Romney: Heck yes, I’d be McCain’s VP; Update (Ed): Why not?
posted at 6:20 pm on March 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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In case you were planning on watching Hannity & Colmes tonight, now you don’t have to.
Thus do very bad ideas gain momentum:
“I think any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included,” Romney told FOX’s Sean Hannity in a broadcast set to air tonight. “Of course this is a nation which needs strong leadership. And if the nominee of our party asked you to serve with him, anybody would be honored to receive that call … and to accept it, of course.”…
“There are really no hard feelings, I don’t think, on either side of this,” he said in the interview. “There were no pacts and so forth that make people feel like that we will never come together. Instead these campaigns are all coming together. We are supporting our nominee enthusiastically, aggressively.”…
Listening to Obama and Clinton discuss their national security credentials, Romney said, is akin to “listening to two chihuahuas argue about which is the biggest dog.”
“When it comes to national security, John McCain is the big dog, and they are the chihuahuas,” he said.
Exit question: If a guy with three years in the Senate is too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief, how is a guy with four years as governor of Massachusetts qualified to be a heartbeat away?
Update (Ed): I don’t think this is a bad idea at all, for a couple of reasons. First, Romney has extensive executive experience, both in and out of government. That could help McCain rebut the coming charge that he doesn’t understand economics. Neither Hillary nor Obama have any real-world business experience, nor are either likely to choose a running mate with any, given their populist rhetoric during the primary campaign. That gives the GOP ticket a clear advantage on both economics and executive experience.
Second, Romney proved he could both raise money and organize, two areas in which McCain comes up short. Both Hillary and Obama have done an impressive job in these areas, and the ticket needs someone who can match up against them — at least a little better than McCain can do. Romney can take over that job and put his team to work on building the kind of networks that the Republicans will need to win the election.
Lastly, Romney resonates with the conservative activists. It didn’t win him the nomination, but they wound up fighting for him at the end. He could help bring them back into the big tent. I see a Romney choice as a very positive step — and if Romney’s willing to do it, even more so.
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Hey, welcome, and thanks for bringing an off-topic point to this blog!
It’s an idea whose time has passed. Hell, the US is too whimpy to fight wars to win, much less enforce a moral law.
Still, I’d welcome it.
I know. The truth gets old quick, especially when it’s so hard to take!
And your response is another reason why -
LIberty is dead – because people won’t address the issue and correct it.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Ask Michelle Malkin.
Indy Conservative on March 11, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Get the Huck out of here with that type of thinking! Yeah, you’re free to say it, but jeez, enough with Huckster already.
Besides – THE VP NOMINEE WILL BE LINDSEY GRAHAM – mark my words – you heard it here first!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Exit Answer: Of Obama’s 3 years in the Senate, 2 were spent running for President.
I suspect theres a difference in the experiences undergone by a governor and a senator who doesn’t show up to his job, no?
AbaddonsReign on March 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I veiw the Romney VP selection as the same as a Colin Powell one. Id like some proof he is conservative before I accept him as one. McCain is bad enough than McCain X2
William Amos on March 11, 2008 at 7:14 PM
I missed the fact that Allah mentioned “stock picking skills”. Sheesh. A fundamental misunderstanding of what Mitt did at Bain.
No one is arguing about whether or not these choices are significant, it’s about the skills and experience required to make a decision that involves this country’s defense.
Indeed, the fact that McCain voted NAY on ANWR has been very problematic and is doing great harm to our economy, but that should not have been a difficult decision.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Another two faced arkansas politician with serious ethics questions?
peacenprosperity on March 11, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Business and economics are very different things, both in the public eye and in reality. The goals of a businessman are fundamentally different than, and in many ways opposite, those of a government official charged with adjusting regulations in order to push the economy towards greater prosperity. About all that Mitt’s experience says about his economic acumen is that he’s good at cutting costs in a company. McCain’s already got that angle covered, based on his anti-pork crusading. If you want to think about economic qualifications in a government official and the public’s perceptione thereof, rmember the Kaptur-Bernanke dustup from a little while back.
