You make a valid point.
I wonder why the GOP elite didn't think of it before pushing the lying, etch-a-sketch, liberal down our throats.
Or did they?
I have a different take. I think Romney was pushed deliberately to take the tea party down. This was telegraphed when the party elites not only failed to promote several tea party candidates in 2010, but actually opposed them. Mr. Rove's words about O'Donnell, told me all I needed to know about the GOP elite and that is they are not on the same team we are.
The GOP elite purposely pushed the most liberal candidate they thought they could win. Now, Mr. Rove's words may come back to haunt him. You got him nominated, now get him elected.
I wonder why the GOP elite didn’t think of it before pushing the lying, etch-a-sketch, liberal down our throats.
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When are FReepers on here going to quit blaming the GOP elite for the Conservative demise of the 2012 Primary Season? It’s our, The Conservatives, fault. We have to take most of the blame for ONCE AGAIN, ending up with a RINO nominee. Let me explain why?
Where are the “good” Conservative Candidates? We don’t have that many to begin with, but: Where was Jim DeMint, Paul Ryan, Sarah Palin, et. al...... I’ll cut Sarah some slack because her family has already pulled a hitch in hell. But, why did none of the “good” Conservatives, who would have been electable, even get into the race? And the wack jobs we did get, had such friggin’ egos, they could not coalesce around one Conservative and the RINO ended up wining, Primary after Primary, by a plurality. Finally it winnows down to the Final Four: Kook-Daddy and the Three Stooges.
Why did the friggin’ Tea Party not ENDORSE one Conservative candidate? Because they’re as splintered as the rest of the Conservatives are. Hell, look how divisive the people on this website are: Many hate Romney, many hate Newt, many hate Santorum. People called for Newt to drop out. Well, Rick had RINO-Rom practically all to himself in MI, IL, OH, and Puerto Rico and got his butt handed to him.
So, when are we gonna quit blaming the GOP Elite because we haven’t learned a friggin’ thing from past Primary Seasons. We keep running the same cycle.... over and over and over and over....... Just damn!!!
I had not thought about your idea that the GOP elites wanted to shrink the tent and get the Tea Party out. But now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense.
Progressive/Liberal GOPe don't let a crisis go to waste either. Many here predicted exactly what we are witnessing, we never had a voice in this campaign. The ABO screed was really popular here and among our spokespeople, so there was no reason for the GOPe to even consider a real conservative.
We are supposed to warm up to Mittens after he is appointed. They have underestimated the sh#tstorm that the dems are prepared to unleash after that happens.
God help us, for we have no friends in the GOPe.