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Willard "Mitt" Romney's Entire CPAC 2008 Farwell Speech

If you can sit through the whole thing I am impressed, though I am not sure that is the word I am looking for.

A few comments off the top of my head...

1) I don't think there are enough American flags behind him. If I didn't know better I would have assumed he was giving this speech in the Belgian Congo. I think they could have tried to fit a few more up there. You know, for freedom... and the troops.

2) GOD! Willard is such a huge doucebag. Sorry, I just had to get that out.

3) If Willard had gotten up there and said, "You know guys, I am a business man, I am pretty good at math, and it just doesn't make sense for me to be in this race any longer..." or "You know, I just can't win this, thanks a lot, I'm out." I might have gained a tad bit of respect for him. But no, not Willard. The same guy who loved America so much he couldn't find anything wrong with it decided to take the "I love America and hate terrorists so damn much, I just can't possibly take this any further" approach. What a giant douchebag.

4) This is by far the most rousing speech I have ever seen him give. That audience seems to love him. And he just dropped out of the race.

5) What Jon Stewart said.

Jon Stewart on The End of The Romney Campaign.

I couldn't have said it better myself. John seems to have Willard pretty figured out.

Part of Romney's Farwell Address to CPAC

I will hopefully be able to get the entire pro-war, fear mongering, divisive, partisan, liberal bashing, farewell address up here soon. Goodbye for now, Willard. America is a more unified and stronger country without you. Your dishonesty and lack of understanding for the needs of the average American will not be missed in any way.

Something tells me this is not the last we will hear from Willard. Many bloggers are already making comparisons to other conservatives' failed attempts at the presidency and other offices and their later successes.

Nixon's quote after his failed senate run is 62' is one of my all-time favorite election related quotes and relatively apropos to this blog:

"For 16 years, ever since the Hiss case, you've had a lot of -- a lot of fun -- that you've had an opportunity to attack me and I think I've given as good as I've taken.....But as I leave you I want you to know -- just think how much you're going to be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference."

And we cannot miss the obvious comparison between 1976 era Reagan and Willard. Aside from the hair, Reagan (also?) famously laid the groundwork for his next run with his concession/suspension speech at the 1976 GOP (Watergate) Convention.

"This is our challenge; and this is why here in this hall tonight, better than we have ever done before, we have got to quit talking to each other and about each other and go out and communicate to the world that we may be fewer in numbers than we have ever been, but we carry the message they are waiting for...We must go forth from here united, determined that what a great general said a few years ago is true: There is no substitute for victory."

See you in 2012 Willard!!!

Romney To Suspend Campaign.

"Ann came to me and she said, 'You know, the one thing that's clear tonight is that nothing's clear.' But I think she's wrong. One thing that's clear is this campaign's going on." -Mitt Romney, 02/05/08

According to CNN's "GOP sources" Former Massachusetts Gov. Willard "Mitt" Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

All I can say about this is:

WOOOOOOO!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks as though it really will be Anyone But Romney in 2008...

"Yeah, I’m a great quitter: it’s one of the few things I do well… I come from a long line of quitters. My father was a quitter, my grandfather was a quitter… I was raised to give up" - George Costanza

This Just In: Romney Spent A Crap Load Per Delegate

From The Washington Post:

Republican campaign operatives call it the Gramm-o-meter, the money a candidate spends per delegate won, in honor of Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator who spent $25 million and won just 10 delegates, or $2.5 million per, in 1996.

By Republican strategist Alex Vogel's calculation, Mitt Romney is giving Gramm a run for his money. The former Massachusetts governor has spent $1.16 million per delegate, a rate that would cost him $1.33 billion to win the nomination.

By contrast, Mike Huckabee's campaign has been the height of efficiency. Delegates haven't yet been officially apportioned, but roughly speaking, each $1 million spent by Huckabee has won him 20 delegates.

