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Former Governor Mitt Romney withdrew from active pursuit of the Republican presidential candidacy today. Drawing on his vast military experience and knowledge, Mr. Romney determined that continuing in the race would aid the Democratic Party candidates, who favor ending the undeclared wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and would weaken support for Republican frontrunner and war supporter Senator John McCain.
“In this time of war I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” said Romney. In other words, he’s no quitter; Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are quitters because they wish to end the nation’s illegal, undeclared wars.
John McCain is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and former prisoner of war. Mitt Romney was never in the military, but he was seriously injured in a car crash in France during his Mormon missionary work. Just sayin.’
Mike Huckabee’s expected victory yell has not been heard as of this post (2:52 PM ET).
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February 7, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Just a simple question?
Why do you NOT hear Barack Obama calling John McCain or Mitt Romney war mongering dictator wanna bees with dilusions of godhood>?
You just do not hear that kind of talk.
But Democrats are surrender monkeys and will surely bring upon us devistation from the evil doers.
From one side you hear about hope, you read a thoughtful foreign policy plan in great detail on their white papers and websites, talk of reaching out for bi-partisan shared resposibility for leadership, a uniting of principles and the country.
From the other side you hear FEAR. Fear and loathing. First the democrats will surrender monkey america to the terrorists, and then in the ashes of dozens of 9/11′s they will build a tyrannical communist state.
Welcome to the fall election America. You vote. You decide.
February 7, 2008 at 6:29 pm
A while ago I posted a link to a column by Ben Stein. It’s about the market, and how traders take a “short” position and maneuver the market down, but it applies here:
” . . I know traders. They’ve told me that they love to sell into fear because fear is bottomless — you can make money selling all day, while buying eventually slows because enthusiasm has limits.”
Fear-mongering is continuously market-tested.