Look Romney was not my first choice but you and the crew behind you that will do what ever you can to make sure he is not elected will be directly responsible for whatever crap sandwich we get from Obama. You are a fool for thinking 4 years of Obama will make your next NON-pick electable.
I don’t care if I get zotted at this point. If Romney is good enough for Dick Cheney he’s good ENOUGH for me.
The lines are drawn - Obama or Romney.
We must get rid of Obama.
Lets not dwell on Reagan’s days in the Democrat Party, his time as a Union Leader, or his signing abortion laws as Govenor.
Politicians have a bit of a moral duty to represent their constituents, beyond just the practical political necessity of staying in line with the preferences of the electorate of their time and place. Things will change for Romney as President - the USA is different from the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. He is a clean-living competent business executive with a strong track record of success with turnaround situations. He is a Godsend compared to Obama.
Its time to lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. The lines are drawn.
Lets not dwell on Reagan’s days in the Democrat Party, his time as a Union Leader, or his signing abortion laws as Govenor.
I dare you to find a list that comes even close to providing an equality between the past records of Reagan and Romney.
Your boy Romney has NOTHING in his actual record that recommends him to conservatives.
Reagan, except for a few flaws, was a true-blue, limited-government conservative.
Your boy as he stacks up against Newt and Obama, what you will find is an alarming similiarity in his record and issue positions BASED on his record:
So either you don’t think that Romney will get the Republican nomination, or you are determined to oppose him even if he does.
If you don’t think he will get the nomination, we can wait to have a conversation when things shake out. I have concluded that he will be. I’ve waited for a winner to emerge.
Romney was not my choice. I liked Bachman from seeing her at Tea Party rallies, the wife liked Cain, and we were both Newt fans. It would have been fun to watch a President Gingrich go after leftist organizations and funding hammer and tong, but I do not believe that it will be. I have liked Santorum since he stopped to shake my hand while I was Freeping (shouting at) Sen Lahey outside the Senate building over Juanita Broaddrick back during the Clinton Era.
I kept my powder dry until it was time to launch - I believe Santorun’s withdrwal sealed the math (for all practical purposes). I stayed out of the primary like I always do, for two reasons: 1. Avoid fratricide IAW Reagan’s 11th Commandment. 2. During my 25 years in the Army, I just always registered as an independent to avoid any partisan pressure on the job. Now that I have concluded that Romney will be the nominee, I have set my sights on beating Obama and his ilk down ticket. I will learn to love Romney’s strong points, like I learned to love W’s, because I believe that the outcome is much more important than my feelings.
After every primary, it is a challenge to bring the team back together for the general election, but that is what is needed to win (50% plus one, or 52% figuring on recounts and fraud). If it is your intent to oppose Romney no matter what, I believe that the effect is to serve Obama’s purposes. It may come down to a narrow margin in only one swing state, like Bush v. Gore did in Florida. In such a narrow contest, the sabotage of some disgruntled conservatives may be just enough to allow the left to wiggle their knife into the heart of the American Constitution for a death blow.
The caretaking of our Constitution is on watch now, and just taking our toys and going home is not an emotional luxury that we should indulge in if we are are serious about that responsibility. Obama must be defeated - he is not just some routine old-style Democrat politician. I believe that we should suck up whatever we have to to make that happen, and to do it with gusto, so as to do the absolutely best job we can.
It may simply be that I view the primary as wrapped up and you do not, which can be reasonably argued both ways. Once the nomination is wrapped up, the things that I think would be useful would be things like working for a Conservative VP or platform, filling out Republican organizations to move Conservatives up the ranks and infuse ideas, and actively working through extra-Republican organizations like TEA Parties to defeat liberals. Biterly opposing Republicans (even RINOs) after the primaries is a self-inlicted wound that I think is important to avoid.
