Romney bowing out

[Rumple Foreskin]

Romney bowing out

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
10 minutes ago

John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives.

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Romney's decision leaves McCain as the top man standing in the GOP race, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul far behind in the delegate hunt. It was a remarkable turnaround for McCain, who some seven months ago was barely viable, out of cash and losing staff. The four-term Arizona senator, denied his party's nomination in 2000, was poised to succeed George W. Bush as the GOP standard-bearer.

(link to rest of story = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080207/ap_on_el_pr/romney

Pure's thread on the neo-con's rage at McCain becomes even more pertinent, now, and watching them much more interesting.

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[rgraham666]

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

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I regard that as a really low blow.

 

[Belegon]

McCain is the only Repub with even a snowball's chance in November. Most people I know outside the Repug party have said this for months.

As such, he was the man I least wanted to see win their nom. And the one I most expected to...

 

[john-the-author]

A "surrender to terror?" Fuck him with a chainsaw and a box of salt! Voting out of fear is a surrender to terror.

I just saw a new T-Shirt on T-Shirt Hell that says "I want you dead (and not just because I'm a necrophiliac)."

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Going back to college study, I always reckoned I'd have voted for JFK, Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes (as long as they had Brazilians).

For me, a fight between Obama and McCain would help to cleanse both parties. The hijack of the GOP by the bible-bashers had to be turned round at some point and I wouldn't mind at all if McC won - heck. he voted more times against the Iraq war than Hillary.

A fight between Obama and John McC would cleanse national politics of empire building, nepotism and the unattractive extremes of both parties,

Tell you the truth, I can't decide between the two who gets my vote.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

ELFIN

And you think the Bible Thumpers are gonna, what? Go back to picking cotton and forget about politics?

I suspect we'll see a Conservative Party rise from the ashes.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Initially, I thought Guliani was the likely nomination. Mitt Romney had about as much chance as a snowball's chance in hell. And John McCain (who I actually have a certain respect for) ending up the odd man out. Huckabee never even entered the picture.

Now with eveyone fallen out and McCain the obvious nominee.. can you say "Four More Year Of Bush?"

 

[shereads]

Conservatives say John McCain is too liberal.

!!!!

Yikes almighty! Is that what we've come to? How is he liberal? Because he's against torture? Or is it just because he's relatively normal? I can't think of any liberals who are against reproductive freedom, or have McCain's lousy record on the environment. Yes, I respect his wartime service, and his doomed attempt to reform the campaign-finance industry. I also respect whatever it is about him that gets Rush Limbaugh's panties in a bunch. But I stopped respecting anything else about John McCain when he endorsed Dubya's reelection. Can you say, "sell-out?"

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

McCain opposes tax cuts and voted against them. McCain supports amnesty for illegals. McCain supports abortions. McCain is generally opposed to Freedom of Speech.

 

[Pure]

and likes commie hookers, according to a recent worlnetdaily story.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=60020


i believe huckabee killed romney's chances; i'm not sure why; maybe for Jesus' sake. what i don't quite understand is why romney didn't wait around for Hucklebee to self destruct or plateau, and give him a bunch of delegates?? perhaps he didn't want huckabee as sec'y of defense! (shudder).

 

[Boxlicker101]

McCain opposes tax cuts and voted against them. McCain supports amnesty for illegals. McCain supports abortions. McCain is generally opposed to Freedom of Speech.

That's 50% wrong. McCain always describes himself as "Pro-life" He certainly does notavor abortions on demand, which is what the flap is all about. Personally, I have always been pro-choice.

Is the last part of your rant a reference to McCain-Feingold? That was a piece of legislation designed to make it more difficult for the rich and/or powerful to bribe politicians.

 

[Boxlicker101]

and likes commie hookers, according to a recent worlnetdaily story.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=60020


i believe huckabee killed romney's chances; i'm not sure why; maybe for Jesus' sake. what i don't quite understand is why romney didn't wait around for Hucklebee to self destruct or plateau, and give him a bunch of delegates?? perhaps he didn't want huckabee as sec'y of defense! (shudder).

Maybe he realized, like most people, that Huckleberry would be a disaster.

 

[rgraham666]

Conservatives say John McCain is too liberal.

!!!!

The people bitching about McCain only call themselves conservatives. Colleen was a conservative. harold is a conservative.

These people are revolutionaries. And considering how economically deterministic most of them are I'll reiterate that their nearest historical analog is Marxist revolutionaries.

 

[3113]

Maybe he realized, like most people, that Huckleberry would be a disaster.

You don't think Huckleberry's going to end up as VP nominee? That would seem to be the thing for McCain to do, hitch himself to a Bible-Belt favorite to balance out his "liberalism."

