Posted on 02/04/2008 7:20:15 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
California Republicans gave us Ronald Reagan. California Republicans gave us a Governor who, in Reagan, made history. But where are these same Republicans today? Will you be willing to count your vote as history in the making - tomorrow? Because, the reality is the race has come down to McCain and Romney.
But I am worried. After all, many of my fellow Republicans not only gave us a man of history in Ronald Reagan, but they have also given our Nation another Republican Governor named Arnold.
Every vote counts. Today, in retrospect, do fellow Republicans of our Great State accept Arnold as anything like a Reagan, or for that matter, even a Republican?
When Arnold was running for Governor, he sounded at that time very much like John McCain today. And many, including myself, made a terrible mistake. Today, I do not even recognize that same Arnold. What a huge disappointment.
Arnold endorsed John McCain.
I am voting for Mitt Romney in tomorrows California Republican Primary.
What can I do to convince you to vote for Romney? Because, this is the time and the place when it is going to count. If you are a conservative, and thinking of voting for Huckabee – I want to honestly request you consider this. That you can make history, you can best server the voice of the conservative wing of our Party, by voting for Mitt Romney at this time. Because, it will all be decided tomorrow. That is the reality.
It is going to be McCain, or it is going to be Romney. Whoever the Republicans choose in this State, our State, California, that is going to be decisive. There is no way around the numbers, there is California, and there is Georgia.
This is the last two minutes of the Super Bowl, my friends.
John McCain likes to use the term “my friends”. I love John McCain. But I want to make history for the conservative wing of my Party. The way to make history in this case, at this moment, is to vote for Mitt Romney. As pompous as it sounds, this is not a partisan appeal. It is a fact. Conservatives can now have a chance, in California, to make history – I know those who have already decided for Romney will be there tomorrow. For those who are not voting for McCain but considering someone other than Romney, I want you to consider that you can actually be a part of something historical. You can do this by voting for Mitt Romney in California.
The Democrats, the liberals, and their friends in the media, are trying to work McCain’s head right now. The way politics works, well everyone who should know, knows that it is a very malicious mêlée and there are very high stakes involved. Right now, the Democrats, the liberals, and their friends in the media, want McCain to win in California. And while they want this outcome, they are also working and going to try to get to McCain’s head. What they want McCain to do is, they want to convince John McCain that the conservatives are his nemesis, and they want to, slowly, in their own way, convince McCain and feed a hatred in him against conservatives. That it was the conservatives who schemed a McCain loss to Bush, and today they are working with the “right wing talk shows” to destroy McCain.
You see, the left wants McCain to win in California. And then, they want to get to his head, and make him think, “you see, I can win without them, without the conservatives” …
But you see, in the General Election, McCain cannot win – he cannot win without the conservatives of the Republican Party. Not without their vote.
And so, what the left wants, is for McCain to win in California. And take the nomination. And then, they believe they can screw with his head. And make McCain do a terrible mistake. The mistake will be when McCain says something attacking the conservatives in a clear, emotional driven, message. That McCain will say or do this very stupid mistake.
In fact, they are counting on it.
And once McCain does that, then he has lost the General election.
Because McCain cannot win the Presidency of the United States without Republicans, without the conservatives.
And that is why I want you to vote for Mitt Romney.
I want you to stop this agenda of the left wing.
I want you to make history. I am no one. But I can see what they are trying to do. I want you to think about it.
Mitt Romney is not Ronald Reagan. But I want you to understand. He is not Arnold, either. You can have the insight to see.
Everyone, for a long time, has been of the mind set that they need to find someone to give a big ovation to. But then, over time, we start to feel that there is no one worthwhile for a standing ovation. I mean, it can feel pretty good, to stand up and give someone a big ovation. For some, it might even make them feel free. But that is not freedom. You see Democrats, and they really give Obama these big ovations – you even see the same in the Hillary Clinton supporters. But think about it. Sure, sometimes Republicans can’t be like Democrats. Nice claps, cheers – but no one to really give this big ol’ crazy ovation. I mean, in some ways, the Democratic Party is really cult. But, you see, you should not let these big ovations get you down. Because, no, you are not like them. We are not a cult. Not like them. A Coca Cola machine is not magic. It is a machine. It was made by humans, the human mind. The Democrats live in a magic mind set. To them, a big Coca Cola machine comes before them, and they think it’s magic. But, you understand, there is a machine there, and it is us who can make the machine.
No politician is going to be someone who you might stand and, literally, foolishly, throw all of your ovations to. But you can make history. It isn’t magic. But if you use consideration, and thought, and look at the two minute warning in a very real way, you actually can make a difference just so long as you are in the game. Don’t drop out of the game. The football is about to be handed to you, California.
