Novak: Bush won’t support Romney because of immigration
Robert Novak reports that President Bush won’t support Mitt Romney because he changed his mind about shamnesty (hat tip – reader Rosebud).
While President George W. Bush has maintained neutrality among contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, he privately expresses to friends his exasperation with Mitt Romney’s hard-line stance on immigration.
Bush is upset that Romney changed his position on the issue, compared to what it had been when he was governor of Massachusetts, at the expense of the president’s immigration reform. Bush and Sen. John McCain are not close, but the president is grateful for McCain’s support on Iraq and immigration.
A footnote: The president’s younger brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has not endorsed any presidential candidate. But he and his political allies were behind Romney’s losing effort in last Tuesday’s Florida primary.
Welcome to 2008: The year of the Open Borders Republican Party.
It’s going to be a long year, my friends.
Via HAheadlines, Stacy McCain reports that both President Bush and Dick Cheney will be at CPAC this week.
Be prepared for a raucous reception.
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Meantime, McShamnesty racks up another liberal media endorsement from the LA Times.
Bottom line: Weak on border fences, strong on global warming fear-mongering.
Remind me again which party’s presidential nomination John McCain is running for?
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In Arizona, as I’ve noted here before, there is significant anti-McCain sentiment. The Washington Post catches up to it today:
“We do not consider him a conservative at all,” says Rob Haney, a Republican Party chairman in McCain’s home district. The candidate’s bus, the Straight Talk Express, should be renamed, Haney says: “We call it the Forked Tongue Express around here. He’ll lie about anything.”
Said John Acer, a lawyer who, like Haney, showed up last weekend at a meeting of the Republican state committee in Glendale: “He’s despicable. Dishonest. Duplicitous.” And so it goes, on and on, all these Republicans who wince at the mention of McCain’s name, and who can think of few things worse than having the state’s senior Republican senator ascend to the White House.
McCain is likely to win the state’s Republican primary on Tuesday. He wins elections here in Arizona easily. Party activists don’t control the Republicans in voting booths any more than they control the senior senator. But McCain’s in-state problems reflect his national quandary as he tries to convince American conservatives that he’s one of them.
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Someone tell Bush he is there to represent the people, not dictate to them.
This is really okay in my opinion.
Right now an endorsement from Bush would hurt Romney with the base.
“Bush won’t support Romney because of immigration”
Wow!
What’s the bad news?!
Anyone else think that this is GOOD news for Mr. Romney, and that he should pick this up, run with it, and trumpet it loud and wide?
I mean, an opportunity to run away from Mr. Bush, who seems to have done his part to sabotage conservatives, freely given by Mr. Bush himself!
How good is that?!
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!
Nice to know our political overlords continue to go against the wishes of 80% of the electorate when it comes to the Shamnesty Bill.
Bush should stay away from the CPAC event. Bush should stay off the campaign trail for anyone. Bush should shut the heck up and do nothing for the next year. He’s done enough damage.
In fact, the best thing Bush can do for the Republican party is to support Hillary or Osama Obama.
At the risk of stating the obvious, McCain is running for Republicrat nomination. MrScribbler, you are 100% correct, Bush has no business at CPAC or on the campaign trail. Enough already.
Granite is dead right!
The Romney camp needs to immediately start using this as a major talking point – right now, today.
I can hear it now:
“I found out today that President Bush may not support my candidacy, and the reason specifically is because I don’t share his liberal views on immigration amnesty. He wants to make it easy on illegal immigrants to stay in the this country, as does Senator McCain who proved it with his amnesty bill in the senate, and I’m a strict reconstructionist on the issue of this country’s sovereignty and right to keep its boarders secure.”
This is huge. This could break super Tuesday in his favor if he can only but get the word out in time.
let’s recall that McCain’s people approached Kerry’s people for the VP spot on the Dem ticket.
Only 4 years ago.
And if Huck thinks he’s getting the VP spot on the McCain ticket just because he’s doing Cap. Queeg a favor by splitting the conservative vote with Romney he’s dumber than I thought. McCain has never met a conservative he didn’t want to poke in the eye.
Romney has nothing to lose by pounding McCain’s hard head with this issue up until the convention.
I wish Romney well. But, I have to admit I never thought I would support a governor of the People’s Republic of Mass., and back away from supporting Bush. Even if Romney get elected and maintains a hard line on immigration, without Congressional support, it isn’t anything more than words. At best, it stays the same…neither side accomplishing anything.
Bush has destroyed the Republican party. Please tell me why I should care what Bush thinks about anything. If we get McCain, it’s just the continuation of Bush.
First and foremost, I’m a Conservative. The Republican part has lost what little Conservative values it may have had. 3rd party time. Is there a Conservative party? (No, the Constitution Party doesn’t count. They are the Jesus Christ Party. Sorry, I’m not a Christian, but a Hindu, and their overtly Christian emphasis is off putting.)
If I hear John McCain say “my friend” one more time I will probably puke!!
mi amigo, is more like it…
Well who need’s him anyway his popularity has taken a nose dive over several issue’s including immigration. Romney is better off without his endorsement.
Here, here!!
Forget Bush….
Who do we want to see endorse Romney? Who will make a difference?
As a longtime sufferer of extreme right-wing BDS (might as well be upfront about that), it is hard to say if this is good or bad news for Romney or anyone for that matter. It’s not that a Bush endorsement is necessarily the kiss of death, but the fact that he has withdrawn his support for Romney on this crucial issue, does give the former Massachusetts governor a lot of credibility which he clearly didn’t have before.
I’m impressed, but so what? Right now, it looks like Romney is too little, too late for not having forged a compelling campaign “narrative” (hate the word, but I guess we are stuck with it) to appeal to conservatives. Kind of a theme for this year, agreed?
1. After Bush attacked the 2nd Amendment recently, I’m done with him.
2. Is this a joke? RomnestyCare was and is weak on immigration. Watch what he says when you ask him for specifics:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/12/16/romney-on-meet-the-press-gun-rightsimmigration-positions-under-fire/
“My own view is consistent with what you saw in the Lowell Sun, that those people who had come here illegally and are in this country–the 12 million or so that are here illegally–should be able to stay sign up for permanent residency or citizenship”
CHOKE, COUGH, HACK. This is your immigration reform guy? This is the guy who is SO different from McAmnesty? Puh-LEASE.
No need to remind me.
But at least there’s this real difference:
McCain immigration adviser: Juan Hernandez.
Romney immigration adviser: Kris Kobach.
As Bryan P. likes to say: Personnel is policy.
Personnel is policy…if you listen to them.
I’m not accusing Mutt of going for window dressing to “energize the base” here. Wait, yes I am. It’s a normal trait for a politician.
Guess someone forgot to let President Bush in on the joke. Romney appears to be borrowing a page from Bush’s playbook: pretend to be conservative to get elected, then do whatever you want.
What a wonderful choice of candidates we have.
Kris Kobach is a real hero on this issue (I’m biased, I live nearby him and have followed his work for the longest time) He won another legal victory today….http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/02/america/Valley-Park-Immigration.php
VRWC time:
McCain is a liberal plant. This was all designed from the beginning of his political carrear.
Oh, wait, that would be VLWC time.
Nevermind.
No More “LESSER OF TWO EVILS”! CRA-RNC-CRP – Are You listening.
ALERT:
Is Nancy P really going after 401Ks-IRAs-et al to HELP the “poor” 21 million illegal immigrants and to “even out” the wealth structure.
Please – tell me that a search will show that my latest info (via a recent e-mail) is NOT true.
Dandapani, I agree. Third party time! I would have liked to call it the Constitutional or Constitution party, but you are correct, those are taken.
Therefore, I would like to form the Malkin party!
Why the Malkin Party? Michelle Malkin represents the best mind out there. She would also make a great mascot. A “Big Thing in a Petite package”.
Ok, I may be kidding about calling it the Malkin party, but I do agree that it is time to do something. If I remember my history, it was something like 6 years between the founding of the republican party and Lincoln taking office. (I may be off a bit)
I think the best ay to see how this will work is to:
A) Vote for Fred Thompson or Duncon Hunter on every ballot they are listed on during the Primaries irregardless of their chances.
B) Write in Fred Thompson or Duncan Hunter next November rather then stay at home or blank the ballot.
On the day after the election, get stinking drunk at the thought of 4 years of Hillary Clinton/ Barak Obama.
(I don’t think the Republicans have a chance at all this cycle)
Christian Soldier – The answer is yes. I’m looking for the specific legislation reference. Congress is considering changing tax law on annuities, potentially 401(k) funds, and other financial instruments. I’ve heard about this through contacts in the insurance industry, but didn’t write down the bill #’s.
