Posted on 02/04/2008 7:20:15 PM PST by Brian_Baldwin
California Republicans gave us Ronald Reagan. California Republicans gave us a Governor who, in Reagan, made history. But where are these same Republicans today? Will you be willing to count your vote as history in the making - tomorrow? Because, the reality is the race has come down to McCain and Romney.
But I am worried. After all, many of my fellow Republicans not only gave us a man of history in Ronald Reagan, but they have also given our Nation another Republican Governor named Arnold.
Every vote counts. Today, in retrospect, do fellow Republicans of our Great State accept Arnold as anything like a Reagan, or for that matter, even a Republican?
When Arnold was running for Governor, he sounded at that time very much like John McCain today. And many, including myself, made a terrible mistake. Today, I do not even recognize that same Arnold. What a huge disappointment.
Arnold endorsed John McCain.
I am voting for Mitt Romney in tomorrows California Republican Primary.
What can I do to convince you to vote for Romney? Because, this is the time and the place when it is going to count. If you are a conservative, and thinking of voting for Huckabee – I want to honestly request you consider this. That you can make history, you can best server the voice of the conservative wing of our Party, by voting for Mitt Romney at this time. Because, it will all be decided tomorrow. That is the reality.
It is going to be McCain, or it is going to be Romney. Whoever the Republicans choose in this State, our State, California, that is going to be decisive. There is no way around the numbers, there is California, and there is Georgia.
This is the last two minutes of the Super Bowl, my friends.
John McCain likes to use the term “my friends”. I love John McCain. But I want to make history for the conservative wing of my Party. The way to make history in this case, at this moment, is to vote for Mitt Romney. As pompous as it sounds, this is not a partisan appeal. It is a fact. Conservatives can now have a chance, in California, to make history – I know those who have already decided for Romney will be there tomorrow. For those who are not voting for McCain but considering someone other than Romney, I want you to consider that you can actually be a part of something historical. You can do this by voting for Mitt Romney in California.
The Democrats, the liberals, and their friends in the media, are trying to work McCain’s head right now. The way politics works, well everyone who should know, knows that it is a very malicious mêlée and there are very high stakes involved. Right now, the Democrats, the liberals, and their friends in the media, want McCain to win in California. And while they want this outcome, they are also working and going to try to get to McCain’s head. What they want McCain to do is, they want to convince John McCain that the conservatives are his nemesis, and they want to, slowly, in their own way, convince McCain and feed a hatred in him against conservatives. That it was the conservatives who schemed a McCain loss to Bush, and today they are working with the “right wing talk shows” to destroy McCain.
You see, the left wants McCain to win in California. And then, they want to get to his head, and make him think, “you see, I can win without them, without the conservatives” …
But you see, in the General Election, McCain cannot win – he cannot win without the conservatives of the Republican Party. Not without their vote.
And so, what the left wants, is for McCain to win in California. And take the nomination. And then, they believe they can screw with his head. And make McCain do a terrible mistake. The mistake will be when McCain says something attacking the conservatives in a clear, emotional driven, message. That McCain will say or do this very stupid mistake.
In fact, they are counting on it.
And once McCain does that, then he has lost the General election.
Because McCain cannot win the Presidency of the United States without Republicans, without the conservatives.
And that is why I want you to vote for Mitt Romney.
I want you to stop this agenda of the left wing.
I want you to make history. I am no one. But I can see what they are trying to do. I want you to think about it.
Mitt Romney is not Ronald Reagan. But I want you to understand. He is not Arnold, either. You can have the insight to see.
Everyone, for a long time, has been of the mind set that they need to find someone to give a big ovation to. But then, over time, we start to feel that there is no one worthwhile for a standing ovation. I mean, it can feel pretty good, to stand up and give someone a big ovation. For some, it might even make them feel free. But that is not freedom. You see Democrats, and they really give Obama these big ovations – you even see the same in the Hillary Clinton supporters. But think about it. Sure, sometimes Republicans can’t be like Democrats. Nice claps, cheers – but no one to really give this big ol’ crazy ovation. I mean, in some ways, the Democratic Party is really cult. But, you see, you should not let these big ovations get you down. Because, no, you are not like them. We are not a cult. Not like them. A Coca Cola machine is not magic. It is a machine. It was made by humans, the human mind. The Democrats live in a magic mind set. To them, a big Coca Cola machine comes before them, and they think it’s magic. But, you understand, there is a machine there, and it is us who can make the machine.
No politician is going to be someone who you might stand and, literally, foolishly, throw all of your ovations to. But you can make history. It isn’t magic. But if you use consideration, and thought, and look at the two minute warning in a very real way, you actually can make a difference just so long as you are in the game. Don’t drop out of the game. The football is about to be handed to you, California.
no thanks
“I’m not voting for McCain. I’m not voting for Huckster.”
So if you aren’t voting for anyone who is still in the race...Why are you here heckling those of us who are exercising our rights to do so? We haven’t seen your baseball or any other windows for you to lick. Put your helmet on on and go home!
Not a commentary on his heart - Just his actions. I stand by my assessment. Many others share it as well. Do you know his heart?
Where have I endorsed McCain ? You’re talking to the #1 Romney exposer on FR. I have made it my personal mission to see that sleazy, lying, no good, party-destroying liberal termite NEVER gets any elective office under the Republican party label EVER. What part of “he’s a Democrat plant” do you guys not get ?
