GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.


Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to suspend his campaign Thursday, sources say.

A candidate may "suspend" his or her campaign rather than dropping out, and technically remain a candidate. In this case, he or she is entitled to keep any statewide pledged delegates as well as their district-level delegates


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

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McCain seals GOP nomination as Romney suspends his presidential campaign
By LIZ SIDOTI , Associated Press

WASHINGTON - John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign.

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

"This is not an easy decision for me. I hate to lose. My family, my friends and our supporters... many of you right here in this room... have given a great deal to get me where I have a shot at becoming President. If this were only about me, I would go on. But I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, I feel I must now stand aside, for our party and for our country," Romney said.


more:
http://www.startribune.com/nation/15400506.html


John King is reporting he will make the anouncement at the CPAC convention. CNN has a live link up at the site:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

[Blue_State_Elitist]

1. What a failure.

He never was able to fill in the space that George Allen left after macaca.

[Kolesar]

75. Ha! I had forgotten about the GOP's previous air-head apparent to the White House

Did we ever find out: who let the dogs out?

[sabra]

2. what a return on his investment...

:sarcasm:

[dchill]

4. At $1.6 million per delegate...

the nomination was going to cost him over a billion - he just didn't have that much.

Poor Baye Buchanan!

[Red Zelda]

12. Hey - Was that graphic used by a paper?

Just curious. It's great.

[tanyev]

61. But, but, economics are his strong suit.

:rofl:

[Jim__]

3. So, it's McCain.

McCain has a lot of appeal; and he's also under a lot of neocon influence. Time for the dems to unite to beat this guy.

[underpants]

8. It's been McCain for about two months

someone just told Mitt

Huck hangs around to get the VP slot (bible thumpers appeased/south placated)

[smb]

92. Nah....

Huck hangs around to get the VP slot

Why should they give him diddly squat? His voters are concentrated in states that are going to vote red no matter what.

[Delphinus]

23. What appeal does he have?

I can't see it and need to know what others see so to devise a strategy.

[tblue37]

38. The appeal of the narrative created by the MSM, who tout him as an independent,

straight-talking, maverick war hero. Even many Dems here on DU have fallen for that BS, just as many Dems here on DU have fallen for the BS that Colin Powell was an honorable man before he got "snookered" into presenting false evidence of Iraqi WMDs.

McCain needs to be tied tightly to Bush, because he strongly supports all the Bush policies that 70% of the American people want to be rid of. His comments about being in Iraq for the next 100 years, or a thousand, or ten thousand, also need to get very wide play. Someone has a video of him saying this. That video needs to be featured in campaign ads everywhere. He also needs to be tied closely to his obvious eagerness to "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran"--also captured on video and available on YouTube. The Dems should start informing the peope of the country RIGHT NOW about John McCain, because the MSM will continue to give him adulatory coverage.

We are at least fortunate that the RW media darlings, like Rush, Ann, and Beck, all hate him with a fiery passion and have been badmouthing him to the Repub base. They will stay home--unless we nominate Clinton, who will energize them to vote against her, whereas they would not vote for him. (Disclosure: I am an Edwards suporter. I like Clinton, but I think she could lose to McCain, whereas I think Obama could beat him, since Obama appeals even more to the voters who are attracted to McCain--and Obama draws new, especially young, voters to the polls, just as Jesse Ventura did in the Minnesota governor's race. Also, many potential Dem voters will stay home rather than vote for Hillary, and that will hurt our downticket candidates.)

[coalition_unwilling]

81. McInsane will be "happy" if we are in Iraq for 100 or 1000 years, according

to comments I saw him make on Meet the Press about 4 weeks ago. If Dems can't defeat him with that statement, Dems don't deserve to win, imho.

N.B. I have already heard Obama allude to McInsane's "100 years in Iraq" remarks, so I know Obama's campaign is aware of McInsane's position.

[ORDagnabbit]

ROTFLMAO!!!! thats a repuke business man for ya!!

[ReformedChris]

5. Farewell Willard Mitt Romney, may Limbaugh blow his final gasket at this news!!!! nt

[spinbaby]

20. Limbaugh could be fun to listen to today

I'm almost tempted.

