Live from CPAC: Romney speaks…”Frankly in this time of war, I cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror…I feel I need to stand aside”
Video here. And N.Z. Bear has pics/vid from the foot of the podium.
Talked to a couple of Romney staffers. Plans are still up in the air over whether to attend the Lincoln Day Dinner event in Baltimore tonight, which McCain is scheduled to attend.
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12:43pm Eastern. I’m starting a new thread for Romney’s speech…awaiting his official announcement of the suspension of his campaign. And possible endorsement today of John McCain.
Laura Ingraham continues to warm up the crowd. “It’s not enough to say you’re a footsoldier for Reagan. The question is: “What have you done for conservatism lately?”
(Applause)
LI introduction: “Mitt Romney is the conservative’s conservative. Above all, he is a class act.”
Romney enters. Loud applause, standing ovation. Tanks talk radio.
I love being introduced as the conservative’s conservative.
I look forward to joining you many, many more times in the future…
…To all of you, thank you here for caring enough about america to show up to speak up to stand up for conservative principles…
Conservative principles are needed now more than ever…face a new generation of challenges…unless america changes course we could become the france of the 21st century…
He’s very energetic.
“Culture makes all the difference…The threat to our culture comes from within. welfare state. dependency is culture killing. we’ve got to fight it like the poison that it is. (Applause.)”
Talks about fatherless children.
It’s time for the people of America to fortify marriage by constitutional amendment so liberal judges cannot attack it.
(Applause.)
Europe is facing a demographic disaster…Stand up for family values and morality and culture. Conservatives here and across the country will always be honored to stand on and for principle.
We face economic competition unlike any we’ve known before…China and Asia…if we don’t change, they will pass us by as world superpowers.
Invest in nuclear energy, clean coal, etc. Cheers and applause. Simply put, America must never be held hostage by the likes of Putin, Chavez, and Ahmadenjiad.
(Standing ovation.)
Segues to government spending. Let’s not just focus on pork. Any plan for the future must include entitlement reform. We have to solve it, not just acknowledge it.
(Applause.)
Government workers make more than private sector employees. Lower taxes. take a weed whacker. stand up to the increasingly voracious appetites of the unions in our government.
(Applause)
And finally…the threat of radical violent jihad…they hate everything we believe about freedom, just as we hate everything they believe about radical jihad…
But there’s an important difference from 1976. Today we are a nation at war.
I disagree with sen mccain on a number of issues…(audience boos) but i agree with him on doing whatever it takes to be succesful in iraq…
And i agree with him on eliminating al qaeda…
If i fight on in my campaign all the way to the convention, i want you to know that i forestall the launch of a national campaign.
Crowd: “NOOOOO!”
Frankly in this time of a war, I cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.
This isn’t an easy decision. I hate to lose.
…Not just about me…i entered this race because i love america. i feel i have to now stand aside.
We cannot allow the next president of the United States to retreat in the face of evil extremism.
Romney makes a rousing exit.
Afterward, a CPAC official moved on to the next session and mentioned John McCain’s appearance this afternoon.
The mere mention of his name provoked a fresh round of boos.
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Martinez could make sense. Open borders, RNC leadership ties, shore up the latino vote?
I feel it has all been staged.
Sorry Taylor, I am through holding my nose to vote. McCain and the “GOP” liberals win or lose without me.
Artbyruth, you’re a little confused here, McCain wasn’t the one who dropped out.
ALSO, please let me state this:
Conservatives have received their just desserts. Decades of opportunity to fight and when have slipped right through their fingers… as recently as Tuesday night, Conservatives refused to stand on principle.
In the end it’s CONSERVATIVES who have sat idly (and ineffectively) by while the GOP got hijacked by Democrats.
For years, we have needed a Conservative Party… but no Conservative is willing to act. Year after year they vote for GOP just because they are slightly less evil then the Dems. Conservatives are freaking pathetic.
The idea of a RINO as president is not the most appealing prospect… but with Hillary pledging to force payroll deductions on people to pay for healthcare, and Obama’s pledge to pull our troops out of Iraq before that country is able to fend for itself…. those alternatives are TRULY frightening, compared to only mildly the mildly fearful tremors I get regarding McCain.
Amen to that Jrlinggreenbay…
Guys, guys! We can’t cut off our noses to spite our face… HILLARY MUST NOT BE ELECTED!
