today is a bit of a bummer for me.
First, I’m not convinced Fred Thompson ever meant to run. He failed to get the required signatures here in Delaware and his people were invited to a local GOP event. They showed up when the thing was almost over. The pubbie chairman said they showed no enthusiasm.
This was a while ago and on some thread or another I posted about on Freerepublic and the Fredheads liked to kill me. Well hell, I liked Fred too but what happened was what happened but somehow I ended being the bad guy.
At any rate, I am disappointed and a bit confused. I really liked Fred but he showed no enthusiasm and I wonder if he, or people in his surround, told him that he didn’t have a chance.
While I, and many others, listen to my beloved Rush Limbaugh who assures us almost daily that true conservatism works almost every time it’s tried.
Rush, I must sadly assume, is wrong about that. For Fred Thompson tried the closest thing to true conservatism I’ve seen in a while and it didn’t work for him.
Further, Rush, and the Great One, Levin, bashed both MCCain and Huckabee a lot this past week but neither of the attacks put a dent in either McCain or Huckabee’s results.
I feel as if everything I thought was once true has turned black. I can almost understand Huckabee. He’s new, personable, has a good sense of humor. But McCain? Here’s a guy with a nasty temper, a true RINO who voted against tax cuts sheesh what kind of Republican is that? Not to mention his horrible McCain/Feingold attack on the first ammendment and his love of amnesty for illegal lawbreakers.
So even with Rush and Levin beating the hell out of McCain, and God knows FreeRepublic is a huge conservative web site and few Freepers can stomach McCain...it seems that these so-called “new media” hurt MCCain a whit. The man is WINNING the Republican primary and I’m bitter.
Ah well, I’ll get over it. But I’m very disappointed and the truth, as the saying goes....hurts.
Actually, Mitt Romney is winning the race so far. I'm assuming you're talking about the delegate count.
No he isn't. Romney is ahead.
“So even with Rush and Levin beating the hell out of McCain, and God knows FreeRepublic is a huge conservative web site and few Freepers can stomach McCain...it seems that these so-called “new media” hurt MCCain a whit. The man is WINNING the Republican primary and I’m bitter.”
McCain has won in two states where Independents and Democrats could vote for him. He’s failed to get a majority of registered Republicans in any state so far.
Fred was a big disappointment. Even though Fredheads at FP assured us that his summer of procrastination was a brilliant strategy only a few could comprehend, it seems it was just ordinary indecisiveness and poor organization. I hoped Fred would win, but never saw his flouncing around as anything but a lack of organization.
Rush and the others are very influential, but they tried to remain somewhat neutral for too long. And have little or no influence on Independents who bounce between parties, let along mischief making Dems. who cross over in states where they can. I believe they’ll have real influence in Florida and other states where only registered Republicans can vote in Republican primaries.
As much as some dislike Romney at FP, he is closest to Fred on the issues. He and Fred have been my co-favorites from the first, and now I hope the others falter and Romney can emerge to defeat McCain. I believe Romney would govern as a conservative. McCain would be a bigger disaster than Jorge has been on all too many issues.
“McCain...it seems that these so-called “new media” hurt MCCain a whit. The man is WINNING the Republican primary and I’m bitter.”
The so-called Republican primaries so far have been decided by an influx of dem and independent voters.
I do not call them Republican primaries.