I have no intention of voting for Barr or the libertarians. If Romney can nudge McCain to the right some more, and if that helps McCain to stop pandering to the illegals and global warming nuts then voting for the ticket is a no-brainer.
It's everything he does from now on (were he to be the running mate) that is of paramount concern. A zebra does not change his stripes. He's not going to all of a sudden start being honest or demonstrating any level of character. That's just not in his nature.
"What good does criticizing him now do?"
It is to make it plain that the Conservative base will not tolerate a liberal fraud being attached to the GOP ticket (McCain is odious enough, but he still has time to put a giant like Sanford on the ticket and at least partly redeem himself). I not only do not want to see him as the running mate, but I do not want to see him in the Cabinet, either. He is not to be trusted under any circumstances.
"We criticized him through the primaries for it, as we should have, HE LOST THE PRIMARIES - but if he's being considered for VP by McCain, then that simply means per McCain that Romney's positives outweigh his negatives and is probably the best VP option out there out of a miniscule pool of Governors and ex-businessmen."
He has NO positives. None. Nada. Zip. Zilcho. He is the worst possible choice for VP for the GOP. He, however, would be an excellent choice for Obama given his record, his deceitful conduct, and his actions in assisting the Democrat party. I cited there is a substantial number of Republicans who are far and away an excellent choice to be VP, but I stand 100% behind Mark Sanford. He has almost no negatives, with the experience to step into the job of President without breaking a sweat.
"I have no intention of voting for Barr or the libertarians. If Romney can nudge McCain to the right some more, and if that helps McCain to stop pandering to the illegals and global warming nuts then voting for the ticket is a no-brainer."
How can he help to nudge McCain to the right when his entire claim of being a Conservative is a big, gigantic lie ? The man's a 100% phony fraud, period.