It’s time for Romney to take the gloves off…McShame never had em on….tells you a lot about him. Mitt has nothing to lose now.
Juan McCenndy is disgusting and he is no American hero. I don’t believe he did anymore than any other soldier would have done in the same situation.
Why would Mitt want another liberals support like that of Bush, I thought he was trying to win the nomination.
I’m happy to hear the President I detest is supporting the candidate I detest. The thing that really pisses me off is I’m not a hard right voter at all. I’m sure I’m to the left of many people on this site. I just want our drooling moron of a President to defend the borders, control spending, and intelligently conduct foreign policy (for starters). And yet, that’s too much to ask for this idiotic GOP?!? We are all the way into bizarro world. There are two versions of the Democratic Party now. The Republican Party is gone.
Here’s a question for Michelle and everyone else who is considering sitting out the election or following in Wacky Ann’s footsteps and voting for Hillary: Does the War on Terror no longer matter to you and why are you so willing to put the troops that you claim to support into the hands of Surrendercrats?
Has anybody else noticed that not one Republican candidate has sought Bush’s endorsement or that he campaign for them?
Not having Bush indorse Romney makes sense. Bush belongs to the Compassionate Conservative Party, who’s primary platform is promise first then deceive as necessary, while Romney belongs to the Republican Party (the Compassionate Conservatives mission is to sell American and that they can not sell they will give to the illegal immigrants). Having this president indorse you is not worth a Mexican peso.
To those who believe that McCain is not all that different from Romney and may sit out the election, a little media analysis from someone who has been around the block a couple of times, if I may.
Remember who Romney would/will likely be running against.
Consider the media match up in hypothetical debates:
HILLARY VS MCCAIN: Extremely-liberal senator with no executive political experience vs mildly liberal senator with no executive political experience. Hillary has name cred and the whole Mainstream media behind her. She wipes up the floor with McCain while being nice to him at the same time.
HILLARY VS ROMNEY: Extremely-liberal senator with no executive political experience vs moderate on some issues, deadly conservative on others GOVERNOR with much executive political experience as well as successful buiness experience. Also a hawk on immigration.
Remember also, that appearance matters, a lesson that cost Nixon the election to JFK in 1960: Next to Hillary in glamour hair and makeup which is working to her benefit these days, McCain will look old, slow and hunched over, like a gargoyle. Romney is very tall with striking good looks. As Romney talks from first-hand governance experience, Hillary will dwindle on camera during debates. Against McCain, Hillary will turn up the energy with the intention of making McCain look like a nice old man ready for the pasture – and he will. In debates with Hillary, Romney wins. In debates with Hillary, McCain loses. No question/No brainer.
To anyone with higher-end media experience, this is a no brainer. One of many reasons the dems, MSM and Clinton camp are praising Mccain so generously. So they can set him up and knock him down. With ease.
KEEP E-MAILING MIKE WALLACE AT FOX NEWS SUNDAY. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE IT MAY BE WORKING A LITTLE, BUT WE NEED MORE. PLEASE E-MAIL HIM RIGHT NOW, THIS MOMENT, BEFORE YOU FORGET!
We don’t need him to do anything on this issue except veto Shamnesty bills. He can veto Shamnesty ‘09. And Shamnesty ‘10, and ‘11, and ‘12.
While the states keep removing the magnets and increasing the penalties, and the problem gets solved without rewarding 12 to 30 million foreign invaders with residency. After a few dozen states have done this in addition to the 4 states so far, Congress will finally get the message. All we have to so is stop the giant amnesty until then.
Mitt is the last hope to do this.
Novak is no better than the weather man when it comes to announcing developments.
Bush will support the nominee and won’t interfere in the process.
#34 On February 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm, On February 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:
“KEEP E-MAILING MIKE WALLACE AT FOX NEWS SUNDAY. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE IT MAY BE WORKING A LITTLE, BUT WE NEED MORE. PLEASE E-MAIL HIM RIGHT NOW, THIS MOMENT, BEFORE YOU FORGET!”
Already did!
#34 Exactly, plus if by chance Obama got it that would be worse. the under 30 pepole come out for him. No I hate hill votes.
George Bush has made himself into a double immigration pariah.
Pro America activists can’t stand his failure to provide sovereignty, remember Ramos and Compean.
