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If Romney’s post-campaign, media-coverage dispersion hadn’t been so abrupt, then some paparazzi might have still been around to capture him trying to check into a rehab center with his hair in cornrows in a vain attempt to connect with the non-corporate-world “little people.”

Unfortunately, this desperate attempt for high-profile attention-getting didn’t pan out when the rehab clinic wouldn’t admit him for self-intoxication.

Emergency intervention by Donny Osmond resulted in the hairstyle seen the Sean Hannity interview of March 11, 2008.

John McCain more of a flip flopper than Romney ever was. McCain is lucky Mitt is supporting him and when Mitt Romney gets the call to fill the shoes of McCains VP, vote for John McCain in November 2008. Even if your a Democrat. Sure if you are a Democrat your probly not exactly up to speed on actual issues or politics in general, but a vote for McCain isnt exactly a vote for McCain, its a vote for Romney. John McCain is not a healthy man.

McCain needs to immediately announce Romney as his running mate. That move would appease the talk show hosts and get McCain and the Republican Party the excitement and the rally it desperately needs.

Conservatives who are now luke warm at best on McCain would awaken and participate again if they knew that a conservative economic giant like Dr. Romney was advising McCain and waiting in the wings should McCain falter.

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It would be a disaster for McCain to pick Romney as his VP. McCain’s strength is his ability to stand up to the conservatives.

The last time McCain flirted with the conservatives he was almost counted out of the race.

It is clear the Republican base has moved LEFT and LEFT Limbaug and Hannity behind.

John McCain said that if there is a choice between his country and his party, he will pick his country everytime. So he is not about to make a choice to apease the conservatives. He will chose to apease the voters who have supported him thus far.

Romney would, under pressure from the conservatives, seek to undermine Mccain’s presidency.

This would be a good ticket. Everyone wants to forget about the conservatives, but by turning you back on the conservatives you do dishonor to the party. I think they would balance out each other very well and would come to a good middle ground when needed. The economy is in trouble McCain has stated he has little knowledge in this area. Are you willing to let the country be ruled by foreign interest just because you dislike Mitt and want to put his proven record aside. I don’t and the flip flop issue shouldn’t even be addressed how many times has McCain flipped flopped but he get a pass.

Personally, I think McCain is too arrogant to choose someone with Mitt’s qualifications as VP. However, with enough pressure from the right places, McCain may make the right decision in the end.

BTW, I’m waiting anxiously for all the Huck supporters to come on here and start whining that Mitt’s money is why he got this interview. Somehow Mitt is trying to buy the VP slot now….. Bring it on Huck Sheeple. The Huck playbook only has a couple of plays in it.

This is going from bad to even worse if he picks Romney. Go for Kay Bailey Hutchinson and then he might have a slight chance of winning. But very slight, unfortunately it looks as if there will be a democrat taking over and hopefully not the change that Obama will bring.

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Not interested in voting a McCain/Romney Ticket. Mike Huckabee would be a better running mate. I cannot tell you how many people I talked with throughout the time Huckabee was running for President…even Democrats…who like Huckabee. He would be like an Aaron to McCain…always having a timely word…cool in the face of an issue.

Vanilla Ice: I’m not going to whine about Mitts money, I never have. I think picking Mitt really wouldn’t balance the ticket. There people that have way to many questions about him including me. What insurance do I have that this guy, who had more incommon with a liberal, is a true conservative. It would however excite people like you( Vanilla) and many others. I encourage everyone to look at what Mitt did as govenor, that wasn’t even two years ago people. Mitt’s supporter always point out things Huckabee did as govenor, but they fail to look at what there own canidate did. Except for the sites that are friendly toward. I already posted( in a ealier post) what he did as govenor and what Huck did. Give me your honest opinions Mitts supporters who has the better record. I still think McCain will be wise enough to pick somebody like Duncan Hunter. Picking Huckabee or Mitt would come with to much baggage.

Ok Republicans understand McCain will not pick Romney doesn’t like him, doesn’t want him, does not rally care what Romney supporters want. Cannot pick Duncan Hunter too young with young family will make McCain look to old. Will not pick a woman. Will probably pick Charlie Crist. Will not make McCain look to old but looks young enough to take over if something happens to McCain You have to realize McCain is from the old school that vice presidents hold no vaue except to help get votes in the election. Once that is done he just wants them to go away and sit in their office.

I along with thousands of other will never vote for DIRTY ROMNEY.

