all GOP primaries should be change to re-vote until someone gets over 50%
anyone at the bottom is dropped
75% want someone more conservative than “Mitt”-for-brains, but he is going to claim to ‘win’?
I didn't read any further into the rest of the "opinionated" statement.
Mitt Romney was seated next to a little girl on an airplane trip back to MA. He turned to her and said, “Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to The Mitt, “What would you like to talk about?””Oh, I don’t know,” said the Mitt. “How about What Changes I Should Make To America?” and he smiles.”OK,” she says. “That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?” Mittens, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it for a second and finally says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”To which the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to change America when you don’t know #$%$ ?
FUMR
You forgot the BARF ALERT
Free Republic is an Anit-Romney website. He needs to lose as he doesn’t represent Conservatives.
You can probably ask the Moderators to edit the Title for you.
No gold for Willard in Iowa. He paid them out of his pocket in ‘08 and still only walked away with a lousy silver.
Mitt Romney On Course For Historic Double Victory
Dumb headline.
I prefer.. Willard Flopney On Course Per All Polling To Lose Every Southern Primary
And conservatives have made this possible by not getting together and supporting one of the other contenders. Great, just great.
OMG................shoot me.
Looks now like the only way to stop Romney would be for obvious losers Bachmann and Gingrich to drop out, then act as a team to endorse Santorum or Perry.
Don’t know how accurate the reporting here....I’m just certain anyone would be better than Hussein. I know there is a lot of angst over our entire field....Mitt w/his suckass health plan, Newt with his Pelosi photo op, Paul’s kookiness, Huntsman and his Hussein butt smooching, Santorum’s support of Arlen Sphincter, etc.
I just think any of them would be better than Hussein.
Romney for Obama in 2008
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.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"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?"
"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005
Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>
"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006
“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006
Anyone conceding that is a complete fool. The Party will still be backing their establishment candidate - Newt Gingrich - while a sizable plurality of voters vote for the four conservative candidates in the race - Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, and Huntsman.
It was a set up by the Dc elites.
The GOP leaders placed the IA and NH open for
Indies to participate on purpose thinking Romney
Would win big and scare off the opposition. But the Dems are using
This gap to push nutter Paul to embarrass the GOP .
Was Romney’s father an American citizen when the little Mittster was born?
Much of the angst at Free Republic derives from the common belief here that our vote and opinions still have any direct influence on who becomes President. Once we accept that stomping our feet and yelling "I hate that liberal bastard Romney!" makes about as much difference to the process as spitting into a hurricane, we can re-focus our efforts on electing state and local representatives (and even some Congressional representatives) who reflect conservative views. The GOP nominating process is not really open to voter input at this time in history.
And bearing in mind who really runs the country, getting fiscal conservatives promoted to senior positions in money center banks would likely do far more good than getting them elected to office.
