Ron Paul was true to his message of fiscal responsibility and did not incur any debt.

A major complaint from the Huckabee camp has been that Romney had so much money — that that isn’t fair — and that Romney was somehow insincere. Yet Romney put his money where his mouth is, something that few people are wont to do. Hillary, as was pointed out, is charging interest for her campaign contributions.

I only say that Romney’s candidacy was ultimately unsuccessful because he withdrew — not that he necessarily should have withdrawn. The numbers would indicate that he was far ahead of Huckabee even at that point. Huckabee quips that he didn’t study math in college, though maybe he should have….

Andrew, you really made yourself sound unintelligent by continuing to rip Romney and he is still doing better than your candidate after dropping out of the race. I forgot how crazy it is when someone drops out when he feels there is no possibility of winning. It is class warfare specialist like you who are part of the reason why Huckabee is going nowhere. Just because your candidate acts that way does not mean you have to adopt it. Huckabee was a media creation and now that they have stopped propping him up since Romney got out, he still has gone nowhere.

What American Conservative says is true. Maybe you cannot tell a post from an anti-Mormon posing as a Mormon, but any Mormon can.

Have you ever heard someone say they were from a certain city but didn’t seem to know up from down or over…? Or they didn’t pronounce things right…? I once lived in Utah during a heated election year, when busloads of “supporters” from other states were imported to cheer at a certain rally. Some of them were interviewed and put on the news and I had to just laugh out loud when they mispronounced the names of the cities where they purportedly “lived.”

It is a very similar thing with inflammatory posters claiming to be Mormons. They get the lingo all wrong. They use “the LDS” and “LDS” in the wrong places. They say “up” when they should say “over.” It’s little things that you wouldn’t notice, but they are enough for any Mormon to immediately roll their eyes.

It is also true what AC says about the websites. You won’t find anti-Huckabee websites created by Mormon clergy the way we saw anti-Romney-anti-Mormon sites.

Many Mormons are certainly unsettled by this election. They had no idea so many people hated them. But for the most part, Mormons have really been turning the other cheek on this one.

First, that’s an awful lot of donuts. (Especially Boston creams.)

But also, maybe it’s not such a bad thing sometimes to have rich, successful businessmen and -women with enduring marriages and large families and even larger fortunes run for the White House.

Large campaigns like John McCain’s when he faltered last spring and summer, Rudy Giuliani’s later when he stopped staff pay and now Clinton’s have a way of spending other people’s money at a pretty good clip. (Yes, Hillary put $5 million of her own money into that campaign, but 1) it’s a loan and 2) she’s charging interest.)

Everyone forgets about the campaign of Rep. Ron Paul, whose followers shockingly donated the most money of any Republican campaign in the fourth quarter of 2007 (nearly $20 million), whose followers have given more than $6.1 million more since Jan. 1 and who’s carrying a debt of absolutely zero.

Rich candidates like, say, Mitt Romney can be willing to put a large chunk of their own dough into the effort — and not charge interest. As we recently reported here, the former Massachusetts governor and his wife of 38 years, Ann, decided together to pour $42.3 million of their own money into his ultimately unsuccessful $98-million effort.

Except for being shot at, nothing focuses your mind quicker than reaching for your own wallet.

Anyone who has ever given money to a political campaign (or NPR, for that matter) will recognize the pattern. First, like it or not, be warned the initial donation is just the beginning of your financial relationship with that operation. You just know you’re gonna get hit up for more money down the road once they get your address or e-mail. And some even sell those address lists to other beggars.

Second, when that campaign ends in defeat or surrender, as almost all presidential efforts do (remember, not so long ago we had 18 of these traveling circuses), you’re also likely going to be receiving additional pleas for more money to pay off the bid’s debt. Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson are doing that right now.

One option available to coveted campaigners is to peddle their endorsement to a surviving candidate, whose supporters then quietly erase the bills. Why does the name Tom Vilsack come to mind? And that of Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback?

