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Panicked GOP insiders land in bizarro world
Washington Times ^ | Jan 30, 2012 | By Dr. Milton R. Wolf

Posted on 01/30/2012 5:15:21 PM PST by Jim Robinson

The 2012 Republican primary race has passed well beyond the rabbit hole into some extra-dimensional bizarro world where up is down, black is white and the allies of the candidate who disavowed Reaganism would have us believe that the leader of the “second stage of the Reagan Revolution” is somehow insufficiently Reaganesque.

It’s no secret that the GOP establishment backs Mitt Romney. The same folks who gave us John McCain and Bob Dole have picked their winner. When Mr. Romney is down, their panic shows. They start floating desperate ideas like late-entry candidates or a brokered convention. They also pull out the long knives for Newt Gingrich. After the former speaker’s decisive victory in South Carolina, insiders launched an all-out assault upon him. Unmasked and panicked, the GOP establishment unleashed the tactics of the left upon the right.

GOP insiders first dredged up 2-decade-old debunked partisan ethics charges that damaged Mr. Gingrich’s reputation until the Internal Revenue Service finally exonerated him. Mr. Romney couldn’t resist seeking cheap points by joining the discredited Democrats who started the whole sordid mess. Mr. Romney featured, of all people, Nancy Pelosi with her innuendo of Mr. Gingrich’s supposed wrongdoing, ironically blasting out an email slur just as Mrs. Pelosi was backing away from it. Then came something even worse: the salacious insinuation that Mr. Gingrich somehow betrayed former President Ronald Reagan.

The anti-Gingrich onslaught reached an apogee on the Drudge Report as Romney allies fed one negative story after another, amassing an impressive 10 pieces on the influential website at one point. A screaming headline claimed that Mr. Gingrich had repeatedly insulted Reagan. The unseemly issue of Mr. Gingrich’s second marriage managed to resurface. To cap it off, Ann Coulter, the surprising new head cheerleader for the moderate movement, enjoyed seeing her latest anti-Gingrich...

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TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Maine; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; blackthursday; bloodythursday; drudge; drudge4romney; elections; gingrich; maine; nevada; newt; rinos4romney; romney
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To: Texas Songwriter

“I have never seen this side of the republican party”

1976 and 1980 when Ronaldus Magnus sought the nomination.

I wish I knew how he succeeded in 1980.


21 posted on 01/30/2012 5:40:26 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: ptsal
...Damn... Here's the way I look at the ever-changing Newtster...

...He is a lot like Churchill. There are good moments and crappy moments....

...but I'll say this....better than the Morman dufus....

and more likely to get my vote.....

22 posted on 01/30/2012 5:42:12 PM PST by ptsal (E)
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To: Jim Robinson
It's good to be off the Drudge drug. I was getting sloppy relying on him. Back to the good times of doing my own research and posting. Makes for better content anyway.

Sent a letter to Human Events from where I used to get Ann Coulter's columns. Told them if I ever received another column from her, I would cancel my subscription.

Cancelled the preset in the car radio for Michael Savage. Yeah, he's another one.

Bye-bye "tools"!

Sign me,
Someone who actually cares about this country more than your egos.

23 posted on 01/30/2012 5:42:59 PM PST by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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To: Jim Robinson
Keep writing Jim Robinson. You are making a difference.

On top of everything else, we now are finding out who the real conservatives are and those that are phonies. The 'proof is in the pudding' like Grandma used to say. If the establishment succeeds in defeating Newt Gingich then let them be damned. They can then obey Hussein.

Rick Santorum is making a difference but, unfortunately it is the wrong difference. We will soon be learning if he is one of us or not. He needs to swallow defeat and join the Tea Party Patriots that are trying to restore this once great nation.

GO NEWT!

24 posted on 01/30/2012 5:43:31 PM PST by houeto
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson wrote: "'Mitt Romney is Reaganesque like Michael Moore is athletic'

Zing!"

ROFLOL! Perfect! Thanks Jim, I really needed a good laugh. :)


25 posted on 01/30/2012 5:44:24 PM PST by bd476
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To: Jim Robinson

Waving the Constitution at DC produces paroxysms among the RinoCracy...somewhat similar to what happens when waving a crucifix at the devil....


