Posted on 01/23/2014 11:55:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It’ll be hilarious if he runs again. I have a sinking feeling it could actually happen.
It is a good read.
The GOP seemed to find the man who was the opposite on most everything they are supposed to be, which makes sense since when Mitt Romney;s life is examined, Mitt left the GOP because of Reagan, he actually left the party and eventually became a supporter and fund raiser and voter, for democrats.
This situation was mind blowing to me and is mentioned in the article, quote “”As the originator of Romneycare, Mitt was the single worst candidate the Republicans could nominate in an election that should have turned on the now-confirmed disaster of Obamacare, the one man who could not take on Obama’s “signature legislative accomplishment.” And, of course, he didn’t.””
This was true of Romney on many of what should have been the areas of contrast, with the democrat opponent.
And a bunch of the right would vote for him again. Because just like the libs voting a second time for Barry, they would rather eat crap than crow.
Now listen up, GOPers. Enough is enough! We warned you early on that Fraud Romney (lying liberal RINO and grandfather of ObamaCare) was a sure loser. No more RINOs!! RINOs Dole, McLame and Romney were big L LOSERS!! Never again!! No more RINOs!! No more Bushes!! No to RINO Christy!! The GOP must run a proven conservative or it deserves to DIE!!
The GOP must die BEFORE 2016, at least as the"conservative" alternative.
Romney’s greatest blind spot was that he thought he was facing a political opponent that actually believed in American ideals of fair play and a level playing ground.
But Political Correctness has greatly redefined what is “fair play” and what is “level” in the field of skirmish.
The Democrat party has been itself reshaped and contorted until it no longer represents any support of the Constitution, but rather has taken to giving only lip service to the principles of honor, patriotism, and charity. A false “equality” has replaced personal responsibility and reward as an incentive to excel, and use that as a surging tide that raises all boats. We have seen exactly the opposite, that the ebb tide has left many of these boats stranded, until the low tide is reached.
But there has been a seismic change in the sea bed, in which even the next high tide shall never refloat many of those boats. The best parallel is the once freshwater Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, where the water that would have once flowed to replenish that lake was diverted for agricultural purposes, and the fisheries that existed only 30 years ago are gone for good, the species that once thrived there no longer able to survive in the now brackish waters.
A month or two ago I read a quote - perhaps from this film - that Mitt told his family he did not want to run in 2012 after losing to McCain in 2008.
His family actually had to talk him into it.
Perhaps that was just false modesty on Mitt’s part.
Still, it’s one of the most important jobs in the world, and Republicans chose a guy who lacked the passion to even want it.
A quote from Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech?
Team Romney excels and loves only one thing:
Attacking conservatives and their families and children.
Romney is SCUM and the reason for Obama I, and Obama II.
Does anyone think the message of job creation works with people who are getting two years of unemployment benefits, food stamps, free health care, charitable handouts, on and on and on?
Perhaps, if the bennies ever start drying up people will realize that they need to go back to work.
Um, no, that would be Bob Dole, although it's splitting hairs to choose between him and McCain for worst Republican candidate ever.
Simple message for me in this story: It’s better to go through life with cheer and optimism than an attitude of doom and defeatism. Our No. 1 example of a person with a cheery demeanor is Ronald Reagan, and look what he accomplished.
Believe it or not, that was the very first thing that attracted me to my wife those many years ago, that and her gorgeous smile.
She's still that way.
I'm about 80% gloom and doom in my demeanor - because of how politicians have ruined our once great country.
“And a bunch of the right would vote for him again. Because just like the libs voting a second time for Barry, they would rather eat crap than crow.”
Not this time.
You were right in 2012. In 2016, I’ll write in Daffy Duck before I’ll choose “the lesser of two evils” with a Christie or a Rubio.
What foundational values? Romneycare? Debt? Taxes? Massachusetts had/has one of the highest debt to GDP ratios of any state in the republic.
Wake up and smell the socialism.
Taxachusetts debt to gdp…
http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-massachusetts-debt-clock.html
It is worse than the article stated. Every primary opponent Romney had would have lost also, but by a bigger margin. All of them were political midgets. In 2012, no candidate of any heft threw their hat in the ring. All were flawed, from too many skeletons, too weird, too much a joke, too much pain medication after back surgery, etc. Romney got the nomination because to many primary voters, he seemed the most normal. He won by default, he really had no competition. The best thing we can hope for in 2016 is not a white knight, there isn’t one, but a contest in the primaries by the first string of GOP candidates. Even if it is heated, it will be beneficial, because the winner will have not been by default, but earned it.
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