Huh??
Romney is going to cut taxes on investment income, capital gains, and dividends to zero for people making under $200,000 a year.
That will increase the savings rate which is lower than 2% in the US and around 25% in Japan and China. It also will stimulate the economy in a real way by increasing investment in businessess (as opposed to mere stimulus plans). It will also help alleviate retirement and college shortfalls for middle income Americans.
Sorry, that doesn’t redeem McCain.
If I am going to toss my vote I would do it for Hunter, he was the one who addressed actual issues facing this nation.
Huckabee just flat out disappointed me, he never seemed to be anything but in this as spoiler for McCain.
Romney... yes I have read many, many, many, things both pro and con. Don’t know yet about him.
I am not convinced that Thompson will not yet in the future lend his support to McCain and for that reason alone I cannot vote for him.
Guess I am going to have to sleep on this and see if there is a clarity in voting for something instead of voting against someone.
You got that right. It's sickening to see so many blindly accepting Romney's repackaging.
My primary isn't until next week, so with this schedule my vote will likely br a complete waste. But my vote will go to Fred. The angry nutcase or the pandering liar? Sickening that I'll have to vote for one of those guys come November.
They should of thought of that when it really mattered.
I know he energizes me.
To vote for whom he hate the most. Just to spite him and cancel his vote.
Yes. A very loud and very angry protest vote. Conservatives are getting the shaft here and this has got to end. We ignored the lesson of 2006 that going leftward will get our butts handed to us, and now we've learned nothing for this election. This is simply crazy. Are we this pig-ignorant blind ?
"Is your preference 1) that McCain get the nomination? or 2) that Huckabee get the nomination or 3) you don't care who gets the nomination -- you would prefer that the GOP lose 2008 to save the party?"
If we don't somehow get a Conservative on the ticket (however slim the chance, I'm not going to pretend we can), I would urge a complete walkout of the party and recruitment of a 3rd party Conservative to compete against the likely 3 or 4 liberals that will be in the general election. I like those odds. If this party refuses to be the Conservative party, it must die. And it will within a few cycles. We can easily go the way of the Whigs.
"I'm not trying to antagonize you--just trying to understand how you would like this to play out (from this miserable point forward)."
I totally understand. They're valid questions. This is just a horrible situation. I am just angered that so many people are lining up like lemmings to jump off the cliff. I won't jump off the cliff for liberals.
“On personal life and morality alone Romney is the personification of the American Dream”
He has been married to the same woman for 35 years and has 5 sons and several grandkids. No personal scandal or affair because we would have heard about it. Way better than the Guliani’s, McCain and of course the Clinton’s.
I think one reason the media trashes Romney is that he is way too moral, smart, handsome and rich and they are just jealous. They can related to white trash like the Clinton’s or a serial marrier like Guliani but not Romney.
Excellent post.
California Republican here, also voting for Mitt Romney.
So you despise the Conservative movement that much that you’d support a proven liberal liar just to spite it ?
You can absolutely disagree with Romney on issues as I do without calling him a Clinton clone because that is patently absurd.
Proof ? Evidence ?
It would be so funny to see the look on Mccain’s face if he lost.
List all the Republicans your candidate elected in Massachusetts. Start with Governor.
Romney wants to use technology to put up a barrier to having illegals come in the country. He also wants to punish sanctuary cities by withholding federal money if they do not enforce immigration laws.
Duncan Hunter
He has been married to the same woman for many years and has 2 sons and several grandkids. No personal scandal or affair because we would have heard about it. Way better than the Guliani’s, McCain and of course the Clinton’s.
I’m voting for Mitt just to make you madder. Heh heh.
Seriously, man. You need to chill out. Fred is not in this anymore. A protest vote is a wasted vote. It will only help McCain. Step away from the keyboard and think about it rationally please.
No amount of ranting and insulting people is going to bring Fred back.
The media trashes and/or ignores Romney because he is the one who will win against any Democrat.
Mitt Romney is the right man at the right time to insure our national and economic security. And, he's not betting his future on crossing the political isle and making nice with the Democrats.
Please. Vote for Mitt tomorrow.
This is laughable. I live in Massachusetts and we have had a dead party for a long long time. No one could get anything done with the Massachusetts legislature because they are 90% democrat.
A governor is not a dictator. In this country we have a process and in Massachusetts, the democrats won fair and square so they have the power. There are hardly any republicans in the Massachusetts legislature and Romney had nothing close to the number of republicans needed to carry a veto.
McCain and Huckabee are not straight conservatives either. They are liberal in many ways. I am voting for Romney with my eyes wide open, not because he is my ideal candidate but because he is the best of the three. Politics is the art of the real. Please remember that.
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