Posted on 05/15/2008 7:26:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Nothing is up on the website yet, but I heard this during the morning drive about two hours ago. Quinn and Rose are nationally syndicated on satellite radio, but have local coverage in the Pittsburgh region and other Clear Channel Markets. Quinn has a inside Washington souce who he calls "Son of Deep Throat" who, while unidentified, has seldom if ever been wrong. According to this source, Ed Rollins was heard bragging at a DC gathering that his man Huckabee would definitely be McCain's VP pick because that was the plan from the beginning. Huckabee was to ensure that anyone whom the Rockerfeller wing could not trust would be shut out of the ticket. The VP slot (and set-up for a future presidential run) would be his reward for doing so. Quinn remarked that it was a Rockerfeller wing gamble to drive conservatives from leadership positions in the party. If it works, the Rockepubs would have total control. However, if it does not, the Republican Party is finished.
It would also indicate that they can fully trust Huckabee which does not surprise me given his stance on open borders, global warming and substituting his personal feeling for the rule of law.
Ed Rollins is a NUT!
I am thinking it will be Huckabee.
McCain probably feels like he needs the populist, “Evangelical” vote.
Might have to write in Fred Thompson if this is the case.
If Huckabee is the VP candidate then Obama’s “yes we can” needs to be changed to “yes we will”.
Q. How can the Republicrats make a McLame ticket less appealing to conservatives?
Might as well pull the leaver for Obama!
Rollins is a consistent dissembler.
Huckabee as a conservative? HA!
Huckabee is a fallen republican.
It will be nut job ticket following communist polices vs marxist ticket following communist polices.
Its not going to be Huckabee, believe me. One heartbeat from the presidency and doesn’t believe in evolution? That’s not going to happen.
“Might have to write in Fred Thompson if this is the case.”
Me, too.Might have to write in Fred Thompson if this is the case.
The Huckster is correct on life, wrong on everything else.
Plus, he’s a moron.
I too have been thinking about a write in protest vote. The problem is, how do you make a protest vote count. If everyone just writes in any old name, then there wont be a “collective” to show the strength of the protest.
If all who are dissatisfied with McCain write in the same name, then there will be a much larger number nationally that will be counted. Given enough such votes, esp if McCain does not carry a couple of states by the margin that he hopes to, and the GOP will start to realize that the party that motivates the BASE is the party that wins.
The next problem is, what to write in. Since each of the current candidates each has their own following, and that will likely cause problems with other candidates, I recommend that we write in a candidate that we can all agree with and that will send a very clear message. I’m going to write in Ronald Reagan
I’ll write in Fred Thompson for sure. Who wants an Elmer Gantry as veep?
I wouldn’t do it if I lived in Ohio still...but since I’m in Maryland now and McCain has no chance in hell even if the Dems nominated Satan himself, I can vote third party or write in all I want.
I know someone that has sources that swears up and down that the VP will be Fred Smith of Fed Ex.
Ever since I heard a few months back that my crazy, left liberal, public school teacher ex girlfriend crossed over to vote for Huckabee (her first Republican) in the Ohio primary, I knew something was wrong with the guy.
Stupid, stupid, STUPID! McCain is truly doing all that he can do to assure that he loses on November 4, and, IMHO, I don’t believe that McCain even knows that he’s seriously shooting himself in the foot if he does choose an economic socialist like Huckabee as his final VP choice. Either Sanford, Pence, or Romney would be better choices for VP.
That's why he was working for Huckabee.
I’ll write in Fred Thompson for sure. Who wants an Elmer Gantry as veep?
Besides, Thompson has name and face recognition to both Dems and Reps. Even evangelical pubbies. Might assure a McCain victory.
No it indicates they think they need someone OUTSIDE the Rockerfeller wing - but not so far outside as to truly be a conservative on all points.
Talk about seizing defeat from the jaws of victory.
McCain is bad enough. He doesn’t need the six toed slack jawed booger eating inbreed snake oil salesman’s help to look like a schmuck.
There we have it folks. The reason that the libertines on FR are foaming at the mouth at the prospect of a Huckabee VP spot.
HOW DARE HE NOW BOW AT THE ALTAR OF DARWIN!
HOW DARE HE NOT ACCEPT THE WORDS OF THE ALL POWERFUL ALL KNOWING DARWIN!
BURN THE HERETIC!
BURN HIM!
BURN HIM!!!!!
John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg will thank you then since they can go ahead and retire immediately after Obama is swore in.
Then it's finished.
I can’t remember going into a presidential election with less inspiration.
I guess my attitude has got to be “Who do we want to be in charge when the economy tanks?”, if it doesn’t do this before the election.
If true, this shows how the leadership of the GOP has been string conservatives along for a long time. They are willing to risk the future of the party on a gamble for power, all in the midst of an ungoing war, and in the face of two Marxist-Leninist Dem candidates.
If Huckabee is the VP pick, get ready to say President Clinton or President Obama on 1/20/09.
The betrayal will then be complete.
Whatever people think about Mitt Romney, nobody can deny that he is a great businessman. Something happened in the two days after Super Tuesday when he made a good but not spectular showing, and the Friday when he suspended his campaign. I do not think he walked away empty handed. While I remain convinced that McCain will not pick Romney (the contrast is just too much for McCain), I also feel that one concession he extracted was not to pick Huckabee either.
Screwing the Rockerfeller/Rollins/Huckabee wing of the party would be a clear way to endear himself to conservatives and still maintain his maverick aura. We shall see.
There still is good choices out there other than that. And I am still not sure that Romney is a good choice.
I think McCain will be Obama’s running mate, thus shoring up his lack of foreign policy experience.
I love Quinn but you've got to have a little more confirmation than that. Especially on such an emotional issue to us conservatives.
McCain is crazy if he picks Huckleberry. (therefore I expect it is true.)
and Rollins is a big mouth jackass no matter who is picked.
Ahem.... I could hardly care less about his views on evolution.
What bothers me is that he is a six toed slack jawed red neck booger eating inbred snake oil salesman. Other than that, and the fact he is socialist, he is A-OK by me.
Look who’s foaming! My goodness.
Stuff like that is a deal killer with the voting public.
Look I don’t want to rehash all the Romney stuff. But many conservatives had problems with his authenticity. He isn’t the best choice for McCain if he wants to make all the conservatives happy.
You have a point there.
I strongly believe we really don’t need another crooked Arkansas hick in the WH. The last one was a fiasco.
So is putting your dog in a dog carrier on the roof of your station wagon and driving 12 hours.
Don't. If Bob Barr gets the Libertarian nod, vote for him for president and then any other conservatives running for other positions. If everyone voted Libertarian, or any other party we can agree on, it will be enough of a percentage to b!tch-slap the GOP back to reality.
If they STILL don't get the message, then that tells you they're no longer interested in a conservative wing -- and my own feeling is that now they are not.
You weren’t already?? :)
This week has shown me just how capable McCain is of throwing away what would otherwise be a relatively easy win against Obama. I will not vote for any ticket that includes Huckabee. I’m voting against Obama right now, but with Huckabee and McCain, I fail to see a significant difference on the issues I care most about; therefore, there’s no point. If he picks Huckabee, I’m voting for Ron Paul.
You mean corruption and greed don’t bother you?
The boy ain't right.
He's pro war on drugs (not exactly the libertarian position). He's quite comfortable with government telling people what they can do. He's a proud member of the ACLU. Opposes the terrorist surveillance program.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barr No thanks.
Darwin created Hitler
Right but it is his boy not him.
Were you looking in the mirror?
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