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National Review editor Rich Lowry on the magazine's endorsement today of Mitt Romney
Hugh Hewitt at Townhall.com ^ | 12/11/07 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 12/12/2007 8:02:19 AM PST by Reaganesque

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To: Tim n Texas

Let’s not. The MSM, including the National Review, will not be choosing our next President. WE THE PEOPLE will be and if you are going to be lazy enough to just take the word of National Review, then you are just gullible.

I am a proud Republican and will support the candidate who is nominated by our party. I will not work for the party to just vote in one more RINO.

FRED THOMPSON (true consistent Conservative Federalist) - NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT (I’ll do whatever it takes to stop the bastards, include water-boarding) - 2ND AMENDMENT ADVOCATE (arm all legal citizens and criminals will become more hesitant) - SECURE AND SEAL THE BORDERS (don’t give them sanctuary anywhere, don’t hire them, don’t rent to them, don’t give them credit, don’t give them rights they don’t deserve, report all crimes committed by them, they will go home or we will deport them) - LAW AND ORDER (enforcement first and foremost with the laws currently on the books) - SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM (reform a program that can’t sustain itself and will bankrupt this nation) - DEFEAT THE DEMOCRAT (any fool they put up) – TAX SIMPLIFICATION (choice for the tax payer) - WON’T PUT UP WITH CRAP FROM THE MSM (including stupid questions by moderators) - PING!


41 posted on 12/12/2007 7:41:50 PM PST by Bobbisox (ALL AMERICAN GRANDMA FREEPER FredHEAD! The Hunt for a FRED November is on! Don't be fooled!)
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To: Reaganesque

btt


42 posted on 12/12/2007 8:24:27 PM PST by linuxster (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11513180806521029900)
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To: Reaganesque

If I trusted Romney, I’d be willing to support him too. But I remember Bob Dole - conservative as all get out until he had the nomination sewn up...the next day, he became Mr Moderate.

Given how Romney has campaigned before, I’d have to expect him to pull a Dole as well!


43 posted on 12/12/2007 8:48:13 PM PST by Mr Rogers (Amnesty is Huckabee's middle name!)
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To: Spiff

Great post. Romney is a good choice, and the article endorsing him is VERY logical. Say NO to Hickabee.


44 posted on 12/13/2007 10:45:28 AM PST by riskman
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To: newheart

I’m a Southern evangelical who’s sick of the Bush and Huckabee sort. We need competence, not someone to make us FEEL good.


45 posted on 12/13/2007 10:45:29 AM PST by riskman
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To: Mr Rogers
That's only because Dole/Kemp was the single worst campaign the Repubs have ever had! And yes i voted for them in the primary.
46 posted on 12/13/2007 10:45:31 AM PST by riskman
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To: Badeye

Based on this guy’s weasely answers to HH’s questions, I’m not so sure about WFB endorsing Mitt. To my mind, if WFB wants to endorse someone, he’s going to do it on his own.

It’s how Lieberman beat Weicker in CT.


47 posted on 12/13/2007 10:50:23 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: RinaseaofDs

Lowery wouldn’t have said he ‘signed off on it’ unless he had done so. You can take that to the bank.


48 posted on 12/13/2007 10:58:36 AM PST by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: riskman

I agree wee need competence, not just someone who makes us feel good. on the other hand I suspect that if Bush had a little better rhetorical skills he might have appeared more competent, reducing the attacks and the snowballing “He’s an idiot” effect.


49 posted on 12/13/2007 2:26:21 PM PST by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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To: newheart
I suspect that if Bush had a little better rhetorical skills he might have appeared more competent,

I agree. Under Bush, we've had no attacks since 9/11 (early in his term), and the economy has gone from near recession to humming along. Given that I'm of the opinion that the only things gov't can do well is keep us safe and keep our economy healthy, I think he's done the important things right - just not explained well why they are.

50 posted on 12/13/2007 7:10:35 PM PST by speekinout
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To: Reaganesque
Mitt is certainly not my first choice--as he is hardly a conservative along the lines of Fred or Duncan. Not even close.

However, I have to agree with NR and Mitt himself--when they both stated that Mitt is the only remaining viable candidate who has any possibility of uniting the 'three pillars' of social conservatives, fiscal conservatives and national defense hawks--which have historically been the base of the Party.

Giuliani, Huckabee and McCain could never, EVER unite those three--ALL of which will be required to be 'onboard' to beat Slick Hillie. Although Fred is 'my first choice' by far--Mitt comes closer than ANY of those other three--if it ever comes down to those four. I certainly hope it does not.

51 posted on 12/13/2007 7:22:15 PM PST by stockstrader (We need a conservative who will ENERGIZE the Party, not a liberal who will DEMORALIZE it!)
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To: Reaganesque

Still, he always goes for the richest candidate.


52 posted on 12/14/2007 7:22:27 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Verginius Rufus
BTW, whadda' ya' wanna' bet that by the 14th this story is so much chopped liver.
53 posted on 12/14/2007 7:23:37 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Spiff
"Meanwhile, FReepers are doing Rudy and the Democrats' work in smearing Romney and distorting his record. If and when Romney does win the nomination, he'll be so damaged by all this stupidity seen here and elsewhere amongst conservatives that it will be that much harder for him to win in the general election."

Freepers are working so hard to push their candidates that they didn't even think about the fact that Mitt was the one who the democrats and the MSM feared from the get go. They are in fact doing the democrats work.

54 posted on 12/14/2007 7:31:27 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Reaganesque

I’m not surprised. NR has always embraced social conservatives in a lukewarm way so they should really have no problem taking Romney at his word that he’s had some Damascus conversion in social issues. I, on the other hand, don’t really want to trust a johnny-come-lately to social conservatism until there’s no better choice left.

Not that I’m sold on any of the front-runners at this stage. I’m going to let the nomination process evolve more before reaching the point where I’m in anyone’s camp.


55 posted on 12/14/2007 7:59:13 PM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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To: muawiyah
I'm not sure what you meant but I'm guessing you are referring to the overall theme of the thread--the National Review's endorsing of Romney. The 14th has come and gone and I don't think anyone is talking about that--in fact I don't think it ever got much attention. The Huckaboon and the Hildabust are the main stories of late.
56 posted on 12/15/2007 6:13:43 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Oops...make that "Huckaboom."
57 posted on 12/15/2007 6:14:43 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Reaganesque

Mitt was governor of Massachuttes. He is therefore bad


58 posted on 12/15/2007 6:18:54 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Moveon is not us...... Moveon is the enemy)
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