Anti America open borders types can’t stand his amnesty failure.
That means theres no down side to a Bush failure to endorse.
I don’t think I would consider Romney a hawk on immigration, but at least he seems to be listening to the VAST majority of Americans who want it controlled.
As for the debates, McCain my have a great sense of humor and a terrific way of poking fun at himself – turning a phrase or whatever – but he’s no match for Hillary and the media machine behind her. He will look old and soft and ill-tempered. Romney might have a shot, but MaCain is a definite loser here.
Michelle Malkin for Secretary of Homeland Security!
Good points, fred5676. People like our nitwit, rich boy President don’t live like regular people. They never have and they never will. That’s why they don’t even remotely understand the immigration issue. They are sheltered by wealth and privilege and will never personally see an impact on their lives via illegal immigration.
Kennebunkport and its residents don’t have the slightest clue regarding how illegal immigration is destroying communities across the US. What’s worse is I don’t think they give a hoot. Those problems are for the little people like you and me. Both the Dems and the Reps are chasing a gravy train for their own benefit and don’t give a damn about anything else.
The best non-endorsement ever.
Romney managed to piss off McQueeg and Jorge Arbusto.
He’s a winner. (Lets hope that’s what happens Super Tuesday…)
SPOT ON! I was thinking this earlier today. McCan’t comes off as an old geazer, and sounds like he’s at a funeral. As one reader put it the other day, one foot in the grave.
Mitt Romney will clean Hillary’s clock when it comes to management. Her so-called 35 years of experience (being a wife) will look like childsplay when it comes to Romney’s experience in actually MANAGING companies, turning around disasters (yes, some people lost jobs, but how many did he create in the end? — Staples???? as one example, which launched a lot of other copycat companies, but I digress).
Not to mention take the scandal-driven Salt Lake Olympics, and make it a complete success. The turnaround king.
He could do the same for this country’s economy…hopefully by cutting stupid liberal spending programs, and cutting taxes at the same time.
There is no other viable choice. Romney is the only one…in all aspects, and yes, that means looks too!
Oh, and one more thing….Romney won the Maine Caucus, but I’m sure you won’t hear about that anywhere.
Or, perhaps on page 48 in the NYT.
McCan’t breaks a fingernail and it’s front page news.
In the article Michelle cites, Joel Achenback of Washington Post completely ignores how Arizona Republicans are furious at McCain’s sponsorship of the Shamnesty bill.
In part that is because they are furious about being overrun by criminal illegal aliens.
The Chandler rapist, 39-year-old Santana Batiz Aceves, had been deported twice before his latest crimes. He was arrested on January 8, 2008 and has been charged with raping 6 girls aged 12-15.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0115rapes-charges0115-ON.html
http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/0114rapes-immigration0114.html
Achenback also ignores the fact that many Arizona Republicans are Mormons.
We can all hope and pray that Romney wins the Arizona primary.
President Bush has taught me one thing…any candidate for office, who claims he/she is a “compassionate conservative” is nothing more than code for “Hey, I’m more liberal than you think!” (Nudge nudge, wink wink!!)
I am grateful that he was the one who confronted Islamic Terrorism. We know how Clinton, his advisors (including his brilliant wife, Hillary), and all the Congressional members who let him get away with inaction, will confront the difficult tasks ahead…they won’t!
If Hillary should become the next POTUS, does anyone really think Bill will let her appear to be stronger than was he?
Mr. Conservative Cat: Send that para to Mitt’s site 100 times until its receipt is acknowledged. It is absolutely brilliant and he should use it.
Some are still trying to make Romney as bad a choice as McCain. The Kennedy/McCain Shamnesty bill ALONE prevents that from working.
I think it would be the kiss of death if Bush supported Romney. I voted for Bush twice and have always defended him, but I’ve really about had it with him.
I appreciate his strength regarding the war on terror and on taxes, but regarding immigration he sucks! I heard him giving an interview @ Crawford with Bret Bair and I forget the exact question and answers, but Bush is completely against getting tough on illegal immigration.
I’m done with Bush.
Since I sincerely regret my last vote for G W Bush I am pleased that he is offended by a candidate who is willing to deal with this virtual invasion. I am sure that GWBush, perry and Hutchison are in a snit trying to explain this to the stringholders that want open borders at any cost but thats too bad.
Perfesser #28 – thank you for confirming the info that I received about Congress robbing the 401Ks, IRAs et al. (My ? #26).
