Mitt Romney ping!
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Posted on 07/30/2008 6:14:32 AM PDT by Wendolyn128
John McCain has five weeks to choose his Vice Presidential running mate. Typically the most a presidential candidate can hope for is a partner who does him no harm. That criteria having been met, the choice is only important if the race is close; landslides aren’t caused or prevented by vice presidential candidates.
So the question for John McCain is who, if anyone can significantly influence Americans to vote Republican in November. The answer is Mitt Romney -- and for many more reasons than that he can deliver Michigan’s 17 electoral votes to the Republican column for the first time since 1988.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Mitt appeals to women of all ages. ;)
“For me, I’m just not convinced by his claims of a late life transformation on a lot of conservative issues...”
I had the same problem with him initially but when there wasn’t any other viable candidates left espousing the conservative perspective, I somewhat reluctantly fell in line behind Mitt. I’m still not sure whether he is a genuine conservative or not. But the reality is we haven’t had a real conservative choice since Ronald Reagan in the 80s. So Mitt wouldn’t be the first wolf in sheeps clothing on the ticket in recent decades (i.e., Bush I & 2, Nixon).
If McCain picks ANYONE for his VP slot, I’m staying home in November!
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Gov. Sarah Palin (R) Alaska
No one believes your conspiracy theories and spam...
That’s kind of where I am on the whole ‘Romney as VP’ question. I’m still uneasy with it, but I’m not going to go jumping off a cliff if he’s the selection, either. I’ll accept it and hope that he proves me wrong.
If you, or your Master, disputes any, why don't YOU speak up
for him instead of impugning and insulting posters?
Doubt that you will.
While you are at it, why don't you dispute the previous head of the Mass. GOP
and both newspapers in Boston, who say that Romney destroyed the GOP there?<
“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to New Hampshire Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006
Conspiracy theory? I think not.
There isn't anyone at FR who has been more engrossed in the religion debates regarding differences in mormonism and Orthodox Christianity than I have for the past few months. While some of us freepers have been debating, the Romney camp has been busy turning a negative (mostly in the South) into a neutral, mostly by carefully applied condescension.
Orthodox Christians have been played, successfully, to 'feel' abusive if they decline to accept Romney because he is not in a Christian religion. Of course, most Orthodox Southern Christians still don't have a clue about mormonism and just read Christ in the name of the religion and make assumption.
Since entering the race for the nomination and subsequently dropping out/stepping aside--something Huckabee was incapable of doing, which disqualifies him hopefully forever more in politics--Romney has not become inert. His people have continued to work at becoming the nomineee for soemthing. The veep slot is a natural now.
Hopefully, Romney can maintain his energy if chosen by McCain, and campaign 'tirelessly' for down ticket Republican candidates. And if successful, it will make Romney the foremost candidate for the 2012 election cycle. If Mitt Romney is the selection, the Republicans will have a man at least as smart and charismatically slick as bill 'sinkEmperor' clinton, and with a whole lot more experience in economic affairs and dealing with liberals to get less liberal things accomplished. [Donning asbestos suit now ... flames in five, four, three ... ]
Speak for yourself.
Honestly, I think that’s by far McCain’s smartest play and that he would very likely win this election easily if he did. I would be fully on board if he picked either Palin or Marsha Blackburn, another name that seems to be coming up with more frequency these days.
the bible thumpers also do not understand what it means to be a Mormon.
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Yes, well mormons are not Bible “thumpers” are they ????
They are not even Bible readers...
or Bible believers...
Being a mormon means worshipping the debaucher, Joseph Smith...
What’s the obsession with blonde women ???
Not Hispanics ???
No Native American/Israelis ???
No black women ?????
None fat, or plain looking ?????
Oh, silly me...
“white and delightsome”
he looks like he just beamed down from one of art bell’s ufo’s.
Romney is a wimp...
I prefer someone who would fight for his country and not do a Bill Clinton during the Vietnam Conflict...
it’s because he’s Mormon.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Another one who is going to vote for Moslem, Obama.......
We could do a hell of a lot worse than Mitt for VP.
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Personally I cant think of anything...
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