And I promise you, if that happens, and McCain gets elected, there will be a number of Republicans and Democrats in this country who will volunteer to be his personal bodyguards and medical team, hovering near to take any bullet, use mouth-to-mouth on him if he has heart failure and, should he die, get someone to stuff him like a ventriloquist dummy and puppet the body just so Huckleberry doesn't end up running the country

If Hucklebee is the running mate and McCain wins, I'll be running for the Canadian border singing "Oh, Canada" the minute he's sworn in. I don't know how good or bad a president he'd be, but he'll be 72 by the time they swear him in. If he manages two terms he'll be 80 by the time he leaves...dying in office is a very real possibility.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

BOXLICKER

All MCain-Feingold did is make it easier for incumbents to keep their jobs. Point in fact, in Florida the election guys went after a woman who operates a local weekly paper because she was printing opinions about candidates before the election. The feds claimed her paper wasnt really a paper, but political propaganda banned by McCain-Feingold.

This example is how the noble legislation always plays out: FUCK THE LITTLE GUY.

Huck is done. McCain got what he needed. McCain will pick Charlie Crist of Florida. Charlie is running around like a bitch in heat, following McCain all over the US.

 

[Katyusha]

Conservatives say John McCain is too liberal.

I was talking to someone on Tuesday who said she cast her vote for Romney in the primary because McCain's a Democrat. At first I misunderstood her and said, "Huh? He's Republican." She said, "NO!! He's a Democrat." Then I got it. I didn't say anything else and kind of gave a little chuckle, but I was shocked.

Yikes almighty! Is that what we've come to? How is he liberal? Because he's against torture? Or is it just because he's relatively normal? I can't think of any liberals who are against reproductive freedom, or have McCain's lousy record on the environment. Yes, I respect his wartime service, and his doomed attempt to reform the campaign-finance industry. I also respect whatever it is about him that gets Rush Limbaugh's panties in a bunch. But I stopped respecting anything else about John McCain when he endorsed Dubya's reelection. Can you say, "sell-out?"

I thought he sold out too...he was always too much of a "renegade" for the Republican Party from what I hear and that's why he didn't win the 2000 nomination. But if another Republican gets elected (I doubt that'll happen) then McCain has the best chance of not screwing things up further.

 

[Katyusha]

McCain opposes tax cuts and voted against them. McCain supports amnesty for illegals. McCain supports abortions. McCain is generally opposed to Freedom of Speech.

Um. Amnesty has been a Republican cry recently. The Democrats have been trying to take a much harder line.

 

[shereads]

McCain opposes tax cuts and voted against them. McCain supports amnesty for illegals. McCain supports abortions. McCain is generally opposed to Freedom of Speech.

That's right! He learned to Hate Freedom during his years as a prisoner of war. You are wise to have picked up on that.



Who else thinks Romney's hair plans to run as a write-in candidate? Jimmy Johnson's pompadour will be its running mate.

 

[rgraham666]

The U.S. could do worse.

 

[cantdog]

The U.S. could do worse.

And have done.

They all have a big advantage this time. They are bound to look better than the guys they replace.

 

[AvoidingRealWork]

And have done.

They all have a big advantage this time. They are bound to look better than the guys they replace.

Forget politics. Let's talk personality. McCain is already angry, inflexible and curmudgeonly at 71. What's he going to be like at 75? Or at 79 should he get re-elected? Talk about an embarrassment to the country, having a whiny old geezer leading it.

 

[cantdog]

Reagan and Bush II were figureheads. (Reagan had real credentials, but he was already failing from Alzheimers' disease when he was sworn in. A president with dementia is a figurehead.)

At least the dude will do the job himself, as long as he can.

The cartoonists will have a great time with that jaw!

But if you have this sort of objection to McCain, by all means, vote for someone else. I don't really want him very much, myself, but not on the grounds you state.

 

[shereads]

You don't think Huckleberry's going to end up as VP nominee? That would seem to be the thing for McCain to do, hitch himself to a Bible-Belt favorite to balance out his "liberalism."

I smell a McCain-Romney veep deal. Romney may have no more depth than an oil-slick, but underneath all the hair gel is a politician shrewd enough to bet on a single-term presidency for McCain, due to his age and alleged health problems.

The most likely way for Romney's hair to get into the White House is through the back door, as an incumbent vice president's hair.

 

[3113]

The U.S. could do worse.

If Huckabee becomes McCain's running mate, then we could most certainly do worse. One president who doesn't believe in evolution is enough for me. I don't want to chance having another running the White House.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

ELFIN

And you think the Bible Thumpers are gonna, what? Go back to picking cotton and forget about politics?

I suspect we'll see a Conservative Party rise from the ashes.

The dynamic of the U.S. first-past-the-post system of Congressional elections (vs. proportional voting by state or region) decrees that there will be two and only two parties, which are defined as organizations that attempt to gain control of the government, and which have a reasonable chance of doing so in the near future (the next few years). "Minor parties" in the US like the Libertarian Party, the Greens - and the Bible Thumpers? - don't fit that definition and so aren't real parties. What they really are is educational organizations that to perform that mission pretend to be parties.