Big S on March 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I haven’t said a prayer since I was kid. Tonight I will say a prayer that Romney is McCain’s running mate.
winemkr on March 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Liberty is never off topic, dear.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Dude. Don’t you feel a little out of place here? I mean, welcome and all, but what’s the point?
Who gives a FU*K about what the rest of the world thinks about what the US does – oh, except when they want our money, of course.
Besides, I don’t see all that many people illegally migrating out of the US.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
“Then they can tell all of us biggots to SHUT UP!“
Seven Percent Solution on March 11, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Okay, you forgot:
teh UK
teh Georgia (not the one with Savannah and Atlanta, the one with Tibilsi)
teh Australia
teh South Korea
teh Poland
teh Romania
teh El Salvador
teh Bulgaria
teh Albania
teh Mongolia
teh Czech Republic
teh Azerbaijan
teh Denmark
teh Armenia
teh Macedonia
teh Ukraine
teh Bosnia and teh Herzegovina
teh Estonia
teh Kazakstan
teh Moldova
teh Latvia
That’s just Iraq. Just about every non-Islamofascist nation in the world participates (in some form) in the Global War on Terror.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Ed do you really think the conservatives will vote for anyone other than the republican nominee?
Conservatives will never vote for the democrats nor will they stay home due to extreme danger of the democratic candidates policies.
Evangelical Christians however have been known to support democratic candidates at times(remember on the fence) and if Romney is the VP they will not stay home they will vote AGAINST him!
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Dude, don’t you? Shouting “Liberty is Dead” in every other post doesn’t quite contribute to the discussion.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Uh, okay. But, what’s Liberty got to do with stoning adulterers…unless of course, you’re all for adultery?
Before divorce was so common and easy, divorce was more recognizable for the evil it is. Think about that: I said EVIL. There is a root cause to the action, one of the most despicable human behaviors, betrayal of professed love over love of self.
I think, madam, you need to philosophize over the subject matter a bit more, then comment.
Because, your comments might actually change.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Is that sarcasm or are you serious. Note what government economists have had a positive effect on our overall economy and please be specific about names and actions. Maybe you are alot younger then I and have not realized yet, brilliant people do not work in government. Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. Those who can’t and want easy pensions go into government.
The only thing government can do to ensure a smooth running, prosperous economy is to stay out of the way.
peacenprosperity on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Mitt Romney:
2005- Moderate Republican governor of Massachussets
2008- The Romessiah
Hollowpoint on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
What a cotton-pickin’ minute, DUDE! I say Liberty is dead, and you tell me to SHUT UP!. Aren’t you just kind of making my point!!!!
And I never say it if, as a point, it doesn’t connect to the specific discussion!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
“Exit question: If a guy with three years in the Senate is too inexperienced to be commander-in-chief, how is a guy with four years as governor of Massachusetts qualified to be a heartbeat away?”
AP: You can’t be serious, but you are, so I will answer the ?: Romney was a successful business man and he isn’t a Washington insider. Besides, he’s the most conservative of the front runners. BO is an empty suit and a nightmare for this country; there is no comparison.
I wouldn’t be so offended by your opinions if you weren’t so consistently arrogant and insulting. A “very bad idea”? I’ve read a bit of your drivel about why you don’t want Romney as VP, but perhaps it’s his religion you really object to. I had trouble with that too until I listened to the man and realized he wasn’t going to proselytize me. Or, maybe he’s just too decent for ya. NO? Yes? Maybe?
And, why do you hate Ann Coulter? Too intelligent? Too confident and unapologetic in her assessments? Is she scary? Is she the anti-Kirsten?
I would love it if we had a real conservative dishing up the scoops here…AP could provide his insight on the entertainment world, or join Arianna’s goons.