This was Romney’s best speech of the entire campaign. Too bad it comes as a valediction. Had he said the same things all last year he’d be the nominee hands down.
The timing though is delicious. There’s absolutely no way McCain is going to match the power and emotion when he speaks later this afternoon.
This is indeed a dark day.
May God bless and watch over Mitt Romney, Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Diana West, Jonathan Tobin, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, David Horowitz, Roger Hedgecock, Sean Hannity and the countless other courageous conservative talk-radio hosts and journalists who have given us, who truly love the U.S.A., a voice.
This is a class act. With he and Huckabee splitting the conservative vote, Macain was a sure win. Huckabee does not have the class to do what Mitt did today. I watched the address and am convinced that this is a man that cares more for our country than personal aggrandizement and made the choice he felt would be best for America. Great men make hard decisions in difficult times that lesser men can not. Unfortunately, I also think we have missed out on what would have been one of our greatest presidents. He is an inspiration to me to continue to fight for conservative principles and values. I have met this man, spent three days on the phone in his call center in Colorado, and seen him behind the scenes. I know the quality of the man, and it is of the highest standards. I fully expect him to stay involved in pressuring and promoting the conservative movement.
Well
Newt Gingrichthe Democrats just earned two votes in November. (Mine and my wife’s)This is what you really mean….
Good thing I’m retired. At least if the old bat gets the President, my wages won’t be garnished for her demand health care plan.
‘Hold your nose’ or ‘assume the postions’ either way American as we know it is lost.
L
Unfortunately, there’s truth to this statement. We didn’t even vote strongly for a candidate capable of beating the Dems in the Pres. election.
Several folks here have already mentioned this but it bears repeating. McCain cannot win in November no matter how many of us on this board decide to vote for him. The damage he created spreads far and wide and some folks may not be willing to cast that aside… Besides the support he has from the MSM, his NY Times endorsement, etc… mean squat. They are going to eat him alive. Please tell me why Dems will vote for a Dem in wolf’s clothing and not an outright Dem?
Somebody has to. You obviously wouldn’t know where to begin.
What will all the blather from conservatives providing McCain will suggestions for what to say today to begin patching-up his relationship with conservatives, Romney’s speech will do more for McCain with the conservative base than anything McCain could say. Romney demostrated humility and graciousness, two qualities McCain is completely devoid of.
McCain is a rat, but he will fight the bastards who inflicted 9/11 on us. No democrat will.
For our soldiers, those lost and those still among us, please “suck it up”, swallow hard, and vote for McCain. Otherwise, in January, 2009, you will wake up and see either Obama or Hillary hoisting a white flag.
Hey max!
JUST SAY “NO” TO McCAIN!!! Let the Democrats take the blame for destroying what’s left of our nation.
McCain has betrayed every one and every thing in his life. What makes you think he’s going to be steadfast in the war?
He will reach across the aisle and surrender.
He will reach across the aisle and appoint radical leftist judges.
He will reach across the aisle and implement mandatory health insurance.
He will reach across the aisle and dismantle our military.
He will reach across the aisle and fight for abortion.
He will reach across the aisle and fight capitalism.
McCAIN IS A TRAITOR FOLKS.
VP Romney?
Two white guys, one from the NE, the other a DC insider?
Epic FAIL!
Try J.C. Watts to balance out McCain.
Everything McCain isnt:
Younger
Energetic
Conservative
Religious (but not wearing it on his sleeve like Huckabee)
Successful businessman
Congressional GOP Leader (same position Cheney held in the House)
Good Speaker
Well Liked
Been out of DC instead of an insider
And a minority person (yes that IS important).
If McCain is smart he will get Watts as his VP.
Make it a GOP unity cabinet.
Sec Def Hunter
Sec Commerce or Treasury Romney
Attny Gen Giuliani
Sec State Condi? (anyone ideas)
National Security Advisor ???
Director National Intel ???
Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson
And of course,
Sec DHS Michelle Malkin
But she will take your Soc. Sec. for it.
Ann Coulter says it well:
AMEN! Thank you, Gov. Romney!!
Yes really excellent speech by Romney. Those who haven’t heard it should check out cpan.org. Romney will be back just like Reagan after 76.
