Rove to Mary:
Mary — you may hate Romney but the polls show most conservatives give the three leading candidates — Gingrich, Romney, Santoru — reasonably high favorables with Romney generally higher than the other two. If all conservatives shared your hatred of him, then he would not have won self-described conservatives in NH, FL, and NV.
And excuse me if I laugh when you say folks on free Republic are not happy with me. Neither is Obama: I’m helping American Crossroads raise $300 million to beat him. Think I’m trying to carry my weight in this election: can the same be said for a bunch of gripers and moaners?
And one last thing: I live in Texas, not Washington.
Mary to Rove:
Hi Karl,
Your description of Free Republic is far from accurate and I wonder how you arrived at that conclusion and if you have even been there.
For me, it is the only place to now get unbiased links and updated political news. Faux news has gone left, unfortunately.
It’s also a venu for productive discourse with other Conservatives, though of course as with any site, there are some trolls and complainers.
Often the “advice’ for the present roster of candidates, offered by concerned, intelligent and informed people, has been spot on and has been sent on to their staff...and in some cases, used by them.
If they have criticized you for your public opinions, it is the same thing you do. Not everyone is going to agree with you, especially if you voice a view that is the opposite of theirs.
We Freepers work to help Conservatives get elected to office. We write letters to the editor. We attend C-PAC conferences.
We are in deeply committed to the fight to defeat Obama, just like you are.
But many of us will no longer compromise our values and first principles for poor GOP elitists choices and if the nominee loses in November, it’ll not be because of anything we’ve done or not done.
It’ll be due to the majority of the ignorant electorate casting their ballot for Hussein..or worse, staying home
A lesson to be learned by the GOP is that to have put their faith in a RINO, an unprincipled, power hungry, phony moderate from Massachusetts, supposedly the only one who is “electable”, was a mistake.
A Reagan-esque Conservative creating stark contrast with the far left, radical President would have been the answer.
A sound recruiting effort to have vetted better Conservative candidates... well in advance.
And there are consequences.
Though I am a lifelong Republican, The RNC is losing support from past donors like me which should be getting their attention.
But it’s not over til it’s over. May God bless Rick and Newt as they continue to fight...all the way to a brokered convention?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2844322/posts
Your friend, Mary