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OFFICIAL SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY THREAD

Posted on 01/19/2008 6:06:01 AM PST by vikingd00d

Today is the day.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2008; fred; frednumberone; fredthompson; gofredgo; gop; nothuckabubba; notmccain; notmitt; primary; sc2008; southcarolina; thompson
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To: madison10
How do things change if it’s Romney vs Obama?

I think Hillary will win because the Dem frontrunner always wins. The Clintons are too entrenched in the machine to lose to an upstart. Crazy as it sounds, Obama would be more likely to win some of the South in a general over Romney than Hillary would. Not a given but more possible. Large black population fired up to vote and black gentleman trumps shrew. Might even trump Mormon.
2,801 posted on 01/19/2008 7:54:55 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: grey_whiskers

Your Full Disclosure applies to me and my family perfectly. I don’t believe a word I’m hearing about McCain tonight. The numbers tell a different story. Megyn Kelly just said McCain was put over the top by 39% of independents, and Fred Thompson sucking off evangelical votes from Huckabee. McCain can’t win without liberals unless conservatives believe this “electability” hype and switch to McCain. Why on earth would anyone planning on voting Romney or Thompson switch to McCain? We’re letting the Democrats pick our candidates now?

That’s not going to happen here in the west. The independents are too liberal and the primaries are closed. McCain is despised on immigration out here. He’s standing up there with Lindsay Graham, rubbing our noses in it. I’m beginning to loathe him.


2,802 posted on 01/19/2008 7:55:00 PM PST by athelass (Proud Mom of a Sailor and two Marines! 71 days to Dodgers Opening Day! 28 days to the Daytona 500!)
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To: Bird Jenkins
I think he means polished and educated and successful. Somewhere along the line, many social conservatives decided a President needs to be a plain-talkin' hick who thinks science and intellectualism is just the devil's bidness...

Uh, no. Try reading my post above. Elite means "an insider, a member of the political class from his youth."

And the "hick" comment puts you rare company. Some of the finest people I know are "hicks".
2,803 posted on 01/19/2008 7:55:06 PM PST by Antoninus ("Make all the promises you have to." --Mitt Romney)
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To: over3Owithabrain

Romney won in at least two states with the majority of evangelicals....your point is absurd.


2,804 posted on 01/19/2008 7:55:08 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
Hucklebee are sharing votes.

Huck will go right back to his old positions on immigration in the general. It will be to easy to call him a racist if he pushes the issue, and Obama or Hillary will. He has not run on an anti-immigration platform anyway, just pandered to SC lately IMHO.

Romney and Thompson combined wouldn't have beaten McCain....dammit.

2,805 posted on 01/19/2008 7:55:56 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: Petronski

“Really? He made of the entire convention a dessert?

That’s a lot of whipping creme and Maraschino cherries!”

It’s amazing you never see that particular super-weapon in comics and movies. What a delicious way to inflict mass carnage.


2,806 posted on 01/19/2008 7:56:15 PM PST by COgamer
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To: joebuck

Those that have spend their life blood helping the left trash Romney may well have to start backing McCain....how ironic!


2,807 posted on 01/19/2008 7:56:44 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Petronski

Actually, everybody believes it, including most likely most of the people who claim they think it was true.


2,808 posted on 01/19/2008 7:57:24 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: over3Owithabrain
I think Romney being Mormon kills him in the general.

I think his Mormonism will hurt him, but not kill him. If his campaign continues to put his solid family life front and center and play to the Hillary haters, I believe many people will warm up to Mitt. He'll also give it as good as he gets it when the Clintons pull their usual dirty-tricks and shenanigans.

2,809 posted on 01/19/2008 7:57:32 PM PST by Bird Jenkins
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To: Theodore R.

Unfortunately, what you said about Goldwater is true. Although thats the first I’ve heard about the Secular Funeral.


2,810 posted on 01/19/2008 7:57:40 PM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis "Ya gotta saddle up your boys; Ya gotta draw a hard line")
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To: STARWISE

If Fred drops out, it looks like we are going with Romney.


2,811 posted on 01/19/2008 7:57:50 PM PST by TheLion
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To: TheLion

That’s like picking cyanide over arsenic.


2,812 posted on 01/19/2008 7:57:56 PM PST by joebuck
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To: TheLion
Romney won in at least two states with the majority of evangelicals....your point is absurd.

Not in the South. He won't win any primaries here unless it comes down to he and McCain and even then it will be close. In the general he would beat Hillary but I'm not sure Obama JMHO
2,813 posted on 01/19/2008 7:58:35 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: TheLion
It was not socialized medicine. It was private insurance.

Right. Private insurance. That the state coerces you to have under pain of punishment under the law. And those folks who chose not to have insurance and pay the fine, where do they go to get treated?

Of course you realize that this is just another stop on the express to full state-sponsored socialized medicine.
2,814 posted on 01/19/2008 7:58:55 PM PST by Antoninus ("Make all the promises you have to." --Mitt Romney)
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To: joebuck

Well, that will probably be your choice, or you can just stay home and pout!


2,815 posted on 01/19/2008 7:59:14 PM PST by TheLion
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To: freedom4me

Well said but he better get cracking. We survived Carter not sure we could survive that again.


2,816 posted on 01/19/2008 8:00:11 PM PST by Bailee
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To: over3Owithabrain

I agree completely. Rudy would waterboard where necesary and basically scare the pants off the terrorists, McCain wants them to have lawyers. McCain’s judges would be selected by Schumer and Spector.


2,817 posted on 01/19/2008 8:00:31 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar, etc and we can join OPEC!!! || Fred - "the Best Dick Cheney ever")
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To: Antoninus

Actually Romney prevented the state from having a single payer plan, run by the state. You really need to be more informed.


2,818 posted on 01/19/2008 8:00:40 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Bird Jenkins

American have a lot of “firsts” to sort out this year. Woman, black, Mormon. Interesting...


2,819 posted on 01/19/2008 8:00:46 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: over3Owithabrain

People will go D in 2008, as they did in 1976 regardless of the nominees because they think of GWB like Ford.


2,820 posted on 01/19/2008 8:00:53 PM PST by Theodore R. ( Cowardice is still forever!)
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