Romney is like a turd. You can’t see him but can smell the stink.

He may need to pick Mitt like it or not. He has no money. The only V.P. pick that has a nation fund raising organization in place and on the ground now is Mitt. You can’t say that for the Huckster, Hunter, Crist, or any of the others.

Mike: I just got your message on the other blog. Yes, Duncan Hunter did endorse Huckabee. But I don’t think people ( Mitt supporter) would hold a grudge or anything. If they do than they’re pretty pathetic. I also agree with what you said about Mitt, Him being the VP will make me think twice about advising my family to vote for McCain.

Chachito: I disagree, John has been raising money just fine, and with the Democrates fighting it out, he has time to raise more. But your correct Mitt’s money would help matters.

I CANNOT & WILL NOT Vote if Romney is anywhere near the ticket!!! I cannot believe that conservatives are not looking at this track record more closely?!?! Hello?!?! He is FAR MORE LIBERAL than McCain!!!

He was pro-choice as Governor of MA. He also was pro-gay rights. He re-wrote the MA Constitution to include marriage as between “Partner A & Partner B”. Come On Folks?! Where have you put your Conservative values these days?

Oh but, as my father’s argument is…he just weaned to the left to get elected. Well, in my opinion if he re-writes the Consitution of MA to back gay marriage then he must support it quite a bit. It’s sad when the Americans no longer want a man in the White House who will back his principals EVERY SINGLE TIME & not just to get elected!!! WE DON’T KNOW WHICH WAY HE REALLY STANDS DO WE?!?!

Well, I for one, will not vote if he is McCain’s VP….there is always an opportunity that he could end up Presidency & I don’t think he’ll protect Marriage & I think he would allow Hate Crimes Legislation to be passed. The only thing Hate Crimes Legislation does is squelch the Christian Voice & Freedoms!!!

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!

Good thing McCain is such a conservative. He could always pick Joe Lieberman. He is campaigning for him. If you think he will guard our borders you are sadly mistaken. Another immigration bill will be written along the lines of the one he helped to write and it will not say protect our borders first.

Romney as VP would be the only reason I would vote for McCain in November–otherwise, I will sit this one out again or maybe even campaign for either Obama or Clinton. 90,000 Republicans in Texas voted for Hillary this month. It will happen again in November if McCain does not do anything to unite with the conservative base of the Party.

hmmm…I’m thinking a great VP pick for McCain would be Condalisa Rice. THAT would be a winning ticket.

Rice will not be picked to closely associated with Bush. McCain needs someone to run who will not overshadow him.

Here is the growing list of reasons why Governor Romney would be the perfect V.P. choice for McCain - and everyone else:

