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Consider that if he is elected, McCain will be the oldest (71) person ever elected as POTUS (Reagan was 69, in case you’re wondering). Maybe Romney is being crazy like a fox in endorsing McCain. Maybe Romney hopes to be McCain’s running mate, on the chance that McCain drops dead in office, and viola—instant POTUS Rombot, without having to go through the bother of actually getting elected! |
Nick, the Vice President does get elected. |
Oldest person ever elected as POTUS for a first term, that should be. Reagan was 73 the second time around. |
Dave, he doesn’t get elected as POTUS. |
What a class act. I am proud to say that I supported Mitt Romney. |
I’m proud to say that you supported Mitt Romney too, CC. ;-) |
Nick, you won’t be laughing in 2012. |
So let’s see, Romney looks presidential when he is not running, but when he is, he’s a robot. Huh… Probably the reason why McCain is looking so uncomfortable is because Romney’s endorsement really won’t mean anything for McCain. And CC, nobody will be laughing in 2012. We’ll still be seeing wars, death, destruction and general lack of Christ-like godliness from those who currently support McCain or any Republican and their warmongering ways. |
Dan, How many babies have been aborted since the Iraq War started? |
Give me a break, Dan, John McCain looked so excited and nervous I almost could see him jumping up and down and yelling “you like me, you really like me.” He couldn’t hold his hands still and he was trying to stifle a huge smile. No way did he look like this endorsmenent didn’t mean jack. I tell you, I can’t believe this guy is the one who rose to the top of that heap. It’s like when they vote for the worst on American Idol. |
Romney always looked presidential. Fortunately, this time that wasn’t enough. |
annegb–you crack me up. I think it was nice of Romney to endorse–I am not sure I would have, considering the treatment he received while running. |
Dan, Romney’s 286 delegates added to McCain’s lead all but mathematically clinches the nomination. Hardly meaningless. |
Those darned warmongers. |
It’s sad to see such wrenching divisiveness among the saints–especially because of something so silly and eternally inconsequential as political partisan-ism. But since the wedge is already driven in and beyond any means of removal, I’ll go ahead and through my two-cents worth into the fray: But, anyone who could support a presidential candidate who believes the U.S. should pull up stakes in Iraq as soon as possible with little thought as to the consequences of such an act is either completely ignorant of the facts surrounding the war or an unscrupulous sociopath. |
I never thought Romney looked presidential. I thought Fred Thompson looked presidential. Romney looked so relaxed today it was almost like he was channeling Bill Clinton. You know, though, I just remembered I’m mad at Huckabee. Boy, I’m glad he didn’t endorse Huckabee. |
annegb, I always thought Thompson looked like that gelatinous substance they pack Spam in. Just sayin. |
Jack, Here we try to celebrate what we don’t have in common, militantly. |
CC: I will prophesy to you today, that I will be laughing in 2012. If I’m wrong, you can wear a red dress while I eat dirt. If I’m right, I get to wear the red dress. :) Smart Republicans have their money on 2014, but realistically they should be planning for 2016. |
This blog is awesome. Seriously. |
nasamomdele, Sorry, I didn’t know that being lumped in with those who suffer from a “general lack of Christ-like godliness” (e.g. those who support “any Republican and their warmongering ways”) was within the rules of the game. |
I’ve learned it’s well within the rules, my friend. But if Dan’s barn starts a-burnin’, I’ll be there with a bucket. |
Dan, what exactly is wrong with warmongering? |
Hopefully, McCain will pick someone other than Romney and Mitt will fade into obscurity… A quiet stint as a mission president would do him well… |
But, anyone who could support a presidential candidate who believes the U.S. should pull up stakes in Iraq as soon as possible with little thought as to the consequences of such an act is either completely ignorant of the facts surrounding the war or an unscrupulous sociopath. But, anyone who could support a presidential candidate who believes the U.S. should invade Iraq as soon as possible with little thought as to the consequences of such an act is either completely ignorant of the facts surrounding the war or an unscrupulous sociopath. |
Yeah cj, I mean, for one thing, they’re completely ignorant of the fact that US troops are already there. Kinda awkward to send a few Divisions in from Saudi Arabia and it’s like “whoops! Didn’t see you guys there. How’s it going?” Maybe we could get France to invade… High amusement value for one and all. |
True Seth, pure comedy. |
How many babies have been aborted since the Iraq War started? For me, this inanity summarizes the problems with the Republican party right now. |
Norbert, people who believe that a fetus is a human being have a moral obligation to try to prevent its killing, don’t you think? (You can answer this in the affirmative even if you don’t believe that a fetus has the same ontological worth/value as a real human being.) Thus, the question is a legitimate retort to Dan’s histrionics. |
Thanks Anne, |
john f., People that believe that abortion is the ultimate political issue are what have the GOP in this mess to begin with. Republicans laugh all the way to the bank with the militant anti-abortion vote knowing all along that no progress will be made either way. The way these voters are shamefully exploited for their votes while the party elite look down on them as useful idiots is one of the uglier aspects of US politics. |
. He’s not a class act, he’s a slimy politician doing what politicians do. I’ll be just as disappointed if Edwards supports Clinton, two other politicians that agreed on few issues. |
john f., what arJ said. If there was a significant number of Dems with Dan’s tunnel vision of liberalism, they would be in a similar place, but the research shows there aren’t. |
jjohnsen – I agree with you on this one. It was merely politics as usual. If Mitt really believed McCain was not a conservative he would have not committed his delegates and kept fighting like Huckabee – even if it is a losing cause. Hopefully, Edwards won’t stoop to the same antics. However, with all that said, once the nominee is sewed up you can support them I suppose while caveating the areas you disagree on… |
arj, Support of an ideology can have value in society regardless of whether or not it brings about a change in law. jjohnson, Romney was forthright about both his disagreement with McCain and his reasons for supporting him. cg douglass, The one little qualifier that your twist on my comment lacks is that those who support the war effort (as it stands now) generally have a vested interest in saving human lives. To pull up stakes would mean a blood bath tenfold the size of the war. |
Interesting post annegb, I thought just the opposite, that Romney looked stiff and robotic (not Al Gore robotic though), while McCain looked more relaxed (not completely relaxed though, like his heartburn was acting up a bit). Why did Romney need to read his speech? It should have been easy for him to just get up there and talk about why he was supporting McCain. I am sure that my opinions are colored by what I already thought about each man. |
Kari, I think that Romney had crafted his words with care and wanted to say exactly what he meant. While I agree that the sight of him reading from notes was a little strange, I think McCain looked far stranger standing to the side and grinning. |
Jack, The support of the ideologies on both sides of the issue in question do have a value in society. In my opinion that value is a very large negative value as candidates waste time and effort pontificating about something they know won’t change. Moronic voters who examine only (or even primarily) that issue exacerbate the problem by electing politicians who in fact have an agenda completely disconnected from the platform they run on. It would be better if there were a mechanism to declare a truce and have candidates talk about things that they might have some effect on. |
Romney’s support of McCain proved to me once and for all that the only thing he is sincere about is wanting to become president. He set aside all sorts of allegedly personally important issues to back an ill-tempered moderate/liberal, and for what purpose? Likely to gain a spot as veep. In a way this is kinda cool, because I got to vote against Romney once already in the primary, and if he is the VP on McCain’s ticket, I’ll get to vote against him again in November! Awesome. I tend to have a hard time with candidates who lack sincerety and conviction, and Romney leads that class. |
