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By Copyleft

February 7, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

And just yesterday, Hannity was whining about how Huckabee needed to drop out because HE was “splitting the conservative vote.”

Ahh, good ol’ Hannity… has he ever been right about anything?

By Netta

February 7, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

I am a die hard Republican - the thing is McCain is not a Republican. He is a political cross-dresser at best. He has been promoted by the media while other candidates have not been. The media has a huge influence in this country and it is amazing that smart people don’t think the media has their own agenda, they very clearly do. In addition those “very conservative newspapers” that supported him in Massachusetts are the furthest thing from conservative. They among other mainstream media sources have had a huge part in downplaying his unpopularity among Republican’s, also in not reporting, failing or forgetting to report everything that he has done to vote against Republican’s.

On the litmus test issues of our time, only partially excluding Iraq, McCain is a liberal.

— He excoriated Samuel Alito as too “conservative.”

— He promoted amnesty for 20 million illegal immigrants.

— He abridged citizens’ free speech (in favor of the media) with McCain-Feingold.

Now when someone from his camp was asked why they think he is so unpopular among Republican’s they state that it is because he is so outspoken, and such a maverick. As far as a definition, maverick by the way is given to someone who is unpredictable… and that is not what Republican’s want in a representative. The truth is if he was outspoken on REPUBLICAN issues they would love him. Democrats love him as the Republican candidate because he shares their view. When Bill Clinton was asked earlier in the race, when McCain first started making a comeback what he thought the debates would be like between Hillary and McCain if they ended up being the nominee’s… Bill Clinton said “Boring because they agree on so many issues”

McCain wanted to switch from the GOP to the Democratic party just a few short years ago! He supports the rights of people sneaking over the border! He wants Amnesty! If pushed he said “Alright I’ll give them the damn fence” He is a war hero, but that was also 40 years ago! Bush has allowed McCain to happen. Bush has also because of his extreme tolerence of illegals made the Republican party look bad. It is not that I want the country to go down the toilet in the next four years, the fact is IT IS GOING DOWN THE TOILET NO MATTER WHAT - And when it does I don’t want it going down the toilet on a Republican’s (albeit Political Cross-dresser that he is) Let it go down the toilet on the Democrat’s watch… This is the only chance we have of getting a REAL Republican candidate in the White house next time. If we support McCain now - which is what he expects - it is like telling the rest of our generation that this is the Republican party and also that you can be a Republican cross dresser and we’ll put up with it because we have no other choice. The only clear choice in this strategy is Hillary. If Obama gets the White House and does not succeed they will forgive him, he needs time to adjust, he has no experience, he has never even been in charge of anyone in any sort of managerial position before. We need Hillary - to fight against this fake Republican party that has surfaced - to give us time to re-establish the Republican party - to let McCain know that we do have a choice -

America needs to wake up and stop believing everything the media tells them!!!!

By Vincent DiCarlo

February 7, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Romney can’t speak on behalf of conservatives because nobody, including the conservatives who supported him because they disliked the other alternatives more, really trusts him.

By Damon

February 7, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Another brainless comment by someone without a brain :-) Congradulations

By Damon

February 7, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Another brainless comment by someone without a brain :-) Congratulations

By John Dunworth

February 7, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Romney is really pathetic - after being a liberal governor of Massachusetts he’s now trying to position himself as the moral crusader of the far right. He needs to retreat into his cocoon of wealth and never again try to impose himself and his ever changing beliefs on the real world. Mitt - please GO AWAY!!!

By Stine

February 7, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

Today�s �Republicans� are fools. They don�t even know what they stand for. Small government, low taxes, lots of personal freedom? Not our Republicans! How about big brother, tax cuts for corporations, and spending, yes, lots of spending. That�s what today�s �Republican party� is all about.

There is one man who hasn�t lost his way. Like the idea of lower taxes? Ron Paul is ready to abolish the IRS, the Federal Reserve, and return our currency to a gold standard. How will our huge government function without our illegally collected income taxes? Simple, it won�t be a huge government - it will be a small, constitutionally limited government. I was a democrat, so I don�t know, am I sounding Republican here?

America became the most prosperous nation on Earth through low taxes and a limited government. Now, if we leave the current Republicans OR Democrats to continue on this failed course of action it�ll cost 40 bucks to buy a bottle of water.

Big government doesn�t work - the FDA can�t protect people from harmful food or drugs, Social Security is going to be broke soon, government managed healthcare is a disaster, FEMA - need I go on?

Ron Paul can save the GOP. Ron Paul will MOP THE FLOOR with either Hillary or Barak. But if he isn�t their choice then, ironically, the GOP will disappear just like the Whigs - the very party their fresh ideas challenged and were successful against.

