $7M"...hahhah...looks like Mittens didnt too well either...
Boy, forget Huckabee taking out Mitt..If I were one of Mitten's sons I would take him out myself.. |
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is just that, the past. history tells us that a minority candidate can't win a major party (either) nomination. history tells us that, and it is wrong. history told lincoln a new party couldn't win. yeah, it was wrong then. history told us jorge would do a good job. yeah, that didn't work out very well. history tells us a war hero can win, if the public is aware of the sacrifices made by that individual. which is why kerry lost, others like ike, grant, taylor, and jackson won. oh wait, i guess history didn't tell you that. yeah, you and your history need some new views |
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A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain. A vote for Huckabee or McCain is a vote against freedom. (McCain-Feingold). |
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So, what, did a memo go out telling you Romney staff members to stop calling people bigots? It wasn't that long ago that you were accusing us of not voting from him because he is Mormon. Now, it's because he's "rich and highly polished?" That's the new talking point?
How about that HE ISN'T A CONSERVATIVE by any stretch of the imagination? Couldn't be THAT, now could it?
What exactly are they smoking in the Romney HQ? |
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Washington's problem isn't a lack of data, or a failure to calibrate the incentives as in the business world. Congress and the multiple layers of government respond exactly as you'd expect given the incentives for self-preservation and turf protection that always exist in political institutions. The only way to overcome them is with leadership on behalf of good ideas backed by public support. The fact that someone as bright as Mr. Romney doesn't recognize this Beltway reality risks a Presidency that would get rolled quicker than you can say Jimmy Carter.
All the more so because we haven't been able to discern from his campaign, or his record in Massachusetts, what his core political principles are. Mr. Romney spent his life as a moderate Republican, and he governed the Bay State that way after his election in 2002. While running this year, however, he has reinvented himself as a conservative from radio talk show-casting, especially on immigration.
The problem is not that Mr. Romney is willing to reconsider his former thinking. Nor is it so much that his apparent convictions always seem in sync with the audience to which he is speaking at the moment. (Think $20 billion in corporate welfare for Michigan auto makers.) Plenty of politicians attune their positions to new constituencies. The larger danger is that Mr. Romney's conversions are not motivated by expediency or mere pandering but may represent his real governing philosophy.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120182471883733637.html?mod =opinion_main_review_and_outlooks |
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"Your prejudices against a rich and highly polished politician who has moved dramitically to the right are so misguided as to make me heartsick. "
Uh, yeah. THAT'S why we won't vote for Romney; because he's "rich and highly polished."
You Romney-bots are becoming more and more delusional by the minute.
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A McCain nomination will be 2006 all over again. In 2006 Republican candidates took the fight to Democrats over Democrat policies. Unfortuantly the Republicans in D.C. were not standing FOR Conservatve principles and policies. The results are they got their tails kicked.
Voting for John McCain does not support Conservatism. It is only against the Democrats, well at least on some issues.
Mitt Romney is fighting to restore Conservative principles to Washington. When we have something to fight for we do so much better. That is why I am still with Mitt. I need something to fight for, not just something to fight against.
Mitt 08! |
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Governor Romney has agreed to a face-to-face debate with Senator McCain on "Meet the Press."
Senator McCain, who once said he would be willing to participate in such a debate, has not.
WHY not?
William F. Buckley Jr. was once asked why Robert Kennedy had refused to appear on his television talk show. "Wouldn't baloney reject the grinder if it could?" he replied. |
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REPUBLICANS WILL LOSE THE WHITE HOUSE AND MORE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS>
HISTORY TELLS US THIS?
A Washington Insider Senator will not win.
John McCain is 4.5 million in debt and he's the nominee?
A WASHINGTON INSIDER WILL NEVER GET A NICKEL FROM ME!! |
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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
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A couple of things to consider:
YOU have done more to "further fracture an already deeply divided GOP" than Ann Coulter has. Ann is nothing but a big mouth, but your relentless slamming of anything not-Romney is both tiresome and dangerous. Who the hell is going to listen to you once McCain wins the nomination? No one, because your opinion of the man is well on record. People like you are doing more to help the Democrats win than anything else.
