Posted on 01/20/2008 2:16:38 AM PST by Def Conservative
Rep. Steve King of Iowa is here in South Carolina supporting Fred Thompson, and he took a few minutes tonight to talk to NRO about the implications of today's primary results for voters whose key issue is illegal immigration. When I asked King which candidate these voters should support if Thompson ends up dropping out of the race, he said, "My friend, the question you just asked me is the very question I'd be asking myself."
On McCain's victory, King said, "If your average voter starts paying attention to the race ten days before the vote, and they hear a guy talking about how badly we need to secure the borders," (as McCain has been doing on the stump lately), "they're going to assume that he understands the importance of the issue" — even though McCain has only recently adopted that rhetoric.
Without saying anything about Fred's future plans, King put it this way: "I've spent the last five years trying to convince the White House to take securing the borders seriously, and at this point, I'm preparing myself to keep doing this for another five years."
At least you’re not taking your marbles and going home. It’s clear that Fred was the only conservative choice — but don’t tell me that Romney, Giuliani,or Huckabee are honest about their real political philosophy.
Once the democrats come to power, we will have entitlements we will never be rid of. Mccain is at least open about what he believes.
And, by the way, I’m getting tired of him being called “McLame” and other denigrating names.
Duncan Hunter 1/19/2008
another 5 years and amensty passes and Hispanics will be a plurality here in two generations
and the culture of Caudillo, Mordida, Patronism, etc will be rife
and they will mostly vote Democrat
and the will purge original Anglo US history when they can...the way many (even here) try to purge Southern History
and they will still claim minority victimhood even though won’t be
it will be another Argentina more or less with less attractive girls
Duncan Hunter should have won SC. Effing lockstepping GOP rank-and-filers.
I don’t care who he siphons votes off from! More chance of a hung convention, which is the only hope to get a good candidate (someone besides Huck or McPain!)
I don’t know which one I loath more!
If Romney gets the nomination, I’ll probably hold my nose and vote for him in the general, but please, please don’t insult our intelligence by trying to sell the man as something authentic, fresh or exciting.
He is none of these things and he’s no conservative, either.
The ONLY thing Romney has going for himself is that he’s not Hillary.
Have to admit, but without Hillary Bill would be a semi-retired law professor now instead of an ex-president. And he did get all those fat chicks on the side, too.
Romney might not be the uber conservative which Freepers fantasize about, but in retrospect, Reagan was not either ... yet people speak about him like he could do no wrong.
Beruit withdraw, Social Security tax hikes, Amnesty, Dept. of Education abolishment reneg, etc.
I love REagan none the less.
Like I've said umpteen times, Romney made some dumb pandering statements, yet his record is not THAT bad.
“Romney’s not a top tier candidate? He’s strong on securing the border.”
Sure. Recently. He’s the candidate I’m half-heartedly backing at the moment, but let’s be honest here : if he has a single position that hasn’t changed in the last year I’m not aware of it.
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