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McMentum vs Huckmentum (by Mark Steyn)
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| Jan. 19, 2008
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 01/19/2008 9:47:43 PM PST by FocusNexus
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To: FocusNexus
I don’t see why anyone who would vote for Giuliani would have a problem with McCain, or why anyone who has a problem with McCain would vote for Giuliani.
It seems that McCain satisfies Giuliani supporters on national defense and as it turns out, trumps him on the big rational for Giuliani last year, which was “only he can beat Hillary.”
As it turns out, McCain whomps Giuliani on the “electability” issue.
So what’s left, really?
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posted on
01/19/2008 9:52:04 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(GOP Convention '08 — Go For Brokered!)
To: counterpunch
Precisely. Sane people don’t climb into the lion’s cage to escape from a tiger. I have often thought that Mark Steyn has never quite gotten the hang of American politics. But then, neither have I. Tonight’s results from SC make that painfully clear.
To: FocusNexus
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posted on
01/19/2008 9:56:19 PM PST
by
Neu Pragmatist
(No RINO's -VOTE FRED ... Thank you :))
To: counterpunch
> So whats left, really?
For conservatives?
Not much.
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posted on
01/19/2008 9:56:22 PM PST
by
Westbrook
To: FocusNexus
Well, Romney crushed McCain in Michigan, and he really crushed McCain in Nevada, which is one of McCain’s “next-door” states.
To: FocusNexus
Mark Steyn goes from arguing from a princpled point of view to arguing from a unprincipled tactical point of view concerning three candidates who are all detestable.
Go figure!
To: Neu Pragmatist
>Barfmentum
Makes you wish you had a mentos...
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:05:58 PM PST
by
Ottofire
(For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God)
To: counterpunch
I see it differently than you do. I don’t want either of those guys but if I had to choose one it would be the one that promises to keep GITMO open, not promising to close it. It’s a valid litmus test to me.
Whoever is serious about keeping some whacko muzzies from violently separating us all from our rear ends would never in a million years think of closing GITMO.
To me that’s a BIG difference and it would CERTAINLY, if it came down to it, influence my vote.
Having said that, I still hope Fred stays in the race.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:08:49 PM PST
by
samtheman
To: counterpunch
So whats left, really? Talk radio says Giuliani is a true conservative and McCain isn't. Yeh, it doesn't make sense to me either.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:09:04 PM PST
by
Tramonto
(Huckabee Fair Tax Huckabee Fair Tax Huckabee Fair Tax)
To: counterpunch
“What’s left really?”
The death of the Republican Party if McLame is the nominee - he’d never win the general election, and very probably the death of the GOP also if the former mayor of a blighted city is the nominee as well.
Neither of these men come close to representing the ideals of the vast majority of Republicans - neither is anything remotely approaching a Conservative.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:11:25 PM PST
by
Redbob
(WWJBD: "What would Jack Bauer do?")
To: FocusNexus
McCain cannot be the GOP nominee. Which means, given the collapse in support for Giuliani, the (in)ability of the theoretically viable candidates to raise (or draw down existing) funds, and the way they each appeal (or don't) to the various factions that make up the GOP, it is becoming highly probable that Romney will be the GOP nominee.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:11:32 PM PST
by
sourcery
(Fred: Because "united we stand, divided we fall.")
To: counterpunch
"I dont see why anyone who would vote for Giuliani would have a problem with McCain, or why anyone who has a problem with McCain would vote for Giuliani." -----
Huh? I was a Fred supporter, but I'd vote for Rudy in a New York Second (pun intended) over McCain. He supported Bush's tax cuts (and has advocated more), effectively ran the world's most important city, and even though he's a social liberal, he hasn't made a career out of sticking it to conservatives. He's pro-business, anti-regulation, and most imporantly of all, hasn't been suckered by the Global Warming crowd.
McCain's nomination would be the death of the conservative movement, at least within the GOP. Guiliani would be infinitely preferable.
Hank
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:13:11 PM PST
by
County Agent Hank Kimball
("Huckabee is the bastard child of Lou Dobbs and Pat Robertson." - Jonah Goldberg)
To: SoConPubbie
"Mark Steyn goes from arguing from a princpled point of view to arguing from a unprincipled tactical point of view concerning three candidates who are all detestable."That's because professionally, Mark Steyn is an arguer.
Not a political theorist, not a principled conservative, but a talking-head-for-hire.
Let's not confuse entertainers with leaders here.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:14:02 PM PST
by
Redbob
(WWJBD: "What would Jack Bauer do?")
To: Westbrook
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:14:13 PM PST
by
chardonnay
( www.ballbusters.org)
To: FocusNexus
I don't think Rudy will win in Florida. And even if he does, it'll just mean that the GOP will stumble through Super Tuesday without a clear winner, thus causing all the campaigns to hemorrhage even more money.
The only good news is that there's a possibility that the same thing could happen on the other side....
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:15:26 PM PST
by
Antoninus
("Make all the promises you have to." --Mitt Romney)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
Rudy is NOT pro-life. He’ll NOT be the nominee
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:16:25 PM PST
by
weston
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
What you’re saying means, as it looks to me, is that Huckleberry becomes irrelevant, Fred’s supporters abandon him, and Giuliani resurges in a “stop McCain” movement, parting the sea for Mitt Romney to win.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:16:30 PM PST
by
counterpunch
(GOP Convention '08 — Go For Brokered!)
To: Tramonto
Talk radio says Giuliani is a true conservative and McCain isn't. Yeh, it doesn't make sense to me either.
What is says to me is that the conservative media is more media than conservative these days.
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:16:52 PM PST
by
Antoninus
("Make all the promises you have to." --Mitt Romney)
To: County Agent Hank Kimball
"...he hasn't made a career out of sticking it to conservatives."Well, not unless you're a conservative who believes the Second Amendment means what it says.
Rudy Giuliani clearly, demonstrably, does not!
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posted on
01/19/2008 10:17:11 PM PST
by
Redbob
(WWJBD: "What would Jack Bauer do?")
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