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To: Idaho_Cowboy; no dems; Diogenesis; Impy
>> FR did NOT endorse Romney in 2008 like you claim. <<

I did not claim "FR" endorsed Romney in 2008. I claimed most of the posters who were here in 2008 and currently trashing Santorum were the ones who backed Romney in 2008.

JimRob, the founder and owner of FR, endorsed Fred Thompson and then reluctantly endorsed Huckabee after Thompson dropped out.

Most freepers backed Thompson as well, but sadly ignored JimRob's recommendation on Huckabee. After Thompson dropped out, most freepers threw their support behind Romney and argued we had to support him to "stop McCain". Furthermore, once McCain won the nomination and was searching for a running mate, the most popular recommendation posted here was Romney.

I OPPOSED Romney in both the primary and as a choice for running mate during the 2008 election cycle, but my views were in the minority. (I STILL oppose Romney in 2012, but now most freepers agree Romney sucks)

If you're having trouble remembering these events and you're going to claim I'm "lying", I can give you some links to 2008 threads that might refresh your memory.

For example, here's a live thread from Super Tuesday 2008. You can read for yourself who most the Santorum bashers were voting for back then, and their candidate wasn't named John McCain, Ron Paul, or Mike Huckabee:

LIVE THREAD Super Tuesday 2008

28 posted on 04/20/2012 10:45:08 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Illegals for Perry/Gingrich 2012 : Don't be "heartless"/ Be "humane")
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To: BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Dengar01; Clintonfatigued; GOPsterinMA

You know it’s too bad Romney didn’t win the nomination in 2008, he probably would have lost by a slightly larger margin than McCain and hopefully would not have been given a second chance.


29 posted on 04/22/2012 5:48:34 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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