Secondly, you might want to consider the fact that Huckabee supporters aren't particularly interested in helping Romney win. They may not like Romney any more than they like McCain. People aren't going to rush from Huckabee's camp into Romney's just because it makes sense to you.
The fact is, Republicans are going to lose in November, and it's their own fault. You can't blame any Democrat for gleefully taking advantage of the snarky politics that has defined the GOP in 2007-2008. |
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Come on, Hugh. You cannot be that shortsighted or that close minded. What Ann said last night was therapeutic for those of us who are seething with disgust at the prospect of John McCain being the Republican nominee for president. And quite frankly, I am not absolutely certain that she isn't serious.
But in any case, I don't know how anyone could have underscored the jeopardy that Huckabee and Paul supporters are putting the Republican party in better than Ann did last night. It was classic Ann Coulter, and quite frankly I love her for it.
Anyone who doubts Mitt Romney's ability or resolve has not being paying attention. Your prejudices against a rich and highly polished politician who has moved dramitically to the right are so misguided as to make me heartsick. |
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is what conservatives think of Mitt Romney and why he is unable to win their vote:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6lAFfLy05_Y
THIS is why Romney is going down.
Again, I ask, Hugh are you out of your effing mind? |
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From the very beginning you were impressed by his money wern't you? Otherwise I have no idea why Hugh and the rest of the talk show voices have been fans of a "jack mormon" Mass. liberal. Had Gov. Romney ever been a good example of a Mormon leader he would never ever have been a NARLA favorite.
Romney can't win. His "conversion" is not convincing enough for many and he is not a powerful enough speaker. when he gets powerful he loses nice.
Gov. Huckabee has all the traits to be a great president. If you hadn't tried to Bork him to make way for Plastic Man you would have seen it.
DUMP ROMNEY VOTE HUCKABEE
We are 9 1/2 min into the 1st quarter but by the end of tues we'll be midway through the 3rd - switch now and we have a proven conservative stick with Romney and... well you know. |
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These people would vote for Hillary if she was running on the GOP ticket.
They say "third parties just help the opposing party." WHICH opposing party, Meg? BOTH parties would be the opposing party to a third party.
As a conservative, there is simply NO WAY I am going to actively endorse the direction the Republican party has been taking. I have voted Republican all my life, but this may just be the year that they lose my vote for good.
I will not vote for Romney and I will not vote for McCain. I DEFINITELY will not vote for Huckabee.
It's either Ron Paul or perhaps the constitution party candidate. I won't be wasting my vote. What would be wasting my vote would be actually encouraging the Republican party to kill conservatism. |
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Why in the world would the republicans nominate a Senator who has been in Washington 24 years?
History shows us we never elect Washington Insider Senators.
All Senators think they should be President.
Here we have executives in the race who do get elected, yet we are nominating a 24 year Senartor?
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McCAIN'S political alais came up to Rick Santorum & pointed his finger & said,"we beat you...we beat you" Meaning McCain's RINO's beat the Conservatives. The FOOT SOLDIER TRAITOR who has a horrible record defending our country...ie...McCain/Kennedy Amnesty Bill!
LAURA INGRAHAM is voting for ROMNEY!
SEAN HANNITY edorsed ROMNEY
SENATOR RICK SANTORUM endorsed ROMNEY! |
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Closing Gitmo.
Amnesty.
Against something as simple as waterboarding. Would McCain rather people die, so we can live up to his and the democrats standard?
McCain - Lieberman.
He's a Washington Insider.
Washington Insider Senator's never get elected.
JOHN MCCAIN IS A FIXTURE IN WASHINGTON>
AS A YOUNG VOTER, I CAN"T VOTE FOR MCCAIN IN A CHANGE ELECTION.
I'M NEW TO THE G.O.P. BUT I WILL SIT THIS ELECTION OUT.
