Posted on 01/27/2008 7:52:45 AM PST by jdm
I agree with Cap’n Ed: Romney is an excellent candidate. The idea that there was a perfect conservative “candidate” out there was a myth. Duncan Hunter was simply not a legitimate candidate, and then he goes and endorses Huckabee. Fred has supported McCain and free-speech restricting campaign finance reform in the past. In almost all respects, Romney is a better candidate than GHWB & Bob Dole. In many respects he’s better than GWB. I appreciate conservatives like Rush, Ann Coulter, and Captain Ed for stepping in and providing much needed perspective for the GOP on our candidates.
I’ve settled on Romney, but I’m not enthusiastic about him. I was a Fred guy too.
For all of McCain’s virtues...military hero, steadfast on the war...I just can’t take his positions on immigration or government meddling.
He’s too old and frail. Put him up against Obama and it’ll be like the Kennedy vs. Nixon debate all over again.
I respect Ed Morrissey greatly, and over time I have grown to depend on him for the best analysis of many situations.
He just outlined what I have been throwing around in my head.
That last sentence of yours is tagline material!
McCain is at the top with McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, and lately McCain-Leiberman.
Rudy-tooty is next with suing gun manufacturers and distributors and backing groups like Handgun Control.
Huckabee, while he hasn’t caused harm outside of Arkasas that I know of seems to be a clever talker without much depth. His talk is a mile wide and an inch deep. Things like Saddam having hid his WMD in Jordan are genuinely scary.
Then there is Mitt Romney, immaculate resume, intelligent, and on the right side of issues that matter most to me. He is better on the issues than the other candidates and infinitely better on the issues than the Democrats. The only real negative is that he’s not as inspiring or likable as a Reagan or an Obama. He’ll have to make up for that with a rational command of the issues. Overall, I think we are blessed to have a candidate like Romney.
White males in the South will not support Mitt?
Who will they vote for? Hillary? Obama?
I’ve been a lukewarm Romney supporter for a while now. My main gripe is that he can be prickly and defensive. This could be a big problem if the Dems run the instantly likeable Obama. However, the Dem candidate is more likely to be Hillary, and in that matchup I think her prickliness will easily swamp Romney’s.
Are there any Republicans you actually DO like? Or maybe you’d just like to come on and post negative crap about every Republican like some sort of DU Rat? Negative lameness every damn day out of you.
Republicans are awesome, GWB was a far better President than Billy Bob Clinton (btw, it was hella awesome that Al Gore LOST in 2000 - I still laugh about it), and it’s GOP in 2008. How you like them apples?
BTW, I’d just like to say that Obama is a vapid idiot, Edwards is an ambulance chasing fraud, and that Hillary Clinton is an ice queen political whore. That doesn’t make you mad, does it troll?
Go back to DU.
“the Republican should have demonstrated success in executive management in both private and public sectors. This eliminates everyone except Romney and Rudy.”
Exactly...
We certainly don’t need a Washington insider who knows nothing about business and who sounds like Hillary II
“And his plastic demeanor will be a negative in states like CA as well.”
To which California do you refer? The one with Hollywood?
Say hi to Juan Hernandez on your way to the ballot box (if you don’t know who he is; you’d better fight out pdq). If your guy wins, Florida will drown when millions of Mexicans are given free access to your state - all thanks to Seniors McCain and Hernandez.
Despite their love for pretty boy movie stars, they will consider Romney too much like a republican Ken doll.
I voted early in TN and, without our native son in the race, here is what I did:
I voted for Romney (along with my grandma and mom) for the sole purpose of knocking out McCain. It was painful, but that is what had to happen. However, as a true FredHead, I gave all of the delegate votes to sworn Thompson people. I hope that if our convention is brokered, that those people will endorse Thompson once again. Maybe it was foolish, but I just couldn’t give delegates to anyone else.
The rats are running Obama and Shillary! together and they will certainly not be beaten by the likes of MYTH WILLARD.
Your subterfuge ain’t gonna work here, pal. Why are you pushing McCain and dissing Romney? The same can be asked of the NY Slimes and the rest of the liberal MSM. Why are they pushing McCain and dissing Romney? Anyone who has the ability to think critically can figure it out quite easily.
Ditto, Cap’n Ed.
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