If you love America and the Constitution it was founded on, you owe it to your soul to go check out Dr. Paul.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION! www.ronpaul2008.com

By KYJurisDoctor

February 7, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Bye-bye, Flip Flopper Mitt Romney. We hardly knew you — or your sorry attempts to buy the Presidency!!

http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/02/breaking-news-mitt-romney-will-bow-out.html#links

By Stine

February 7, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Today�s �Republicans� are fools. They don�t even know what they stand for. Small government, low taxes, lots of personal freedom? Not our Republicans! How about big brother, tax cuts for corporations, and spending, yes, lots of spending. That�s what today�s �Republican party� is all about.

There is one man who hasn�t lost his way. Like the idea of lower taxes? Ron Paul is ready to abolish the IRS, the Federal Reserve, and return our currency to a gold standard. How will our huge government function without our illegally collected income taxes? Simple, it won�t be a huge government - it will be a small, constitutionally limited government. I was a democrat, so I don�t know, am I sounding Republican here?

America became the most prosperous nation on Earth through low taxes and a limited government. Now, if we leave the current Republicans OR Democrats to continue on this failed course of action it�ll cost 40 bucks to buy a bottle of water.

Big government doesn�t work - the FDA can�t protect people from harmful food or drugs, Social Security is going to be broke soon, government managed healthcare is a disaster, FEMA - need I go on?

Ron Paul can save the GOP. Ron Paul will MOP THE FLOOR with either Hillary or Barak. But if he isn�t their choice then, ironically, the GOP will disappear just like the Whigs - the very party their fresh ideas challenged and were successful against.

If you love America and the Constitution it was founded on, you owe it to your soul to go check out Dr. Paul.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION! www.ronpaul2008.com

By Edison AK

February 7, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Well looks like I’ll be voting for a democrat. I’d rather have Hillary for 4 years then McCain for 8.

GO HILLARY!!!

By Doug

February 7, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

I am sorry to see Mitt get out of the race. I am even more dismayed that we as a party don’t get it. I hope we do before it is to late. I think Mitt needed to vocalize more about what he wanted to do that was right. We needed him to tell us about fiscal responsibility, supporting our troops with what they need to finish the job right. Mitt seemed to be a little out of his element out there in the big time. McCain’s run that race before and has some experience doing it. I only hope he is smart enough to pick Romney for V.P. and give him the work to do. Mitt’s no afraid of some hard work, it is what he is about. He seems to have been given the tough jobs and comes out on top. We need someone like him to run the country with some business sense where responsibility and accountability matter. McCain’s been in Washington for most of my life and I don’t see what he has done to make this place any better, and now he is becoming our front man. We are sending him back to Washington for more of what we are all wanting a change from.

Enough about Ron Paul, maybe he just can add but 3% here and there just isn’t getting it done either.

By Brock Hamilton

February 7, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Challenge to Dunsworth: explain your claim that Romney’s a liberal.

By Edward C

February 7, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

* Go Mitt Romney!!! Thank you. We will look for you in 2012 *

By James

February 7, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Juris doctor said:

“Bye-bye, Flip Flopper Mitt Romney. We hardly knew you � or your sorry attempts to buy the Presidency!!”

I can’t think of a more disgusting comment than that one above.

Hey advocate nit-wit… Romney received just over 4 million votes while McCain received 4.7 million.

Huckabee will lose to McCain with far fewer votes.

By Cheryl TX

February 7, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

I am a die hard republican and the only way I would vote for McCain is if he doesn’t choose Huckabee as his running mate. I believe Huckabee is hurting the republican party by not having gotten out a long time ago. I believe Huckabee is a bigot who went after Romney because of religion.

By Jon

February 7, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

The problem Mitt Romney could not overcome in my opinion is that he is a Mormon. The only politically correct bigotry left in the U.S. is Mormon-bashing. If anyone says anything derogatory about another person based on race, gender, sexual orientation, political leanings, or even criminal history, it is simply an intolerable offence. But if the person happens to believe in the LDS faith, it’s open season!!! I can’t even begin to count the number of blogs I have read that say everything from ‘Mormons are not Christians’ to ‘Mormons are the incarnation of Satan himself.’ I wonder if those responsible for these blogs even know any Mormons personally…. but I digress.
Anyway, regardless I don’t feel like there is a good candidate left in the race. Romney would have been great for the economy, (he took the Salt Lake Olympics that were rocked by scandal and severely in debt, turned it around and made a tidy profit for Utah). Why couldn’t so many people see past his faith to his many other qualities and let him do that for our country? It boggles the mind!!!! Now who am I going to vote for? Hillary?? She already had her two terms! Obama? I can’t fathom it! McCain? We’ve seen that he will do unethical things to get elected (West Virginia/Huckabee deal.) So who’s left? Maybe I’ll vote for a Jehovah�s Witness!

