[Cringing Negativism Network]

Watching Gingrich cuddle with Nancy Pelosi on that couch, and now Jindal huddle in silence after his aide was attacked.

What the GOP is lacking isn't so much principles or an agenda.

What the GOP lacks is anyone willing to stand up for anything.

Palin does, spectacularly.

In Massachusetts last go around, Brown did.

Bachmann sure does.

In Florida, Rubio takes no quarter. And it might be noted, Rubio is making noises to support Romney.

Romney's not perfect, but at least he stands up and pushes back.

More than perhaps anything, that is what the GOP needs most.

Maybe it's time to cut Romney some slack, and support him when he speaks up. Which he does more than some others in the GOP "leadership".

Just a thought.

[DManA]

I’m waiting for Mitt to condemn the atrocity in Mass. started during his governorship. Until I hear it I consider him bash worthy.

[xjcsa]

I used to sort of like Romney, and I still wish I could.

But I can't.

The latest: Romney said that he would KEEP THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE IN OBAMACARE.

[Gator113]

If given the chance, I will vote for Palin.

[SnakeDoctor]

I’m not as hard on Mitt as some around here. I do think he’s probably more conservative than his Massachussetts record appears. The fact that he governed in Massachussetts likely skewed the curve to the left.

That being said, he deserves the hits he takes ... and his performance in Massachussetts, regardless of whether it was pragmatic or ideological, may make him a less-than-desirable candidate to lead the post-tea-party GOP. There are better people out there for the job.

SnakeDoc

[caww]

Not a chance here, Romney supports abortion.

[Vigilanteman]

The best thing to be said about Mitt is the way the mere mention of his name will send the Fred Phelps Funies into a foaming raging hissy fit.

The worst thing to be said about Mitt is that mentioning his name won't give the Fred Phelps Libtards the same reaction in anywhere near the same way that the mention of Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann's name will.

Unfortunately, the later trumpts the former.

Mitt pretty well blew his chances with me when he failed to distance himself from the Massachusetts health care fuster cluck which is already giving us an early warning on how ObamaCare will turn out.

[bray]

Maybe when he says something pro Tea, we can listen to him?

Pray for America

[TFMcGuire]

Maybe it's time to cut Romney some slack, and support him when he speaks up. Which he does more than some others in the GOP “leadership”.

In those famous words of John Wayne, “Not hardly!” Or if you prefer, “That’ll be the day!”

No quarter for Romney. He is making Conservative motions, hoping he'll be rewarded with a treat-—the presidency.

He is a worse RINO than McCain.

He epitomizes the pejorative, Slick politician.

And I haven't been seeing any great stands he is taking for Conservatives even not.

He sticks his finger in the wind and then lopes over to pretend he was at the front of the Conservative crowd all the time.

I knew his dad. And I want no part of him.

The imposter!

[Jewbacca]

Since Mitt just said ObamaCare was wonderful, I’d say it’s time to pile on.

He’s about as conservative as Nancy Pelosi is the Pope.

[LomanBill]

>>Mitt deserves a second look.

Not NO, but HELL NO.

Romney is STILL a phoney, lying, RINO, Political-Chameleon POS.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I have a BRILLIANT idea.........let’s all get behind another frickin’ RINO loser for 2012!

(Will the GOP ever learn?)

[Tennessee Nana]

Put down that Kool Ade and step away from the bar..

[Springfield Reformer]

It’s a matter of trust. How many times do you let someone tell you “I’ve changed, I’m a new man, got it all right now, you can trust me, bla bla bla” In a sense, I don’t blame ambitious, unprincipled people from jumping on a popular bandwagon to get money, power, and fame. That’s sort of a natural phenomenon. </sarc> What really bugs me are all the ordinary people so preoccupied with the ordinary affairs of ordinary life they let people like that get away with it through sheer disinterest. Especially if they look like Superman. After all, Superman must be on our side, right?

But when it really matters to them, do they hire the applicant with a long history of both competence and character, or do they hire based on good looks and the promises made on the morning of the last interview? If they are successful, it is the former, whereas the latter opens you up to be victimized by any snake oil salesman passing through town.

Without a long history of a consistent moral vision, clearly reflected in policy and practiced over a lifetime, there is no basis for trust, and without a rational basis for trust, there can be no true leadership. Mitt looks great and argues well, but he is unqualified to lead. Next applicant please….