I too am glad this the liberal RomnestyCare is out of the race so I don’t have to keep hearing how he is somehow conservative despite his abysmal record and liberal rhetoric.
I wonder how this will affect Huckabee.
uh…
I believe that was an unfortunate turn of phrase…
given the feelings most of us have about the current state of things…
Ordinary,
Anyone who is so immoral and void of decency as to join the McCain ticket (or administration) is one who is steadfastly behind the destruction of the USA (in other words, a person who might as well be a Democrat).
Makes a lot of sense! McCain doesn’t have a chance of winning on his own.
Okay, Michelle.
You have seen/read our thoughts on Romney bowing out to McCain, even if he did it gracefully.
What are your thoughts?
“He has it exactly right. We despise and loathe McCain, but he will not surrender in the war on terror. Any democrat will!”
No,no, no! For how long have we voted out of “fear of something worse”? When does it stop? If it is not the troops, it will immigration, or global warming, etc. Stop voting out of fear! Vote your beliefs! Stop playing defense and go on the offensive.
Go ahead and mock me for my principles, but at least I stick to mine.
Romney would have had to run the table in the remaining primaries, and that was pretty much an impossibility, especially with Huckabee in the race. Sadly, too many Republicans wouldn’t vote for a Mormon. Thompson was my first choice. Romney was my second. I wonder what other races are on the R primary ballot on March 4, and whether or not there is any point in showing up at the polls.
If McCain selects Romney as VP, that would make it easier to vote for him. Hillary is in trouble, and Obama/McCain debates might not look so pretty (really old, gray-haired white guy vs. the young, eloquent black man. But, it Hillary does pull this out, the debates will go better for McCain. And if we had VP as the Dem VP vs. Romney as the R VP, I think Romney could show Obama for the lightweight that he is. I still don’t feel good about the choices.
Question: what does Huckabee do, now that Romney has suspended his campaign “for the good of the party and the nation in a time of war”? I think it would be absolutely hysterical if Romney gets the VP nod over Huck, since Huck has been sucking up to McCain so much…
Ragspierre – Thanks! I needed a good laugh!!
I have a question for Hugh Hewitt. Now that Mitt has sold out and left the race. Leaving no moderatly conservative candidate in the race. How does feel to have supported a sell out from day one Hugh?
We are not afraid of the Democrats (we live in California). I don’t need the Republican party to hold my hand to go into the voting booth to vote for McCant. It’s that simple. The Party is pushing for Amnesty and I will not support them in their cause. I know that the Democrats are pushing for the same thing, so I ask myself, do I vote for somebody that will tell me they will enforce the border and then go behind close doors to do the opposite? Or do I vote by writing in who should have been our nominee to begin with? I’m not voting for the liar. Sorry.
We’re screwed now. With Romney out we are left with no alternative to McAmnesty, Obama or Billary. I can’t bring myself to vote for any of them, so I’m a Fred Thompson write-in in November. This is so depressing.
trying to find something to smile about. NASCAR shouldbe happy. Everyone is turning to the left. HA HA?
Touche! We blew this one AND 2006 by not being on the offensive. Let’s start making lemonade. The faster we go on the offensive, the larger the unified voice we raise, the bigger the influence on policy while we rebuild for 2010 mid-terms, 2012, and beyond. Let’s mourn quickly and go on the offensive permenantly.
Bruce,
That is not only utter hogwash, it’s a below-the-belt kick to those of us who care more about national security than we do about ideological purity in a presidential race that offers no such thing.
This election is about damage control now. And it’s about making sure our soldiers’ sacrifices and the sacrifices of their families are not in vain.
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.”
And we need to win the war!
McCan’t will NEVER choose Romney as his running mate. McCan’t is a stubborn old fool. His pride gets in the way of just about everything he does.
But I bet McCan’t wouldn’t have a problem choosing Huckleberry. He’s not a threat.
McCan’t is only looking out for himself, not the conservative/republicans, but for the independents and liberals. Actions speak louder than his phony words.
How pathetic.
He could just as well be talking about the liberal democrats here!
I believe that McCain genuinely hates Romney. I think he is fully capable of that, and cherishing that emotion over the interests of anything or anybody.
Romney would not be a logical choice anyhow.
For McCain to have a prayer, he has to win in the South, and he has no ability to do that on his own.
