Romney Adviser: We Lost Because Far Right Has Taken Party to Place It Doesn’t Belong

Gateway Pundit ^ | November 18, 2012 | Jim Hoft

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Carlos Gutierrez, adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, said Sunday he was “shocked” by Romney’s comments this week on minorities.
“I think we lost the election because the far right of this party has taken the party to a place that it doesn’t belong.”

Ugh.

CNN reported:

In an interview set to air in full Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Candy Crowley, Gutierrez also sharply criticized Romney’s remarks made on a call Wednesday with donors following his loss in last week’s election. Romney explained his loss in part by pointing to “gifts” President Barack Obama gave to certain groups that turned out in high numbers.

Gutierrez, the former secretary of commerce, said he was “shocked” by Romney’s comments.

“I think we lost the election because the far right of this party has taken the party to a place that it doesn’t belong,” he said. “We are the party of prosperity, of growth, of tolerance. I mean these immigrants who come across and what they do wrong is they risk their lives, they come here and they work because they want to be part of the American Dream.”

[Jim Robinson]

Didn’t long for Romney’s true colors to come shining through, did it billy boy? The man absolutely loaths conservatives and conservatism. Always has and always will. Mr. Etch-A-Sketch’s campaign was a total fraud from the git go.

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No. Gutierrez was not a "Romney advisor." He was Romney's head of Hispanic outreach.

He's a businessman who has other interests and his own agenda. He wasn't making policy for or with Romney.

[skeeter]

Time to friggen clean house.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The abortion issue destroyed the GOP’s chances for 2012.
It played right into the Donks’ “war on women” routine.

[pollywog]

AMEN...........
to Romney advisor: SORRY you are WRONG....GO TEA PARTY GO!!!!

[knarf]

No one screwed up, no one stayed home, ...

ANYone not all that enthused with Romney WAS crazy to protest zero .. it's as simple as that.

This country is NOT as divided as we are being trained to accept ... we are one and unified ... zero is an enemy of America and must not be allowed to sit again.

We wuz robbed ... plain and simple.

[FerociousRabbit]

“I mean these immigrants who come across and what they do wrong is they risk their lives, they come here and they work because they want to be part of the American Dream.”

What an asshat. What they do wrong is ILLEGALLY enter the country. Their first act when setting foot on American soil is BREAKING THE LAW.

They want nothing to do with the American dream. If they did then they would apply for LEGAL citizenship, become American citizens and then be welcomed to pursue the American dream which, because of them, has turned into an American nightmare for actual citizens who must compete with them for jobs and watch their taxes go to support these disgusting locusts.

[JRandomFreeper]

Romney was a liberal. That's the reason he didn't get my vote.

/johnny

[I cannot think of a name]

“Bush, despite many areas to criticize, ran strongly on social and free market conservative idea”

And Bush lost much of his presidency and most of his respect because once in office HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CONTROLLED BY “ADVISOR’S” LIKE THE MORON QUOTED IN THIS ARTICLE.

There was a saying back in the 80’s that went, “let Reagan be Reagan.” Apparently it has been banished from the Republican party.

[Doogle]

The Federalist Party is being born.......

[Psalm 144]

These people will never win an election again.

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Bet? At a minimum they most assuredly will offer this kind of ‘support’ to any relative conservative in 2016, as in this from 2008:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGnJmbDq08&feature=relmfu

[prisoner6]

The republican party is and has been dead for decades. RR gave it a chance to survive but the GOPe staged a coup. They can kiss my fat, hairy...b...big toe!

The arrogance was on display early in the election when the GOPe, many here, proclaimed conservatives like me would come around.

Yeah I supported them and what good did it do? They didn’t care about a conservative agenda. They cared about compromise, reaching across the aisle, getting along.

NEVER, EVER, EVER ... WILL WE BE TOGETHER!

[Slyfox]

I wonder what tune they would be singing if the entire “right wing” of the Party stayed home and didn’t vote at all?

[DanMiller]

If we call together all the Tea Parties and hit the ground running “RIGHT NOW” recruiting people to a party that stands to save America from destruction.

That, and other conservatives not in TEA groups. There is no TEA group that is a political party, and we need a consortium of the TEA base allied with other conservatives to form a new political party, at the Federal, State and local levels. I argued the point here and suggested a few ways to get started.

Time is passing and we had best get started now, not in 2014 or 2016, but now

[Psalm 144]

It is time for the GOP to tell conservatives, “We Want You”. If they don’t, I think it is time to go 3rd Party.

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Will it require hand calligraphy and a frame to believe that they DO NOT WANT conservatives except as shell votes?

They could not be more brazen in their disdain.

[taildragger]

If I have the quote right Reagan said do not comprise on principles, however you can make concessions on the details.

These plebes want to bend over and say "Yes Sir, can I have another" with McCain and Grahmnasty and the sad part of it is they would enjoy it.

What is worse, their version of compromise is now the status qou for the E-GOP and enabled by the Chattering Class that these RINOS try to bolster their weak Self Esteem by getting invited on their shows and eating their green room Sunday Morning Cucumber Sandwiches.

And you wonder why I keep screaming to make our Divorce from the E-GOP final?

[Las Vegas Ron]

FUMR!! (but I repeat myself)

Ditto that and especially for having idiots like this on his election staff.

Time for a Tea Party or Conservative party ticket, the GOP is over the cliff, finito.

[FourtySeven]

Spot on post. I’m already sick of this idea that the GOP needs to become MORE moderate, and it’s not even a month since the election.

If the results prove anything, it’s that a squishy moderate can NOT win a general election, so this entire idea of “electability” should be thrown out as a consideration during the primaries.

[SueRae]

Romney was my 4th choice, after Sarah, Herman and Newt. The last campaign contribution was to Cain.

The establishment picked the candidate...and I came to hear him..a very good and decent man he remains.

However, if the “party” thinks we need to become more moderate, they are dead wrong.

Republican country clubbers picked the candidate and excluded much of their own base. No Sarah, No Herman, no Newt at the convention.

THAT is the bigger problem, not that we want to exclude any minorities. We believe in the law being applied equally..and oh by the way.. UPHELD! What a concept.

[grey_whiskers]

So say you.

Cheers!