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DEL.ICIO.USPerdue or Romney for VP?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
While awaiting the possible end for Hillary in Ohio and Texas — she says not, but who believes it? — attention turns to John McCain and the suggestion attributed to Karl Rove that he pick Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate.
Rove and other GOP leaders — including, I can say with good authority the true-blue fiscal conservative Joe McCutchen of Ellijay, whose voice is often heard on conservative call-in shows — have advised McCain to pick Romney. The Rove position is according to Washington columnist Robert Novak.
McCutchen argues that picking Romney would solidify McCain’s support among small businessmen — and it would, no doubt, strengthen confidence in McCain’s ability to deal with the economy. The appeal to GOP bigwigs, opines Novak, is that he’d be able to raise cash for McCain and would attract conservatives inclined to wander off the reservation come November.
On the vice presidential question, what would you advise the two of them — McCain and Romney — to do here? Romney certainly has far more appeal with conservatives than does Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, another rumored candidate.
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is mentioned now and then as a possible McCain running mate? Does he have any appeal to you — and would he help McCain nationally?
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By Apocalypse
March 3, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
Obama, Plouffe and Axelrod: The Dreamteam
DAVID PLOUFFE Campaign manager for Barack Obama
The power behind the phenomenon that is Barack Obama. One of the top Democratic political strategists in the country, Plouffe, a former Capitol Hill staffer for Dick Gephardt, is the one advising Obama’s supporters to keep their nerve despite the rising poll numbers of Hillary Clinton.
Condemns “the destructive tactics that have dominated Washington and our elections for too long” and believes Obama’s inspiring biography and outsider status will prevail. Has staked everything on an Obama victory in the Iowa caucus puncturing the Hillary Clinton bubble and destroying the sense that she is the inevitable Democratic nominee.
David Plouffe is one of the most experienced and successful strategists in the Democratic party.
As executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the 1999-2000, Plouffe led a focused national campaign that moved a record $95 million to House races across the country, and helped add to the party’s membership in the House of Representatives.
Prior to joining the DCCC, Plouffe served as Democratic leader Richard Gephardt’s Deputy Chief of Staff in 1997-1998. He joined Leader Gephardt after managing the successful campaign to fill Bill Bradley’s seat in the U.S. Senate for Bob Torricelli, the most hotly contested U.S. Senate race in the 1996 cycle.
Plouffe served as the Campaign Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Director in 1995, joining the DSCC after managing a U.S. Senate race in Delaware in 1994 for Attorney General Charlie Oberly against Senator Bill Roth.
Plouffe also successfully managed Congressman John Olver’s first reelection bid in western Massachusetts in 1992 and served as a State Field Director for Senator Tom Harkin’s Presidential campaign in the 1992 cycle, after serving as the Deputy Field Director in Harkin’s successful 1990 U.S. Senate race.
Plouffe joined AKP&D Message and Media in the winter of 2000, and became a named partner of the firm upon returning in February 2004 after serving as a top strategist to Dick Gephardt in his Presidential bid.
David Axelrod The KING of Chicago’s Political Consultants
David Axelrod is one of the pre-eminent political media consultants in the United States, having produced winning media and messages for over 150 campaigns at the local, state, and national levels. Since opening the firm twenty years ago, Axelrod has been attracted to candidates and causes that offer more humane policies and progressive change.
In 2004, Axelrod helped State Senator Barack Obama score a landslide win in his U.S. Senate campaign, developing a message and media strategy that enabled Obama to defeat six opponents in the Democratic primary with an astounding 53% of the vote. He is currently serving as media advisor to Obama’s presidential campaign.
In 2006, Axelrod oversaw the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s independent expenditure media program, helping Democrats regain the House Majority for the first time since 1994. That same year, Axelrod served as media advisor to Deval Patrick, former head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, who was elected Massachusetts’ first Democratic governor in 16 years, and the first ever African American governor of the state.
A native of New York City, Axelrod graduated from the University of Chicago and spent eight years as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, where he covered national, state and local politics. In 1981, he became the youngest political writer and columnist in the paper’s history. He also served as its City Hall Bureau Chief.
Leaving journalism in 1984, Axelrod managed Paul Simon’s upset victory over incumbent U.S. Senator Charles Percy in Illinois. Since then, he has worked for leading Democrats across the country, including Senator Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in New York, Governor Tom Vilsack in Iowa and Congressman Rahm Emanuel in Illinois. A specialist in urban politics, Axelrod has produced victories for mayoral candidates in Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit and Washington, D.C.
In addition to candidate races, Axelrod has developed successful media campaigns for many ballot initiatives and independent committees. In 2003, an Axelrod ad featuring former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop was cited as a major factor in defeating an anti-affirmative action initiative in California. He has produced advertising in support of raises for Illinois home healthcare workers and on behalf of stem-cell research.
Axelrod has served as an Adjunct Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and has lectured on political media at Harvard University, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a frequent guest on national TV networks, including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, ABC News, Fox News, PBS, and CNBC.
Active in charitable work in Chicago, Axelrod has lent his efforts in support of The Special Olympics and Misericordia. In 1998, he and his wife Susan helped found Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE), which has raised more than $5 million so far for scientists searching for a cure.
By jm
March 3, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
If McCain is looking for someone to help with the economy, I would prefer that he go with someone like Tommy Thompson, former Governor of Wisconsin than Perdue.
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
Perdue! Perdue! Perdue for VP!
It’s PERFECT for him. And then we could get a Governor without the trouble and expense of a recall. It gets better and better!
As long as the Perdue family and their undertaker didn’t tell, the new President could have Sonny planted behind the VP’s desk in the Old Exec Ofc. Bldg. behind a locked door and nobody would be any the wiser! Just thinking about it is enough to change the weather: already things are going from Sonny to sunny! WOW!
Now, is there an actual Republican in the state’s congressional delegation who’d be available to, yunno, govern the state—-to dispose of matters while Sonny’s matter decomposes?
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
The History of the Bush Years: Conservatism is dead. Sen. Craig sounded taps, with his flag at half-mast.
