Fo Shizzle Wrote:

GGniner Wrote:Right now Romney and Thompson hold down the 3 legs of Conservatism. Economic, Social and Foreign Policy. of course Romney had to flip flop on a few. but Thompson staying in is probably hurting Romney a little.

Huckabee holds down the Social Conservatism mantle well, and is suspect on the others. It should be noted though the governing environment he had to govern under was strong Democrat.

Rudy holds down 2 of the mantles and is missing the Social Con mantle obviously, but claims he'd nominate Originalist judges like Scalia and Roberts.

then McCain, whose all over the place but does have an ACU ranking of around 80.

the question is which leg would stay home or vote 3rd party if they don't get what they want. Odds are the Social Cons., or signifcant percentage of them. Which is why Huckabee could be a VP choice option.

I totally agree with about the 3 legs of todays conservatism and these candidates fit the bill.

Economic....Continue to print more fiat currency and add to inflation with total confidence.

Social.....Be so concerned about the rights of the UNBORN and pander to the religous right so hard... that they hope that
us sheep will forget that they care NOTHING about the citizens that they steal from through immoral taxation.

Foreign Policy....Continue the rampant US empirialism worldwide and seek to defend abroad those that no longer need defending.
Continue to ingnore those of us who would rather not support and defend lands outside the US through the theft of their wages.

Yes... Id say these gentlemen ARE todays republican party...A party that I dont know anymore.

How true.

And I'm not even a Republican.

Thompson's withdrawal helps Huckabee because Social Conservatives were split. Even without money, he might win Florida now. Religious conservatives always operate under poll radars for some reason. Perhaps because they're at church every night and not home to answer the phone pollster's questions. And of course how many are registered as Republicans? My question is if Rudy tanks in Florida, does Mitt swing back left again and decide he's pro choice and pro gay rights to win in NY and CA.

Ninerfan1 Wrote:My problem with McCain isn't his fiscal policy, he's about as conservative as you can be on that. It's his immigration view.

How in the hell can someone be a fiscal conservative and at the same time sponsor legislation that allows illegal aliens to qualify for government entitlements like his "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan" did?

Talk about a "Budget Buster"......

WMD Owl Wrote:

Ninerfan1 Wrote:My problem with McCain isn't his fiscal policy, he's about as conservative as you can be on that. It's his immigration view.

How in the hell can someone be a fiscal conservative and at the same time sponsor legislation that allows illegal aliens to qualify for government entitlements like his "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Plan" did?

Talk about a "Budget Buster"......

Ron Paul is now the only fiscal conservative running..... period.