[maddezmom]

24. I was thinking the same

I've never listened to the gasbag but I might try it today. :D

[polmaven]

72. Howard Dean said

he would consider paying money to see Ann Coulter campaigning for Hillary. Maybe she and Comedian Rush will team up and do a tag team endorsement!!!

[smb]

93. Holy Crap

Rush might have some kind of fit (complicated because help wouldn't arrive until people realized that he wasn't reprising his Michael J. Fox impression)....

[sharp_stick]

6. Ahh yes, Mittens the businessman

how much money did you flush down the toilet for this huh mitt?

On edit: It will be a blast to watch the reichwing radio nuts falling all over themselves to explain to McCain why they really don't hate him.

[underpants]

10. In situations like this doesn't he normally just fire a bunch of people

Whoops my bad campaigning and governing have little to do with being the privately educated son of a atuo exec which is basically Romney's line of work.

[Robbien]

7. What's this nonsence? Suspend? The guy is quitting

He can't even say I Quit without dilly dallying.

[allisonthegreat]

really..but yippee....now onward, and upward Democrats...

i never thought he would quit because he had so much moola~

[sinkingfeeling]

17. John Edwards also suspended his campaign... did not 'drop' out.

[Left Brain]

60. Yes, but what makes my blood boil

is that the media actually announced Mittens' campaign as "suspended," while with Edwards the headlines read, "Edwards Quits," and "Edwards Bows Out."

[YDogg]

18. maybe he's suspending on the chance that mccain will croak before the election

:shrug:

[karlrschneider]

34. That is actually a very real possibility.

:shrug:

[yardwork]

62. This way he gets to keep his delegates and presumably "assign them."

Whatever. I'm just glad that he's gone. He was bushco's candidate. He's gone gone gone.

[AZ Criminal JD]

74. It's a legal issue with the Federal Election Commission

Edwards did the same thing -- suspended his campaign. If you suspend your campaign you have greater freedom concerning campaign assets as opposed to ending the campaign.

[high density]

103. I think suspend means he'll be back in 2012

to waste more money.

[onehandle]

9. Loser. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Gee, I'm all teared up again! Can't a multi-millionaire buy an election anymore?

[bluestateguy]

13. Republicans always fall into line like good little soldiers

When will Huckabee be next?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

14. Here's the link:

GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

(CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.

A candidate may "suspend" his or her campaign rather than dropping out, and technically remain a candidate. In this case, he or she is entitled to keep any statewide pledged delegates as well as their district-level delegates.

Candidates who officially drop out must forfeit statewide delegates.

[maddezmom]

16. thank you

:hi:

[brooklynite]

15. UPDATE - Additional details

GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his Republican presidential campaign after a disappointing showing in this week's "Super Tuesday" primaries and caucuses, GOP sources said today. Romney is expected to announce his decision this afternoon at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, three Republican sources told CNN.

[Imagevision]

19. Romney's probs were he failed to see what he saw in the mirror ->dumbo!!

[Chiyo-chichi]

21. "Who let the dogs out," indeed, Mitt.

Who, indeed?

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. Now we need to work on getting McCain to suspend his bid.

[coalition_unwilling]

83. I actually think HuckaJesus is a more serious threat than McInsane with

his "100 years in Iraq" comments will be. HuckaJesus pays lip service to portions of the New Testament that most Repuke evangelicals conveninetly ignore.

HuckaJesus has a very liakable mien and was elected governor of Arkansas (just like Bill Clinton). I'd prefer to see McInsane as the Repuke candidate.

[Fire Walk With Me]

88. I hadn't considered that it would open the field for Huckabee...

Not good. You are aware that he's stated that he will change the Constitution, right?

"But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that's what we need to do -- to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=huckabee+it%27s+easier+to+change+the+constitution&btnG=Google+Search

Please tell everyone and their milkman so that this can never actually happen.

[iamthebandfanman]

25. on cnn now

im kinda shocked if this is true
lol

[Redstone]

26. How pathetic, that the best the Repubs can offer is McCain and Huckabee...but how

great is it for us? I'm liking this.

Redstone

[Stuart G]

30. Restone is probably right..but..

In politics, as in life, it is never wise to underestimate your enemy. There are too many corpses on the road to certain victory to dismiss Mc Cain. I hope it is great for us. But it ain't over till the fat lady sings. And she sings in Act V..We don't get Act V till November....................Stuart G.

