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Pro-Romney Group Buys $500,000 In Michigan TV Ads (Newt Targeted)
NY Times ^ | February 13, 2012 | Jeremy W. Peters

Posted on 02/13/2012 3:48:30 PM PST by red flanker

Mitt Romney is getting some heavy air support in Michigan — the state where he was born and raised — as the “super PAC” supporting him invests almost $500,000 on television ads there.

According to someone who tracks Republican media spending, Restore Our Future has committed just over $470,000 for commercials starting Tuesday and set to run through Feb. 20. That marks the group’s largest purchase yet in Michigan, where it will have spent more than $700,000 on ads by next week.

The group said Monday that it would continue for now to run an ad called “Risk” that targets Newt Gingrich using images and attacks that have by now become familiar advertising fodder. It cites the proliferation of earmarks during his tenure as House speaker and shows a shot of him sitting with Nancy Pelosi on a couch in front of the Capitol, a shot taken from a public service announcement on global warming.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; backstabbers4romney; gingrich; gopprimaries; mi2012; nastyromney; ne; newt; obamaromney; palin; rinoromney; romney; saboteurromney; santorum; santorum4romney; toast; tokyoromney
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To: chrisnj
trying to hold on to their own version of obama - the seemingly pure saint Rick - to replace the first black Messiah.

That's an interesting observation. I think you definitely have hit on something.

BTW, did you know that Obama's "Truth Team" website is called KeepingHisWord.com, caps exactly as I have written them. Talk about a messiah complex.

201 posted on 02/14/2012 12:26:38 PM PST by livius
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To: Qwackertoo

I will NEVER vote for Romney, to do so admits defeat.


202 posted on 02/14/2012 1:23:12 PM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Java4Jay
Unless it is Obama vs Romney with someone such as Santorum, Bachmann, or Jan Brewer for VP. I will vote for any GOP over Obama. Two words: Eric Holder

We are on the brink of disaster and cannot afford over hissy fits over not getting our favorite candidate elected. Obama is worse than Carter or Johnson. He is mocking the country with the type of worse than unqualified persons he has appointed.

203 posted on 02/14/2012 1:31:11 PM PST by Jane Austen (Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
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To: RasterMaster
NO WAY !! tell us it ain't so !

Newt talking about picking Romney as his running mate ?

Come on now, we were assured that Newt has nothing to do with Mitt.... tell us it ain't so...
IF ? this is true, this will not go down well with the Newt supporters..
204 posted on 02/14/2012 2:42:50 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

That’s a LIE!


205 posted on 02/14/2012 2:44:00 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: RasterMaster
Come on Newt !! don't go THERE ! with picking Romney as your running mate and VP.
Newt ? Romney is bad blood for your presidential campaign.

206 posted on 02/14/2012 2:44:43 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Marguerite

Hey ? read it again, it was a question.


207 posted on 02/14/2012 2:47:22 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: Marguerite; American Constitutionalist

Another Major Fail on your part:


(CNN) - Newt Gingrich has at least one name on his list of potential running mates: GOP rival Mitt Romney.

“I think Mitt Romney is a very admirable person, and I’m not going to pick a fight with Mitt Romney,” Gingrich said in an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

When asked if he would ever ask Romney to be his vice presidential nominee, Gingrich didn’t mince words.

“I think the consensus is that he’d certainly be on the list, whether he’d want to or not,” Gingrich said. “He’s a very competent person. This is a very serious man. I would certainly support him if he became the Republican nominee.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/07/romney-a-potential-running-mate-says-gingrich/


208 posted on 02/14/2012 2:49:13 PM PST by magritte (Nevermind)
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To: American Constitutionalist
Actually, I'm fairly certain that SEAT is already taken....


209 posted on 02/14/2012 2:58:33 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: magritte
Nowhere in the excerpt you posted does Gingrich say that he WILL pick up Romney as VP;

Besides the old "news" are dated July 12, 2011, which is no news at all as you like to pretend.

Keep posting misleading so-called "news" to completely destroy your credibility as a poster.

210 posted on 02/14/2012 2:59:43 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: magritte

As if that wasn’t bad enough!

