Cruz: Tea party ‘overwhelmingly’ behind Romney

The Washington Times ^ | August 5, 2012 | Sean Lengell

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ted Cruz, who rode a tea party wave to win the Texas Republican Senate nomination last week, said Sunday the movement will “overwhelmingly” support Mitt Romney in the November presidential election.

Mr. Cruz said tea party activists will rally in defense of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee because they’re “energized” to defeat President Obama.

“I have spoken with literally thousands and thousands of tea party activists, and I have yet to met a single tea party leader that is not going to vote for Mitt Romney and work hard for him,” Mr. Cruz said on Fox News Sunday.

“Our country is in crisis, and we’ve got to stop this Obama agenda if we’re going to preserve opportunity for our kids and grandkids.”(continued)

[Parley Baer]

“Ain’t gonna happen, so scram!”

Please expound on what you mean by “scram”.

[Norm Lenhart]

ABO ‘common “DENSE”’: “Liberalism destroyed America. Let’s elect another one President”

[Zhang Fei]

“The radicals here on FR won’t.” I am convinced the great majority of those who post anti-Mitt will in the end recognize the gravity of our situation and will vote Mitt in November. Its too easy to make outlandish remarks anonymously and to vote right when no one will know.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. Freepers are .025% of web traffic. Obama won by 6% in 2008. Pro or con, freepers won't decide the outcome of 2012. This is a pretty good forum for airing and batting around conservative arguments that the mainstream conservative magazines won't touch with a barge pole. However, I wouldn't get too het up about it one way or the other. We don't decide elections, except in coalition with the vast majority of people who don't follow politics at all.

[Parley Baer]

Well if we are liberal supporters than you are a Marxist supporter using your logic.

[jimsin]

'You radicals that hate Romney are irrational, but that's your belief and you have every right to be wrong.'

Radical and Wacko to man, Alaska....Annie Coulter the best brain around gave the best reasons to back MITT a long time ago....repeating them to these dingys is like talkin' to the dry wall. I've got a sack of door knobs in my shed smarter than these doofusus...bwhahaahah ....

They can't seem grasp Ann's genius and practicality...or what really amounts to her Stone Common Sense....sooooo listen up small grasshoppers....as once again we take you by your handsies and 'splain to you what's goin on... ...it's called 'Gull the Indies 101'...follow along it's easy if you try..... Clearly Ann is right on target when she rightly points out……to win in November we must win over a number of Independents and Mitt scares them less than either Newt or Santorum …she intelligently makes 2 other prescient arguements… There are 2 crucial issues in this election and they are crucial because if we lose on them... the damage done to America CANNOT be undone….. this nation will be changed forever. The question IS as ANN clearly points out.... which candidate has the best stance on both of these 2 issues. And the question also is which candidate scares indepenents less making it possible to get their votes and thus to get a conservative into office in the first place. ON each of the 2 critical issues Mitt clearly has the best stances he also has the best chance of culling indepedents in numbers large enough get him elected..... The 2 issues are: 1. OBAMACARE…if OBAMACARE is allowed to continue forth people will get more and more used to some of the ‘treats’ it contains…...as that happens Obamacare will not be able to be overturned and AMERICA WILL FOREVER BE CONDEMNED TO FOLLOW A SOCIALIST PATH……therefore it is crucial that we elect the man most likely to deep six obamacare….CLEARLY THAT MAN IS MITT ROMNEY.. On Mitt’s website he pledges, on his first day in office to write immediate Obamacare waivers. They will be extended to each of the 50 states thereby rendering it inert. Then he pledges to work for Obamacare's complete repeal. 2nd CRUCIAL ISSUE 2. Immigration ….if amnesty in any form goes forth its just a matter of time before America becomes CALIFORNIA. Amnesty is SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE UNDONE AND WILL FOREVER CHANGE AMERICA… if it is adopted…. HERE MITT'S STANCE is AGAIN CLEARLY THE BEST ONE... MITT'S stance?.....NO AMNESTY...... illegals here are ousted and must apply for citizenship according to extant immigration laws....psssst thats not rocket science folks... (Newt has some mixed up red card guest worker scheme that will fade into general amnesty soon after it’s clumsyness is initiated) Finally, many fear that Mitt waivers on some things and that he is not as conservative as they would like.....but Ann points out that Mitt listens and shows willingness to be influenced and after November, when we have captured both houses of congress...it will be not a difficult thing to bring him around to conplete conservative compliance.

