OFFICIAL SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY THREAD

[vikingd00d]

Today is the day.

[commish]

Actually, I won’t care at all who Fred endorses. Tonight is showing the Republican Party is no longer a Conservative party, and is dead as far as I am concerned.

[Terrence DoGood]

I voted for Thompson today and I’m still holding out hope, but I’ll be down right giddy if the Huckster goes down in flames tonight

[TornadoAlley3]

It’s very early Fred supporters, don’t get sick yet:)

[malos]

Evangelicals have not distinguished themselves in my book. The guy’s a minister so it doesn’t matter that he’s a leftist with them. I guess if I follow their logic, me being a Catholic, I would have to get behind Ted Kennedy if he runs.

WHAT A BUNCH OF MORONS!!

[HelloooClareece]

Agreed.

We KNOW McCain will screw us over.

[Vision]

I’m not unhappy with Fred’s campaign.

Face it, he's losing; we're stuck with Romney...who believes man is causing Global Warming.

[Def Conservative]

Yeah, looking good on TV is better than being a conservative. Speaking of rambling and looking bad on TV, if that was the reason people didn’t like Fred McCain would be nowhere.

[mkjessup]

Thank you for the courtesy pings.

No problem, you're welcome. I might have missed one or two, if so it was unintentional.

[HonestConservative]

As sick as the entire thing makes me, you may be right.

Suddenly GWB is looking like Lincoln.

[tsmith130]

Have people lost their minds or are they that ignorant??

Yes

[joebuck]

"Fred could have at least grown a thicker head of hair."

Or just spray it on like Algore does.

[Swordfished]

He is an awful public speaker. He rambles in this slow monotone voice and he appears to be a guy who was just woken up from a nap. I wanted Thompson to be this golden boy savior when it was rumored that he’d come into the race. I watched some speech of his in California last year and I was very saddened that this was the best the right could present to the voters of America. It’s not good enough to be a reliable voter on the issues-— that’s what you require of a congresscritter. A president has to be able to lead, to persuade, to inspire. Fred can’t do that.

Best analysis of why Thompson's campaign was doomed. I and others (maybe you too) warned Thompson-pushers about this long ago.

[LucyJo]

McCain - 1055 votes - 33%

Huckabee - 886 votes - 28%

Romney - 608 votes - 19%

Thompson - 364 votes - 12%

Paul - 124 votes - 4%

Giuliani - 116 votes - 4%

Hunter - 4 votes - 0%

[Tuxedo]

Even McCain? Hillary is a dangerous socialist. McCain is just dangerous.

Yep, even McQueeg. Shrillary needs to go down once and for all. I want the Clintons gone... off the front pages forever until their funerals. Even then they ought to simply be footnotes.

Just like Taft in Ohio ruining it for the GOP, I do place some of the blame on GWB for failed domestic policy, overspending, and his love affair with Mexicans. He has turned off the Conservative base and they seem to be staying home and are leery of any candidate now. We are sick of being betrayed. That being said, four years of Shillary could shift the USSC the other way for 20 years. It isn't worth it. Be-atch needs to go down and down hard.

[TheLion]

McCain will not do well in closed primaries.

I have a hard time understanding how any republican can pull the lever for this traitor to our party and our principles.

Immigration is supposed to be a huge issue in the SC race, and McCain still insists on amnesty for illegals.

[Petronski]

...if so it was unintentional.

I can tell.

[tlj18]

Yes, Huckabee's supporters kind of embarrass me, being a Christian myself.

In other news, Fred is just 6 points behind Mitt with 1% reporting....

[MNJohnnie]

No, I am telling you to try reading the Exit Inteviews instead of clinging to your emotion based ignorant opinions.

But then I can see asking you to try actualy thinking about anything is a complete waste of my time.

[womanvet]

I was listening to audio of a radio interview with FRed last night, and looking at the pictures of FRed, Jeri, and the children...

Anyone else think about how much the media loved Caroline and John-john in the White House stories? or how the media of his time ate up stories of TR’s children?

Isn’t the Left-wing mantra, “it’s for the children?” There is no point in trying to talk issues with a Liberal, so turn the subject to the children. It is clear that when FRed talks about wanting to leave a nation for his children, he means it.

[BCrago66]

I wouldn’t give up on Duncan Hunter.

He’s got 12 votes so far.