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Will tea party purists back imperfect Romney? (MSM says Tea Partiers can't win without Romney)
Communist News Network ^ | 2011-10-14 | Gloria Borger

Posted on 10/14/2011 6:29:56 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

After watching the GOP presidential debate the other night, it was hard to avoid this conclusion: Mitt Romney looks more and more like the GOP presidential nominee. He's the best debater. He's got his issues and his rejoinders down pat. He brushes away his opponents like lint on his lapel. And all with such ease.

That said, there's a teensy problem he just can't seem to beat: Conservatives don't like him. Or trust him. Or really want him to be the GOP nominee.

Sure, you say, Republicans never like their nominees, and they still manage to vote for them. There is truth to that: At this point in 2007, John McCain was still at 17% in the polls. Eventually, only Sarah Palin could make him palatable to conservatives. The Bushes were never right-wing faves. Neither were Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford. Even Ronald Reagan had candidates running to his right. And as for Bob Dole, well, he was suspect, but at least he was a war hero.

This year was supposed to be different. This was to be the time for the tea party to flourish and nominate a true believer. It's the moment, we were told, for an out-of-the-box Republican who would be against everything Barack Obama supports, like health care reform or bank bailouts.

Fine, except that Mitt Romney's Massachusetts health plan was a model for Obama (as the president fondly points out). And Romney told us during the debate that he supported the bank bailouts. ("Action had to be taken.")

If this keeps up, the tea partiers will be back at the harbor -- throwing themselves in.

Or, they can decide to suck it up and try to win.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
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FUMR!!! FUBO!!!

1 posted on 10/14/2011 6:30:08 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Purist = straw man.


2 posted on 10/14/2011 6:30:57 PM PDT by DManA
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To: rabscuttle385

WWSD?


3 posted on 10/14/2011 6:33:02 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: rabscuttle385
"Will tea party purists back imperfect Romney?" NO!!

I will write in Cain if I have to.

4 posted on 10/14/2011 6:34:15 PM PDT by Marie (Cain 9s Have Teeth)
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Will CNN News Readers continue to engage in anti-Americanism ?
5 posted on 10/14/2011 6:35:15 PM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: rabscuttle385

We won’t be “mccain’d” by a socailist yankee RINO scumbag who implemented a nazi healthcare plan on his own state. What part of that do Rom-tards including the GOP elite NOT understand?!?


6 posted on 10/14/2011 6:35:35 PM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: rabscuttle385

FUMR!! Never!!


7 posted on 10/14/2011 6:36:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: rabscuttle385

no.

i will not vote for romney, period.


8 posted on 10/14/2011 6:36:41 PM PDT by ken21
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To: rabscuttle385

Newt is the best debater and they it backwards. Romney can’t win without the Tea Party!


9 posted on 10/14/2011 6:36:43 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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Will tea party purists back imperfect Romney?

HELL NO!

FUMR!!!

10 posted on 10/14/2011 6:36:43 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)
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To: rabscuttle385

Listen up Republican Party top dogs:

YOU can’t win without US, the conservatives and “tea Party” people.

Nominate Romney at your own peril. He will NOT get “Tea Party” support.

FUMR!


11 posted on 10/14/2011 6:37:07 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Country clubbers: So where are they gonna go?

Conservative: Who needs the country clubbers?

For the good of the nation, Country Clubbers, go down into your wine cellars and let us fix this mess.


12 posted on 10/14/2011 6:37:12 PM PDT by DManA
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To: rabscuttle385

Quite the contrary, not only is Herman Cain far more authentically conservative than Myth, he also has a much higher chance of beating Hussein. Of course, the media likes to ignore this with their “Myth is the front runner, even though he can’t break 25% in polls!” meme.


13 posted on 10/14/2011 6:37:28 PM PDT by PAConservative1 (Would you like to sponsor a young illegal's college tuition? Vote Perry!)
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To: Marie

Me too. I am voting for one I want this time.


14 posted on 10/14/2011 6:37:54 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: rabscuttle385

Myself, I’ll vote on principle and to hell with who “wins”!

Who prevails is not my department.

Or, maybe i’ll choose to not vote; voting only encourages the b@$terds!

Semper Watching!
*****


15 posted on 10/14/2011 6:37:59 PM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: rabscuttle385

I will do what I can to see that Romney is not the last man standing. However if it turns out to be so I will vote for him over Obama.


16 posted on 10/14/2011 6:38:18 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: rabscuttle385
Should the tea party ever back the liberal Romney, the tea party would cease to have any meaning whatsoever.
17 posted on 10/14/2011 6:38:37 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Of course Obama loves his country but Herman Cain loves mine.)
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To: rabscuttle385

Yeah I am not supporting Romney. Probably write in Perry at this point.


18 posted on 10/14/2011 6:39:04 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: rabscuttle385
(MSM says Tea Partiers can't win without Romney)

Flash!

The MSM is not sympathetic to Conservatism, Republicans or the Tea Party. Indeed they are hostile to all of them

So why should we care what they think is the best strategy for the GOP to win?

Hello?

We're letting the MSM determine the best GOP strategy now?
(Retarded comes to mind.)

19 posted on 10/14/2011 6:39:32 PM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: rabscuttle385

“Will tea party purists back imperfect Romney?”

NO
And he will lose because of it.


20 posted on 10/14/2011 6:39:57 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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