Fred Thompson Endorses McCain …
[Guest post by DRJ]
… and asks conservatives to close ranks behind the apparent GOP nominee:
“Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to “close ranks” behind the presumed nominee.
“This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means that Republican should close ranks behind John McCain,” Thompson said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.”
This was expected given reports of their friendship in the Senate, but I’m glad Thompson waited to make the endorsement until after Romney quit.
– DRJ
This is good and I agree about him waiting. Had it gone the other way with Thompson or Rudy winning the nomination I think the two who didn’t make it would have endorsed as well for the party unity — something for the anti-McCain zealots to consider.
Comment by voiceofreason2 — 2/8/2008 @ 9:50 pm
yes… because I get my marching orders from politicians…
Sorry. Still loath McCain, still won’t vote for him.
Comment by Scott Jacobs — 2/8/2008 @ 10:15 pm
#2
Then don’t vote for him. but quit preening to get people to beg you to vote for him anyway.
Comment by voiceofreason2 — 2/8/2008 @ 10:27 pm
Who’s begging? Most people are all but ordering I do it “for the party”…
Comment by Scott Jacobs — 2/8/2008 @ 10:30 pm
#4
And had your more conservative pick gotten the nod wouldn’t you have been encouraging the “moderates” to go with the majority and foster party unity? Conservatives don’t have their own party simply because a third party consisting of only conservatives would run marginally better than Nader in any given election.
Comment by voiceofreason2 — 2/8/2008 @ 10:36 pm
I would have tried to convince them, sure…
But “Just suck it up, hold your nose, and vote for the guy” wouldn’t have been on the list, no.
Comment by Scott Jacobs — 2/8/2008 @ 10:39 pm
McCain is an old man, probably an awipe as well.
But in reality it should serve as a good lesson to the Mormons. Right or wrong, one of them probably will never be electable. No matter how good looking he/she may be.
Such is sad really, not for the Mormons, but for the nation, Mitt is a political animal, but has more actual morals than the last dozen presidents. He seems to also exhibit some level of a backbone as well.
Oh well he is gone, and the RINOS desire us to push on with the dog puke they are going to call a candidate?
My gawd when you look at the people we have in this nation and to think the best we can offer is a set of wipes that are on the stage? AMAZING!!!
But then again, who with a functioning brain would desire to deal with the office? Just scum.
Comment by TC — 2/9/2008 @ 2:42 am
“RINOS desire us to push on with the dog puke they are going to call a candidate?”
This attitude confuses me about McCain. If he’s the party nominee (as looks likely), then he can’t really be a Republican in Name Only. Republicans put him there.
Just because McCain doesn’t fit your idea of what a Republican should be doesn’t make him RINO. It just means that the party is broader than you would like to think.
Comment by Joe M. — 2/9/2008 @ 4:15 am
Pending his VP selection I’m willing to pull the lever for McCain however I’m not denying the reality that he’s a Liberal War Hawk.
If Democrats had any brains they would support America’s fight against Global Jihad, however they’re too busy attacking America to grasp the concept.
Comment by syn — 2/9/2008 @ 4:19 am
Republicans put him there
The fallacy of this statement is that moderate/independent voters put him there; as indicated in the numbers who came out to vote for McCain his support from Republicans isn’t all that much.
Usually in elections it’s the moderate/independent voter who gets the pampering however, in this election moderate/independent voters are McCain’s base so now they’re going to have to learn how to pamper.
If moderate/independents don’t want hillary/obama they need to learn how to bring Republicans into Mcain’s moderate/independent party.
Hint: For example, telling Conservatives to STFU isn’t how you bring voters into the fold, it turns people off and away from the voting booth.
Unlike past elections, in this election the ball is in the moderate/independent’s court, play it well my friends otherwise you will be responsible for getting Hillary or Obama elected.
Comment by syn — 2/9/2008 @ 4:34 am
McCain is a rightwing Democrat. He nearly ran with Kerry last time.
What can the GOP be thinking about?
Comment by Increase Mather — 2/9/2008 @ 5:00 am
Well, it can’t be the GOP’s fault. No Republican would ever vote for a traitor like McCain. It’s those damn moderates!
Comment by Joe M. — 2/9/2008 @ 8:49 am
@ #7:
“Backbone”??? Really? When he spent his whole campaign flopping from one side to the other. Too bad he never had a chance to serve his country in the armed services so he could have at least that to fall back on, as Mssrs McCain and Paul do.
I don’t find it a big deal that people didn’t vote for Mitt because of his Mormonism. A) When given the chance to defend his religion, he flopped out like a puss while at the same time denigrated non-believers. And B) Why shouldn’t people decline to vote for someone because of their beliefs, if their beliefs happen to be intellectually stunted, even in comparison to most other religions?
Comment by Mike — 2/9/2008 @ 11:07 am
Great pic SFW
Comment by TC — 2/9/2008 @ 1:39 pm
TC, #7…
“…best we can offer …”
The tragedy of Democratic Republics is that we rarely are allowed (if ever) to elect the BEST PERSON for the job. At best, we elect the best of the pack that offer themselves for the job.
As the pols make the rules more and more restrictive, the fields will always become smaller, as fewer men and women of quality will want to subject themselves, their families, and their families’ history, to the great media anal-exam that we conclude during the first week of November.
Sad, isn’t it?
Comment by Another Drew — 2/9/2008 @ 2:29 pm
The BEST person for the job would probably be my father-in-law.
He’s a self-made businessman who travels the world telling companies how to do their job with computers, and gets paid for it. He’s a sensible conservative, eight years Navy, married for some thirty years, two good kids. (well, one good and one incomparable–but I’m biased)
Unfortunately, he’s not crazy enough to actually RUN.
Comment by Foxfier — 2/9/2008 @ 3:55 pm
Isn’t that always the case?
Comment by Another Drew — 2/9/2008 @ 5:19 pm
Fred > Fredheads
Comment by Roy Mustang — 2/9/2008 @ 6:33 pm
Yes AD it is!
Comment by TC — 2/9/2008 @ 10:07 pm