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Romney moves up as Potential McCain VP
NPR ^ | July 20 | Ron Elving

Posted on 07/20/2008 9:07:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Once upon a time, people who wanted to be president were not expected to admit it in public. This mask of false indifference had to be dropped when the rise of primaries forced candidates to campaign actively for the office.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccain; mormonism; rino; rinorino08; romney; saltlakecity; vp
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To: Grunthor

LOL!!!


41 posted on 07/20/2008 9:29:15 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: NittanyLion

Thank you for putting into most eloquent words that which I have been thinking for weeks now.


42 posted on 07/20/2008 9:30:47 AM PDT by Grunthor (I see you are playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
If you're going to mention Jim, at least PING him BTW.

"Jim" doesn't need you looking out for him.

He owns the place and I find him very quotable when calling liberals like Romney what they are. Why bother him with pings all day long? If it bothers him he can tell me now and I will cease.

43 posted on 07/20/2008 9:31:07 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Osama Obama is a lying sack of s***, communist, mooselimb.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

I just work with what the GOP gives me.


44 posted on 07/20/2008 9:31:38 AM PDT by Grunthor (I see you are playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.)
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To: NittanyLion

The incentive is not having Barack Huessein Obama in the White House!


45 posted on 07/20/2008 9:31:42 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: ConservativeMan55
CM,

You are 100% correct however do not worry about this tiny and irrelevant minority of unappeasable conservatives. McCain and hopefully McCain/Romney are going to win without their vote because the majority 90% of the Republican base, the majority of independents and at least 20% of the democrat base is going to vote for them.

46 posted on 07/20/2008 9:31:46 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless President Bush and our brave troops)
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To: raptor29
he wasn’t even popular within the republican base during the primaries

But he's good at getting cozy with Rats.

47 posted on 07/20/2008 9:32:35 AM PDT by Mojave
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To: Jim Robinson

Meant to include you in number 43, I’m gettin’ old I guess.


48 posted on 07/20/2008 9:33:16 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Osama Obama is a lying sack of s***, communist, mooselimb.)
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To: jveritas

Thank you for putting it into perspective.

There’s 2 or 3 Romney haters that post over and over and over again lol.

Mitt has established his cred with me.


49 posted on 07/20/2008 9:33:29 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Ingtar
If I wanted to vote for a Liberal, I would do as most American voters have in the past: vote for the more Liberal in the Liberal party.

That's not the point. The point is, is that there is a dearth of qualified Republicans for VP who has Gubernatorial experience. If you want McCain, who is already a flawed nominee to begin with, to pick Crist, Perry, or Huckabee, go for it, and you'll see even more conservatives staying home in disgust. If you want him to pick untested & unqualified potential nominees such as Palin, Jindal, Pawlenty, Sanford, or Rounds, go for it, which will neutralize Obama's dis-qualifications and he'll end up winning.

From a logical standpoint, Romney is the no-brainer choice for VP. He's got the money, the experience, and the executive skills who can be president in a pinch. He is libertarian on economic issues, supports the WOT, and he has always been center-right on social issues which will improve if he's the nominee. Complaining about Romney isn't going to get anyone anywhere - it's bad enough we have McCain. Time to make lemonade out of lemons and work with the choices arguably not given to us.

50 posted on 07/20/2008 9:33:33 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: raptor29

“I wish they would put this Mitt Romney stuff to rest. He brings no excitement, interest, or value to McCain’s ticket, he wasn’t even popular within the republican base during the primaries, he got blown out.”

You really should go back and check the numbers, in just about every primary self-described Republicans went for Romney over McCain. McCain got moderates and amnesty favoring Hispanics.


51 posted on 07/20/2008 9:33:47 AM PDT by Grunthor (I see you are playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Anyhow if you are a true Conservative you’ll vote for the Republican ticket.

The problem is that there is no Republican ticket. Just one liberal democrat running against another liberal democrat. The problem for Republicans is that if McCrazy wins in Nov. the Republicans will take the blame for all the damage he does. He will do to the Republicans what Carter did to the democrats.
52 posted on 07/20/2008 9:34:10 AM PDT by John D
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To: Mojave

“But he’s good at getting cozy with Rats.”

See, Mitt and Juan have a lot in common!


53 posted on 07/20/2008 9:34:33 AM PDT by Grunthor (I see you are playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.)
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To: raptor29

Agreed


54 posted on 07/20/2008 9:35:11 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Funny how we keep seeing the same FReepers over and over again vis-a-vis McCain. They don't like him, they don't like Mitt. Who do they like? Duncan. Ok, well Duncan is now behind McCain. Tancredo. Ok, well Tancredo is now behind McCain. Fred. Ok, well Fred is now behind McCain. Just shows you really...
55 posted on 07/20/2008 9:35:39 AM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Graybeard58
Here we go again, it never stops - people pushing the liberal Romney as if one liberal, at the head of the ticket, is not enough.

I'm not "pushing" for Romney - I would have preferred Sanford but clearly he is not ready for primetime. I secretly hope McCain chooses Palin but I fear she may decline due to her family and the fact that she was just elected AK Governor.

I just feel that Romney is the best available option out there.

56 posted on 07/20/2008 9:35:45 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: ConservativeMan55

“Anyhow if you are a true Conservative you’ll vote for the Republican ticket.”

Not necessarily. There are several picks McFraud could make that would put me on a street corner holding signs and campaigning....AGAINST that ticket. Julie Annie and Light Loafers Lindsay to name just two.


57 posted on 07/20/2008 9:37:18 AM PDT by Grunthor (I see you are playing stupid again. Looks like you're winning too.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
He has very articulately explained why is he against abortion now.

I am against abortion, but I am also against laws that forbid abortion. This is a very personal issue and it gets people on both sides heated. I think the best way to end abortion is to change people's hearts. Screaming that someone is a murderer because they had an abortion is very counter-productive.

In Utah where most people share Romney's personal disdain for abortion, the residents enjoy the lowest per capita number of abortions in the United States. Legally they residents of Utah can get an abortion but they choose not to because they believe it is morally wrong.

To me this is being a true conservative; to freely choose to behave in a moral fashion. Liberals pass laws to force people into certain behavior under threat of prison.

58 posted on 07/20/2008 9:37:26 AM PDT by Zevonismymuse
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To: ConservativeMan55

Is that Romney and his senior wife?


59 posted on 07/20/2008 9:37:54 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I just feel that Romney is the best available option out there.

Then the GOP has failed.

60 posted on 07/20/2008 9:38:11 AM PDT by Mojave
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