[Redstone]

36. Oh, no, I didn't mean we should let our guard down. Not with the vile stuff the Repubs

are capable of doing, and WILL do.

Redstone

[Hepburn]

27. Oh, fuck..........

........the thought of Prez McInsane with VP Huckagomer.......

:scared: :puke:

[tblue37]

41. McCain could choose Mitt as his VP, too. That would also be scary. n/t

[Hepburn]

42. Getting right down to it....

...ANY of the Repukes would be scary in the WH! :scared:

[polmaven]

73. With the amount of venom between the two

going back as far as the Salt Lake City Olympics it is, IMHO, unlikely. Besides....Mittens has WAY to large an ego to be second banana(s).

[raebrek]

87. but huck did good in the southern states, Mitt didn't. n/t

[Roland99]

28. McCain/Huckabee

:scared:

[FredScuttle]

29. "suspend"?

In other news, darkness has suspended its campaign against sunrise.

[iamthebandfanman]

31. now i figured it out

hes 'suspending' and saying whatever he wants to this conservative group (playing to them) and getting it on national TV. now more conservatives will vote for him since hes still in the race and he can go oh my i should reanimate my campaign!
lol

[guruoo]

32. AP: Romney suspends presidential campaign

Romney suspends presidential campaign

Mitt Romney on Thursday suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president.

The move effectively cedes the GOP nomination to John McCain.

Romney, in his prepared remarks, says it wasn't an easy decision. But he says, "I feel I must
now stand aside, for our party and for our country."

http://www.wbir.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=54294

[RuleOfNah]

33. Romney quits to spend more time rehabilitating the Hinkley family reputation.

[smoogatz]

35. Tagg says Mormon prayer of thanks.

Thank you, Elohim, for not letting Dad shoot the whole fucking wad.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Romney wanted to be President just like the Frat Boy

That we should praise, not criticize, Mr. Bush was not a good meme on which to run, even among the Republicans. He defended Bush's war; he defended Bush's gulags; he defended Bush's record on the economy; and worst of all, he promised more of the same.

He paid the price.

[liberal N proud]

39. So much for staying in the house that Reagan built

Thankfully

[daleo]

40. A hint of the coming campaign rhetoric

"And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington."

I expect that will be an important meme.

[momster]

59. I heard him on the radio

He must have said 'in time of war' four times. Why is it only a 'time of war' when they can use it for a cheap rabble-rousing moment and never when it really matters...like buying excellent equipment for the troops or taking care of the wounded?

[daleo]

110. Because it's a phony war

It's a cheap rhetorical trick, but expect to hear it over and over (unless it doesn't poll well). As for the troops, they are just pawns.

[DrDan]

43. GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

Source: CNN

Just announcing - suspending campaign!!!!!

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

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about time.

[russian33]

44. sounds like some kind of medicine

take 'Mitt Drops' for all your problems :)

[mikelgb]

45. Unplug him!

[kirby]

46. He just announced it to CPAC...

Its confirmed from his own mouth.

"I cannot let my campaign help be a surrender to terror"

[Kermitt Gribble]

50. OMG! did he actually say that?

what a maroon!

[onehandle]

47. Link: McCain seals GOP nod as Romney suspends

WASHINGTON - John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. "I must now stand aside, for our party and our country," Romney told conservatives.

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Romney's decision leaves McCain as the top man standing in the GOP race, with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul far behind in the delegate hunt. It was a remarkable turnaround for McCain, who some seven months ago was barely viable, out of cash and losing staff. The four-term Arizona senator, denied his party's nomination in 2000, was poised to succeed George W. Bush as the GOP standard-bearer.

Romney launched his campaign almost a year ago in his native Michigan. The former Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist invested more than $40 million of his own money into the race, counted on early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire that never materialized and won just seven states on Super Tuesday, mostly small caucus states.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080207/ap_on_el_pr/romney

[Qutzupalotl]

48. Link here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7233537.stm

[Seabiscuit]

49. One less extremist GOP tool to worry about.

[kegler14]

51. Freepers are hyperventilating. It's great.

[DrDan]

52. I imagine those reich-wing whacko talk show hosts are also

[Irishonly]

58. He's crazy

His speech was creepy and hateful. I haven't followed the repukes so all I knew was they wanted to be Ray gun and stay in Iraq forever. I don't know who the woman was that introduced him but she was just as hateful and creepy.