There is widespread agreement that if John McCain loses this year, Gov. Romney will run in 2012. If Gov. Romney were on the ticket as V.P. next in line for the GOP nod in 2016, Mr. McCain would not have to worry about whether Mr. Romney would work as hard as possible for a McCain/Romney win this year.
Governor Romney is very intelligent, and I think would be very comfortable dealing with foreign dignitaries.
Governor Romney is very rich and has a well-oiled fund-raising circuit that would be very beneficial to Mr. McCain.
Governor Romney would bring expertise to economic matters that Mr. McCain seems to be lacking.
Governor Romney would bring executive experience as a Governor to the ticket.
Governor Romney would bring almost all of his supporters to help with a McCain/Romney ticket, thereby assuring that his supporters aren’t trying to bring him attention to a potential 2012 run, nipping such conversation quickly, before it takes root and is hard to break apart.
Governor Romney appeals to social, economic and defense conservatives, bringing the whole Party and most of the Conservative Movement - including talk radio - on board with the ticket.
Romney supporters are very enthusiastic and dedicated. You cannot buy this kind of endearment, but McCain would be able to pick up his supporters, and their already-in-place organizational and other skills they would have to offer to the ticket.
Romney would help John McCain in purple states such as Michigan, Nevada and Minnesota, and could even put Massachusetts in place in November.
Governor Romney brings all the necessary ingredients to John McCain’s campaign that he so desperately needs to succeed against Hillary - and especially - an Obama Democratic opponent.
You cannot buy loyalty like Governor Romney has with his supporters. You have to EARN it. By giving Romney the nod for the V.P. slot, McCain would be showing the Conservative Movement in America that he will not abandon them in the future. If he does this, he will almost be unstoppable in the fall against the Democrats.
Governor Romney is now widely seen as heir next in line to be the GOP nominee if McCain were to be defeated, or if McCain served two terms, then 2116, if Romney stays in the game that long. The move to make Romney V.P. would silence many evangelical and social conservatives who now would support Gov. Romney, including Dr. Dobson and others. This would shore up support among Mr. Huckabee’s supporters to Mr. McCain, endearing McCain as the one who actually DID bring the Party and Conservative Movement together to defeat the Democrats and take BACK both Houses of Congress!
Gov. Romney was the clear “change” candidate - and ran on that theme. The move to make Romney V.P. would be a tough ticket against a Hillary/Obama ticket. Change wins almost every time. We would now be able to bring that on-the-ground message IMMEDIATELY!
As the man who actually did something about - and has earned him wide recognition of - healthcare reform, he is the ideal man to blunt the Democrat’s BillaryCare proposals. This item would essentially be OURS as Republicans, which would deflate much criticism against the Republicans for not adequately addressing this critical issue thus far!
By picking Romney, we come out a totally unified Republican Party AND Conservative Movement - ready to fight against the Democrats NOW!
McCain IS the President-elect. He WILL be the Commander in Chief. McCain WILL be the boss - apple sauce -non debatable. McCain will get his way on very many things. But, Mr. Romney can still use cabinet meetings and gestures to try to persuade Mr. McCain to go all the way toward Ronald Reagan’s principled road of social, economic and military-might conservatism. Mr. McCain will ALWAYS win. But, Romney will be RIGHT there to balance McCain as needed.
Romney would be good for McCain, since Romney is NOT a “yes” man. Romney is a principled, determined conservative who is GRACIOUS -yet stern when applicable - who can turn the other cheek when needed, after his opinions are known and rejected. He PROVED that by bowing out graciously and promising to work hard for Mr. McCain as the GOP nominee-to-be. Mr. McCain does NOT need a “yes” man, but rather someone who can keep his temper and political wavering’s from right issues in check.
An informal straw vote among those present to see who they might prefer for President after the CPAC convention showed Romney winning it with 34%, followed by John McCain at 33 %, and Huckabee way down at only 14 percent. This vote proves that adding Gov. Romney to the ticket would quell the right and go along way toward making sure they aren’t complacent on election day.
If McCain does not pick a well-known conservative for V.P., it may take MONTHS for the Republican electorate to get know and accept him, as was the case with Gov. Romney. Conservatives now know that Romney is “one of us,” after his gracious exodus speech at a stunned CPAC convention. People cried. My wife cried. I cried. You CANNOT buy that kind of endearment! Governor Mitt Romney EARNED IT!
John McCain is old, grey, and not very attractive overall. A V.P. pick that is younger, more handsome, and without so many grey hairs will help McCain with some voters concerns about such things. Romney fits the bill here.
No other governor fits as many specific criteria that a V.P. should have than Governor Romney. A pick that is OTHER than a governor for the V.P. slot isn’t as attractive to some voters. Executive experience does matter, and Romney can balance a McCain ticket in this way.
A V.P. pick should already be politically battle-hardened so that there won’t be embarrassing moments for the campaign. Romney took punches from virtuously everyone - and still stayed a gentlemen under pressure.
A V.P. pick MUST be a scandal and corruption-free pick that under the intense scrutiny of the media’s microscope, will not be a negative for the campaign. Romney is about as pure as new snow as one can get. His first and only wife, along with ALL his children, are fine, upstanding citizens with no baggage to bring to a McCain campaign.
Many Romney supporters feel like they were shafted by McCain due to his mis-characterization (some say lie) of Romney’s stance on time tables and troops withdrawal from Iraq right before the Florida contest. Romney supporters are keenly aware of the extreme distaste McCain and some of his supporters have for Mr. Romney, and this is feeding a movement for him to run in 2012, ceding the 2008 election to the Democrats. If Romney becomes McCain’s V.P. choice, most of this talk, including the movement, would stop, with Romney supporters instead working hard for the McCain/Romney 2008 ticket.
Most Mormons feel betrayed and bitter about what many see as Mr. Huckabee’s overt anti-Mormon bigotry. The history of the Republican Party and Mormons goes back many years, and Mormons have ALWAYS been a strong, reliable source of strength for our Party. By putting Mr. Romney on the ticket, they will feel that Mr. McCain is really not going to let our Party leave them feeling left out, possibly losing this constituency for a long time to come. Let’s be a party of inclusion that the voters approve of, not of the bigoted few that only divide us to eventual ruin.
Mr. Huckabee’s wins on saturday against McCain are a harbinger of what is in store for the McCain campaign if they don’t act QUICKLY to put this fire of his out. This will become a movement in short order if not stopped immediately, leading to a full-blown retreat from McCain. If McCain doesn’t make Romney the V.P. choice very soon, then Huckabee may be in a position to demand he be on the ticket with McCain. If McCain must do this, he will effectively cause a rift in the Republican Party that will not heal for possibly many years to come. Huckabee is unacceptable to far too many than he will ever attract.