26 posted on 01/30/2012 5:47:28 PM PST by mo
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To: Jim Robinson; onyx; DJ MacWoW; RedMDer; trisham; TheOldLady; musicman; vox_freedom; JoeProBono; ...

Gingrich Launches TalesofMitt.com

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From today’s Morning Score:

Newt 2012 has launched a new website “to document all of Mitt Romney’s flip flops and new stories trying to explain his liberal record.” There are two new web videos up on the page: “Which Mitt Is It?” and “Mitt’s Blind Trust Bluff.” Gingrich spokesman RC Hammond goes on the attack in a forthcoming press release announcing the site:

“Of course, the issue really isn’t the correct understanding of blind trusts, despite Romney’s convenient interpretations. It’s whether voters can trust Mitt Romney. And as we’ve seen in 1994, 2002, 2008, and 2012, Mitt Romney will say anything and change any position just to get elected.” Check out TalesofMitt.com: http://bit.ly/x4umCN.

http://talesofmitt.com/

http://nevadanewt.com/?p=114

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FYI: Michelle Malkin endorses Rick Santorum

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/30/michelle-malkin-endorses-rick-santorum/


27 posted on 01/30/2012 5:47:28 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: GVnana

That’s beautiful! amen


28 posted on 01/30/2012 5:48:20 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: b9

I just e-mailed Drudge I’m done with them...can’t stand seeing them pin Newt the way they are....so I’m done there.
Not that it will matter but I feel better...enough is enough.


29 posted on 01/30/2012 5:51:05 PM PST by caww
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To: Jim Robinson

Piss on Romney


30 posted on 01/30/2012 5:51:52 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: FReepers

you've come to the right place to help FR, click the pic
thank you!

31 posted on 01/30/2012 5:53:44 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: GVnana

Yep..me too...got rid of Coulter’s books...Savages are next...Done with Drudge and Faux....I can only stand my legs being kicked so long!


32 posted on 01/30/2012 5:54:04 PM PST by caww
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To: tomkat

Oh I’m liking that!


33 posted on 01/30/2012 5:55:24 PM PST by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: houeto

Santorum is more like Romney than he is like Gingrich.


34 posted on 01/30/2012 5:55:42 PM PST by tentmaker
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To: STARWISE

Oh I like TalesofMitt!


35 posted on 01/30/2012 5:56:02 PM PST by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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To: Jim Robinson; RKBA Democrat; DrDan4Congress; bitt; SeekAndFind; All

Ode to the Grand Olde Party, and their BFF, the Obamanator.

When Newt or Paul rocks the Establishment Boat,
The GOP oarsmen pull knives from their boots.
The hacking and slashing puts extreme fighting to shame,
Never, no NEVER rock the Establishment Boat!
They cannot win elections, by choice of their suits,
A RINO Nominee is a Democrat, - - - - one and the same.

Two Party as One Party is what they adore.
Never give voters a choice, or politicians
Are out of life-time jobs forever more.

As we pay our bills,
And hold our noses
As we vote,
The Obamanator holds
His cold knife to our Country’s throat - - - - .


36 posted on 01/30/2012 5:57:04 PM PST by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: caww

I was 100& done with Faux 2 years ago. I have never looked back.


37 posted on 01/30/2012 5:57:28 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: tentmaker

I think Santorum is pitching for the #2 spot.


38 posted on 01/30/2012 5:57:43 PM PST by GVnana (Newt 2012 - He Speaks for Us)
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To: Jim Robinson

MILF Romney.

(Moderates I’d Like to Forget).


39 posted on 01/30/2012 5:58:53 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Author of BullionBible.com - Makes You a Precious Metal Expert, Guaranteed.)
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To: houeto

Hello houeto...I don’t think Santorum’s going to yield until NEwt’s people ask him to, and then I’m not so sure he will...he’s already moving forward...as Bella’s out of the danger zone now...he’s off to his campaign.

If and when he does yield hopefully it will be when it matters the greatest he does so..meanwhile Ron Paul continues to cover Romneys flank.


40 posted on 01/30/2012 5:58:59 PM PST by caww
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