By Redneck Convert
March 3, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
Well, I say if the Rev. Huckabee won’t do for VP then this librul McCain needs to pick old Sonny as a godly, conservative part of the ticket.
McCain will get GA anyhow, seeing as how no GA redneck would ever vote for one of Those People or a cookie baker, but adding Sonny would bring in the true Christians from all over. Just think how good Sonny would do if he brung Prayer to national problems, like he done with the GA Water Plan. People with no doctor? Old Sonny could lead a National Prayer Service and maybe bring in Oral Roberts Jr. to heal up the sick and make them not need Drs. Maybe he could even lead a national ban on beer sales on Sunday.
War? Old Sonny could lead a National Prayer Service so none of our troops would get kilt while they served. No jobs? Old Sonny could sic the FBI on all the lazy bums that won’t take a job at McDonalds and want to live off of our taxes. And as head of the Senate, old Sonny could put a hurt on all the librul Democrats that want to put a stop to naming godly Conservative judges. This old geezer Byrd won’t stand a chance. Sonny will veto him the way he done all the bills last year.
And with national power, Sonny could see to it that TN hands over the land that has part of the TN River. Us GA folk would have all the water we want. There would be a powerful bunch of yard watering then.
Yep, old Sonny could get us off of our feet and onto our knees, where we belong. Just not on our knees like this Lewinsky woman was.
Well, Wooten finally give us a easy one to answer. Now its off to the Dr. for me. He’s going to check my bowel. Last time, he throwed up and I did too. I don’t know what he had to throw up about. I was the one with that thing stuck up my rear end.
Have a good day everybody.
By cons3rvative
March 3, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
If Romney is the VP, I’ll switch party. He isn’t a conservative and how could he get the evangelicals if he is Mormon? No offense to the LDS, but evangelicals are traditional Christians and Catholics. Mormons are different. Romney flip flopped on the Gay issues and Mccain is also for gay rights. not good. Romney and Mccain are not real pro-life conservatives.. so why try to pretend they are?
Karl Rove knows better what is for our party then we do?
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Conservatism and Communism both are so vaguely-defined that they easily become the ideological underpinnings of tyranny. Be glad that conservatism is dead, America, and attend the funeral, where Sen. Craig will sound taps, with his flag at half-mast.
By cons3rvative
March 3, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain almost called himself a liberal on Thursday, getting ahead of himself as he contrasted himself with the Democratic candidates.
“I’m a proud, conservative, liberal Republi-” McCain said
He corrected himself immediately. “Let me say this: I am a proud, conservative Republican, and both of my possible or likely opponents today are liberal Democrats.”
vote Huckabee. we know where he stands.
By Ron
March 3, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
Huckabee can help in the South more than Perdue.Crist can really help in Florida,but unknown beyond that.Republicans do not want Romney,period.They’re not all that keen on McCain either,but they’re stuck with him.Huckabee is the best choice.People wiil figure McCain’s age and the chance of the V.P. becoming the P.
By cons3rvative
March 3, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
blogfather; conservatism is not dead, and your lude Sen Craig comment isn’t funny.
Even though we have no conservative “presumptive nominee” conservatism represents the best in the republican party. Pro life. Immigration. Reduction of taxes and national security. The problem is not that the movement is dead, it’s that the media has tried to portay liberals as “true conservatives”
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Conservatism, with your nosed pressed up against the windows in the electoral college, there is no party for you today…only death!
clickclicksnapsnapclicksnap
By mickeyd
March 3, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
McCain would be very smart to pick Sonny Perdue as his VP running mate. Check out www.McCainperdue.com and you can easily see the credentials that Sonny brings to the GOP ticket.
By Walter
March 3, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
NEITHER! No more wingnuts or social conservatives…period.
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
jm,
You were right; I overreacted to your juxtaposition of “competition” and “guarantee” yesterday.
Obviously neither of us wants a rigged competition, and nor do we want cutthroat gaming in healthcare. To find agreement on the middle, I think we’d have to discuss and decide where, in each kind of medical transaction, the commonweal lies or doesn’t lie. That would take some time, but probably it would be better than hurling the chestnuts of free market vs. social control.
I keep coming back to the origin of the word “hospital”—-to that sense of how much has been lost. It’s like the difference between the Red Cross, a parasitic and disgraced organization, and the Red Crescent, a purposeful and ardent one.
By GayGreyGeek
March 3, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
cons cubed @ 10:37 - those professing “conservatism” have sheepled themselves behind Bush I and Bush II, neither of whom have done diddly-squat on your checklist-o-litmus-tests.
It’s not the media’s fault - y’all have hitched your star to, well, mere asteroids.
By mickeyd
March 3, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue’s supporters already have a website touting Sonny’s attributes. Check out www.mccainperdue.com and see for yourself. Go Sonny!!!
By Franklin
March 3, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Blogfather, these “true” conservatives haven’t got it yet. They singlehandedly killed the Republican party. Moderates are the true majority and in it’s purest since the true conservatives. Furthermore, the party needs to run as fast as it can away from these toxic conservatives. The nomination and support of John McCain by moderates and independents should have been a warning shot across their bow. But does the cretin wing of the party get it? No. They are way too stupid to figure out that they have lost all relevance.
By Tommy
March 3, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
The only way John McCain wins this election is to pick a running mate squarely in the center. After all the VP will be next in line to run. Wingnuts guarantee defeat for the Republican party for generations to come. Stay away from them at all cost.
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
CNN just reported that Hell’s Angels once conspired to kill conservatism.
By ajarizona
March 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
Romney flipped less than McCain or Hucabee, check the facts, it’s documented.
Romney “got” the Evangelical vote in Michigan and out West, and was neck and neck with the Evangelicals in the South.
Most Evangelicals are not Keller, Ankerburg bigots. And remember that Romney can deliver some Midwest States, the West and some Northeastern States, which Hucabeee will “never, ever” deliver.
His bigotry doesn’t play well in most of the Country other than a few Deep South pockets and Iowa.
Romney’s credentials are impecable. McCain needs a Valedictorian, Cumlaude Harvard grad in Law with an MBA, as well as somebody who’s actually met a payroll, created jobs and understands the World Economy.
