Irony and sad commmentary: Beyond a candidate's political views (which were always very much in sway with Romney), I find it as concerning as racial or sex discrimination for those to assert "He's just TOO handsome." Please spare me the supposedly 'substantive' issues ... most Americans make their initial, lasting judgements about all these candidates in a nano-second.

Have Mitt's sons enlisted yet? After all, the only thing keeping them at home was fighting the terrorists by campaigning for Dad.

Mitt Romney gave a wonderful speech touching on everything we conservatives believe.
He is a class act and for the good of the party in time of war he wants to make sure the party can address Hillary and Obama to defeat them.
Now, how long will it be before Huckleberry gets out?
It is a shame that the driveby media have hot wired our honorable party and put John McCain in the drivers seat and he has no humility. In fact it's suck it up guys I want mine now power, power and power.
God Bless Mitt Romney and your wonderful family. May God bless us all in these dire circumstances. Jerry White, Springfield, IL

Doesn't matter who the Republican choice is; he won't be a great choice and he won't be a winner come November. Americans are ready for a change of the status quo.

I don't see what makes Ron Paul any less of a candidate than Huckabee or McCain. I understand that this is a blog and subject to opinion, but the media has reported things with the lack of objectivity as well. It's this horse race bias that got us in to trouble in FL and we all see how the last 8 years went haven't we?

Wahoo!

Don't care how ya want to spin it...but this is going to hurt the republicans in the long run. Many will stay home election night.

As the conservatives would say - Hallelujah!!

What. . ."I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror".

So,Mitty thinks the Democrats are surrendering to terror/terrorists? Nothing like governing with fear.

Yeah, good riddance, pal!

See ya Willard!

As a veteran of John McBush's upcoming Hundred Years of War in Iraq, I would like to ask for my signing bonus and education money up front, before I die.

Lack of enthusiasm is everywhere among Republican voters.

-They rail against nation-building under Clinton, and then embark on the biggest nation-building disaster in our history.

-They rail against big government, and then have a huge expansion of government with the Homeland Security Dept.

-They rail against big spending, and then run up historical deficits.

So many of their talking points have been undercut by this administration that their candidates have no credibility with their own base, much less with independents.

So what does the GOP do? they nominate an old man (McCain) who has all of the worst of Bush's policies and none of the good one's.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/election2008/ig/Election-Funny-Pictures/McCain-Bush-Hug.htm

Let the GOP circle jerk firing squad begin!!!

Glad to see Willard gone.

If he'd gotten elected, he'd be our third president in a row who was a Viet Nam era draft-dodger.

Not what we need when we're putting troops in harm's way.

Go McCain! McCain for president.

Ron Paul is a real conservative. He will end our occupation of Iraq and close our foregin military bases - you know, so we would actually have the resources and man power to defend OUR BORDERS. If most of the US military is scattered throughout the world, and a real threat emerges, what are we going to do?

Any true conservative owes it to themselves to learn about Ron Paul's positions. I don't want government in my life, that's what conservatism is about, and that's what Ron Paul is about.

(ex) ROMNEY SUPPORTERS - CHECK OUT RON PAUL. You'll be happy you did!

VERY VERY sad day for the Republican Party. McCain is a grouchy old man.

How scary are those words: "WHATEVER IT TAKES". The Lives of soldiers ('WHATEVER IT TAKES'), the Lives of Civilians in the middle ('WHATEVER IT TAKES') and Torcher ('WHATEVER IT TAKES')

I endured listening to Laura Ingraham call Romney (the flip-flopper) the 'Conservative's Conservative' as she introduced him. I endured Romney hitting all of the conservative talking points, whipping the partisan crowd into a frenzy. I thought Romney was actually going to talk himself out of announcing his departure from the Presidential Primary race, but he finally let the air out of the room, stating that he hates to lose. NONE of the Republican candidates for President raised the substantial amounts of money needed to continue their campaigns. McCain had to borrow off of his life insurance policy, Huckabee is running his campaign figuratively on spit and bubble gum, and Romney had to spend a significant amount of his fortune to place a distant second. Conservative MONEY has not backed any of the Republican candidates' campaigns, and this CPAC conference seems to be an exercise to see who can kiss up the most in order for funding to be disbursed. So, the guy who whips up the crowd, and according to Ingraham, is the clearest choice for conservatives to stand behind, has dropped out of the race? And the other two, a social conservative/populist (Huckabee) and a person who has betrayed conservative values by walking across the aisle (McCain), and voting against conservative interests, are the only choices left? Wow! You Republicans DO eat your young, and anyone else that do not hold your values. And if Romney, the one that conservative talk radio has hung their hats and hopes on, is forced to quit his run for President because Conservative MONEY was not used to back him, then you deserve what you get. And for that, I say Thank You. Old campaign tactics from the ultra-conservative wing of the Republican Party and from the Clintons have ensured that Obama will be the next President of the United States.