Just as a point of reference: In 2006, the median annual household income according to the US Census Bureau was estimated to be $48,201.00 (1). So, according to the Post: Willard has spent the combined yearly income of approx 24 American families for each of the delegates that he has won so far. Even if the Post's math is fuzzy, I think we can all agree that Willard has spent an awful lot of cheddar in this losing effort and that this warrants my continuing to make fun of him and his campaign.

Willard "Mitt" Did Not Have A Very Super Tuesday...

First of all, was that girl crying!?! Or wiping something off of her face? If she indeed was crying about Willard's unbelievably disappointing Tuesday...well I don't really know what to say about that.

To his (little) credit he did take his "home" state as well as Utah, Minnesota, Montana, Colorado and North Dakota. Wow Willard, those are some whoppers. Bet you wish you never hear the name Mike Huckabee again.

Look at the diversity amongst Romney's supporters. That is a broad coalition of constituent groups if I have ever seen one...Two people who appear to be under 30!!! One of them may actually not be Mormon!! Oh. My. God.

Super Tuesday: 7:20 P.S.T.

John McCain: Alabama Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma.

Mike Huckabee: Arkansas, West Virginia (convention)

Mitt Romney: Utah and Massachusetts.

Seriously Willard? The only two states that you have so far are Utah and Mass? Wow, what a disappointment. WAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!

So Who Actually Supports Mitt Romey? And Why?!?!

These are some of the folks who waited outside a Denver car dealership waiting for a chance to see Willard "Mitt" Romney, even though they couldn't actually hear the speech.

1)That first lady holding the sign scares the crap out of me. $100.00 says she is the meanest 4th grade teacher on earth.

2)"Because he's Mormon" and "Because we're from Michigan." Hey, at least those kids and their mom are honest. "Because he's like me," however naive, is at least true and one of the more legitimate reasons I have heard to support Willard.

3) "Because he's honest" and "Because he's a Washington outsider." First off, um no, Willard is certainly many things, honest is so very clearly not one of them. Secondly, that whole Washington outsider rhetoric is all too familiar. I think most rational people can agree that it didn't go too well the last time we elected a so called Washington outsider...

Mitt Romney Disses Decorated WWII Veteran Who Also Happens To Be Bob Dole.

From CNN:

In a FOX interview Tuesday morning, Romney had said the former Kansas senator was “probably the last person I would have wanted to have write a letter for me.”

McCain immediately put out a statement condemning the comment, and told reporters on his campaign plane that Romney should apologize to Dole, a decorated World War II veteran, for the remark: "this is no way to end up this campaign, by attacking a genuine American war hero." His campaign also released a statement in which the Arizona senator called Romney’s remark “disgraceful.”

A short time later, Romney also referred to Dole as “an American hero.” He added that he would love to have the former senator’s support for his own bid.

“I think very highly of Sen. Dole,” he said, and had merely intended to criticize “the mental set that says we should choose our nominee based on how many years they’ve served and how long they’ve waited in line.” He added that he did not think McCain will benefit from the letter.

On Monday, Dole sent Rush Limbaugh defending John McCain as a "mainstream conservative," in reaction to the talk show host’s attempts to rally grassroots conservative support against the Arizona senator.

Romney unsuccessfully attempted to reach Dole by telephone Tuesday morning to clarify his statements.

Bob Dole is the last person...um...I mean American hero...Um...I can't...Stop...Flip flopping...

The "last person," Willard? Really? Personally I would have gone with Charles Manson or Osama Bin Laden as the "last person" I would want writing a letter on my behalf. Or maybe Paris Hilton. I'm not a huge Bob Dole fan or anything, but he probably wouldn't have cracked my top 1000. Who is handling this guy? Is there actually a human being under that well quaffed visage? Is there a bigger phony currently running for office in any election?

Everyone Picks McCain For Kickball and He Rubs it in Mitt's Face

I (almost) feel bad for old Willard in this one. How bad do you have to be to not receive the support of your "hometown" conservative rag? If McCain wasn't endorsed by the Republic it would be front page news. When Willard doesn't pick up the support of the Herald, it is just another day on the job. C'mon folks! When the people who know him best don't even like him, that has got to sound off some bells and whistles for the voting public?!?!