By Dottie Collins

February 7, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

So sorry to see Gov. Romney step aside! He speaks for the conservatives in the Republican Party. Something good will come out of this. We must all speak up to let McCain know that he does not speak for conservatives!!

By K.Tamm

February 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

SAY IT AIN’T SO ROMNEY!!! YOUR OUR NATIONS ONLY HOPE!!!

By Christopher Lee Taylor

February 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

I am terribly disappointed by Gov. Romney dropping out. He is a great republican and I suspect, we will see him run again. When the country wises up to the fact that Democrats are fanciful idealists and will never run the country as well as Gov Romney could have.

By KaraLynne - CO

February 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

Cherl - others - are right. Romney was the only candidate that knew anything about fiscal matters. Huckabee is a religious bigot who cant win conservatives outside of the bible belt. We need someone like Mitt who could find votes in other places. Look at the votes in other states outside the deep south— where was Huckabee… right down there with Ron Paul. ITs too bad about Mitt Romney but I hope to see him in 2012 rather than VP because McCain is back handed and doesnt deserve to get the credit for the good Romney would do for him and this country.

By Christopher

February 7, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

I am terribly disappointed by Gov. Romney dropping out. He is a great republican and I suspect, we will see him run again. When the country wises up to the fact that Democrats are fanciful idealists and will never run the country as well as Gov Romney could have.

By ThomasJC

February 7, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

The fact that Mr. Romney is Mormon is not why he failed. He failed because (1) many people didn’t trust him; and (2) he couldn’t win in the South—a must for a Republican nominee.

I don’t agree with the name-calling against him, nor the name-calling against Huckabee or McCain.

If everything Mr. Romney said during this campaign were true, he would indeed have been a great conservative and would have been successful. The problem, honestly, is that his record (including very recent things he has done) is too much completely opposite of what he has been saying for people to trust him. I think that’s the real reason why he lost. I wish him well, and I will pray for him. But I am relieved that he is out of the race because this country desperately needs a president who truly will stand up without compromise for the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage—the two pillars of our nation.

It is primarily for that reason that I think Gov. Huckabee’s presence in this race is a blessing, and why I will vote for him.

By Pixie

February 7, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

We need a true “Super Tuesday” when ALL states vote. Then no more back-door deals, no more dropping out to put votes up for sale or barter, no more seeing good men withdraw for the sake of country and party while others benefit for being less moral.

In the mean time Let’s just all write in : Colin Powell. Maybe he will be as scared as I am of the choices for “leader” that we are faced with today.

By John Curtis

February 7, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Write in candidate time….can’t support McCain…he will ruin the Republican party…don’t get fooled! Basically, all the RINOS can line up behind McCain proposals without looking like they are siding with DEMs. If the Hillary offered up an identical proposal they would have to fight it without looking like sellouts. DO NOT VOTE for McCain he will use the moderate/independents to deny conseratives and will try to build the REPUBLICAN party with those same people and crowd out the conservatives. He will strengthen the RINO control of the RNC and fundraising…vote for Hillary and leave the old b$#%^%d out in the cold.

By Henry

February 7, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Congrats Evangelicals! Your bigotry just gave the nomination to a true blue democrat. How long until McCain dumps the Huckster overboard now that he doesn’t need him or his evangies anymore?

By John

February 7, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Huckabee supporters…you got used. He pulled a Perot and in the end you pulled the lever for McCain. You idiots…it’s not that I’m so much for Romney, but McCain will ruin the Party and will marginalize conservatives. He will woo you in the General, and then forget about you…and when he puts up closet liberal judges…remember Souter…do you think anybody in the Senate will stop him. And you morons can watch in horror because you put him there…way to go.

By Sad4now

February 7, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

It truly does disappoint me that Romney dropped out but it also shows that he is the bigger man for realizing having 2 conservatives split the vote paves the way for McCain. I can only hope now that Huckabee wins every state remaining to become the nominee.

By Janis

February 7, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this

Do not ever get in the way of that very Great American, Sean Hannity. He is not only a good man but in many ways inspired.

Romney is dropping out because he has better things to do than get muddied with the corruptions of the McCain campaign and his Democratic and Liberal supporters. He cannot tell you all he knows about these individuals because it would not be right, it would make him more like them.

The writer that declares McCain a non Republican is correct. Go to UTube and watch the videos about what the War Veterans have to say about the catering McCain did to the enemy. Good men, true men don’t like him. Sorry to say, I once did until I did a little research on my own.

Huckabee…lots to say about that, but can you imagine the laughs that name alone will draw from the rest of the world? The name alone says plenty. Will he play a banjo on the front porch of the White House if he ends up there? Maybe he’ll have a barrel of pickles next to him in a bench.

