After watching the debates and then the reactions of ‘independents’ on various networks I am convinced that the mindless masses will put Obama into the White House. After all, our society now more than ever has become about flash over substance, image over content. Obama is handsome, has a great smile and can read a teleprompter like no other. McCain is an old white man with damaged shoulders that makes him look even older. Obama is smooth like Billy D. Williams, McCain is fiesty like Ross Perot. Today’s youth of America care more about who gets punked, who sleeps with who and whether or not Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O will survive their next bout with stupidity. Where have our priorities gone?
So I did the most basic of research this weekend to see how this all unfolded. CNN has a nice graphic that shows how the Primaries unfolded by date and state. Scroll down a bit and click on the date January 15. You willsee that Romney was ahead and Huckabee was in second place. On January 19 McCain moved into second place. Maine did what it could to help out and pushed Romney into a tie, and then Florida reared it’s ugly, humid head and stunk the place up. All of those military retirees jumped on the “war hero” bandwagon and voted for McCain. So did all of the Mormon haters. This pushed McCain out front.
Super Tuesday sealed the deal. Why? Because Huckabee stuck around too long. Despite having less than 1/3 of the delegates of Romney or McCain, he stuck around like that last guest after a long party at your house, or the third wheel at a bar. He cannibalized the party like Perot and Nader. And he had the gall to stick around even longer to rub it in.
Below is a map of the states that voted for McCain (yellow) and Huckabee (light blue).
Looking at the map above we can thank the south, the tri-state northeast, California and Florida for the mess we are in.
The table below shows how the McCain/Huckabee Super Tuesday states voted. You can see many instances where if you split the votes from states that Huckabee votes evenly between McCain and Romney that Romney would have won, CA, GA, MO and TN become statistical ties and Romney would have won VA. We’ll never know the actual percentage of Huck votes that would have gone to McCain or Romney. But it would have been a true race instead of a diluted political mess.
Why did Huckabee stick around so long? He had the very vocal support of the far right of the Conservative spectrum. Like sharks, they could smell blood and thought that a victory was possible. Steadfast, inflexible single-issue voters slapped on their Pro-Life buttons and ingored the fact that we were at war and in the midst of serious economic issues. Of all the candidates, Romney was the only one that had a clue about money and the economy. He made himself into a billioaire, leads a company, ran a state and fixed corruption in the Olympics. Yet the right thought Huckabee was the answer, and old milatary folks felt it was McCain’s turn to lead. Thank you for your service, and thank you for not seeing the bigger picture. Now that much of your retirement is gone are you thinking you made a mistake during the primaries?
So to the voters in the swing states I’ve described here I respectfully offer a heart-felt “F” YOU. Enjoy the Obamanation we are about to suffer through for the next four years. Here’s what it will look like:
The Next Four Years
For six years we have been forced to listen to the embarrassing linguistics and limited intellect of President Bush. While you can’t question his patriotism, passion or faith you must admit that the man is not meant to be listened to. He’s certainly not an orator, nor is he skilled at debate. Mitt Romney is both of these and more.
Romney went on a radio talk show yesterday in Iowa. While the interview started out in a normal fashion it quickly turned into a discussion about Mormonism. A web cam captured the whole thing including the very informative and powerful off-air discussions. I haven’t read any blogs about this yet so the following comments are my own.
First, check out the video starting around the ten minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/v/-G9hydflwEQ
In my humble opinion Romney handled himself fantastically. He made it very clear that he is able to separate church and state. He backed up his opinions consistently and articulately. He held his ground despite multiple attempts by the host to cut his answers short (a pet peeve of mine… if you ask someone a question you should let them complete their answer without interrupting them and changing the topic).
I’ve supported Romney for several months already, but I was beginning to lose interest while waiting to hear more from Fred Thompson. However, this video clip has given new life to my support for Romney and I look forward to shredding the emotional rantings that will surely be posted by lefty bloggers. Here are my predictions:
- Lefty bloggers will criticize Romney as being too slick, too clean, too George Hamilton. Is this bad? Bill Clinton was stunningly effective during the town hall debates and he earned the name Slick Willy. I don’t think “slick” is a bad term.
- The left will continue to freak out over the concept of a Mormon in the White House. While making it very clear that he can separate church doctrine from legislation and law, Romney will continue to feel the wrath of the anti-religious left that can’t stand anything having to do with the church.
- Romney opponents will try to apply the terms “waffle” or “flip-flop” despite the fact that Romney’s voting record is clear and consistent.
Way to go Mr. Romney.
