How is the "attack" false?

Jabs Sharpen in Final Week Before Voting
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Dec 26, 6:11 PM (ET)

By DAVID ESPO

(AP) Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 2nd from right, at Robie's... Full Image

MT. PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) - The most wide-open presidential race in a half century pushed unpredictably into a decisive new phase Wednesday, the rhetoric a bit more pointed and the appeals a tad more urgent in the final run-up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

"This is crunch time," said former Democratic Sen. John Edwards, and he spoke for all.

In a race without front-runners, a brief Christmas lull yielded quickly in both early-voting states to a new round of subtle digs, outright criticism, fresh TV ads and stepped-up efforts by independent organizations.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, surprise leader in the Republican pre-caucus polls, bagged an Iowa pheasant with a .12-gauge shotgun and said caucus-goers on Jan. 3 should take notice.

(AP) Former president Bill Clinton, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,... Full Image

"Maybe it will show that I certainly understand the culture of being outdoors," he said. It was a not-so-subtle jab at his leading rival in the state, Mitt Romney. The former Massachusetts governor once proclaimed himself a lifelong hunter, but later conceded he had shot only "small varmints" and did not have a gun or a hunting license.

Romney's political quarry for the day was Arizona Sen. John McCain, seemingly staging a comeback in New Hampshire. Romney accused his rival of flip-flops on immigration and tax cuts.

"The point is that under his bill, that he fought for, everybody who came here illegally could stay forever. And does he still believe that or does he not believe that?" Romney said on a radio program from New Hampshire.

"And likewise on taxation. He said, well now he's for making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Well, does he admit he was wrong in voting against them before?

McCain responded quickly.

(AP) Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., sporting a 'Vote For Me" name tag talks... Full Image

"I know something about tailspins, and it's pretty clear Mitt Romney is in one," said the former front-runner. "It's disappointing that he would launch desperate, flailing and false attacks in an attempt to maintain relevance."

How is the "attack" false? McCain has been both for and against amnesty. McCain has been for and against the bush tax cuts. McCain has been for and against the death tax. Which is it McCain? But because McCain is in bed with the media, they will never question him or call him names...

Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 2nd from right, at Robie's General Store in Hooksett, N.H. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

From a Fred Thompson website

Here is a link to a Fred Thompson website, with a great image... I just wish it was a little bigger...

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Alright, who has photo shop?

From Jeff

Do we want to choose a nominee that has the media plugging and defending them?  If they're in need of it now to rise in the polls do you think they'll get it during the general election?   NO!  The Media, will support the Dem. The same media that is pumping McCain in NH and elsewhere is going to drop him if he's the nominee.

 

Rather, how about having a candidate that's been routinely savaged by the media with personal character attacks, gross distortions of his record, and misleading propaganda.  Which do you think will have a better chance in the general election . . . the one who's a frontrunner DESPITE the MSM coverage or the one(s) that are challengers BECAUSE of the MSM coverage? McCain always said that the media is his base..., NH is just the latest proof. NH is just a microcosm of this phenomenon.

Red State post #1 recommended

Date: Dec 26, 2007 12:15 PM
Subject: Red State post #1 recommended

ANd that's without alerting folks here.

 

http://www.redstate.com/blogs/joe_johnson/2007/dec/25/re_mitt_romney_health_care_and_jeff_emanuels_redhot_posting

 

Thomas Sowell

   

December 26, 2007, 0:00 a.m. Unpromising Times Primary elections and secondary candidates. By Thomas Sowell ... His talk about poor children going to bed hungry may rouse the far left in his party but in fact the lowest-income people are even more obese than the rest of us, not that the facts make the slightest difference to Senator Edwards. As an attorney, Edwards conned millions of dollars out of gullible juries, using junk science to create the impression that it was the fault of doctors when babies were born with birth defects. Republicans, as usual, seem to have more people who would make good presidents than people who would make good presidential candidates. Unfortunately for them, we have elections instead of coronations. ... The only candidate of either party who truly looks presidential is Mitt Romney. It was unfortunate that Mike Huckabee and others have tried to make his religion an issue. John F. Kennedy was supposed to have taken that issue out of politics — and Huckabee's bringing it back in ought to disqualify him for a shot at the White House, even aside from Governor Huckabee's wholesale pardons of criminals and his raising taxes. Romney and Giuliani are both articulate Republicans — and it is rare for the Republicans to have two at one time. Some presidential election years they haven't even had one. If Romney's and Giuliani's track records in office matched their ability to talk, either of them could unite and lead their party to victory. But that is no small "if." When it comes to articulation, no one can beat Barack Obama. He can even convince people that he has new ideas, when in fact they are old 1960s ideas that have failed repeatedly, ever since that irresponsible decade. John McCain seems to be having a little resurgence but it is hard to believe that Republicans are so desperate as to support a man who joined with far left Democrat Russ Feingold to restrict free speech in the name of "campaign finance reform" and with Ted Kennedy to sponsor a bill giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. Then there is Hillary Clinton, formerly known as "front-runner" Hillary Clinton or the "inevitable" candidate Hillary Clinton. It is painful to watch her trying to act human and it would be even more painful to see the Clintons back in the White House that they disgraced in so many ways. She might even be shameless enough to put him on the Supreme Court, where he could ruin the law of the land, as many of his own judicial appointees are already doing in the federal courts. As for the other candidates in both parties, the big question is why anyone takes them seriously as candidates to lead the nation at a time of huge dangers that terrorists will end up with nuclear weapons, whether from Iran or Pakistan. This nation has come back from unpromising times before. Let's hope that we have not already used up all our luck. © 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. — COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.

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