Posted on 08/28/2012 4:56:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mitt Romney officially clinched the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday to move a step closer in his five-year quest for the White House.
To roaring cheers at the Republican National Convention in the packed Tampa Bay Times Forum, the delegation from New Jersey put Romney above the 1,144-delegate threshold, ensuring he will be the GOP challenger against President Barack Obama in November.
Earlier, the 2,200-plus convention delegates approved a conservative platform that called for less government, opposed same-sex marriage and endorsed a "human life amendment" to ban abortion with no specific exceptions for cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is threatened.
Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, will be formally nominated on Thursday, and Romney's acceptance speech that night will conclude the convention that had its agenda delayed by Hurricane Isaac.
With the storm churning toward landfall in Louisiana, Republican officials appeared determined to stick to a tightened three-day schedule that kicked into full gear on Tuesday with official business and speeches accusing Obama of failed leadership and undermining the American dream...
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Well good luck.
Excellent post!
Well said. It’s time to pick a side. You’re either for attempting to at least slow down the train before it wrecks, or actively aid the guy who’s going to jam the accelerator all the way to the floor.
There are no other choices. Anyone sitting out this election claiming ideological purity is actively aiding Obama. That’s the fact.
That’s pretty harsh there, Hoss. Can you give the man a year or 18 months in office to see what he’ll do? I hope he surprises us. Dick Nixon, Gerald Ford and the Bushes weren’t exactly Reagan/Goldwater conservatives, now were they? He HAS to be better than Obama, right?
I will vote for anyone to get the COMMUNIST OUT.
Even Charlie Sheen.
If the communist is not voted out, it will not be America anymore. It will be game on, the whole schmear will come apart at the seams. No predictions as to what that looks like. Not pretty I’m sure. Probably something like a cross between Nazi Germany and Mexico, throw in a little Haiti for variety.
11 out of 12 planks in the platform were written by Freedom Works. It the most Conservative platform in GOP history
But I know, don’t bother the Democrat propaganda bots around here with the inconvenient facts. They have their Obama campaign written talking points and they are clinging to them
Well, in November, I will also be voting for Romney, but, unlike you, I am not happy to do so.
But I will vote for him because, yes, Obama must go. Our country cannot survive another term of the Soros Administration.
11 out of 12 planks in the platform were written by Freedom Works. It the most Conservative platform in GOP history
But I know, don’t bother the Democrat propaganda bots around here with the inconvenient facts. They have their Obama campaign written talking points and they are clinging to them
To all the Paulsheviks and assorted ilk, no one here likes Romney all that much. But the choice is someone with a liberal record who we might possibly hold accountable with a conservative Congress, and someone who doesn’t even respect the basic separation of powers. To the point of creating a national secret police force that will put your neck under the boot and a bullet to the back of your head, not to mention a civil war.
This is not Bob Dole v. Bill Clinton. The stakes are much much higher.
Well aren't you special!
Only a moron would think actively campaign against his political allies on behalf of a guy totally opposed to their agenda is “smart politics”.
You “Conservatives for Obama” have to be the most politically ignorant movement in US history
Actually, he sought the Prophets permission in 2005 (it was granted).
If you object to being treated like an idiot, quit acting like one.
Only a moron would think actively campaign against his political allies on behalf of a guy totally opposed to their agenda is “smart politics”.
You “Conservatives for Obama” have to be the most politically ignorant movement in US histor
LLS
I hope he surprises us too, and you’re absolutely right that he’ll be better than The Kenyan under any circumstances. I encourage everyone to vote for him for that reason alone. However, his attempts to out-Chappaquiddick Mr. Chappaquiddick and his complete lack of resistance to socialized medicine in Massachusetts doesn’t leave me with much excitement. Romney’s allegiance is in question, Ryan’s isn’t.
I want to thank you for continuing to be a reactionary.
I said: Approved a conservative platform?
And yet you chose not present information, you chose to call me an Obama propagandist.
You do not fail to surprise.
Romney sold out to Obama and One World Government as did the rest of the sleaze.
kiss kiss
There is no point in arguing with jello.
You keep right on fighting conservatism with the rest of the GOPe and calling it righteous.
Ta da
They did; but it is open so that Romney and his ilk can make the changes without our permission.
My viewpoint isn’t unusual at all. Almost everyone in my community endorses a Ryan presidency. They see a Romney victory as merely a precursor to the ideal, rather than the ideal.
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