Posted on 06/30/2012 7:40:09 PM PDT by Innovative
Former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum gave a signal to social conservatives on Saturday: Mitt Romney's "message is sound. It's solid."
On Saturday, Santorum's praise was warm.
"The concern I had - I did, I was very frank about it - was that Governor Romney would track to the middle as so many Republican candidates have done, but I'm not seeing that," Santorum said. "I'm seeing him stand by those convictions that he articulated in the primaries and I'm hopeful."
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ALL conservatives with any sense do so -- we can't survive another 4 years of Obama.
Basically real Conservatives are more critical of their fellows who tell them "go ahead, do what the leftwingtard wants" than they are otherwise.
So, Santorum reveals himself to be a professional politician who signed a document that said he'd support the party nominee(s).
So what?
“ALL conservatives with any sense do so — we can’t survive another 4 years of Obama.”
Those four years include the following:
2 Potential Supreme Court Appointments (Want two more Sotomayors?)
4 more years of deficit spending (Think Obama will ever lay down the veto to any of this, put in mind he tolerates double the deficit of Bush on a bad year)
Which would you prefer more, a president who flip-flops over as little as weeks, or one who flip-flops over a period of years, Romney is mainly the latter.
Fourth, and most important, Obama will take re-election as every bit the motive to turn even further left, and push more of what he does to the left than he already is. Romey would be in a Vice Grip with the left against him from cognitive dissonance, and the right really holding him up to a fire, unless he’s got some conservative surprises, he’s likely to be a right-wing Harry Truman, tries to make it for re-election, but is shot down in the primaries by his own parties, and on the attempt at a second term as well.
“RINOs pi&& on Conservatives and call it rain”
Yeah well why don’t we put up the umbrella every year instead of just the 6 months before the election
And “pretend-conservatives” are viciously critical of the GOP nominee, while never having a bad word to say about Obama.
And pretend-conservatives are viciously critical of the GOP nominee, while never having a bad word to say about Obama.
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Damn, that sounds just like the primary show we just watched.
That is the only salient point in this election.
Diogenes' juvenile wailing on every post notwithstanding, the best thing for America is that Obama and all of his minions and henchmen be kicked out.
There is simply no other choice.
One thing is for sure. If he ever runs for president again that I will not have to debate in mind for one second that I will not vote for him.
Bleh!Bleh!Bleh!
Lets see what happens at the convention.
Romney sucks. He is not a winner. Sanitarium is trying to get his debt paid. He sucks.
“Moderates and RINOs are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.”
On the other hand Obama and the Democrats are fine patriots, is that your point?
Fortunately there are no real moderates, but if there were I’d agree they are definitely bottom feeders.
Well if you say so.
Don’t like it? Hike up your big girl panties and march on over and have the site owner remove us bad people who won’t do as we’re told.
“Romney sucks. He is not a winner.”
If Romney is one thing, he IS a winner — he turned the Olympics around and turned around many failing businesses.
And we hope he will turn around the current path to decline we are on, as a country.
Spewed out of your mouth.
Look, these personal attacks have to stop. They are not allowed. If your boy were a real man he would have advised you of the inadvisability of angering us.
Turns out he's not a real man, and he didn't tell you to keep your mouth shut, so you've angered us.
We want the GOP-e deleted from the Republican party, not given the keys to the White House.
It's time to act.
He’s a loser who can’t even attract the Republican Conservative base of voters.
>Romney sucks. He is not a winner. Sanitarium is trying to get his debt paid. He sucks.
None of which is to the point.
Saying that Obama’s opponent “sucks” besides being a bit childish, reads like an Elect Obama 2012 campaign poster.
You should call up the DNC and suggest it for their new slogan
I don't believe I've ever seen you come near that level of dismissive language.
You know why? Cause your boy is also stupid - Bain's 'faceman', and he invented romneyKKKare.
“Look, these personal attacks have to stop”
I agree. Look in the mirror and say that to the person you see. I don’t engage in personal attacks, but I have received quite a few from others, yet I don’t respond in kind.
