(2008-02-07) — Shortly after former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told a shocked crowd at the Conservative Political Action Committee’s (CPAC) annual convention today that he’s ending his presidential bid for “the good of the nation”, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee vowed to fight on “until my presence becomes pathetic, embarrassing and ridiculous.”
“It takes 1,191 delegates to win the nomination,” said Mr. Huckabee addressing a rally of his supporters, “Since I’m 1,000 delegates short of the goal, most folks think I’ll be dropping out soon. A day may come when the courage of men fails. When we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of men comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand!”
Asked later by a reporter why he had quoted Aragorn’s soliloquy at the Black Gate from the movie “Return of the King”, Mr. Huckabee shrugged his shoulders, sheathed his sword, and got back on his campaign bus.
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1 gafisher // Feb 7, 2008 at 2:56 pm
“It takes 1,191 delegates to win the nomination,â€
McCain is still a long way from that as well. Mitt's delegates will be "reassigned" by the State Republican Party in each State where he won them, but there's no guarantee they'll automatically go to McCain.
2 gafisher // Feb 7, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Huckabee’s in a tough spot now; if he follows the lead of Mitt, Fred, Duncan, etc. he’ll be accused of “colluding with McCain,” but if he continues to the Convention he’ll be accused of “trying to wrangle the VP spot.” In the end, of course, nobody wants a pro-life Christian who actually believes all that stuff.
Hey, this wound up at the bottom of the previous thread, but since the new topic is quasi-religious mythos, here’s a Deusie.
3 Just Ranting // Feb 7, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I’m from Penna. Our April primary date is pretty much useless now. Seems a little unfair that about 35% of the country’s population gets to decide who will run in the general election. The rest of us are just bystanders. McCain was pretty far down on my list of preferred candidates. But I guess were stuck with him now. There’s got to be a better system.
4 RichMedia // Feb 7, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Wow, “First”?
That, and may God help us all.
5 upnorthlurkin // Feb 7, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I’d have to agree….we need to fight on. If we’re going to have a liberal in the WH, we must guarantee he/she has a conservative House and Senate with whom to fight. Balance of powers and all that rot!
6 upnorthlurkin // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:00 pm
..and of course, I meant checks and balances not balance of powers!
7 upnorthlurkin // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:03 pm
JR, I personally think a few million write-in votes for say Thompson or Hunter would send a pretty clear message to the RINOs. Of course, we’d probably be handing the WH to Barry or Herr Thighness…but….Sitting out just ain’t an option!
8 onlineanalyst // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:04 pm
That “personable” buffoon who relies on grassroots whispering campaigns to attack his opponents has nowhere else to go but stage Left, where his populist appeal has more attractiveness. With his “what me worry” grin as he delivers snarks along the lines of calumny, he needs to head back to Arkansas.
Never was a Republican candidate so unfit for prime time national political leadership.
9 onlineanalyst // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Hustle to support in any way that you can the election of conservative candidates for open positions in the House and Senate.
Heh! WV= bewitched editorials
10 nylecoj // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm
That last paragraph is a hoot!
11 Beerme // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:29 pm
ola,
Your message of #8 is spot on! All politics is local. Make it clear that you and many, many others desire a conservative Republican…
Scott,
Could Huckster’s message be that his campaign-like the Trilogy-is only a fantasy?
Maybe he can unsheath Anduril and take the fight to the Democrats?
12 camojack // Feb 7, 2008 at 6:39 pm
I wish he’d hung in there…but understand his reasoning. →
13 EXT // Feb 7, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Merger Talks Stalled
Democrat and Republican leadership merger talks broke off within moments after Romney’s withdrawal. Agreement had been easily reached over a platform for 2008 since there was no noticable difference between the Clinton, McCain, Obama and Romney stances. Financial details were sorted out when Romney committed to funding the Hillary campaign to prevent borrowing that might otherwise later increase federal deficits.
Then the deal fell apart.
When Romney withdrew McCain’s representatives flexed their muscle and demanded that the merger only go forward if the new entity would proclaim him their unopposed presidential candidate. They termed the matter a “deal breaker”.
