And this ‘announcement’ isn’t just a little ‘side story’ from way back, but is presented almost as ‘breaking news’.
I’m surprised he doesn’t have the ‘red light’ flashing too.
And Drudge is being dishonest.
Nearly every GOP’er endorsed Romney in 2004 because NOBODY wanted McCain.
Oopps!
Meant to say ‘4 years ago’, or 2008
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That’s true, but not every GOPer went to the trouble of personally campaigning for Mitt. Bless his heart, Santorum does go all out when he decides he’s for or against something, doesn’t he? He would have been so much better off to say, like Mark Levin, “If I was voting today, I’d vote for Mitt” or something along those lines.
You're absolutely right. Blaming Santorum for backing Romney in 2008 just means Santorum 1) didn't like McCain and 2) didn't like one or more things about Huckabee’s record.
However, some of us realized even four years ago that there were problems with Romney.
I had been a Romney supporter until the 2008 Iowa caucuses, but then voted for Huckabee in 2008 when the voting came around in Missouri. I've learned much more about Romney's wrong views in the last four years — thank you, Free Republic!!! — but I think conservatives today can easily be forgiven for not realizing four years ago just how bad Romney's views had been on abortion, gay marriage, and related issues.
Blame me for supporting Huckabee in 2008 if you like. That's fair, and I'm quite aware of the weaknesses in Huckabee’s record. But when criticizing my vote, recognize the only alternative to Romney and Huckabee by the time Missourians voted was to vote for McCain, and I think that proves the point of why Santorum did what he did.
When people today ask me how I could support a candidate who pardoned convicted murderers, my response is that I'd rather see a murderer go free when he shouldn't than see a governor say he's pro-choice on letting murderers-for-hire profit from killing massive numbers of defenseless babies. Both positions are wrong, but one is much worse than the other. I'd also point out that Huckabee was a successful governor and repeatedly re-elected, while Romney decided not to bother running for re-election because he was deeply unpopular and knew he'd lose. If executive experience counts, and it does, one governor was clearly more successful than the other.