Thanks for standing up for American values. We'll see you in 2012.

"Make Fun Buddy" - Ron Paul to Mitt Romney at SC Presidential Debate

Who is making fun now?

Good Riddance ya fool.

Hillary is more of a Republican than any of the Republican candidates have been or ever were.

If Hillary had an (R) in front of her name and didn't have the last name of Clinton (Wingnuts suffer from "Clinton Derangement Syndrome, which is sometimes fatal) she would already have the Republican nomination locked up and they wouldn't be stuck with old man John McCrazy who's idea of good foreign/economic policy is staying in Iraq for 100 years.

Earth to Romney: most voters are concerned about "voracious appetites", but more those of venture capitalists and hedge funds, than those of unions and government.

What part of that do these so-called conservative Republicans not understand?

Cheryl!

You're funny..Can the same be said about Chelsea? You're partisanship drippeth over.

Conservatives better rally around McCain now because the alternative would be a disaster.

Thanks for standing up for American values. We'll see you in 2012.

Posted by: Mike for whats right | February 7, 2008 2:46 PM

We'll see you as a pandering political hack then, just as we see you now. Auf wiedersen, Herr Flipper.

Ron Paul is a not a conservative. He's a fundamentalist libertarian. Forward deployment has protected this country from harm for decades. Conservatives will agree with Ron Paul in may respects, however most conservatives would be behind pulling all of our troops home. This policy did not work prior to World War 1 and would not work now.

McCain is most definitely a conservative when you compare his views to Obama's or Clinton's. When you have one of the loudest voices of the extreme right say she'll vote for Clinton rather than McCain, you have a radical, not a conservative.

Politics is a game of compromise in trying to get as many of your key issues looked upon favorably by the person who has the best chance of being elected. If you snub McCain because he's honest enough to say what he thinks rather than pander to the demands of the pollsters (ie. Clinton), then enjoy being on the outside looking in at the Left wielding power for the next four or eight years.

I'd say McCain is real and honest; Clinton will say and do anything she thinks needs to be said or done to gain power and Obama is an unknown quantity in this regard but is most assuredly Liberal in his thinking. If you are a real Conservative and want to see some measures of Fiscal and Social Conservatism in the U.S. for at least the next four years, you'd better be thinking about backing Senator McCain. If you want to vote for Clinton or Obama instead, I hope you will hold your tounge and your pen while they and the Democrats run the country.

Obama and Clinton could very well take their duel to the convention. Imagine the viewer interest in the Democratic convention if that happened. John McCain is a republican who arch republicans hate and many democrats like. Wont that make for an interesting general election. Kent Ninomiya http://kent-ninomiya-history.blogspot.com/

Conservatives need to face the music; you are a miniscule minority, always has been & always will be & your numbers are only shrinking. Evangelical support for you is evaporating, republicans are abandoning you & the rest of Americans are laughing at you with your shenanigans from DeLay to Lay to Abrohmoff to Coulter to Keyes, etc.... Romney's campaign cost a quarter of a billion so far & what results has it produced?

Go back your hate radio, pretend the world revolves around you, get misty-eyed over one of the worst presidency's ever behind Bush, "Reagan's legacy". Let's see how you carry on your optimism knowing your "revolution" was defeated years ago.

It's a liberal world & getting more so everyday. Suks to be you.

Suspends his campaign? Why can't he say he quits? We don't need him. We don't want him.

How sad. He was the only chance we had to overcome McCain and be viable in the general. But I guess this sets the stage for a great comeback in 2012. We will probably be in an even greater need for him to come in and pick up the pieces from the mess that will be created from our poor choices this time round.

DING DONG THE WHACKOS DEAD!
LOOOOOOOOOOL

Fantastic News!

Wonderful news!

We are delighted that the religious nut case and is freaky underwear have been booted out of the elections!
This man who belonged to the racist cult known as Mormonism has no place in modern civilized society!!

