Ten Reasons Mitt Romney Should Not Be the VP Nominee

National Review Online ^ | August 27, 2008 | David Frum

[Camel Joe]

I just think we need a Southern VP, and it would be nice to be thrown a bone. Fred’s not too contraversial and would add a nice touch to the ticket. Hunter would too but he is not as well known.

[K-oneTexas]

I don't think either of them want it truthfully. I also think we need someone who is young (younger than McCain) and someone who can speak well and not choke. Many of those on 'the list' a bland and very unknown except in their own States.

The only ones who have been picked up on the 'national' radar by voters is Gov. Sarah Palin and Mitt. Many have no record to speak of and have not addressed national issues, except that they'll speak at the Convention. Many do not engender trust since they are unknown. Jindall is not ready for prime time yet, if he straightens out LA then maybe. Hayley Barber is older and has baggage that will not help a ticket.

Others who are know are unacceptable, to me. Like Crist or Rudy or Huckabee to name three. Cantor I have never heard of in Texas and have no feel and therefore no confidence in. KBH is my one of my Senators and I have no faith in her conservatism.

I don't think a bone is what is needed. We need someone who can learn and carry-on after McCain is done. Be it 4 (more likely) or 8 years.

[Ol' Sparky]

Romney, like me, is personally and morally opposed to abortion, but because he is a conservative he was opposed to abortion being outlawed. He has now changed his position and believes that the unborn should be legally protected.

After including $50 abortions in his health care plan, attending PP fundraisers and even lying about his mother's position on abortion, you want us to believe, conveniently at the time he decided to run for President, that he has change his mind in a few short years?

You know if a Democrat tried that kind of flip-flop, you'd be all over him or her like a bee on honey.

[Fred]

Didn’t NRO endorse Romney???

[Fred]

Using the HATE word is so dem. Behind Liberal Lines is really being quite honest. Just go to youtube.com and search on Romney, the dems will have little or no work to do with this romney feeding frenzy on youtube.

[greyfoxx39]

Placemark

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This insane Mormon hatred

Now wait a minute champ. The article and subsequent comments NEVER said a thing about Romney's religion.

Kill that straw man right now.

[SuziQ]

Oh, I want Fred to be McCain’s first appointment to the Supremes. Just the confirmation hearings would be a pleasure to watch!

[SuziQ]

Fred didn't get in 'late'. He entered the race at the typical time for previous races, but everyone else had been campaigning since the last Congressional race in 2006, so it seemed late. As for the issues, he was anything but wishy washy. He made some of the best points of any of the candidates on the important issues, but was completely ignored by the MSM. He wasn't flashy, but he's not a flashy person, so he was ignored by folks who seemed to be looking for someone with a good smile and good hair to be President.

They ended up getting neither, but McCain is very experienced, and no matter who he chooses for Veep, I'm going to vote for him. He wasn't my guy; I was a FredHead, but I don't want the Democrats anywhere NEAR the Oval Office while we have our military in an active war. I also don't want a Democrat choosing the next nominees for the Supremes. In fact, as I said up the thread, I'd LOVE for McCain to choose Fred for the Supremes, because he seemed to be the most Constitutionally literate of all the candidates this election, and it would just be a blast watching him in the nomination hearings on Capitol Hill against those folks with whom he served while in the Senate.

[SuziQ]

Cantor I have never heard of in Texas and have no feel and therefore no confidence in.

Dan Quayle was a relative unknown as well, but it didn't keep GHW Bush from being elected in 1988.

[K-oneTexas]

I wasn’t talking about other VP. I was giving my personal opinion on a potential candidate.

[Stourme]

percentage of people actually dispise the man so much that they will stay home.

Red Herring. This is a ridiculous argument. Biased speculation aimed at swaying opinion but having no grounds in fact. The same argument could be made that those same people would stay home because they despise McCain.

[Stourme]

6. Whether one is pro-choice or pro-life, Romney’s flip-flop on abortion

So basically, Mitt Romney is the one human being on planet earth NOT allowed to change his mind on any subject at any point of his life? Is that correct?

He's not allowed to learn or grow or repent of any opinion that he did not have since birth...right?

hmmm...

[Stourme]

Now wait a minute champ. The article and subsequent comments NEVER said a thing about Romney's religion.

Kill that straw man right now.

It wasn't the article that he was referring to. It was the reason it was posted is the subject of his comments.

The Mormon hatred on FR is quite thick.

[Stourme]

And he is not a vote-getter.

Did you happen to notice that Mitt won a number of states in the primary. He is a vote getter. There's a large percentage of the population that like him.

People see what they want to see.

John McCain will be the next President of the United States. Obama already looks like an idiot. The polls are showing it. And when McCain's campaign really gets to tearing into him he'll look retarded.

McCain's VP pick is irrelevant to the election. I wouldn't doubt by November that Obama is 30 points behind.

[stillonaroll]

As you are well aware, Mitt's flips are not limited to abortion. Seems the DemonRats were on to him even before the primaries:

Since Romney himself has "outgrown" his previous positions on just about every issue in this campaign, his friends at the Democratic National Committee decided to join the fun by auctioning off Romney's past. The DNC today listed a Mitt Romney Flip Flop Kit that includes Romney's old positions on everything from gun control to immigration reform to tax cuts to gay rights to abortion on eBay.

http://dnc.org/a/2007/11/dnc_lists_smoot.php