Posted on 01/29/2008 9:15:11 AM PST by thehumanlynx
I am voting today in FL and I am stuck. My number 1 choice, by leaps an miles, was Duncan Hunter. Now that dream has been shattered by all the other morons in the country who didn't want a legit conservative to represent the pseudo-conservative Republican party.
Now, I'm stuck btw Romney and Huckabee. I'm going to vote in a few hours and still don't know. There is no one left that I like. I am once again forced to hold my nose and push my touchscreen button. There are aspects of both that I like and both have a history of action that I can't stand.
One big thing that resonates with me is the fact that Duncan supports Huckabee. I respect Duncan, but I don't know if I can trust the campaign promises of either of these 2 guys. I feel like Romney has a better shot of getting the nomination and both guys would smack around the Dems in a debate. I just don't want McCain/Guliani...
Thanks for all the advice, this was more of a venting thing for me. This whole cycle is making me nauseas and I’m pissed about the candidates that rose to the top. I have considered all those points that you bulleted and I’m considering falling off the grid until the US gets the wake up call that is coming. Maybe after a few years of ridiculous spending funded by an even more ridiculous tax scheme, we will learn our lesson.
Hunter bought it, in face to face discussions no less. Hunter is a sharp guy in my summation. I have a lot of respect for his ideas and statements. He spoke to Huck in person, I haven’t been given that opportunity b/c it cost $1000 a plate to go to the dinner down here.
Please, please, please defeat McCain the best way possible; vote Romney!
I think that those 3 played a role, but Duncan was gung ho about I.I., border fence, and trade with China. Those were HUGE issues for Duncan and he is busy pushing for border security as we speak. Those would have to be considered and given great concern regarding the support given Huck.
You’re one of the few and the proud that got to vote for Duncan Hunter.
Michigan has a pretty coo flg BTW.
Yes, I mentioned trade protectionism as one of the other major reasons.
I left it out this time because I didn’t want to get into the weeds with anyone again over “fair trade” and the definition of protectionism and whatnot.
If you want a brokered convention Rudy would be the choice.
Well look, if you are big on border security, and anti-amnesty, then you gotta vote for Romney.
He has been against illegal immigration, while McCain is still pushing amnesty (he’s just hiding it behind “first we must enforce the border”)
He conveniently omitts what comes second and third...
You know what you gotta do.
Stopping McCain must be your priority.
Huckabee has already lost. He’s gone.
Don’t waste a vote that could be put to use stopping McCain.
For many of us, it may be too late to stop McCain by the time we get a chance to vote.
You have that chance today.
Do what you know you have to.
Ok, I understand the omission on this thread.
No matter what he says now or what the Minute Men say, Huck is an open borders big government nanny state liberal. Romney is a proven leader in and out of governemnt. He built a company that returned billions to it’s shareholders and he headed up and saved the Salt lake City Olympics. He’s not perfect but he is by far and away the best of the bunch!
Romney is trying to be all things to all people. If his position changes were legitimate than I'm all for them, but he is a politician, and I can't buy his changes are legit. I can't even buy that his original positions are legit. I can't be sure that he has convictions on anything. I guess that is good for the Amnesty Bill, he sees what the people want on that and will not support it. But I like conviction, someone who is steadfast. McCain is a fair-weather Politician, in MA he spoke like Ted Kennedy, in SC he speaks like Huck.
uggh, I just threw up in my mouth thinking about it. My party needs an overhaul. Time to purge the trash out.
Not true. Mitt earned Tom Tancredo's endorsement and that says alot.
Hes better than McCain, I’ll give you that.
Duncan endorsed Huck. Tancredo and Hunter were both pretty big opponents of Illegal Immigration. kind of a wash. Endorsements don’t equal legislative history either. What they say now doesnt correlate with what they did in the past, necessarily.
Romney may be a late convert to some elements of conservatism. He may not really be sincere about some of the positions he holds. Nevertheless, he is boldly running on them and if elected he will owe those conservative positions and stances on issues for his success. He is much more likely to stay the conservative course on the most important issues. Huckabee was smart to embrace the "Fair Tax" and base most of his economic policy on the elimination of the IRS. If I even thought that was remotely possible I might vote for him. But it is not, and he knows it. He doesn't have to answer to his raising taxes in Arkansas either because he can just spit out some derivation of the populist rhetoric "If elected I think we should eliminate the IRS and adopt the Fair Tax" and immediately the debate shifts. But this is not going to happen. Even if you had 90 GOP Senators and 300 GOP House members, it is not going to happen. The chickens will never vote for Colonel Sanders. Tax law is the power base in Washington, and bills touting this favor or that is the currency on Capitol Hill.
If you still are wobbly, consider it mere practicality: Romney is slightly ahead of McCain in the most recent FL polls. Giuliani is a distant third, and Huckabee is slightly behind in 4th. Romney needs the conservative vote or we will be facing the Armageddon of a McCain nomination.
I don't like McCain and hopefully I curbed his rise. I feel sick. Good day.
“McCain’s more liberal, except Tom Coburn....I’ll never figure that one out.”
I can answer that. Tom Coburn is dead set against Pork. That is crucial to him and the main reason he ran for the Senate. McCain is against pork also. There is where they meet.
I was still living in OK with Dr. Coburn was elected, I helped elect him.
To the person that is asking who to vote for, it has to be your choice don’t let others HERE influence you. They are not smarter or wiser than you, and they ALL have agendas - me too - that is why I’m not going to tell you whom you should vote for or against.
btw, McCains effort to reel in pork is the best thing hes got, in my eyes.
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