Christine on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Not so big on the “small government” principles are you?
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
I think Romney is a qualified, perfectly decent choice for the VP, and really bolsters McCain’s ticket.
I also think he’ll be the victim of so much bigotry and smear campaigning by the progressive tolerance squad (who will meanwhile still accuse his ticket of racism at every turn) that he will cost McCain 15% in the general.
And that’s a sad fact.
Hannibal Smith on March 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Heh, it’s hilarious how fast the class-envy Mitt haters jumped on this post (yes, that’s you CHOSEN ONE and BigS).
Ed’s view matches mine. I’m witholding duckets for McCain until I see who his running mate is. McCain needs money to compete with the Lear Jet Liberals. Mitt will bring conservatives back to the table (albeit non-Mormon-hating ones) who will infuse a little fire in the belly, if you will, to the McCain campaign.
No more arguing for me though, I’m sure this is an excerise in futility as Crist will surely be the RINO running mate.
NTWR on March 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Romney’s a Mormon. Game over nationally. Move along, nothing to see in the Mitt camp.
Viscount_Bolingbroke on March 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
The goals of a businessman are fundamentally different than, and in many ways opposite, those of a government official charged with adjusting regulations in order to push the economy towards greater prosperity.
Big S on March 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Surely you jest!
Yes they have different goals but legislators make regulations which do not help push the economy forward, except in those rare situations when they deregulate what was previously regulated (usually by idiots who have zero experience with private sector jobs, but tell businesses how to do theirs’).
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Girl, you got cajones. Right on.
peacenprosperity on March 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM
We’re in the current financial mess just because these despicable weenie-poking pols don’t know how to run a business. When our economy goes down due to the INFLATED price of oil, or a lack of demand around the world, the pols answer is to pump worthless money into the system which only exacerbates the problem. They should leave business alone, for the most part, only requiring a livable minimum wage ($10-12 hour at this point) and leaving them mostly untaxed, except on their profits.
But that won’t get them elected.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
I don’t care about adultery! It shouldn’t be an issue. I care in the Spitzer case because he went to an illegal prostitute ring that funds violent crime…the same violent crime he vowed to stop! If he had gone to a legal brothel in NV, I wouldn’t have cared. It’s not my business to care what people do. This is the founding principle of conservatism…. less government intrusion in people’s lives. I care about adultery if someone in my family does it, but that is my business to care…not your’s or the government’s.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM
OR to push their contributors’ businesses along.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM
America’s Hegemony is dependent upon other nations looking to us for leadership. What the other world thinks is indeed a factor.
Squid Shark on March 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Excellent points. Fred Barnes said pretty much the same thing in The Weekly Standard
Personally, I will vote for a McCain/Romne ticket. I’ll still have my qualms over McCain re: illegal immigration. I’m just not sure that people who listen to the likes of Hagee (and they are LEGION, especially in the South) could get past the Mormonism of Mitt. I hope they prove me wrong. My parents surely did in South Carolina since they voted for Mitt, and no one was more stunned than I was.
SouthernGent on March 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
If Romney’s on the ticket, that might clinch it for me. Unless the Democrats go and do something really crazy. Hell, if Romney is VP for McCain, I won’t even have to vote – they’ll win easily against Mr. Feels Good and Mrs. Inevitable.
Seixon on March 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Because stoning is typically a method of punishment employed by people who have or desire none?
No way MK.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
I agree with this. Also, he had command of the MA National Guard in case they were needed for some reason or another, and also of the MA State Police/Highway Patrol. Oh yeah, you did say civil defense didn’t you.
cjs1943 on March 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
They always seem to, don’t they?
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
How do you know that brothel contributed to violent crime (except for what their misogynist clients violently did to their workers)?
That’s your opinion. Far as I’m concerned, a totally amoral one. If a man sets himself up to a certain stand solely for the PURPOSE OF BEING ELECTED by people who profess those values, and is lying, it is those people’s business.
