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One Big Failure
Townhall.com ^ | November 9, 2012 | Mona Charen

Posted on 11/09/2012 6:28:14 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 11/09/2012 6:28:15 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Romney did a fantastic job in the face of pure evil and cheating


2 posted on 11/09/2012 6:30:04 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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3 posted on 11/09/2012 6:30:56 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

One
Big
Awful
Mistake
America

is now

Two
Big
Awful
Mistakes
America


4 posted on 11/09/2012 6:35:34 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
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To: Travis McGee

Do we have keep having that hideous cover shoved in our faces? Please, some decency.


5 posted on 11/09/2012 6:37:29 AM PST by all the best (`~!)
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To: Travis McGee

Do we have keep having that hideous cover shoved in our faces? Please, some decency.


6 posted on 11/09/2012 6:37:29 AM PST by all the best (`~!)
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To: all the best
The thought of Obama in any semblance of a military uniform is repulsive and would elicit a visceral reaction from anyone who has been there.
7 posted on 11/09/2012 6:40:01 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Kaslin

Short of an even deeper recession in 2016, which may happen, maybe having a Hispanic as the standard bearer (Rubio) is the only way to win. Motivating a lot of non-liberal whites who stayed home to turn out and vote Republican could possibly do the trick. But I’m not sure anyone in the Republican party knows how to do that. It’s possible the Obama caricaturing of Romney as an evil rich guy was the reason they didn’t turn out - so just having someone else might be enough.


8 posted on 11/09/2012 6:41:06 AM PST by lasereye
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It's very hard to make the economic argument to people who think you want to deport their grandmother."

So is the author saying we ought to pander to those who are either openly breaking the law or those who know of people who are openly breaking the law?

If so, I say "NO!" Law breakers need to suffer the consequences of their actions, not be coddled and stroked and told it is ok to break the law.

But unfortunately, we might never see a good outcome to this problem because the Latino population HAS been coddled so long they think breaking the law IS ok and no one wants to pull the right trigger and deport them all back to wherever they came from.

9 posted on 11/09/2012 7:03:33 AM PST by ducttape45
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Look here is the reality ..., as a Californian I am ahead of the curve as I have seen face to face the demographic shift and it has rendered my vote useless in the state and county. Immigrants today, legal or not are not EVER going to relate to the rich and wealthy, white haired guy from an upper class background living the mega quality life. THEY JUST RELATED NOR ASSIMILATE. THIS IS NO LONGER THE AMERICAN IDEAL and until we get that through our heads we are toast come election time. California just went SUPER MAJORITY this term! It is a different electorate, a different evolving country.


10 posted on 11/09/2012 7:09:53 AM PST by Republic Rocker
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Uninspiring! Simply Uninspiring!! Neither McCain nor Romney could capture the imagination of a nation drifting toward moral and financial Armageddon.

For McCain, it was "his turn" at the golden ring, that was his attitude, plus when he said "Obama would be a good president if he wins..". How exciting was that?!... that made us feel content and comfortable.

For Romney, it was, "I turned the olympics around, I've been in business my whole life... Obama's a nice man but he's in over his head". Yah, that's the ticket, that'l grab the masses... it set my mind thinking of the wonder of it all -NOT-.

Nevertheless, I cast my vote for the R-candidates. In retrospect I think, why the hell bother... Let's see, there's always 2016... who will the the Pubbies put up then, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, or how about ol' Jeb, Jeb Bush, he's as well reasoned as any Bush I ever saw... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Tell the Republican party to go to Hell. Then through a third party or no party at all, lets put up a bright conservative candidate.

11 posted on 11/09/2012 7:13:02 AM PST by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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It still comes back to the dichotomy being fought out here in many threads. Since it is obvious that the Republicans LOST this election rather than the Democrats won it, did we lose because
1- we didn’t hew to true conservative principles, run a solid social conservative -pro life, anti homosexual, anti socialized healthcare; IOW embrace Tea Party values or
2- is the American electorate now firmly in the pro abortion, pro gay marriage and pro government subsidized healthcare side of things to a degree that those will NEVER change (any more than we would go back to segregation and depriving women of the vote) and ‘conservatism’ is going to mean strictly fiscal and foreign policy?

As I have always loathed the two party system, I am curious as to what happens; what is obvious is that running flip flopping RINO’s isn’t going to work. People will vote for the Democrat over the RINO, every time.

My personal prognostication is that some form of universal health care is inevitable and that abortion is never going to be illegal in all or nearly all circumstances, regardless of anything that subsequently happens.


12 posted on 11/09/2012 7:15:04 AM PST by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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Sorry, Mona....don’t buy your argument one bit...
Mitch Daniels would have been a loss too.
And it’s the ILLEGALS that I have a problem with and AMNESTY is not the answer....


13 posted on 11/09/2012 7:18:04 AM PST by matginzac
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“It’s very hard to make the economic argument to people who think you want to deport their grandmother.”

If she’s here illegally, she should be deported. Besides, Hispanics vote for Democrats for the handouts, and always will. They are determined to turn the USA into the same corrupt hell holes they came here to escape.


14 posted on 11/09/2012 7:19:06 AM PST by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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[ Immigrants today, legal or not are not EVER going to relate to the rich and wealthy, white haired guy from an upper class background living the mega quality life ]

Doesn’t California have a rich, white, old guy as Governor. Why yes they do. Difference is—he promises to steal money from the producers and give it to the moochers.


15 posted on 11/09/2012 7:25:59 AM PST by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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To: Kaslin

I think many Freepers deserve Obama after watching literally years of anti-Romney ads and editorials on the Free Republic. Many probably didn’t even vote I imagine, out of some misplaced sense of righteous indignation. You couldn’t click on one topic without seeing a Romney bashing ad and statement. The only really bad thing about an Obama win for many Freepers is that they won’t be able to complain about Romney anymore.


16 posted on 11/09/2012 7:28:33 AM PST by Rockwarf (Wally)
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Conservatives and Republicans simply must address Hispanic voters in terms that do not sound hostile.

yeah here we go, the establishment's answer to this election will be to make the republican party even more liberal. It won't be long before Conservatives no longer have any representation in America.

17 posted on 11/09/2012 7:29:09 AM PST by Cubs Fan (Under Obama, American constitutional rights are now subject to muslim approval)
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To: dps.inspect

The ones that should be criticized are the ones that stayed home. Perhaps you was one of them? Otherwise we could have gotten the Senate majority back and would have a chance to remove that arrogant pos from office.


18 posted on 11/09/2012 7:29:49 AM PST by Kaslin (STILL THE ARROGANT LAZY, LYING POS: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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The only really bad thing about an Obama win for many Freepers is that they won’t be able to complain about Romney anymore.

Naw, Romney is already running for 2016.

The GOP didn't learn anything, he will lose again.

The GOP needs to run a Conservative, but that is anathema to their goals.

They would rather lose.

19 posted on 11/09/2012 7:34:14 AM PST by Syncro (The Tea Party is Dead-->MSM/Dems/GOP-e -- LONG LIVE THE TEA PARTY!)
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To: yldstrk

Romney couldn’t beat Obama?

Romney didn’t beat McCain.

Disgraceful. A billion dollar campaign? What did Republicans get for their money?

McCain, 2008 popular vote: 58,319,442

Romney, 2012 popular vote: 58,163,978

That is the biggest fact of this election and no one is talking about it.


20 posted on 11/09/2012 8:18:39 AM PST by gandalftb
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