I read the website, SONIA. Thank you and very scary. The more I read about Obama, the more I am convinced he would destroy our country. I don’t care who McCain picks for VP (Although I would love to see Romney), it’s better than Obama and Clinton, who will destroy the integrity and safety of our country. I hope all of you think twice when you complain about who McCain picks.

McCain may be tough on the Iraq war but very liberal in illegal immigration. Our borders need protecting. In Utah our legislature passed laws to toughen up on illegal immigrants but of course they will not go into effect next year while on the same day Orrin Hatch and other Congressmen from Utah are asking for more homeland secutty people ;and money becasue of the growing crime cause by the illegall immigrants. Someone needs to deal with this problem McCain, Obama, and Clinton have no plans to protect us.

MITT is a coward for not staying in the race. Huckabee would have been a good prez. I guess MCCAIN is about the only person we have !

McCain picks Romney for his VP and he will win the election. If he doesn’t he will lose it to Obama.
Conservatives will come out in numbers if Romney is the VP! McCain & Romney 2008. It has a nice ring to it.

When Ronald Reagan ran for President he picked George H. W. Bush as his running mate. They competed fiercely in the primaries, and truly did not appear to like each other very much. However, Bush was able to attract moderates to the ticket, and Reagan was smart enough to realize that.

In this instance, McCain already has the moderates. Romney would bring the conservatives. His Presidential bearing and business acumen are undeniable. He would unify the party. He was elected governor of the most liberal state in the country, and so I think he would make even more moderates consider voting for them.

Here’s what Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard thinks: <a href=”http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/854gvvhu.asp” Click here

This is the most convoluted race ever in our history. McCain is all we have if that is so he needs to be held accountable the people who vote for. I know everyone likes that he is a “Maverick” but usually when he has that hat on it is because he is siding with the democrats. I never figured out how was Romney was labeled a liberal when John McCain usually had Joe Lieberman standing by his side. Does it not bother you that most of his advisors are lobbyist?

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Reagan was a wiser man than McCain. He could not even look at Romeny while Romeney was endorsing him.

n John McCain begins his search for a vice presidential running mate, he’ll quickly come upon a sad fact. He wants a candidate who will be seen as a plausible president. That’s criterion number one. He also wants someone who won’t subtract from his campaign in any serious way. That’s criterion number two. The unfortunate truth is that few Republicans meet these simple criteria. McCain doesn’t have much of a pool to choose from.

But his selection matters enormously, all the more because of his age. McCain will turn 72 on the eve of the Republican convention this summer. Choosing a running mate is the first major decision that a presidential nominee makes. And the nominee is judged by the quality of his pick and even by the smoothness of his selection process. So McCain had better choose well.

He has the right idea in mind. McCain thinks three vice presidential picks from the recent past were wise: Republican Dick Cheney in 2000 and Democrats Joe Lieberman in 2000 and Al Gore in 1992. They were nationally known political heavyweights who passed the most important test. They were accepted almost instantly as ready to replace the president if necessary. And they had no significant drawbacks.

The list of plausible presidents is short. Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Tom Ridge, and Joe Lieberman qualify. That’s about it. There are a number of popular Republican governors–Charlie Crist of Florida, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Mark Sanford of South Carolina, Haley Barbour of Mississippi–but they fall short
of Cheney-Lieberman-Gore stature. It’s not their fault, but it’s nonetheless true.

So how about Lieberman in 2008? He’s a pal of McCain, a brave backer of the war in Iraq, and now the most prominent Democratic supporter of McCain’s presidential bid. He would surely enhance McCain’s appeal to independents and moderate Democrats. He’s a political adult.

But he’s no Zell Miller. Lieberman is a liberal on domestic issues, including abortion. McCain already has trouble with conservatives and picking a Democrat would make things worse. Lieberman would probably subtract more votes from the McCain ticket than he’d add.