He showed his contempt and racist beliefs when he vilified Obama, I am no Democrat and I aint black, but his attacks on Obama were clearly racist.

Mitt who shoud be called the Pitts, intentional placed Obamas name and accused him of terrorism.

Such gutter trash like Mitt should not be permitted to run for any office, he is racist and so is his religious cult!!

The best part of the whole thing is that he has wasted so much money of his own wealthy!!

Thats great!!

Flushed down the toilet!

Despite his wealthy people recognized Mitt Romney for what he is a slimey, racist, religious nut, fake smile, lying, scare mongering, funny under pant wearing flip flopping dush bag!!

GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE RACIST FLIP FLOPPER!
SHUT THE DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT!!

...................AND DONT COME BACK!!

4 YEARS OR 8!!!

Thank God America is spared from having a President who believes Jesus is the Devil's brother. Thank God America is spared from a man who is thoroughly unprincipled and lacking in integrity . It is to the credit of the American political system that money was not allowed to buy the nomination . This Brit from across the pond is one happy man , but above all I give glory to God

Hillary Clinton, by far, is no liberal--truly a Republican tactic to distort the truth. Perhaps the most sickening thing about McCain to conservatives is that he discusses matters of actual relevance.

This loyal Republican is amazed at the vitriol against
any GOP candidate. We lost our
position and creditability by blindly backing the debacle of the Bush/Cheney years. Bush became a metaphorical anti-messiah by eviscerating true social conservatives by pandering "Devine" inspiration and making a joke of our values and our Constitution.
Bush helped our wonderful country like OJ Simpson helped the African-American citizen, by making them an object of contempt to a whole generation of Americans and setting true values and opinions back 50 years.Bush is a disgrace us patriots who supported his abuses will live with for a long time.

I have been a republican ever since
Truman's win. However, I have voted for whom I believed had the best character for the job and made
a write in vote to replace the party
choice if I did not. Consequently,
I never voted for Nixon and certainly not for Bush Jr's second term, where I wrote in John McCain as a protest vote. The Presidency is certainly not a Dynasty job as well as for some rich man's son! John McCain has
demonstrated real character many
many times. When in prison, he refused repatriation because of his
father's rank. He is independant from party line when he believes it
is not good for America, no matter what the extreme right wing's position is. He looks for compromise, exercises reason, and is open to negotiation to opposite viewpoints but not to principles. I
hope Hillery is his opponent because Obama is a similiar type
individual as John, but with different
mistaken ideas for America's future.

The "Right Wing Nut" element of the Republican party has finally been put to pasture. As an Independent, I could be happy with any of the three: McCain, Clinton, or Obama.

The fact that Ann Coulter hates this make me smile, and also shows that unlike her and some of her media cohorts, the Republican rank and file are not all idealogues.

Ron Paul and Democrat supporters: you think the US is better off with all our armed forces personnel back home? That just makes it easier for the enemies to kill us all at once. I believe 'fish in a barrel' is an accurate term. No, we have to fight the bad guys on their turf so they don't come here. Our armed forces should not be patrolling our borders instead of fighting in the middle east. The bad guys aren't Mexicans sneaking under fences and taking the produce-picking jobs.

Romney supporters - how can he be the true conservative while he was vowing to make things easier for gays/abortions while running for senate? Tsk tsk. Read up on your candidate before posting verbal garbage.

Nobody can tell who will make a good president, you just hope they have enough balls and honesty to not get bullied into anything while in office. I think we at least know what we're going to get with McCain, and I'll take knowing over the unknown anyday. 8 years of Bush and I still don't understand him or what he's going to do next (or why)

McCain/Huckabee '08

I still can't forgive his naked ambition and thirst for power because all of his actions over the last 18 months have seriously hurt the party. It's more serious than just the "conservative" "moderate" and "evangelical" factions that have been created partially by his rhetoric, too.

If Romney didn't go out and do everything dirty and sleazy to win the presidency today, we'd have a real solid chance to unseat John Kerry this election cycle or Ted Kennedy in two years. Romney was a popular governor in Massachusetts and if he'd just stayed true to the progressive principles he laid out when he first ran against Ted for Senate and later for governor he'd have an EXCELLENT shot at beating Kennedy or Kerry. Yes, progressive principles. The super tuesday voting results show that Jerry White and the other Rush drones are clearly only fooling themselves, not the electorate.

