Posted on 01/29/2008 11:06:14 PM PST by Checkers
Assuming there is no shocking revelation or health issue, the GOP nomination is over. Conservatives need to start practicing the phrase "Nominee presumptive John McCa....."
Sorry, I can't say it. Not yet.
But it's true. When the campaign comes here to Massachusetts on February 5th, I'll proudly cast my vote for any option on the GOP ballot other than You-Know-Who. But it will be a futile gesture. Mr. "1/3rd Of The GOP Primary Vote" is going to be the nominee.
He's going to win the big, left-leaning states on Tuesday. Huckabee will stay in and deny Romney a one-on-one contest for GOP voters that Captain Amnesty would almost certainly lose. The result: More wins for He Who Must Not Be Named, and fewer wins for Romney—regardless of delegate count. Florida has launched the one ship that Romney's money and Rush Limbaugh cannot stop: The U.S.S. Inevitable. It's gonna happen. Even if there were a realistic pathway to stop him, the media have seized control of the process now and are declaring him inevitable. He is, after all, the favorite son of the New York Times.
So it is over. Finished. In November, we'll be sending out our most liberal, least trustworthy candidate vs. to take on Hillary Clinton—perhaps not more liberal than Barack Obama, but certainly far less trustworthy. And the worst part for the Right is that McCain will have won the nomination while ignoring, insulting and, as of this weekend, shamelessly lying about conservatives and conservatism.
You think he supported amnesty six months ago? You think he was squishy on tax cuts and judicial nominees before? Wait until he has the power to anger every conservative in America, and feel good about it.
Every day, he dreams of a world filled with happy Democrats and insulted Republicans.
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Losing 2% of your base will cost you the election.
Precisely what the NYT knows and is counting on.
I am all for a rough-and-tumble, animating contest. There will be plenty of time to lick wounds between the early completion of the primary process and the Convention.
I am not ready to accept John McCain. He is far, far down on The List
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It’s gonna get worse. We already have 22 House members who are retiring. That’s an additional 22 NEW seats to fight for, meaning we’ll have a greater deficit in the House, and with all the Senate retirees, we only have one race where we might pick up a seat (LA), so we’re looking at a bigger loss margin in the Senate, too.
How do you figure we get the House back? In 08, we have 22 retirees already-—that’s a potential 22 races up in the air that were somewhat safe before this summer.
The problem here is momentum going into Super Tuesday. The delegate count can snowball fast, and this is the concern. I cannot support Gramps McCain.
I hear you, loud and clear. The media will do all in its power to pick our candidate for us, just so they can destroy him later. I don’t trust any of them.
“Do you understand what I just said? Or am I speaking to deaf ears.”
Yes. No.
What you just told me is: This is beyond your control.
And I thank you, and leave the whole matter in God’s hands!
Last night I officially decided that if McCain wins I don’t vote, I’m not voting in local or federal elections, let the Democrats win and let’s get on with the nightmare, frankly, there is no party for me, game over. I mean it, if McCain wins then a Democrat wins for sure, what an idiot that guy is really, who does he think is for him?
Basically it came down to a case against illegal immigration with McCain winning that one... the latino vote when overwhelmingly for McCain...as did liberal indepents.
That should tell you a lot right there...
People who accuse Romney of being a 'liberal' cannot do so based on what happened in Florida.
I’m not convinced McCain has this wrapped up. McCain won overwhelmingly among older voters. No state has as many elderly voters as Florida. I think this was actually his best state to run in, besides New Hampshire and Arizona.
I think a brokered convention is still a big possibility.
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Yes, and he can take VP nominee Huckabee along with him.
I will not vote for John McCain for President under any circumstances.
Period.
Sweet. Great bumpersticker. May I suggest Ragnar Danneskjöld for Secretary of State?
It sounds as though he’s also of the mind that if it is a McCain vs. Mrs. Impeached President or Obama Hussein, to let them take the office, implement their liberal agenda, and watch the country tailspin for 4 years under Dem rule. It seems to think that is what it will take to bring another Reagan out of hiding.
I agree with him. But what he’s overlooking is the fact that the RINOs colluding with the Dems have made it so that many middle-class Americans with families are just getting by. 4 years of Socialism and allowing Mrs. Josephine Stalin to control healthcare (if she wins) will put too many families behind the 8 ball for four years waiting for the promised savior to arrive, who may not for 8 years or 12 or 16.
And make no mistake, if Mrs. Seller-of-Missile-Guidance-Technology or Obama Hussein get elected, one of their first orders of business will be to push the Fairness Doctrine again to shut up our leading spokesmen and women on the radio. Combine that with stacking the many vacant judge positions (thanks, Bush, for not being more aggressive with filling vacancies) and we are looking at the possibility of an entire generation of European-style Socialism that will cripple us.
Indeed. And the scumbag Democrats are the ones who continually whine about voters being disenfranchised.
They really are a bunch of lying, power-hungry scumbags.
I think that McCain’s approach on undocumented workers is more reasonable. I am in the minority here, but...
I also consider myself a strict constructionist and very conservative. I would have little problem denying government assistance to any undocumented people. I would give them lifesaving care, but would require reporting them to authorities to be dealt with.
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