Posted on 10/18/2011 12:48:25 PM PDT by freespirited
Notwithstanding the fact that not a single ballot has been cast in any of the Republican primaries, there seems to be a concerted effort by the liberal media to bestow the GOP nomination upon former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
According to the Detroit Free Press, "Mitt Romney's steady-as-she-goes campaign for the presidential nomination is beginning to look inevitable." The Washington Post tells us that Romney "is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials… as people across the GOP grow more accepting of the presidential contender as the party's standard-bearer." Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times declares, "It's beginning to look as if the former Massachusetts governor will win the nomination almost by default."
Isn't it peculiar that Romney is "beginning" to look like the inevitable, Republican nominee at the very moment that Herman Cain is resonating amongst conservatives and surging in the polls? Can the liberal media (and for that matter some GOP donors and elected officials) really be this spooked by Cain? Well, he sure does mess up their "Tea Partiers hate having a black man in the White House" narrative quite nicely. It's kind of difficult for the liberal media to credibly cast Republicans as racist if they nominate a black man. In fact, casting such aspersions against Tea Partiers would look really, really stupid. Without the Tea Party there would be no Cain surge.
So why is there such a strong resistance amongst conservatives towards Romney? It could be summed up in three words: lack of authenticity.
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Cain is leading in Iowa but the one I want to see him take is New Hampshire. Wouldn’t that just knock the wind out of Romney’s sails?
Yeah, just like they gave us McCain last election. Time to get aboard the Cain train! Politics be damned.
Romney’s as fake as a $3 bill.
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