If he'd simply stayed true to what I believe are his true principles he would have had the national office he wanted and we as a party would have another progressive republican senator who would serve at the very least two senate terms.

By falling in with the Rushes, Hannitys and Ingrahams he pretty much threw away any chance of ever beating Ted Kennedy in a one-on-one election. It would be nice if Romney was just too stupid to understand that, but he's really not. He's just so ambitious that he wanted the big prize and was willing to do anything to get it. And I'm sorry, Rush and Hannity and Laura Ingraham do not care about what happens to the republican party or who is running the country as much as they care about "kingmaking" and increasing their own influence and power. I'm so, SO glad that McCain refused to kiss their posteriors the way Romney did.

I actually used to like Romney. I know with the campaign that's hard to fathom but it's true. I thought he was a really good governor who showed how republicans can win and govern fairly in blue states even with the odds stacked against them. Now, he's gone back on everything I liked about him for the approval of the radio sycophants. That is just so, so disappointing to someone who believes strongly that the GOP is the the big tent party of inclusion, the party of ideas and the party of individuals not union robots who just do what their ward boss tells them.

Maybe Romney can run for governor of Michigan now but he's clearly ruined his chances in Massachusetts and he's thrown away $35 million for nothing. Really disappointing to me and it should serve as a warning to any republican who thinks he can win an election by kowtowing to the talk radio potentates. Stay true to your principles, Republicans, don't end up like Mitt.

Now i remember why i don't vote, because of the laura comment about clintons tear ducts. You want us as parents to set the example for our children and look how you run campaigns by slamming each other down. Great example guys, and now were all suppose to go out and vote, i don't think so, maybe when we get some adults in office who are ready to deal with issues at hand,i might think of registering, but for right now i will stay home on election day.

In 1976 the forces of mediocrity pushed Gerald Ford to the nomination over Ronald Reagan, and the result was four years of Jimmy Carter, "malaise" and "stagflation" under the rule of a mental incompetent who felt that the soviets were the inevitable wave of the future. If Reagan had won the nomination in 1976 he might have lost the general election due to post-Watergate animus towards the GOP in general. Springing forward to the present, Romney might be better served by losing now (in what promises to be a tough year for the GOP and other loyal Americans), assuming a statesman's role, and then winning by a landslide in 2012 after four years of neo-soviet governance under the likes of Hillary or Barack. Four years from now, when this great nation has been transformed into a socialist migrant camp where illegal aliens get to vote and leech social services , where the military is castrated, where the idea of "national defense" means constructing "firehouse and coffins" rather than advanced weapons, where thoughtcrime is the new wave of government prosecution, where all anti-democrat party commentary is censored off of the air, and where American property is increasingly sold to the Communist Chinese, and where communism has enjoyed a revival in South America, then , if there is an America still standing,Romney can lead a second American revival . A final note to Cheryl, my two sons served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan , and support the President and the war. Now it is your turn, if you support pacifist treason, why don't you and your spawn find a nice socialist/pacificst country to live in?

Frankly, in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.

Funny thing Mitt the sh**,back in the Vietnam days you had no problem getting your Chickenhawk ass out of the country and hiding in France.

How do "Conservatives" look into the mirror to shave without sliting their necks!!!

The problem is neither party really wants to end the war. Democrats have been warmongerers as long as they've been a party. The current DNC tries to act like they'll end the war, but only a few in congress are actually anti-war. But they use the issue in the elections and not actually end anything. But Romney was right about a few things: entitlement must end and taxes & bureaucracies need to be bushwhacked. Too bad the only candidate opposed to the war, welfare, taxes, and big government has already been bushwhacked by the media (Ron Paul).

Thank you Rush and all the lessor radio entertainers, what do we do now that you have painted us into a far corner? Bush destroyed our noble movement by being both arrogant and ignorant. Now you nihilists will burn down the proud GOP before facing the reality that only McCain, with all his warts, has a possibility of winning a presidency, Bush so squandered, and keeping another Clinton out of the Oval Office. We had better get behind the only horse we have in this race. Every Rushie you mesmerize to not vote puts Mrs Bill Clinton into throne, and then what, we stonewall for 8 years while your listener base does nothing to further our cause just keeps them from doing theirs. What a waste and what a disservice you do Head Ditto Head, and your wannabe clones.

You are the best President!

