I actually respect John McCain. I think he is a decent man who stands by his convictions. I also think he is too old to be president. He will be older than Reagan when the Gipper was inaugurated and Ronnie was well into his dementia before his second term ended.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What fascinates me about the relative lack of support party wide for > Romney & Huckabee is what it says about the mainstream of the > Republican Party. Apparently, mainstream republicans are tired of > conservative stranglehold as well. > > I find it most fascinating that almost universally, the Conservative > Pundits have gone to war against McCain and he's basically been > completely unaffected by it. I mean if you watch the guy talk, he's > neither compelling nor striking. He lacks the presentation of Obama > and the confidence of Clinton. he's kind of dorky. He paces like he's > nervous. he delivery is both akward and shaky. He's simply not the > calm cool confidence of his opponents and he's cleaning up in spite > of the overwhelming machinations of the conservative core of his > party against him. It's really telling > > Bosco > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'll be darned! this is the most interesting election year I can > > remember since, well, the last couple of election years! Good > > riddance, I say: spend some time looking at how he *used* to feel > > on issues, and how he feels now, and you talk bout an opportunistic > > flip-flopper! I'm also amazed at how Limbaugh and the others of his > > ilk have so embraced this Mormon ( who in other times they'd be > > attacking as not a real Christian, no doubt), just because they > > hate the "liberal" McCain! > > More interesting is the reaction of many of my co-workers, who are > > perfect barometers for the ultra-conservative, braindead segment of > > society. They're all but in morning. Oh, it might be a riot up in > > here if Obama or Hillary wins come Election Day! > > > > ************************** > > > > CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid > > for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN. > > Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, > > compared with front-runner John McCain's 680. > > Romney had no public events Wednesday and instead met with aides to > > discuss strategy to stay in the race through March 4. > > "It is tough to saddle up this a.m.," one Romney adviser told CNN > > the morning after his disappointing Super Tuesday finish. > > Although he outspent his rivals, Romney received just 175 delegates > > on Super Tuesday, compared with at least 504 for McCain and 141 for > > former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, according to CNN estimates. > > Romney came in first in Massachusetts, Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado > > and Utah on Super Tuesday. In the early voting contests, he won > > Nevada, Maine, Michigan and Wyoming. > > After his win in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former > > Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee became Romney's chief rival for the > > party's conservative vote. > > Huckabee on Tuesday won Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and > > West Virginia. > > "Primaries are a killing field," said CNN senior political analyst > > Bill Schneider. "They take losing candidates and get their bodies > > off the field." > > Suspending a campaign has a different meaning depending on the > > party. > > On the Republican side, decisions on how to allocate delegates is > > left to the state parties. > > On the Democratic side, a candidate who "suspends" is technically > > still a candidate, so he or she keeps both district and statewide > > delegates won through primaries and caucuses. Superdelegates are > > always free to support any candidate at any time, whether the > > candidate drops out, suspends or stays in. > > National party rules say that a candidate who "drops out" keeps any > > district-level delegates he or she has won so far but loses any > > statewide delegates he or she has won. > > Romney is expected to announce his decision Thursday afternoon at > > the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, > > three Republican sources told CNN. > > The 60-year-old former investment banker had touted his management > > credentials throughout the campaign, citing his experience in > > Massachusetts and his turnaround of the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter > > Olympics in Salt Lake City. But despite pouring millions of his own > > fortune into the campaign, he struggled after Huckabee upset him in > > the Iowa caucuses and McCain came from behind to beat him in the > > New Hampshire primary > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. > I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. > > You know these things that happen, > That's just the way it's supposed to be. > And I can't help but wonder, > Don't ya know it coulda been me. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >
