Posted on 02/05/2008 11:41:40 AM PST by Salena Zito
My mother (54 years a Republican) and I (32 years) had discussed that very thing a few weeks ago. The other night when I made the decision to leave the party and change my registration to an independent, I called her to lament the fact that the GOP considered me an enemy and therefore I could not stay in it. She has simply decided to stop doing one damned thing for them anymore (time, money, or anything else).
This'll frost her. Maybe she'll follow sonnyboy's lead.
Mr. niteowl77
It was not a hit for McCain.
This is a classic political move. The goal here was to beat Romney. Very little doubt that McCain voters were instructed to go to Huckabee.
Dirty political manipulation, but that’s the way it goes.
Pretty sad that both Huck and McCain thought it necessary to stoop this low.
Clearly, McCain’s voters ALL went Huckabee. This was not an accident or “just the way it worked out”. It was a clearly orchestrated effort to deny Romney the win. Pure hard core politics. Ultimatley, all of these delegates will go to McCain.
That second alter call did the trick. I voted for him in Oklahoma. He was the only one who had a chance against McCain & I didn’t want our 41 winner-take-all delegates going to Kerry’s rejected running mate.
Here is how the morons from CNN report the results....Rather than stating the obvious (that McAmnesty threw his delegates behind Huckster), they just print the raw numbers. What a cluster Huck!
The former Arkansas governor won with the support of 52 percent of the state’s GOP convention delegates on the second round of balloting. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in second with 47 percent of the vote, and Sen. John McCain was backed by 1 percent of the delegates.
Romney was ahead in the first round of voting in Charleston but failed to get the majority needed to win.
Actually McCain’s votes more than cover the jump in Huck. Looks like Paul’s people sat out the second round.
On the 2nd ballot the McCain voters switched over to Huckabee giving him the clear win.
If anything is to be learned from this it is the fact that The Huck or McCain voters would never be for Romney even if Huck dropped out.
Romney would never get enough of the red state vote to win in Nov even if he won the nomination.
Romney has serious problems with the red state base and those that support him better come to terms with that fact.
its becoming almost silly how everyone on this site is rallying around mitt romney, a man bankrupt of character and principles. the last complete conservative to exit the race was thompson. mccain and huckabee will probably both lose in november to hillary, but the GOP combination of john kerry and bill clinton from massachusetts will lose in a complete landslide.
Just trying to be a peacemaker.:’)
“This just reinforces my decision not to vote for McQueeg if he should be the nominee. Now after this debacle that goes for the Huckster just in case in should be the nominee.”
Neither will I. If Republican voters can’t see through this, then they’ll get the nominee they deserve and I’ll vote third party in November.
“Very little doubt that McCain voters were instructed to go to Huckabee.”
No doubt about it.
Well, my take is this ... shoving the liberal manifesto of McCain and Huckabee down my throat is p*ssing me off, and so if either of those two is on the ticket then I would sit this one out in November.
Yet more proof that McCain spits in the face of conservatives.
I believe you misunderstand what happened.
The McCain people threw their support to Huckabee in order to keep Romney from winning.
It was a tactical decision by the McCain people.
What a cluster Huck! Huckabee is pulling a Monica in order to get the VP nomination. If this goes to the convention, he will instruct his flock to throw their support behind McAmnesty, mark my words!
It was not a filthy thing to say. WHAT HUCKABEE’S SON DID WAS A FILTHY THING! INTERFERENCE IN AN INVESTIGATION TO PROTECT HIS SON IS A FILTHY THING.
“its becoming almost silly how everyone on this site is rallying around mitt romney, a man bankrupt of character and principles. the last complete conservative to exit the race was thompson.”
It’s beyond silly, it’s sickening. Sad isn’t it?
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