That just makes it easier for the enemies to kill us all at once.
Posted by: Jeff | February 7, 2008 3:39 PM

Jeff the more I read on your support of the war, the more I wonder how seemingly educated man can even say those words without gaging. We already lost an equvalent amount of lives and treasure as 9/11 and what in the world do you think you gained? Afghanistan is still a mess, you never finished the real war on terror. Of course I can see how being a POW for 6 years would give you more insight to how to fight this very different culture. Of course, McCain is different. Right? If this is your idea of saving America, don't help me if I'm in trouble.

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

My prior post did not appear so I apologize if this appears twice.
The departure of Mitt Romney brings back strong memories of when Ronald Reagan lost to Gerald Ford in 1976. Back in '76, the country-club Republicans were content to cede the nomination to Ford (even though he was selected by the Democrat Congressional Leadership to replace Nixon) rather than "risk" nominating a conservative. I was disappointed at the time, and was even more disappointed when America was duped into electing "Aw shucks" Jimmy Carter and his national security consultant, Amy Carter (aged 10). The good news was that after jackass Jimmy gave us four years of "malaise", four years of "America is no longer a world power", four years of "America needs to accept soviet expansion as the wave of the future", four years of "stagflation",and four years of double-digit inflation, unemployment and interest rates, Reagan surged back in 1980.
I dread the next 4 years under Clinton or Obama. I see the rebirth of the Soviet Empire (plus rapid expansion of soviet influence in latin America); I see vast expansion of Red Chinese influence (and probably the fall and subjugation of Taiwan) ; I see the United States being converted into a socialist refugee camp, where millions of illegals flock to this country to leech our tax-based social services and vote (illegally) for the Democrats in national elections. I see vicious federal prosecution of "thoughtcrime" and the silencing of anyone who criticizes the central government in the electronic media. I see the government embarking on a massive vote-buying process under which America's wealth is simply liquidated to purchase short term political power. But if we can survive, I see Romney coming back in 2012.

McCain, given his age and the ire of his party, should pick Romney as his VP. Heck, I would vote for that ticket if Clinton loses. I am not, not, going to fall for an inexperienced lightweight in the driver's seat again. Knowing what you're doing is sometimes as important as what you do.

Rush, Hannity, Coulter, Savage and Ingraham have a vested interest in having a president in office that they can complain about. These people are entertainers. They lost audience share when they backed the Republican Party blindly. They knew Romney could not win. So they are setting you up for four years of whining about how liberals are ruining this country.
Jerry White, it is Rush that ruined the Republican party, not the drive bys.

"Don't care how ya want to spin it...but this is going to hurt the republicans in the long run. Many will stay home election night."

Posted by: bill r. | February 7, 2008 2:07 PM

That depends, bill. I think you will see Republicans coming out of the woodwork to show up on election day to vote if the Democrats nominate Hillary. You can rest assured of that.

John McCain
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul

Only 3 candidates left to choose from. So much for the media appointted "front-runners"!

Great! Now maybe we can finally come across the isle and have and Clinton/McCain ticket….

Bill r., I didn't write that. It's some other Jeff or, as I suspect, one of the loonier leftist posters here trying to put words in my mouth.

Jerry and Markm2, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be disrespectful but if you really think that Mitt Romney is a "conservative's conservative" then the only ones you're fooling are yourselves. Look at the man's record as Massachusetts governor and give it an honest appraisal. Just because Laura Ingraham says something does not necessarily make it so. Think for yourselves, guys.

I am so sorry to see this honorable man's campaign come to an end, especially because I feel two things stopped the momentum and recognition he was beginning to receive: 1) McCain's dirty trick right before the Florida primary, and 2) Huckabee's refusal to get out of this race if he truly IS a conservative. Now that it's just Huckabee and McCain, Huckabee still has no chance unless something drastic happens to McCain. In that event, either Hilary or Barack would crush him like an ant in a national election.

McCain is the only Republican left with a chance, and for that reason only I will support him. I was even entertaining Ann Coulter's declaration regarding HRC (a slightly tongue-in-cheek declaration which was quite funny when announced, but not likely in reality), but then I remembered how much I detest Hilary, how she condones the murder of innocent babies, how she has and will continue to come up with more Robin Hood schemes to rob from the "Rich" (AKA anyone who works their a**es off) to fund those who largely refuse to, and how her political antics (tears, accents, etc.) make McCain look like an altar boy...then I see the finest candidate end his campaign for such admirable reasons (since Huckabee wasn't man enough to do so before Super Tuesday), and I realize that all Republicans must support John McCain, whether or not he is an ideal Conservative in our eyes.

