Priscilla has a bad case of RINO-itis.

Nah, I’m no RINO. I’ve said at least a half dozen times in my comments that I supported Mitt (after Fred dropped out), and I voted for Mitt in my state’s primary….

Not that I owe you, or any other troll, an explanation for why I will vote for McCain instead of staying home, but here it is – he will be, BY FAR, the best and most experienced candidate that will be running. And this election is too important to screw up.

So you can sit home and let the surrender monkeys win if that is what your high and mighty principles lead you to do, but I’m not going to abdicate my right to vote for the best AVAILABLE candidate because my first (or second or third) choice guy didn’t get nominated. But, by all means, you go right ahead.

Christine on February 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM

And you think Mitt staying in would not have given the Dems the White House? Mitt got stomped on Tuesday, by someone that most don’t like.
Mitt is doing the right thing, support McCain, push on. McCain is worlds above Obama or Hillary…not our first (or second or third), but better then any of the Dems.
Time to stop splitting hairs, stop whining, the candidates many of us were backing, lost…now let’s get a Republican elected. That’s what Mitt is going to do.
McCain is not on the same team, same page, not even the same play book as Hillama.

McCain has repeatedly bolted from the party to hang out with Teddy Kennedy, Russ Feingold and other low lifes.

Whoa. First of all, a US Senator who co-sponsors a bill with another US Senator from the opposing party – regardless of how bad you think the bill is – is not exactly “hanging out with lowlifes”. By indulging in such over the top flame-throwing, you invalidate your point of view..

And, when did McCain bolt? He apparently considered changing parties, and DECIDED NOT TO DO SO, despite having some ideological differences with the conservative wing of his own party.

McCain Derangement Syndrome is rampant here.

What the hell are you talking about? The “bozo’s” who have supported Mitt represent the conservative wing of the Republican party.

Buy Danish on February 7, 2008 at 10:09 AM

Supporting a loser, is not good strategy.
Not “all” conservatives supported Mitt. He was un-electable, you were told that for months, and it proved out. It was obvious a year ago, six months ago, six weeks ago, and last Tuesday confirmed it.
His money kept him in, a few Mitt lovers campaigned hard for him, but like Thompson, some have it some don’t…he don’t.
His losses last Tues, were extreme…and he is hoping now for some “revelation” against McCain, an act of a desperate man.
But the people who are now lumping Hillery, Obama, and McCain into the same group are now the bozo’s. The three are more different then Paul, Edwards, and Huck.

Priscilla on February 7, 2008 at 10:20 AM

Mitt got most (a small plus percentage) of the conservative vote. But that was because he was the closet thing to a conservative, but still way off and un-electable.
We better start looking for an “unknown”, or grooming a Steele, or others for 2012.
Let them know if they tow the conservative line for these next few years, they will have total support.
None of this, “I am a conservative now” stuff like McCain is pulling now, and Mitt did for the past several months.
But to pull this off, we need the White House.

WraithRat on February 7, 2008 at 11:13 AM

And who are you supporting at the local level to begin the move in 2012…can’t be any of the existing candidates. They are all losers.
Like I posted above, better start building the farm team now, or you will never win the pennant, let alone the series.

reaganaut on February 7, 2008 at 11:15 AM

Fine, you can call it pathetic, but Mitt was also pathetic. So where is your great conservative leader? Thompson, who flamed out, Huck who doesn’t know what is happening in the world outside of his church doors? Paul the isolationist, Hunter was the one, but no one wanted to support him.
So now, where is your great conservative hope? Who is he? It is turning to crap because you (generic you)can’t find a conservative leader. You keep electing state leaders, who move up the ladder to become national leaders. Basically the conservatives don’t have a farm team to draft from. And the Dems, don’t care who they choose, Hillary and Obama are as different as McCain and Mitt.

