Posted on 02/05/2008 10:26:48 PM PST by papasmurf
To those of you that that stood for your Conservative principles today, I offer my respect and appreciation.
Losing FRed and Duncan was a tremendous blow for us, and a loss for our Country. Standing on principle may not be the most admired action in today's world, but in tomorrow's world, many will wish they had the courage and integrity that you showed today.
I'm proud to be a Conservative, and to have supported a Conservative candidate like FRed Thompson, as well, you should be of Duncan Hunter.
After the general is over with, and the DUmmies have taken the White House, many across our Country will have doubts about their own principles and integrity, and will rue the day they decided not to support the only two REAL Conservative candidates.
Last call for a FRedhead ping! :(
As a Romney supporter, I’ll salute you guys, too. I have no problem with those who vote on conservative principles and what they believe.
I do have major problems with McCain, but that’s for another thread...
I’ll salute Fred, but I question Hunter’s judgment on backing Huckabee. Both are top notch conservatives though.
I will not vote for either McCain or Huckabee. I'll vote third-party instead.
Conservative hopes died after South Carolina - just a RINOfest after that.
Maybe McCain picks a conservative VP. We'll see.
Put down the crack pipe.
We all must be allowed our dreams.
Now you’ve done it!
**Tears**
McCain will have to pick Fred or a Conservative for a VP. He knows how much the base despises him.
(Of course, if he’s stupid enough to pick a liberal like Scumney or Huckster, he can go take a long walk off a short pier).
Sorry. I’m just so disgusted and frustrated that I started smoking again today. :(
Reality bites!
Purple cigarettes?
I really don’t think Fred wants to be VP. I really don’t.
I think he might accept it IF he saw a danger and felt he could be of real use to the Country, otherwise, I highly doubt it.
I do appreciate his not endorsing anyone before today, and, I would like him not to endorse anyone at all. Yet, politics are politics, after all, and he might just do that.
Put down the crack pipe.
Nah, Cowboy killer ultra lights.
The wife knows me better than I know myself, sometimes. She had bought a pack and had them hid. LOL
I broke down and voted the lesser evil today: Huckabee. I split my delegate votes between Fred and Huckabee, however. (Basically, I voted for the Conservatives on the delegate list. Odd that none of them were on McCain’s or Romney’s list.)
Is there a way we can convince them to run together on the Constitution Party ticket?
I think it’s too late? Wouldn’t they need to get so many signatures and legally qualify in 3/4’s of the States?
I would love this ticket as much as the liberals would hate it.
you know....they just can’t run out of hatred...kind of like those Islamic pukes.
Thanks JB! :O)
Is not the CP already on most state ballots for Prez/VP?
I was a Fred supporter; Duncan was my second choice. Now am hoping for a Romney win mostly in opposition to McCain. I’m beginning to wonder how much damage can a democrat do in 4 years and then the swing will go to a conservative?
You just tossed one McCains way. Think before you act next time.
I head a comedian say the other night “What color does a smurf turn when you choke him?”
The audience was silent for a minute or so...LOL
Qualified political parties are entitled to have candidates identified with that political party standing for partisan offices on the ballot. In order for a party to have such identified candidates, that party must have already qualified to participate in either of the two primary elections scheduled for 2008 or, if not qualified, must have completed all the qualification requirements by the 135 th day before the February 5, 2008 (Presidential Primary Election) or the June 3, 2008 (Statewide Direct Primary Election).
We all have the right to vote for the candidate we choose.
How? Huckabee won here. McCain came in a close second. Since Romney and McCain are not on my “I will hold my nose and vote for them” list, I did the best with what I had to work with.
...and the answer was? :)
I walked into the polling place with every intention of voting for Romney to try to stop McCain. But when I marked my ballot, I wound up voting for Thompson.
I was one of only 3,095 Missouri voters who voted for Fred. Even if all of the voters in Missouri who voted for a candidate outside of the “Big 3” had voted for Romney instead, it would not have been enough to have made a difference for him. So my vote didn’t help or hurt McCain, Mitt or Huck.
It had been a long time since I had voted my convictions instead of voting against (or settling for) someone I didn’t believe in. And it felt good. At least I’ll sleep well tonight.
I wouldn’t vote for McInsane if Ronald Reagan arose from the grave and McInsane chose him for VP.
That’s exactly correct!
BTW, I wasn’t on a drinking thread, can I still finish my Jack & Coke?
Yessir, papa! *Cheers*!!
I also join you in saluting the Fred and Duncan supporters here!
I did same. I intended to hold my nose and vote for Romney. I saw Fred and just couldn’t do it.
I overheard a woman in the vote line asking another woman who had just voted if FRed Thompson was really still on the ballot. When the other woman said Yup!, the first smiled and said, Oh, goodie!
Josh, thanks for all the hard work you did for us. :)
Romney Romney Romney....love my country gotta vote for him.
Feels a whole lot like I’m getting spammed. Anyone else?
I have to wait until Feb. 19 to vote for Fred!
Hey, now it’s down to Huckabee and McCain. I like Huckabee SOOOOOOOOOOOO much better. Ken doll Mittens is just too too specially rich for me. No one says where the first Romney $$$$$ came from, but wasn’t his dad a pol too?
Thanks, papasmurf...
I don’t gave a dog in this fight now Fred is out...
I was all for Fred, but he waited a tad too long. He just couldn't let go of his Hollywood career, and those "Law and Order" residual checks.
That’s what bothers me. People here hate Mike Huckabee so much that they would rather have Hillary or Obama in office for the next 8 years. To me, it’s another choice....the choice is Huckabee or McCain, then what? McCain is a loser I think.........just vote to bury yourself, vote for McCain guys.
Lots of people in our little minority are thinking the same.
I'm just glad I still have a couple of single shot rifles, a revolver or two, and enough cash to get that 2008 Segue I've been wanting.
No regrets, dude. No regrets.
SERIOUSLY, you guys, please think about our future. I almost gave up myself, too depressing.
BUT John McCain is not going to be allowed to bury my country without a fight from me. SOOOOOOOOO, will it be Obama or Huckabee? Like Obama better? fine then, RIP
Because Huckabee is the only one that has anywhere close to the charisma of Obama on our side. Think about it.
And Romney is the Ken doll, where is the charisma of Ken unless you are Barbie?
Huckleberry is even more unelectable than McInsane. At least McInsane does have two synapses that handshake, albeit intermittently, which is more than I can say for the huckster.
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