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Posted on 02/09/2012 4:43:57 PM PST by publius321
I voted for Newt here in Florida but am thrilled by Santorum's victory. This is a victory for conservatives. In the general election, I'll support any one of the 3 conservative candidates out of the 4 in the race - just not Romney - unless you're talking about Romney for Host of Trump's Celebrity Apprentice in 2012.
This Tuesday's results really exposed the fact that the Moderate Murdoch Media's manufactured, paper champion is just that. His lead is as weak as the socialistic track record he built in his governmental career in Massachusettes and has been largely driven by suggestive "polling" tactics that are about as genuine as that rug on Frank Luntz's head.
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Tuesday's election reminded me of the National Championship between Alabama and LSU. Everybody seemed to think that LSU was unbeatable. They had all the hype on their side. Instead what we saw was a shock and awe shut-out!
Just think about how things might have turned out if the IOWA ballots had not conveniently vanished for weeks and the Murdoch Media had not for the two weeks leading to the SC primary trumpeted Mitt Romney as "the only candidate to win both IOWA and New Hampshire since the industrial revolution" or whatever time frame it was. Just think. This was -irresponsible- manipulation disguised as journalism that could have permanently altered the outcome of the GOP nomination process. Land sakes! I can't IMAGINE they ever intended to do that!
Now we can count on Romney and his anonymous PACs to --really-- pony up the mega-millions in cash to lie, distort and slander Santorum in a prodigious number of states holding elections in April. You thought you saw sleaze before - you haven't seen ANYTHING yet.
That's all Romney can really do because there's only so many times one can say "I'm a business man; therefore I’ll clean up Washington D.C." and he sure can't run on his socialist track record in Mass.
My prediction is a landslide AGAINST Romney as the people of this nation get fed up with his acrimonious distortions.
Interestingly though, I have never heard such in-depth elucidation of how the caucus system and the dispensation of delegates work in these states until last night. By the way they tried to minimize them, you would think that none of the delegates would go to Rick despite the monumental landslide of support. It's funny how Fox left that public service out in 2008 when Mitt Romney won these states.
Based on what I’m seeing this morning at WSJ Online and other sites is that the people apparently posting on message boards from the Romney boiler rooms are saying that “Obama can just get out the Casey playbook on how to beat Santorum by 17 points”.
Obama can get out the Casey handbook if he wants but the problem is that his name will still not be “Bob Casey”. The name Bob Casey in PA is (or at least was until his son took office) highly revered. He is the ONLY Democrat for whom I have ever voted in my life (for governor when he was running against a liberal Arlen Specter-like RINO back in the early 90’s).
Bob Casey SR. was a man of integrity and pro-life. While Governor, Casey Senior actually REFUSED to meet with Bill Clinton when Clinton came to campaign in Pennsylvania for election. That was a HUGE stand. How many Governors do you know of who would refuse to meet with the Presidential nominee OF THEIR OWN PARTY when that nominee comes to his state? So SENIOR, if he was alive, sure as hell wouldn’t meet with the false prophet, pro-partial birth baby slaughterer Barack Hussein Obama.
Bob Casey Junior ran on the coat-tails of his father and that is the main reason why the man is a US Senator today. Nobody even ever hears from him. To insinuate that Obama can use that "book" on beating Santorum is like putting a silk hat on a pig.
Bob Casey’s strategy was basically to MATCH Santorum by making himself look more conservative. He offered largely Democrat voters - a chance to vote their party, vote for "Bob Casey" and vote for a pro-life candidate, something no other challenger had done.
It would be similar to giving voters a choice of two liberals in the general election i.e. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Both choices would be liberal on every count. Voters would conclude, why change socialist horses mid-stream?
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“about as genuine as that rug on Frank Luntz’s head”.
I support the 2 conservatives in the race and that’s Newt and Rick.
Paul is a libertarian wearing a Republican costume. He’s a nut case and I can’t ever support him for anything but king of the nuthouse.
Romney is a RINO worse than McCain and he is just the white side of Obama. I can’t support him either. He will continue what Obama started and use the cover of being a Republican to bring our party down. No thanks.
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Looks like Santorum is closing on his second million in donations in the past 24 hours.
And he is running on the pretense that he is conservative....
