Meaningless, but very lengthy, and nasty.
Ann Romney defending their pro-abortion values.
Here are Mitt and Ann raising money for abortions at Planned parenthood. They weren't just there to lend republican cred, they also cut them a check.
Posted on 09/23/2012 11:58:33 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I don't know Ann Romney. I don't know Lee Cary, from the American Thinker, either, but I should like to buy them both dinner to thank them for making an important point yesterday, and it needs to be emphasized. Asked about some of the more counterproductive criticisms made by Republicans, Mrs. Romney replied, "Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring." My thoughts exactly.
Constructive criticism is one thing, but handing ammunition to the opposition is uncalled for. Part of the problem is that I really like some of the people making these remarks, but I wonder if they understand the stratospheric stakes in this election. To observe that Governor's Romney's remarks about the 47 percent of people who pay no income taxes were inexact or haphazardly framed is one thing. But to say, as The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol (whom I admire tremendously) did, that the Governor's comments were "stupid and arrogant," helps the cause not one bit. Instead, Twitter lit up with one liberal after another using the quote against the Republican nominee. Peggy Noonan, whose work I positively adore, picked up a rhetorical tire iron and went to work on Romney: "It's time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It's not big, it's not brave, it's not thoughtfully tackling great issues. It's always been too small for the moment." Well, isn't that just ducky. If General Custer had been afflicted with support like this from his own side, the Indians could have taken the day off. With pay.
In his latest "G-File," the always brilliant, funny and trenchant Jonah Goldberg reminds us that it was the Tea Party and activist base of the Republican party that were most resistant to Governor Romney during the primaries, while the Republican party establishment admonished us repeatedly to please shut up and get behind the man. Now that he's the party nominee, we've rallied to him not because he's morphed into the second coming of Ronald Reagan, but because we understand that this election is for the whole enchilada. Put very simply, if Obamacare isn't repealed, if the debt isn't addressed, if America keeps sitting on her thumbs while her embassies burn, if Iran gets the bomb,…. that's all she wrote. And so the base is working its heart out to send Obama and his comrades packing,….and now the establishment types who told us to get behind Romney, are taking a tire iron to his kneecaps. "Unlike activists," writes Jonah, "it really is my job to say what I think." He immediately adds, however, that, "Still, I think the base might have the wiser take on all this. Win now, argue later." I couldn't agree more, Jonah.
Here's the thing. No candidate is perfect. Romney has areas that he could shore up, certainly. And it is not our place to sacrifice principle in support of any candidate. Encouraging him to take it to Obama in a certain fashion, or offering information that could prove useful to the campaign makes perfect sense to this observer. And if stronger admonishments are in order, perhaps utilizing private channels would be an option. But for heaven's sake, do we have to send gift-wrapped ammunition to Obama and his acolytes in the media?
Jonah is right in another respect. These people get paid to give their opinions. I get paid to move freight and operate outside the climate controlled comfort of media suites. However, I have been blessed beyond measure to offer my thoughts on Ricochet. So in the event that my opinions might coincide on some level with those of the professional punditry, here they are:
* It is my opinion that Barack Obama must be summarily thrown out of office, and that he should take every one of his little czars and minions with him.
* It is my opinion that Democrats in the House and Senate must be shown the door as well.
* It is my opinion that in all likelihood, this is our last chance to preserve America as it was intended by the Founders.
* It is my opinion that if Obamacare is not pulled up by the roots, it will sprout encroachments into the most personal aspects of our lives that will destroy every last vestige of meaningful individual liberty.
* It is my opinion that Mitt Romney is the only realistic alternative we have to the wholesale destruction of our country by an elite who disdains us, disdains our Constitution, and holds in utter contempt the moral and philosophical foundation of our country.
* It is my opinion that if we fail to defeat Obama, our grandchildren and their grandchildren will curse us and utter our names in contempt, and rightly so, because we let their liberty slip through our fingers while we nitpicked and sniped at each other.
* It is my opinion that we're better than that. It is my opinion that we are as equal to the challenge now as our parents and grandparents were in another time. Our heritage is freedom, our gift to those who follow is more of it, not less.
* It is my opinion that it is time to focus our fire on those who seek to shred the Constitution and enslave a great nation to the whims and predilections of a ruling elite.
There, does that help give the pros something to write about? Happy to help, folks. Now, if you'll kindly excuse me, I have to get back behind the wheel.
Lots of businesspeople listen to talk radio in their cars or in the office.
Not very carefully anyway.
That merely means your usual nasty personal attacks and avoidance of the topics, so no surprise there.
This yield to Mormonism in the name of Christ line is bizarre, but so is the fact of you guys being unable to defend Mitt and Ann, and their extraordinary arrogance.
Nobody ever has been able to defend the Romneys to conservatives though.
I didn’t want Obama last time but Romney did. Don’t blame me for Obama. If you want to thank Romney for helping give us Obama go ahead. I will not.
He conveys that in politics when faced with choosing a leader, pick the one who will give the nation the best moral soil to look for Christ.”
Right!
If Obama is the answer, its a pretty stupid question.
Hear! Hear !
I don’t like Kristol or that “nose in the air” Peggy Noonan. She is so affected it’s disgusting!
I used to like Noonan....when she wrote for Reagan. But she’s become anything but who she used to ‘be’ since then.
Do they even 'get' it, mk? If they don't, what fools. If they do, even worse.
Better watch yourself, pal. I’ll be cleaning your clock if you threaten our posters.
Oh they ‘get it’ Nic, they may be living in a delusional state but they know what they’re doing. In order to justify their attacks on Romney, Romney must lose on November 6th which means that 0bama will win. That will allow them to take comfort in America being punished with 4 more years of the 0bamunist abomination, which will somehow validate their backstabbing the only possible chance we have to defeat the most anti-Christian administration ever seen in this Nation.
The HTTB crew cannot abide the prospect of dirtying their lily white robes and linens by voting for Romney & Ryan on November 6th, they would rather America die first.
Meaningless, but very lengthy, and nasty.
Ann Romney defending their pro-abortion values.
Here are Mitt and Ann raising money for abortions at Planned parenthood. They weren't just there to lend republican cred, they also cut them a check.
And in the name of Christ, they do this?
It is my firm belief that the HTTP's behaviors and actions, giving support, aid, and give comfort to an ANTI-CHRISTIAN muslim and his re-election cannot possibly be the will or desire of the One True God (though they appear to claim otherwise). Perhaps they're worshiping some other god, not the God of the Jews and the Christians.
Good question, as it is self-evident that only one of two people will occupy the White House, either Romney or Obama.
If Obama wins it will be because the liberals, RINOs and people like you nominated the liberal Romney. You knew he was for abortion,gay marriage,RomneyCare, cap & trade, trying to force Catholic hospitals to do abortions, same sex adoptions and most other liberal issues but he’s your guy and he has an R beside his name. You could find the facts about Romney staff being behind the original attacks on Sarah Palin but it would not make any difference. You are too busy with childish insults.
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