You’ve read my reasons in this thread and others, don’t act ignorant. I don’t apologize for warning people away from fraudulent liberal candidates that seek to use this party as a vehicle and discard it or kill it once they’ve achieved power.
I am not ignoratn of your post’s they just seem one sided toward the only candidate who can unite the conservative base against the H-Word. So don’t you act ignorant of why you are really here... to disparrage Romney voters.
I never said you endorsed McCain, but I think you are in bed with him with your pal Huckster. All three of you out to destroy the Republican Party. I hope you are proud of yourself.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1965469/posts
This should put you over the edge. Out of all the candidates running, Romney is the most conservative. You had your candidate that you just did not work hard enough for and lost out. Now you have a choice of either Huckster, McCain or Romney...pick at your own peril.
You are “ignoratn” (sic) of my posts, because I said for the 5 billionth time, Willard AIN’T a Conservative. I don’t care how often he claims to be. He has proven himself a liar and a con-man. And I will rightly criticize Romney DUPES for aiding and abetting his con. You know he’s not a Conservative, why do you pretend that he is ? Or are you one of his legions of paid bots on here to distort and lie about his record ?
Go ask the Huckster supporters or McCain supporters and see how well I’m regarded by them. And Romney already destroyed the state party he led (and Huckster did effectively the same thing), so past tense, it’s already been done. Why would you support someone with that kind of record ? I don’t vote for liberals, liars and party-destroyers as Republicans, period.
Are you a moron ? He’s not a Conservative. Period. I take it you’re nothing but a paid agent for his campaign to continue to repeat such a bold-faced lie. You should be ashamed of yourself. Have you no sense of decency ? You’re no different than the fembots who defended Clintoon.
I received email from McCain’s people reminding me to vote. I replied back, ‘I did... for Romeny .. Twice!’
LOL
Hey, in Illinois the Republican establishment is for McCain. And the establishment here is BAD.
Those who know me would dispute your assertion. I graduated as a proud conservative from one of the liberal universities in the US (Brown). I recently refuted the evidence used to award a $500,000 prize (the Draper Award).
I sincerely doubt you’ve spent a fraction of the time I have researching and following Romney (I have since 1994, most other FReepers hadn’t heard of him until 2007). The man is a liberal, a liar, and a fraud. If you believe he’s a Conservative, you’re either mistaken or you’re ignoring the mountain of evidence to the contrary. His rhetoric doesn’t match his mouth. Anybody who willingly supports him ignoring the facts is simply a lemming, or is a liberal that simply wants to see the GOP destroyed, as he did to the MA party.
Ah yes, the Republican party was quite strong in Massachusetts prior to Romney. Who do you support.
It was a viable minority opposition that was competitive well up until this past decade. In the early '90s, it was 5 seats away from majority control of the State Senate. After liberals WeldRomney destroyed its growing minority, it ceased to be competitive for virtually any office. In fact, it is effectively on par with pre-1960s Deep Southern states with its advanced state of rigor mortis. For somebody who was just over in Providence, I'd think you might've known that.
"Who do you support."
Check my tagline or look at the bottom of my FReeper page.
You disproved nothing, the party was a minority for a long long time. The Republicans were represented by many of the old Yankees. Then the Irish Catholics started coming into the state in the middle of the eighteen hundreds in great numbers. Eventually they came to dominate the Democrat party. Other immigrants followed in great numbers finding work in the many mill cities. These people voted Democrat, they were wooed by the Democrat party and the unions, forming the Democrat base.
Among my ethnic group it was just assumed that you would be a Democrat. If you were a Republican people looked at you like you had two heads.
All my life I had heard how the Republicans started the Great Depression and how the Republicans were for the rich and the Democrats were for the poor. I have been in homes where there would be pictures of FDR right next to the Pope. People thought of FDR him as a saint. When JFK was murdered he became a matyred saint. This is the environmnet of Massachusetts.
Millions of immigrants who new nothing about self government came here, had a hard time working in the mills, were often exploited and developed an anti-business pro-Democrat thinking that is very deeply rooted in the people’s psyche. This political leaning is reenforced by ethnic, family and community ties. It is very hard to break through this, it is almost like a religion.
The great waves of immigration of the eighteen and nineteen hundreds wiped out the Republican majority. In time the Republicans voter base became smaller and smaller. I see this as tying in to the illegal immigration tsunami which we are seeing now. This tidal wave of future Democrats will completely inundate the national Republican party and will make this country like Massachusetts. When that happens you will know what it is like to be a voice crying in the wilderness. I hope this never happens which is why I am supporting Mitt Romney because he has done something about it and has made it a strong part of his campaign. Huckabee and McCain have both pandered to illegals. As someone who has been looking into this problem for many years, I know that this problem has the capacity to split the nation along ethnic lines in two or three generations. I am fighting for my grandchildren, that is why I am supporting Mitt Romney. If we loose the illegal immigration battle the conservative movement will be over as well.
I don’t know why you are dragging Romney’s name into this since Romney did not become Governor till 2002. He had no responsiblity for what happened before him.
There was no WeldRomney administration. When Weld was governor Paul Cellucci was the lieutenant governor. Jane Swift then became the lieutenant governor. After Cellucci left Jane Swift became the governor. Swift was a hack and a total joke.
Then Romney ran for governor in 2002.
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