Another option is simply to quit and close up shop yourself out of the spotlight. When Romney did disappointingly on Super Tuesday, he met with his staff the next day like a businessman. He read the delegate and expense numbers, confirmed how unlikely it was to catch McCain in delegates and, surprisingly quickly, pulled the plug during a thoughtful speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee 48 hours later that left little doubt he’d be back in GOP politics.

A week after that, again surprisingly quickly during such a healing period, Romney heartily endorsed McCain and, literally, stepped aside on that stage and off.

Now, instead of a public plea for more money to cover the massive debts of his yearlong failed effort, here’s what you get at the Romney campaign’s shuttered website.

http://www.mittromney.com/

I responded “Are you kidding me about Mormons being the most bigoted people on earth. Could you please share with everyone why you feel that. Because most of Utah voted for him in the primary. Maybe because they are the ones who felt the affects of how great the Winter olympics helped their economy and how Romney was a major part of why that was able to happen. Why don’t you share with us all the anti-Huckabee or McCain websites that Mormons have created unlike the anti-Romney ones Huckabee supporters have created. You will have a hard time finding any. The leaders of the Mormon church’s policy is to not sponsor or endorse any candidate, but to vote for those who best represent your values. It is bigots like you who are one of many who have created anti-Romney websites and base it solely on his faith with misrepresentations. I can tell you that a majority of Mormons would never vote for Harry Reid, eventhough he is Mormon. People like you disgust me. I do not believe Romney tried to misquote Huckbee’s baptist faith to gain political ground with Evangelicals, and when he started receiving alot of heat from the media he recanted on his accusation. I do not believe Romney’s faith has ever said that Baptist and other denominations are not Christian. The way the Baptist have said Mormonism is not a true Christian religion, eventhough the official name of the Mormon church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I do not believe Romney ever had to ask local pastors to encourage their congregations on who to vote for. So give me a break. If people want to vote for Mike Huckabee because he is evangelical and they are to, then more power to them. If people want to vote for Romney because he is Mormon, than more power to them. I personally, do not feel anyone should vote for someone based upon their faith, race, or gender as I have said many times. However, it is human nature. It is wrong when people mistate facts or take out of context, and even make up lies about someone. So again please explain to everyone on this blog why Mormons are the most biggoted people who have walked the face of the earth.”

You then say ” wish the mormons would leave these blogs. I never gave mormons much thought one way or the other. But now, after reading their posts week after week, I know that I do not like these people. Unfortunetly, this will stay with me for a long time. If romney’s name ever pops up again, I will assoiate it with all the hate and bigotry I have read on these blogs.”

Please copy and paste all the mormon biggotry comments posted on these blogs. If there are any, it is real bigots like you doing this and claiming it to be Mormons. You can tell the difference from real Mormons defending all the anti-Mormon bigotry that people like you are spewing. I have never seen such false accusations made and statments taken out of context towards a candidates faith in all my life. The amazing thing is that these people call themselves Christians. Christ never did that. He did not have to have oranizations that would distort ones faith. However, when people like you, who are modern day pharasees, would manipulate or lie about his teaching, he would correct them with what he truly said. This is what Mormons are doing when people are lying about their faith. So do not try to pose as someone who really is having a hard time with mormon rhetoric that you have created. You are a disgrace to what has made this country so great.

Huckabee supporters are fired up about him. Huckabee is really connecting with the American citizens. Whereas McCain supporters are not fired up about McCain at all, they are just casting their vote for him because the establishment bosses told them to do so. They have no excitement about their candidate.

McCain is going to get thumped on in the general election against Obama. The Republican party establishment didnt learn their lesson when they got thumped on in the 2006 House & Senate election campaigning on the theme of “My way or the Highway” attitude that John McCain is delivering.

Unless Ohio and Texas voters come to the rescue and vote for Huckabee a dynamic charasmatic leader, than the Republican party is doomed forever. Mike Huckabee has the charisma to go one on one with Obama in the Ring.

Wake up Republican party bosses!! you are about to bring down the Republican party platform with your greedy pride to rule over others. You would rather show your power than share your power.

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