Comments on: McCain Beats Romney, Calls Himself “…the conservative leader who can unite the party…”, and Manages Not To Get Struck By Lightning for his Perfidity http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-615069 Jimmie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:32:07 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-615069 Ah yes, the MSM. That fount of all solid information. Apparently you missed the exit polling where 17 percent of the voters identified themselves as independents and three percent as Democrats. There was already at least one report of an "independent" being given a party ballot. I can't say for sure how widespread that was but it does indicate a certain non-closed nature to the primary. Nevertheless, all that's really required is a jiffy-quick re-registration. That's not entirely a closed system, is it? Ah yes, the MSM. That fount of all solid information. Apparently you missed the exit polling where 17 percent of the voters identified themselves as independents and three percent as Democrats. There was already at least one report of an "independent" being given a party ballot. I can't say for sure how widespread that was but it does indicate a certain non-closed nature to the primary.

Nevertheless, all that's really required is a jiffy-quick re-registration. That's not entirely a closed system, is it?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-615053 Jeff Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-615053 Your post shows how little you know or understand about the race. McCain was not put over the top by independents and Romney did not win among Republicans. It was a closed primary. Only Republicans voted. No independents. Just Republicans and McCain won overwhelmingly. Try to keep up. This stuff was in all the MSM. Your post shows how little you know or understand about the race. McCain was not put over the top by independents and Romney did not win among Republicans. It was a closed primary. Only Republicans voted. No independents. Just Republicans and McCain won overwhelmingly. Try to keep up. This stuff was in all the MSM.

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-615031 Jimmie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:41:14 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-615031 Think it through. On the big issues that matter to conservatives, Romney's far closer to us than McCain. He's also capable of listening to another view and altering his own if he gets better information. He's also not openly hostile to conservatives. Make sense? Think it through. On the big issues that matter to conservatives, Romney's far closer to us than McCain. He's also capable of listening to another view and altering his own if he gets better information. He's also not openly hostile to conservatives.

Make sense?

]]> By: charmed_baryon http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-615029 charmed_baryon Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-615029 Nor do I, an independent, understand the conservative preference for Romney. Just a few months ago he was the moderate-to-liberal governor of a liberal state. Then he did a near 180 degree change in his stances right before he started running for president. How can you trust somebody like that? Nor do I, an independent, understand the conservative preference for Romney. Just a few months ago he was the moderate-to-liberal governor of a liberal state. Then he did a near 180 degree change in his stances right before he started running for president.

How can you trust somebody like that?

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-614979 Jimmie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:45 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-614979 Oh how you wish you could replace reality with that of your own choosing. But dude, seriously. You can't be so partisan that everyone changes to fit your view of the world. Oh how you wish you could replace reality with that of your own choosing. But dude, seriously. You can't be so partisan that everyone changes to fit your view of the world.

]]> By: Philadelphia Steve http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-614978 Philadelphia Steve Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:36:11 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-614978 Who are Conservatives kidding? As soon as the Republican National convention is done nominating McCain for president, 100% of American Conservatives will dutifully fall in line and swear that John McCain is the greatest human being to ever be nominated for president... At least since the last person that the Republican party nominated. There will not be a single dissention. Not one. Because obedience to The Party is what it means to be Conservative, nothing else, including actual qualification, temperment or ideology, matters even one bit. Who are Conservatives kidding?

As soon as the Republican National convention is done nominating McCain for president, 100% of American Conservatives will dutifully fall in line and swear that John McCain is the greatest human being to ever be nominated for president… At least since the last person that the Republican party nominated.

There will not be a single dissention. Not one. Because obedience to The Party is what it means to be Conservative, nothing else, including actual qualification, temperment or ideology, matters even one bit.

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-614955 Jimmie Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:29:30 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-614955 Well, those are the biggest thing. I wrote a post today that gets into it a bit more, but the bigger theme to McCain is his reflex is to attack conservatives first and hardest. But McCain/Feingold and McCain/Kennedy are big enough reasons for anyone, conservative or no, to strongly disapprove of McCain's work. Well, those are the biggest thing. I wrote a post today that gets into it a bit more, but the bigger theme to McCain is his reflex is to attack conservatives first and hardest.

But McCain/Feingold and McCain/Kennedy are big enough reasons for anyone, conservative or no, to strongly disapprove of McCain's work.

]]> By: Squire http://www.sundriesshack.com/2008/01/29/mccain-beats-romney-calls-himself-the-conservative-leader-who-can-unite-the-party-and-manages-not-to-get-struck-by-lightning-for-his-perfidity/comment-page-1/#comment-614942 Squire Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:04:54 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=3968#comment-614942 I'm fascinated by how much Republicans do not like Mccain. I'm a liberal and I don't know that much about him and I don't care to either. But people like Limbaugh, Fox News, and conservative bloggers act like this guy stole their dog, slept with their wife, and shot out their tires. What did Mccain do? The finance reform bill and immigration? Is that it? Is that the low-level gurgling agony I'm fascinated by how much Republicans do not like Mccain. I'm a liberal and I don't know that much about him and I don't care to either. But people like Limbaugh, Fox News, and conservative bloggers act like this guy stole their dog, slept with their wife, and shot out their tires.

What did Mccain do? The finance reform bill and immigration? Is that it? Is that the low-level gurgling agony

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