I REFUSE TO VOTE FOR WASHINGTON!! |
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types will get be reminded you don't own the gop, we, the others,(i.e. goldwater-types and moderates) only let you borrow it, and helped you out for as long as you could win. remember that if you want to stay on your childish ranting |
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Us "Ron Paul kooks" are not going to "rally" around your candidate. You made it VERY clear that we are no longer welcome in the new big-government party.
You mock us for nearly a year, you ban us from the site for talking about our candidate. You intentionally leave our candidate out of ANY discussion unless you chose to ridicule him, and you have the *balls* to ask for our help?
Are you really effing serious, Hugh?
Romney promised a $30B bailout to the auto industry here in my state in order to win. And you think ANY conservative is going to vote for him?
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roll up your sleeves email 10 people to email 10 people to call 10 people
YOU HAVE the list of 36 McCain disasterous policies and links :::
STOP the McCain train wreck:
WE cannot afford McCain
WILL Mccain JUMP political parties after
we bend over so low to get him elected
NOT A CHANCE
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I think Hugh and the other radio hosts are afraid of Ann. After propping her up on their shows they now are shocked at he consistent weird behavior.
Ann Coulter probably has her favorites, but I think a large percentage of the party and conservatives despise and are embaressed by her.
Hugh Hewitt says its Guiliani and Arnold and hundreds of other government people against the talk radio establishment.
The talk radio establishment has also told us to support Bush no matter what, with the Rumsfeld mess, Harriet Myers etc. Now they say vote for Romney. A fake you say. Shut up and up and don't be a RINO. Support Huckabee or Paul. Well stop being crazy and vote with us or else we don;t want you in our conservative pity party.
And we think the Dems are whacked.
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Ann Coulter was right. McCain wants to close Gitmo, but he's never asked where he would move those terrorist? Will he move them to your state?
He also wants illegal immigration, which can be a HUGE security risk.
McCain is for Iraq, BUT HE WILL WEAKEN SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
McCAIN IS SUICIDE FOR THE G.O.P.
Why do we think a Washington insider Senator is the best nominee?
John McCain will join a list of Washington Insiders Senators who think they should be President.
JOHN KERRY AND BOB DOLE COME TO MIND.
Why would we nominate McCain knowing that Presidential campaigns are always against Washington.
JOHN McCAIN IS WASHINGTON!!
In a change election, we will be running against a female and the african american vwersion of Bobby Kennedy.
We look like IDIOTS putting a 24 year Senator up in this election.
THE BEST CHANCE WE HAVE BASED ON HISTORY IS TO NOMINATE A GOVERNOR. GOVERNOR'S WIN ELECTIONS!!
GOVERNOR BUSH, CLINTON, REAGA AND CARTER.
AT THIS POINT, ROMNEY IS THE BEST CHANCE THE G.O.P. HAS, YET WE ARE ABOUT TO NOMINATE A 24 YEAR SENATOR AND WASHINGTON INSIDER? |
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You are a bobble head. Just cast your vote now and allow someone else fill in the candidate. You have been stabbed in the back by your beloved Republican party. You have no obligation to vote "major" (now that's a joke) party and the world will not end if you vote third party. Abe Lincoln was elected as a third party candidate under less favorable conditions. It is voters who will hold their noses and vote for ANY Republican that makes the GOP the stupid party. If you can't vote third party this year, why don't you just stop voting. You would vote Republican even if they ran a herring. |
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The conservative pundits have come unhinged.
This is an all out panic war.
The mere fact that Mitt's chances supposedly hinge on Huck-a-votes is so pathetic it's laughable.
He was the "Golden Boy", the "Genius" who knew all the right moves to make, the "turnaround artist" who could convince the base he would be their candidate.
They'll all do the "what went wrong" post-mortem.
Should he have bought more ads?
Should he have attacked more?
Should he have done this or that,etc...
What Mitt should have done is not run to the left his entire life and then claim the mantle of conservatism and Reagan 2 years before running for President.
He shouldn't have "bought" a conservative radio host, who has been known to be VERY wrong A LOT, to be his personal shill and attack dog.
He should have had a real plan to sell rather than a marketing plan based on "the wonderfulness of Mitt" and the "saviour of conservatives".
