Paul/Romney Deal in the Making, Time Magazine Strongly Hints

Reason Magazine ^ | March 14, 2012 | Brian Doherty

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....Such an arrangement would help Paul get what a Romney ally called “an important speaking role at the convention.”

....."The Texas Representative might also be enticed, says campaign chairman Jesse Benton, by the prospect of serving as a presidential adviser, a Cabinet position for someone in his orbit or “perhaps a vice presidency.”......

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......Some people said they could not imagine Paul would actually ever endorse any of the others, and that nothing could make them vote for a non-Paul Republican. And Joshua Clement Broyles said that "No deal. The records of those other GOP douchebags are all bad enough that I would't trust them if Ron Paul had them all installed with Harkonnen heart plugs, just in case. If voting for a shameless douchebag is the only choice, I'll just keep voting for Democrats, thanks" then added that "Actually, if you put Gingrich, Romney and Santorum in a 3-way caged death match, I would consider voting for whoever survives, provided, of course that all Presidential Veto powers are to be ceded to Ron Paul, regardless of the survivor."...........

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Think about how closely aligned libertarians are with liberals.

[SECURE AMERICA]

What can Paul give Romney???
Paul doesn’t have a lot of supporters but the ones he does are usually fanatical in the allegiance to Paul and I can not see them voting for Romney under any circumstances.

[Diogenesis]

Backstabber ROmney SHOULD pull out, but will not.

Like before the goal of Team Romney is for Obama to win.

FLASHBACK:

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts
in some polls, days prior to Election 2008.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
TeamROMNEY and the RNME (Republican National Media Establishment)
decided …to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.

Romney, and the Van der Sloot RNME RINOs for Obama in 2008

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

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The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

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"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[Eric in the Ozarks]

A scoop at TIME ?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-—— Think about how closely aligned libertarians are with liberals-——

In my personal interaction with libertarians, I’ve come to see them more as libertines. They’re liberals who want to keep more of their own money.

[Bigh4u2]

"Joshua Clement Broyles said that "No deal........I'll just keep voting for Democrats, thanks"

That statement tells you a lot about Paul supporters...

(And yes,, that line is an excerpt) :0)

[I-ambush]

“Harkonnen heart plugs?” is that some kind of “Dune” referrence?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The pull quote!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“Harkonnen heart plugs?” is that some kind of “Dune” referrence?

I looked it up. You're right.

"The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune, in which he is the secondary antagonist, and is also a major character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999-2001) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The character is brought back as a ghola in the Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series, Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007).....

In David Lynch's 1984 film, Baron Harkonnen was portrayed by Kenneth McMillan. In this characterization, he is grotesquely overweight, dressed in filthy garments and covered in large, black pustules which require constant draining and treatment. This version of the character is more overtly unstable than in the novel, screaming and laughing incoherently at any given moment and even drinking the blood of a servant after removing a "heart plug."....Source

[Bigh4u2]

“The pull quote!”

:0)

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I agree with your assessment. Liberaltarian philosophy appeals to the modern college age people, which also explains why so many of them LOVE Ron Paul. They are the majority of his support.

[trebb]

Paul doesn’t have a lot of supporters but the ones he does are usually fanatical in the allegiance to Paul and I can not see them voting for Romney under any circumstances.

Paul's supporters are so full of Kool Aid that they will do anything he asks.

[I-ambush]

Thanks; it still sounds strange to hear it brought up in this context.