Gingrich defends Romney...

“Governor Romney’s made very clear that he favors absolute repeal of Obamacare,” said Gingrich. “I also think in all fairness to Governor Romney that he vetoed many provisions that the liberal Democrats in the Massachusetts state legislature added to the bill and they overrode his veto.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1110/Gingrich_defends_Romney.html


211 posted on 02/14/2012 3:00:25 PM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RasterMaster

Ouch.


212 posted on 02/14/2012 3:11:45 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: magritte

I am calling a misleading manipulator, rehashing old interviews as “breaking news”,
as Newt calling Mitt a liar. You’re no better than Romney.

Jan 3, 2012 - Gingrich Calls Romney A “Liar”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB9Aa6qVauE&feature=related


213 posted on 02/14/2012 3:12:08 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: presently no screen name
Only suckers buy his sanctimonious crap now. He’s dirty and only attracts those who are attracted to evil/deception.

It's reassuring to see that you're nasty, degrading and completely irrational to everyone and not just to me.

You post some unbelieveably ludicrous accusations, and you do it ALL the time.

Wow. I hope you're not this horrific in real life. I really do....

214 posted on 02/14/2012 3:17:07 PM PST by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: Marguerite

I’m with you. SO what if Newt said Romney was an admirable man back in December of 2011. That was last year. Now it’s 2012. We shouldn’t hold candidates responsible for nice things they said about candidates in prior years.

I assume the Newt folks will take the same position about stuff Santorum said all the way back in 2008, in a previous election.


215 posted on 02/14/2012 3:20:29 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Marguerite
Nowhere in the excerpt you posted does Gingrich say that he WILL pick up Romney as VP

Come on now. He doesn't say he is the main guy to be picked, but Newt does clearly say that he is on his short list and someone he respects enough to chose.

Let's not forget Newt defended Romneycare mandates and Milts goals in signing that.

216 posted on 02/14/2012 3:22:58 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Marguerite
If it's a lie ? how do you and the Newt supporters explain that CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer talking to Newt and Newt having some nice things to say about Romney ? and thinking of putting Romney on his list as VPs ? ...
Ohh, it was months ago.. got it.. but the Newt supporters will bash Rick for endorsing Romney back in 2008 because he had a choice between him or John McCain... got it, do as I say and not as I do hypocrisy.
Also ? how about the lies, and smears on Rick Santorum by the Newt supporters trying to paint him with that video as being against the Tea Party ? now that's a LIE !
217 posted on 02/14/2012 3:25:12 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: VanDeKoik

Lets see. You are saying that everyone who endorsed Romney over McLame in 2008 is not to be trusted? You do know that Romney is more conservate than McLame right? So everyone whe every endorsed Romney in 2008 is off your list? You know that includes:

Jim DeMint
Tom Tancredo
Jim Talent

Also From Wikipedia:

As of November 5, 2007, The Hill’s running tally of endorsements from members of Congress showed Romney leading McCain 38 to 28 for the lead among Republican candidates.[102] Conservatives in the Republican coalesced around Romney after the January 29 Florida primary. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum endorsed Romney on the talk radio show of Laura Ingraham. The talk radio community, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, William Bennett, Mark Levin, Dennis Prager, Glenn Beck, Hugh Hewitt and Laura Ingraham endorsed Romney, in an anti-McCain move. In spite of their efforts, Romney was out of the race and McCain became the presumptive nominee less than two weeks after Florida

Looks like I was in good company.


218 posted on 02/14/2012 3:26:57 PM PST by FresnoRobert (When born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, it's reversed.)
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To: presently no screen name

Sorry, I ignore trolls. Bye Bye.


219 posted on 02/14/2012 3:28:43 PM PST by FresnoRobert (When born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, it's reversed.)
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To: All

Dec 10, 2011

Up until now Mitt Romney had been on cruise control during the debates. This clip shows that he has a tougher fight a when debating Newt Gingrich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB7fOuuWIzc

Gingrich was the FIRST on the campaign trail who showed who really Romney is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySBQ2GHLHBs&feature=related


220 posted on 02/14/2012 3:34:44 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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