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ROMNEY DEPARTURE SHOWED WAY FORWARD
boblonsberry.com ^ | 02/09/08 | Bob Lonsberry

Posted on 02/08/2008 8:46:14 AM PST by shortstop

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To: Reagan Man

BTW, you should change your tag line to read “I helped McCain win.”


21 posted on 02/08/2008 9:48:26 AM PST by tabsternager
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To: colorcountry
>>>>>Lonsberry is Mormon.

That explains his abnormal behavior and infatuation for Willard. Thanks

22 posted on 02/08/2008 9:51:22 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: tabsternager

Spoken like a good liberal.


23 posted on 02/08/2008 9:53:14 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: tabsternager; Reagan Man
Who so-called conservatives continue to label Romney a “liberal” is not normal (and certainly not correct).

Maybe it has something to do with socialized medicine (yeah I know, it's actually private but the government pays for it) that has made abortion cheaper than a tank of gas or a carton of cigarettes. Or maybe it's because of homosexual marriage.

What amazes me is that here we have a politician who, in four short years, makes MASSACHUSETTS more liberal than Kennedy and the 'Rats ever thought possible and we have people trying to describe this record as "conservative."

24 posted on 02/08/2008 9:58:15 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee
Well said.

I’m proud of being a small part in the effort to dump both Giuliani and Romney from the GOP field. Neither one deserved to be the nominee. Two anti-conservative, pro-abortion northeast liberals --- frauds and phonies --- trying to hoodwink conservatives into voting for them.

Good riddance.

25 posted on 02/08/2008 10:04:37 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: shortstop
Huckabee – who stayed in the campaign merely to help McCain against Romney

If this is true, then this is dirty politics - dirtier than I even thought possible, at this stage of the game.

If there is going to be a war of conservatives against McCain, Huckabee has just become its default leader.

That's absurd.

26 posted on 02/08/2008 10:08:31 AM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (Hillary is a Pig. McCain is a Rat. Obama is an Ox. Huckabee is a Sheep. Bill Clinton is a Dog.)
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To: Reagan Man

I’ve got a bunch of RINOs mad at me too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1966757/posts

The way I see it, they spent all year telling us that we needed to nominate a RINO. Well, now they’re getting the most well-known RINO in decades, they should be excited.


27 posted on 02/08/2008 10:08:57 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee; Reagan Man

Interesting, then, how real conservatives (Tancredo, Heritage Foundation, Weyrich, Bork, Rohrabacher, Sheriff of Maricopa) endorsed what you so-called conservatives call a “liberal.” Maybe it’s because they found out his actual record?

You got what you wanted, and I hope you’re very happy with McAmnesty.


28 posted on 02/08/2008 10:09:41 AM PST by tabsternager
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To: definitelynotaliberal
I see him giving it to either Giuliani or Lieberman

I can't see Lieberman. I can't see McCain going outside the party.

At the risk of being flamed from here to the next century, there's a certain logic in Giuliani.

McCain seems to have what voting public wants in terms of military, national defense, political acumen. But these are large over-arching national issues. Giuliani has an image of "street cred" in practical governance.

29 posted on 02/08/2008 10:16:23 AM PST by GVnana
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To: astounded
Voting for John McCain will certainly not preserve our nation. You will ensure its destruction. McCain is a leftist tool sponsored by Soros. You will not get conservative judges with McCain who sponsored Gang of Fourteen. You will not win the war on terror with a candidate dedicated to closing Gitmo, giving ACLU trials to terrorists, opposing waterboarding, and who accused our nation of torture in Iraq. You will not get a social conservative with a candidate who led the fight against the marriage amendment and who stated in 1999 that Roe v. Wade should not be overturned. You will not get capitalism with a candidate who is against drug companies and who sponsors global warming legislation. You will not get a strong economy with a candidate who admits he doesn’t know much about the economy. You will not get an IRS opponent with someone who voted twice against Bush’s tax cuts.

You might get a fiscal conservative. But, the Clintons have a better record than McCain on this issue. And, for all that, you still think we should support McCain? Sorry, I think we need to take the garbage out.

