Likely no one can stop you by presenting counterpoints, or you wouldn’t have put your conclusion on FR. However, I need a clear conscience so here’s the counterpoint.
Fred Thompson cannot survive unless he does well in SC. How well, we don’t yet have nailed down. But better than “poorly or barely so-so”. If he does survive to fight later in other southern states where he might also do well, then we might have a conservative in the hunt come convention time, the way this thing is dividing up. If Fred goes away, that hope goes away.
This is your moment. It’s all you have. There is no tomorrow when all of these factors will line up for you with the stakes being what they are today. In addition to the conservative desperately needing your vote to stay viable, I have to say that Huckabee literally makes my skin crawl and he scares me to death. I could not in good conscience cast my vote for such as he in some shot in the dark response to perceived situations involving polls and stopping somebody down the line if not now, etc. And that comes from someone who deeply, deeply dislikes and distrusts McCain.
I’m a Hunter enthusiast and supporter. He’s a great, great man who is being sadly pushed aside and ignored. However, Fred is my second choice and if I lived in SC I’d have already voted for Fred, and THAT would be my way of stating my utter disdain for BOTH McCain and Huckabee, and my doubts about Romney.
Well said.