Posted on 01/05/2012 11:23:02 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Tea party favorite and pro-life conservative Sarah Palin and her family were viciously attacked to the point she chose not to run.
Congressional Tea Party Caucus leader and constitutional pro-life conservative Michele Bachmann had early promise, but I guess came across as too "shrill" and consequently her numbers driven down to the point she exited.
Successful pro-life conservative Texas Governor Perry hit the race at the top but due to missteps and less than stellar debate performances soon fizzled and is now all but gone.
Pro-life conservative businessman Cain and his famous 9-9-9 plan had promise, but was driven out due to indefensible allegations.
Pro-life Reagan Revolution conservative Newt Gingrich reinvigorated his campaign and soared to the top of the national polls, but was unacceptable to the establishment and apparently also unacceptable to the "true conservatives" among us and his numbers are now plummeting
You'd think "unquestionably" pro-life, pro-family conservative Rick Santorum whose recent surge took him to a tie in Iowa and who's now surging in the national polls might be good enough to stand against Romney for the base, but looks like there are "true conservatives" now attacking HIM as not good enough.
Well, drive them all out and who's left?
Huntsman? Who? Moonbat Paul?
Ideas anyone? Should we all continue attacking the conservatives we don't like until we drive them all out?
Personally, I could easily have lived with Palin, Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Newt or Santorum and would be proud to enthusiastically support any of them, warts and all. Any one of them is infinitely better than Obama or Romney.
But if we don't land on one soon and raise him up over Romney, guess who we're going to be stuck with? And it ain't going to be pretty. And if abortionist/statist/progressive Romney (or moonbat Paul) is the one, might as well get used to four more years of Obama. I won't vote for or support either one of those two.
I'd suggest that we all stop trying to tear down the other conservative candidates in the race and instead concentrate on trying to build up our own personal favorites. Who knows? May even discover an acceptable conservative (if not a great conservative) in the bunch. We've never had a perfect conservative yet. Not even the magnificent Ronald Reagan. We and they all have warts.
But we do want to have a candidate with at least an actual CONSERVATIVE record and not an out and out liberal progressive RINO. So let's compare their records and their actual conservative accomplishments but not try to destroy them personally.
God bless and may the best CONSERVATIVE be our nominee.
And here the Republican party is, ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Now that Obama's declared himself a dictator by his most recent power grab, this country will surely be EFF'ed if he were to get re-elected.
I'm all for anyone but Obama (or Romney, or that complete moon-bat whackjob Ron Paul.) Gotta draw the line somewhere.
If people think Obama and Romney are the same when it comes to nominating a Supreme Court Justice, I offer Kagan and Sotomeyor as examples.
Romney would never select people of that caliber to a seat on the SCOTUS without suffering the wrath of Conservative and Moderate Republicans. (remember Bush and Harriet Meyers?)
At this time I like Newt, but I am also an Anybody but Obama Voter in the General. Funny how some people here say they would vote for (1) their Dog, (2) a potted plant, (3) belly button lint over Obama but draw a line when it comes to Romney.
What will be will be.
Turns out it’s a re-write of a hoax that was floating around last year or so. No SCOTUS date on the horizon.
too bad...
I'll take the kook for my first choice and then the shill who says whatever he thinks will get him elected second. At least the first one has beliefs and his big belief is to follow the Constitution.
This is the calculus that will doom Romney's chances of capturing the nomination, or of going on to challenge Obama. He simply is not fit to do the job that Americans know must be done to restore our nation.
As you said, he'd actually cause untold damage to the conservative Republican brand, because he'd do nothing to alter Obama's plotted course, and the resultant destruction would be hung about the necks of the right for decades to come. Mitt as president nearly ensures the complete demise of America, because of this.
I am supreme in all things ;)
Kidding aside, I just don’t see how anything else makes a lot of sense. The only other option is a third party fantasy that although SORELY needed to slam the GOP back to reality, is just not gonna happen.
I do not expect that Newt, Rick or Rick will be saviors or be without issues/complaints. And I’m sure that over any number of issues once one is elected, “Protest we much!”.
But the alternative under Romnew is a continued decent into Marxism and Paul is little more than a POS anti-semite that I’d cut my throat before pulling the lever for.
So that leaves Obama and my pet theory on the Road Warrior scenario and starting over after the inevitible CW to follow.
It really is do or die this time because every day the Marxist does something increasingly illegal/unconstitutional.
Interesting. Wonder who has put up that site.
Perhaps you're exhausted from all the electioneering in Iowa. You just commented that Newt has no record. You could have possibly made that case against Herman Cain, but you can't against Newt Gingrich.
Thank you! I agree with your sentiments about absolute truth, right and wrong, etc. Some things are non-negotiable, which is likely why I could never be a successful politician, lawyer or diplomat, not that I have ever wanted to be one of those!
