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Romney 2.0: Mr. Fix-It
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 11, 2010 | Johanna Neuman

Posted on 02/12/2010 8:14:17 AM PST by NoRedTape

"Now, two weeks before publication of "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness," Romney is pivoting again -- this time pitching himself as a problem solver whose background as a successful financier makes him the ideal candidate to rescue the ailing U.S. economy.

But the real problem, said the paper, is "the real Mitt Romney — Harvard MBA, political scion, hard-working businessman, super-wealthy master of Wall Street offerings, devout Mormon — might not be what Republican primary voters actually want."

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


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Mitt really wants to throw more money away. By the way, who in their right minds will actually buy this book?
1 posted on 02/12/2010 8:14:17 AM PST by NoRedTape
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To: NoRedTape

Give it up Romney- you were a LOSER in the last race - to McLAME!!!! of all people, so what makes you think we want second-best now?


2 posted on 02/12/2010 8:20:50 AM PST by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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To: NoRedTape

The man who gave Massachusetts Romney care? Hell no.


3 posted on 02/12/2010 8:21:44 AM PST by SaveTheChief (Hey Democrats - Can you hear us now?)
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To: NoRedTape
Willard the Rat did “fix” the crooks who bribed the IOC,
and kept these thugs from jail terms.
4 posted on 02/12/2010 8:21:52 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: NoRedTape
The best thing to be said about Mitt Romney is how the mere mention of his name will send the fundy bigots into an absolute hissy fit.

The worst thing to be said about Mitt Romney is how the mere mention of his name fails to do the same thing with the libtard and beltway RINO crowd..

5 posted on 02/12/2010 8:25:01 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Have you ever thought that those you slime here as ‘fundy bigots’ are actually against Romney because he makes the RINOs and libs warm and fuzzy?


6 posted on 02/12/2010 8:26:48 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: NoRedTape

Mitt Romney version 4.01 beta.


7 posted on 02/12/2010 8:27:11 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: NoRedTape

I kind of look forward to learning who the newest Romney will be, it is like waiting for a new Hollywood release.

I anticipate this one being stern and serious, and really, really grown up.


8 posted on 02/12/2010 8:27:17 AM PST by ansel12
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To: NoRedTape

Mitt Romney’s motto for this election go round should be “Mitt Romney - I can be whatever it takes to get your vote.”


9 posted on 02/12/2010 8:28:32 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: ansel12
I kind of look forward to learning who the newest Romney will be, it is like waiting for a new Hollywood release.

Yeah, except this is the third sequel where the original was a stinker as well.

10 posted on 02/12/2010 8:29:09 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Mr. K

It’s the Country Club Republican way. Mr. Second-Place gets the next nomination because, as Bob Dole so eloquontly put it - “It’s my turn damnit!”


11 posted on 02/12/2010 8:29:13 AM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Enjoy nature - eat meat, wear fur and drive your car!)
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To: Vigilanteman

“The best thing to be said about Mitt Romney is how the mere mention of his name will send the fundy bigots into an absolute hissy fit.”


“fundy bigots” founded this nation, punk.

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12 posted on 02/12/2010 8:32:34 AM PST by ansel12
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To: Vigilanteman

>> The best thing to be said about Mitt Romney is how the mere mention of his name will send the fundy bigots into an absolute hissy fit.

The worst thing to be said about Mitt Romney is how the mere mention of his name fails to do the same thing with the libtard and beltway RINO crowd.. <<

Very very true!


13 posted on 02/12/2010 8:33:35 AM PST by GraceG
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To: NoRedTape
Both Mittens and his BFF Meggie Whitman believe that they can BUY political office, and I hope they both go bankrupt attempting to do so.

Any marketers around here?

IF so, why does politicians believe so much in BRANDING, or is this just because so many MBAs nowadays go into politics???

It is SO phoney!

14 posted on 02/12/2010 8:37:29 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: GraceG
The worst thing that can be said of Team Romney is that
they all helped put Obama in Office -- instead of helping America.


Meg Whitman's campaign guru donated max to Obama -- while she advised McCain
"Even as former eBay CEO Meg Whitman acted as a high-profile backer and adviser to 2008
GOP presidential candidate John McCain, her top aide Henry Gomez -- now an eMeg
gubernatorial campaign majordomo -- donated the maximum to Democrat Barack Obama,
federal records show. Gomez, a trusted top insider in Republican Whitman's 2010 gubernatorial
campaign, donated the maximum $2,300 allowed to the general election campaign of Obama
in the days before -- and the weeks following -- the former eBay CEO's high profile televised
address to the GOP National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he accompanied Whitman around the..."


The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser “I am Myth” Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."


David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."


David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician… I will support him without qualm."


Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."


The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.


Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."


"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."


Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney


"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

15 posted on 02/12/2010 8:44:13 AM PST by Diogenesis (Alea iacta est.)
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To: NoRedTape; unkus; pissant; SandRat; dynachrome; freekitty; basil; MamaDearest

None of these wimps are candidate material, IMO. Newt included! These “supposed” Republicans have no spine, no guts, no gonads. They’re still searching for them with both hands and a mirror and coming up empty handed. Give me a break. Thank God we have real men and women in our military. If we had these wimps, we’d be through. These supposed Republicans make me ill and disgusted. No wonder America’s Greatest Generation must be rolling in their graves. I know my father, who was a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, is rolling in his grave.


16 posted on 02/12/2010 8:46:17 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: Mr. K

He and McRino are two peas in a pod.


17 posted on 02/12/2010 8:46:41 AM PST by BOBWADE
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To: NoRedTape
Mitt's “No Apology” book is currently #4,269 at Amazon.com. Where was Sarah Palin’s book two weeks before release - a solid #1, where it had been since the day after the release date was announced.

It doesn't look like you'll have to camp out over night to see Mitt at a book signing.

18 posted on 02/12/2010 8:46:41 AM PST by bwc2221
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To: ExTexasRedhead

We have some good, conservative Republicans out there, but they never seem to make these lists: Duncan Hunter comes to mind—but there are others.


19 posted on 02/12/2010 8:48:40 AM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: ExTexasRedhead
RESULTS – Feb. 2010 Early Freerepublic.com straw vote

Governor Palin - 102 votes - THE WINNER


None Of The Above - 12 votes
Barbour - 10 votes
Hunter - 8 votes
Demint - 7 votes

Pence - 3 votes
Ryan - 3 votes
Jindal - 2 votes
Jeb Bush - 2 votes
Liz Cheney - 2 votes
Mitch Daniels - 2 votes
Newt Gingrich - 2 votes

Thune, Gary Johnson, Joe Wilson, Scott Brown and Rick Perry - each 1 vote.
Romney and Huckabee - 0, that is zero, no, zed votes


20 posted on 02/12/2010 8:48:59 AM PST by Diogenesis (Alea iacta est.)
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