Are you kidding me, Mitt, John Holdren?

Washington Examiner ^ | October 19, 2011 | Douglas MacKinnon

[libstripper]

As the Republican primary process continues, there is no doubt that the establishment GOP is winning and the Tea Party is losing.

Worse, as we accelerate toward the first votes finally being cast, many who believe in the simple and powerful message of the movement -- myself included - believe it now looks more and more foolish and naïve as it bounces from one flavor-of-the-month candidate to another.

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As their standard bearer going into battle with Barack Obama next fall, do Republican primary voters really want the person who drew up the blueprint for Obama-care?

Worse, do Republican primary voters really want the person who the out-of-control job and freedom killing Obama EPA looked to for some of its most draconian ideas?

As reported in the conservative blogs Moonbattery and HOTAIR; “the Romney administration in 2005 essentially did what Barack Obama’s EPA wants to do now. He imposed CO2 emission caps — the “toughest in the nation” — in an effort to curtail traditional energy production.

[Boogieman]

LOL. You are reading a helluva lot more into my comment then what was said. I think you are the one who is tilting at strawmen, since I never endorsed Perry. I simply asked you to clarify what your contention was.

[libstripper]

Perry was an ALGore operative in 1988, 24 years ago. Twenty four years before 1976, when Ronald Reagan made his first serious run for the presidency, he may have ben a liberal Democrat. People change and grow. I’m worried about what Perry is now, not 24 years ago.

[libstripper]

If he could explain why he did- and own up to his mistakes in a credible fashion, I think it would help him tremendously.

The important word is "could." Indeed, that's why Newt is not on my list of candidates to vote for vs. Mitt. So far Newt has talked the conservative talk in the debates better than any other candidate. Indeed, if that were all there was to it, I'd vote for and support him. Unfortunately, it's not. Ever since the Clintons blackmailed him in 1995 he's consistently flipped against conservatives when push came to shove, on the couch with Nancy just being the most egregious example. All of this leads me to believe the DemonRats have some kind of very serious hook into him that they can pull whenever they want to, meaning I'll vote for him vs. Obama, but not vs. any pubbie other than Romney.