Fred was only there to take votes away from Romney for McCain. But something happened...Huckabee started taking votes from both and even Fred.
So Fred did his job and at least took enough conservative votes to water down Mitt and Mike and let Juan McLame win the nomination and start losing the race. Only when he picked Palin did his numbers go up (and his money) and he got close. But then he pulled a Senator thing and went to “fix the economy” and looked like the fool that he is.
So Fred did his job and at least took enough conservative votes to water down Mitt and Mike and let Juan McLame win the nomination and start losing the race.
I am constantly amazed at how many people on FR don't understand the concept that, in things like primary elections, you have a zero-sum game. When one guy gets a vote, the others guys lose that vote. Fred (ostensibly) wanted to win, and since he was conservative, would take away votes from other conservatives, as well as those like Romney who were pretending to be conservative. This isn't being a spoiler for McCain, it's called "running in a crowded primary field." Get over it.
And BTW, which is it? Was Fred in the race to steal votes from Huckabee, or was he in to steal votes from Romney, since you seem to be trying to advance both conspiracy theories, laughably, at the same time.
By your logic, how do we know that Romney and Huckabee weren't in the race to steal votes from Fred, hunh? How do we know Romney wasn't a spoiler who was in the race to keep Fred from getting anywhere and to give the nomination to McCain?