While the Obama faction conceded willingness to accept a VP proposition, the Clinton forces stormed out of the meeting. Obamans termed that “short-sighted”, pointing to the relative age of their candidate and McCain. They expressed the belief that Obama is young enough that he’d be a vigorous replacement for McCain should actuarial tables prove accurate and, even if McCain’s presidency lasted a full eight years, Obama would still be vigorous enough to take the next step. Clinton supporters momentarily considered Hillary’s age before heading for the door.
There was an attempt to table the candidate proclamation and move on to selecting a name for the nation united under a new, one-party system, but the remaining participants decided to hold off until the next session. The Obama team had strongly favored “People’s Republic of North America” while their opponents were pressing for “Clintonia”.
Already accepted was a motto for the new one-party nation: “Land Without Borders”.
It appeared that the stalemate could not be resolved until December at the earliest when the survivor(s) schedules would permit. A joint statement expressed regret that the expense of the November election could not be eliminated though such frivolity would not be required in the longer term.
A Clinton team member, who asked not to be identified, said Ms. Clinton was “steamed that one puny man’s ego was standing in the way of unification”. He indicated that several members of the leadership were already enroute to Chicago to enlist aid from a “heavy hitter” arbitrator in overcoming the sole remaining obstacle.
14 nylecoj // Feb 7, 2008 at 7:14 pm
JR,
Re #2, I am in Washington State. Ours is February 19th. I am sitting here with a sealed filled out ballot on my desk which I have not yet delivered to the auditors office.
I am trying to decide whether to steam it open and vote for some other guy who is not running.
15 Darthmeister // Feb 7, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Why does Huckabee remind me of Don Quixote? Or would that be the Black Knigget of Monty Python fame?
He might make a good ambassador to Trinidad Tobago. At least there aren’t any windmills there.
16 Darthmeister // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I found the Great Santini’s online memorial page. Should I post the link? It’s replete with photographs and touching details about a really wonderful man’s life and involvement with his community.
17 mindknumbed kid // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Catching Wild Pigs
There was a chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab,
the professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept
rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was troubling as he was moving
around a lot. The student responded that he had a bullet lodged in his
back and the surgeons had been unable to remove it. He had been shot
while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to
overthrow his country’s government and install a new communist regime.
The professor suggested that perhaps the new regime might have been
better than the previous one and if he had adapted a more peaceful
approach, he wouldn’t have a bullet in his back causin g him problems.
He looked at the professor and responded to his comment by asking a very
strange question.
He asked, ‘Do you know how to catch wild pigs?’
The professor thought his question was a joke and stated that the
classroom was not a place for questions or comments such as his. The
young man said that it was no joke and went on to explain.
‘You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and
putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day
to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a
fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.
When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and
you put up another side of the fence.
They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you
have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The
pigs, which are used to the free corn, come thro ugh the gate to eat that
free corn once again.
You then slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd!
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence looking for a way out, but there is none. They
are caught!
Soon they go back to eating the free corn . They are so used to it that
they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they
accept their captivity.’
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening in America, the most wonderful, prosperous and caring country
in the world.
The government today, at all levels, keeps pushing everyone toward
Socialism and keeps ’spreading the free corn’ out in the form of
programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income,
tax cuts, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments
not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we
con tinue to lose our independence; just a little at a time until just
maybe the ‘gate is closed.’
One should always remember two truths:
1) There is no such thing as a free lunch
2) You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than
you can do it yourself.
If you see that all of this wonderful government ‘help’ is a problem
confronting the future of our Republic. That’s right! We are a
Constitutional Republic, then you might think about sending this to your
friends.
If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life, then you
will probably delete this email.
But God help us when the gate slams shut!
18 gafisher // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Darth Re#15: My oldest daughter made two mission trips to Trinidad. Quite an amazing place, actually, with a large and active Hindu population.
Hey, speaking of Monty Python, McCain fits the description of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog: “a vicious streak a mile wide!” Would Romney be Arthur? How about Ron Paul as Tim the Enchanter?
19 upnorthlurkin // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Darth, I think Ms. RightWing posted it on the previous thread, but go ahead and post it again! As I said, he truly was the great man we knew here! After speaking to a lady at his church, I’m reassured he was well loved and admired by his church family too! Our loss is heaven’s gain!
