"I'm a fighter, see? SEE? And I lose my temper a lot. Sorry about the bruises. And cuts. And the bones. But I'm your candidate, and let's shake hands and pretend none of that ever happened, OK? I SAID OK?"
Posted on 02/09/2008 11:25:20 AM PST by gpapa
Well, Super Tuesday is over, and now we have two major party presidential nominees. That's the lead sentence I thought five weeks ago I'd be writing for this column. But the 33-day round of caucuses and primaries that seemed likely to produce decisions after 23 states voted on Super Tuesday have failed to deliver.
True, John McCain appears to have a relatively clear flight path to the Republican nomination. The invaluable realclearpolitics.com Website, as I write, credits him with 697 delegates to 244 for Mitt Romney and 187 for Mike Huckabee.
But the McCain aircraft can expect some turbulence before it gets its wheels down. Vocal conservatives, led by talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, insist that McCain isn't a proper conservative and isn't much of a Republican.
(Excerpt) Read more at article.nationalreview.com ...
“If there is a God, She was looking after McCain’s interests on Feb. 5. “
Wait God is a She?....Ack!
You’re in trouble now!
For the last 5 years I’ve had the weird occasional experience of being surprised to hear McQueeg identified as “a Republican”.
Yes, I know he is, but some years ago he became so strongly identified in my mind with Democrats and as a pal of Teddy Kennedy and Lieberman that I decided he was just that: a Democrat.
If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck.....
He should look ahead and tell conservatives that he will be fighting with them — for victory in Iraq and against Islamist terrorists everywhere, to prevent the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, to install conservative judges on the Supreme Court, to keep the Democrats from snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. He can argue that he is like a United States Marine — no better friend, no worse enemy — and in the years ahead he is determined there will be no better friend for the causes they hold dearest.
McCain might do well to take Barone's advice.
Good point, it’s not a good idea to jest about that.
The only bright spot in an otherwise bleak election cycle, is that B. Hussein Osama, er I mean Obama, is a constant prickly thorn in the side of the Beast.
It’s not much of a consolation, but at least it’s something.
He has no reason to take advise to make up with conservatives, since he hates us, has beaten us, has won the nomination without us.
Conservatives haven’t the numbers or political power for him to fear.
Unfortunately, he’ll be fighting for global warming alarmists too...
By the way, that speech at CPAC was a transparent con and I’m surprised so many fell for it.
I listened to the whole thing on radio, McCrazy reading his script with that phony and transparent pathos he often wields, and then I saw a clip later on TV when he was booed about immigration, he flashed that same Satanic “FU and I don’t care what you think” smirk that he displayed after beging caught redhanded in the dabates when lying about Romney’s “timetable”.
He just so utterly despicable, I don’t know how anyone could vote for him.
That comment caught my eye too. I didn’t know Barone worshiped a she-god.
Agreed. Feminist moonbats may refer to God as She, but a writer for NR has no business doing so, even satirically. Not funny. And what does satirizing feminists, if that is what he’s doing, have to do with McCain’s performance last Tuesday? Or with the price of eggs?
And he would not be believed...and correctly so.
No member of the "Gang of 14" can be trusted to nominate a conservative to the SCOTUS. No member of the "Keating 5" can be trusted to be ethical. No man who has Juan "La Raza" Hernandez on his payroll can be counted on for anything but amnesty for the illegal invaders who rape, murder and steal from American citizens.
All of them expected a very easy picnic trip for Hillary Clinton to be crowned as the nominee of the democrat party. They could not be more wrong.
All of them wrote off McCain during the summer and the fall of 2007. They could not be more wrong.
Romney belongs with McCain
Diane Francis, Financial Post
Published: Saturday, February 09, 2008
John McCain’s best running mate would be Mitt Romney, and a closer analysis of the primary results shows why.
Romney, not Mike Huckabee, shores up McCain’s two vulnerabilities: his admitted lack of knowledge about economics and business, as well as his age—a concern to many.
On Thursday, Romney nobly stepped aside and established Iraq as the centrepiece issue for the fall presidential election. To further this, he asked anti-McCain Republicans and conservatives to join him in unity behind front-runner McCain.
It was a non-endorsement endorsement, because McCain’s name was not invoked. Then President Bush did the exact same thing and called yesterday for unity to preserve “peace and prosperity.”
This is very smart, especially in the face of what is developing as a nasty, non-uniting scrap between Obama and the Clintonites.
(Hillary’s biggest mistake before Super Tuesday was to try and raise the “swiftboat” issue and that Obama would not be able to stand the Republicans’ withering attacks should he become the candidate. This merely raised the issue that there is more dirt against the Clintons to come — witness Obama’s call yesterday for them to release their tax returns and a statement of their income sources.)
Slick Willy has been freelancing all over the place since leaving the presidency, both socially and financially. So stay tuned. The Republicans will have a feeding frenzy if the Clintons are on the ticket, even as vice-president.
Meanwhile, Romney’s withdrawal accomplished four objectives:
-Romney finessed his fierce combativeness and attacks against McCain in the past few months by talking about the greater good of fighting “evil” terrorists. Candidates have supporters who develop very strong dislikes for opponents, and by saying that the cause trumps their dislike for McCain he helps keep his people on his side for future purposes.
-He saved face by presenting himself as a “sacrifice.”
-He has begun the uniting efforts for the party behind McCain.
-He trumps Huckabee as a potential running mate.
Yesterday, McCain hinted at this, saying he was “looking forward to meeting with Governor Romney.”
Romney may not have personal appeal, but he would strengthen a ticket because he is a hugely successful businessman who understands the nuances of the economy and business.
He also looks and acts the part and is young enough to put to rest concerns about McCain’s age. At 71, with some health concerns in the past, McCain may be a one-termer, which makes the vice-presidential position more enticing than usual.
An analysis of results also shows Romney’s value, or a Romney-endorsed running mate, for McCain: Romney beat McCain in Michigan, Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Utah and Massachusetts. Republicans need help in Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts, which voted Democrat in the past two contests.
Meanwhile, Huckabee won Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia and West Virginia, but these always vote Republican and except for Arkansas (Huckabee’s state) the combined McCain-Romney vote added up to more than Huckabee’s percentages.
See Diane’s take on The Clinton Factor on her blog: financialpost.com/ dianefrancis
I think Obama being a thorn to Hillary Clinton is a huge understatement, he is much more than that.
Agreed. I will not waste time on McCain or any RINO's. I will only work for conservatives. Party is of no consequence now. I am tired of prostituting myself and my values. I did it with Bush in the hope things would improve. They only got worse. I will not make the same mistake again with McCAin. Let him look for support and contributions to his campaign from Teddy Kennedy, Jane Fonda, George Soros and the illegal aliens he's been catering to.
BTW, I was just watching "Band of Brothers" and have but one question for those who say we should trust McCain and forgive him his 24 years of betrayal: Would you want to share a foxhole with him? Would you really trust him to watch your back?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.