So would Giuliani and Ridge. True, Giuliani was a hero of 9/11 as mayor of New York, and Ridge, a former Pennsylvania governor, was President Bush’s first homeland security chief. But both are pro-choice on abortion and would horrify social conservatives, an indispensable part of the Republican coalition. Giuliani or Ridge might prompt a third party pro-life presidential challenger.

Fred Thompson, the ex-senator from Tennessee and now a TV actor, is also a close friend of McCain. If he’d run a more spirited presidential campaign of his own this year, he’d be the obvious pick for running mate. But his campaign was dreary and disappointing. McCain needs someone more vibrant and upbeat.

That leads to Romney. He has run a vigorous national campaign and been vetted by the press and his opponents for the Republican nomination. These are very strong pluses. A pick who produces unhelpful surprises, as Geraldine Ferraro did in 1984 (her husband’s business deals) and Dan Quayle did in 1988 (his National Guard duty), is exactly what McCain doesn’t need. Romney is a known quantity.

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Romney has three other add-ons. He’s acceptable to conservatives and especially to social conservatives, who disproportionately volunteer as ground troops in Republican presidential campaigns. He’s unflappable in debates. With the downturn worsening, the economy may surpass national security as the top issue of the campaign. And after years of success as a big time player in the global economy, Romney understands how markets work. He could shore up McCain’s admitted weakness on economic issues.

Romney has allies in the Bush wing of the Republican party. President Bush favors him as McCain’s veep. Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, preferred Romney over McCain in the primaries, but never endorsed him publicly. Karl Rove, the president’s political strategist, has hinted that he considers Romney to be McCain’s best running mate.

Is there a downside to Romney? Possibly. It’s not his Mormonism. He lost the nomination to McCain, but religion wasn’t the reason. As a corporate turnaround artist, he rescued companies, sometimes by laying off workers. When he ran for the Senate from Massachusetts in 1994, the incumbent, Teddy Kennedy, raised the layoff issue with punishing effect. No doubt Democrats would use it again, and it might have resonance if a recession hits and unemployment is increasing.

Mike Huckabee’s name is bound to come up in the veepstakes, since he’s now run nationally and been vetted. According to Rove, he would “double” McCain’s trouble with conservatives. Both foreign policy and economic conservatives would scream bloody murder if McCain chose the Huckster.

Presidential nominees once tried to balance their ticket
with someone who’d helped win a state they might otherwise lose. This hasn’t entirely gone out of fashion. Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota is often mentioned in this regard. Former House member John Kasich and ex-trade representative and budget director Rob Portman, both from Ohio, are too.

McCain has also been advised, at least by the media, to pick a much younger person for vice president. Governor Matt Blunt of Missouri, 37, and a handful of others have had their names trotted out. Some of them have impressive credentials. Blunt, for example, is an Annapolis graduate and a Naval Reservist called to active duty after 9/11.

But I don’t believe the option of choosing a running mate for purely political reasons is open to McCain–not during wartime, anyway. His strong suit against Barack Obama, his likeliest Democratic opponent, or even against Hillary Clinton, is experience. In fact, Clinton has set up Obama to be attacked by McCain on this front.

Her TV ad raising doubts about Obama’s readiness to be president was critical to her victories last week in the Ohio and Texas primaries. She also said in a campaign appearance: “Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign. I will bring a lifetime of experience [to the White House] and Senator Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002. I think that is a significant difference.” In Obama’s 2002 speech, he opposed the invasion of Iraq. One can envision her comment in a McCain TV ad zinging Obama.

McCain would throw away the experience issue if he named a much younger running mate or someone without national stature or a background in world affairs. Obama’s response could be devastating: “If experience is so important, why did you pick a running mate who has so little, indeed less than I do?”

Romney thus appears to have the best ratio of virtues to drawbacks. But there’s just one problem: McCain doesn’t like him. Just how important compatibility is–that is something McCain will have to decide.

Fred Barnes is executive editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

McCain/Romney - M&M ticket for 2008!

McCain/Mitt - M&M ticket for 2008

People Romney won’t be pick because his not a conservative. You can’t have two FLIP-FLOPS on the same ticket. Just think of all the fire the Democrates can shoot at them. Especially since Mitt is responsible for socialized medicine in Massacusetts, which is against everything conservatives stand for.

No matter what anyone says Romney’s Mormanism would be an important factor. There is no way Mike Hukabee would ever endorse entusiastically M/M ticket. McCain would lose the Christian Evangelic vote and thus the south.

