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Mitt quits Romney concedes race, takes jabs at Demos
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Maybe it will be Obama who I vote for (a democrat) for the first time in my life. I like his spunk and his offer to unite us and end this foolish war. He also carries much less heavy baggage than Billary.And folks, lets stop the foul mouthed anti M talk, it only puts your ignorance on display.
Quit your whining!
The Titantic Mitt was sunk by the Evangelical Iceberg. All the self-soothing, self-assuring words words issued by those living in the tops of the mountains will never be found soothing or assuring by those living in the Northwest, the Midwest, or the South.
I don't think I can vote for McCain-Huckabee. I find both of them repugnant.
I got a push poll today from Huckabee, and he twisted Mitt's record completely, lied outright. He also was duplicitous about his own record: "Would you vote for a person who was endorsed by the founder of the Minute Men?" He OMITTED the fact that as governor he was for open borders, supported in-state tuition and driver's licenses for illegals, and offered Mexico office space for consulate for $1 a year.
I think that's how Mitt lost early and southern states. Huck and McCain did tainted push polling, and the mainstream media didn't object. Romney made ads that pointed out their records, and they screamed he was broadcasting "attack ads". Mitt, the gentlemen, stopped the ads while the other two dopes hit the accelerator.
I hope Mitt runs for the Senate in Michigan or Massachusetts. I really think he has a lot to offer the nation.
The best man stepped down today. I'm bummed.
"Today, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Governor Romney announced that he was suspending his presidential campaign for the sake of Republican unity and the future of our country."
He SUSPENDED his presidential campaign. It is frustrating to read/hear report after report that ignores the main resource for information -- Romney himself.
You shouldn't use the word "quit" until he does!!!
Thank you for striving for accuracy in your reporting.
I hope this helps disenfranchise the right wing religious nuts in the GOP. These people deserve no place in politics. We all need to be much noisier in our objection to all the brainwash sessions that go on in churches across America with their anti-Mormon hate sessions. You can bet Huck did this in his church...
I can't help but feel that the basis for a lot of the opposition to Mitt was that he is a Mormon.
Obviously his pre-campaign positions regarding abortion and gay issues hurt him with the Party, but don't the anti-abortion types WANT TO CONVERT pro-choicers to pro-life?
Mitt Romney has a chance to spend the next 4 years proving his sincerity on issues he is seen modifying his position on. By 2012, I suspect we will want "change" again....if it is not too late.
Mitt gave a great speech because he is planning on coming back in 4 years. The old Ronald Reagan trick. Good political move. Stun the audience and get them thinking about things 4 years from now, this is esp. good when you know deep in your brain that this is going to be a very democrat year. So Mitt was positioning himself. Smart move.
However, things change. 4 years from now people might like the honesty and clarity of Obama. They might find that democrats actually can produce results. They may jump back at the scandals and law breaking of the Bush administration that will come to light when we have a new sheriff in town, so to speak.
Mitt quit. But he will return. But stronger than ever. No.
Hillary, on the other hand, ran out, and "loaned" her campaign money, and her campaign workers aren't getting paid. Not a good manager, won't get my vote.
with Republicans ferociously opposing her,
followed by Republicans zooming back into power, as they did in 1980, 1994, and 2000.
(And Bill nearby with too much time on his hands? More incidents with interns?)
- If McCain is elected president, we'll have a four-year disaster,
with the Republicans in Congress co-opted by their own president,
followed by 30 years of liberal Democrat rule.
How about that! In one well-placed and well-timed blow, Romney extinguishes Huckabee's plan to kiss up to McCain and do his dirty work - in hopes of a V.P. spot. Huckabee's dreams of national political relevance are dashed, and Romney looks like the cat that ate the mouse. That is sweet. Helps me get through the sorrow over Romney's departure.
Now that he is seemingly out of the race, the opposition can begin their assault on McCain --- and they have plenty of ammunition (there is a lot of dirt)!
If Hillary's team starts coming out with all the facts on who McCain really is, between now and the GOP Convention in September, they could actually derail McCain's Republican nomination.
A "suspended" Romney campaign would look pretty good.
Mitt couldn't buy the presidency and now his followers will start blaming everyone else for Mitt's failure. Typical.
God bless him, and may God bless America:
And mittney, now upon leaving, takes some ugly swipes at is opponents as if the war is suddenly crucial and the democrats will somehow mess it up. The real mess is that we're there at all. The war, remember that. We all support it, as long as its' greatest cost is tax breaks. Hate to see that end.
Regarding choices: Once again we are faced with choosing "the lesser of two evils." We'll be less dirty with McCain than a Democrat in the White House. It's still "the art of the compromise." We cannot vacate the Republican Party and its principles just because of the candidate. The Party and our platform are important. If McCain does win, at least we will have someone to work with. A Democrat in the White House? Forget it.
Let's just get back upon our two feet and support McCain for President and trust Mitt will run again. Mitt's still our man.
Bytheway, I am not Mormon. My support of Mitt is based simply on the fact that Mitt Romney is the best man for the job.
I just hope the Republican party is ready. To get Mitt back, the Republicans must be prepared to put evangelicals in their place; cornpone bigotry and all.
We are definitely in the last days.
Vote for Hillary, but not Obama.
President Clinton did a good job with the economy and the Country as a whole, just had some personal problems with fidelity. His accomplishments far out weigh the personal problems, and history will remember that.
I have been Republican since I was 18, and do not like what has become of the GOP, Bush and Co have ruined our Country and party
The Founding Fathers of our nation must be agonizing in despair. Where is the nation of freedoms, under God, they created for us? Perhaps it is time for another revolution.
Even as he was quitting, he took a cheap shot at the Democrats with his "giving in to terror" declaration. Ugly ... ugly.
I have been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints all of my life and a registered Democrat for 40 years. I'm not a terrorist sympathizer; we Democrats are all good Americans. We just believe that Christian values like charity, compassion, and "kindness and pure love, without hypoocracy and without guile" is more the platform of the Democrats than it is the Republicans.
Mitt needs to respect ALL Americans if he wants our vote. He failed at gaining respect at every level - even in his own party.
Good by, Mitt.
Please run for governor of Utah and oust our quasi-liberal Gov. Huntsman. Then make your run for president as the former governor of the most conservative state in the Union rather than one of the most liberal. We will be more blessed by 4 years of you in Utah than 100 years of guys like Huntsman Jr.
Mitt for Governor '08!
In other words, none.
I do not know if Congress has made all the "right" choices either, especially when I see a delining economy. Many are suffering, and this is only the beginning of a long, hard road for most of us.
Now, in February 2008, all Americans need to look forward:
WHO can lead this nation beginning January 2009? WHO will best serve us in the Senate?
WHO will represent our interests and listen to our needs in the House of Representatives?
As Gordon B. Hinckley counseled, we need to go to work. We have important decisions to make come November.
Blame Christians. By significant margins, in poll after poll, in vote after vote a solid block of evangelical Christians said they would never vote for a Mormon. Since evangelicals made up nearly half of the Republican primary vote in some states, Romney was up against a deep well of distrust of a religion that many evangelicals still label a cult.
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He will be back. He holds his delegates. What will be his strategy? Mc Cain looks hopeless. He might have to wait for an Obama administration to finish a term, but he will be back. The religion thing has all but died on the vine. All that is left is the echo of the the foul mouths, mostly anti-M's reverberating and cursing dark they live in. Carry on MITT. We love you.