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Romney by Elimination? (Rich Lowry) (Socialism OK)
National Review ^ | June 24, 2009 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 06/24/2009 1:07:17 PM PDT by greyfoxx39


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Romney by Elimination?   [Rich Lowry]

First Ensign, then the "Crying in Argentina" press conference. If Republicans want a presidential candidate who lives clean and whose family hasn't been involved in tabloid scandals, it might soon be Mitt Romney by process of elimination.






TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; rino; rinoromney; romney; romneyantipalin; socialism
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To: greyfoxx39
SARAH PALIN 2012!
41 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:10 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Iran's Cry for Freedom - Obama has blood on his hands!)
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To: greyfoxx39

Not sure what disgusts me more. NRO’s affair with Romney or Sanford’s with the woman in Argentina.

Hell NO to the liberal.


42 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:14 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: Robbin
Palin / Hunter

I, too, could support that ticket.
43 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:17 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: greyfoxx39

"I will destroy anyone who stands in my way .. or their children."

“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.

The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006


"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”

[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

44 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:23 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Antoninus

Romney is a non starter. He didn’t get to first base
in the 2008 Primaries and won’t do any better in 2012.
He would be fine for selling cutting knives or cleaning sprays on TV


45 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:24 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: NoRedTape

What would you call yourself then.


46 posted on 06/24/2009 1:32:37 PM PDT by Galena Nevada
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To: GeronL

Yep, got your “Change we can believe in” t-shirt yet?


47 posted on 06/24/2009 1:33:12 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
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To: kittymyrib
Sarah Palin, of course.

Sarah Palin - 2012

CHANGE YOU'LL BE BEGGING FOR

48 posted on 06/24/2009 1:33:39 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: keats5

Boltin in Sarah’s cabinet as SOS after she gets the USA out of the UN and the UN out of the USA.


49 posted on 06/24/2009 1:34:00 PM PDT by GOYAKLA
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To: PhilCollins

Mike Huckabee, zero appeal outside of the Bible belt, easily parodied by press, zero appeal to disenchanted Donk voters.

Mitt Romney, biggest problem is with the GOP base, but has made progress since last election. People like Rush eventually came around to supporting him when faced with the McCain disaster.

Ron Paul. Only if the recession deepens into a full recession and scandals follow. The darkest of dark horses, not to even mention his age.

Haley Barbour. Maybe. Seems competent. Katrina story is compelling.

Bobby Jindal. Needs seasoning. His prime time speaking slot really was embarrassing. Of course so was Clinton’s first one, at the Donk convention.

Sarah Palin - probably can’t win and will be attacked mercilessly by the Libtards for imagined sins and lack of being a snooty insider, but looks more and more likely to be able to do damn well in the nomination battle is she wants to.

Dirk Kempthorne, and MikeLeavitt. Unknown to me. So they have a long way to go on the name recognition thing. Are either rich? If not, it’s probably too late.


50 posted on 06/24/2009 1:34:40 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: so_real
Romney - corrupt like the others.

"Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008"

51 posted on 06/24/2009 1:34:50 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis
but...but...he's so presidential looking and he's got great hair
& have you seen his smile?
52 posted on 06/24/2009 1:35:51 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: traderrob6

Lowry’s a timid half-wit. I can’t understand what Buckley was thinking when he turned NR over to him. It boggles the mind.

And you’re right, he’s never won an on-air debate. Even when he’s 100% in the right, he gets his his hat handed to him. Complete and total ineptitude.


53 posted on 06/24/2009 1:35:57 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: greyfoxx39

So much love in the GOP establishment for a man who was acceptable to a majority of Massachusetts’ voters.


54 posted on 06/24/2009 1:36:15 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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To: greyfoxx39
“Romney” and “Elimination” in the same title.

Funny, I thought I was the only one who put those two together...

55 posted on 06/24/2009 1:36:35 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Mitt Romney is a more subtle version of Arlen Specter with better hair...)
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To: greyfoxx39

Romney was their candidate in 2008 too.


56 posted on 06/24/2009 1:38:46 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: greyfoxx39
Come on down to Slick Mitty's where principles aren't a problem as long as I can get you into a car and me into the white house.

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57 posted on 06/24/2009 1:40:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: SoCalPol
This LINK

has the final delegate count. Romney got 272 and finished third, almost tied with Huckabee and his 282. I don't think you can rule him out based on that. Not unless you rule Huck out at the same time .. but then you would sort of need a proven frontrunner, do you have one?

58 posted on 06/24/2009 1:41:01 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: cripplecreek

ROFLMAO!


59 posted on 06/24/2009 1:42:02 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: ejonesie22; Diogenesis; greyfoxx39; Virginia Ridgerunner; RegulatorCountry; Antoninus; TheDon
I thought that I would share this post to me from earlier today, it turns out that I am a secret anti-Palin, pro-Romney shill, I bet that you guys didn't know that, I sure didn't, even my tagline didn't help.

You’re shilling, and hiding that fact. You’re trying as of today, to sound as if you’re a Palin supporter. That was a quick conversion. Can’t say I’ve ever seen a Palin supporter so eager to smear another, fellow conservative. I have, however, seen plenty of Romney supporters do exactly that. I called you a Romney shill last night, and I still think you are today.

60 posted on 06/24/2009 1:46:39 PM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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