None of the remaining four candidates can even compare to Romney. Its’s McCains only chance. Otherwise, Conservatives stay home.
When Romney left the race he had 4 million votes to McCain’s 4.7. He had won 11 states to McCains’s 13. Romney will bolster McCain like nobody else can.
ajarizona
By OnTrack
March 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
Michelle Obama on Larry King Live:
M. Obama - “I don’t think about what could go wrong.’ >>>>’I’ve never spent my life thinking about what could go wrong<<<< or else I wouldn’t be here.’”
Larry King - “What have you not liked so far?”
M. Obama - “You know, I have to tell you.’ ‘I’m one of these people who walks down every dark road before I take on a pretty ambitious process and that’s one of the things I did.’ ‘I sort of .>>>thought about all the things that could go wrong.<<<<’”
Huh?
Can you say CON-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N all within one minute?
By DouglasD.
March 3, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Karl Rove my azz! He got the party into this mess and trying to slip Romney into the mix is a not so subtle attempt to get another wingnut into the inner circle. Karl Rove needs to go away. The penetentiary would be a great place for him to spend the next election cycle.
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
McCain doesn’t have a chinaman’s chance of winning the white house. Obamamania represents a tectonic shift in the zeitgeist, a paradigm oscillation in the national conscience, a 180 in the upper 48. Tippicanoe and Obama 2. Damn the conservatives, full obama ahead. I regret that I have but one obama to vote 4 in my country. The torch has been passed to a new obama. Ask not what obama can do for you, but what obama can do for your country. Some men see presidential candidates as they are and say why. I see candidates as they could be, and say, “Obama”.
By jbmlaw
March 3, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
Good morning all. As I evaluate potential vice president candidates, I adhere to the teachings of John Nance Gardner. Presence or absence on the ticket of Mitt Romney, Sonny Perdue, or the corpse of William F. Buckley will not cause me to vote for or against Mr. McCain. I am inclined to believe he now sees the light on tax cuts and conservative judges, and barring some suggestion that he would be worse on either than Hussein, I will vote for Mr. McCain. If Captain Queeg has all of his strawberries, he will select a conservative, and he could do worse than Romney.
By les franks
March 3, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
Unless McCain has a major brain infarct, I don’t think he will be stupid enough to ask Perdue to even clean out his cat’s litter box. No one outside this state knows what we are saddled with here. Once they caught wind of what miscreant he is, even die-hard McCain fans would abandon him.
Perdue is in every respect a “worst case scenario”.
By tspec
March 3, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
http://www.armchairsubversive.com
By floridav
March 3, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
Well said, ajarizona. McCain would be smart to pick Romney. But I’m not so sure it would be in Romney’s best interest. Romney 2012!
By Art
March 3, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
Good morning Jamil Barack Mustafah Law.
By tspec
March 3, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
http://www.armchairsubversive.com
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
Celebrity Obituary
Conservatism is dead. Sen. Craig will sound taps, with his flag at half-mast.
Long live liberty, freedom, and the American way!
By songbird
March 3, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
To consr3vative at 10:37 a.m. To me conservative = ignorant. The grammar and spellng in your post proves me correct.
By songbird
March 3, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
To consr3vative at 10:37 a.m. To me conservative = ignorant. The grammar and spellng in your post proves me correct.
By AH
March 3, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
As much as I like Purdue I think the GA water wars with Ala, Fla, and now Tenn will create friction that we don’t need in November.
Crist is a RINO if I have ever seen one. He now wants to accommodate the Democrats of Fla by having the tax payers pay for a do over in the Primary.
Romney, sorry that dog don’t hunt. I think he would make a good cabinet member to help with the economy, but he is not a true conservative.
I voted for Huckabee, but he is not the answer either.
I’m beginning to think Mark Sanford might be a doable choice but I’m not sure yet.
By George Woodruff
March 3, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
After reading some of the postings disguised as “comments” on this issue, I can only conclude that the invention of the computer provides an outlet for idiots whose venomous blatherings often overloads their tiny brains. I do agree that some of the “comments? on both sides are fairly well reasoned and complement the writers but many are plain asinine! I guess that is the price we must pay to uphold the First Amendment. As for Perdue or Romney…I think Gen. David Petreaus would make a much better VP. Anyone who can put the Iraq mess on track toward a soultion that will let us eventually get out with our honor intact has to be a pretty sharp guy. And after all the dummies we have put in high office in both parties that would be a real plus!
By George Woodruff
March 3, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
After reading some of the postings disguised as “comments” on this issue, I can only conclude that the invention of the computer provides an outlet for idiots whose venomous blatherings often overloads their tiny brains. I do agree that some of the “comments? on both sides are fairly well reasoned and complement the writers but many are plain asinine! I guess that is the price we must pay to uphold the First Amendment. As for Perdue or Romney…I think Gen. David Petreaus would make a much better VP. Anyone who can put the Iraq mess on track toward a soultion that will let us eventually get out with our honor intact has to be a pretty sharp guy. And after all the dummies we have put in high office in both parties that would be a real plus!
By George Woodruff
March 3, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
After reading some of the postings disguised as “comments” on this issue, I can only conclude that the invention of the computer provides an outlet for idiots whose venomous blatherings often overloads their tiny brains. I do agree that some of the “comments? on both sides are fairly well reasoned and complement the writers but many are plain asinine! I guess that is the price we must pay to uphold the First Amendment. As for Perdue or Romney…I think Gen. David Petreaus would make a much better VP. Anyone who can put the Iraq mess on track toward a soultion that will let us eventually get out with our honor intact has to be a pretty sharp guy. And after all the dummies we have put in high office in both parties that would be a real plus!
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
THE Captain suggests that the liberal Republican McCain will gain God’s favor by choosing the Rev John Hagee as his running mate. The Reverend is a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative White Christian Evangelical, and makes the Godly Rev Hucklebee look like a bowl of thin gruel.