I think he will pick a southern person, perceived as a solid (hah!) conservative. Package that in a woman, and you would have an even better pick.
Elizabeth Dole, perhaps…?
Bruce #109…
it’s hard to argue with your points about McTraitor… but just the thought of waking up and seeing Hillary’s psychotic man-hating mug on the front page of every paper makes me want to chug a couple shots of Drano, ya know?
Thompson,Giuliani,Romney….This is hysterical to see a lib like McCain get the nomination!
The old Republican platform, even the one that GW ran and won on in 2000 did not stand for nation building. But take away that issue for a moment and you have the perfect candidate that espouses all of the old Republican platform.
The only true conservative that still runs on the old Republican platform is Ron Paul whom you know will run on a 3rd party ticket if necessary.
Keep in mind….You reap what you sow…and there is no way McCain could ever defeat Clinton/Obama in November with the same “New” Republican platform that lost the House and the Senate in November of 2006.
Fed Up
Although I will not vote for a Dem for the WH I suspect they may get it …
If that is the case I expect to get another run from Mitt in 2012 …
I didn’t know isolationism, racism, and unilateral surrender were the Republican Party platform.
I thought we were the free-trade, global competitiveness, abolistionist, live free or die party.
Ron Paul is a racist libertarian crank, he’s about as far away from both Republican and conservative as Hillary Clinton.
SDL-Sudden Romney Love. Where was the support for Romney before South Carolina. Oh that’s right, it was for Fred Thompson.
SDLSRL-Sudden Romney LoveThose of you so called conservatives who will not vote for McCain, or will vote for either Dem need to think about one thing.
Hitlery or Obama will absolutely destroy the military. It will be in worse shape than Jimmy Carter left it.
We will be so weakened that it will be an open invitation to attack.
I despise McCain, but he wouldn’t destroy our military.
Anyone who “stands on their principals” and votes for the Dem or doesn’t vote at all has no principals to begin with, which is why we now have Madame Speaker and Harry Reid.
You can pretend you care, but your foolish actions speak for themselves.
UGH I’m truly depressed about McPain being the nominee. I for one will NEVER EVER vote for McPain, no matter who is his VP. I’m in total agreement with Ann Coulter about McPain, and I’m not even a remote fan of Ann. This is truly the end of the conservative movement within the Republican Party.
I like the JC Watts as VP suggestion, OC. Having seen him on TV a time or two, I think he would be a good balance to Obama. And, Watts has a lot more relevant experience. And, if my some miracle, McCain does win in November, Watts could run for President. And wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Republicans had the first African-American president, and not the Dems?
And as for Lieberman? Ain’t gonna happen: McCain needs someone more conservative than him to have a prayer of winning over conservatives. Counting on Republicans to vote R so Hillary isn’t president: she’s in trouble and might NOT be the D nominee. McCain needs someone who is everything he’s not, not the D version of himself. Lieberman is the Democrats “maverick”, and they threw him under the bus because of his stance on the GWOT.
I didn’t know isolationism, racism, and unilateral surrender were the Republican Party platform.
Still believing and spreading the smearbund crap bkennedy? Paul is not a racists, isolationist and there is a difference between coming home and surrendering in an undeclared war.
But hey…your “New” Party platform worked well for you in Nov. of 2006 didn’t it?
Fed Up
Liddy Dole as a running mate? Are you kidding? She’s a RINO! That would be a sure loser.
Those of you attacking conservatives for voting in accordance with their convictions by voting third party, etc. need to remember one thing:
The more you keep it up, the more likely you’ll anger people enough to make them actually vote FOR Hillary just so they can double the effect of their vote.
In other words, give it a rest.
Lose a class act to have an amnesty/pro-illegal immigrant, anti-conservative hothead and a slimey huckster snakeoil salesman left in the race. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Where in heaven’s name is the chocolate? Sadly, chocolate won’t be enough to get me through this one.
Explain to me how NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO are all about free-trade?
Abolitionist? Is this a new word you just made up?
Max #132,
Good Point! That sounds soooo painful!!
Or quitting when McCain’s ahead…
All I know is that I now have a minimum of 4 more years left before I get out. No way in hell will I have a Communist sign my discharge papers.
CS nailed it.