20 gafisher // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:24 pm
mkk Re#17:
3) You paid for that corn.
21 EXT // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Woman demonstrates first step in converting innocent child to Democrap:
first ya gotta suck the brain out…l
22 DrivebyMeteor // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Did somebody say free corn?
The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
Study: Ethanol may add to global warming.
23 mindknumbed kid // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:43 pm
darth - please post it.
24 mindknumbed kid // Feb 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I thought that email was appropriate for election politicking time, such as now. I cannot vouch that the story is true, but the message certainly is spot on. It just seems to me that our country has taken a sharp turn towards the social nirvana the left has illusions of, the pendulum has swung hard left and is in danger of snapping off. Thank the MSM and the public lack of education system. Thank also liberal religionists that will tell their sheep that God ain’t got a thing against sin, homosexuality is now alright by him, but homophobia is evil……if religion says wrong is right and right is wrong, then we must learn to change to a more enlightened world of love and let love. I suppose God is now one of their converts…..
25 mindknumbed kid // Feb 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I’m sure glad I am in a “religion free” zone where God doesn’t have to be PC.
26 da Bunny // Feb 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I saw the postings both on the previous thread, and on this one as well, about our friend Kevin/Santini. What a great guy he was. He and I were cyber-buds, and we also spoke on the phone. His emails were always full of faith and fun in the form of that great wit of his. I knew he was ill, and the news of his passing is very upsetting to me. I pray that his family will find comfort and strength from God to help them through what must be overwhelming grief. He loved his wife and daughter so very much…Godspeed, my friend, Kevin. You, and your wonderful parodies, will be greatly missed by this li’l Bunny.
27 da Bunny // Feb 7, 2008 at 9:49 pm
…former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee vowed to fight on “until my presence becomes pathetic, embarrassing and ridiculous.â€
Uh…I think you’re already there, Mike.
28 everthink // Feb 7, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Great Santini,
Thank you. RIP
ET
29 Darthmeister // Feb 8, 2008 at 12:14 am
Here’s the link to Kevin Corrington’s memorial site.
30 boberinyetagain // Feb 8, 2008 at 8:11 am
Thanks Hank, that’s very nice
RIP Santini, you were a true gem!
31 Hawkeye // Feb 8, 2008 at 8:42 am
God Bless you Santini… you really were “Great”!
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33 Possumtrot // Feb 8, 2008 at 10:22 am
I left a comment on the last thread. I am so stunned; I’m having trouble dealing with this.
34 Just Ranting // Feb 8, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I wish, as I’m sure we all so, that we had the verbals skills, abiding faith and joyful spirit Kevin Corrington had. Anyone who ever tried to write song parodies realized early on just how difficult it is, and how effortless he could make it seem. I knew little about the Great Santini, but from what I’ve read to this point he lived a life worthy of emulation. God blessed him with rare skills and a joyful spirit. We were all uplifted by having shared our Scrapple-time with him. My prayer is that his family shares his faith and rejoices in the “Well done good and faithful servant!” he heard from his Redeemer.
35 gafisher // Feb 8, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Mike Gallagher has an interesting take [here] on the McCain / Romney / Huckabee issue.
36 Darthmeister // Feb 9, 2008 at 12:25 am
I encourage every Scrappler to leave a comment at Kevin’s memorial site to let the family know he was loved and appreciated here and that he touched many lives all over this great nation.
His life may have been cut short but it burned more brilliantly than most. Mediocrity was not in Kevin’s personal make-up or his dictionary.
37 MargeinMI // Feb 9, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Stepping out of lurking mode…
Wow, I’m just overwhelmed with emotion. How can it be that I’m sitting here crying for the loss of someone whose name I didn’t even know until just now? I guess it’s because Kevin reached out across the web and touched my heart with his loving spirit and talent-as he did with us all here at Scrappleface. After reading the link to his memorial (thanks Hank), I see we were only a few who were blessed to have ‘known’ him.
Knowing he is singing now with God’s heavenly host is a comfort, so I’ll focus on that instead of the sadness I feel.
Thank you Kevin for being one of the shining stars here at SF. You will be missed.
Rest in Peace.
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