[LTR]

53. GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to suspend his campaign Thursday, sources say.

Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, compared with front-runner John McCain's 680.

Suspending a campaign has a different meaning depending on the party.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

[davidwparker]

54. Let's see if Huckabee can take out McCrazy now.

:popcorn:

[RuleOfNah]

55. Romney quits to spend more time rehabilitating the Hinkley family reputation.

[TomClash]

56. GOP sources: Romney to suspend campaign

Source: CNN

CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to suspend his campaign Thursday, sources say.

Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, compared with front-runner John McCain's 680.

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.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

[JackintheGreen]

57. As Huckabee said

"Mitt said it was a two man race. He was right. I'm the other man." (or something to that effect)

[coalition_unwilling]

85. HuckaJesus also said (in a comment that I find endears me to him: "Romeny looks

like the kind of guy who will smile at you while he's cutting your job." :)

Even Repukes occasionally speak the truth.

[yardwork]

63. The Republicans are scrabbling back to where they should have been in 2000.

The Republicans allowed baby bush to steal the election in 2000, first from McCain and then from the Democrats. They've regretted it since, and now they're going to try to send the years since 2000 into the "memory hole" and convince the rest of the country to forget it too.

[daleo]

111. Have they really regretted it?

They got lots of juicy tax cuts for the wealthy.

[Barrymores Ghost]

64. No surprise...given the recent moves by the rank-and-file to toss Mittens under the bus.

Well, it looks like Romney's "suspended" campaign puts him in a unique position to demand the #2 slot on the ticket, given the delegates he'll be able to hold onto until the GOP convention.

I can see the bumper sticker now:

Grampa Munster & Ken-Doll McCreepster '08

<edited to delete redundancy>

[TheCowsCameHome]

65. Good.

Glad to hear it.

[DU9598]

66. Already running for 2012

He knows a Democrat is going to win. I have a feeling on January 21, 2009 Mr. Romney is going to be in his motorhome in northwest Iowa building his next campaign as a model conservative.

[Barrymores Ghost]

71. I'm not so sure...

...I personally think he sees the GOP mainliners falling into place behind Grampa John, and recognizes the writing on the wall for what it is. Mittens has too much personal capital invested in this little boondoggle, so I don't believe for a second that he's slapping the dust off of his hands and walking into the sunset to return in four more years. No, I think he's going to hold his delegates hostage, and the ransom will be a ride in the sidecar going into the convention. McCain must know that if Creepy the Lizard throws his weight to Huckabee (not that I believe he would), that would drive a big, fat wedge between the loonie Right fundy fringe and McCain that would never be extracted going into the General Election.

[truthisfreedom]

67. "In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror."

What a sickening lie. You thugs will say ANYTHING to illicit fear in the sheeple. GAWD you make me sick.

[harun]

69. What a load of crap (n/t)

[tanyev]

68. Code Blue at Free Republic! I repeat, Code Blue!

:rofl:

[sinkingfeeling]

70. What's war got to do with it? Do with it? What's war got to do with it?

I guess it's just a signal to the nut cases that if a Democrat is elected, we've surrendered.

[Barrett808]

76. So will McCain grace the cover of National Review now?

'Cause it was pretty funny when they put Mitt on the cover.

:rofl:

[BonnieJW]

77. Romney suspends presidential campaign

Source: CNN

Romney suspends presidential campaign
Story Highlights
Romney: I "cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror"

He had won 270 delegates through the Super Tuesday contests

Primaries are a killing field, says CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider

John McCain locks in front-runner position

From John King
CNN
(CNN) -- Mitt Romney suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, saying if he continued it would "forestall the launch of a national campaign and be making it easier for Sen. Clinton or Obama to win."

"In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror. This is not an easy decision. I hate to lose," the former Massachusetts governor said.

"If this were only about me, I'd go on. But it's never been only about me. I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, in this time of war I feel I have to now stand aside for our party and for our country."

Romney made the announcement Thursday afternoon at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

With Romney out, Sen. John McCain is locked in as the front-runner in the GOP race.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

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Now there's only Gomer Huckelberry and Old Man McCain.

[achtung_circus]

78. Wow,

pockets not so deep?

[Ikonoklast]

79. His four war-loving sons can now enlist

They have no excuse now.

They were 'too busy working on my campaign' before.

Now they're unemployed.

Any bets we'll see a Romney in uniform soon?

I'll give some pretty long odds.

[Barrymores Ghost]

80. Five sons, actually...

...but I doubt that this increases the odds of any of them deciding to man up for America, even though Daddy's campaign is no longer the greatest anti-terrorism force they could ever join.

[Ikonoklast]

82. I thought one of them had an actual job

I may be mistaken.

[Barrymores Ghost]

105. Or I could be mistaken...

...it's just too easy to jump to the worst of conclusions where it comes to these Repug reptiles and their unholy progeny.

[sce56]

84. Humm maybe it has something to do with the fact that 2 out of three voters voted DEMOCRATIC PARTY !

In other words using his terminology two out of every three voters said thursday we quit the war on terror. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That is that on Super Tuesday over 7 Million voted for Hillary And over over 7 Million voted for Obama while the whole GOP lineup only had over 8 Million votes for all candidates running for the Repug Party!

I suppose the writing is on the wall they know even with all the LieBold machines fixed the turnout next november is going to be two to one in favor of either Hillary or Obama!

[Doctor_J]

86. Hartmann interviewed some hate radio lesser light today

He said that he's pretty sure all of his brethren will get on board the "Straight Talk Express" :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

What a surprise!

As an aside, the gas bag also said that he's taken up the cause of a Brazilian national who was arrested for a traffic stop and has been detained without council in a real prison for several weeks. Is there any issue these people don't play both sides of?

[truebluecollar]

89. MITT-WIT QUIT

Bummer, running against that yahoo was the only way I'd ever vote for Billary.

[Yukari Yakumo]

90. Meltdown in Freeperville...

To: Kaslin

This election is a joke. They might as well declare Hillary or Obama the winner as soon as the DNC is finished. I don’t even know why I bothered to register to vote anymore.

8 posted on 02/07/2008 12:00:37 PM PST by Shadow44
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To: Kaslin
I will be very interested to see what happens now between McLib and McHuck now that McLib no longer needs McHuck in the race.
10 posted on 02/07/2008 12:01:29 PM PST by technomage (Political Axis Of Evil: McLib, McHuck, McPaul)
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To: Kaslin

It’s a pretty sad day today for the Republican Party. All you got left is a candidate who stabbed his party in the back every chance he got and another one who claims to be a Christian yet said some very un-Christian like things about Romney. The 2008 presidential election will go down in history as a one-party race since you’ll have a democrat and a democrat-lite running. I can’t think of anyway I can hold my nose to keep out the stench that the republican party is about to nominate. If people would vote on what a candidate stands for instead of making the primaries a beauty contest then there’d be no way that McCain would be leading the primary race. I’m afraid that this country, if it can survive the next four years, is going to learn some painful lessons. For me there isn’t a single candidate left that I can in good conscience vote for.

19 posted on 02/07/2008 12:13:55 PM PST by MadAnthony1776 ("liberalism" = "do as I say, not as I do")
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To: Shadow44

Yup. We’re gonna get our clocks cleaned.

20 posted on 02/07/2008 12:14:11 PM PST by kimmie7 (this year i will turn ffff....ffo........foooort.........i can't say it. i'll just be 20. twice.)
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To: Kaslin
I STILL WON'T SUPPORT McCAIN!!!
I'll MUTE him.

Grab your checkbooks, and keep them closed.

NOT ONE PENNY!!!, will be our battle call.

Conservatives care about the United States so much ...
that they're willing to DEFEAT McCain to save the nation!!!

McCain needs to wake up and smell the "VILE"!!!

"Bipartisanship" Is A Dirty Word; and RUSH: "We want to defeat them"

THIS IS WAR!!!

The only LEADERSHIP we have is RUSH!!!
22 posted on 02/07/2008 12:15:18 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: Yosemitest
The only LEADERSHIP we have is RUSH!!!

When is Rush's campaign starting? I'll contribute.
28 posted on 02/07/2008 12:17:44 PM PST by mhx
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[Ian David]

91. Good riddance to The Mittheads! n/t

[Massachusetts]

94. Hey Mitt you F.....ing MORON, blame Massachusetts....Right! (major sacrcasm)

"In 1775, after the battles of Lexington and Concord, the Massachusetts Revolutionary Council took over the colony's government and removed the justices of the Superior Court of Judicature. The Council replaced four of the five justices who had been appointed by the Royal Governor with revolutionary sympathizers, including John Adams, who was appointed as Chief Justice. 2 In 1780, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts went into effect and the Superior Court of Judicature was given a new name: the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Constitution proclaims the centrality of judicial independence in Article 29:"

"It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore, not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold their offices as long as they behave themselves well, and that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established by standing laws."

Note:
John Adams never presided over the Court, as he soon thereafter departed Massachusetts for Philadelphia, where he sat on the Continental Congress. Adams resigned his position on the Court in 1777.

[FlyingSquirrel]

95. Romney suspends presidential campaign

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Mitt Romney suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, saying if he continued it would "forestall the launch of a national campaign and be making it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win."

"In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror. This is not an easy decision. I hate to lose," the former Massachusetts governor said.

"If this were only about me, I'd go on. But it's never been only about me. I entered this race because I love America, and because I love America, in this time of war I feel I have to now stand aside for our party and for our country."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

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Way to go, Butthead.

[derby378]

96. A "surrender to terror"? WTHF?

This nation surrendered to terror when Congress gave Bush the green light to invade Iraq.

[WritersBlock]

97. Surrender to terror? Like what this administration's been trying to make us do for 7 years?

Don't worry, Mitt, we haven't surrendered to these bastards yet, and we're not going to, you arrogant, condescending asshole.

[Harry Monroe]

98. What a Dick!!!!!

The old gambit again. "Trust us. We are the only party that can keep you safe. A vote for the Democrats is a vote for terrorism". What bullshit. I do think people are finally seeing through this charade.

[xxqqqzme]

99. Ah, shucks 'n golly gee mitt!

From the cheap seats it really has looked like it was all about you.

'...I simply cannot let my campaign...'
'...I hate to lose...'
'...I'd go on...'
'...I entered this race because I love America...'
'...I feel I have to now stand aside...'

and for the finale
'...our party and for our country....'

Party before country but we already knew that.

[Ino]

100. Great!

Now, "in this time of war," his five strapping sons can serve their country in Iraq instead of working on Daddy's campaign.

[chelsea0011]

101. The real reason he quit is so not to empty his bank account.

This reason of us being at war was a laugh riot and I was shocked the meida wasn't on the floor laughing with us. Then again, I'm not surprised at all.

[Quantess]

112. It's been tough.

I've been trying to stop crying ever since Mitt Romney gave up the grand fight.

[Javaman]

102. So the quaffed Frankenstein is no more. LOL nt

[sofa king]

104. Whew. Thank you, Republican voters.

Hello Republican lurkers. I'd like to thank you for ditching Mitt.

Frankly, I thought he was just the guy for you: unscrupulous, sociopathic, hateful, and just as dishonest as the current rogue's gallery in charge. And, he was waving the Saint Ronnie voodoo doll so hard in your faces you're lucky nobody lost an eye.

What gives? Did seven years of getting screwed in the ass finally raise your thinking skills by pushing some shit into your brains?

Well, whatever the case, it looks like it's gonna be the alcoholic head case and the snake-handler for you guys this time around. Thanks a lot for selecting out the one who had the potential to do the most damage to America... for once.

Who knows? Maybe we'll even give you a seat at the table--the folding card table in the kitchen, while the adults decide how to fix what's left of our country.

[Barrymores Ghost]

106. ROFLMMFAO!!! (n/t)

[muriel_volestrangler]

107. Bwahah. Half of the freepers support no Repub candidate at all, now

Their poll results:

With Romney out, which of the remaining GOP hopefuls do you support?

John McCain 17.5% 173
Ron Paul 14.0% 138
Mike Huckabee 11.4% 113
Alan Keyes 6.5% 64
None of the above 50.6% 499

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/poll?poll=225;results=1

McCain is supposed to be the guaranteed candidate, and about one in six freepers support him. :rofl:

[ckramer]

108. 35 MILLION DOLLARS PARTED FROM A ****

finally.

[Laelth]

109. McCain will get thumped.

He looks too old. He acts too old. Shades of Bob Dole in 1996.

Ronald Reagan he is not. He should have dyed his hair long ago.

Nothing against old folks ... sadly, American politics is driven by image.

:dem:

-Laelth