I urge Senator McCain to consider the unlikely: choose Mitt Romney as your running mate to strengthen your ticket. Your lack of financial expertise would be complimented greatly by having at your side Romney's brilliant business knack. Mike Huckabee really can't offer or add much quality to your ticket, but Mitt certainly would.

Please don't assume that since I haven't much mentioned or criticized Barack Obama that I have anything but negative opinions of his politics. He is probably a nice man, and a good speaker, but he has DONE NOTHING notable. As an Illinois resident, his election as our U.S. Senator was followed almost immediately by this run for President. His unabashed liberalism makes him the worst candidate left--even worse than the seldom-rational Ron Paul.

So, I hope that John McCain makes amends with conservatives and clarifies the blurred line between himself and the left-center. If John McCain manages to become President and does a great job, fine, 4-more-years. If not, then I certainly hope Mitt will be back in 2012!

As long as Huckabee sticks around this will drive a bigger wedge between the fiscal conservatives and the social conservatives. This is really the best thing that could happen for the democrats. I think the media is getting this one all wrong when they say that this gives McCain the nomination. I think it will give Huckabee back his base.

It is a shame that the driveby media have hot wired our honorable party and put John McCain in the drivers seat...
_____________________________
Doesn't say much for republican intelligence, independence or critical thinking if the media they seemingly so despise can influence them to vote for a person they obviously despise.

Or perhaps, put another way, I guess no reich-wingers really care what faux noise, pat robertson, rushbo limpbaugh, mann coultergeist, hammity and combes, falafel boy orally, and all the other angry men have to say. This sorta pops the balloon of the influence of hate radio and "fair and balanced" coverage. After all, it certainly wasn't lefty loonies, the people that hate America, the ones that are the worst mankind has to offer, that kept voting for McCain. Tho' it would be hilarious if us Liberals DID infiltrate the party and actually vote for McCain just to destroy the sacred myth of the republitards unified discipline.

The good news for this "worst mankind has to offer" liberal is, based on the rantings of the swamp dwellers here, I can vote for Barack, Hillary, OR McCain, and get everything I want. This is gonna be GREAT!

Enjoy November you wingnuts. I certainly will!

That just makes it easier for the enemies to kill us all at once.
Posted by: Jeff | February 7, 2008 3:39 PM

This coming from a punk John McCain jock-strap sniffer who refuses to sign up for Iraq himself.

Any Republican with half a brain knows McCain is the only option left given the damage Bush has caused the party.

Tying up the loose ends early could give the Reps an enormous advantage, especially since the increasingly annointed attitude of Senator O is making me and others uneasy.

http://strictlyanecdotal.com/2008/02/07/ill-see-your-blonde-bimbo-and-raise-you-one-aging-hippie.aspx

Suspended?????

Did the word "QUIT" stick in his throat??

Way to go admit to the fact that your campaign was the most generic that a Republican ever ran. Mitt stood for nothing that would have brought voters in from outside the GOP. McCain will never be able to beat the Democrat anyway. You can't go around touting an offensive war policy for a severely unpopular war. The GOP is on the road out of mainstream politics.
Read my blog at
http://savetheworld3.blogspot.com/

I'm skeptical about this medium of dialogue (if it even is that), but I'll comment anyway:

"only two candidates left - plus Ron Paul"

That would make three, please.

And spending more than we make minding other countries' business is more irrational than balancing our budget and minding our own business. Being principled doesn't mean you're crazy.

As if everyones opinion actually matters.

Could the word "suspend" also mean to stop temporarily?

"This campaign will go on, blah, blah..."
Finally! It was about time for Mr. Waxy to get out. His running was beyond boring! Newsflash: He is NOT handsome!!!

I thought he was going all the way to the White House?