McCain/Hagee have already stood should-to-shoulder as Hagee proferred his endorsement of McCain as the candidate most likley to hasten Armgageddon. Rev Hagee has the courage to say out loud what We of True Belief truly believe…that Catholics are demented anti-Christians and the Jews have only themselves to blame for the Holocaust (which is really just a made up fairy tale to elicit symathy for the Christ killers).
Sen McCain embraced the Hagee endorsement and refused to denounce Rev Hagee’s more extremist Christian stance in an effort to curry favor with the Evangelical base. But THE Captain calls this a weak cup of tea, and urges Sen McCain to embrace the Evangelicals more fully by anointing Rev John Hagee as his running mate.
It is the Right Thing to do.
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
How does one man accidently set fire to an entire ship? I researched naval history to find out if one man had ever accidently set a ship on fire and came up with only one other example besides John McCain. One, in 1722, was a pirate named Slick Dick Bic, who was aboard the frigate Tunabait when he flicked his Bic during a keel-hauling contest involving captured wenches walking the plank, and knocked over a lava lamp, the landlubbing scoundrel!
Vote for Obama. He wont set any ships on fire.
By Cindy
March 3, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Romney would be an absolute disaster.
By cons3rvative
March 3, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
Many people feel that U.S. Sen. John McCain has received the Republican nomination for president. I think the American people, especially Texans, need to realize this is not true. Although McCain does have more delegate votes than Mike Huckabee, neither candidate has the 1,191 needed votes to obtain the party’s nomination. Many have said that even if Huckabee wins the remaining states, including Texas, he will not have enough votes to win the nomination.But, what the media is not telling us is that McCain won’t have the needed number either. If neither candidate has the needed delegates, then you have what is called a brokered convention. This means neither candidate clearly has the majority of delegate votes.When this occurs, each delegate at the national convention is allowed to vote for whom they feel is the best conservative candidate. There really is only one true conservative in this race. Please let your voice be heard as we head to the polls on March 4th!
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
Conservatism is dead! Sen. Craig sounded taps, with his flag at half-mast.
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
A Captain Kudo for the following:
After reading some of the postings disguised as “comments” on this issue, I can only conclude that the invention of the computer provides an outlet for idiots whose venomous blatherings often overloads their tiny brains.
Bravo, George Woodruff. You not only make a valid point, but prove it with your own attempt at posting. Plus, you were brave enough to use your real name. A triple play, sir, combined with a triple posting! You, sir, operate on a level the postmodIslamunists would term “meta”.
THE Captain agrees wholeheartedly with what He thinks you were trying to say, and is proud to claim you as one of His own. Welcome to the clan. ;-)
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
postmodislamunist? You use that word alot, sir. I dont think it means what you think it means.
By Zeke
March 3, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
McCain is not the nominee! LMAO!! Ok cons3rvative, I guess we can wait until tomorrow when it will be so official that even you can understand. ROFL!!
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
It means what THE Captain intends it to mean. Nothing more, nothing less.
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
Communism is dead. Sen. Craig will be sounding taps, with his flag at half-mast.
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
McCarthyism is dead. Sen. Craig will be sounding taps, with his flag at half mast.
By joyce
March 3, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Pick Ms. Rice for Veep. She’s been around the world dealing with all the wheels and has the class to be of a great advantage to McCain. So there!!!!!!!!!
By Jackie
March 3, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
It matters not whom the Repubs nominate as VP because the head of the ticket sets the agenda and represents the political direction they envision. November will magnify the total political thumping the Repubs will tae. The lies, innuendos and Dubya has served as a blueprint to their political agenda. The disdain the Repubs have the public, in general, is obvious and apparent. They still want us to believe our eyes and ears are lying.
By Jim's a Cherry Picker
March 3, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
Hi Jim,
Sunni, hands down…
His “Go Fish” initiative is precisely the kind of thing that the big boys in Washington need.
Oh…that and praying for rain. Maybe he could lead a prayer service up there weekly to pray for the things that we need done.
By Ralphie
March 3, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this
Does anyone else find the ‘conservatism is dead’ & ‘conservatism & communism are both tyranny’ diatribe from the libs here humorous?
First up against the lib pitching is this gem to knock out of the park about conservatism being ‘dead’:
So 41% of the country self-identifies as “conservative,” 34% as “moderate,” and only 21% as “liberal.” Further, 14% consider themselves “strong conservatives” vice only 6% “strong liberals.” So, not only are there twice as many who consider themselves “conservatives” as “liberals,” but two thirds as many “strong conservatives” as “liberals,” period.
Next up is this sluggo to hit the lib vagisil-rubbed comment about ‘conservatism = communism’. Let’s take what Karl Marx said and what Hillary said; assuming naturally that Hillary is a socialist far left liberal - I don’t think anyone would deny that - save for the socialist far left liberals of course! Call them socialist liberals and they drool and go into convulsions.
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.” Hillary Clinton (06/29/04)
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” Karl Marx(1875)
“It’s time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few and for the few,… and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.” Hillary Clinton (05/29/07)
4.“[T]he gap between theose who are enjoying the fruits of the modern economy and those who aren’t is growing wider.” Hillary Clinton(05/29/07)
[T]he most advanced countries [have]…a heavy progressive or graduated income tax.” Karl Marx (1848)
“If [politicians] propose proportional taxes … workers must demand progressive taxes.” Karl Marx (1850)
“I believe we need a new progressive vision….I believe we can help more workers join unions to improve wages and conditions in our work places.” Hillary Clinton (05/29/07)
“The real fruit of [working people’s] battles lies … in the ever-expanding union of the workers.” Karl Marx (1848)
“If your a full-time worker, you should make more than poverty.” Hillary Clinton (05/29/07)
“[W]orkers must, at every opportunity, put forward their own demands alongside of the demands of business.” Karl Marx (1850)
[W]e can’t…just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.” Hillary Clinton (06/04/07)
“If you’re a worker who can’t organize for fair wages and safe working conditions, you’re invisible.” Hillary Clinton(05/29/07)
“So far as I am concerned, I will continue my work and constantly strive to strengthen among all workers this solidarity that is so fruitful for the future.” Karl Marx (1872)
“I think it’s time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in [the] entire economy that they’re being watched.” Hillary Clinton (09/02/05)
“We have to build a political consesus. And that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.” Hillary Clinton (06/04/07)
“Do not say that social movement excludes political movement. There is never a political movment that is not at the same time social.” Karl Marx (1847)
I’m not a Marxist!” Karl Marx (1883)
“I certainly think the free market has failed. Hillary Clinton (06/06/07)
“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great socail changes are impossible without feminine upheaval.” Karl Marx (1868) On that one I think I stumped a bunch of you…..