Dude. Read Locke and the others. The society does have a right to dictate laws with regard to independent liberty – with exception for certain inalienable rights! By your standard, “ain’t none yo’ bidness” is an inalienable right if you only victimize public – and not private – integrity.
You don’t even know what liberty is..which is why…
Liberty is dead!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM
mksmithwriter hearts sharia law.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM
There, fixed it for you
ihasurnominashun on March 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM
ihasurnominashun on March 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Hey if democrats started supported the abolition of the income tax and started promoting Christian values and banning abortion, gay marriage, and actually started protecting America from our muslim and communist enemies…then I would go to the democratic party.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
I don’t want to personally attack you, but you still haven’t addressed the issue of the amorality of adultery. Your consistent answer is to attack stoning, not adultery. While the man you call Jesus whose real name was John might have said to let the one among us without sin to cast the first stone is the philosophy you probably adhere to, that guy didn’t live in the real world – and he also said render unto Caesar, which can be taken to mean if it’s the law, abide by it.
You’re not my ex-wife, I hope. If you are…
nevermind!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Hey if democrats started supporting the abolition of the income tax
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM
I just saw Ed’s comments in the update and I concur on all points.
I would add that since the economy will be an issue (which would normally punish a Republican candidate) the fact that Mitt ran on the Washington is broken theme, he’s not stuck with being responsible for the current problems. He can continue to advocate what needs to be done to fix the problems.
I just hope he can bring McCain around on the carbon tax, ANWR, and other aspects of energy policy which are absolutely vital to our future.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:39 PM
So…What’s the Topic?
:)
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:39 PM
So instead you just want to corrupt the republican party by pushing liberal pro-lifers on us? Nice.
ihasurnominashun on March 11, 2008 at 7:39 PM
With the exception of outfits like The National Review, most conservative activists were lukewarm towards him until it came down to a race between Romney and McCain. I’m not sure that Romney would be all that strong a draw for conservatives- he only really became one himself as he began his campaign.
Hollowpoint on March 11, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Why?
Romney’s a Mormon. Game over nationally. Move along, nothing to see in the Mitt camp.
Viscount_Bolingbroke on March 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Most of the activist base is made up of conservative evangelicals. These are the people that did the yoeman’s work in both of W’s campaigns. You cannot win a national campaign without them. They spend huge amounts of their time volunteering for church and social orgs most of the time and are therefore in the habit of doing the kind of volunteer work necessary for Presidential campaigns. There is no other demographic in the Republican coalition with their high volunteer ethic and experience to replace them. If McCain picks Mitt it will be interpreted as a slap in their face. Something McCain has been eager to do in the past and cannot afford to do this time.
Evangelicals don’t identify with Mormons. Period. You can hate them for that or love them for that, but it won’t change in anything less than a generational time scale. The conman Huckabee is just as distrusted by capitalists and so he is not an option either. McCain needs someone who shares his vision and who the broad coalition can find acceptable. There are lot’s of candidates out there, but Huckabee and Romney aren’t even close to in the running.
The Apologist on March 11, 2008 at 7:41 PM
I’ve seen worse.
My collie says:
But seriously, Liberty is only asleep. It’s going to get “interesting” when she finally awakens from her slumber.
CyberCipher on March 11, 2008 at 7:41 PM
The republican party died on the day we nominated Juan Mccain…it’s time for a new party that attracts conservative republicans,evangelical Christians and smart independents.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:41 PM
I agree that being in the Senate gives a politician the opportunity to learn more about foreign policy issues than being governor of a state does. However, having the opportunity to learn is meaningless unless one actually takes advantage of the opportunity. Obama chairs an oversight committee on operations in Afghanistan, yet he’s been too busy running for President to hold even one single hearing. Having the title “Senator” for three years doesn’t equate to foreign policy knowledge or experience if the Senator in question has been too busy campaigning for higher office to bother casting votes, attending briefings, and/or holding hearings.
