A VERY LARGE contingent of Christian conservatives WILL NEVER vote for Mitt Romney.
NEVER.
Don't say you weren't warned.
Oh well, if that be the case, would the last American leaving the country please bring the flag?
Agree.
One here. IF Mittens is the Rep candidate in the GE. I think I will follow the wife and just hand in my voter registration.
Course I could always vote for “none of the above” but why waste the time.
“A VERY LARGE contingent of Christian conservatives WILL NEVER vote for Mitt Romney.”
This is absolutely true. I’m one of them that will NEVER vote for Romney in a general election. I will leave the ballot blank, or write in “none of the above”, or just stay home. Something I have not done since the 1976 election.
Also, I guarantee that IF, God forbid, Romney gets the nomination, that Obama will use his Mormonism against him in a very big way. It has only been since, I believe, the 80s that the Mormon “Prophet” finally had a conveinent “revelation” allowing Blacks into the Mormon circle with full privileges. They didn’t used to seek to convert “Blacks” because of some quirks in their Mormon theology about dark skin. Romney will get crucified over that. It just hasn’t happened yet because we aren’t in a general election. The press will pile on big time. They will make a very big deal about the (not so public) truths about the oddity of Mormon theology and practice. It does not bear public scrutiny. And even though Mormonism is “family friendly”, they will use that against them over the Mormon’s financing the campaign against homosexual marriage vote in California. This will stir up the Left wing base of the Dems. Also, Romney’s past as a businessman indicates he was about profit first, and people second. They will hang him over that as well. His wealth will be used against him as well. He was born rich and stayed so. Class warfare target for sure! He is just NOT electible. Plus, he doesn’t have the huevos to go after Obama in debates like Newt would.
I myself have chosen to ignore Newt’s “baggage” and support him for the GOP nomination. I think he is the best overall mix of electibility & conservatism. Yes, there are many others more conservative than him. However, I question if they are capable of being an effective POTUS...especially in matters of National Defense.
Now, although I have chosen to vote for Newt, I still respect those moral/social conservatives that chose to vote for Santorum, Bachmann, or Perry in the Iowa Primary. I WILL NOT denigrate persons that stand on genuine principle and moral conviction. I find it very offensive when persons have written such libel as “evangelicals are screwing us” here on Free Republic.
That type of rhetoric should not be tolerated on this forum. Besides, God willing, once the Iowa and New Hampshire nonsense is over, then we get down to the real race. Folks you are going to need to “evangelicals” and “morale conservatives” to get Newt as the GOP nominee and, God willing, eventually POTUS. Santorum cannot prevail past Iowa. The same is true for Bachmann and Perry. We need those good folks to join us in getting Newt nominated instead of Romney. You cannot create bad blood now and expect it to go away.
IF you must spew against a group, then spew against Paul and his followers. They are NOT Republicans they are Libertarians and will bolt the moment Paul doesn’t get the nomination - which he NEVER will. So, those are the folks you should be angry with, instead of conservative evangelicals or moral/social conservatives. I suspect Ron Paul to run as a third party candidate or as the Libertarian one. That is where your anger should be directed.
“A VERY LARGE contingent of Christian conservatives WILL NEVER vote for Mitt Romney.”
Or Newt for that matter. The GOP cannot afford to just toss values voters aside.
Which is why Mitt Romney will not win the nomination. The sooner people here realize that, the sooner we can get down to the business of selecting a conservative candidate. As long as that Mitt-fear dominates the discussion, we will end up doing something really stupid such as nominating a progressive like Newt Gingrich. Then we will be wondering what went wrong when we get saddled with GingrichCare.