And...he should have expected...the unexpected.
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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.
I don't think Hillary is stupid enough to step in front of this bus. McCain is. |
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Amnesty will forever change the nature of our country, the value of your children's labor, and the meaning of citizenship. illegal immigration is the greatest threat we face. we can rise and face attacks from abroad, but we will not survive the damage brought on by massive amnesty. illegal immigration is the issue of our day. |
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Hugh told us that Florida would break the back of the McCain run because it would be a Republican only election. Didn't happen. Of course, Hugh told us Arlen Specter would be fine as head of the Judiciary committee etc. Hugh, I'm getting discouraged here! I can't take this roller coaster ride. Is it true that ultra conservatives are the minority in the party now, and we can't pull the votes? If Tuesday comes and goes and Romney is not the clear victor, I am just going to accept the fact that moderates are now the dominate faction. I don't want to hear that he would have won but for Huck either. If Huck supporters were really significantly conservative, they would abandon Huck for the greater good. If they don't, that tells me their moderate. On Tuesday, we'll know whether it's time to get up and move to the back of the bus. I'm not going to wast my energy cussing out McCain or the moderates, either. Facts are facts. |
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You're so cute when you refer to yourself in the third person. |
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Lady MacClinton, legions of Libs will be so horrified that they'll hold their A**es and vote for Juanito McCain! That's her plan! The clever little Bimbo!! Of course, legions of others will commit suicide at Annie's actions. Whatever! |
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After watching Obama- Clinton last night I did feel the sense of doom.
Wake up Republicans. McCain is going to destroy our party and this country. He's old, decrepted and senile.
I can't even imagine him sitting on the same stage with Obama. The press are going to have a field day.
Watching him get the endorsements of the old republicain guard is very telling. They are all living in the last century.
Maggie mentioned on this blog the other day she was watching McCain trying to navigate the stairs of a plane and he was leaning on his wife.They did their best to hide it. I also watched that. How sad.
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I wouldn't vote for McCain under any circumstances. I'm not going to stay home though. I would support my Republican congress people and vote for Hillary or Obama. Think about it, Republicans in congress would not be likely to go against even a "RHINO" McCain. But, hopefully would have enough backbone to stand up to a Hillary or Obama. The agenda will be the same for all three of these people, so lets not have a Republican blamed for the tragic outcome. |
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hugh's prediction that willard can beat the clinton machine is about as credible as....
1. his prediction willard would take the sunshine state
2. his prediction the indians would win the world series
3. predicion ohio state would win each multiple championship they played in
point is that is a prediction born out of lust for willard, rather than knowledge. think otherwise give me an arguement which states willard can win |
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Ann Coulter's comment on Hannity and Colmes surprised me. I had thought I was alone in my decision to not vote if McCain became the nominee. I figured the moderates, RINO's and rah-rah's (vote for the R! Vote for the R!) would shame everyone else into supporting a candidate that was completely unpalatable. Now, it seems people are popping up everywhere, threatening to stay home; Coulter just put an explanation point on it. Many people have put out the reason why a conservative can't support John McCain. The decision we have to make, is whether we will put our principles aside and vote for someone who doesn't actually like us or care about we think. Ann apparently, and myself long ago, made that decision. I would rather lose in 2008 than support a lying, opportunistic political backstabber. Those of you who say we should put party first, abandon our principles..what principles would you abandon to win? Would you steal? Lie? Cheat? It defeats the purpose of having principles to simply abandon them in order to win at any cost. Go on and nominate your weasel candidate; crash and burn, (likely) or win, I don't care. But stop trying to shame, guilt, and trick people into abandoning their beliefs. If the GOP truly wanted to win, they would put forth a candidate that was worth supporting. |
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mccain/romney = anti-2nd Amendment = no vote from a conservative like me... |
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Hugh:
First off, Anne got her point across rhetorically. She shakes and bakes us; she stuns us out of this stupor caused by the media's liberal vapors. I laughed so hard at what she did. It was glorious! What is even funnier is how other's take her so seriously. Lighten up, Hugh! It'll be okay!
