Free Republic has been had ever since a general ban on Mitt Romney promotions was enacted.
Mittbot FReepers pretended to be for any candidate except Mitt in order to smear those who most threatened Mitt.
First they said they were for Palin and then Perry and Cain all the while (except for a few token attempts to protect their disguises) bashing the other candidates EXCEPT Mitt.
Then when JR came out for Gingrich--meaning over zealous Newt critics risked the dreaded Zot-- they found their perfect cover—they let Mitt destroy Newt with his millions while they went after Rick—all the while claiming to be Newt people.
And now that no amount of Santorum bashing can help the hapless Newt the only real purpose the attacks are having is in helping Mitt...
...the freaking plan all along...Mitt Romney is one evil genius, I'll give him THAT much--oh, and a convention where Mitt does NOT come out the winner? You will see the Second Coming first.
I resemble that remark!
I guess I’m one of those people who was thinking Rick Perry or Herman Cain would make a good candidate. This was prior to Rick’s poor performance in the first several debates. He performed well in the last couple in which he was involved, but by then it was too late. And, we’ll leave unmentioned the indiscretions that caused Herman to withdraw.
I was also hopeful with regard to Gary Johnson, but his style was shown to be not dynamic enough for national office.
How Rick Santorum became “the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney,” is something of a mystery to me. But, if I may venture a possible reason: the line-up of the states is strange: First, the Iowa caucuses which have always been screwy; then, New Hampshire, where Mitt had a big advantage; then, S.C., where Newt had a big advantage. Plus, what about Newt’s performances, back-to-back, in the S.C. debates?
I don’t know if the order of these initial contests can or should be changed, but I think the process got started way too early, and Iowa and New Hampshire and the rest need to be moved back.
If the process doesn’t start so early, somebody who has the potential to form a national organization could compete with somebody who had been putting his organization into place since the prior election.
As it is, the conservative side wound up with a pipsqueek of a candidate.
Do you drink that neat or on the rocks?