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| Conservatives dismayed Mitt Romney quit race | |
| 2008-02-08 | |
Republican Mitt Romney's exit from the White House race left dismayed conservatives vowing to sit out the election -- or else hold their noses to vote for John McCain, their party's likely nominee.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, suspended his campaign on Thursday, shocking supporters and all but handing the nomination to McCain, a man some view as too liberal on immigration reform, taxes and free speech. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Hell, I was dismayed when Thompson quit the race. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-02-08 23:16 |
| #8 LOTP, I have to admit you ahve a point there. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-02-08 17:03 |
| #7 Well, he won't destroy what's left of our military's morale by precipitous withdrawl in defeat from Iraq and Afghanistan, I expect. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-02-08 13:00 |
| #6 I'm afraid the damage will be even more long lasting if McCain is elected. Those who voted for him in the primaries and contributed to his campaign will be encouraged to do the same again eight years from now with another RINO of his ilk. Candidates like Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter will be seen as anachronisms. The shift to the left will become permanent and with time people will get to the point where they no longer know any better. The word "conservative" will come to mean something entirely different from what we think it does now. Nobody will even remember what guys like Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater stood for if the tradition is not carried forward. Sorry, I just can't support this candidate. I do not trust his judgment. If he'll sell us out to the Mexicans and the Chinese and the Albanians what else will he do? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-08 12:51 |
| #5 "Conservatives" should not have been supporting Romney in the first place. His "conservative" record is exactly two years old. If Rush et al. could have backed, for example, Fred Thompson early on we would not be in this situation. McCain is not perfect and we are going to have to hold him to his (new) word on the border. But my God he is better than the alternatives. We are at war. We cannot elect the Dhimmis now. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-08 09:55 |
| #4 no mo uro, it depends if they Donks can get enough votes for closure. After their little destructive rampage over nominees, they'll of course play up to the MSM as victims, but they've made their bed. Let's see if the Senate stays red enough for us to watch SCOTUS members die off in old age without replacements. Considering the unprecedented power grab by the Judiciary for the last forty years, this could be a feature, not a bug. There's no Constitutional basis for the number on the court. So, nine, seven, five members is just as legitimate as any. Downsizing through attrition. Who has the youngest and healthiest? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-08 08:21 |
| #3 Indeed, I think they'd find Her Thighness, a tad bit more unacceptable than McCain. I think he's a dope, and a spoiled little frat boy, but I'm not going to vote for a loony leftard just to spite him. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-02-08 06:57 |
| #2 Conservatives will be more dismayed if Hillary or Obama get in and convert 14% of the private sector economy to socialism forever and appoint two or three Ruth Bader-Ginsburg clones to the Supreme Court. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-02-08 05:43 |
| #1 All your |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-08 04:59 |