[Recourse]

Tom's going down with the ship. No reason to do, unless he never plans to run for office again. Why, Tom, why? Does it just grate on you that you've been in office for 20 years fighting for conservative principles, and a ne'er-do-well with no experience has come in to steal your thunder?

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[EggsAckley]

I think Tom must have a death wish.

[Spiff]

Tom needs to stay in and be ready to pick up the frontrunner spot as the slime on Arnold gets released this week.

[OldFriend]

Tom kind of sounds like Weasley Clark. The republicans didn't return Weasley's call and the republicans didn't give ole Tom enough money.......

Therefore........

[Williams]

I'll tell you what's in Tom's head - the voice of Mr. Conservative, Rush Limbaugh, criticizing Arnold every day, dismissing pragmatists who realize the party needs to unite, and telling good old Tom that sinking the ship is somehow not his fault, it's his true blue conservative destiny. Further, Limbaugh is a coward who has done all this without endorsing Mclintock. Just tells people every day that Arnold is no conservative. Yet Rush covers his bases by saying Mclintock "may not be the right (conservative) messenger." Then he dismisses the pragmatists and makes clear it is NOT worth electing Arnold just to win. Idiots like that make me sick, as they smugly hand people over to the likes of Cruz Bustamante.

[annyokie]

IMHO, Tom is a good guy with good ideas. He is just unlikeable. I can't put my finger on it, but he comes off as holier-than-thou and most people don't like that.

My 70 year old mother despises him, but agrees with his principles. "He just looks mean", she told me yesterday.

[Hugin]

I heard an analyst point out that if Tom were to drop out up to half his supporters might just stay home, which could tip the recall to a no vote. Since Arnold seems to be ahead even with Tom in the race, it may be better for him not to drop out.

[pollywog]

I dare say Tom is NOT going down with the ship!! The Republican party as it is now, has defected and is now in the process of becoming the Liberal Republican Party. There will be a conservative uprising, a new party will soon develop and the Liberal Republican Party will lose more than half its support!!! Watch it !! GO TOM GO.........I admire Tom greatly for STANDING FAST!!!

You same Republican " Arnold-lites" who are yelling at Tom for not compromising, are the SAME defectors that are SCREAMING at the Washington Republicans who did not take the inititave in the Estrada case, or continually cave to the Democrats on issue after issue!!! Now you are asking Tom to do it. This is total hypocracy!!! WAKE UP!!! TOM CAN MAKE IT. WE JUST HAVE TO BE THERE FOR HIM and NOT WAVER!!

[South40]

Also, Cruz Bustamante's inept campaign has focused solely on nonwhite Democrats.

That's what hispanic supremicists do.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

"and a ne'er-do-well "

Yeah, a quarter of a billion of ne'er-do-well. Golly, what does one have to do to be considered a success? Lose 2 state wide campaigns?

[ServesURight]

Yeah, McClintock needs to lie, stick his finger in the wind to see where the political winds are blowing, say anything to get elected, co-opt socialist ideas and positions, and become a RINO.

No wonder the Republican Party is often referred to as the "Stupid Party." Here's a man with principles and the guts to say what he believes in, and yet two-thirds of the FReepers here continue their love-a-thon with Schwarzenegger.

You don't see DemocRats softening their positions, trying to build coalitions, or become more "moderate" or "inclusive." How many DemocRats are pro-life? How many, except for John Dingell of Michigan, are defenders of the 2nd Amendment? How many Democrats are willing to make concessions if they run in a conservative district?

People have become totally star-struck by a malcontent celebrity and are unable to make the right decision themselves.

[Robert_Paulson2]

"For reasons that only he knows, Tom McClintock did not engage Arnold Schwarzenegger. "

[Chancellor Palpatine]

For reasons that only he knows, Tom McClintock did not engage Arnold Schwarzenegger.

That was because pansy assed intellectual mouths never take on a man of personality, confidence and physical stature when they're sitting right next to one another.

[Nonstatist]

For reasons that only he knows, Tom McClintock did not engage Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He's conceding without conceding. He wants to be on the ballot in case a miracle happens, but he wants to be able to pick up the pieces later in case Shwartznegger wins. And if Bustamante wins, he's hoping the fact that he wasnt too "devisive", will allow him to keep his cushy job in State Government. ..Pretty complicated.

[EveningStar]

Tom's going down with the ship.

More like he's trying to torpedo it.