Fred Thompson, Ronald Reagan, and the Goldilocks Republicans
Amen, Anchoress. Love the reference to the mythical NAU, especially. 
NOTE to those who think McCain is her candidate and as inspired this piece: You’re wrong, but it should be obvious that she would vote for him in the general election. He’s simply the guy with a target on his back at the moment, but if Giuliani were the front-runner in nationwide polls, the same rioting would undoubtedly be occurring.
Re Thompson being the “one true conservative: Well, I was a Fredhead for a year until last week. “One true conservative” sounds like “No true Scotsman.” It’s just silly fallacy. Obviously everyone thinks their guy is the “best conservative,” but in the end, all are by anyone’s standards, compared with Hillobama.
Nobody’s saying you can’t support your favorite in the primary! Go for it! But the relentless character assassinations on other candidates are just jaw-dropping.
I have to wonder, is your support for Romney (or whomever else) so squishy, so unsure, that the best argument you can put forth is hatred for the other candidates? This is why I haven’t ever considered Romney my first or second choice–I never see the CAMPAIGN ITSELF or Romney supporters (with rare exception) on the internets ever saying why he’s the greatest thing since sliced (Wonder)bread. It is almost all about everyone else.
I could vote for Romney in the general with a clear conscience (although MittCare is a nightmare I don’t wish to experience), but I’m afraid Dan @ 11:40 is correct–”It will be the biggest Democratic electoral landslide since Goldwater was crushed by LBJ in 1964.”
No thanks.