[Signalman]

THE BIG LIE:

Mitt Romney is pro-abortion. No, he is not.

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/values

[EternalVigilance]

You radicals that hate Romney are irrational

It's hard to find a Romney supporter who doesn't hate Romney, or one who agrees with much of any part of his public record.

And you call us "irrational"?

LOL...that's an eleven on an irony scale of ten.

[Norm Lenhart]

I’m voting for a conservative. You are voting for a liberal. Which of the two are ‘closer to marxism and which voter is closer to supporting it?

Try to use basic reasoning. You really look stupid with that statement.

[StAnDeliver]

I see the Freetard Mitten Derangement crew is in glorious [gin] bloom tonight...

[Parley Baer]

Oh I don’t know. Looks to me like part of Romney plan is to create jobs starting with energy and the Keystone Pipeline.

So basically you are saying there is no difference between Mitt and Obama as they are both liberals. I can’t believe you really believe that. You are being intellectually dishonest.

[central_va]

MDspinboyredux needs to split from Free Republic.

IBTZ

[datura]

Ronald Reagan wasn’t conservative enough either at the time.

How’d that work for us?

Since your path is the only true way to be a conservative - at least in your mind - who are you going to vote for on the presidential ticket?

Let’s hear it.

[Norm Lenhart]

And you are a BIG LIAR. His personal donations to Planned Barrenhood and his laws signed show he is in support. What he says now matters not a whit.

[Artcore]

As Rush says: Those of us who've decided to vote for the GOP Primary Winner are living in “Realville.” For most of us, Romney was not our first choice. For me, he was my last choice, but he is indeed the GOP Primary winner. And whatever he is, he isn't a Marxist who has as his mission the desire to destroy our nation as founded. Are you going to seriously sit here and tell us Romney would dis all of our historic allies like Israel and Great Britain, while embracing our sworn enemies like Obama has? Trying to equate Romney and Obama just makes you guys look unhinged and kooky.

Oh, and you anti-Romney types “are what you are”: Obama supporters. If you can label us, we can label you. Obama thanks you for your support.

[Finny]

One would think that if this was true, there would be no need to tell people about it.

Yep.

[Signalman]

I go by what he says now. So Screw You!

[EternalVigilance]

Mitt Romney’s default position on abortion is a judicial supremacist one. In other words, abortion on demand. He thinks courts make our laws, and that everyone must bow to them, even when they violate the Constitution and the people’s rights in the worst possible ways.

He compounds his gross error by denying the first principle of the republic, that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with the unalienable right to life. He says the right to life should be left to a vote. In other words, he is, by definition, a pro-choice democrat.

And last but not least, he thinks states should be able to decide to alienate the supreme right if they want to.

I repeat: He always has been, and remains, a pro-choice democrat.

[Tennessee Nana]

No one depicts Romney as Savior—
_______________________________________

Oh gollies...

Willard does...

Hes told us many times that he “saved” the Olympics and to please let him “save” the United States...

But theres at least one big catch...

The way Willard was the “savior” of the 2002 Winter Olympics was to spend 50% again of our tax money as much as the guys originally running the show were spending...

When Willard was through he had spent 1.5 BILLION in 3 years..

Much of it on “stimulus” type frills for his cronies and not on the Olympics...

To “save” the US the same way Willard would have to increase our national debt by TRILLIONS more than Obama has it now...

Right now the national debt is $16 TRILLION..

If its the same in January and IF Willard was to win the White house by the time he left in 2017 he will have added another $8 TRILLION to our debt...at the least..

I owe the government $140,000 right now for my share..

Willard would make it $220,000 or more...

My “savior” he isnt...

Nor is he the3 “savior” of my country...

Though he likes to think he is...

