Posted on 03/02/2007 1:35:28 PM PST by George W. Bush
Question: "What do you think of Governor Romney's candidacy for the presidency?"
Ann's reply:
"I think he's probably our best candidate."
"I think it is fair to say, and this is coming from someone who supported Pete DuPont, Alan Keyes, Pat Buchanan, Steve Forbes so it's not like I won't go for an underdog."
"But I think we have to be serious about this. I think our choice is among Gingrich, Giuliani, McCain, and Romney.
And Giuliani is very very liberal and when this country gets to the point (and I have a love letter to him in my current book, Godless, what he did for New York was magnificent) but when this country gets to the point where both presidential candidates support abortion, I think we can hang it up as a country."
And McCain, I think has some problems because everyone who supports McCain would have to switch party registrations to vote for him."
"I love Gingrich, I think he's brilliant, he was crucial, the man for his time. We don't even know if he's running for president but assuming he is, I kinda think his time has passed and, I don't know, it could come back again, like Eighties music, but I think his time was over..."
"...And you have to say about Romney, he tricked liberals into voting for him." (laughter)
"I like a guy who hoodwinks liberals so easily. And also the one thing I have a very soft spot for is that I love Mormons and the reason I love Mormons (among other things) is that...you may have forgotten this...But Bill Clinton in Utah in 1992 came in third (in Utah). Now that's a fine state."
"You know, people keep saying, criticizing some of our presidential candidates, saying 'well, they're not Reagan, they're not Reagan.'"
"A Reagan comes around once every hundred years so don't keep comparing everyone to Reagan. It's a very tough job to run for president."
"I was just saying, the only thing I don't understand about Romney is why he wants to run for president. He has a great life, he's rich, he has a beautiful family...why ruin it by running for president?"
"But hopefully, he won't think of that."
Well, I'm gonna keep on keepin on for Hunter for at least the next 6 months and see if I can't help him get some prominince.
BTTT! LMAO!
Romney, Giuliani, and McCain are taking up all the oxygen in this race. Hunter and the other social conservatives have no room for manuever.
I think Spartanburg is the only one.
Much ado about nothing??
Not true. Hunter won the AZ straw poll and was in the top 3 in SC. He's gonna give the biggies a run for the money.
Consider it done.
Mitt is far better than Hillary. And he has a far better chance of beating her than Hunter.
How about a link??
If you have a Mitt pinglint...
Giluiani had leadership. Romney had conservatism. Make no mistake about that.The people who want a conservative have found their man, it seems. Mitt Romney was pitch perfect and willing to talk social issues -- something totally missing from Giuliani's speech. And people noticed.
I have to say that it was a tremendous speech. I actually could not listen to all of Rudy's, but Mitt's was great.
He poked fun at John McCain subtly. He spoke negatively about McCain-Feingold and McCain-Kennedy. He pulled at the heart strings of social conservatives, something Giuliani did not even attempt.
Giuliani was introduced by George Will, who made the point that Rudy made New York governable and Rudy is a Thatcher conservative.
Mitt was followed by Ann Coulter who put the red meat conservative seal of approval on him. It was an excellent speech that should resolve all fears conservatives have about Romney.
The race is one -- it's now between Rudy and Mitt. McCain is a non-starter.
As for Hillary: yes she is awful. No I do not agree that we should sellout on conservative issues or personal honesty just to keep Hillary out. If we do that, we don't deserve the power.
I've known for some while who he is. When I first heard his name connected to a presidential run I said I would withhold judgement until I could hear him talk. Then one day I heard him on Rush's show. He was so articulate and easy to listen to that I immediately knew he had a shot if he could somehow get before enough groups in enough venues.
Since then I have heard him on two or three other occasions. He is the first guy I have heard since Reagan that talked conservative values together with an infectious optimism that could garner 65,000,000+ votes. I think that will be needed to with the next contest.
Also, with a presidential candidate we can get excited about, I think we can show the Democrats a tsunami that will make 1994 look like a wading pool ripple.
Yes, I'm on the Hunter band wagon.
ROFL...as if one pathetic insincere speech (which sounded as if it was written by a liberal according to what a liberal would think conservatives would want to hear) could make up for the fact that he just finished a term as America's most liberal Governor.
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