Comments on: Could There Be Gold In Them Swamps For Romney? http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick Mulligan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/comment-page-1/#comment-69108 Patrick Mulligan Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:04:51 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/#comment-69108 "He certainly didn’t manage to persuade very many Republicans that this statement was true. Why wasn’t it obvious to them?" Lack of money and internal party support, along with distaste and even hostility toward campaigning, and a speaking style that isn't well suited to the "30-second-position-in-a-sentence" debate format all played roles. But are you asking because you actually care, or just to be a pest? “He certainly didn’t manage to persuade very many Republicans that this statement was true. Why wasn’t it obvious to them?”

Lack of money and internal party support, along with distaste and even hostility toward campaigning, and a speaking style that isn’t well suited to the “30-second-position-in-a-sentence” debate format all played roles. But are you asking because you actually care, or just to be a pest?

]]> By: freelunch http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/comment-page-1/#comment-69060 freelunch Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:58:32 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/#comment-69060 <em>Fred Thompson stood head and shoulders above all the other presidential candidates.</em> He certainly didn't manage to persuade very many Republicans that this statement was true. Why wasn't it obvious to them? Fred Thompson stood head and shoulders above all the other presidential candidates.

He certainly didn’t manage to persuade very many Republicans that this statement was true. Why wasn’t it obvious to them?

]]> By: compugor http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/comment-page-1/#comment-69058 compugor Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:46:52 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/01/27/could-there-be-gold-in-them-swamps-for-romney/#comment-69058 Fred Thompson stood head and shoulders above all the other presidential candidates. Pathetically, with him out of the race, it is now necessary to support the remaining campaigner who is the least unacceptable. So Mitt Romney is now the one. I suppose I can get over him being a reformed ultra-liberal. I suppose I can get over his support for universal healthcare. I suppose I can get over his support for citizenship for illegal immigrants already here. Mike Huckabee wants to cap troop levels; supports amnesty AND citizenship for illegal immigrants already here; is a big spender and supports increasing the minimum wage; supports a cap/reduction of "global warming" emissions; opposes school vouchers. John McCain and Rudy Juliani are straight out "RINOs". Ron Paul is a political quack and a dangerous utopian "non-interventionist". Regardless, I will pull the lever for whichever candidate the pachyderms post, as a much lesser evil to the prospect of a sociocrat POTUS. The worst possible scenario, perish the thought, is the Clintons being back in the white house! Fred Thompson stood head and shoulders above all the other presidential candidates. Pathetically, with him out of the race, it is now necessary to support the remaining campaigner who is the least unacceptable.

So Mitt Romney is now the one. I suppose I can get over him being a reformed ultra-liberal. I suppose I can get over his support for universal healthcare. I suppose I can get over his support for citizenship for illegal immigrants already here.

Mike Huckabee wants to cap troop levels; supports amnesty AND citizenship for illegal immigrants already here; is a big spender and supports increasing the minimum wage; supports a cap/reduction of “global warming” emissions; opposes school vouchers.

John McCain and Rudy Juliani are straight out “RINOs”.

Ron Paul is a political quack and a dangerous utopian “non-interventionist”.

Regardless, I will pull the lever for whichever candidate the pachyderms post, as a much lesser evil to the prospect of a sociocrat POTUS. The worst possible scenario, perish the thought, is the Clintons being back in the white house!

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