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To: Rockingham

OK I just looked into your posting history, you have been a romneybot all along, even supporting him back in 2008.

You only play dumb and spontaneous as a part of your routine, you have been pushing the guy since preferring him and voting for him in 2008.

You know the facts, it’s just that you like his liberalism, here we are on a Palin thread in 2010 where you are denigrating Palin and comparing Romney to Reagan.

To: Rockingham
*”Do you have reliable sources for your claims against Romney?”*
Of course I do, you have six years here and you never learned anything about the guy, yet you like him as a candidate?
94 posted on 2/8/2010 9:55:32 AM by ansel12


81 posted on 02/18/2014 9:17:12 AM PST by ansel12 (Ben Bradlee -- JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: ansel12
Other things being equal, I prefer to win general elections with ideologically flawed candidates to losing with ideologically better candidates.

In 2008 and 2012, in weak fields of GOP candidates, Romney eventually seemed to have the best chance of winning the general election. In 2008, I gradually came to prefer Romney to McCain, who seemed (and was) destined to lose the general election with an inept general election campaign. In 2012, I considered Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum but decided on Herman Cain as my first preference before settling for Romney after Cain's campaign imploded.

Despite running an inept general election campaign in 2012, in 2016, Romney may offer the best prospect of beating Hillary or whomever the Dems nominate. Yet my preference is for Cruz as president, and his or another conservative's chances in the general election would almost certainly be improved by defeating Romney for the GOP nomination.

In 1980, Reagan demonstrated his talent and determination as a candidate by winning the GOP nomination against George H. W. Bush and other rivals. Reagan's campaign organization also went through a major shakeup that resulted in the highly capable Bill Casey being installed by Reagan as his campaign manager.

Apart from insisting that Romney is a liberal, on what points do you disagree with my logic, whom do you prefer in 2016, and what case do you offer on their behalf?

82 posted on 02/18/2014 12:08:46 PM PST by Rockingham
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