[Mozilla]

I get what he is trying to say in the larger context. But he didn't have to say he didn't care how conservative Romney is. Uncalled for.

I’m just saying that Rush, like others, is doubling down on Romney and forced into a situation of carrying his water. They all FAILED and some didn’t even try to get a tea party type to the finish line. They paid lip service to being behind Bachmann, Santorum, Cain and so on. But couldn’t come to defend, actively support or promote any person. So they got what they got. The Era of McCain Must not be over because we have McCain light now.

[Baynative]

Romney has pledged to repeal Obama Care immediately.

This makes my mind up

[Herodes]

McCain light??? Pull your head out of the sand. Romney, like him or not, has already attacked Obama more than McCain.

By this time in 2007, McCain would have thrown Trump under 10 buses.

Get real.

[Lion Den Dan]

I don’t like Mittens either but like it or not, he is what we have to run with. Only Stalin, Hitler and Mugabe could be worse than Obama and two of them are dead so lets beat Obama.

[Gaffer]

I understand the frustration. My first, second, third choice would not have been Romney. However, I can’t but help to realize one certain thing - there is a difference between pure socialist tyrannical evil and misguided/misapplied/mischaracterized mediocrity.

One implies, perhaps, that salvation could be had through constant never-ending pressure by real Americans, IOW bitch slapping him into reality.

The other is a given. There is no salvation, there is no worthwhile change, and there is no doubt that catastrophe will follow.

I’ve made my mind up and it won’t be Obama.

[bkepley]

Scorn and defiance; slight regard, contempt,
And any thing that may not misbecome
The mighty sender, doth he prize you at.
Thus says my king - FR

[Ronald_Magnus]

The “etch-a-sketch” dig has always been flimsy at best. I’m sure what Romney’s aid meant was that once the nomination was secured, Romney would change course from attacking his Republican Primary opponents to attacking Obama. At least that’s how I saw it.

[rogue yam]

Rush is right.

[Perdogg]

Mark Levin, who says he is supporting Romney, did endorse Bachmann and Santorum, in fact had both on them on his show numerous times, but neither candidate made the effort to get on the ballot in Virgina. You really cannot blame the “establishment” for that. Cain simply self-destructed.

[TexasCajun]

Romney qualifies for Anyone But Obama!

[TexasCajun]

Romney qualifies for Anyone But Obama!

[M. Thatcher]

Rush DID NOT SAY that. Here's what he said:

"...the media and the Democrats did what they always do. They started demanding of Romney that he denounce Trump, then they threw my name in there for good measure, and that's always the way it is. It's always the way it is. Republicans are always told they have to repudiate this person, they have to apologize for that person. And Romney didn't do it. And this needs to be pointed out and noted. I know that a lot of people are still unhappy with Romney. Establishment candidate, moderate, not really conservative. Understand all that. But I'm telling you, this is not the McCain campaign. McCain, had the left demanded that he distance himself from Trump, not only would have distanced himself, he woulda gone public and kicked Trump out of his campaign. And Romney did not do that."

You need to correct your post.

[joe fonebone]

romney is not conservative enough????

he is a hard core socialist, the likes of which the republican party has never put in front of the voters before..

a vote for romney is a vote for socialism...period

time to draw the lines and choose sides...

on one side is the constitution...

on the other side is socialism..

like I said, a vote for romney is a vote for socialism...

which side of the line do the so called conservatives stand on...

[Lakeshark]

There is a large group on FR that believes (and constantly claims) Romney is the same as Bambi.

To believe that, you need to be insane.

I hoped Romney would not win, did not vote for him, don't particularly like him (understatement), supported lots of viable alternatives that were more conservative, but.....

There are now two viable choices of who to vote for that can win. You can vote for "The most destructive, the most anti-free market, anti-business, pro-Marxist, anti-life, anti-American, pro-gay, pro-muzzie, pro everything we hate with the will to do anything to sack our country administration ever!" allowing Bambi to totally ruin our country, or you can vote for Romney. I'm sorry, at this point, voting for some supposedly "conservative" choice as some kind of protest or alternative is the most stupid thing I have heard of in my life.

[TexasCajun]

Romney qualifies for Anyone But Obama!

[TexasCajun]

Romney qualifies for Anyone But Obama!

[FortWorthPatriot]

Many FReepers here have stated they will not vote for Romney because they don’t want to compromise their principles. I understand and respect that, as I am not in the habit of compromising mine, either. But in my opinion, at this critical junction in our country’s history, it is not a time to stand defiant on principles. It is a time for us to step up to save the Republic, and we have a duty to do so by any means we can, and if that means voting for the lesser of two evils, so be it.

Although I wish that it were, this election is no longer about getting a true conservative into the White House. Short of divine intervention, that dream is currently comatose. Note that I did not say “dead” as I believe it will happen, but just not this time around. However, if Obama get re-elected, the dream is dead.

This election has become a desperate fight to save the Republic. Not only for us, but for the future generations of Americans who will have to live with the consequences of the decisions we make here and now. The decisions we make today will – either positively or negatively – directly impact their lives in the future. Most of us – myself included – probably won’t be here in 30 years. But our children – our posteriety – will. And they will live and die based on the descisions we make today.

