Politics

Ron Paul refuses to bow down to Mitt Romney.

"Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks vetted by the Romney campaign, and that he give a full-fledged endorsement of Mr. Romney. He declined.“It wouldn’t be my speech,” Mr. Paul said. “That would undo everything I’ve done in the last 30 years. I don’t fully endorse him for president.”"

Good for him.

The Republican party was embarrassed because Ron Paul supporters forced them to break their own rules to present the illusion the party supports Romney. They were exposed as the crooks they are. In order to make sure this doesn't happen again, they're changing the rules so nobody can challenge the establishment choice in the future.

If I had money to bet, I'd bet it all that Ron Paul does not stand up with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum in support of Romney.

I've already put in my prediction on the weather (Isaac will be a tropical storm when it first hits the US), and I've predicted Romney will win the presidency. I might as well go for the trifecta and predict that Akins will win the Missouri Senate seat.

"What does this hysteria over one egregious gaffe reveal?A deep-seated fear, a gnawing anxiety among Republicans that the positions they have held and hold on social and moral issues, and even on economics and foreign policy, no longer command the support of a majority of their countrymen."

Pfft. Buchanan is all wrong on that one. What it shows is Republicans want to make this election about economic issues like the economy and entitlements. There's no cowardice here. There's no hiding or goofiness. It's just about economics. The last thing Romney, the guy who ordered a health insurance mandate in Massachusetts, loved abortion back then, promoted an assault weapons ban, and probably sucked a lot of ----, oops, can't say that, wants is an election on social issues. Once again, this should have been a non-issue, but because Republicans nominated a big-government Massachusetts liberal, it is an issue. It cracks me up that conservatives talk about small government and whatnot while they always, and I mean always, vote for the most big government liberal Republican in the race.