Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
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Posted on 04/09/2012 8:06:05 AM PDT by mitchell001
Since Newt Gingrich is talking teamwork and cooperation with Romney & Santorum to defeat Obama, would Jim Robinson and conservative Free Republic people join me in accepting and pushing a Romney-Gingrich ticket. Frankly, I bristle at the mention of Romney-Nicki Halley or other RINO tickets. Personally, Romney would be very smart to put conservatives at the table of his campaign and administration team. Newt is so passionate about Big Ideas, reform and he knows how to push the levers of Congress. Mitt Romney can be a good president, however, with Newt on his team, Mitt Romney could be a great president. We need Gingrich's brains and political skill on the ticket and in the administration.
no....
Even if Palin was on the ticket, which she is way too smart to do, the answer is NO!
“Why would Gingrich want to become toady to a liberal?”
Because Newt has a $4.5 million campaign debt that he would like to have Mittens help him pay off? Do I get a prize?
A Romney/Fill In The Blank ticket would be at least slightly better...and perhaps even *noticeably* better than an Osama Obama/Christ Almighty Himself ticket.Not that Osama would ever agree to run with such a racist/bigogt/homophobe.
To be fair, though, it IS pretty hard to find a real reason to support Willard Romney the open socialist. Party-line Republicans keep up the drumbeat because they’re afraid to step outside their bubble and consider fighting for actual change.
Telling people to vote for Romney because of his VP is like trying to get someone to buy a totaled car because you put a new air freshener in it.
Garnish is not the issue. The plateful of toxins is.
I have never said I won’t vote for Romney. But count me undecided. I am going to listen to him during the campaign. If he convinces me he will work within the principles I hold dear then he will get my vote. If not he won’t.
I think we may be beyond politics now. The coming struggle won’t be political.
Oh, and I could not possibly care less who his VP is.
Newt would be better than Rubio. But Newt may be best used elsewhere. VP is kind of a joke. Look at Biden.
If true that would make Osama Obama & Friends so giddy they'd probably celebrate by firing up another crack pipe.
Let’s face it. ALMOST any ticket would be acceptable to me if it meant defeating Obama.
Much as I would REALLY like to see Gingrich there, I can’t imagine Romney wanting him there.
“I think a Romney/Gingrich ticket makes about as much sense as an Obama/Clinton ticket.”
LOL! True. Kind of. I think life insurance companies would still be willing to cover Willard though.
Romney will not pick a conservative for his VP. He’ll pick another mushy moderate and he’ll argue that he wants a better matched ticket than McCain-Palin was.
Romney is a liberal.
If Gingrich were to accept the VP spot, I would be extremely disappointed in a man I admire and it would make no difference, Romney would still be a liberal.
I will be voting for James A. Garfield. He had the best beard of any candidate, was authentically a genius and a war hero, and, best of all, won’t embarrass us by chasing interns around the Oval Office.
agreed... but on a personal note, i will not sign off (vote) on a candidate who’s goal is the destruction of this country, weather they have a d or an r after their name... the time has come, the time is now... no more friggin socialists ever.....once again, my name will not be associated with any kind of socialist, marxist, big government type or communist regardless of the letter after their name. I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils ( if you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting for evil ).....
If Romney gets the nomination and the anti-Mormons refuse to vote or vote 3rd party we will have Obama, his controllers and his posse in the White House indefinitely. Nice.
But if Newt was VP and if Romney had to step down for any reason, things could get interesting.
I could see Myth as a member of Newts administration.
He could be the new Car Tsar. He’s from Michigan, and he looks (and sounds) like a used car salesman.
Yea... That’s the ticket.
I don’t think Gingrich would help the ticket politically (i.e., in winning electoral votes), so I don’t look for that to happen.
No.
I was excoriated from the top on down for speculating on this a few months back. I guess things are changing..
These disasters are not screwups; they are part of a carefully orchestrated plot to dismantle capitalism and our Constitutional Republic.
If I had a medical emergency, was unconscious, and needed my airway to be opened mechanically, I would “accept” EMS forcing a breathing tube down my throat, because it would be better than the alternative, and anyway, I’d have no choice.
Ditto Romney being shoved down my throat. The son of a bitch makes me more than uncomfortable, but I have no choice and he is probably better than the alternative.
That’s about how I feel.
Depressingly similar to 2008, actually.
I’m not voting for any ticket that has Romney top or bottom. Will happily support any combination of Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Palin, Gingrich, Santorum, Rubio, Ryan, Walker, DeMint, et al, that does not hook up with Romney.
FUMR!! NO MORE RINOS!!
631 posted on 10/15/2011 7:28:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
Again, I am dismayed with the winner of the primary elections. Again, I wonder how the winner got to be so. That said, ANYONE in my estimation will be light years better than who we have in office now. The question isn’t if Romney can beat Obama... the fact of the matter is, Romney HAS to beat Obama.
