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Santorum suspension could unite GOP at last
Yorker UK ^
| April 14, 2012
| Benjamin Bland
Posted on 04/14/2012 4:37:52 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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I take issue with the assumption in the first paragraph that it was their youngest - Bella's health that prompted Rick Santorum's withdrawal. Her health challenges were understood and had previously come to the forefront of his campaign during the Florida primary. So that doesn't gel. Neither does it gel that because Newt wouldn't withdraw it hurt Santorum.
Will it happen that by Rick dropping out Mitt picks up half of his supporters and the nomination?
Newt Gingrich knew that by staying in he was helping to preserve the conservative block of voters that would have moved to Romney.
But Newt is called "stubborn." I guess that depends on where you stand. From my vantage point, Rick Santorum handed the nomination to Mitt on a silver platter.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Ricks withdrawal made it easy for Romney.but the Gop still has to gin up support for this rhino
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posted on
04/14/2012 4:42:03 AM PDT
by
Yorlik803
(better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Look, this is a free market - and we’re getting the best candidate money can buy.
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posted on
04/14/2012 4:48:36 AM PDT
by
Riodacat
(And when all is said and done, there'll be a hell of a lot more said than done......)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
04/14/2012 4:49:00 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rick was promised his life and the lives of his family would be nothing but misery so he gave up
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posted on
04/14/2012 4:56:08 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
“But Newt is called “stubborn.” I guess that depends on where you stand. From my vantage point, Rick Santorum handed the nomination to Mitt on a silver platter”
Bingo! Santorum absolutely knew that Bella would prohibit his run for office because of her health problems. I can’t help but wonder if, by playing nice with Romney, he made a deal with the GOP for a future coronation by the RNC when Bella is no longer an issue.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:01:16 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Look it is time we all took a chill pill.
The majority of us here on FR had a candidate other than Romney. My first choice was Herman Cain. Last time (2007) my choice was Fred Thompson.
As far as I am concerned Noot has way too much baggage. Yes he is a good debater, and yes he would give ZERO fits in a debate. We don't need a debater in the WH.
Noot now has very little chance of getting the nomination. I live in Florida and Cain had dropped out. I voted for Noot in the primary not because I liked him but he was the best choice at that time.
As far as the baggage goes with Noot no need to ask me about it. It is known by anyone with a thirst for knowledge. It is not the wives I could care less how many he had or how they broke up.
If Noot should somehow get the nomination of course I will vote for him. I would vote for Lucifer over ZERO. I would vote for HITLERY over Zero.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:12:12 AM PDT
by
DeaconRed
(I am not a Golfer; however I love ping. Ask me why. . . . .)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Neither does it gel that because Newt wouldn't withdraw it hurt Santorum.No? Check out the results from OH and MI and the delegate allocation rules from Alabama and Mississippi.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:17:03 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Don't call me red.)
To: Voter#537
Look it is time we all took a chill pill...
...I would vote for Lucifer over ZERO. I would vote for HITLERY over Zero. LOL I guess the chill pill did not work!
Romney won't even win his home state. But he will win Utah.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:42:45 AM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Not merely prolife, but prolific)
To: Yorlik803
Ricks withdrawal made it easy for Romney.but the Gop still has to gin up support for this rhinoDittos for Santorum. I posted this because history is being re-written to suit Mitt and cushion Rick.
In 2004, when the GOP-e told Santorum to endorse Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey he did what he was told, which after a bitter battle gave Obama-Pelosi-Reid Care the vote they needed to pass "affordable" universal health care.
Rick "took one for the team" but it is the country that eventually took it in the back. When Rick was defending himself to Mitt RomneyCare for "taking it for the team," Newt was attacking Obama's infanticide. Transcript of Feb 22, 2012 CNN Republican Debate in Arizona
Here it is 8 years later, and we've returned to the scene of the Santorum-Specter-GOP-e crime scene -- Pennsylvania -- to witness yet another vote involving Rick Santorum and choices he makes. Again he chose to remain politically viable. He dropped out to help himself. From now on he will be as "loved" and "respected" as Arlen Specter is.
The ONLY conservative left standing in the GOP Primary before and after Santorum's "surprise" suspension of his campaign is Newt Gingrich.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Will it happen that by Rick dropping out Mitt picks up half of his supporters and the nomination?
Its too late for me to vote for Gingrich but I will admit that it would be hard to do in the face of the continuing attacks from a handful of Newt supporters.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:46:57 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: central_va
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:55:08 AM PDT
by
trebb
("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
To: cripplecreek
Since Rick dropped out, Newt's campaign set forth as one of their goals picking up as many of Rick's supporters as they can.
Any number of Newt supporters here think the best way to do this is to continue trashing Rick and those that supported him.
I guess I'm just too ignorant to recognize the brilliance of their plan.
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posted on
04/14/2012 5:57:27 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: cripplecreek
Do what you will. I seriously doubt anything I’ve posted will affect how you vote anyway. I have sat back and posted threads on Newt’s campaign that have seen posters come on just to twist the gist of the thread — and for why? There is no mention of Santorum, they do it just for spite — because Rick dropped out.
I have not gone to Santorum threads before or after his decision, but today I felt that to keep the “record” of why Rick suspended accurate for a few moments longer, that I would post the truth.
Incidentally, yesterday I posted a comment to one of my own threads to keep it from turning into a Santorum roast. So go somewhere else “cripplecreek” to vent.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
04/14/2012 6:06:09 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Voter#537
....As far as I am concerned Noot has way too much baggage. Yes he is a good debater, and yes he would give ZERO fits in a debate. We don't need a debater in the WH. Noot now has very little chance of getting the nomination. I live in Florida and Cain had dropped out. I voted for Noot in the primary not because I liked him but he was the best choice at that time. As far as the baggage goes with Noot no need to ask me about it. It is known by anyone with a thirst for knowledge. It is not the wives I could care less how many he had or how they broke up. You're a regular little DNC-GOP-e talking point ventriloquist.
To: cripplecreek
I think the Newt supports got tired of trying to be nice. It is hard to fault them.
To: trebb
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posted on
04/14/2012 6:10:34 AM PDT
by
central_va
( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
You’re a regular old Eddie Haskell yourself.
Always playing the peacekeeper and always playing the victim and always faulting those who spot you for what you are.
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posted on
04/14/2012 6:13:29 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Santorum suspension could unite GOP at lastSantorum dropping out certainly made it more likely that Mr. Etch-A-Sketch will win the nomination, but I think the party is far from being united and it will probably be even less united in November.
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posted on
04/14/2012 6:13:43 AM PDT
by
CharacterCounts
(A vote for the lesser of two evils only insures the triumph of evil.)
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