Perhaps Michelle and Co. can keep us imformed about this re-distribution on our hard earned $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I’ll talk to my insurance (Thrivent) guy ASAP.
If President Bush prefers McCain to Romney because of immigration, shouldn’t that say something to us… something like, even President Bush doesn’t believe John McCain when he says he has “learned his lesson” on immigration?
Can someone please reconcile the following two recent quotes from McCain?
There are three things I need help understanding from McCain’s statements:
#1 – If his state knows how to build walls and barriers, why do more people come across the border in his state than most any other state?
#2 – How does his state’s failure to secure the border make him an expert on border security? If his state had the worst economy in the nation, would that also make McCain an expert in economics?
#3 – If he knows how to secure the border, why hasn’t done it before now?
George Bush has totally sold out the American people on his shamnesty plan. I’m very pleased for Mitt Romney that Bush does not support him. That makes him pretty ok in my book.
Granite,
Thanks for being one of the patriots and sending an e-mail to Wallace. You’re a great American! Now let’s see how Wallace handles the whole thing – BUT – this is no time to stop! You can take that list of questions and post them everywhere, under the heading “IF YOU WERE JOHN MCCAIN, HOW COULD YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?” It’s better than declaratory statements because it forces the reader to think – and right now we have to get people to stop responding to images and to think. Everyone should!
Romney apparently isn’t giving up if he loses Super Tuesday, unless something goes drastically wrong. But don’t let that keep you from trying to help Mitt in 3 days. Once again, remember Howard dean – one yee-ha and he was toast 48 hours later. McCain has more going against him, so Mitt can pull this out but we have to keep getting the word out. Remember, Mitt can get a big proportionate boost if there is just doubt in people’s minds about McCain and those people stay home.
Yes, somehow political correctness is strangling common sense. Somehow we are to believe that debating McCain’s fitness to be President on the basis of his age is an unconscionable breach of decency. Reagan’s age was an issue and he was younger than McCain when he took office.
Let’s not kid ourselves: the Presidency is an intense 4 – 8 year ordeal which saps the youth and health of the people who serve. McCain would be out to lunch long before he finished his second term – at the age of 81!
This is insane, and we just can’t let this happen.
Thank you for the kind words.
You know, it never occured to me to contact them in that way, but maybe I shall. And you know what? You can too!
Bush and McCain are in the pocket of big business and Mexican lobbyist. Disgusting.
I am not surprised. I have been disgusted with this president since 2002. You know the reasons: illegal immigration, Harriet Miers, spending, mccain-feingold, medicare, etc.
I would never think that I would be in agreement with loons that have the bumper sticker 1-20-09 date. The problem is that the nightmare will continue on with either McCain or the Democrats in the White House.
Apathy is getting to be a tiresome routine.
Bush’s non-endorsement of Romney parallels this Spanish language news outlet’s non-endorsement of Romney. Note they favor McCain on only ONE issue!
The editor was quoted, “As long as he legalizes 30 million Hispanic undocumented workers, we don’t care what the heck else he does.”/sarc
I still support Bush I think he has been a good President although I don’t agree with some of his policy decision’s. But here is the deal if you only go out to the polls when It’s election time then you have absolutley no reason to complain. If I disagree with something that my Congressman, Senator or President is doing or supporting I am politically active and e-mail and snail mail them with my concern’s and displeasure, they know how I feel (twice) about an issue, I put signs in my yard for the person or issue I support, I e-mail and talk to my friend’s about the people and issues I support. I don’t sit back in my glass house and throw stone’s at the neighbor’s. Too many set back in their recliner’s watching the new’s or press confrences or maybe even C-Span and piss and moan but don’t have the kahoona’s to get up off their arses and go to their computer’s or grab a piece of paper and use those writing skill’s they learned in shcool to voice their opinion’s. We have a representive government and it is up to you the people of this great nation to make sure that your representative’s are doing what you put them in office to do. So if you are one of these people that I’m discribing (just posting on MM site is not being politically active) then sit down in your comfy recliner and shut up, because you have no right to complain.
McShame/ B-HusseinObama/ CHillary – the new ‘axis of evil’. Any of these three in the White House means the end of the USA. Their definition of an “American” is anyone who resides in the western hemisphere – ergo, borders? what borders?