“The phiosohers have only interpreted the world in vaious was’ they point, however, is to change it.” Karl Marx (1845)
“[Y]ou need a government regulatory system…to keep an eye on people to make the rules of the game fair.” Hillary Clinton (09/02/05)
“The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.” Karl Marx (undated)
“…I’m obviously not talking just about or even primarily about geograph[y] … but about the network of relationships and values that do connect us and bind us together.” Hillary Clinton (1996)
“Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.” Karl Marx (1858)
“We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of the great challenges facing all of us in the West.” Hillary Clinton (04/06/93)
By Blind Homer
March 3, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Perdue might get Georgia back in red despite Obama’s obvious popularity here. However, all the ‘pray for rain’ nonsense won’t exactly be a plus on a national ticket
By Blogfather
March 3, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
There’s a report out about Obama’s anti-nafta speeches in Ohio being duplicitous, with one of his top campaign officials quietly assuring Canada that Obama is just spinning for votes.
Well, I think that reports like this are like when we kept hearing the evidence about OJ Simpson. We’d all think, “surely this will convict him”, (The bloody glove, the cap, the bronco), . But there was jury nullification.
Just like Tuesday night, there’ll be voter nullification. Obama will be found NOMINEE! He’s the nominee!
Voter nullification! Get lost Hillary! Get lost McCain! You cant stop Obamamania.
Nothing can stop Obamamania!!
By Sabrina
March 3, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
If McCain chooses ol’ Sonny as a running mate, he’ll never win Alabama or Florida or Tennessee. Sonny has done an excellent job of alienating Georgia from the rest of the South!!
Apocalypse IT’S A REPUBLICAN BLOG!!! Isn’t there a maximum-character limit on this thing?
George Woodruff STOP CLICKING THE POST BUTTON!! It takes five minutes.
That is all.
By deegee
March 3, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
Announcing Sonny Perdue as the VP would be received like the guy that wins the multi-million dollar lottery and announces that he plans to spend the money on a new doublewide. Sonny was a democrat until 1998. He is a veterinarian by trade which is great, but doesn’t exactly draw in a bloc of disenfranchised voters. He is the governor of a state that has always fed on the very bottom of the education barrel. We have a school district in the metro Altanta area that is so bad that it is about to lose accreditation.
On Saturday the feds announced that they will determine a water sharing solution for Georgia, Alabama and Florida after Sonny failed to reach agreement with the governors of the other two states. Lake Lanier is still 15 feet below average and the Georgia legislature passed a bill that basically tells homeowners to use whatever they want to fill their pools and water their landscape.
Georgia’s regional charity hospital has been so mismanaged over the years that it was on the verge of collapse until the business community stepped in and pledged millions to help bail it out.
And then there are the land deals that Sonny did with his cronies. The only thing that Sonny has in his favor is a convincing argument that he is a good Christian. But, you could say the same about the Schmuckabee and he has already been vetted. Sonny doesn’t have a prayer.
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Sabrina,
THE Captain is the embodiment of maximum character on this blog.
By Sabrina
March 3, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
LOL!!!
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Well I was aware that our late Sen. Perdue, of blessed memory, had been a veterinarian, but I was unaware that he’d also been a Democrat until 1998. The two together explain why he presided over a state party with a Democrat’s taste for human husbandry.
I still say we ship the corpse to McCain and elect a governor.
By GayGreyGeek
March 3, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
Sabrina - typical right-wing claim that everything is yoursYoursYOURS and wanting to exclude any other perspectives.
I guess you get all your information from that “(Un)Fair and (Un)Balanced” crew over at Faux News, huh?
By Dusty
March 3, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this
Ouhwee, there’s something rotten in Denmark here. And it’s not just RedNeck’s putrid post of today. It’s all the libs discounting Romney for Republican Vice President. That shows their fear of an economy-minded,experienced, intelligent man of good principles. LIBS DO NOT WANT ROMNEY.
As libs coyly suggest everyone from our good but non-engaging GA gov to run-of-the-mill evangelists for VP, they hate the thought of Romney. For good reason. He would be a bright star in McCain’s galaxy.
I did not think Romney had a stance strong enough for the presidency (McCain does), but he will be an asset that will prosper the McCain administration.
So I’m for McCain & Romney 2008
(Blogfather aka PoFo, that half-mast joke has been used so much it ought to be trashed. Take a hint: Methuselah was still telling that one when he was 969 years old.)
By Yes, I Hate Hillary, She Stinks like a three day old tuna fish sandwich with mayo left in the hot su
March 3, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
Mothers, lock your daughters up if HILLARY wins, she will allow her d** freedom to prey upon young women in that perverted way d** do prey….It will be illegal to complain about homosexuals under Hillary. Remember the “good rape” in the “Vagina Monologues,” that is what Hillary and her pack of d** have in mind for your daughters….
By unitethegop
March 3, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Romney will be the best choice for VP. www.unitethegop.com He balances McCain’s ticket, has an army of supporters, name rec. conservative votes. Economics you name it.
By Steve
March 3, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Why do conservatives hate gays so much? (especially when I know so many closeted gay conservatives…)
By Craig
March 3, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
Once again, I stand in awe of the wisdom of The Captain.
McCain/Hagee. One ancient, one ancient and huge. (One has to wonder how the good Rev. Hagee managed to miss all those scriptures about gluttony. Ah well…) A ticket that all good white Christian patriots can support.
By Yes, I Hate Hillary, She Stinks like a three day old tuna fish sandwich with mayo left in the hot su
March 3, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
Do you remember the Walton High School girls volleyball coach who had been molesting a girl since the girl was in 6th grade? That is what Hillary has in mind…A former high school championship volleyball coach has been sentenced to eight years in prison for having sex with a student.