Not to mention that he supported abortion and gay right. And raised taxes and Fees by $700 million a year. What about this guy is conservative? His past is way to similiar to a Democrates. Why do people vote for him.

McCain is not against socialized health care that is one of the reasons’s Swartzenagger (sp) threw his hat to McCain.

Mitt Romney is no more a conservative than Rudy Gulliani. They both supported the right for a woman to get a legal abortion.

Mitt, however has fil/flopped on the abortion issue, making one wonder, what is his real position.

Mitt Romney is the “John Kerry” of the Republican party. He will say anything if he thinks it will get him votes.

Not having a true conservative, Hannity and Limbaugh, supported him because he had money and was willing to be manipulated by them.

flipp romney is a TOOL!!!

Romney is not a flip-flopper. The media named him that because they couldn’t find anything to smear him with. CNN reported that Romney’s biggest problem when campaigning was that he is “too perfect!” The media would gladly give air time to dirty politicians like Spitzer, McCain, Huckabee, Clinton, liberal Obama, etc., etc. They need these kind of people to make a living!

Gov Romney’s one of America’s best and brightest and we were *proud* to support him. We really grew to love Mitt, Ann and the family during this campaign, hope to continue hearing from him, and thank you for the interview. Keep them coming, you rock, Sean!

Huckabee will only bring Evangelical votes. If he is a true conservative, why did he not win over McCain when Romney suspended his campaign?

And you all think McCain is such a conservative candidate. Flip Flop I cannot vote for tax cuts now I think tax cuts should stay in place. McCain wrote a bill where border security was not as important as giving amnesty to illegals oh but now he says he realizes border security is important. All politicians have some form fo flip flops in their past and all will say anything to get elected.

The reason Huck didn’t win is cuz the MSM had pretty much convinced everybody that if the Republicans had ANY chance of winning in Nov. then every body had rally around McCain & vote for him!! What’s sad is most of them did just that thinking it was already in the bag that McCain was the nominee w/ the media’s INFLATED/INACCURATE depiction of the PLEDGED delegates!

Huckabee would bring MORE than just the evangelical vote which BTW, is a lot. When he was elected Gov of Arkansas, he also had 47% of black vote. He also has MANY Democrats/ Independent supporting him because of the FAIR TAX.

Huckabee NEVER compromised principal NOT even to get elected as only the FOURTH republican Gov of Arkansas in their History!! Unlike Romney, he did not compromise principal for the vote.

McCain has LOTS to lose by putting Romney on his ticket……I would hold my nose voting for him but I would vote McCain (and many others will vote just so their vote isn’t thrown away) BUT having Romney on his ticket….NEVER EVER….Might as well vote for Obama/Clinton….He would not protect human life & he would legalize gay marriage —— he is FAR FROM PRO-FAMILY!!!

Although M&M ticket would be perfect cuz it will FAIL & that will only ensure Huck wins in 2012!!! The two liberal candidates…..GREAT……

What’s the GOP coming to????

No Huckabee just wrapped himself with a cross and flag while calling himself the only true Christian candidate castng doubt on Romney’s religion.

Dust-

The key word in your sentance is “supported”. Notice that is past tense. Too bad you and most other so-called Christians are so stuck on yourselves and hypocritical that you don’t think other people can and do change. Unless, of course, that change is to become a “Evangelical”, only then is all forgiven- even if you continue to judge, condemn, and not forgive (look up Luke 6:37).

If you would really look at his record instead of the tripe that Huckabee and his bigoted-band of pastors and followers spew, you would see he came down on the side of life as governor. You don’t understand civics (spending too much time blogging and not learning in your home schooling) when you (not you personally) keep throwing out the $50 abortion and the MA gay marriage thing. He fought those issues but the state Supreme Court made their rulings.

I will once again tell my little anecdote:

A town was warned of an impending flood. As the water rose to knee level, a neighbor drove up in his big truck and offered an old man a ride to safety. The old man replied, “No thanks. I am praying to God and he will save me.” The water rose higher and a boat from the fire department came by to rescue the man. Again, he replied, “I am praying to God and he will save me.” As the water reached the rooftops, a rescue helicopter came. The man refused to climb in saying “I am praying to God and he will save me.” The man drowned. As he appeared before his Maker, he said, “Lord, I don’t understand. I had faith and I prayed for you to save me, yet here I am.”

To which the Lord replied, “I heard your prayers and I sent your neighbor, the fire department, and a helicopter, what more did you want?”

