[MNJohnnie]

I' guess they did not leave that out

Kristol told me just after Perry entered the race, a development that essentially ended [the more radical Michele] Bachmann’s brief ascent. Establishment Republicans may prefer Romney to Perry, but their assumption is that either man can be counted on to steer the party back toward the broad center next fall, effectively disarming the Tea Party mutiny.

[MNJohnnie]

From this article. Confirmation that Perry is the GOP Establishment's mole designed to defang the Tea Party Kristol told me just after Perry entered the race, a development that essentially ended [the more radical Michele] Bachmann’s brief ascent. Establishment Republicans may prefer Romney to Perry, but their assumption is that either man can be counted on to steer the party back toward the broad center next fall, effectively disarming the Tea Party mutiny.

[hellbender]

Bingo! Nail head, meet hammer! Willard could not win much outside of New Hampster with its open primary, so the Pubbie Establishment needed a backup, someone it could portray as more conservative. Their answer? Slick Rick Perry. They fed the "yell leader" some slogans they knew would appeal to conservatives, like "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme." Of course it is, but Ricardo could not explain how, because he's just a mediocre hack politician.

I've got news for the country-club Pubbie establishment: Your days of exploiting us are over. We will never again back another Ivy League "compassionate conservative." This is war, because we alone want to save this republic. We will crush you, or die trying. My advice: get your wimpy, pansy, law-school behinds out of the way, punks.

[DarkWaters]

Disarming the tea party mutiny? I've seen this before and it was just as recent as the last presidential election and loooooooook what happened. McCain would not hit below the belt, above the belt, to the side of the belt, well he wouldn't hit anywhere. And it just wasn't McCain who thought that way, it was the GOP establishment. Same thing will happen again and even though Obama is beatable, I doubt Romney would win. Also consider all his liberal baggage and Obama supporters and media will have a field day with one gotcha moment after another. It is like they want to loose and toss this country into dictatorship.

[lonestar]

The Republican establishment is no longer terrified of the Tea Party, The New York Times' Matt Bai reports.

[hocndoc]

No. 5 ought to be

“Reinforce every paranoid, underdog and outsider inclination that they have in order to keep them *divided* paranoid underdog outsiders.”

So, this author says that Kristol made a statement to him and implies that there’s some huge conspiracy. You take that as Truth and some mark against Governor Perry?

Are we supposed to believe the lamestream media - in an on-line junk site pretending to be the Atlantic, a leftist propaganda site - in certain special cases? They can ask “when did you stop beating your wife?” They can imply that a third - or is it fourth? - party is part of a conspiracy that only a few insiders know, but now they’re telling the world? Did the author suddenly get religion or take an honesty pill?