Comments on: The case for Romney

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:54:23 +0000

Bambi on August 25, 2008 at 8:32 PM

Nooooooooooo, I am not a plant, I am a human.
Seriously, I had no malicious intentions, just that being an outsider (and non Christian) I was curious (and little perplexed)about this phenomenon.
Again, I apologize to anyone who was offended by my questioning.

By: thecountofincognito

thecountofincognito — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:35:11 +0000

Also, I don’t see the Dems being stupid enough (ok, maybe) to attack the Republican vice presidential candidate for things their presidential candidate is guilty of (i.e. flip flops and belonging to a “suspect” religion.)

By: thecountofincognito

thecountofincognito — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:32:50 +0000

Obama can’t do what McCain did with his Biden ad, because Mitt never said that McCain wasn’t ready for the office, nor did he say Obama was ready. He also never said he would be proud to run with or against Obama. All Mitt did was attack McCain on policies. The policies Mitt attacked him for are the ones McCain is closer to sharing with Obama. All they will have that might be useful is some of the things McCain said about Mitt, which…who cares? McCain is the one running for president.

By: cjs1943

cjs1943 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:43:37 +0000

McCain would be stupid not to pick Mitt. If he picks Mitt, I’m pulling the lever for him. If not, I’m writing in Mitt.

I’ve said this before and I’m saying it again.

By: clover_dave

clover_dave — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:56:25 +0000

Palin for VP and Fred Thompson backer during the primaries.

I disagree with Romney for VP.

1.- Mccain does not like him but hey, if he gives MI who cares, well, like we can use Biden’s statements on Obama against Obama, so could Obama use Romneys against Mccain.

2.- Huckabee backers (Who dont like Romney for who knows how many reasons) Will do exactly what Romney fans would do to a Mccain/Huckabee ticket. This could prove quite damaging, notice the closeness of many states. Also note most of the GOP volunteers (Not all) come out of Social Conservative branch of the GOP

3.- Although Economic experience is good, what will happen in rural, Blue collar voters when Biden or Obama attacks Mitt and points out, how by saving companies he fired hundreds of workers. Not exactly makes him their best friend.

4.- Like it or not, Being a mormon will be a attack add run by Obama, dispicable.

5.- Someone is probably going to bring up flip flop flip. No way around it. Some people (Hint Hint) dont forgive this, especially when it looks political.

Palin or Pawlenty for this chap.

By: The Case for Romney | ...gettingpaidtowatch

The Case for Romney | ...gettingpaidtowatch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:00:01 +0000

[...] Captain Ed Morrissey does just that with his post this morning in Hot Air. Says Morrissey: [...]

By: Bambi

Bambi — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:32:42 +0000

It’s taken me this long after work to read all of this thread.
1)Gaurav is a plant and his questions were like Hucks and we all know what that was.
2)Churkra – you are the one who continually lied. Mitt never said HE marched with Martin Luther King. He said he saw his father march. He was young. So you lied. Gov Romney (his father) was a wonderful man, and believed in civil rights and supported it.
3)Oh st olaf what would a post about Romney be without your hateful comments?
4) I’m in overload right now and forget all that I wanted to say. HOWEVER, we believe that Jesus Christ is the literal son of God!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all of you above and you know who you are – appreciate you and welcome petunia.
I’ve taken so long, that there will probably be a 1000 more posts so I hope this is still relevant.

By: petunia

petunia — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:40:16 +0000

SaintOaf would have been perfectly at home demanding the release of a Murder rather than the Savior. He would rather support Infantcide than have Romney as VP. Now there is a moral position. And his big gripe is that Romney changed his mind how strongly to oppose abortion in a liberal state.

What a hypocrite. Rather have Obama choosing those judges. Abortion takes a backseat if it’s a Mormon in the second spot. Politics of convenience. Politics of hate overuling his Christianity.

By: petunia

petunia — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:35:45 +0000

SaintOaf, are you still waiting for that miracle that catapults Huckabee into the Presidency? I’ve been reading your idiocy and couldn’t reply. Now I can…I’m not sure you’re worth it. Well I’m pretty sure you’re not. But at least now Hot Air has given me a voice against you! If I choose.

By: trailboss

trailboss — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:10:06 +0000

If Mccain picks Romney..not only will I not vote for Mccain..I will vote for Baracka Hussein Obama!

The truth is; millions of Baptists and other Christians will also do the same thing or at the very least, not vote.

Now are you beginning to understand why the dems are pushing so hard for Mccain to pick Romney?

SaintOlaf on August 25, 2008 at 5:22 PMS

SaintOaf, your promised sub-messiah Huckahasbeen is over on CNSnews trashing Romney right now. Why don’t you go indulge your fetish over there, and leave us in peace for a while.

By: DannoJyd

DannoJyd — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:36:19 +0000

If Romney gets selected for McCain’s running mate that will be change that delivers real hope.

By: Seixon

Seixon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:32:01 +0000

Time to wrap it up McCain, let the Romney loose.

By: gopftw

gopftw — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:17:55 +0000

I really hope it’s Romney. I think he would be a great running mate and could really put this in the bag for McCain, barring he doesn’t do something idiotic.

