35 Romney endorsers received contributions first

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[PAConservative1]

People here have been saying the GOP wants to lose in 2012 so that they coronate Jeb in 2016. With Romney’s ascension, I believe them.

[PAConservative1]

The Tea Party made a huge mistake in 2010. Instead of forming a new party and sending the Grand Old Potty into the dustbin of history, they went back to the Republicans like a battered spouse thinking “they’ll appreciate us this time, really!”

They repaid us by giving us Romney. A historic opportunity was wasted when the Tea Party was co-opted by the GOP establishment.

[savedbygrace]

I repeat: “I didn’t leave the Republican Party. The Republican Party left me.”

[Girlene]

It seems money CAN buy you love.

[GraceG]

[ The Tea Party made a huge mistake in 2010. Instead of forming a new party and sending the Grand Old Potty into the dustbin of history, they went back to the Republicans like a battered spouse thinking “they’ll appreciate us this time, really!”

They repaid us by giving us Romney. A historic opportunity was wasted when the Tea Party was co-opted by the GOP establishment. ]

The more stupid insane decisions that the GOP establishment makes the more people are going to start believing folks like Alex Jones who say there is no two party system, just a one party oligarchy.

[The Mayor]

This is absolutely sickening..................

[firebrand]

No, he’s not.

[firebrand]

The Tea Party is still gaining steam. They did well last time. There hasn’t been an election.

[RoosterRedux]

Romney is NO leader. Like Obama, he is a finagler and a conniver.

[nikos1121]

Hahaha...you got that right.

[nikos1121]

Bu*l Sh*t. Rush is a coward.

[nikos1121]

I’ve been saying this for weeks now. As a result I’m getting private emails from people very upset with me, esp for calling Rush a coward. He is. Hannity is a light weight Mark Levin. He tries to talk and sound like Levin, but fails.

I pray that it will come down to two people Romney and Newt, then we’ll see who these people really are. If Rush and company fail to endorse Newt then it proves that they care little about true conservative ideas.

[Choose Ye This Day]

The question is why isn’t the Tea Party bringing forward their own candidate and getting on the ballots with their own party, and bypass all the squishy Republican nonsense.

[LibLieSlayer]

You have a right to your opinion... I just disagree.

LLS

[NoRedTape]

"Romney is buying this nomination. Just like he bought off Tim Pawlenty... now he bought off Nikki Haley & others."

Yep. Very sad. And he'll never be President. What a funny waste of money.

[manc]

Talk radio is something I’ve basically given up on as they never discuss any social issues, they do not get active like the left wing talk show hosts do.
Instead they must get up in a morning , look at the drudge website and then talk about some of those headlines while ignoring other issues so as not to upset their elitist cocktail party homosexual cross dressing friends.

Take Hannity for instance.
When the issue of don’t ask was going to be overturned a bunch of us on here and other vets called his show for a week and tried to get through.
He said and always does that he is for the military and veterans so this was his chance to speak up for us and did he ? Hell no he never

No we always got told that the issue is not being talked about today but one guy got through by lying to the screener and said to Hannity that he was against having homosexuals serve openly.
Guess what , the hone went dead and Hannity said “seems we lost that caller “

Do we ever hear them saying get on the phone, call so and so, send mail to so and so over a certain issue and especially conservative social issues?

No we don’t

[firebrand]

They aren’t a party. The Staten Island Tea Party hosted Newt Gingrich last month. I’m sure Tea Party types would support Rick Perry on principle and may have done some things for him, I’m not sure.

The problem with the delay may be that we are all suffering from Fear of Another Four Years of Obama disease. We have our favorite conservatives, but are constantly being swayed by the electability issue. I think that may explain some of the volatility in the polls and the constantly switching “flavor of the month” phenomenon.

If we had anyone but the crazy Marxist in the White House, this would not be happening. So that may explain the absence of a clear Tea Party candidate—they are concerned with electability as well. They want to support a winner and get our country back more than anything.

They are out there and will come to life at the proper time.

[AnnabelleLee]

My friend worked for Mitt Romney in Massachusetts when he was governor. She said he was the most ruthless, arrogant, mean SOB she’d ever worked for....

As the movie clearly shows: Willard is a Rat.

[JediJones]

After the Christine O'Donnell and Sharon Angle blunders, I guess you can't blame the Tea Party for worrying about electability. From what I see in the polls, Newt is winning the Tea Party though, it's other Republicans who are favoring Romney.

I really don't know if trying to vote by electability is going to be more successful than going with your gut. If the candidate doesn't excite you or make you feel anything for them, and you just have to "think" your way into voting for them, then why would the "average" voter end up liking them in the fall? At least if you go with your gut or your heart, you know the candidate is capable of inspiring someone in that way. Overthinking the electability issue is the only way you can end up nominating a candidate that no one likes at all.

[firebrand]

Very true. Right now, though, in these extreme circumstances, the gut feeling of wanting Obama out of the White House is trumping the gut feeling for any candidate.

We just have to keep our options open—as I do although I definitely have a very favorite candidate, by gut feeling and everything else.