As to those who have this race already won by Obama Hussein or Hill-Bill (or is it Bill-Hill, I can't figure it out, does Hillary have Bill's nads in the lock-box too?), keep on thinking we're losers. That's it, up the volume. There you go! Nice and loud now! Ah, I love it when political opponents leave their intellects untouched and rely on emotions. Love it, love it, love it! |
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Is that Coulter will, and should get booed by all of us. Her and the other talking heads waged war on McCain, and lost. Now instead of helping bring the party together to defeat the more important enemy, she and others have gone off the deep end. The only good thing here is that these idiots are ranting and raving so badly that they are pushing people to actually think for themselves, and ignore the so-called pundits. We'll all be better off when that happens. |
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Hugh, I'm with you. I think Romney is the best candidate to beat Obama or Hillary in November. Who cares what say polls that show match ups between Romney and Hillary and/or Obama? Romney is capable of smacking them down. John McCain is not. He is not only old and tired, he is in league with Hillary and Obama. His is one of them.
Vote Romney on February 5th...I will! |
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well, he will be when he looses 40 to 42 states in the general election. Why? There are not enough "real" Conservatives (i use the term loosely seeing as it is being manipulated by a druggie and legal blowhard (not hugh)) to win. Romney's Kool-aid will only find flavor among those folks. Others don't like him as a man, and will not give him the benefit of the doubt. He'll loose handily. So a vote for this "true" conservative, Romney is a waste of time. It will illustrate how weak the movement is, and that will be fatal. Crying like spoiled children may prevent mccain from getting the nomination, but it prevent us from getting the white house. Think not? Explain, what states Romney can win, state by state in a general? |
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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
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Hugh is doscounting the current polls because they are old, they have old and flawed data. Furthermore, Please stop with the name calling. You can make a point without calling names.
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Let's not repeat 1976 when Reagans message was ignored!
90% of Reagans judges support Romney.
Thompson's "Reagan backers" now support Romney.
The Foot Soldier will never woo me...he's a lib
hiding in the Republican Party.
In 2001...McCain seriously considered leaving the
Republican Party!
Kerry.....John Kerry has been "audibly" quoted that "his (McCain's) people have actively contacted my (John Kerry's) people about being my(John Kerry's) running mate"!
McCain...."John Kerry's a good friend of mine & I'd certainly entertain it ("?" being Kerry's running mate).
Sarandaon....Susan Sarandon absolutely "loves
McCain".
Coulter...Ann Coulter told Hannity & Colmes she'd vote for Hillary instead of McCain..."he's a dangerous man"! Colmes asked her if this was an endorsement & she said "yes, if McCain becomes the nominee. I'll even campaign for her. McCain'more liberal than even Hillary".
RALLY TO ROMNEY CONSERVATIVES! DON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOSING OUR PARTY...LET'S NOT
LOOSE AN OPPROTUNITY TO HAVE A WONDERFUL PRESIDENT!!! GO MITT!
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It's too late to close the barn door after the cows have escaped. Hugh, you, Rush, Sean, Michelle, and a host of others long ago sold out your conservative, constitutionally limited government, freedom loving principles for a lust for power. You have persistently mocked and marginalized folk like me who really believed the rhetoric of the Republican platforms of the last several decades. You unleashed the childish food-fighting of this site. And now you ask -- no, that would be too polite -- you demand us to rally around someone whose positions have been like the shifting sands of the Sahara? |
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I tend to think 3rd parties just help the opposing party. We are much better uniting to remain the strength of the Republican party.
I also don't think it is healthu for the country to have a succession of presidents elected with less than 50 percent of the vote, and that is guaranteed with 3rd party ventures.
I believe in fighting within the party. I also tend to think this notion of encouraging the choice to be an independent by allowing them to vote in primaries of one party or the other is not so good, and I don't care for same day registration either. |
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At the end of his blog, Hugh predicts a stunning surprise this Tuesday as conservatives rally behind Mitt. As much as I disagree with Hugh about this, I find his sheer optimism heartwarming as always.
