Romney guys fall in line behind McCain/Palin
By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter
Jeff Booker, left, and state Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth).: Politicker photo
MINNEAPOLIS - They’re not overjoyed with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but former Mitt Romney for president supporters last week gulped down Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz) veep pick and closed ranks behind their party’s nominee.
That’s not to say they don’t hang with one another in the halls of the Hilton, where the GOP delegation is staying.
This morning, state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth), who served as Romney’s state campaign chair; former Camden County GOP Executive Director Jeff Booker, and former Paterson Mayor Pat Kramer, exited the breakfast hall as a threesome.
"He was obviously my first choice," Booker said of Romney’s veep potential, "but the McCain campaign is looking for a certain story, a certain connection with America."
A news story today features an item about Palin’s unmarried, 17-year old daughter giving birth to a child.
"The story will die," said Booker. "For better or worse, that’s life in America, and if the Democrats know what’s good for them, they’ll stay away from that. Anything else would be seen as piling on."
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McCain's pick of Palin only
McCain's pick of Palin only puts the Christian-right first over the "America first" that McCain espouses.
Palin is an anti-American who promotes teaching Creationism in science classes, abstinence-only sex education in schools, doesn't believe in global warming, and sued to have the polar bear to be removed from the endangered species list.
Anyone who supports her is opposed to providing a globally competitive education to our children, women's rights, the environment, and weakens the country in the longterm economically and technologically.
Somebody should tell these bozos to grow some spine and voice their opposition to the McCain/Palin ticket for being wrong for America.
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