Too bad – the USA used to be a nice country. Before we became the dumping ground for China’s toxic waste and the dumping ground for the western hemisphere’s criminals.
Well, look on the bright side:
Bush endorses McCain. Isn’t that like the kiss of death????
Also, did anyone read the McCain quote saying “I assume I will be the nominee”???
I saw it on Saturday’s Drudge report.
Do you have a spell check program on your computer that changes every plural into a possessive or did you miss the day when the English teacher taught that ’s is for possessives not plurals.
stone’s stones
neighbor’s neighbors
recliner’s recliners
new’s news
computer’s computers
skill’s skills
opinion’s opinions
’s for plurals is really annoying.
Shamnesty was the end of Boosh for me. January 2009 can not come fast enough when he packs his bags. Will he build a library in Mexico City?
I am worried about What could be fueling this rabid desire to give 20+ million people Amnesty. Could it be the Mexican Gov’t promised Bush a huge donation to his presidential library if he would push this through??
#57 On February 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 am, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:
“On February 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm, CC said:
Mr. Conservative Cat: Send that para to Mitt’s site 100 times until its receipt is acknowledged. It is absolutely brilliant and he should use it.
Thank you for the kind words.
You know, it never occured to me to contact them in that way, but maybe I shall. And you know what? You can too!”
I sent Mitt’s campaign site a tap on the shoulder yesterday about Mr. Bush’s comment.
Your paragraph would make a great starting point.
We have experienced many heros. Benedict Arnold was at his best at Saratoga.
President Bust was after 9-11.
Senator maccain alledily as a POW (like Sen Kerry, he too will not allow release of his military records).
But all have soured. Now I want the president to just wait out his term and not be heard from again except for public support of maccain…
Bye Bye Boosh, go back to your sand pile ! It time for conservatives to be true to our principles and take back the Republican party. Principles are more important than anything else.
I probabaly flunked that class, I am not a english major it is a short way for me to type. I am lazy like that. I am sorry I annoy you with it.
(this little bit took me 20 minutes to type)
Mitt should take out an ad yelling from the mountain tops that Boosh wont support him over closing the borders.
I think that is Ann Coulter’s point, that the one degree of separation between McCain and the Democrats is so minute that, upon his taking the Oath of Office, it would only be a matter of time before he became a Surrendercrat; thus, rather than sink the US under the tutelage of a Republican captain, she’d prefer that it be done royally, with Hillary at the helm and the Democrats receiving all the credit.
People who support the war on terror support Romney.
People who oppose the war on terror support McCain. You can look up the exit polls yourself. McCain is also backed by the entire “realist” establishment and the members of the Iraq Study Group.
EL BUSHE is a TRAITOR! He is so committed to the RINO-DEMOCRAT dissolution of the USA that he is deranged by it.
Wow! Our republican leadership sure is working overtime to get Hilary elected. I KNEW that we should have supported impeachment!
Granite,
Great! Send them another and by all means, quote anything you want from me and claim it as your own. I’m not looking for a job in anyone’s propoganda cabinet, I’m trying save my country from Sherrif McOpenborders. And there are a few people locally here in Vermont I’ve gathered up to help.
Keep sending, Granite. The list of questions would be also good. Let ‘em know. I’ll try to get a couple in later tonight if I have the time.
Blind Mule
As King and Grand Poobah Master of Message Board typos, I say unto thee , “Worry not about your typos, for it is the substance that matters, and your substance rings true for God and Country.”
If you are going to vote on Tuesday please consider this …
… “but why would any Republican vote for McCain?
At least under President Hillary, Republicans in Congress would know that they’re supposed to fight back. When President McCain proposes the same ideas — tax hikes, liberal judges and Social Security for illegals — Republicans in Congress will support “our” president — just as they supported, if only briefly, Bush’s great ideas on amnesty and Harriet Miers. “
Y’know, slp, unless errors are causing me to not understand what a person is saying or getting at, I don’t give second thought to such things. It’s not distracting to me, so it’s not a big deal.
I understand that folks have their individual pet peeves, I guess I don’t share this particular one.
I’m not a big fan of internet shorthand, though. (”ur” for “you are” “your”, 4 for “for”, 2 for “to”, etc.)
Besides, I have my hands full with my own grammar and spelling!
If you don’t like immigrants, then tell all the people who think life is one big party to settle down and have a family. It’s called being normal. I fail to understand why we here in the West cannot grasp the idea that we need PEOPLE for civilization to survive, believe it or not.