The left doesn’t stand on any principles. They never have and they never will. They are Godless, secular, materialistic entities. They don’t care about right or wrong. They don’t fight fair. They will cheat, lie and steal in order to keep Obama in power. I believe it is time we fought back. I believe it is time for us to set aside principles momentarily and make the hard decisions that we must make in the present in order to save this country for the future.

First, Romney is nothing more than an opportunistic RINO politician. He will bend in any direction that a wind will blow him. He is not grounded by any principle of which I am aware which means he is guided by whatever issue is most strongly and dearly held by the group that has the most power to put him into the Oval Office. Since he is a “Republican” that means we are the ones who can put him there.

Romney certainly is not motivated by higher ideas or by patriotism – he will do what he needs to do to get elected to Presidency because he believes it’s “his turn.” He will side with and pander to the group tha can get him in there in order to get elected.

Secondly, it is for this reason I don’t perceive Romney to be a hardcore Socialist who would continue the devastating destruction that Obama has wreaked upon our nation. If Romney can get elected as President, he’s going to want to have what every President wants to have and that is a second term. In order to do that he must continue to bend in the direction of those that put him there. In other words, he can be controlled.

Thirdly, Obama cannot and will not be controlled. Our testicular-challenged “Representatives” have shamefully demonstrated time and again their sophomoric inability to protect and defend the Constitution as they have sworn to do. If Obama is re-elected we are guaranteed to lose the Republic – guaranteed no matter what. Obama has already proven beyond any doubt that he has absolutely no respect for the Constitution. Given a second term, Obama will destroy our country. In four years, the America that we grew up knowing and loving will cease to exist.

Does this mean I want Romney to be President for 2 terms? No. To me, putting Romney into the Oval Office is nothing more than keeping the chair warm for the next four years while we (a) conduct damage control on the effects of Obama’s socialist policies already put into place, and (b) find and build up a strong conservative candidate for 2016. In the meantime, Romney can be controlled, especially if we keep the House. Even more so if we can keep the House and take the Senate.

While Romney is keeping the chair warm, we focus on the 2014 mid-term elections. We force more RINOs out of congress and increase the number of conservatives. From there we look to 2016. By that time we should have a solid conservative candidate to run against Romney. Congress will be more conservative, the economy will start to turn around. Fence sitting Moderates will begin to see the Republican party as a vehicle for positive change, bolstering our 2016 Presidential candidate.

It’s a strategy, not a solution. This is a chess game that, in the end we must win. We must look beyond the next four years. It isn’t a matter of standing on our principles at this point in time. It’s a matter of swallowing the bitter pill that must be swallowed in order to get rid of the infection that is festering in the White House and causing the slow, painful death of our country.

I would rather compromise my principles on this specific issue, right now, than to sacrifice my child’s freedom in the future. I will gladly take all the vitriol I expect to have thrown at me for my decision now, than to hang my head in shame as all our children live and suffer under Socialistic rule in the future.

If we fail to stop Socialism here and now, in 2012, we fail all those who come after us. We will go down in the history books as the ones that didn’t care enough to save our country for future generations. By inaction, we waste all the sacrifices of those who came before us and who fought and died to preserve the Republic and liberty. Personally, I don’t want that on my conscience.

Bottom line, we either stand on the sidelines and allow an avowed Socialist to continue raping this country, or we put a “placeholder” in there through which we can control the ship for at least the next four years.

[NormsRevenge]

The era of mushiness continues

[HereInTheHeartland]

We will all unfortunately be begging for Romney by November.

[FreedomNotSafety]

RutRow George...looks like its time to give Rush the same treatment as Coulter. Just waiting to see the posts...and waiting...

[RitaOK]

Mozilla, imho, our conservative candidates ran on four things:their NAME, their RECORD, their conservative PHILOSOPHY, and VIRTUALLY NO MONEY! A financial shoestring, a fine record, proven solid conservatism and in Newt’s case, even historic accomplishment for the Republican Party that can not be matched.

What did they get in return? They got a crushing loss, an embarrassing one actually and campaign debt, which Romney likely paid off, buying their support.

The nomination is stacked in advance of even announcing, recognized by the size of your advance team and machine. Romney had it. His contributions to select campaigns over the past FOUR years bought him DC loyalty and plenty of support down the road to be used on que, as needed.

This new way of empowering a contender is now the general trend. Hillary used it too for her own coronation and it would have worked, but for an annomaly named Barack Obama.

Romney built his machine beginning after his ‘08 campaign and now I am watching Sarah Palin. She has withdrawn from the fire and brimstone, sidled up to Orin Hatch, and by doing so has learned to quietly play the DC machine game (money) and garnering DC chits for the future, either for her own run or plenty of future money to name someone else.

Mainly this tells me our candidates were not that serious about winning but for exposure. Newt wanted back in DC politics, and Santorum is perenially looking for a job or trying to somewhere cut a better deal. ick.

Point being, we should be looking ahead and watch who is building a PAC, contributing to pivital campaigns and keeping up appearances and where.

For the first time I think Sarah may be building up for something. If she can shape her foreign policy and shape her economic policy into a coherent package, showing more depth and mastery of the subject she could develop gravitas.

However, I think for the time being that any rah rah for war and more interventions is a campaign killer has played itself out even on the Republican side. Our military are exhausted and the corps at least at the top is dismantled.