As horrid as it is to have Obama remain another four years, the actual aspect of Romney not winning hasn’t particularly bothered me all that much. Which is unique, because previous GOP defeats usually felt like being knifed in the gut.
When Romney reacted to the Chick-Fil-A hubbub with an embarrassingly noncommital “that’s not a part of my campaign,” and then the way the GOP convention refused to allow the very words “tea party” be uttered... things like that alienated me from Romney entirely. And this was after years of his political minions trashing Palin to their elite liberal buddies in the media. Pretty much through with the GOP entirely, at this point.
“When Romney reacted to the Chick-Fil-A hubbub with an embarrassingly noncommital “that’s not a part of my campaign,” and then the way the GOP convention refused to allow the very words “tea party” be uttered... things like that alienated me from Romney entirely. And this was after years of his political minions trashing Palin to their elite liberal buddies in the media. Pretty much through with the GOP entirely, at this point.”
I don’t need to be coddled and felt welcome. I just need someone who loves America more than the other guy.
Neither Chick-Fil-A nor the Tea Party have anything to do with that message. Both are both tailor made for MSM distortion. The MSM convinced its audience that Chick-Fil-A was run by homophobic hatemongers, and that the Tea Party was the second coming of the KKK. If Romney had openly supported Chick-Fil-A or the Tea Party, the MSM's biased coverage would have left its audience convinced that Romney was a homophobic racist. Romney would have been forced to respond. It would have been ugly -- and ineffective. "I am not a homophobic racist!" would have done Romney as little good as "Rape is an evil act!" did for Todd Akin.
So I understand your disappointment, but I think Romney was just trying to avoid the MSM's traps.