Susan Renee Hensley, 35, pleaded guilty this week to child molestation charges.
Hensley was named coach of the year after leading Walton High School to its fifth state championship in 2002. She was arrested in August 2003 after a 16-year-old female student at Walton accused Hensley of having a sexual relationship with her since she was a student at Dickerson Middle School, where Hensley coached before going to Walton.
Cobb County schools spokesman Jay Dillon said Hensley also coached basketball and taught health and physical education at Walton. Police said the girl who made the accusations took classes taught by Hensley at both Dickerson and Walton.
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Have you people lost your minds? THE Captain wishes to remind you that Mitt Romney is not a Godly Christian. The man is a Mormontologist, for pete’s sake. Since when do we allow cult fringites into the Godly GOP? What next? Mixers with the Maccabees and Samaritans? Outreach to the Unitarians? A National Holiday honoring Joseph L Ron Smith?
THE Captain feels a retch forming.
We of True Belief have only recently managed to suppress our gag reflex at the spectre of Papist heathens commingling in our midst. What next…shall we welcome the Israelites?
McCain/Hagee ‘08. THE Captain speaks for God, and He approves this message.
By GayGreyGeek
March 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
Steve @ 1:28 - It’s because us’n’s are the last minonrity it’s “safe” to hate and denigrate…
By @@
March 3, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this
Sonny NO. Romney?……Hmmmmmmmmm.
Romney does have advantages. The one I find most interesting is that when Obama puts his healthcare plan out there, Romney can attest to its potential fiasco.
Romney’s plan in Massachusetts and Obama’s plan are virtually the same failure.
Romney could say “Been there, done that on a smaller scale. Don’t wanna go national with the same mistake I made.”
See! Romney admits to mistakes, an admirable quality sought after by voters, and leaves Obama holding an empty bag of tricks. Healthcare is his biggest don’tcha know.
That would be interesting indeed.
I yike it!!!!!
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
@@,
Nice start to the HipOath. Thanks.
The way you liked the bit about the 5 folk mentors, I liked your desc. of your work. A keeper. Fortunate…yes, definitely.
Especially the pupils.
I’m still working on a draft HipOath, and will incorporate your concluding credo. Anon.
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue…..you have got to be kidding. He has done absolutely nothing for the state of Georgia for the past six years….except pray for rain. He is an absolute embarrassment to the state. If you think Obama has insufficient experience, what about Sonny Perdue? Do you really want him one step away from the White House??
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue…..you have got to be kidding. He has done absolutely nothing for the state of Georgia for the past six years….except pray for rain. He is an absolute embarrassment to the state. If you think Obama has insufficient experience, what about Sonny Perdue? Do you really want him one step away from the White House??
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue…..you have got to be kidding. He has done absolutely nothing for the state of Georgia for the past six years….except pray for rain. He is an absolute embarrassment to the state. If you think Obama has insufficient experience, what about Sonny Perdue? Do you really want him one step away from the White House??
By gateach
March 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
“Capt. Freedom?1” Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound? You are a self-proclaimed Christian who speaks for God to condemn other religions? Right..!! That is not the God in my King James Bible. Encourage your hypocritic friends to keep talking. You make Romney look more and more intelligent and impressive. I have never heard one of my LDS friends condemn the ignorant bunch making religion the big issue. They strive to treat others as Christ would. Imagine that Christian concept!?
By jbmlaw
March 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
Dear Steve @ 1:28, you pay too much attention to the MSM; don’t let them do your thinking for you. If you watch this blog, the only anti-homosexual stuff posted here comes from leftists (and mostly leftists posing as conservatives – you can detect those if you read closely.) As you seemingly perceive, most homosexuals want nothing so much as to be simply left alone; activist government is incompatible with conservatism. You will find few conservatives who think we ought to ramp up the police function to root out homosexuals. (Admittedly, you will also find few conservatives who think we ought to ramp up the police function to preserve homosexual activities. When we say we broadly favor small government, we mean “small.”) And yes, if McCain names Cheney’s daughter to the ticket, I’ll vote for him.
Let’s split hairs for a minute. The people our friend TFTT refers to as “religious nutters” - who probably also include me - are forbidden by our religious beliefs from hating anyone. Our philosophy is to “hate the sin and love the sinner.” Those people who truly hate homosexuals are small in number. Conservatism is not incompatible with homosexuality.
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
I think Romney would be a perfect choice. He would help solidy the conservative base by bringing in the fiscal conservatives that might not come out for McCain. He also has instant name recognition, which Perdue, Crist, and Portman don’t have. He would also help out in the biggest area of all - money. By all accounts, McCain is going to get slaughtered in the money battle against the Dems. When you are running a 50 state campaign, money is the lifeblood. Romney, with his personal fortune and great fundraising capabilities, would help them get their message our everywhere. A McCain/Romney ticket would be strong.
By @@
March 3, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this
Anytime Glenn.
I loved it yesterday. I loved it today, and I’ll love it tomorrow.
I will let my students lead me into their promising future. I will allow no one or no entity to come between me and their dreams for a better tomorrow.
Oh, now I’m just getting all mushy, and I try very hard not to be mushy.
Catch ‘ya later.
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
I think Romney would be a perfect choice. He would help solidy the conservative base by bringing in the fiscal conservatives that might not come out for McCain. He also has instant name recognition, which Perdue, Crist, and Portman don’t have. He would also help out in the biggest area of all - money. By all accounts, McCain is going to get slaughtered in the money battle against the Dems. When you are running a 50 state campaign, money is the lifeblood. Romney, with his personal fortune and great fundraising capabilities, would help them get their message our everywhere. A McCain/Romney ticket would be strong.
By jbmlaw
March 3, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Dear GGG @ 2:24, you err – the last minorities it is safe to hate and denigrate are “leftists” and “Islamists.”