Not voting helps elect a democrat. And we know a democrat president will destroy our military and endanger this country.
Will you really be a party to such a disaster simply because you’re upset that we don’t have a Reagan this time around?
Damage control, people! Damage control!
This is the first time I seriously wish “None Of The Above” was on the ballot.
I refuse to vote for any of the 3 Liberals.
Miss Ladybug #121,
You are insane if you think McCain feels any loyalty to Huckabee. After using Huck for what he needed, McCain will leave Huck like a toilet.
I’m not 100% convinced “Maverick” will be so strong with the military or GWOT because he’s tacked left so many times. Given plausible deniability would he sell out Iraq and GWOT for policital gain? I would hope not, but he has been in DC for 25 years.
Ron Paul hasn’t been shown enough support to be a viable national candidate.
Regardless of what the R’s and Conservatives do, HRC and Obama may have enough support to win it with Liberal and Moderate supporters.
We can eat each othe alive and gaurantee a stupendous loss in November and the 2010 midterms. Or start going on the offensive on common ground.
Folks, we are all just blowing smoke. My prediction for this election is sadly to see a monumental catastrophe for the Republican party. Not only will the Donkeycrats win the White House, they will win a huge majority in the Senate with enough Dems to defeat any filibuster by the few conservatives left. RINO’s like Specter and M. Martinez will guarantee that, even if by some miracle they don’t end up with 60 Donkeycrat senators.
What happens in the House doesn’t really matter. House rules allow the majority to essentially dictate what goes on anyway.
The Republican party may spend as much time in the wilderness as the Israelites did after their escape from Egypt. I forsee that I will be long dead before the statist socialist democrats are overthrown.
Although total silence would be a marvelous way to show contempt towards McCain, I think it is probably asking too much of that crowd after being ignored by McCain for so long. I wonder if McCain really expects a warm welcome after the way he has treated conservatives. His ego is so enormous that he probably thinks conservatives will be grateful he attended.
The only reason he is here is that he realizes he will need every vote he can get to beat the Democrats. Once he’s in the White House, it will be contempt towards conservatives as usual. Stupid we’re not.
Rush and Ann Coulter are both correct:
SUPPORT HILLARY OVER McCAIN
Very disappointing news.
If Dems get the White House, it won’t be long before we start having terror attacks here, people getting murdered, bankruptcy of more states from illegals running around AND THEN, people will realize how stupid it was to put Hillary or Obama in a position of power. It will be too late. The next election, Republicans will be back in for reasons of national security and getting tough on illegals.
It always takes something horrible happening to make people realize just how utterly inept and stupid Democrats are.
Support Hillary over McCain?
In other words, support a candidate who has repeatedly pledged to surrender to the murdering terrorists over one who has repeatedly pledged to never surrender.
Nope, not gonna’ do it. I despise McCain as much as the next conservative, but I refuse to be an emotional cry-baby because I didn’t get a candidate I liked, and then be so foolish as to vote for a socialist who will surrender.
I have too much respect for our brave soldiers to even contemplate doing so.
On the bright side, Romney, as a geek, just figured out a heroic self-sacrificing solution to the “Kobiashi Maru” scenario he was facing.
His handing it to McCain this soon absolutely kills any chance Hucktard had for forcing a deal with McVain for VP. And it hopefully makes McCain get to work “reaching across the aisle” to conservatives instead of campaigning against us.
McCain doesnt need Huckaboob now, and in fact he can treat him as what he is, a detriment, a boat anchor. And with McCains personality, thats what may happen.
Mitt’s gone, but it looks like he took Huck with him. Thanks Mitt!
OK – lets see if he can get past his ego and get Guiliani named as AG. Name Hunter as Sec Def.
Wise up McCain – get a good balancing conservative in there as a VP.
J.C. Watts VP.
Most people here had a different candidate before Mitt and feel Mitt was our last hope. I fall in there and that is why this stinks so badly. That and the conservatives have been sending a message to DC that has been ignored.
So, it will be a Democrat liberal in the WH or it will be a Repub liberal in the WH. Neither has the stomach to keep the war effort up. If you think McCain will not go the route of the liberal party concerning the war, you are in for a rude awakening.
I know how you feel. I have the rapist’s signature on my retirement certificate and it still irritates me to no end.
