Posted on 01/13/2012 5:05:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Nice article. Only Newt seems able to articulate in the fewest words what the article here says.
Once we pair down the field to two people, Newt and Romney, only a child will be confused as to who is the better candidate.
One gets the feeling that in Mitt Romney we have a flim flam man, who basically came across a great scheme to make his fortune. He basically a product of the Mormon church who has planned for 35 years to get him to this point.
I am perplexed as to why smart people like Ann Coulter, George Will, Mark Steyn, Charles K etc etc can’t see through this imposter.
>>If you Google “Mitt Romney is a phony”, you get 102,000 hits. If you do the same search on “Rick Perry”, you get 51,800; “Ron Paul”, 32,300; and “Newt Gingrich”, 3,960. At the opposite end of the “authenticity” spectrum, if you Google “Herman Cain is a phony”, you get 8 hits.
but whatever you do, don’t google Santorum!
I just don’t see enough people watching a 28 minute video to make an impact.
“Let’s start with Mitt’s plastic smile, with not a bit of warmth to it.”
And then let’s move on to his contrived Beavis/Butthead phony laugh. Just after the Iowa caucuses, he was speaking to a group and sarcastically mentioned his “landslide victory in Iowa”, and then gave the most pathetic laugh. I was actually embarrassed for him — and I hate him.
And it doesn't occur to them that if someone who -- at best -- doesn't "excite the base" is at the top of the ticket, conservative turnout might be depressed?
apparently not.
there seems to be a shared wisdom within the inner circles of government and the press that only moderates can win...
even though moderates never win.
Hmm, yes. It’s almost as if they just agree to take turns every 4 to 8 years, and just keep everything the “same.” Keep the troughs full, I always say.
Then along comes Newt — that pesky fly. How DARE he question this conveeeenient arrangement.
there is a political class that loves the status quo and will allow nothing to change. They don't care what party is in charge (or appears to be in charge) because they still get their fat paychecks.. and either way they still call the shots.
Cain scared them... and had to be destroyed.
Now Newt has scared them... and he must also be destroyed.
I fear for this country.
I would take solace with the knowledge that when things finally collapse these jerks will be the first to swing from a rope.. but alas, they will probably just jump on their private jets and escape to their next target.
Right on.
Occupy Wall Street was nothing more (up to this point) than a dress rehearsal for the real thing this summer, when the clear target will be Romney/Bain. This was set in motion more than a year ago by the Dems.
Newt and Sarah are tearing up the Dems trump card. We need to help them make sure it is shredded.
Is the ad running on TV in South Carolina and Florida?
I don’t understand why Newt and the other candidates are calling him a moderate. Nothing moderate about his policies. He’s a Mass liberal. Just as liberal as
Dukakis and Ted Kennedy.
And they don’t think the Bain stuff is going to be controversial and maximize left-wing turnout which will vote Dems into the House and Senate? All I can figure is the party is run by big money and they have a complete blind spot as to how these Wall Street antics are perceived. It’s certainly not hard to see based on this film how so many of these wealthy elite feel so guilty about how they make their money that they become big bleeding heart liberals.
Keep in mind the 28-minute film only covers 4 firms. I think the WSJ did an article on about 75 more of them, many of which went through similar bankruptcies. The Dems could make a weekly program out of this stuff through the election.
I’m not even sure the RNC is as pro-Romney as they are anti-Newt and were anti-Cain. Everyone else up there is either weak and easily manipulated or is a big enough political insider to not be a threat. Only Newt and Cain are idealistic reformers who don’t care one bit about the status quo. That is why the knives came out for them.
ANTI-Perry.
When I see Romney on TV speaking, especially when he’s saying something that he thinks conservatives want to hear, his eyes appear hollow and he looks as if he’s reading off of a cue card or teleprompter. There is no passion or conviction in his voice or delivery. His eyes always look wild and that he’s nervous about what he is saying. That, to me, is a phony, and Romney personifies that.
Given his record as Governor of Massachusetts, his public statements, and the content of his campaign web site, there is reason to be concerned about Romney’s mental model of how the economy works.
First of all, anyone who has ever been a CEO knows that a 59-point plan is no plan at all. A CEO cannot really have more than three priorities at one time.
Given the fundamental nature of the job of a CEO, it is disquieting that Romney’s 59 points are not grouped in any way, and that they seem to be in no particular order.
That Romney’s plan doesn’t mention “money” (i.e., errors made by the Federal Reserve) at all should be of great concern to voters.
...the electorate absolutely must have more from a Republican candidate for president.
Cutting our corporate income tax rate to 25% would (at best) catch us up to where other countries are right now. It would not provide an incentive for multinational companies to refocus their investment programs on the U.S.
The third big problem with Governor Romney’s plan is his proposal to eliminate the capital gains tax, but only for people making less than $200,000 a year. In other words, only for people who do not create lots of new jobs. This is economically insane.
Romney knows that America needs such a strategic thinker as its next president, and he also knows that he isn’t one
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