The moral of the story is: to those evangelicals who are so blinded by the beam in their own eye and praying for the Huckabee miracle, maybe it is time to realize that there were others in the race who support (maybe for not as long) the principles you desire, but you are unwilling to see it. Just as the old man in the flood. And to be even more hypocritical, you will sit out the election or vote for a Dem if Huckabee isn’t the VP- thereby ensuring even more liberal social agendas.

The biggest problem with most religious bloggers here is that instead of truly trying to convert others (including your own members) to actually live the principles, you look for the “easy” fix of trying to legislate morality. That doesn’t work. If religious types spent as much time trying to convert others, getting their kids to not participate in activities that lead to abortion (or 1 in 4 teenage girls having STDs), etc., then the laws you are seeking become less necessary.

Romney is very knowledgable about money matters. And money matters. The economy is in disaster mode. I don’t know if his financier type experience translates to helping the American middle class but maybe he can help Citigroup and Bank of America so they don’t have to sell themselves out to the United Arab Emirates.

I think Romney would strengthen the Republican ticket because of his economic knowledge.

Dusty: What hasn’t Romney flip-flop on.

Utag Independent: Huck never said he was the only true Christian canidate. People just naturally started looking at him like that.

Wll said Dean couldn’t agree more.

Lindsey - thanks for reminding us of play #2 from the Huck playbook. Blame the MSM for convincing everyone to vote for McCain. Get over it. Huck’s grass roots worked fine regionally, but no real support outside of the south. He is a regional candidate. Always will be.

Huck spread a populist message. Not a chance in hell his stuff would get passed though.

What does it matter if Huck was only the 4th gov. of Ark. to be a republican? That tells me whatever Huck is doing the democrats like it too. He is a democrat in the republican party.

Go Lindsey!

Vote for Obama if Romney is on the ticket and see what happens to your family and life agendas!

What hypocrisy. It’s called “cutting off your nose to spite your face.”

Why dont’ you just admit that your are an anti-Mormon bigot?

(As I have posted before, I distrust all organized religions for just this reason. My reason for opposing Huckabee, even as VP, is his cramming HIS religion down everyone’s throat attitude. Even though I am very pro-life and pro-family, I would not vote for Huckabee on the ticket because of this potential loss of religious freedom- which to me is more dangerous than the set back to life and family that the Dems will give us.)

It doesn’t matter, though. Huckabee will never be chosen as the VP. If McCain can’t win the South (the only place Huckabee won) without Huckabee on the ticket, then the Dems will have a landslide anyway. But the big one is that the VP is very important in raising money and as most of you so proudly point out, Huckabee doesn’t do that. And that is money not just for the ticket, but the party, for other Republicans running, etc. Ron Paul would be a better choice for that than Huckabee.

This is the best news since the suspension. We NEED A MCCAIN-ROMNEY TICKET! http://www.unitethegop.com

Don’t you people have useful lives to lead?

Sorry his Chrismas ad was nothing more than a stunt to draw attention to himself as the true Christian candidate. I cannot believe that people are so ignorant to believe that people canot change their minds on issues. One o the greatest assets as American is that we can grow and chnge and accept new ideas. I would rather have someone who over time by listening to others realizes their positon may not have been right and changes it than those who self righteously think they have all the answers and never litsten to another person’s point of iew

Lindsey says “BUT having Romney on his ticket….NEVER EVER….Might as well vote for Obama/Clinton….He would not protect human life & he would legalize gay marriage —— he is FAR FROM PRO-FAMILY!!!

Romney will never legalize Gay Marriage! Just look at his Family. Compare his five sons upbringing to Huckabee’s children. Romney has eleven grandchildren and counting–how on earth could you justify your comment that Romney will not protect human life. His records will show that he did govern Massachusetts is a very conservative way.

Go ahead and vote for Obama or Clinton–that shows that you are not pro-life at all because neither Obama nor Clinton are.

Dean: I’m not voting Democrat, I never once said that. And what does my home schooling have to do with anything. I’m doing well thank you. Dean you accuse me of not being forgiving. What does that have to do with how well Romney can run the country. Number one me forgiving him is none of your business. Number two his done nothing to me that I have to forgive( yet ). And just because I forgive him doesn’t mean I have to support him.

Accussing Evangelicals for the problems in this country is stupid. If people would listen to them there wouldn’t be half the problems. I also live by my principles. I now also now why you don’t support Huckabee, its because his a Christian isn’t it. You accuse Huckabee of being judgemental of other people religions( even though he only said one comment) but that what your doing here.

