Bork’s an old man, just like Buckley was, and easily deceived. Tancredo was paid off for his endorsement and he stabbed Duncan Hunter in the back. Santorum spent, by his own admission, about an hour or so with the guy and I’ll say knows practically nothing about him. As for Rove, he’s no “magnificent bastard.” His record of siding with Establishment liberal RINOs is well known. He foisted two of those phonies down my state’s throat with Senate races. His failure to replace these types with real Conservatives from 2000-06 is why we lost the Senate. We’ve got senile Republicans that are going to be replaced with Democrats in this cycle and in 2010 thanks to him (indeed, Dr. Coburn had to defeat a Rove-picked choice in OK, otherwise that seat would now be occupied by a rodent).
And yes, I was pissed off at Bork’s being f**ked by the rodents for SCOTUS over 20 years ago (that was retribution for his role in carrying out the President Nixon’s order in Watergate), but that doesn’t change what I said. I’d have expected Bork to have since retired from the court by now had he been approved.
We're supposed to feel good with Romney on the ticket because Tancredo, Santorum, Hewitt, Rove, and Buckley (the latter apparently from beyond the grave) feel good about the idea?
You could make the same argument about Huckabee, with "bonafide conservative icons" Duncan Hunter, Jim Gilchrist, Paul Weyrich, Dr. James Dobson, Mike Rounds, John Boozman, John Linder, David Beasley, Asa Hutchinson, Ed Rollins, Marco Rubio, Daniel Webster (the Florida Senate Majority Leader, not the NH politician from the 1840s), Ted Nugent, Rick Scarborough, Star Parker, Keith Butler, AND the founder of Free Republic himself, Jim Robinson, ALL endorsing Huckabee, but freepers still wouldn't give him the time of day.
So even though freepers could care less if Duncan Hunter endorsed Huckabee, we should care that Tancredo endorsed Romney? That makes no sense to me.
I'm not sure what fieldmarshaldj is talking about with Lindsey Graham's "endorsement" either. I think Graham simply said that Romney is well qualified for veep and would make a good Vice President. That's sort of like saying I endorse Pepperoni Pizza as THE ideal dinner choice simply because I ate a slice today and liked it. I suspect alot of these so-called Romney "endorsements" are simply commentators saying they like Romney and believe he would make a fine veep. Simply believing someone is a good fit for the position does not mean you are advocating they are the BEST choice for the job.
So it sounds to me like Romney's fan club here are overstating his "endorsements" anyway.
However, I do know South Carolina's other Senator, Jim DeMint, has actually endorsed Romney though and spent most of the primary season promoting him. I wonder how Fieldmarshaldj feels about that.