[Norm Lenhart]

Palin. You can join me in voting for a conservative or join liberals in voting for a liberal. Your choice.

Live with it.

[Signalman]

Go vote for Obama and be done with it.

[Finny]

He should say "vote for Virgil Goode, because nothing says Dem win like a Clintonian plurality"

And nothing says "Republican Revolution" and "impeachment" like a Clintonian plurality.

I'll be praying for a plurality, and voting for one, too.

[Norm Lenhart]

When he tells you that Christians must accept homosexuals remember your current position.

My, my...such anger. I know supporting libs is stressful and makes you lose control of rational discourse, but no thanks. Besides, you didn’t buy me dinner first.

[Timber Rattler]

They would rather see America turned into a communist third world $hithole before they would vote against their “principles” (regardless of the consequences to those “principles” in a second Obama term).

So you have no principles, eh?

[Parley Baer]

“Try to use basic reasoning. You really look stupid with that statement.”

Precisely. There was no reasoning behind your statement and I came back at you with one just as absurd. I take it you are voting for Goode in Virginia. If not who? So how many states is Goode running in? What chance does he have of turning this country around in the next for years. The answer is none.

At least there is a chance with Mitt. If Obama gets in for another for years that could very well put this country over the edge that will take a very long time to recover if ever. We are coming up on $16 billion is debt but I guess things like that don’t bother you. I guess people out of work does not bother you. I guess people losing their life savings does not bother you.

[rbmillerjr]

“I always wondered what those Paulbots would do when they had to admit he didn’t have a chance.”

The several that I know are doing an illiterate blackmail strategy.

They are telling Romney people they can’t win without his 5 percent support, and they won’t vote for Romney, and they DEMAND that Romney voters vote for Paul........or else.

They may be the dumbest politicos to ever have walked the face of the earth.

[no-to-illegals]

Could you expand on the word fun? This one ain't fun (imho).

[no-to-illegals]

My undying respect 2ndDivisionVet.

[Signalman]

Well Norm, I’m not a Christian. I am though, a Zionist Jew, and I am very rational. I’m rational enough to realize that 4 more years of the Kenyan Marxist will be a disaster from which this nation will not recover for generation. And since Romney WILL be the nominee, I don’t think there’s much choice in this matter, votewise.

[datura]

Put her on the ticket and I would not only vote for her, but work for her campaign in any way I could.

Until she appears on the national ticket and has a real shot at unseating Obama and his politburo I will be forced to vote for whoever has a chance to do that. Writing her in won’t help us get rid of the enemy.

Too many years in the Infantry - you shoot the closest threat first and then move to the next one. Obama is the embodiment of everything I served and fought AGAINST while in uniform.

Romney was my LAST choice.

[BurningOak]

I think Obama pisses people off to such an extent, that the Tea Party would be lining up behind Michael Moore if he ran against him...

[Finny]

I’m old enough now to know the destructiveness of holding your nose at election time.

People have to hold their noses because Romney STINKS. When something stinks so bad you have to hold your nose, it's nature's way of telling you that that "something" is either toxic or rotten. Ignoring your wise, faithful nose is a mistake.

I'm voting for a plurality -- the last time a liberal Democrat was elected to the presidency on a plurality, he got impeached. The time before that a liberal Democrat was elected to the presidency on a plurality, he got hammered by the Republican Revolution and was forced to move right. Seeing as how we're going to end up with a liberal Democrat president whether it's Obama or Romney, the best bet is to vote for a plurality. And the only way to do that is to vote third party.

People, HEED YOUR NOSE. As Snoopy said, "The eye can be deceived, but the nose knows."

[StAnDeliver]

"It's hard to find a Romney supporter who doesn't hate Romney"

Yeah, that's the kind of absurd non sequitur I want in a President...

[MDspinboyredux]

Nice. So you’re part of the FR “thought crimes unit”?

So, exactly how are you different than the Left again?

[datura]

My principles are to defend this nation against all enemies - both foreign and domestic.

Obama is clearly an enemy of America. Romney is many things - no he’s not a conservative - but he is no enemy of America.

Your principles are different than those?