AZCoyote on March 11, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Dude, you’re a coward. I in now way support ANY law based on ANY religion. If what you said wasn’t so despicable and defamatory, I wouldn’t respond. But, I suggest you went too far. Politics of personal destruction, ie, an attack not based on the truth.
Dude. Suck it up.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:43 PM
yeah, what I thought. Never miss a chance to say FU to the base. He’s reliable like that.
JiangxiDad on March 11, 2008 at 7:43 PM
I’m sorry, I don’t want the government setting my moral standards. I will set up my own moral standards based on my faith and my beliefs. I won’t push these standards on others. I don’t have that power…and neither should the government. The basic definition of liberty is the freedom from restriction or control. This means the freedom to hold your own moral standards (outside of the basic laws of society…murder, robbery, etc) without the gov’t making you hold other standards. For instance, Ezra Levant and the Canadian government hold different views on what is right. Should the Canadian gov’t force Levant to follow their standards.
BTW, I think Spitzer should step down because of the obvious connections between prostitution rings and other crimes and you can dispute that fact (connection to other crime) all day long, but it is still a fact. I don’t think other people should be judged by the moral standards I hold for myself. I, personally, think prostitution is disgusting…but I’m not making you think that way. I don’t like people that talk on cell phones in the grocery store, but I’m not going to push for legislation to stop it.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Not a chance, he will be (if McAARP wins) atty gen’l.
stenwin77 on March 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM
The conservative activists didn’t fight for Romney at the end because he resonated with them, Cap’n. They fought for him because he wasn’t John McCain.
Well-Armed Lamb on March 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Your exit questions are how can I say, foolish?
The one with “is MKH hot with glasses?” was way foolish and this one comparing Mitt with Obama might be off the charts.
There is world of difference between senator, especially when you aren’t present most of the time to a governor, especially one that has life experience. Does that really need to be explained to you? Yikes
Conservatives R Us on March 11, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Yeah. I agree. But what always bothers me is that why don’t we hear from anybody about how to get the cost of Hamburger down (Let’s just say Ground Beef).
My President, after a few years of fighting for ANWAR and an energy deal, basically gave up.
I need McCain to come out and say right now, let’s bring down the Capital Gains tax to 15%.
Let’s drill right now in ANWAR. Let’s scoop up all that clean coal that Clinton had buried in that National Reserve which name eludes me.
Let’s build 15 new nuclear power plants and QUIT USING MY CORN FLAKES FOR GAS!
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Besides – THE VP NOMINEE WILL BE LINDSEY GRAHAM – mark my words – you heard it here first!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
I’ve been hollerin’ that here for two months dude. Don’t steal my thunder.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Allow me to introduce you to THE CONSTITUTION PARTY.
SouthernGent on March 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM
the capital gains rate is 15%
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM
You just support laws based on your own personal moral standards. The exact same thing as what people that support institutionalized sharia are for. You can hold your own personal moral standards (like Muslims do with Sharia law), but it is totally AGAINST the concept of liberty to force these moral standards on your neighbors.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
The burden is not on me to explain my views on adultery. They are completely irrelevant to the fact that you advocate stoning as an appropriate punishment.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Maverick cares too much about America to have a phony a heartbeat away. Not to mention The Romeney boyz might push him down a flight of stairs just so they can take turns ridin’ shotgun on Air Force One.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 11, 2008 at 7:48 PM
All right then 10%!
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM
LOL cat sez….
Gimmie da balloott accez or gimmiez deathz!
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM
What the Hell is at 25% then that I keep thinking isn’t right?
(Opening for a joke)
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM
All right then 10%!
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM
How about 0%
Double taxation should not be legal.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Bingo! Ethanol is madness.
Buy Danish on March 11, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Yeah, read the constitution, mksmith.
Amendment Ocho.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:52 PM
I don’t get it. Break it down for me!