Wouldn’t it be fun if the rules of grammar required that the term “typo” itself would have to be misspelled? (Yes, I do have to much time to think…)
I don’t know anyone who “doesn’t like immigrants”, Luigi. It’s against the law, if nothing else, for foreigners to violate America’s borders and America’s laws. Two entirely different critters.
Doesn’t make sense on at least several counts.
One count being that responsible people do just that, a second being that I wouldn’t want the goofballs to reproduce and give us more goofballs to take care of, and, third, if your argument is that for some reason we “need” more immigrants there’s millions of good, law abiding people waiting who have no problem with respecting America and it’s laws from which to draw. We don’t need to illegally import criminals.
Bush and McCain are total sellouts to foreign interests. They both have convinced themselves with the nonsense they espouse. “ROP, Jobs Americans Won’t Take, What Is Best For The Country.” Airheads who have deserted their senses under stress and do not realize they are being manipulated. Listening to McCain talk economics is more painful than listening to Ralph Nader. This man is not only angry, he is uneducated.
My pet peeve is when someone uses to for too. sometimes you just need that extra o!
I think a Bush endorsement for McCain is just fine by me. The more distance Romney can put between McCain’s and Bush’s immigration policies the better.
’s for plurals should be important to every American taxpayer.
It is most certainly a sign of the poor state of education in America and possibly a sign of the end of the American English and Western civilization as we know it.
And what does that have to do with the SOCIALIST, Huckleberry?
Or maybe you have been listening to HIM and not what HE SAYS, or doing any RESEARCH on WHAT HE SAYS.
I don’t mean to be short and snippy about it, but I’m going to be doing good to stay engaged til after the Texas Primary, MArch 4.
If McCain get this nomination WITH THE HELP of SUCK-UP OPEN BORDERS, SLAVE REPARATIONS Huckleberry, I’ll be relieved to be finished with it – it will be over.
All I’ll have left to do is pick my favorite Conservative from a short list for election Day in Nov, and go enjoy the movies.
But I will launch on anyone who had the opportunity to investigate and STILL calls folks like Huckleberry and Fred Conservatives.
I know I’m not anti-immigrant. My grandparents came to this country in the 1920s. My uncle was born on a ship coming from Great Britain. My wife is an immigrant, from Indonesia. What I am against is illegal immigrants who come and use our system for their own gain and contribute nothing in return. I’m against those who cross our borders without visas, disobeying our laws. What disgusts me is all the excuses as to why they should be given the “red carpet” treatment by the government and politicians. We even have illegals voting…being read the ballot by those who can translate for them. Yes, Luigi, we need people, but not in the way that seems to be the norm today. England is a good example of illegal immigration gone amok. Read the news there. The country is falling apart.
You can thank Fred Thompson for bailing out the Clintons TWICE IN AS MANY YEARS.
AND KEEPING THEM AVAILABLE ON THE POLITICAL SCENE.
He chaired the Senate Committee to investigate the Chinese DONATIONS to the CLINTON CAMPAIGN FUNDS and diverted it from its goal and prevented it from accomplishing what it was assigned to do. Turned it to investigating GOP members, instead. “Fair and balanced.”
THEN he was one of 4 GOP Senators to vote NOT GUILTY for Bill for Perjury – Fred is a former WATERGATE PROSECUTOR and has no excuse for his conduct in EITHER SITUATION.
He bailed out the CLINTONS and thus saved the DIMS tons of embarrassment and KILLED many Conservative Republican’s careers in the process.
Ann Coulter, George Will and half a dozen other Conservative columnists have the details in the last half the yr ‘07.
Fred SINGLEHANDEDLY prevented the NEED for the DIMS to clean house the last 10 years.
Real “Conservative”.
SO NOT! That is what you call a BACKROOM DEALER.
This statement brings the name of Bill Klinton to mind.
Yes. Michelle is correct. A long, aggravating, disappointing political year lies ahead. And the following four years will not be inspiring either.
Michelle, I am looking forward to CPAC! I hope and pray you will be able to “Vent” with the President, the VP, Mitt and the Maverick. I can not wait!
Oh, well! That seals it. If George “The hard-line border enforcer” Bush says Romney has the wrong stance on illegal immigration, I guess I had better cast my vote tomorrow for McCain.
/sarcasm off
*gag*