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Conservatives Agree: Romney’s Right!
Red State ^
| September 18th, 2012 at 11:00
| Erick Erickson editor in chief
Posted on 09/18/2012 5:44:45 PM PDT by drewh
I stand second to none in being critical of Mitt Romneys campaign. Hell, on MSNBC yesterday, Bay Buchanan lit into me as having never been with them and finding things to criticize. So pay attention here. Beltway thinking has plagued the Romney camp and which has always been a chief concern.
For once, we see Mitt Romney undercover and off the record and he sounds like a real person not pulled by the gravitational forces of the DC GOP Elite who have capitulated to $16 trillion in national debt. And suddenly, those beltway Republicans are beating up Romney for saying something off the cuff, but that is agreed with by a majority of Americans.
Add RedState and me to the list.
Back when I was running political campaigns, my first rule of politics was very simple: always know when you are in the minority, even when you think you are right. The media, the left, and apparently a handful of Washington 'conservatives' think they are right, but I think the Gallup survey shows they are in the minority on this.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 47percent
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:44:47 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: drewh
Well, Eric, what’s the long term prognosis?
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:51:53 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(obama kills and bo stinks)
To: MestaMachine
■Hot Air Allahpundit: Romney: Obamas 47% Of The Electorate Is Dependent On Government ■Townhall Carol Platt Liebau: Is Mitt Romney Wrong? ■Blaze Becket Adams: Romney Revealed: Leaked Footage Shows Gop Candidate Claiming 47 Percent Of Americans Will Vote Obama Because They Want Govt To Take Care Of Them ■The Corner John Osullivan: How Romney Should Respond ■Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft: Mitt Romney Responds To Leaked Fundraiser Video Slams Obama (Video) ■Human Events John Hayward: Mitt Romney And The 47 Percent ■Fox Nation: Romney Calls For Release Of Full 47 Percent Video, Says Comments Werent Elegantly Stated ■Campaign Spot Jim Geraghty: Heres What Inspires The Gops Entitlement Perception ■Campaign Spot Jim Geraghty: What Inspires The Gops Entitlement Perception, Part Two ■Power Line Scott Johnson: The 47-Percent Solution ■PJ Media Bryan Preston: Julia Nods Her Head ■Marathon Pundit John Ruberry: From Doug Ross: Campaign That Wrote Off The White Working Class Decries Romneys concerns With The Culture Of Dependency ■Daily Caller Jim Treacher: The Democrats Think Romney Just Self-Destructed By Pointing Out, Um, Their Entire Strategy ■Right Sphere Thomas: Romney And The 47% ■Townhall Guy Benson: Video: Romney Holds Presser To Respond To 47 Percent Controversy ■Washington Examiner Paul Bedard: Its Worse Than Romney Said: 49% On Federal Aid, 49% Pay No Tax ■Twitchy Brett Taylor: Conservatives Not So Shocked By Secret Romney Tape Revelations ■Marathon Pundit John Ruberry: Romney Is Right: Obama Is Turning Us Into An Entitlement Society ■Mediaite Noah Rothman: Laura Ingraham Fired Up Over Romneys 47% Tape: Its Ridiculous This Is Getting Airtime ■Hot Air Ed Morrissey: No, Romney Didnt Just Lose The Election
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:54:05 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: drewh
And still, Romney has no intention of eliminating any of the unconstitutional programs in question.
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posted on
09/18/2012 5:59:12 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
("The opposite of compromise is character." -- Frederick Douglass)
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:02:02 PM PDT
by
drewh
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: MestaMachine
In an upcoming interview with Fortune magazine, Mitt Romney discusses his plans to shrink the federal government and reduce spending, if elected president. Unfortunately, part of that includes not just reducing funding for art programs, but eliminating them entirely.
[F]irst there are programs I would eliminate. Obamacare being one of them but also various subsidy programs -- the Amtrak subsidy, the PBS subsidy, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities. Some of these things, like those endowment efforts and PBS I very much appreciate and like what they do in many cases, but I just think they have to standon their own rather than receiving money borrowed from other countries, as our government does on their behalf..."
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:03:15 PM PDT
by
drewh
To: Stepan12
I’m not even close to slitting my throat. I think obama’s September surprise is cherries on a banana split on top of whipped cream.
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:09:50 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(obama kills and bo stinks)
To: drewh
The government is awash in no-return for the money programs that suck up dollars like a black hole. Those you mentioned aren’t even the tip of the iceberg.
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:16:03 PM PDT
by
MestaMachine
(obama kills and bo stinks)
To: drewh
One grain of sand in a hundred mile long beach.
Zippety-do-dah.
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:28:28 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
("The opposite of compromise is character." -- Frederick Douglass)
To: EternalVigilance
.
A "scientifically accurate" statement, esaily proved in any Court of Law ...
Myth Romney is a "Pathological Political Liar".
Period.
So how can "anyone" either applaud or criticize "anything" that Myth says or writes or PROMISES ?
Because if Myth's past is any prediction of his future, he'll change his mind, change his party, change his vote ...
whenever it suits him.
Now ... 1-2-3 ... "Flame Away" ... oh ye Myth-Botts ...
from the "Severely Conservative" Planet Kolob in the Constellation Cancer ...
.
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posted on
09/18/2012 6:35:49 PM PDT
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
To: Stepan12
Before people slit their throats over the upcoming re election of the Messiah, consider the timing of this leak: Obama's October September Suprise I think you're right -- remembering the source (Mother Jones), this is definitely an Obama strike at Romney via deniable surrogate rabblerousers.
And yes, I think your other point is also good: this is an October surprise forced out (like the BC thing, by Trump last year) early, if not completely unseasonably, by the visible and undeniable disaster of Obama's foreign-policy strategy of "outreach to Islam".
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