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue…..you have got to be kidding. He has done absolutely nothing for the state of Georgia for the past six years….except pray for rain. He is an absolute embarrassment to the state. If you think Obama has insufficient experience, what about Sonny Perdue? Do you really want him one step away from the White House??
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
Ha, ha, Hillary-hater, you can only come up with ONE example of an older lesbian molesting a female student? How many examples can you come up with of heterosexual men (often married) molesting students — boys and girls? Thousands? What does this prove?
By Larry
March 3, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue…..you have got to be kidding. He has done absolutely nothing for the state of Georgia for the past six years….except pray for rain. He is an absolute embarrassment to the state. If you think Obama has insufficient experience, what about Sonny Perdue? Do you really want him one step away from the White House??
By OneForTheRoad
March 3, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Jim,
Why not hang out a sign? Something like “Gone Phishing”.
By GayGreyGeek
March 3, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
jbm @ 3:17 - you err also, esquire. Check your state constitution and see if there’s anything in there explicitly preventing a liberal couple from having any and all privileges (such as survivorship, medical powers of attorney, etc.) that have been prevented to me and my partner of a decade and a half.
By Yes, I Hate Hillary, She Stinks like a three day old tuna fish sandwich with mayo left in the hot su
March 3, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this
Hillary has surrounded herself with dy kes, they post endlessly for her here and on other blogs. I remember during zipperboy’s administration, homo’s were treated with kid gloves, a protected species in the Federal government - most of the females are also child molesters, fantasizing about the “good rape” from the vagina monologues
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
GGG, you and your partner have the right to survivorship if you jointly own property and put it in title that way (I’ve done this). You also can appoint each other in your medical directives. Of course, you can’t get married and get all those wonderful benefits without having to draft separate documents as unrelated parties. I think we should abolish all laws that favor married persons in any way.
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
Yes, but Larry, one step (tunnel, actually) away from the White House is one helluva long way from Georgia!
@@, it’s not mushy; it’s militant. And it should be. That’s your office, your duty. To defend them. Moreover, you know very well that by law you stand as their legal guardian while they are in your charge. And those of course are just the ex officio basics.
That you also do it with your whole mind and energy, and with joy, and with love for the doing it of it and above all for them—-that’s what can’t be beat by any system of control or stigmatization or defeatism or time-clock mediocrity.
It just can’t be beat. It’s pure.
By Yes, I Hate Hillary, She Stinks like a three day old tuna fish sandwich with mayo left in the hot su
March 3, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
I laughed my way thru “Lost and Delirious” especially at the end when Polly jumped - I just luved that muted little thump sound…..ha ha ha - Do you think the dy ke private high school girl who rammed her daddy’s big BMW Van into the passenger car carrying a family was imitating Polly? The dy ke was talking on her cell phone to her intended female victim, doing a count down to the collision, a collision that could only be avoided if the victim agreed to a date with the dy ke. Me thinks the movie “Lost and Delirious” played a big role in that particular murder. The newspapers have hushed up about it, but a young mother was killed and her children injured in this blackmail and extortion attempt, a premeditated act of murder with a deadly weapon. Why the cover up? Did rich Daddy buy the ajc? Did daddy also buy the court? The public has a right to know, but lazy reporters for the ajc have FAILED to keep us imformed.
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
This d** is for OBAMA.
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
This d** is for OBAMA.
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
This d** is for OBAMA. And who cares if Hillary supporters are d**? Half my d** friends are for Obama and half are for Hillary. But we’ll all be voting for the person with a (D) on the ballot.
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this
This d** is for OBAMA. And who cares if Hillary supporters are d**? Half my d** friends are for Obama and half are for Hillary. But we’ll all be voting for the person with a (D) on the ballot.
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
CAN OBAMA WIN OHIO?
By Lily Toad
March 3, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this
Sorry for the repeat postings. I don’t hit refresh. It takes so long I do some actual work for my job while the screen is stuck.
By George Blanda
March 3, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
Only the people of Georgia would benefit from that lying (what tax break?) Perdue being on the ticket. No, for the good of the country, we Georgians need to take it on the chin and have him finish his term.
By Yes, I Hate Hillary, She Stinks like a three day old tuna fish sandwich with mayo left in the hot su
March 3, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
Sonny of the Pretty Pink Panties is too big a P u S s Y to be vice president: Did any of you see how Smokey, the Tennessee mascot, had his way with both Sonny and Ugah? Ugly, ugly site….A mountain mutie a top a fat hairless pink fat boy….
By freidenker
March 3, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this
for the first time in 34 years of voting i pulled a republican lever. i’ll do it again if mccain doesn’t pick our boob govenor or bible thumping hucksterbee. who started this sonny crap anyway? what a rube!
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this
THE Captain wishes to remind jbm and the other wishy-washy Christians that Our Lord is indeed a Vengeful Lord who not only allows, but yea and verily, frequently commands that we Smite those whose wicked actions cause Him displeasure.
You can look it up. It’s called the Old Testament. Even good ole JC (my personal favorite philosopher) knew how to kick some booty when the moneychangers were manipulating the exchange rate.
So knock it off with the pu$$ified new age Jesus. He belongs to the Unitarians. We of True Belief go with Extreme Fighting Jesus (action figure sold separately).
By Allah
March 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
As my Arab armies crushed the last of the Israeli defenses, with Tele Aviv helplessly open, I issued the command that there by “NO PRISIONER, LET THERE BE NO SURVIVORS.”
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
And can we please dispense with [all this talk about Charlie Crist])http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2008-02-28/news/the-talk-of-the-green-iguana) becoming a GOP veep nominee. His good friends Mark Foley and Larry Craig have a better chance.
By Captain Freedom
March 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
And can we please dispense with all this talk about Charlie Crist becoming a GOP veep nominee. His good friends Mark Foley and Larry Craig have a better chance.
By Eric
March 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
McCain the old geezer will be 72 and 4 months in January 2009.
We need to assume that whoever gets VP nod has a good chance of sitting in the Oval Office before too long.
Bloomberg would be a much better choice.
By George
March 3, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
Sonny Perdue is an embarrassment. Therefore, I hope McCain chooses him to be his running mate.