People engage in personal attacks or are accusing others of it, when they ran out of cogent arguments.
You say: “We want the GOP-e deleted from the Republican party, not given the keys to the White House.”
So you don’t want the Republicans in the WH, but you are fine with Obama being there for another four years...
His supporters are totally unprincipled, immoral, and not worth listening to.
They've become a drag on the Republican party.
Regarding personal attacks, when you accuse people who oppose Romney of being FOR OBAMA that's fighting words!
“when you accuse people who oppose Romney of being FOR OBAMA that’s fighting words!”
The truth hurts?
The choice is Romney or Obama. Bashing Romney only helps Obama. Helping Obama means being FOR Obama. QED
Who was the first “pretend conservative.” Certainly not the Bushes, goes back much further, maybe Hoover??? Or Charles Evans Hughes?
Anything less than full support for Romney is capitulation to Obama. There is no middle solution.
True, but the problem is this
both of these men are politicians, who couldn’t tell the truth if their lives depended on it.
Your lack of imagination definitely labels you on these threads ~ virtually everyone here can think of some other outcome than Romney losing another election.
If I were to ultimately support Romney, it sure as hell wouldn’t be because if anything that zealot screwball had to say.
We had several conservative candidates during the primary, Saintorum wasn’t one of them.
eh?
See: Tenth Amendment.
I would just as vigorously oppose a Federal law requiring auto insurance...this is indeed a states rights issue as well as a healthcare and freedom issue.
......WHOOSH........thats the sound of omambo (supreme destructor of our Republic) being flushed down the toilet....WHOOSH...all the democraps abandoning him (other that the congressional black caucus). Tomney is not my choice.....but better than obambo
Sure, let’s have Obama running without opposition. What a brilliant idea!
Obama is pleased.
Their losing candidates in recent history are legion ~ starting in Nixon, Ford, Bush, Dole, McCain ~ A sixth is too many!
Look, I just can’t vote for a man who would say this. You and the GOP-e should have picked a better man:
Mitt quote: ...gay couples raising kids. That’s the American way...
Who are you going to suggest to take Romney's place?
Not sure any of us should be debating you on these matters ~ it's pretty clear you have no idea how presidential candidates get nominated.
it’s a freak country
gads, my friend I am completely disgusted with Romney, but I am powerless to do anything, I am just a poor defeated mother of teens hoping there will be some actual MEN in this country that will stand up and grow a spine
“The Republican Convention can select a candidate.”
And if you think that will not be Romney, you are further detached from reality, than I thought...
The overwhelming majority of conservatives will vote for Romney because they believe the alternative is worse. Some won’t, but they’re going to be a small minority.
It is entirely possible that Romney does not have any real heart felt support among convention delegates.
It's obvious that neither he nor his supporters are trustworthy people.
It is entirely possible that Romney does not have any real heart felt support among convention delegates.
It's obvious that neither he nor his supporters are trustworthy people.
Well, in my dreams Sarah Palin would march in there and pipe up “Hey Guys I’m back in the race!” And Mitt would swoon before her charm and say “Fellows, she’s the gal. Draft her.” And out the door comes a Palin/Mitt ticket. GOP polls climb to 70% approval. Obama loses a 50 state landslide. The Senate becomes 67-33 GOP, not only filibuster proof but supermajority. The House has 400 Republicans in it. Barack Obama and Joe Biden both have fatal heart attacks on the same day, and Boehner finishes out Obama’s term.
Now I wake up. It’s Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama.
Do you people get some sort of sexual thrill out of holding elections without the voters behind your candidates?
Santorum was an enthusiastic Romney man in 2008 and Arlen Specter in 2004 and Arlen Specter for President in 1996, and he was an anti-Reagan and pro-abortion republican before running for office himself in 1990.
We knew where his head is at.
A win for Romney is a second term for Obama.
You end up with two of these pukes, not just one!
Does this guy work, or does he still live off political donations? Flying (no doubt first class) around the country... best restaurants .... best hotels....coffee, donuts, snacks for his press conferences??
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