It's not that Hugh is a terrible prognosticator, it's just that he wears his heart on his sleeve, and believes that things are always going to go his way in the end. We actually need more people like Hugh in this world... |
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Hugh, if the President wasn't connected to Supreme Court nominations, AC would have more of a point; in any case, AC is a satirist, and the e-mail forwarding, etc. that video is getting will likely help turn the tide against JM.
Keep the faith!
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Is that comment you made the other day Hugh, your traffic on this blog has never been higher.
I suspect every consrvative pundit discussing and dissing McCain as found that they are getting more hits or higher ratings. I also suspect those supporting him, like Medved, are geting higher ratings too.
Ann does this fairly regularly. She is out for Ann first.
The other conservative pundits are mostly driven, not out of any great love for Romney (which is why they never supported him sooner) but because McCain pisses them off so. |
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McCain's temperament is very much like another other rascible war hero, Andrew Jackson,the first Democrat and man who first chose the jackass as his campaign mascot.
Remember:
-Keating Five to McCain-Feingold
-McCain-Lieberman $1000 per person tax
-McCain-Kennedy Amnesty bill
-Promises to punish Wall Street
-Disparagement of Judge Alito
-Inability to raise campaign funds.
By temperament and by policy McCain is the absolute worst choice.
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Hugh says:
"Which is why Rush, Sean, and Laura, Beck, Levin and Hewitt are right, and Arnold, Rudy, and Rick Perry are wrong: Conservatives have to decide right now if they will fight for Romney and the party of Reagan against the MSM-generated McCain resurrection."
Reagan, Schmeagan.
Mitt Romney said this when trying to win the US Senate race in 1994 against Ted Kennedy:
"I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush. I'm not trying to return to Reagan-Bush."
Mitt Romney will say anything to win. He's a congenital liar of the first order. The only one I've ever seen do it better is Bill Clinton. Romney is slicker at it than Bill Clinton's wife.
Here's the WSJ this morning, Hugh:
"The main doubt about him (Romney) has been whether he believes in anything enough to stick to it if he did become President."
I have no doubt. He doesn't believe in anything, except the furtherance of his ambition of the moment.
The talkers and pundits, the Coalition of the Duped, have been so taken by the Romney packaging that they haven't bothered to see that there's nothing -- absolutely nothing -- inside. |
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Her point was to simply show how horrible Mccain would be for the right. |
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At least she is taking MDS to its logical end point. Where did you think that whipping up irrational GOP hatred of the GOP nominee was going to end, Hugh? With a big rally around McCain eventually?
Naturally there are people who would prefer a Clinton presidency to a Republican one. We call these people Democrats, even if they're just cynically motivated by wanting to have the evil Clinton empire back in the White House so that their anti-establishment talk shows will once again be as relevant as they were in the 1990s.
Sometimes there are people like Andrew Sullivan and Ariana Huffington and David Brock who are temporarily confused about which side of the political divide they are really on.
Usually events help these people find their true homes. As the saying goes, the time comes for everyone when he finally has to join the side he is already on. |
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Ann Coltour and Rush won't vote for McCain if he is the nominee. Ha, ha. This is the death knell of talk radio conservatism, dying in a self inflicted religious purity war over who is the most conservative.
Hillary and Obama have captured the mood of the American public, that's why Obama is able to raise so much money. The voting public is sick of the hate and contempt spewed out from talk radio every day.
Hugh et al made this bed for the Repulican party, now we will all have to sleep in it - and have the resulting nightmares. |
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She's very good at getting a rise. But I do love the way she get's right to the heart of the matter. |
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Why isn't the Romney camp challenging McCain to list his accomplishments? Republicans were successful when they were the conservative vehicle. Having stuck it to conservatives for the last time, they are now trying to steal the brand in an act of desperation. These "conservative" websites have to make a decision about what they represent. Are they Republican tools? Or are they a gathering place where conservatives can discuss and rally? Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh are laying the foundation for a third party. It would really help if CPAC rejected McCain and found a third party candidate to endorse. That could be Romney but does he want to win or not? |
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Hugh is right-on in his analysis. I am grateful for his voice of reason and hope.