SouthernGent on March 11, 2008 at 7:52 PM
ETHANOL IS MADNESS!!!!
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM
You linked to it. Lol.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM
I didn’t vote for Mitt in the primaries. I was disgusted I didn’t vote for anybody….and I have never done that.
Mitt for VP…naw.
ETHANOL IS MADNESS!!!
BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF GROUND BEEF!!!!
STOP TAKING MY CORN FLAKES!!!
It is all intertwined.
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:54 PM
And I live in Michigan.
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM
You’re right ethanol is madness…let’s just continue buying oil from our muslim enemies so they can blackmail us more and cause our dollar to be worth 25 cents.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Bro, lemmie introduce you to a little place called ANWR. Google it.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
That’s weird! How’d my blog name get on there? I just know about the Wiki article. I’m in no way associated with The Constitution Party…yet anyways.
SouthernGent on March 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Both nominee’s will be opposed to drilling ANWAR/offshore….bright future?
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Forgive me for taking some time to answer these cowardly, vicious attacks, but I’m in three different threads.
Uh, excuse me. Don’t push your views of “cruel and unusual punishment” off on me. Thought you didn’t believe in that?!?!
The society dictates what is “cruel and unusual.” And apparently belong to the whimpy oh-we’re-all-human-and-make-mistakes Pussy Party.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 7:59 PM
It’s ANWR, as in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge…and I think McCain flipped on that position around the time he flipped on amnesty. I may be wrong, I don’t keep track of McCain’s flipping.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Romney would be a great choice and every time
McCain gets heated or needs to explain a few
things,Romney would be there to clarify for
McCain,and would balance the ticket out some
what,McCain on the Military,Mitt on business!
canopfor on March 11, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I still don’t understand how the only republican nominee who supports amnesty for illegals and does not support drilling ANWAR ended up winning the nomination
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Report out today that ethanol is polluting water and everything else, moreso than carbon – hil-freaking-larious, Mr. Gore-Kool-Aid drinking dude.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 8:02 PM
You are a pathetic piece of shit. Always the sliming of the whole Romney family. You are so despicable you can’t even take the time to spell his name correctly when you’re making up stuff about him. You’ve attacked Mitt and his sons, when are you going to say some derogatory stuff about his wife? We know you hate them, so STF up.
cjs1943 on March 11, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Cool. Let’s stick it on the next ballot and see what “society” thinks of stoning. And we’re polling the American public, not the Taliban boy’s club.
First off, we’re all behind keyboards, so the “coward” line is pretty dumb. Secondly, who was vicious? Chill out.
Next time you spill the milk, man…get ready for a stoning.
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Cause the Dems pulled a Rushie in Florida before we pulled a Rushie in Texas. Plus, Romeny’s Mormon – that killed him in the Southern Baptist whacko South (those folks HATE Mormons with a passion – cause they don’t preach fire and brimstone Hell)!
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Guess who are the ones spouting the lies about ethanol raising food prices and polluting the earth?
You guessed it…dailykos liberals.
FactCheck: Most new ethanol plants use biomass(unusable waste such as ag waste,landfill waste,woodchips etc.)to produce ethanol.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM
You’re being “vicious” tying my comments to the Taliban Sharia bullshit, and you know. Which shows you’re a coward, keyboard or not.
And your false logic, that just shows how stupid you think you are.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM
I can see Romnee pulling an Alexander Haige, “I’m in charge here!”
Maverick wouldn’t be able to get any work done with the Romney boyz running around playing cops and robbers dressed in argyles and those ridiculous prep school beanies with propellers on top.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 11, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Outside of pollution and teh global warmings, ethanol subsidies are bad for our economy. Notice I said subsidies, because if ethanol could survive on a free market I would have no problem. But, it can’t. Have any of these ethanol subsidy backers bought an ear of corn today?
