Doug Book, FloydReports.com
No group had less influence on the 2008 nomination of John McCain than the conservative base of the Republican Party.
Throughout the second term of the Bush presidency, Democrats and their media flacks attacked and maligned the administration and, by extension, the entire Republican Party. And as Karl Rove and George Bush had so completely and irresponsibly bought into the leftist-touted “new tone of D.C. civility,” no response was made to this perpetual and disingenuous assault though it severely damaged GOP chances of retaining the White House.
As a result, the only sort of nominee given a chance by party elders of reclaiming the Oval Office would be a “non-Republican Republican,” that is, a candidate far removed from the bedrock principles of conservatism so closely identified with the party base.
And the logical choice for such an “unprincipled,” non-Republican was, of course, John McCain.
To the apparent glee of party elites, John the Maverick not only abandoned many of the conservative positions to which he had feigned allegiance every six years, he excoriated conservatives who worked to expose the radical record of Barack Obama.
Naturally, this weak-kneed campaign of aisle-crossing appeasement disgusted even the moderates and undecideds it was designed to attract, and brought about an electoral debacle which has enabled a Marxist regime to rule the nation.
Incredibly, Republican Party elites today appear eager to repeat the disaster of 2008 with the truly unprincipled Mitt Romney. The media….
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Unfortunately the Republican Party has been co-opted by a bunch of chickens. We the people would like to remind the Party Elite's that we have not gone away, nor have we forgotten what they are doing. And they should quit promising the moon to us and start delivering what we sent them there for.
This policy was apparent with the sudden nomination of McCain, the weakest Politician running
for President on the Republican Ticket in 2008! It was a shoe-in for Obama! During one debate
with Obama in 2008 It looked like McCain was going to cry! With all the Criminal evidence against
Obama that was known then, McCain made one weak comment about ACORN and Obama just
brushed it off. McCain did not pursue any other issues of meaning! Obama has to be taken out of
Office in 2012! Both Obama and Holder blatantly ignore the "Rule of Law" and seem to be above
prosecution!
we are just screwed. sooo screwed. UNLESS we can find someone with the balls and intelligence enough to actually impress the voters that he, or she, is capable of handling the job given to them by our votes. Romney does not impress me, nor does he impress many others. where is someone who can actually guide our country out of the hole, the abyss that this peice of crap from God knows where has put us in? Frankly, I do not know, and even more frankly, I have about given up hope that there IS someone who is AMERICAN BORN AND WITH AMERICAN PRINCPALS AND PATRIOTISIM ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR! The speaker of the house, and I use the term lightly, has no balls, and no spine enough to do that job…….and we voted for him because we all beleived that he’d stand up to this insult in office and make a change for us and for America……………guess we were wrong there too. What the hell are we going to do if, in 2012, there is no one better than romney or perry?!!!!!!
The way I see it the media is picking Romney just like they picked that loser McCain because they feel Big ears Obuma will have no trouble beating him because he's not really a true conservative and he flip flops worst then Kerry.In the debate will Obummer have his teleprompter with him or will moderator just ask him puff questions.
Rove is supposed to be the "Architect", but he is really a slime ball troll that does not want to become obsolete. If he is so damn good why didn't he help Angle and Odonnell get elected instead of telling everyone why they couldn't get elected? This little piece of crap is now bad mouthing Herman and it is exactly the same as they did in 2008 when they pushed the complete incompetent ass McCain. Any dumb prick can tell why someone can't win, but it takes a talent to help the ones that need help to win, and Rove is just a little Bush Baby wiht illusions of being the dubbed the Norquist of the GOP. By the way who really gives a crap what Norquist thinks?
I'd like to hear who you commenters think we should elect in 2012? Who do you think is the most conservative with the least strikes against them of the candidates?