And incidentally, do you all realize that if Hillary is elected, chooses Bill for Vice President and something happens to her that Bill could legally be serving a third term?? Think about it! And if Obama is elected….well, we’re in deeper trouble than all of the above.

All of you sweet and quiet Repuplicans and Conservatives that stayed home and did not vote will have a grave price to pay for sitting in your comfortable places when you once had a voice. Do you know the meaning of the term complacency? Heaven help you for avoiding the obvious.

Janis

By John

February 7, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

ThomasJC your a rube. Do you really think McCain will do anything to protect life? Your as dumb as the Paulers becasue voting for Huckabee just ensured the biggest RINO could be headed for the Whitehouse. He has a clearly disastorous voting record for people of your outlook.

And Colin Powell, Lord have mercy…do anything of you all read anything? Try reading a transcript of his speeches.

By J Scott

February 7, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Washington “needs to be fixed” as everyone is saying. Yea it does.

But what “needs to be fixed” is the Republican National Party and their asinine method of nominating a candidate. Caucus’s, winner take all primaries, delegates, totally “Super Delegates”, catering to the power brokers of the Party, are the most corrupt, stupid, arrogant, and unfair way to select a candidate.

Primaries on different days, the press reporting eastern states results before the western states have even finished voting, exit polling, etc does not have anything vaguely describing a Democratic process.

All of this stuff is 19th Century b******, designed that way because of lack of ability to communicate except by horse and buggy.

If anything needs fixing, it is the whole voting process in the United States. Including doing away with the electoral college, another ancient, non-Democratic idea.

By whatplanet

February 7, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

This blog just reemphasizes that Ann Coulter isn’t the only idiot out there. Even if you disagree with McCain on all other issues, there are two overarching reasons to vote for him if you are truly a conservative: 1) he gets the war on Islamic terrorism and will not cut and run, and 2) the next president will undoubtedly appoint at least 2 Supreme Court justices. As for him “excoriating” Alito - he voted to confirm him, just like he voted to confirm all the other conservatives. When did we vote and make those litmus test issues? If you are so stupid as to think as Ann Coulter does, then enjoy the next 8 years under Clinton/Obama. You will deserve it.

By -UTConservative

February 7, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

I personally will be voting Democratic if it comes to choosing between McCain and Hillary or Obama. I think a message needs to be sent to the Republican party as a whole that we will not accept a democrat in sheep’s clothing as the republican nominee. Better a Democrat running as a Democrat than a Democrat calling himself a Republican.

By John

February 7, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Huckabee winning hahahahahhahahaha choke, cough, sputter…Winning?! hahahahahahaha…that foil just got a job somewhere in McCain’s whitehouse…this is positively hilarious!

By Dave

February 7, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Romney’s exit = America’s loss

By Romney our President

February 7, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

in 2012. I believe he will run again. He is the second coming of Ronald Reagan who lost during his first attempt. I now have no desire to vote. McCain is a liberal. Huckabee is a bigot. Liberals will gain control of everything and our great country will go into the toilet. Liberals support pornography, corruption, and everything bad in a society. I blame Rush Limbaugh and other true conservatives for not fully endorsing Romney from the begining. now, it’s too late. Thank you Gov. Romney was fighting for conservative values to save our country from liberals. We love you and will support you again in 2012.

By J Scott

February 7, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Janis wrote: All of you sweet and quiet Republicans and Conservatives that stayed home and did not vote will have a grave price to pay for sitting in your comfortable places when you once had a voice.

Janis, I do not consider anyone a Republican if he doesn’t vote. And you don’t want to know what I call them other than un-American, lazy, dolts. They belong in the donkey party, that caters to the whims and needs of the people dependent on government to fulfill all of their needs.

By Joe

February 7, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Thank God! Now Mike has a chance. How can people not realize hat it was Romney who was being the spoiler? The only reason he was getting any where is because he was outspending Huckabee 10 to 1! I know H is no Reagan, but who is? Mike is a whle lot closer to a conservative than Mac can ever dream of. The Republcan party ought to dismiss him from the party. Can we please vote for the only Republican left!

By John

February 7, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

whatplanet…yea right! (sarcasm) He wasn’t nominating them was he…he was still trying to show something of record to show those with a short in memory something. Meanwhile he’s writing legislation with Kennedy, Feingold, supporting embedding international…remember Keating Five and yes excoriating Alioto gives you an indication of what type of justice he will prefer. Just like the “GD fence.” Go ahead drink the koolaid.

By John

February 7, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

whatplanet…yea right! (sarcasm) He wasn’t nominating them was he…he was still trying to show something of record to show those with a short in memory something. Meanwhile he’s writing legislation with Kennedy, Feingold, supporting embedding international law…remember Keating Five and yes excoriating Alioto gives you an indication of what type of justice he will prefer. Just like the “GD fence.” Go ahead drink the koolaid.

By MK in Arizona

February 7, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

It is a sad day for the country! Romney would have been absolutely the most dignified, smart, moral, conservative person to run the White House. I think he has more class in his little finger than McCain and Huckabee combined. Like he said, its not all about him. He is looking at the good of the country and the republican values we hold so dear. I know we have not seen the last of Romney yet and I for one will be anxiously waiting for 2012 when I think his time will come. The country will be so ready for his wisdom and values by that time that he will breeze to the nomination. My only wish at this time would be for McCain to please NOT pick Huckabee as VP! He has hurt a lot of feelings with his religously bigoted comments about Mormonism and does not deserve to help represent our country. I think it would hurt Mccains chances in uniting the party because of the back door deals many saw him do with Huckabee and don’t think that is very ethical. Vote for Mitt Romney in 2012!

By Noel Frattasio

February 7, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

It is a sad day in American politics. The true reality is that the typical American has no desire to educate himself/herself on the issues involved in a campaign. Too many Americans take political advice from the New York Times, Boston Herald and the rest of the liberal media outlets who have a strong dislike for America. Mitt Romney was the only person in this race who could accurately and articulately provide a conservative American viewpoint. Unfortunately the only chance we now have is to let the Democrats take the white house in November (McCain is really a Democrat anyway and therefore we are not giving up anything by not having him win in November) and wait 4 years for America to realize the mistake it has made. By then the country should be ready to move back to a more conservative approach and hopefully Romney will be waiting in the wings

By Joseph

February 7, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Without disclosing my political loyalties and only looking at the situation objectively, I would like to make the following comment.

ThomasJC, you wrote the following, “The fact that Mr. Romney is Mormon is not why he failed. He failed because (1) many people didn�t trust him; and (2) he couldn�t win in the South”.

I agree with your first reason but will forgo a discussion on why so that I can discuss your second reason. I respectfully contend that one of the reasons Gov. Romney did not win in the South is because of his Mormon faith. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints living in the South and am often astonished at how misunderstood my religion is in this part of the country.

If Gov. Romney was not competing with a Baptist preacher he would have had a good chance of taking the South. But with Gov. Huckabee in the equation, Romney had a huge obstacle to overcome. Looking at the situation objectively, Romney�s failure can in part be attributed to his faith.

By al girl

February 7, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

i am so sad that mitt romney decided to drop out of the race, i say i dont blame him at all///he had all the answers,he was the only person who is running for president that would have turned this country in the right direction,please do not let a paticular person who is running for president get it ,, we will be in true dispair… wake up america,,, be one nation under god…..a christian nation that this land was founded on…

By C. R.

February 7, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

Many of you are fools to speak in such a way. Romney is the one person who has truly represented true American values. Thank you to Noel, for the realistic perspective of the recent events.

By John Nett

February 7, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

It amazes me that some will talk about Evangelicals as Bigots and hate mongers claiming that Mormons are the last group it is OK to be opposed to (as you call evengelicals bigoted and hatemongering…does anyone else see the IRONY here…ANYONE? ANTONE?).

After the Iowa Caususes Commentator Michael Medved drew attention to some VERY interesting stats coming out of the caususes. You can read his comments and review the stats yourself here.

http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/75f7897d-1fb4-4a2f-9177-32b8ee72fe17

Sadly, there is much greater animus towards evengelicals than there is toward mormons, atheists, or any other group you’d like to single out in this nation right now.

Here is the truth…Huckabee will NEVER be president BECAUSE he is an EVANGELICAL. If he was a millionaire business-man with all else being the same, Rush, Hannity, Coulter and all of you very clear minded, un-bigoted, rational conservatives would rally behind his cause.

NOW, as for myself, the BIGOTED, Hate-mongering, EVANGELICAL that I am will just shut up and get to the back fo the REPUBLICAN party where I belong where you can find me the next time you need my vote.

GOD Bless you ALL, Bigoted Christian Conservative in Iowa

By Mike

February 7, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

You better believe that Romney’s disappointing results are all about his faith. Don’t kid yourself. Mike Huckabee and his network of hypocritical, bigoted evangelicals doomed his candidacy from the start. I know that he spread the word to all of his preacher buddies to keep this Mormon for becoming president. They are all idiots! Mitt Romney is clearly head and shoulders above either McCain or Hickabee. What a joke those two are. I will now not be able to vote in November for a Repuclican. There is no Republican in the race anymore. What these ignorant people have done is to ensure that the Democrats will occupy the White House for the next 16 years. Way to go! You will now get what you deserve.