Have you even read the articles I gave to you to read?

Dust: Dusty- What hasn’t Romney flip-flop on.

Dust what has he flip flopped on? There is a difference between flip flopping and changing views with reason. He WAS pro-choice and yet when acting a Governor, he could not in his conscience vote against life. Change is good when you are heading the right direction. I will not vote for a man or woman who will not see the error of his/her ways. When he suspended his campaign he said that he still has many disagreements with McCain but for the good of this Country, he found a common ground, and he will support McCain as President because of that. We do not always get what we want in this life, but when we look at the big picture, it is better to stand on a common ground and be united than be divided!

Dusty: sorry to say this but he didn’t govern Massacusetts conservativly.

All,

Here’s a must read for liberal democrats:

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0811,374064,374064,1.html

Comment by Ellie
March 12th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Don’t you people have useful lives to lead?

And what may I ask are you doing in here?!?

It is disgusting to watch Hannity Kiss up to Romney. Romney is no way a true conservative. While it is true Romney will side with corporations over people every time, there is more to conservatism than cutting taxes for corporations. Social conservatism is MORE important to voters when selecting a President.
Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter and all the other Bozos are too ignorant to see this as they try to “Hannitize” us.
Please Mr. Hannity, Tell me what modern day Republican president has been elected without the social conservative base?
Romney will not bring in the needed social conservatives. We need a true Social Conservative for VP if McCain is to have a chance of winning. Not a dirty flip flopper that is just paying lip service for a vote.

Agreed Dusty: But if he was acting out his conscience he would have fought to stop abortion. He didn’t he let it happen. Go watch some of his U-tube vidios on what he used to say about Abortion.

LOL, the press is what made Romney flip flop. Can’t buy into this one as I heard him with my own ears. I def will have a problem marking McCain on the ballot but throw in Romney and it will be easier when i choose Hillary. Since she at least tells the truth(more often)unlike Romney or McCain.

Would love to see McCain pick Romney…perfect vp for him in my opinion…they would be unbeatable together.

Jim R…Wow McCain cannot win without a true social conservative? Than why in the world did he win the nomination. Usually you hope the guy on top has a slight chance of winning on his own record.

Comment by Dust - Dusty: sorry to say this but he didn’t govern Massacusetts conservativly.

Elected in 2002, Governor Romney presided over a dramatic reversal of state fortunes and a period of sustained economic expansion. Without raising taxes or increasing debt, Governor Romney balanced the budget every year of his administration, closing a $3 billion budget gap inherited when he took office. By eliminating waste, streamlining the government, and enacting comprehensive economic reforms to stimulate growth in Massachusetts, Romney got the economy moving again and transformed deficits into surpluses.

At the beginning of Governor Romney’s term, Massachusetts was losing thousands of jobs every month. Today, the unemployment rate is lower, hundreds of companies have expanded or moved to Massachusetts and the state has added approximately 60,000 jobs in the last two years.

One of Governor Romney’s top priorities was reforming the education system so that young people could compete for good paying jobs in the global economy of the future. In 2004, Governor Romney established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program to reward the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with a four-year, tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public university or college. He has also championed a package of education reforms, including merit pay, an emphasis on math and science instruction, important new intervention programs for failing schools and English immersion for foreign-speaking students.

Dust, those u-tube videos are in the past. Not the recent past, but almost 2 decades old. You sink your own argument when you say what Mitt “used” to say about abortion. You know he is firmly pro-life now and his record as gov. of Mass fully supports that conviction.

TJS -go find your own Clinton/Obama blog. Don’t need you here!

Why the assumption when somebody opposes Romney that they are anti-mormon? I never made not one comment about mormonism….not one. My issues w/ Romney are Social Conservative issues which ring CLOSE & DEAR to my heart. I have many friends who are are mormon…they are all exceptionally kind & great company to be around. In fact, had dinner this weekend w/ a couple who are mormon & we even discussed politics….

And the reason I’m soo huge on the Gay Marriage which was legalized under the Governship of Romney is because I was raised in a gay home…my mother is gay….I love my mom dearly but I know first hand what this would do to our families. And I’m not sooo sure if Romney was President (which is a possiblity if chosen VP if something happens to McCain) that he would protect Marriage…he wasn’t able to do so when he was Governor. Romney is also not opposed to keeping literature out of our schools that embrace homosexuality. Romney is not oppossed to