[Diogenesis]

When did Romney “stand up”?
Did he “stand up” when Team Romney attacked Gov. Palin and her children
on the eve of Election 2008? I think not.

When did Romney “stand up”?
While Gov.Palin and America were working hard trying to stop ObamaCARE
where was the most-RINO backstabber-in-chief Mitt “I walked with MLK” Romney?

ANSWER: Hiding, sending out his manipulators,
selling his (ghostwritten) book,
helping Gore push the fraud of climate change,
(true to form) attacking the "tea party",
and buying votes in the straw polls.

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MITT ROMNEY EXPOSED BUYING VOTES
NEW ORLEANS -- I spoke to a young female delegate who said she planned to vote for
Romney in the poll. I asked her how she had ended up at the conference.
She said "Evangeli cals for Mitt" had contacted her and offered to pay for her to have a
limited-access ticket -- so long as she agreed to vote for Romney in the straw poll.
Asked how "Evangelicals for Mitt" got her name, she said she didn't know. But she said
that she was on the email list for Romney, and speculated that the Romney team
had given out their email list. “

[WestSylvanian]

Yeah. I don’t hear any other possible presidential candidates like Daniels of Indiana opening his mouth. Santorum has been sounding off, but he’s less of a national figure. Someone with knowledge of how markets and the economy works has more clout than someone who’s been nothing all his life but a politician.

Romney’s Massachusetts healthcare is a disaster but at least he keeps repeating it’s up to the states to decide how they want to reform healthcare. Left wing Massachusetts went for a government controlled option. Romney’s argument has been a true federalist one—don’t impose a national system, let states develop their own plans. He’s never said that he wants to reform healthcare from the top down or impose a national plan like Obamacare.

Do it the federalist way. That enables you to see what works and what doesn’t. And, by the way, Romney has consistently said he opposes amnesty or comprehensive immigration reform. What’s Palin’s stance on that issue? She certainly didn’t buck McCain when she ran with him. She never, to my knowledge, has spoken out on that issue. She said nothing about it in her book.

Sorry. If you’re a Republican with presidential aspirations, I want to know where you stand on illegal immigration and Affirmative Action, and H1B visas. That’s my litmus test for candidates.

[HamiltonJay]

Mitt deserves a second look? Please the man represents everything that is wrong with the party!!

His ineptitude and mishandling is exactly why gay marriage is an issue.

He mandated that people be taxed simply for breathing! That is NOT remotely conservative... This man is a fake, a fraud and needs to go the way of the Dodo and the Awk. He’s welcome to be in the party but there is no way he, or that other schmuck Huckabee have any business being considered for Presidential candidates.

Mitt not only is a schmuck, but he’s a lying schmuck who tries to portray his liberal actions as somehow the heir to Reagan conservatism, the man is a fraud and a liar.

[Congressman Billybob]

Mitt Romney deserves a second look the very day that Obamacare deserves a second look. Here's my thinking: MassachusettsCare, passed when Mitt was Governor and supported it, is showing the same failures that are predicted for ObamaCare. Higher costs, higher medical premiums, and rationing of care.

Romney would kick away any criticism of ObamaCare. And as of how, that is the biggest and most effective issue the Republicans have,

Congressman Billybob

Don't Tread On Me (9/12 photo and poster)"

The Boy Who Talked About Violence

[texmexis best]

Mitt has many problems and Mittcare is the biggest. He also took only 11 states in the last Prez race and I suspect that he will not do as well in the next race.

I am not sure why he is being pushed so hard by the RNC. They need to take a hard look at the guy and his ability to win. I just don’t think he has it.

And I have no interest in his Mittcare.

[myself6]

GET THIS THROUGH YOUR F’ING THICK ASS SKULLS...

NEVER MITT!

NEVER MCCAIN!

NEVER RINO!

NEVER AGAIN!

I don’t know of any more clear way to state it. The word NEVER has a meaning and the meaning is very very clear. If you and others still cant grasp that we mean what we F’ing say then you are HOPELESS!!!

[GenXteacher]

Nope. If I wanted to vote for a Democrat, I’d vote for a Democrat, not a Democrat who pretends to be a Republican. Just say no to Northeastern gun-grabbing liberals....