By Apocalypse
March 3, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
Sen. Barack Obama will be on Nightline tonight at 11:35.
Tune in if you are interested to see what a president looks like.
By ray
March 3, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
mccain should give rudy and romney one month to see who can bang the hottest lobbyist. winner gets the vp. can’t have john pettin’ all the presidential pussycat by himself, can we???
By Glenn
March 3, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this
O Lord, smite the Captain, we pray, with the jawbones of thine enemies, that he might become as food for the jackals and the hyenas that cackleth, and permit us the peace that passeth the gas of liberal understanding. Selah.
By Shaun Hansen
March 4, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
It’s amazing how many people on here have demonstrated bigotry: “I’ll never vote for Romney because he’s a Mormon.” Though I’m sure there are a few bigots on the Mormon side as well, could it be that the Evangelical God of the Right is testing his people? Will they be guilty of the same sin their greatest enemies are (Islamic Extremists), or will they judge righteously based on personal credentials and true faith in God rather than by someone’s current brand of “religion.” This question is what put Romney out of the race and it is what may put him out of the VP running as well. As we judge so shall we be judged…
By Shaun Hansen
March 4, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
It’s amazing how many people on here have demonstrated bigotry: “I’ll never vote for Romney because he’s a Mormon.” Though I’m sure there are a few bigots on the Mormon side as well, could it be that the Evangelical God of the Right is testing his people? Will they be guilty of the same sin their greatest enemies are (Islamic Extremists), or will they judge righteously based on personal credentials and true faith in God rather than by someone’s current brand of “religion.” This question is what put Romney out of the race and it is what may put him out of the VP running as well. As we judge so shall we be judged…
By Sabrina
March 4, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
WOW!! 72, really? He looks fantastic for 72!!!
By Lynn Slocum
March 4, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
The south sure is slow to go. So many of these comments still don’t get it. Romney was endorsed by ultra conservative Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, Sean Hannity. Evangelicals do not want to get out of there one way thinking. Mormonism is still so misunderstood. And Romney is not what Huckabee and other evangelicals portrayed his as. It looks like this has hurt our party more than any thing else. Evangelicals biggest allie was Romney, they just didn’t know it. Maybe VP is the best way to get the conservative Romney in for 2012 or beyond. The voters in the South need to wake up.
By John
March 4, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this
I think that either Romney or Perdue would make a good pick for McCain. Romney would effectively shore up the conservative base of the party and even get some of us excited. That could help McCain a lot. I beleive he has more support via anti-democrat voters than true supporters among conservatives. The question is whether the two can bury the hatchet and get along well. It seems McCain’s distain for Romney has been more prominent than Romney’s feelings, though they did not appear comfortable together when Romney announced his endorsement. I do not know a whole lot about Perdue, but he looks like a good conservative. It may be good to have something other than gray hair on the Republican ticket when facing Obama’s likely candidacy. Obama’s socialism needs to be countered by a clear conservative vision. I hope McCain gets his act together!
By John
March 4, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
I think that either Romney or Perdue would make a good pick for McCain. Romney would effectively shore up the conservative base of the party and even get some of us excited. That could help McCain a lot. I beleive he has more support via anti-democrat voters than true supporters among conservatives. The question is whether the two can bury the hatchet and get along well. It seems McCain’s distain for Romney has been more prominent than Romney’s feelings, though they did not appear comfortable together when Romney announced his endorsement. I do not know a whole lot about Perdue, but he looks like a good conservative. It may be good to have something other than gray hair on the Republican ticket when facing Obama’s likely candidacy. Obama’s socialism needs to be countered by a clear conservative vision. I hope McCain gets his act together!
By John
March 4, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
I think that either Romney or Perdue would make a good pick for McCain. Romney would effectively shore up the conservative base of the party and even get some of us excited. That could help McCain a lot. I beleive he has more support via anti-democrat voters than true supporters among conservatives. The question is whether the two can bury the hatchet and get along well. It seems McCain’s distain for Romney has been more prominent than Romney’s feelings, though they did not appear comfortable together when Romney announced his endorsement. I do not know a whole lot about Perdue, but he looks like a good conservative. It may be good to have something other than gray hair on the Republican ticket when facing Obama’s likely candidacy. Obama’s socialism needs to be countered by a clear conservative vision. I hope McCain gets his act together!
By John
March 4, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
I think that either Romney or Perdue would make a good pick for McCain. Romney would effectively shore up the conservative base of the party and even get some of us excited. That could help McCain a lot. I beleive he has more support via anti-democrat voters than true supporters among conservatives. The question is whether the two can bury the hatchet and get along well. It seems McCain’s distain for Romney has been more prominent than Romney’s feelings, though they did not appear comfortable together when Romney announced his endorsement. I do not know a whole lot about Perdue, but he looks like a good conservative. It may be good to have something other than gray hair on the Republican ticket when facing Obama’s likely candidacy. Obama’s socialism needs to be countered by a clear conservative vision. I hope McCain gets his act together!
By Steve Jobbes
March 5, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Yes, Romney would be beneficial to McCain, but why would he want to take it? He’s a rich businessman, he didn’t even have to run for president to plead and campaign for votes, he coulda easily stayed home, but he cared about the country enough to invest so much of himself and his family, and now hes gonna be subservient to McCain, who will lose against Obama, and most likely lose against Clinton?? I dont think so. Romney 2012 baby!
By GAC
March 5, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
Many people, who have a lot to say, miss some important points because they are so busy talking. As a Republican in Texas who was denied the opportunity to vote for my 1st choice, Romney, I crossed over yesterday and voted in the Democrats primary. I thought I was unique until I got there. Many people I know were there crossing over and almost all of them were planning to support Romney originally. By the way, none were Mormon. A few were African American and a few were Hispanic. His base was greater than anyone was willing to admit on the air. The only way some will come back to McCain in the fall will be with Romney on the ticket as VP. We are talking, but as I said before very few care what the private person is saying. Everyone is so busy listening to the TV people who “think” they know what we are going to do, they miss it when we take our quiet action. There was a great deal of red turing blue in Texas last night. Take it from one who was there in person.