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM
It’s the added emissions from the ethanol component that is doing the polluting. Check it out. Just like the man-made chemicals added to the summer fuels out West (forget the name for it) which came back as cancer causing once it got into the water system.
mksmithwriter on March 11, 2008 at 8:08 PM
No he doesn’t.
Sure, he was liked more than McAmnesty or Huckster. But that’s not saying much.
someone on March 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Our government spends to much money. Our banks lend to people who shouldn’t get it. Our dollar is shot. We borrow from foreign countries for our Debt and our bonds.
We don’t enforce trade issues. We allow cheap goods to take away jobs away from americans (sounds leftist, but if we don’t enforce the laws then yes, we allow them to take the jobs from us).
We don’t build refineries or drill for new oil because it offends too many who live in pristine areas and we have turned our country into a service industry.
We build up countries, teach them our ways and tell them to become more like us and they do, then their people work for cheaper wages and it hurts us.
We figure that alternative fuels like ethanol will be a good alternative yet the price of everything that it touches in terms of the main ingredient, goes up.
Yes…we need to ween ourselves away from oil from foreign countries, but at least…AT LEAST we should try to become as much energy dependent as possible using everything at our disposal as long as it isn’t a trade off on other goods that are necessary to the American way of life.
LIKE CORN FLAKES!!!! And McCain should be saying this!
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 8:10 PM
I’ll give Professor Bernanke high marks for today. His move possibly headed off a technical breakout to the downside and the Dow closed up 416. By allowing the banks to use their mortgage securities as collateral, he introduced liquidity into the system and might be able to ease back on the upcoming rate cut, which would give the U.S. dollar a break from its freefall.
dedalus on March 11, 2008 at 8:11 PM
T’anks, peacenprosperity. ;-) And thank you Ed.
The evangelicals have to realize that they aren’t voting for a religious leader. Mitt isn’t pushing Mormonism on them so they shouldn’t push their’s on him. Live and let live. We still have freedom of religion even though atheists believe it should be freedom from religion.
Christine on March 11, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Hey…I started something…
Wrong blog. Where’s Fred Thompson when I need him?
oh…yeah…
Scoreboard44 on March 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Hey a little global warming doesnt sound so bad to me hopefully it will keep out the suns uv rays a little better.
Besides it is just a scam so Mr. Gore can make billions and the government can have way more control over everyone’s lives and bleed us for more taxes.
SaintOlaf on March 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM
I’m not saying you’re in the Taliban, I’m saying that you want to push your set of moral standards on me…just like the Taliban. You might have a different set of moral standards from the Taliban, but the action of pushing those standards on others is just as inexcusable. As for the stoning thing….I’m all for the death penalty in certain cases (and even some “out there” punishments like castrating serial pedophiles), but stoning is unnecessary in any case (especially adultery).
I don’t know if that was a joke or not…but as a Catholic, I don’t recognize divorce. Therefore, I would take any sex you have with anyone after your divorce as adultery. Do you think you should be stoned because you violated a part of my moral standards?
malan89 on March 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Like Ann Coulter, Romney as VP is the ONLY WAY I’d ever vote for McCain. We must not forget what McCain is all about.
iamse7en on March 11, 2008 at 8:13 PM
For a minute I forgot this thread was about Mitt as VP and not about alternative fuels. Interesting thoughts, so maybe that thread needs to be addressed by one of our HotAir bloggers.
I agree with Ed. I think Romney brings a lot to the ticket that compliments McCain and strengthens his weak positions. The dems can’t attack him for being weak on the economy or not wanting to do anything about healthcare. And on the other hand the Repubs that McCain has rubbed wrong will be slightly pacified. I think that Mitt on the ticket would be a better fit than Graham or the Huck.
In fact, it makes so much sense to have Mitt on the ticket that you know for a fact that it won’t happen. McCain has been in Washington too long to come to the logical conclusion…. kinda like the gov’t trying to figure out the tar sands from Canada thing on the other post.
Luckedout on March 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM
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