Time to take a very serious look at the Constitution Party the GOP has nothing left to interest a conservative.
I’m fed up with RonPaulBots.
So you have the same grasp of history as Stormfront himself, I see. (Nonexistant, btw.)
You don’t know what abolitionist is? Abraham Lincoln, the founder of the Republican Party was one.
Go away, Stormfront troll. It’s obvious you have no interest in actually learning about Ron Paul or the Republican Party, whose only similarities would be the initials, were it not that the Republican Party goes by GOP.
#158 katieanne: What you say MAYbe the truth. However, by then the Dem’s will have put in place such economically disasterous programs as socialized national health care that we as a nation will be so near bankrupt that we will be unable to fund any futre wars beyond our absolutely porous borders.
Think about this:
Hillary will push for socialized healthcare – even reaching into your paycheck to pay for it against your will.
Obama will cut and run from Iraq, leaving the sacrifice of our beloved troops to be for naught.
Hillary will bring back to the White House all the garbage that was thrown out in 2000, as another Clinton steps into the Oval Office.
Hillary & Obama will, without a doubt, press for an open border policy that will allow the number of illegal aliens in this country to double.
Obama & Hillary will drop our guard in the GWOT with policies more akin to extending olive branches to our enemies and lip-to-buttocks poses to the European communities who don’t support our actions abroad, yet would beg for our support in times of trouble.
And last, but not least – Obama and Hillary, if either one is elected ( especially if the House & Senate remain in Democratic hands ) would have carte blanche in choosing any and all judicial nominees, including the US Supreme Court for the next four, eight, twelve, or even sixteen years – depending on future elections.
The more I think about this – the more I say we cannot allow either Democrat in the door, at any cost.
I truly believe that a person needs to stand on principle – and I have stated over the past several weeks that I would not vote for McCain. However, as cooler heads prevail, it appears that the only options available, realistically, would be to vote for McCain, or to write-in a candidate or sit-out the vote, essentially giving the election away without a fight.
My principles and values will not allow me to sit idly by in protest and not use my voice against the liberal Democratic party. The fewer votes that go to McCain ( including no-votes ), give Democrats more of an accurate ability to state that they have a mandate to do as they please.
At least a close-call loss by the Republicans gives us hope, and the knowledge that those who have chosen to sit this one out, would have put us over the top with a more conservative candidate.
Typical response from the high school peanut gallery…
Fed Up
#160,
If McCain wants his precious few remaining nose-holding social conservatives to go thermonuclear, he should associate with Giuliani.
I don’t exactly see Republican fighting the war on terror? Where’s the bombing of the mountains in Afghanistan until they surrender? Where the bombing on the mountains of Pakistan? None of them have the stomach to fight this war for real and what we have now (and McCain) next, will do another good sham job of pulling the wool over conservatives eyes making them “think” they are doing stuff. It’s like the scene in the Wizard of Oz (don’t look behind the curtain, keep looking over there).
Not only does McVain need to admit he was wrong (on shamnesty, gang of 14, campaign finance, etc.), but “honest” conservatives need to admit they have been duped, for years, and are about to get the duped again. Doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen, they’d rather take crumbs from the floor. Good thing the founding father’s weren’t willing to take crumbs from the King (to bad that’s no longer the spirit of this nation).
what does this mean for his delegates? DO they get redistributed amongst the rest of the candidates?
As others have already said here, a President Hillary Clinton means a significantly reduced military. Once she raises the white flag and yanks our troops out of Iraq, al Qaeda will be able to once again focus on bringing the fight here to the U.S.
When the inevitable happens, the left will blame the previous administration for “provoking” the terrorists. This will come right around the time our taxes are increased for the new nationally mandated health care program, 12 million illegal aliens are rewarded for simply being Mexican and refusing to follow our laws, our economy sinks into a true recession because this Clinton won’t have the technology boom of the 90s to keep us afloat… all the while the MSM ignores real news to let us know what the first hubby has been up to this week.
Future looks grim, indeed.
I don’t care for McCain, but I’d rather him than her.
Ha! You still believe what you learned in your history class don’t you?
