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Social Conservatives to McCain: For the Love of God, Don't Pick Mitt
April 05, 2008 6:33 PM
Beginning today in a newspaper ad in Prescott, Ariz., where Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., ended his week-long biographical tour, a group of social conservatives has started lobbying McCain to avoid picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his running mate.
The newspaper ad declares that "FOR US THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: The unvarnished facts of Mitt Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts make him utterly unacceptable as a Vice Presidential choice."
It says that the conservative base "CAN help you win. If Governor Romney is on your ticket, many social conservative voters will consider their values repudiated by the Republican Party and either stay away from the polls this November or only vote down the ticket. For the sake of your election, the health of your party, and the future of America you must not allow the obvious electoral consequences of that to occur."
Signatories include Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation, who once endorsed Romney but has come to regret his decision, as well as officials of Concerned Women for America, the American Family Association, Operation Rescue, Massachusetts Citizens for Life, and several conservatives activists from Romney's home state of Massachusetts. The ad was paid for by the conservative group "Government Is Not God."
The group has also launched an on-line petition asking McCain to not only reject Romney but "consider for Vice President an individual with a strong and consistent record of support for both the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, and the amendment of the U.S. Constitution to establish marriage as only between one man and one woman."
Romney's leadership team, meanwhile, is meeting in Houston, Texas, next month to kick off fundraising efforts for McCain in an event featuring the Beach Boys, just in case anyone thought Romney wasn't white enough.
-- jpt
April 5, 2008 in 2008: Republicans | Permalink | Share | User Comments (23)
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OMG - the Beach Boys are still performing?!
Well, the McCain Veepstakes are on! Considering the best strategy the Mac campaign ever had was "let McCain be McCain", no one has any idea who he'll pick. It might be obvious or it might not... and he might just be ornery enough to pick Mitt anyway... although I would rather he does not.
I'm not a social conservatie, But I too have serious doubts with Mitt, simply because of his all too convenient latter day conversions to the far right. I actually liked him more when he was a moderate.
I think the #1 criteria is the VP have a good working relationship with Mac and that he (or she) is ready to take over the job and Mac's agenda at a moment's notice. I don't think Mitt and Mac are drinking buddies, so that takes him out of the equation.
Posted by: smartprimate | Apr 5, 2008 7:41:10 PM
rco wrote: "Everyone knows that McCain will choose Joe Lieberman as VP..."
Wrong-o. I'M going to be his pick. I'm young and can talk like a "real conservative" as the goobers like to say.
And I got the right religion too.
Posted by: Jerry | Apr 5, 2008 7:31:45 PM
Everyone knows that McCain will choose Joe Lieberman as VP...
Posted by: rco | Apr 5, 2008 6:51:02 PM
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