I am with Hugh MrBushmills and all truth-loving, Founding Fathers-honoring citizens of this country: conservatives must not accept defeat, nor reconcile now. We must get the word and vote out for Mitt Romney.
Take hope, encouragement, and resolve from the words of Winston Churchill:
"You ask, What is our policy? I will say; “It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.” You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
NEVER SURRENDER. |
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I will not vote for McCain period. I'll write in or sit home. A decision I do not take lightly. But there are some principles not worth abandoning to keep Hillary from president. It may be the wrong hill I'm choosing to die on but it's my hill and my vote. |
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should not be to scare people about voting for Huckabee or Paul. It should be to rally around the only true conservative still in the race, Mike Huckabee. I don't understand how any part of what Mitt Romney does can be called conservative. Is it about the money? Is that the qualification now? Only filthy rich guys who make their money by laying people off and then park it offshore in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes are the true conservatives?
That must be it, because he's not conservative about anything else
http://www.trueromney.com
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All the talk radio and blogs should be hammering this point home. Everyone thinking of voting for McCain needs to read about him approaching the Dems about abandoning the Republican party. Also, it was mccain who approached kerry about being his VP. This is not a man who should be representing the Republican party.
READ THIS!
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-ne arly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html |
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Conservatives haven't been defeated yet....they're just now getting on the same page. Once they finally unite behind Mitt, which will hopefully happen before Tuesday, let's see what happens. If we can't keep leftists from taking over our own party, we don't deserve to have one. Ann was right to be horrified at what's happening to the party, but her target was off-base. The real enemy here isn't so much John McCain as it is the MSM who have been promoting him. McCain is simply the tool of the Left. As always, the drive-by's are the enemy. Mitt's the only guy who can defeat them.....something they've known from the beginning. |
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Last week on Meet the Press he said that if the amnesty bill comes across his desk (if he's president), he'd signed it.
There you go! We'll have a Democratic House and Senate, who wants amnesty, and our "Republican" president wants amnesty too.
Wake up people. This guy is a joke. He is a liberal, he lies incessantly and he lack the temperment to look good in debate.
He's the new Bob Dole, without the support from the base. McCain is so liberal, and he'll ruin the conservative movement as we know it.
Romney is the only hope for us. |
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You can see our proposal at vbushmills.townhall.com, but we believe that Mitt Romney (we were Thompson supporters)is far more likely to let the generals run the war(s)(as did Bush) than McCain ever will. He is more apt to surround himself with toads, a la Bushel Britches thinking himself a military stategist. he is far more apt to bollix it all up.
I agree with you. Let's first get the right man nominated, then fret over the differences between the devils and the deep blue sands.
Cheers
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Just which conservatives got kicked off the train? The only ones running were Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson. They left a long time ago.
You guys are supporting a mirror, not a real person. |
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Hugh,
Why isn't the Romney camp hitting McPain hard on the fact that he almost flipped in 2000 and went across the isle w/the DEMs and he almost because became John Kerry's VP? |
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...it's McCain vs. Romney.
Throwing money at Michigan, throwing money at ethanol, claiming that fairies and pixies will deport or even just process 10,000,000+ people in 90 days isn't conservative, it's what you want to hear.
Conservatives are trying to rally around a mirror, not a real candidate. All the while talk radio demands that we do so, it loses more and more listeners and more and more credibility.
I'm curious to see your site hit statistics after Romney drops out. |
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does it make a noise? There is a train with a "Conservative Republicans" sign on it leaving the station. The problem is that they have kicked all of the conservatives out of the train. Yet, the proprietors of that train are threatening conservatives that if they don't buy tickets, their train will crash. Who cares? It's not MY train man. |
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Ron Paul supporters are not going to support Mitt Romney or John McCain. It's funny now that Romney is in desperation mode for conservative votes that you would think Ron Paul supporters would ever think of voting for him. That's the funniest thing I've heard in a while. |
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