By Missouri Voter

February 7, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

This country doesn’t deserve someone as honorable as Mitt Romney. Good for him for stepping over the McCain/Huckabee mud pile and the simpletons who support them. Republicans who rejected Romney will get what they deserve in November — a Democrat in the White House.

By Shannon

February 7, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

I’m a die-hard Huckabee supporter. He isn’t afraid to share what he believes in. Mormonism isn’t going to get you to heaven. Call it bigotry if that’s what helps you sleep through the night, but he wouldn’t be doing his job as a follower of Christ if he didn’t expel the dilusions of the Mormon cult. And yes, it is a cult. There is only one way to get to Heaven and it isn’t through Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven and at the rate America is going, you’re going to go to one of two places sooner rather than later.

By Craig

February 7, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

I truly hope those thinking of bolting the party rethink this completely. This is not 1996 or any earlier campaign. Those willing to just give up on voting for the nominee must keep in mind that we are at war with extremism. We have economic issues facing our nation. This is not exactly just a �typical� period in US politics. You can take a �cut and run� approach thinking we can just cut our losses and come back and try again in 2012 0r 2016. But if you truly are principled in your beliefs, are you willing to put the country in the hands of Hillary Clinton or Obama for 4-8 years? Again, in 1996, that thought may have been more reasonable (if that IS even reasonable). But think on this. We are still dealing with Iraq and Afghanistan. Helping Hillary/Obama means those in uniform will NOT complete their mission. Do you wish to take this approach to those in uniform? Think of the courts as well. Odds are even a single term of a Democrat will give them at least one seat to confirm to the SCOTUS. That can impact decisions for at least 2 decades. Think guns, speech, life, redistricting, etc. Think of lower courts as well. Think eocnomics. Think minimum wage. Think protectionism. Think regulations. Think taxes. Think jobs. Lastly, think on this. To those who think bolting the party and cutting so called losses is the proper way to go, think do you really want to be complacent in handing the keys of ALL THREE branches of government over to the Democrats? Do you want to hand this country over to a party that will strip every aspect of conservative, strict constructionist concepts currently in place? Do you want to give them at least 4 years only to set us back 20 years in court decisions and regulatory and economic effects? This is NOT just some little 4 years of Clinton or Obama just looking good for the cameras. This is 4 - in effect 20 years of liberal principles digging into the depths of policy. Hillary/Obama, Pelosi, and Reid taking control of the third branch of government and controlling our military and national security along with how we deal with Iran, Syria, North Korea, al Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas, Hizbollah, etc. Just remember that a RISK of 4 years in the other direction has more than 4 years effect on our nation. The Dems on here will laugh at me for taking this route but those on the Right who think laying low and waiting is smart, it truly amounts to cut and run. Those thinking these thoughts do not realize that there are a completely different set of ends that do NOT justify these means.

By Trent

February 7, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

Romney’s exit = Democrat President. Clearly Romney recognizes that as a “republican” candidate, McCain is unelectable. He sees that the republican party is going to be too slow on the take this time around and he is getting out to allow them to fail miserably to make his point. This actully proves that he is an intelligent man with foresight and purpose instead of an emotional rube like Huckabee who just blindly charges ahead with tremendous prejudice and without regard to the damage he is doing to his own cause. McCain and Huckabee will lose huge in the general election and Mitt will be ready in 2012 to come back and clean up whatever mess Hillary has made of our country. Hopefully by then the republican party will get their act together and endorse him fully from day one.

By Keith Shurtleff

February 7, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

To Vote or Not…….Another apology to Shakespeare. The current state of conservative affairs begs for a look at this key issue from the eyes of Hamlet!

To VOTE or not to VOTE, that is the question; Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind of conservative republicans to suffer under pretended conservative leadership, possessed of hastily adopted values, barely tolerable platforms and very short memories of the past, Or to express disgust at a party awash in compromise, by sitting out the vote, and allowing the landslide victory of a foe, who though a foe is a foe both heart and soul, without pretense as to what their moral views are. To boycott, yes, to abandon the party to its fate, if only for a time. To gloat …To see conservatives, who are no conservatives, trounced by Democrats. Democrats? Aye, there’s the rub, For in that boycott, and from that gloat, may rise with foul stench, four years of Clintonian rule, whoever is nominated to presided. Four years, Oh……perish the thought! Such self-caused horror must give us pause. Alas, compromise, a dirty yet familiar friend.
Would not four years of pretended conservative rule, be far more to be desired then equal time of liberal anarchy? Perchance, but then what of the bogs of sticky mud, found oft on the roads to compromise! What next? How far? How long? How liberal the next pretended conservative? When does one say enough!!!!! Be we conservatives in name only. Shall we be, and act the part, of the very thing we now despise to support, yet fear to abandon. Does conscience truly make cowards of us all? Shall we support the lesser evil, til it grows to be the greater. No, four years is long indeed, more so when under liberal rule, yet not so long as hell suffered by conscience seared closed, forever blotted out by compromise.
And to Vote, what is to vote but to express one’s true ideals. Would not a refusal to exercise such right, be vote itself, a firm expression of lines one will not cross, principles one will not set aside, be the inevitable victor ne’r so vile! Aye to vote or not to vote, that truly is the question!

