“McCain would be the exception (although you call him a RINO, I don’t). I supported him with notable reservations.”
Excuse me? You started the McCain List as soon as the Primary started.
“But if by RINO you mean Huckabee and Romney then I don’t agree.”
Right, well I remember when you were shilling for RINO McCain you were calling Romney liberal.
Back to McCain...the man showed nothing but contempt for conservatives throughout his career, whether kissing ass of the media or writing bills with the Democrats libs. If Palin would not have run with him, he never would have had the small opportunity to pull ahead. Of course the economy ended any chance, but prior to that McCain’s campaign was DOA...when Palin was picked, the conservatives held their nose to beat Obama.
Yes, because the field was set when the primary started (minus Fred's late entry which few could have predicted). I am presented with a question and can make up my mind shortly, so sue me.
“Right, well I remember when you were shilling for RINO McCain you were calling Romney liberal.”
I said Romney has a liberal record. I don't think I ever said flat-out Romney was a liberal.
“the man showed nothing but contempt for conservatives throughout his career”
I don't care what he says I care what he does. He was to the right of Bush on fiscal policy, so I'd say that counted for an awful lot. I ruled out (in retrospect wrongly) Giuliani and Romney for having both too liberal histories and not having been lifelong GOPers. I ruled out Gilmore, Tommy Thompson, Paul, Hunter, Tancredo, Keyes for being either too lightweight or too quirky. Fred Thompson ruled himself out de facto with his abortive entry. Huckabee I ruled out on more tenuous grounds that a Southern evangelical was no way to win the presidency after Bush. After that it was easy. In retrospect I expected Hillary to be the nominee (higher negatives), McCain to run a stronger general campaign, and not for the market to crash. If I had to do it again I probably would not have picked McCain but one vote would not have made the difference and he still would've won the primary.
“Back to McCain...”
Enough reminiscing.