Posted on 01/28/2008 6:47:42 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
Yesterday, I caught up with Mitt Romney supporter Bay Buchanan. Buchanan talked with me via phone from Florida, where she had just attended a John McCain rally (she gets a better feel for the race when she sees what the enemy is up to).
As you might imagine, this outspoken conservative had a lot to say about Sen. McCain:
"We can't trust who he's going to put on the court," she says of McCain. When I ask Buchanan if McCain is a real conservative, she replies with the words one conservative reserves for another when talking about a 'squishy' Republican: "He's not one of us." So what about the recent controversy over "timetables"? According to Buchanan, at the last debate, McCain was especially hurt by Tim Russert's question regarding McCain's admission that he didn't know as much about economics as he would like to. So why did McCain resurrect the months-old issue of timetables? Simple: "He had to change the topic," Buchanan says.
When I asked her about Romney's conservative credentials, she assures me: "He's one of us." And on the Life issue, this long-time pro-Life activist says of Romney: "He's not only solid on life, he's a real convert."
She also adds this interesting endorsement of Romney:
"When it comes to immigration, he's as solid as Tom Tancredo." Putting philosophy aside, and focusing on the horse race aspect of the campaign, Buchanan believes momentum is moving toward Mitt Romney, and that Romney is picking up most of the Fred Thompson supporters.
She also believes the endorsements McCain has received, such as Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Sam Brownback, Sen. Mel Martinez, and Gov. Charlie Crist, have more to do with the establishment mentality than with ideology. She reminds me: "There's a good 'ol boy attitude in the Senate." She also notes that Mitt Romney is running against Washington, and that probably bothers some of the people who are currently serving in Washington.
So both of you are supporting McCain?
Tancredo did endorse Mitt.
I would NEVER vote for McCain. He has stuck his finger in my eye to many times for me to vote for him. Plus, I think him mentally unstable.
I respect his service to our country but vote for him? NEVER
Sorry, I didn’t make it clear but I support Mitt. It is just that I don’t care what Bay Buchanan thinks about anything.
Who would have thunk? I can't wait for the Salt Lake City clan to leave the building...
The bureaucratic welfare state is just great for incumbent mega-billionaires. It ties up any up-and-coming competition in red tape (the incumbents can afford to hire people to take care of it, and buy politicians to shape it to their advantage), and also allows them to offload part of their labor costs onto the taxpayers (e.g. replacing private health coverage with government coverage).
Is she really talking about either Mitt Romney/John McCain or John McCain/Mitt Romney when she’s talking about Romney AND McCain? I truly don’t want either Presidential ticket to ever occur! (sarcasm off)
Fair enough.
That’s the way I’m leaning. I can’t stand McCain and Huckabee. I like Rudy as a leader but not his stands on the issues.
you are doing the right thing, b/c if McCain wins tomorrow, the nomination will be his.
Winning the tri-fecta of NH, SC and FL will ensure his nomination; the GOP establishment wants this delivered to McCain tomorrow night.
What you said.
Gag!
I’m shocked I tell ya!!!
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