Try digging a little deeper: http://hnn.us/articles/46037.html
Besides kennedy…all you have ever done is attack Paul supporters. You would be destroyed in any type of debate as your only winning tactic is to slander. You get an “F,” now go support your Lib boy McCain like a good “New” Republican…
Fed Up
It kills me how all the self-proclaimed conservatives are such purists when it comes to candidate’ credentials. Ironic. With all the man-made ingredients infused into practically all our food stuffs, demanding their pure conservative candidate strikes me as a bit odd. The titular head is just that….It’s everyone’s responsibility to hold them and the elected minions to account….EVERY DAY. So everyone stop grousing and acting like children (I’m not going to vote!) and the like. It’s time for the adults to step forward and have adult conversations amongst themselves. These dividing lines are so silly and unproductive.
Folks the “vote them out so they learn a lesson” worked REALLY WELL in 2006, didn’t it? The Republicans came aroudn and fiught liberalism, big government, earmarks, etc – they learned their lessons, RIGHT>?
We got a GOP legislative landslide now for 2008 don’t we?
Not saying I will vote for McCain, tis going to take a lot for that to happen, but consider how poorly our “time in the wilderness” strategy worked in 06.
What we MUST do now is try to push McCain over to our side, and hold him accountable between now and the convention. Keep beating on him. Its the only chance we have, slim as it is. Force him to live up to his promises. Force him to accept conservatives as key people, force him to ditch hernandez and people like that.
Otherwise you run the risk of an unreformed McCain or a hillary or Obama being president next year.
The longer the lever the more effective the force. Take advanatege of the long level of the time between now and the conventions. Focus on forcing in proper immigration and border policies as a plank. Same for conservative judgeis, federalism. etc – force them as the platform McCain must run on.
NOW is the time to do that. Give up now and you hand it all to peopel who will not care about our issues.
Its the difference between fighting hard for that last thin chance, and giving up which guarantees that chnace completely vanishes.
It starts with the VP – and continues with the platform. Put the planks WE want there and nail McCain’s feet to it.
I thought Romney gave a thoughtful speech. He also did the right thing, for the right reasons.
Unlike too many of his former, “Summer Soldier/Sunshine Patriot” supporters here, he sees the Big Picture in wartime, and realizes that this is a matter greater than himself.
I commend him for his selflessness, his dedication to his country, and his thoughtfulness.
So what’s it gonna be, boys and girls? Reality is upon you. Forget about socialized medicine; forget about Supreme Court justices. Just ponder three words: Commander. In. Chief.
Are you going to stay home and sulk like Achilles in his tent? P*ss away your vote on some ridiculous “protest” write-in? Or do what’s necesary to make damn sure those three words never precede the name, “Hillary Rodham Clinton?”
Romney put aside his pride and his self-interest to do what’s right for his country. Can you?
Not that I don’t understand the frustration – but realistically, Pakistan is a Nuclear power, and semi-alligned with us ( although they need to be doing a LOT more ).
I think it best for the US to NOT start bombing inside the borders of a country with Nukes…. unless we can take all of them out at once.
DEMOCRACY IS DEAD!
Special Intersts, MSM,Career Politicians
and Global Elitists have hijacked the voices of the citizenry. WE THE PEOPLE no longer figure into the equation. The need for an uprising to take back our nation is evident after seeing the way our so called leaders treat us as their subjects.
I thought you wanted a “conservative”? Liz Dole voted with the Democrats and a handful of RINOs (a la Specter, etc.) for the fattend up stimulus package the other day.
Two quick thoughts…
I’ve been watching Ron Paul for years. He is a fringe, fake cat. He is NOT a conservative. He is (when he’s telling the truth) a Libertarian, and he’s even fringy being one of those.
I would not advocate Libby Dole…I was just speculating that that is how the political mind might crunch the game for VP.
Fed Up
Out of Ron Paul’s own mouth he said 19 thugs flew planes into the buildings.
How do you settle this?
WHAT THE HELL???
”Frankly in this time of war, I cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror…I feel I need to stand aside”
SO YOUR ANSWER IS TO QUIT????
GOODBYE AMERICA.
I will not be surprised if Mcinsane pick Lieberman as his VP Choice.
Fed go vote Obama then – he’s just like Ron Paul in that he proposes to surrender in the war on Terror. Oops sorry that he’s black and a little goosesteppers like you RuPaulBots cannot do that.
It’s a sad day for the Republican Party and even sadder day for America. I’m afraid it’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better if it ever does.