JC
Well, that was damning. Why do so many around here continue to tout Santorum as a great conservative, if what you say is true?
Honest question (I plead ignorance on his Senate record).
Gingrich talks about a border plan almost exactly like Perry’s - boots on the ground and secure the border in a year.
Unfortunately , he has that plan for amnesty for people who’ve lived here, had kids and grandkids, etc.
Its Newt, Santorum is currently peaking not because of anything he’s done, just that he’s the last guy at the dance. Newt is the A lister of the two, and with Santorum and Newt both in the race, the conservative vote will split, and neither will top Romney and Romney will be the nominee.
I would support either of them personally if they are the nominee, but I also do not believe Santorum will be able to carry a national campaign and will be evicerated quickly now that he has the spotlight.
I personally believe there are, and have only been 2 first tier candidates in this cycle on the republican side, Newt and Romney.. Romney is no conservative, but like it or not, he’s in the top teir, the only other one is Newt, everyone else is not at the same level politically or personally.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but as long as there are 2 ‘non-romneys’ left, Romney will likely be the nominee. Taking him out was going to be a herculean task from the get go, but as long as the non-romney vote can be split it will be and that will allow romney the win for sure.
I could live with this. I just hope they can keep their campaigns against each other civil so as not to create any bad blood when it comes time for reconciliation.
Agree with most of the sentiments, but this call to sanity is about 6 months late. The big problem with the candidates mentioned is that they don’t have the money and organization in place to run and win the nomination marathon, nor do they have an enthusiastic and dedicated base that could offset a lack of organization and money. And they’re pretty much out of time.
Even if Rick Santorum or Rick Perry or Newt Gingrich somehow successfully emerge as the anti-mittens from all this and get the nomination, the winner still has to overcome barky and his billion dollar machine and a fawning LSM who will crawl over nails and broken glass to re-elect him.
The road to the White House for this election cycle takes a detour, oddly enough, through Lake Jackson. This is a lot of what I think Sarah Palin was getting at the other day with her comments about not marginalizing the Paul supporters. Ron Paul probably isn’t going to win the nomination. But his army of supporters and the money and the infrastructure he has amassed are going to end up somewhere.
The more traditional conservatives need to cut a deal that can bring the Paul camp into the fold. In truth I don’t think it’ll happen given the circular firing squad dynamics that have taken over of late. But hope springs eternal.
Seen any "Romney '12" signs in your neighborhood?
No?
Neither have I.
The more traditional conservatives need to cut a deal that can bring the Paul camp into the fold. In truth I don’t think it’ll happen given the circular firing squad dynamics that have taken over of late. But hope springs eternal.
Sarah is right here. She is thinking strategically.
So; It looks like Satan has the top candidate in both parties?
This is exactly the kind of thing I just slammed Shield for
This is not nearly Perry’s position on Immigration. Perry eants strategic fencing that would allow Democrats to continue to set ROEs for BP and NG troops just like they did to bush, leaving them DANGEROUSLY OPEN TO BEING SHOT by gangs etc.
A fence takes the power for such duplicity away from democrats. I defy anyone to prove that incorrect.
Newt Gingrich Signs Pledge to Build Border Fence
wsj ^ | 12/1/2011 | Douglas Belkin and Danny Yadron
Posted on Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:07:03 PM by TBBT
DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt Gingrich continued to shore up his right flank on immigration Thursday, signing a pledge to build a fence along the U.S. – Mexico border by the end of 2013 if he becomes president.
The pledge follows comments he made earlier this week in South Carolina that were also intended to ease concerns among conservatives that Mr. Gingrich is not tough enough on immigration. Those concerns surfaced at a the most recent Republican primary debate during which Mr. Gingrich said he would like to find a path to legality for some of the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S.
Mr. Gingrich said he has long supported a border fence, but added that when it comes to immigration “we have not been a serious country.”
The pledge was created by a North Carolina organization called Americans for Securing the Border and presented Thursday by its chairman, Van D. Hipp Jr., who called the fence “one of the most important issues of our time.”
Mr. Hipp said Mr. Gingrich has been in talks with his organization for months but he reached out to them again last week after the debate. Mr. Hipp said Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is the only other Republican candidate who has signed the pledge.
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If the Perry campaign were a football team, with their record this season, there'd already be calls for the head coach to step down, and the fans would stop showing up to the games.
Few would argue that they need to 'fight on', given their dismal performance thus far.
Perry spent more money per vote than any other candidate in the Iowa caucus, yet came away in fifth place. That's a horrifying showing for the Governor of the country's most successful state, and someone whose supporters keep assuring us is the fittest man in the race to challenge Obama.
Apparently, the folks in Iowa weren't convinced of that, despite all the money spent.
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