Posted on 08/08/2012 7:28:56 PM PDT by cotton1706
Coulter: Romney should fire his spokesman for that RomneyCare response to the steelworker ad
Via Mediaite, inquiring conservatives on Twitter are asking: Er, isnt Ann Coulter herself famously a big fan of RomneyCare?
Answer: Yeah, but Im not sure its Andrea Sauls mention of RomneyCare thats really bugging her. Mediaites transcript:
Her response was not that it was despicable, not that Bain that Romney had left Bain five years earlier or the woman died five years after the plant closed and didnt even get her insurance from her husband, her response was, Well, if she had lived in Massachusetts with Mitt Romneys health care plan, she would have had health insurance. Anyone who donates to Mitt Romney, and I mean the big donors, ought to say if Andrea Saul isnt fired and off the campaign tomorrow, they are not giving another dime, because it is not worth fighting for this man if this is the kind of spokesman he has Theres no point in you doing your show, theres no point in going to the convention and pushing for this man if hes employing morons like this. This ad is the turning point and she has nearly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! She should be off the campaign.
I think shes irritated mainly because Saul is playing Obamas game by treating the steelworker ad as legitimate. You dont respond to a smear like that by addressing it on the merits; you respond by explaining why its a smear and how it reveals just what a fraud the Hopenchange aura is. Its an opportunity to attack with righteous fury, and somehow Saul blew it by stepping on her own message with the health-care aside
Beyond that, its not inconsistent for Coulter to worry that touting RomneyCare might alienate other conservatives even if it wouldnt necessarily alienate her. You can support legalizing gay marriage while also grasping that Romney endorsing SSM would destroy him with social conservatives and all but end his chances to win. Shes taking a similar position here, I think. Whatever her own feelings, flying the flag of RomneyCare at this point is not a good move. Or am I giving her too much credit and she really has flipped 180 on this issue?
If you believe that the entire Conservative base is fired up, then perhaps you should look between your ears?
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