While I do not understand the timing I have just learned that Mitt Romney will endorse Senator John McCain later today and request that his 280 delegates support that recommendation.
So much for all the “free” media coverage that Senator McCain has enjoyed these past 10 days. As he locks up the Republican primary my sense is that the network and cable media will not be riding the McCain bus and sending reports back from every local diner or restaurant he visits. At this point he is not the main news. The party’s over, for now.
So Obama and Hillary will be seen virtually every night between now and the final primary in June where they will blast away at our side and we sit on the sidelines waiting for November. And stealing a closing line from Walter Cronkite “and that’s the way it is.”
That is just so, so sad.
For all the Republicans disgusted, by this, express your outrage in November. There is no way in Hell that McCain will carry California. Vote for Wayne Root. Great candidate!
This was from some Deer Valley newspaper the other day:
Wayne Allyn Root, a Libertarian with a home in Deer Valley, is campaigning for his party’s…
It is the first time two university graduates from the same class have campaigned for president, said Libertarian presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root, who owns a home in Deer Valley.
But Root didn’t know fellow student Barack Obama when he finished his political science degree at Columbia University in 1983.
A major difference between him and Obama is Obama has never run a small business, Root said.
“I have probably started a dozen, maybe 15 businesses. Some have failed, some have succeeded,” Root said in a telephone interview. “Would you really trust someone to run the greatest economy in the history of the world, who has never created a job?”
Libertarians claim to be the nation’s 3rd largest political party. It was founded in 1971.
Root said he expects to receive the party’s presidential nomination when nearly 1,000 Libertarian delegates convene Memorial Day weekend in Denver.
“Less spending and lower taxes, that’s what I believe in,” Root said.
That could begin with withdrawing American troops from Iraq within 18 months if elected president.
“Everyone has said, ‘We want you to get the troops out of Iraq,'” Root said. “We never should have been there. Afghanistan was the right war, Iraq was the wrong war.”
He criticized Republicans for growing government under the Bush administration.
“Republicans hand out the goodies to the rich and to corporate big shots and lobbyists,” Root said. “Their friends at Halliburton and Blackwater.”
Where matters of privacy are concerned, the two major parties have also failed, said Root, who is a professional odds-maker in Las Vegas.
He criticized Republicans who have sponsored legislation to ban online gambling in the United States.
“It’s none of the government’s business if I want to play poker in my house, or make a bet on a sports team in my house,” Root said.
“Republicans are Big Brother. They’re the biggest busybodies in the world.”
If elected president, Root said he would support rights for homosexuals and expanded stem-cell research.
He also favors legalizing marijuana.
“There is no difference between marijuana and a drink,” Root said.
Meanwhile, Root criticized members of Congress who voted to send taxpayers rebate checks to help stimulate the sagging economy.
“We’re borrowing it from China, then we’re going to give it to the American people so they can spend it on Chinese goods,” he said.
As president, to create competition, Root, 46, says he would support education vouchers and health-care choices for Americans.
“There should be a small businessman running the government,” he said.
Root wrote the book “Millionaire Republican” and has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC and Fox News.
When he was 16 years old, members of the New York media labeled Root the “Betting Whiz Kid” for his knack for predicting game results.
Today Root says he finds whatever excuse he can to travel to Park City from his home in Henderson, Nev.
“Nothing is greater than a summer in Park City,” he said.
While he does not expect to win the presidency in 2008, Root said could receive five million votes.
“The two candidates are so flawed, whether it’s Hillary or Barack up against John McCain,” Root said. “Will I set all-time records in the history on Libertarian politics? Absolutely.”
I was first a supporter of Duncan Hunter, then Fred Thompson, then Rudy Giuliani, then Mitt Romney as my “favorites” dropped out. I’m now a supporter of John McCain. McCain probably isn’t perfect (is anyone perfect?), but he’s a thousand times better than the remaining alternatives.
Republicans need to work together for the best outcome for everyone. While other parties bash McCain, they have no reasonable alternative. Whose fault is that?
My good friend Andy Favor.
I am not surprised by your response. While you support the Libertarian candidate I would agree that perhaps it’s time to have a third party in the mix. The only downside is that the candidate will not enjoy any partisan support in Congress.
Having no hair on my head I would like to reopen the Whig party that at one time included Abe Lincoln and Daniel Webster..
Larry,
You are looking at the glass half empty. It is not that the executive would not have the support of the congress, it is that the congress would not have the support of the President.
Wayne would veto the spending bills and then congress would have to over ride him. That might not be so easy if you have an articulate and very, very persuasive President explaining why spend and spend cannot continue forever.
And if that does not work, he always has the power of pardon.
Brother Andy.
Perhaps you can shed some light on the failure of the media to pose the same question to Ron Paul that they continue to ask Mike Huckabee. Why are you still in the race? While I agree with some of your man’s positions
While I agree with some of Dr. Paul’s Libertarian beliefs he is not a factor in a two party contest. Is he hanging around until the Mayor of New York City throws his hat into the ring so that they can team up?
Larry,
The answer is simple. Some things are worth fighting for. This race is not over.
Our forefathers gave the world something incredibly special. Individual liberty and the right to enjoy the fruit of one’s labor has made the world richer than anyone could have dreamed in 1776.
Yes we have lost our way. Corporations and hard working Americans are over taxed. I want my children and grand children to live in a vibrant and free America and not a stagnant over regulated America that led Jimmy Carter to say our best days are behind us. Reagan did not believe it and he help put us back on track. People like John McCain find the ideals of Reagan to be repugnant.
Accordingly, I will oppose the statist anti-American principles of McCain and his neo-con cohorts until I breathe my last breathe of life.
Andy
I commend you for your dedication to the Ron Paul campaign and your unwavering support of what our forefathers had envisioned for this country. Sadly, that document has been abused at every turn.
Keep standing tall.
Larry