By: SkinnerVic

SkinnerVic — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:07:33 +0000

Math_Mage on August 25, 2008 at 6:01 PM

Man, don’t feed the Huckabee trolls…

By: Math_Mage

Math_Mage — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:01:05 +0000

BTW, isn’t strongly agnostic a contradiction in terms?

MarkTheGreat on August 25, 2008 at 12:47 PM

No. My sister is a strong agnostic, meaning she thinks God is both unknown and unknowable. This is in contrast to the soft agnostic, who thinks God is unknown, but not necessarily unknowable.

Meanwhile, I am a soft atheist, who believes there is no God but knows he can’t prove it, while hard atheists (usually referred to as big-A Atheists) believe they can prove there is no god.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way…

If Mccain picks Romney..not only will I not vote for Mccain..I will vote for Baracka Hussein Obama!

The truth is; millions of Baptists and other Christians will also do the same thing or at the very least, not vote.

Now are you beginning to understand why the dems are pushing so hard for Mccain to pick Romney?

SaintOlaf on August 25, 2008 at 5:22 PM

You make no argument to support your position, and make an unsubstantiated assertion instead. Were you a Huckabee supporter in the primaries?

By: SkinnerVic

SkinnerVic — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:00:37 +0000

drballard on August 25, 2008 at 4:46 PM

Habla con el Diablo, y se ver…

By: Rethers

Rethers — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:55:56 +0000

I find it hilarious that Huckabee lovers repeatedly quote liberal lies as an attempt to discredit Romney, and then wonder why we call them bigots. Seriously, we had this debate back when Mitt first made the statement and he was repeatedly show to be correct. For those who wonder why there is some concern that bigots in the south may not vote for a ticket with a mormon on it, just look at a few of the more rabid posters here. I do realize that most people in the south are just as fair and open minded as the rest of the country, but there is a strong contingent there that have a strong hatred for mormons. They love Huckabee because he is one of them and has spent a fair amount of his life persecuting mormons with nearly the same venom that the klan persecuted blacks. (unsurprising considering how much overlap there is between the groups) Seriously, while he was a governor he was the keynote speaker at a convention of people who have made a career out of spreading hate and lies about mormons.

As for Mitt’s statement about his father, look at the facts. Shortly after Mitt made the statement, some lazy reporter in the drive-by media looked up one of MLK’s marches and found that MLK marched on Sunday and then left town. George Romney did not participate that day because he didn’t participate in political events on Sundays. He did issue a letter of support and then marched later that week. Assuming that this must have been the only event that Mitt could have been referring to, our lazy drive-by reporter then reported that Mitt had exaggerated the truth or outright lied. When asked about this a spokesman equivocated because he didn’t know what the real facts were. This was then reported by the drive-bys as an admission that Mitt had lied. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Mitt continued to stand by his statement, and even had the real facts posted on his campaign website. We have several accounts from that time period confirming that MLK and George Romney did in fact march together. Despite the eyewitness accounts, books, and newspaper articles from the time period, Mitt has conceded that it is possible that his father did not actually march hand-in-hand with MLK. Even so, the fact remains that his father was perhaps the most influential governor in advancing the cause of civil rights and did march ‘with’ MLK even if not in person. Mitt would have been very young at the time, but he would still have ‘seen’ his father marching ‘with’ MLK.

see http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7524.html

By: enerwaste

enerwaste — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:39:39 +0000

I don’t want a career POLITICIAN for Pres/VP. I want a capable business man with smarts, who’s been successful in the real world. And someone with strong character. ROMNEY has this and more.

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:22:48 +0000

If Mccain picks Romney..not only will I not vote for Mccain..I will vote for Baracka Hussein Obama!

The truth is; millions of Baptists and other Christians will also do the same thing or at the very least, not vote.

Now are you beginning to understand why the dems are pushing so hard for Mccain to pick Romney?

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:17:26 +0000

Picking Romney would be just about the only thing that Mccain could do that will make him lose this election.

He is absolutely the worst choice.

If Mccain picks him I will not vote for him..and I can guarantee you that millions of Southern Baptists and other Christians will not vote for that ticket either.

It’s just a simple fact..if Mccain picks him, he will lose. End of story.

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:12:09 +0000

Mitt Romney: “I’m a life long hunter!”

Mitt Romney: “Well I may have killed a varmint once I think.”

By: sulla

sulla — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:11:50 +0000

SkinnerVic on August 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM

Good stuff!

Nice to meet a fellow skeptic. :)

By: drballard

drballard — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:46:03 +0000

Chakra Hammer-
so Guiliani was your guy? Really? You, as an evangelical, had no problems with Rudy’s record and think Romney’s worse? My bullshit meter just went off. Romney’s a liar because he said he’s a hunter, Rudy is what, man of honor cause he cant keep his dick where it belongs? Should have just admitted you’re a huckabee goon and been honest. No one but idiots like saint olaf are buying your crap. Do you not see what people like you have done to the party?

By: DGDood

DGDood — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:39:10 +0000

Romney give JM a reasonable out after one term, and can seal the deal to keep the Executive branch safe and R for the next 12 years.

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:35:39 +0000

David Combs on August 25, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Welcome! Anyone to talk to at the Chelsea who isn’t on the other side?