Romney out. Congratulations Freepers on ensuring there was no conservative in the race. (Vanity)

[ansel12]

“Lots of people become MORE conservative as they age.”

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You are talking about a gradual part of the maturing process, in Mitt’s case it was a 57 year old politician that became a totally different person for this current campaign.

The man has no integrity or honesty or principles.

[Steve Van Doorn]

What does Jim Robinson have to do with my opinions?

We lost and that is just the way it is. We just have to live with it.

We have another eight years of Clinton. I just feel bad for the thousands of innocent people that will die as we defend radical Islam like we did last time.

[SJackson]

Romney’s speech was one of the best I have ever heard, it was very much Reaganesque.

Lincolnesque too, as in short, direct and to the point.

[50mm]

Worth repeating. What a freakin coward.

Don't think so. I think this was the poster's opus.

[MEGoody]

Romney was going to be my choice, but only because he was the least of 3 evils. I would never have called him a conservative.

But now that Romney is out, so am I. I cannot vote for McCain or Huck after what happened in WVa.

[SierraWasp]

Very good "Reply!"

MuckCain is a CINO, not a RINO!!!

You are right as rain!!!

[Ignatz]

mbraynard, have you been drinking the Anita Hill Sour Grape Juice?

At the risk of repeating myself:
Staying home on election day won't send a message to Republican leaders. Neither will voting for McCain. Well, a McCain vote will send the message that conservatives are not principled but party voters; and therefore the Republican leadership can continue to push candidates like McCain and Romney and bury candidates like Thompson and Hunter, and we will rollover and expose our bellies out of fear of the (continually self-destructing) Democrats. Voting for a third party candidate WILL send a proper message, either to the Republican party which has abandoned it's conservative principles or to the "new" party that actually offers us conservative candidates.

I think we (meaning conservatives) should be discussing the conservative boni fides of various third parties and their candidates rather than harping to each other about McCain/Romney/Huckabee/Hillary/Obama. And FreeRepublic should be hosting that conversation and inviting all to attend and present their "case for conservatism".

The country survived eight years of Billary and we will survive four or eight years of Hillarbill or Obama _IF_ conservatives use that time to build a strong base in a new/different party, or a Republican party that "got the message" when we voted on principle rather than on politics in 2008. A party, new or changed, whose political philosophy is closer to that of Reagan, as well as the 1994 Republicans under Gingrich.

"Principled" means conservative first, Republican second. That's my opinion, your mileage may vary.

(I pinged you, Jim, since I offered a suggestion for the site. I'll leave it's merit to your personal judgment.)

[SnakeDoctor]

I am as anti-amnesty as anyone here. But, we’ll get amnesty with McCain, Obama or Hillary — so its really not an issue worth debating right now. And, at least McCain SAYS he has had a change of heart on amnesty (whether its true or not remains to be seen) — Obama and Hillary don’t. Voting against McCain because of amnesty will guarantee the WH to Hillary or Obama ... and you’ll get amnesty. That’s a bit counterproductive.

In fact, I’d say we’re more likely to get amnesty with a Democrat than with McCain, because the true conservatives in Congress will have more control if there’s a Republican in the WH.

The war on terror credentials to which I was referring was the fact that McCain is a staunch supporter of the global war on terror, of staying the course in Iraq, of being hardline on Iran, etc.

>> To hope for McCain to die in office is unrealistic. Imagine the damage someone of his bad character and mental health can do.

To elect Obama or Hillary would be far more detrimental to the well-being of the country. McCain isn’t running in a vacuum — it isn’t McCain or nobody, its either him or Hillary/Obama. I’d prefer McCain.

H

[af_vet_rr]

I've come to the sad realization that McCain is not a RINO. Before the flame throwers come out, listen to my explanation. How can somebody be a Republican In Name Only if the majority of the party is willing to vote for him? I would argure that I and the vast majority of Freepers are the real RINOS because we are conservatives. Conservatives are a small and decreasing minority in the GOP. The GOP is on the downslope toward being a slightly less liberal party than the 'rat party.

What has caused this sad state of affairs? It's not the good conservative majority Freepers. It's the non-conservative majority of the GOP willing to accept open borders, high taxes, huge nanny-state government, abortion, out-of-control goverment spending and First and Second Amendment infringements just so the guy who gets the presidency has an "R" instead of a "D" after his name.

There, I feel better now!

You should feel better, that was one heckuva great post!! You summed up what I and a lot of others feel. Maybe Conservatives are the true RINOs these days, if the mainstream Republicans are liberal.

[scottdeus12]

“Don’t think so. I think this was the poster’s opus”

Regardless, a post like that one without a single reply begs to be called an act of cowardice in my book. What bull.

[zebrahead]

Romney was a conservative?

I don’t think that he is, was, or ever will be.

The embracement of Romney by the “conservative” media was a disgrace.

[NavVet]

B.S., Huckabee doomed himself with his high school level understanding of foreign policy issues, and his miserable record in Arkansas.

[50mm]

Very good "Reply!" MuckCain is a CINO, not a RINO!!! You are right as rain!!!

Thank you! I've been felling this way for some time now. I didn't leave the GOP, the GOP left me (apology to President Reagan, God rest his soul.)

[50mm]

felling=feeling. The anger sometimes makes my fingers fail me.

[Not A Snowbird]

Right....I dont need Rush to tell me what to think.

If you are referring to Clinton losing the congress to the republicans after two years in office, we can’t count on that happening again. Nor can we afford the appalling damage the next Clinton would inflict on us while we wait.

[OB1kNOb]

We've been sausaged!

And our beebers have been stuned! LOL

(That's got to be a new classic word to add to FR's list.)

[RBurke]

Conservatives are a small and decreasing minority in the GOP. The GOP is on the downslope toward being a slightly less liberal party than the 'rat party.

Excellant point. So where do we go from here besides withdrawing from the GOP?? How does one go about starting a third party? There are alot of good minds here. Lets think about this seriously.

After my own ranting and raving with McInsane and also the WVA situation, I had to laugh...We've been played for so long by the media whores and the GOP who dont care about us anymore.. I decided to vote for whoever would screw things up for that same group the most.. and I found my smile again.

Maybe we should register our protest in Nov, by writing in NONE OF THE ABOVE..?

[50mm]

You should feel better, that was one heckuva great post!! You summed up what I and a lot of others feel. Maybe Conservatives are the true RINOs these days, if the mainstream Republicans are liberal.

Thanks for the kind words. I've been meaning to post this for some time, but wanted a year as a Freeper for credibility. My words will sting some of our more liberal Freepers.

[SierraWasp]

"Romney was going to be my choice, but only because he was the least of 3 evils. I would never have called him a conservative."

"But now that Romney is out, so am I. I cannot vote for McCain or Huck after what happened in WVa."

I'm right there with you!!!

[Yosemitest]

You just don't get it.

And I'm too damned angry to explain it.