Dr. Paul fully plans to win the nomination as long as he has people support, which is now only assured to grow. He will prove to become the indomitable force; nobody will any longer be easily able to ignore him from hereon. He will have his pound of flesh in this swiftly thinning field of the whole globe’s biggest fearful losers.
Go ahead & master what Uncle Paul teaches us this spring & summer. Everyone will soon have every opportunity to check things out fully on their own. As it turns out, to those of us whom have already rallied around objective facts, we see that the criminality we have already introduced into our progeny's generations is not merely just a matter of convenience for but a few contemporary tapeworms (to use a well-known biologic symbiosis as a comparison.) Infinitely worse, these history-making incorrigibles are actively sweating about how to henceforth accelerate their deserved sociopathic, inhuman legacy into ranges far beyond Hitlerian proportions.
... McIllie!; ... I think his jowls will explode as he stutters & sputters in response to Paul crushing his head with each stinging utterance. I’ve been waiting too many months for this.
Imagine ahead, … to ol’ whitey getting his home-boy-whuppin' from Dr. NO at any semblance of a rational debate. Indeed, watch force-backed politics wither & die, as diligence, productivity & business-like intellect-in-action steams it over. Slickwhillarity will both overdose on shared estrogen pills; young O-bamabam will ultimately decide to spend the rest of his life reforming the Democratic party ~ for Teddy’s family at their expense, in accordance with newly discovered Austrian investment principles. No-Buckashucks will self-effacingly apologize to all, helpless as his folks turn & smile at Dr. Paul.
Mainstream media, white-collar hoax industry complexes, other candidates, the White House ~ all are showing much evidence of being very surprised, unprepared, and scared by this new Uncle Sam, & their direction is muddled, diffused, bewildered ~ whether to commit premeditated omissions, entertain & spin special interests, or simply induce lazy journalism; there abounds, as always, the obvious tried & tested conspiratorial results ~ … but with one major difference; this time it is they that lose.
Look for Dr. NO to shut down their games with a series of Clark Kent bulls-eyes to their equilibriums. No one was expecting anyone to rise up from within the ranks of the unwashed masses, and actually be the shepherd, the doctor, & the professor to help them fill their needs & desires by themselves, rather than fleece them to their deaths.
It is about to become historically very unhealthy to get caught skimming off of innocent, productive, benevolent, honest, moral, and newly-educated consciousness-heightened, & connected individuals. This American era promises to bring new meaning to the term, “Doctor Assisted Suicide.”

Romney says, "Frankly, in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." So the implication is that by continuing his campaign, Huckabee is aiding a surrender to terror. This is ridiculous and just the kind of nonsense that cost Romney the nomination. Everyone who isn't a complete bumpkin knows Romney quit because he didn't want to spend more of his money on what was obviously a lost cause. I say good-bye and good riddance to this total phony.

If McCain takes Huckabee as a VP I am voting democrat. Better Hillary for president than that wing-nut in the second seat. McCain is one big mac from a pine box.

Are republicans even aware of the real world? Laura Ingraham makes a catty remark about Hillary using her own money while her hero spent over 35 million dollars of his money. That's seven times as much as Hillary.

John E., that's a different Jeff. I never posted that. Although it's nice to see you've added "zombie reagan" to your collection of aliases.

p.s. Glad I'm a young punk again, I thought I'd outgrown it!

That just makes it easier for the enemies to kill us all at once.
Posted by: Jeff | February 7, 2008 3:39 PM

"This coming from a punk John McCain jock-strap sniffer who refuses to sign up for Iraq himself.

Posted by: Zombie Reagan | February 7, 2008 5:36 PM"

Yeh! I am glad this slick cultist is out of the way. Now we can get on to electing Huckabee. He is our greatest chance yet to get this country back on track. He will ban these cult religions and get them out of America. There is also hope that he can take care of our black problems as well.

Hilrary or Obama will bring change to america that will straighted the bratty, spoiled brats stupid people who voted for them.

It be a change alright, war will be all over america, the change will be New York destroyed, ten thousand dead in Denven, over a million Los Angeles, that may not be the change you were looking for, but spoiled rotten brats always think they can have their cake and eat it to.

Hilrary or Obama will bring change to america that will straighted the bratty, spoiled brats stupid people who voted for them.

It be a change alright, war will be all over america, the change will be New York destroyed, ten thousand dead in Denver, over a million in Los Angeles, that may not be the change you were looking for, but spoiled rotten brats always think they can have their cake and eat it to.

Hilrary or Obama will bring change to america that will straighted the bratty, spoiled brats stupid people who voted for them.

It be a change alright, war will be all over america, the change will be New York destroyed, ten thousand dead in Denven, over a million Los Angeles, that may not be the change you were looking for, but spoiled rotten brats always think they can have their cake and eat it to.