Romney out. Congratulations Freepers on ensuring there was no conservative in the race. (Vanity)

[o_zarkman44]

You nailed it correctly!!!

According to some so called Republicans and conservatives, especially the founder of this thread... they tell us “Thank you for your participation in the presidential selection process, however your voice nor you vote are no longer welcome”.

Who messed it up for who is my question???

Our country will survive whatever this cycle brings us. It is inevitable that the GOP is going to lose this time anyhow. The party has been set up for failure for the past 6 years. The congressional election in 2006 should be pretty much obvious the refutiation of the GOP by the people it abandoned.
So putting McCain up there will not be a loss overall. He may just mercifully retire.

[Ol' Sparky]

The laughable thing is that Huckabee’s record in Arkansas was FAR more conservative than Romney’s in Massachusetts.

[Beatthedrum]

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie !!!

Here’s the plan for your children’s future... Bilingual America, after amnesty is granted and within 15 years at least 50 million new Spanish speaking Americans as part of the “New America”, an economic disaster as the ratings on American debt instruments are downgraded under the weight of massive debt (universal health care, Social security obligations explode, prescription drug benefits and Medicare explode, welfare costs explode), less money for the defense of the country as the govt struggles to find money for promised entitlements, crippling tax increases for businesses and anyone making over $ 25,000 a year...

Eventually what we see in Europe, a North American Union, to help with the economic situation, a unified currency to help battle the ravages of inflation...

At some point a world governance as the only way to reign in the chaos... If we make it that far, in a nuclear age.

Yeah have a great freaking day

[TADSLOS]

Thank you (taking a bow).

[ejonesie22]

Romney was the worse of all of them strategically. His record killed him with us real Conservatives and his religions killed him among those in the South and other areas, who while you may call them bigots, still get to vote.

This fiasco is Romney’s fault, as well as that of his blind supporters who were too in love to see his issues as a national candidate.

If he was some average not so rich politician he would have been an also ran months ago and made room for the real Conservatives to get some press.

[HamiltonJay]

I hate to break it to you, but Romney is no conservative, and never was.

He directly contributed to Gay Marriage existing... he made every person born in his state liable to penalty of government by simply exercising their inalienable right to life.

There was no conservative in this race in the ilk of a 3 legged conservative or a conservative ideologue, and there hasn’t been since 1984.

Don’t blame folks for backing folks other than Romney, you want to blame someone the far right folks need to look in the mirror.. their “all or nothing” mindsets have come home to roost.

[PhilCollins]

The race has a conservative, Gov. Huckabee. He says that his most important issue is securing the border and deporting illegal aliens. He wants to build the fence, on the southern border, and hire more border patrol agents. He’s the only presidential candidate who signed a “No amnesty” pledge. While he was a governor, for 10 years and six months, he cut taxes and fees 90 times, and he proved that he’s pro-life, pro-gun rights, and anti-gay marriage. Which of those views is liberal?

[HamiltonJay]

Fred was no more conservative than anyone else in this race... and the fact he couldn’t get anyone to vote for him pretty much proves it.

[HamiltonJay]

Fred was no more conservative than anyone else in this race... and the fact he couldn’t get anyone to vote for him pretty much proves it.

[Secret Agent Man]

A liberal republican in the WH is worse than a liberal democrat. Not only do we get the same crap passed, we also get the blame for it when it fails, and we get RINOs and lib repubs attacking us when we attack ‘our guy’.

[BillyBoy]

>> Hunter saw the field last year - Rudy McRomney- all poison pills to large swaths of conservatives. He mistakenly assumed that he would get support from talk radio, the conservative media and forums like FR. He got only one of three. <<

He got zero out of three. Freepers initially responded warmly to him, then dumped him overboard the moment (less conservative) Fred Thompson's "potential" candidacy was in the works. By the time Fred finally got around to actually running, he had as much success being the "savior" of the GOP grassroots in 2008 than Wesley Clark had with the Dem grassroots in 2004.

And so it went, sadly.

The fact freepers were so willing to toss Hunter to the dogs in favor of a less-conservative (but supposedly more "electable") candidate that hadn't even announced, proves there won't be another "Ronald Reagan" in the near future. A man like him comes around only once in a generation.

[Route66]

First of all, there was no conservative in the race after Thompson dropped out. Second, No one here is buying the media talking points about “Thompson’s heart not being in it.” so sell that BS somewhere else. Third, Romney (AKA) the self proclaimed defender of Roe v. Wade and Gay rights, Mr. “I’m not advocating a return to Reagan, Bush.” never had a chance. Those who bought in to the slick hair and multi-million dollar ad campaign instead of falling in line behind an actual conservative, now have only themselves to blame. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

I could not agree more. Some here seem to have a real disconnect going between the actual meaning of conservatism and the lip service candidates offer as they try to use us as their steps to the White House. All we asked for was a candidate who espoused traditional conservative principles and devotion to our constitution AND had a record to prove it.

Most conservatives don't expect perfection, just a good reason to believe the person we nominate will still be who he says he is after we elect him and someone who will give us a chance to hold on to and hopefully advance conservatism during his administration. If that's asking too much, we might as well turn out the lights here and go join DU.

[rrrod]

Romney was not my first or even second choice but he is a better man than either McCain or huckster.

[combat_boots]

“Did you know that, on Bush’s recent trip to the Middle East, the Sanhedrin presented President Bush with a scroll that called Bush the Chief Prince of Gog (Ezekiel 38)?”

No.

[combat_boots]

“It’s the non-conservative majority of the GOP...”

In how many of the states that voted were crossover votes permitted?

[Boiler Plate]

Thanks.

[50mm]

The laughable thing is that Huckabee’s record in Arkansas was FAR more conservative than Romney’s in Massachusetts.That's debatable and not really laughable.

If you ranked all the Republican candidates from the beginning for their conservatism, from most conservative to least conservative, the more conservative the ranking the sooner you were booted from the contest (with some exceptions like Rudy who stayed in much too long.) That is what is really sad.

There is also a strong correlation between increasing FReeper angst and the order in which candidates dropped from the race, with each dropout forcing more FReepers to opt for an increasingly less conservative candidate. Many FReepers, myself included, reached a point where there were no remaining candidates even remotely acceptable. When the remaining candidates agree more with Hillary than with me, count me out.

[Mr. Brightside]

Let’s see if Romney is so tacky (like you) that he blames conservatives for his loss.

(I doubt he will, btw.)

[SoldierDad]

So, the question is, how do we change that? I’m tired of being limited to bad choices.

[nckerr]

Dont worry Mitt fans...He has a habit of changing his mind. He will be back in the race in no time.