30 posted on 02/08/2008 10:18:18 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: Capt. Jake

Maybe Mitt can be McCain’s “maverick”, and pound him daily in the press, on every political show, running down his poll numbers.

As McCain has done to the President and Iraq for years.

Mitt will be my hero, my “maverick”!


31 posted on 02/08/2008 10:21:26 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: wagglebee

While most FReepers were working to get rid of Rooty and advance conservative candidates like Thompson and Hunter, some FReepers abandoned conservatism, betrayed the conservative agenda and promoted another liberal Republican for the nomination.

Romney was really no better than Giuliani.

Thank God both of these yahoos are gone.

[ps- put me on your ping list. thanks]


32 posted on 02/08/2008 10:22:34 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: wagglebee; Maneesh

Please pardon my ignorance. I am not a native speaker of English. I’m thinking there is something I’m missing in what you said about Romney’s healthcare program. Here’s your quote:
(yeah I know, it’s actually private but the government pay for it)

I have tried, but I’m failing to understand how it can concurrently be both private and public (government).

Please humor/indulge me. In advance, I appreciate the generosity of your time.


33 posted on 02/08/2008 10:26:55 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: wagglebee; Maneesh

Please pardon my ignorance. I am not a native speaker of English. I’m thinking there is something I’m missing in what you said about Romney’s healthcare program. Here’s your quote:
(yeah I know, it’s actually private but the government pay for it)

I have tried, but I’m failing to understand how it can concurrently be both private and public (government).

Please humor/indulge me. In advance, I appreciate the generosity of your time.


34 posted on 02/08/2008 10:28:21 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: shortstop

One way I see what Mitt did yesterday as having a silver lining:

Huckabee goes south, literally, and out of the race. McCain implodes before September.

Romney comes back as the nominee.

Conservatives need to not fold, but to hold out against McCain. McCrazy was annointed, and half of the Republicans have yet to vote. We can yet influence the outcome prior to September.

They want us to cave now.

Screw ‘em. They made their choice. And I made mine. I’m not voting for a Democratic, even with an “R” after his name.


35 posted on 02/08/2008 10:31:11 AM PST by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: GVnana
Many are now talking that they can not support McCain and therefore the GOP.

Everyone has been going on about "What would Reagan do?" For many he is the perfect candidate, however he is not here today. So lets look at how he handled the political events in his own life.
Reagan said the Democrat Party abandoned him, not he the party. (Many say that of the GOP today.) Reagan came and found a home in the GOP. He went to work and changed it from within.
Do you think that Reagan would walk away from the GOP today? Do you think he would abandon the person who received enough delegate votes to be the Party Standard Bearer? Would he turn his back and do nothing? Just walk away? To where?

Does one election mean it is all not not worthwhile? What will Hillary/Obama do when they get in office ... they've said they would leave the WOT. Raise the white flag and come home and leave the terrorist/Islamofascists to have it their way. Is that a viable option? (Did Reagan walk away from the hostages in Iran?)

IMHO, each of us as individuals needs to reconcile the events and determine what we will do. It's an internal decision, maybe talking/writing here helps. But in the end ...
36 posted on 02/08/2008 10:31:29 AM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: GVnana

You’ve missed his bragging about his ability to ‘reach across the aisle’? Everybody speaks in an idiom that characterizes them. ‘Reaching across the aisle’ is McCain speak for what you characterize as ‘going outside the party’.

I do understand what you’re saying about Giuliani vis-a-vis national defence/political acumen. I don’t support it, I don’t support McCain or Giuliani, but I do understand your point of view.


37 posted on 02/08/2008 10:33:57 AM PST by definitelynotaliberal
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To: exit82
>>>>>Romney comes back as the nominee.

Delusional psychosis. LOL

38 posted on 02/08/2008 10:36:00 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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To: Reagan Man

“Delusional psychosis. LOL”

Well, you should know.


39 posted on 02/08/2008 10:46:40 AM PST by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: exit82

40 posted on 02/08/2008 10:49:54 AM PST by Reagan Man (McCain Wants My Conservative Vote --- EARN IT or NO DEAL !!!)
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