No. Romney is not acceptable. Romney signed an assault weapons ban, inaugurated gay marriage, and Romneycare. These actions belie any words that he would say, or his supporters would say. The excuse that he did these things out of political expediency indicates that he is a man of no principles. Romney is not a clear alternative to Obama, and if nominated that is a clear sign that the GOP is willing to accept socialism as the future of the US. If I vote for Romney that’s what I’m endorsing, and I am not doing it. In May I’m going to polls, and I’m going to vote for Newt, Santorum, or even Ron Paul, but not Romney. In the fall, I’ve got some people downticket I am going to support- conservative Republicans, naturally. But Romney, no.
That’s right. I think the GOP wants to destroy the TEA party, and this is their vehicle. Only a successful 3rd party bid that destroys the GOP will turn things around.
Sadly, we conservatives have two enemies to defeat; the RATS and the GOP.
Romney-Cheney vs Obama-Hillary!™...
Any ticket including Romney is another 4 years of obama, guarnteed!!!
Oh, and I am NOT voting for Romney..never was. But the thrashing I got for having the temerity to suggest Newt would be better off elswhere appears to be absent on this thread. I wonder if it is my handle?
Oh, and I am NOT voting for Romney..never was. But the thrashing I got for having the temerity to suggest Newt would be better off elswhere appears to be absent on this thread. I wonder if it is my handle?
In light of the success of the great state of Texas and the war on guns which is on the horizon, I recommend putting Governor Rick Perry on the ticket.
I am confident that Free Republic will remain an anti-leftist, pro-life and pro-freedom site, to the disappointment of Gauleiters and Commissars everwhere.
Not to this conservative
A PALIN/WEST TICKET is a great choice - with Newt in a prominent Cabinet position.
West could be learning the 'ropes' for the future & we need to start building a strong Conservative back-up crew for the future.
The current GOP as it is now is turning Conservatives off & there may come a time that we will have to form our own Conservative party or be slaves to the GOP/RAT parties forever.
Acceptable? No. Will I hold my nose. Probably. (rolls eyes). It’ll be painful.
>> But many evangelical Christians will vote 3rd party rather than vote Romney <<
Sure, but probably fewer than you think, at least in the eleven “swing” states.
Now if we think about a state-by-state breakdown, I suggest that the big anti-Mormon bloc on the conservative side is in states like SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, OK, KS, WV, etc. But the GOP is bound to carry these states ANYWAY, so they don’t need to enter the analytical picture.
In the meantime, the BIGGEST group of anti-Mormon voters is not among conservative Christians. No, it’s clearly on the left side of the political spectrum, because (among other things) the liberals and “progressives” aren’t going to forget about the Mormons’ huge anti-homosexual-marriage campaigns in California and other states. But these voters are mostly concentrated in leftwing places that the GOP can’t carry under any circumstances — NY, IL, MA, VT, CA, OR, WA, etc. So again, here we have a group of states that don’t need to enter the analytical picture.
On the other hand, Christian evangelical anti-Mormons might or might not be an important factor in critical swing states like VA, FL, OH, WI and PA. Win those states and Romney wins the election. So that’s where the surveys and the polls and the analytical gurus need to be looking for anti-Mormon trends among evangelicals.
“I’ll be voting Libertarian this year. I don’t agree with everything the LP’s support, but at least they support limited government.”
Constitution Party for me, but my sister will be joining you. Usually we both vote Republican, and I always have. Not this time, if Willard is the best the RNC will allow.
If you vote Libertarian, you will be helping to re-elect Obama.
Assuming Romney is the noiminee, the Socialist tratiors within the Republican party have already given the White House to the radical, left-wing, socialist, gun-grabbing, pro-homosexual agenda, pro-abortion, pro-socialized medicine, anti-Christian, pro-illegal wing of our country. Obama vs. Romney will not decide whether or not an anti-American, Anti-Christian Socialist is POTUS, only WHICH anti-American, Anti-Christian Socialist is.
At least Obama will ruin our nation in the name of Liberalism and the Democrat party. Romney would do it in the name of “Conservatism” and the Republican party. A Romney presidency could be the death of Conservatism, and at the very least would severely damage its reputation for decades.
Besides that, I’d feel like a racist if I voted for Mitt over Barry, as they stand for the same things and have very similar records.
No. No Republican ticket with Romney at the top gets my vote.
Palin’s the one liberal elites hate the most - she’s be the best choice.
Would you eat a $hit sandwich if sugar was sprinkled over it?
“... the VP is meaningless unless the POTUS dies.”
Not necessarily true. Bush said that Cheney had influence in his administration.
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