highhopes on February 7, 2008 at 10:28 AM

Cut off your nose to spite your face, is the old saying.
I don’t like McCain anymore then you do, and choices in life are not always between two good choices.
We never had what any of us wanted, a true conservative, so we got the high-bred.
That’s like flying a plane overseas, you get halfway there with a half of tank, so you turn around so you can make it home. Just keep going,you can make it. You (generic you) are exaggerating (fed by the news) of McCain’s liberal stance. Rush is wrong on this, and so is Ann, and others. With Mitt as the candidate, we would have lost anyway, looks what he is doing now, he should drop out and support the cause, and set himself up in 4 years…assuming he still believes he is an “born again conservative”.
Not to long ago, most of us were praising Lieberman, well where was he the other night? Next to McCain, McCain wasn’t my choice…but I will tell you one thing for sure, it wasn’t Hillary or Obama for sure either.
There isn’t one position that Hillary or Obama is better on then McCain, and there are a slew of better positions then Hillary or Obama.
So you are going to allow a candidate with worse credentials, win because McCain is not a conservative.
I don’t understand that thought process…

right2bright on February 7, 2008 at 10:00 AM

That attitude, and the attitudes of many others on this thread and elsewhere is exactly why the party is turning to crap.

The “leaders” of the GOP are completely spineless, and think the only way they can win is by becoming moderate.

So while you clowns think settling for an abomination like McCain is fine because the alternative is worse, the GOP is actually becoming the alternative.

That was the RNCs only campaign talking point in 2006, “Well you don’t want Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid in charge, do you?” Guess what, they lost anyway. Just like Bush felt the need to put compassionate in front of conservative, McCain feels the need to put common-sense in front of conservative. The flags should be go up at that point. Why does conservative need a prefix, George? Why, John? Common-sense conservative? So, real conservatives don’t have common sense? Must be a nuance thing.

That’s just great. The new GOP – Hey we’re (almost) better than the alternative!

Pathetic.

At this point, I’m looking toward the 2012 election cycle. We are gravely lacking in serious, energetic, intelligent conservative leadership, and it is time we started planning ahead to find and support appropriate up and coming ‘newbies’ on the scenes, who can in the future provide us with what is needed to help clean up the mess of an economy that will be left after the next four years if any of the front-runners – Obama, Clinton, McCain – are elected as president. Some seriously intelligent and conservatively principled leader will be required to dig us out of the pit on the horizon, I fear.

I think Romney and Huckabee should stay in until some more actual Republican states have had a chance to vote. So far, McCain is not winning many of those states. The only way McCain is going to get any kind of message is if the process continues and he sees how many actual Republicans will not vote for him.

right2bright on February 7, 2008 at 10:00 AM

Let me get this right. We are supposed to rally around the liberal fossil for the sake of unity? Where was that “unity” when the fossil set up the gang of 14 to torpedo the administration? Where was that “unity” when the fossil waged his very public vendetta against Rumsfeld because AZ wasn’t getting a big enough slice of the DOD budget? Where was that “unity” after McCain failed to capture the nomination in 2000?

It’s all very good to tell us to shut up and support the fossil but, unfortunately for you, some of us thinks that unity should be a two-way street. McCain has repeatedly bolted from the party to hang out with Teddy Kennedy, Russ Feingold and other low lifes. I intend to show him all the “unity” he showed me for the past eight years.

Priscilla on February 7, 2008 at 10:20 AM

Mitt got the conservative vote in the primaries. That’s just a fact.

sheryl on February 7, 2008 at 3:18 AM

What the heck is King Koopa?

The “bozo’s” who have supported Mitt represent the conservative wing of the Republican party.

Not necessarily. Many of them now support Mitt as the “anyone but McCain” candidate. They waited on Fred forever, flirted on to Rudy and pretty much ignored Mitt.

Now, all of a sudden, those of us who actually want to see a non-socialist candidate win are being told that Mitt Romney is the new Reagan, that 2008 is 1976 redux, that Mitt has been the conservative standard bearer all along.

Psssh. I like Mitt better than McCain, but it just ain’t happening this time around. And the country could do worse than John McCain. Two names
come to mind right away……

But then Mitt has “his” team…and it doesn’t include the Republican party, and the bozo’s who have supported him are his stepping stones.

right2bright on February 7, 2008 at 10:00 AM

What the hell are you talking about? The “bozo’s” who have supported Mitt represent the conservative wing of the Republican party.

Mitt staying in — to keep McCain from clinching?

One can only HOPE!

Exit question: Reason enough to hope Mitt drops out?

Absolutely not. Rain hell on their plans, Mitt.