I have all but turned off talk radio - can’t abide Hugh Hewitt anymore and most of the others have been so in the tank for Mitt that I am beyond disgusted. They should have been backing Newt or Rick from the get go as those 2 are the conservatives. My hope is that Newt will get the nod and put Rick as his VP because we DID NOT have a groomed VP during the Bush years. Cheney was too old and unliked although a solid conservative. But I do think we need Newt to start the dramatic reversal that we HAVE TO HAVE in talking about overturning all of Obama’s horrific Policies! Rick still needs some grooming and growing into such a huge job and with 7 children, he could use 4 years to ease into such a massive daily stressor...They ought to really be HAMMERING OBAMAs ANTI-CATHOLIC, ANTI-CHRISTIAN MANDATE - both Newt and Rick are Catholics, why aren’t they just out there 24/7 nailing this Communist to the wall!
His attack ads tell me he has nothing to offer. As soon as someone shows they are more popular than he is, he goes after them with a super Pac attack blitz.
Why? The reason probably is that's all he has, no plan, just attack ads. His actions show he has little respect for conservatives or fellow republicans and attacks them for all he's worth.
He really likes obama, though. In fact, Mitt kinda reminds me of obama when he's attacking Gingrich and Santorum.
That’s right. All of the talk hosts need to be taken to school by MARK LEVIN. He is the only one speaking intelligently as far as I can here.
I have not heard Rush much lately but from what little I have heard just driving to lunch here and there - it SEEMS to me like he’s playing games with this and one day giving the impression that he’s anti-Romney and then the next day pro-Romney.
Again, I have only caught little bits of Rush at a time so let me know if I am mistaken in that impression. I would like to know - because I am in no laughing mood when it comes to suffering the chicanery of this socialist imposter Romney and to exploit all sides for ratings is unaceaptable.
Would I vote for Gingrich/Santorum over Obama/Biden (Obama/Clinton for that matter)? In a heartbeat. I would be all the more enthused if the GOP ticket were reversed and this FReeper still supports the Santorum Surge and hope he cleans Mittens’ clock. Mitt is going to get really, really dirty now, though. Just watch the dirty attacks and ads that will be aired, then when pressed in a debate he will have that phony smile and say “well, I have no control over those ads”, but will refuse to pull them when pressed. It is going to get bad. Really bad. The whole panoply of the entrenched GOP Establishment (and the plum jobs they are all maneuvering for post 2012 in DC) plays for keeps, they know hard ball, fasten seatbelts.
“I have not heard Rush much lately but from what little I have heard just driving to lunch here and there - it SEEMS to me like he’s playing games with this and one day giving the impression that he’s anti-Romney and then the next day pro-Romney.”
Rush wants the nominee to be a conservative. When Romney sounds conservative, he’s for Romney. When Newt or Santorum doesn’t sound conservative, he will point that out.
Unfortunately the DNC already has the book on Romney: CAN MITT ROMNEY SERVE TWO MASTERS?
Conservative are too PC to bring the topic up and the MSM will wait until Axelrod gives them the nod.
The RNC with their collectives head in the sand, is out to destroy the nation by pushing a loser.
It’s time to rise up.
Sorry “as far as I can hear”. I just read what I wrote and cringed.
Based on what I heard yesterday, Rush really likes Santorum.
I just ordered CAN MITT ROMNEY SERVE TWO MASTERS? from Amazon.
Also contacted Sean Hannity at hannity.com to PLEASE have the author, Tricia Erickson on his show.
Looking forward to reading the book. That is Romney’s soft spot, his Achilles heel, and what sets him off when anyone mentions Mormonism. He does NOT want this info known.
Did the same thing. Read the first two chapters at Amazon. Good read with lots of interesting history.
Also ordered a copy of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals....Know your enemy.
“Unfortunately the DNC already has the book on Romney: CAN MITT ROMNEY SERVE TWO MASTERS?
Conservative are too PC to bring the topic up and the MSM will wait until Axelrod gives them the nod.
The RNC with their collectives head in the sand, is out to destroy the nation by pushing a loser.
It’s time to rise up.”
Agree = and then some. Do not forget how far the O-media stretches. Obama won’t even have to get his hands dirty. He won’t even need to use PACS to do that job. As I wrote a couple weeks ago
http://www.tableofwisdom.com/2012/01/romney-pledges-to-be-true-to-his-faith.html
“The door will be WIDE OPEN to those questions on the basis that we could potentially have “our first Mormon President”. Newly produced documentaries will be airing all over the liberal controlled media, highlighting the controversies – but they will not come directly from the campaign. Romney understands that tactic but this time it won’t just be PACs; it will be The History Channel, Discovery Channel, 60 minutes…
We might as well nominate Marshall Applewhite and wait for him to return in his space ship hidden within the tail of the Hale-Bopp Comet.”
As Romney is “true-to-his-faith” and “believes-in-the-faith-of-his-fathers” he knows we already have “our first Mormon President”
Romney’s own Mormonism made Obama just that...
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