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| Best fillet: Shark, tuna, swordfish, or 'o'fish? |
| posted at: 02:55 | permanent link to this entry |
| Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race. I feel like I'm the only person on the planet that is not surprised by this development. Sometimes it's good to be an independent, I guess. :D I have to give Romney serious credit for timing -- the man has dropped from the race, at this CPAC gathering, leaving the entire pack of "conservatives" faced with the prospect of voting for a true taliban in Mike Huckabee, a "maverick" (aka "won't put up with their embezzling bullshit and delusions of grandeur") in John McCain, or Ron Paul. That sound you heard in the ballroom was the sound of roaches realizing their gravy train, had just lost their locomotive. Think about it: The National Debt has doubled in 7 years. Most of the proceeds have funded this massive patronage system, and all these beneficiaries are now facing the prospect of being shut out completely (in one way or another). When you hear the "talk radio" cock-Goebbelers shrieking like banshees about how "McCain isn't Conservative", and how Romney is "a true conservative", this is the reason. You have a large, cancerous mass of people who have declared themselves nobility, have spun a web of mechanisms to ensure this arrangement maintains itself, and have hung themselves by their own thread. What will happen from here? I still think Romney's main support consisted of (a) Mormons, and (b) taliban leadership. The latter will join Huckabee, as a less-than-preferred choice. Thus, I expect Huckabee to start gaining ground in large fashion. As for the former, the Mormon set has been seriously burned here, as could be expected in a demographic-driven election. I don't know where they'll go. Will they fall in with Huckabee, demonstrating taliban solidarity? Will they fall in with McCain, in a nod toward their American roots? There just aren't enough Mormons out here in the Southeast for me to determine what they'll do. Update: James Dobson is "officially" off the fence, and endorses Huckabee. This primary race is far, far from over -- don't forget that Romney holds on to his delegates, and very well could play kingmaker if Huckabee draws close enough. |
| posted at: 01:18 | permanent link to this entry |