Posted on 02/13/2008 5:04:03 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
Romney’s twisted world
Tue, Feb 12, 2008 (2:08 a.m.)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in announcing last week that he would no longer seek the Republican presidential nomination, said something so ridiculous and dangerously irresponsible that we couldn’t let it pass without comment.
Although Sen. John McCain has yet to mathematically wrap up the Republican presidential nomination, Romney claimed it was time for the race to end, lest the terrorists win.
“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Sen. Clinton or Obama would win,” Romney said. “And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Come again?
Does that mean Mike Huckabee, who has decided to stay in the race, is somehow furthering the cause of terrorism? For that matter, are the good people of Kansas and Louisiana who voted in their presidential nominating contests and provided Huckabee with wins in both states aiding and abetting terrorism because John McCain’s coronation as the Republican nominee has been postponed for a few weeks?
In Romney’s world, the Kansans who voted for Huckabee, 60 percent of the state’s Republican caucusgoers, are nothing better than fellow travelers of al-Qaida. And, if Romney had his way, all the Republicans in the other states who have not yet had a chance to vote would be denied a choice.
Romney’s lack of grace in withdrawing from the presidential race he just couldn’t simply say McCain beat him fair and square shows why he failed as a candidate. And it is beyond the pale that he would smear the Democrats vying to be their party’s presidential nominee, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, by saying that electing either of them president would be a “surrender to terror.”
An overwhelming majority of Americans wants us to get out of Iraq in a reasonable and timely manner, and they also understand that President Bush diverted his attention from the real war on terrorism, which was located in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan, a region where Osama bin Laden is still believed to be hiding more than six years after 9/11.
Still, we expect that Republicans will try to tar whoever is the Democratic nominee with language similar to what Romney used in his parting shot. That may have worked in 2004, but the 2006 congressional elections showed that such naked fear-mongering wasn’t successful, as Republicans lost control of both houses of Congress. And it won’t work in 2008 either.
Gov. Mitt Romney is still ahead of Huckabee in Delegates
Sounds like a Huckashill. Romney realized he and the Huckster would forever split the anti-McCain vote and have zero chance. Thus his statement is accurate and understands the harsh political reality. The increase in vote for the Huckster doesn’t mean the base loves him, we’d see the same result if Romney stayed in and the Huckster left the stage. And yes, to the point that Huckabee prolongs the question of who us the republican nominee, the national campaign is delayed. Whatever advantage that gives to the RATs is damaging and if Obama gets in, the setback to the WOT is hugh and series.
Bullcrap!
Romney made no “parting shot.” This article is a parting shot, and a rather late one, at Romney.
Get lost!
“that we couldn’t let it pass without comment.”
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What a shocker!
“Gov. Mitt Romney is still ahead of Huckabee in Delegates”
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And I believe he’s still leading in shill attacks on FR. lol!
I happen to agree with Romney on this one...I guess that makes me twisted.
Romney had a valid point. It is imperative we elect a Republican. Democrats care more about protecting terrorists than their country.
“Does that mean Mike Huckabee, who has decided to stay in the race, is somehow furthering the cause of terrorism...”
Yes. He is making a fool of McCain, our best chance at securing the nation.
That is a pretty boneheaded statement.
It’s what, 9 months until the election? And we need to launch a national campaign NOW NOW NOW when the Dems aren’t even done fighting it out?
Bad logic, and a bad reason to drop his campaign. He could have forced a brokered convention.
I think half of the nation agrees with Romney on that point.
IMHO, nothing "fair and square" about what went on in WV.
“Yes. He is making a fool of McCain, our best chance at securing the nation.”
How is he doing that?
I’ll translate for ya’all.
“Shut up. Ignore all that smelly brown stuff. Just eat that there sandwich. Scarf it down now.”
Whoever wrote this editorial: Romney meant the democrats will surrender to the terrorists. That’s all. And Americans better think real hard about it.
When the author engages in this level of hysterics, I stop reading.
In Las Vegas, everything is a bit “twisted”, so its no wonder they don’t recognize or believe in anything straight.
This is one twisted editorial. Romney’s exit was pure class. And I was not a Romney supporter.
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