[Norm Lenhart]

You have no clue. My God. You are voting for a liberal and calling it conservative, then trashing conservatives for sticking and voting for what they believe in.

There is nothing absurd in what I said. It’s 100% true and factual. Does VOTING FOE A LIBERAL not set off warning buzzers in your head?

[Tennessee Nana]

Im not the one pushing the liberal...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

RomneyBots get angry...

[presently no screen name]

because as a Christian we are called to love our neighbor as ourselves

Why did you leave out - TO HATE EVIL as God does?

until Romney convinces me that a person like me can fit in his “world” I am holding fire.

What part of Mormonism do you WANT to fit in? What part of a cult leader do you think is honest? His master is satan, satan is the father of LIES/LIARS. You want 'convincing' from evil?

Speaking of fire - if the fire was turned up 7x hotter would you be convinced to bow? Read Daniel to see what TRUE Christians went through and NEVER would bow. And Who was in the furnace with them?

And as Christians did they feel they had to love the king that was so good to them - after all, they were taught to love one another. NOPE! Never entered their mind to bow - as they were God focused so they NEVER bowed.

This election is separating the wheat from the chaff, IMO It is showing OURSELVES what is really is stronger inside - good or evil. God already knows. Do we believe HIM like the 3 men in the furnace? He always shows up when there is total belief - which means 'no doubt'. So let anything crumble - it doesn't matter as God ALWAYS protects His own and anyone bowing to evil is not His own!

[Tennessee Nana]

Make them buy you dinner at Chick-fil-A

;)

[central_va]

Screw you. At least I am not voting for a progressive this fall.

IBTZ

[SoConPubbie]

JR is every bit as irrational about Romney as pissant was about Sarah Palin.

Hey, if you're going to bad-mouth someone, at least have the courage to ping them and not talk behind their back.

[presently no screen name]

Go for it - he feeds on nothing but evil!

[Timber Rattler]

If your choice would have garnered the support, he/she would have been the nominee.

Wrong! We had NO choice from the GOP-E.

Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin

Now that the GOP-E has made its bed, it can lie in it.

[X-spurt]

Of course you are right, BUT considering what America could be up against, we need every conservative voting NO to nobama. Take no chances.

[Norm Lenhart]

Finny, here’s the reality. An ABOer is no different than abused wife.

“This time will be different. He’s a good man. He just gets ...upset with me sometimes.”

And the GOP will NEVER do anything but abuse conservative voters.

[Finny]

You're very far out in left field if you think that hate has anything to do with many of our rejection of Romney, and you're absolutely irrational if you think Romney is anything but a liberal Democrat registered as a Republican. Either that, or you have never seriously considered his record.

We HAVE, and it is because of his RECORD, not because of "hate," that we reject him.

The irrational folks are the ones who are ignoring every instinct in their bones that is telling them Romney stinks, and voting for a stone-cold liberal original author of ObamaCare anyway out of sheer fear of a skinny America-hating fraud.

[central_va]

we need every conservative voting NO to nobama. Take no chances.

What is this we crap? Is that turd in your pocket your best friend?

[MDspinboyredux]

Unfortunately, you are.

You just don’t seem to realize it.

[Timber Rattler]

Mitt Romney is pro-abortion. No, he is not.

[Kudsman]

And how are you obeying HIM when you vote for a candidate who is AGAINST traditional marriage and PRO ABORTION and a KNOWN LIAR? Satan is the master of LIARS!

This is some of the reasons I will not be voting for Mr. Obama. Nor will I do anything that eases his reelection.

When some political party has as it's nominee a pro life and marriage candidate, (redundant IMO), we will be joyful. In the book of Hebrews,toward the end of the letter, is an exhortation to the faithful. You are right, we should not fear that if Mr. Romney would lead, he also will be called to account. Let us pray he fulfills his tasks with joy should he become elected.

The more upright we can make the legislature as well, the better. I say thank you to Mr. Cruz. This needs to be said when a leader does good. Maybe more often than the doubt and vitriol.

[central_va]

The best way I heard it put was like this:

I'm not voting for a liberal because you are scared of a Obama.