By J Scott

February 7, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

To Craig: Don’t blame those bolting the Republican party for the losses. Blame the Republican National Party for their asinine, communistic, ancient, way of selecting a nominee.

Blame belongs directly on their arrogant, self-serving, drooping shoulders. No where else.

By Optimist

February 7, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

This is what you Republicans get…

You should have had sense enough to ensure the nomination of one

GENERAL COLIN POWELL

TOO LATE…OBAMA ‘08!!!!!!!!

*By the way Hillary will not be nominated so there goes your hopes uniting the party in the general LOL

By Optimist

February 7, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

This is what you Republicans get…

You should have had sense enough to ensure the nomination of one

GENERAL COLIN POWELL

TOO LATE…OBAMA ‘08!!!!!!!!

*By the way Hillary will not be nominated so there goes your hopes of uniting the party in the general LOL

By Optimist

February 7, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

This is what you Republicans get…

You should have had sense enough to ensure the nomination of one

GENERAL COLIN POWELL

TOO LATE…OBAMA ‘08!!!!!!!!

*By the way Hillary will not be nominated so there goes your hopes of uniting the party in the general LOL

By Mandy Sue

February 7, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

THIS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTS ME-QUOTE “I�m a die-hard Huckabee supporter. He isn�t afraid to share what he believes in. Mormonism isn�t going to get you to heaven. Call it bigotry if that�s what helps you sleep through the night, but he wouldn�t be doing his job as a follower of Christ if he didn�t expel the dilusions of the Mormon cult. And yes, it is a cult. There is only one way to get to Heaven and it isn�t through Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven and at the rate America is going, you�re going to go to one of two places sooner rather than later.”

IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING AT ALL YOU WOULD KNOW THAT MORMONS BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND KNOW THAT THROUGH HIS ATONEMENT-WE ARE ABLE TO BE WHAT YA’LL CALL “SAVED”-AND GET TO HEAVEN-THE BOOK OF MORMON IS A RECORD OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT DURING CHRISTS REIGN AND AFTER HIS RESURRECTION…TRY READING IT INSTEAD OF JUST BASHING IT BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS… HOPE YOU CAN SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT KNOWING THAT YOUR VOTE ALLOWED THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE OFFICE….YES-THE HUCKABEE SUPPORTERS ARE THE ONLY REASON ROMNEY DIDN’T WIN-HAVE YOU NOTICED HUCKABEE HAS YET TO WIN ANYWHERE BUT THE BIBLE BELT? CAME IN WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NOTHING EVERYWHERE ELSE… ROMNEY WOULD HAVE WON ALMOST EVERY OTHER STATE HAD HIS CONSERVATIVE VOTE NOT BEEN HELD UP BY HUCK-HE WAS A CLOSE SECOND OR FIRST IN EVERY OTHER STATE OUTSIDE THE DEEP SOUTH…YOU CAN’T WIN THE NOMINATION BY THE BIBLE BELT EITHER. ROMNEY WILL DESTROY HUCKABEE IN 2012 BECAUSE HE WILL WIN EVERY STATE MCAIN WON IN THE EAST AND THE STATES MCCAIN/ROMNEY WON in the WEST/NORTHWEST/MIDWEST while HUCKABEE GETS NOWHERE WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU….

By Mandy Sue

February 7, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

THIS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTS ME-QUOTE “I�m a die-hard Huckabee supporter. He isn�t afraid to share what he believes in. Mormonism isn�t going to get you to heaven. Call it bigotry if that�s what helps you sleep through the night, but he wouldn�t be doing his job as a follower of Christ if he didn�t expel the dilusions of the Mormon cult. And yes, it is a cult. There is only one way to get to Heaven and it isn�t through Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven and at the rate America is going, you�re going to go to one of two places sooner rather than later.”

IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING AT ALL YOU WOULD KNOW THAT MORMONS BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST AND KNOW THAT THROUGH HIS ATONEMENT-WE ARE ABLE TO BE WHAT YA’LL CALL “SAVED”-AND GET TO HEAVEN-THE BOOK OF MORMON IS A RECORD OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT DURING CHRISTS REIGN AND AFTER HIS RESURRECTION…TRY READING IT INSTEAD OF JUST BASHING IT BEFORE YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS… HOPE YOU CAN SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT KNOWING THAT YOUR VOTE ALLOWED THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE OFFICE….YES-THE HUCKABEE SUPPORTERS ARE THE ONLY REASON ROMNEY DIDN’T WIN-HAVE YOU NOTICED HUCKABEE HAS YET TO WIN ANYWHERE BUT THE BIBLE BELT? CAME IN WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NOTHING EVERYWHERE ELSE… ROMNEY WOULD HAVE WON ALMOST EVERY OTHER STATE HAD HIS CONSERVATIVE VOTE NOT BEEN HELD UP BY HUCK-HE WAS A CLOSE SECOND OR FIRST IN EVERY OTHER STATE OUTSIDE THE DEEP SOUTH…YOU CAN’T WIN THE NOMINATION BY THE BIBLE BELT EITHER. ROMNEY WILL DESTROY HUCKABEE IN 2012 BECAUSE HE WILL WIN EVERY STATE MCAIN WON IN THE EAST AND THE STATES MCCAIN/ROMNEY WON in the WEST/NORTHWEST/MIDWEST while HUCKABEE GETS NOWHERE WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU….

By Optimus

February 7, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Hillary, Obama, whatever - it’s all the same.

If Obama is nominated and elected, great! What will come of that? I guarantee it won’t be “Change” - he won’t accomplish a thing because he’s just a pretty face with nothing inside.

By Leslie

February 7, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

Ah, man, I just love Romney! Loved these quotes from his speech.

So sad he’s out for now and hoping he’ll be back in 2012.

I’m a delegate to our county’s convention and I may well vote for him there, anyway. I cannot imagine voting for McCain.

By Craig

February 7, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

J Scott - this is a direct means to vote. Personally, the caucuses, you know the ones Romney won, are the ludicrous methods of selection. I have no issue with the primaries as they are. But I do oppose the caucuses. But that still has nothing to do with the bolting of the party. The same people on talk radio who have hammered McCain on the issues are the EXACT SAME ONES who have sat back for the past 8 years and let Bush give us big government and a greater tax burden. Rush and Hannity have no problem with Bush protecting the Department of Education and adding No Child Left Behind (of which Romney supported FYI). Take a look at the 1994 revolution and the Contract. What happened to that? The same people whining now were the ones who gave us Bush and STILL act as if he is the best. These are the same people who are telling me I should have overlooked decades of Romney acting liberal and even trying to out-liberal Ted Kennedy. Some of you were trying to tell me some guy who supported the Brady Bill, opposed abortion restrictions, gave MA gay marriage, appointed Democrats the the state courts in MA, opposed Bush tax cuts and lied about it, and even trashed Reagan was truly conservative. Sorry but McCain is the man and we need to support him. As we’ve heard before, you are either with us or with them. If you don’t mind handing over the world to terrorists and slapping the faces of those in uniform, and have no issue handing the country over to the liberal policies affecting us all for 20 years, it’s your game. Frankly, if so-called conservatives have NO problem intentionally aiding liberals to take over, I question whether these are true conservatives. If you feel this way, show us just how ‘principled’ you are and send your entire paycheck over to Hillary or Obama. Help terrorists. Open an abortion clinic. Join a union. Burn a flag and hand in your guns. No point going half-@$$ed on the issue. Go full steam.

By Leslie

February 7, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

P.S. Add me as another voice that knows that Romney’s out because he’s Mormon. And, that’s also the reason why Huckabee stayed in. He most certainly viewed having a Mormon president gasp as legitimizing Mormonism as many evangelicals feel and would never EVER vote for a Mormon any more than a KKK member would vote for Obama. Yes, that factor is very alive and well and those who don’t know that are either in denial or truly don’t know how acrimonious many evangelicals are toward Mormons.

By Doug

February 7, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Shannon wrote: “There is only one way to get to Heaven and it isn�t through Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven.”

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I like you and many others of similar faith believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. It is only in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, that I find hope of eternal life and salvation. It is only the Lord Jesus Christ who is able to bridge the gap to allow me to overcome physical death and sin.

I have friends of all faiths who I deeply respect and admire. I do not presume to tell them what their Church teaches and I do not tell them how to live their life.

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I testify to you and all who have eyes to see and ears to hear that “..salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Mosiah 3: 8, 12 [This is a verse in the Book of Mormon].

Salvation does not come from Joseph Smith, Moses, Noah or any other Prophet of God. The Church is not called the Church of Joseph Smith. It is called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

I deeply respect your religion and your right to worship or not to worship as you see fit. “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul�We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.” The 13th Article of Faith of my Church.

Finally, “… whosoever will come may come and partake of the waters of life freely; and whosoever will not come the same is not compelled to come;….” Alma 42:27

If you would like to learn more about what my Church actually teaches, you can go to www.lds.org.