I thought Romney was an awful candidate, but I think JR did the right thing by finally deciding it was ABO, and that was one of the things that convinced me to vote for Romney. I think more people (you libertarians know who you are) should have voted for Romney, because he would have been nowhere near as bad as Obama is going to be in the next four years.
The other thing that made me vote for Romney was Ryan...who it appears was immediately muzzled by the Romney campaign. Fat lot of good that did - I did it this time, but I’m not doing it again: I’m not voting for VP.
We’ve got to do this differently next time around, people. Even the odious Peggy Noonan thought it sucked, and if she, the ur-liberal, wasn’t on board, I know the GOP-e program is in serious trouble. Mutiny on the Bounty.
I live in the DC area and find it strange that the number of Obama bumper stickers has seemingly gone up five fold since the election. I drive around a lot and always look for bumper stickers and today I was overwhelmed by the number of stickers I saw. It is like a bunch of queers suddenly coming out of the closet.
That's one of the longest butt kissing sentences I have ever read in my life....Truly epic!
I hope you had plenty of chap-stick......
We lost because the media is against us and convinced the takers that Romney wouldn’t give them free stuff.
Jim was correct. But it was the R party primaries that selected Gov. Romney (and most people thought his choice of Sen. Ryan was a pretty good one, too). Some of the other R candidates got torpedoed almost overnight, rather than running the course and seeing which one was the most popular. So, that is an issue — how do we prevent such things from happening in future so that we are really permitted a choice of all R candidates? Second issue for the future: is Ronald Reagan’s “11th commandment” worth reviewing and, perhaps, resurrecting — at least in some measure or form, so that the R candidates do not form a circular firing squad and, basically, torpedo the eventual nominee from within the R party itself? (And how could any such policy be enforced if, say, one or two primary candidates were to violate it next time? If it can’t be enforced then maybe it is not worth a lot of time to debate?
Just asking. I regret I do not have answers...but I bet some people here DO....so have at it please....
Meanwhile, alas, let’s all see if we can somehow help USA survive the next 4 years .....
So after Mitt was chosen all republicans should have chosen Obama?
Is that you Rachael Maddow?
So true, I remember all those people quiting because during the primary we wouldn’t allow attacks on other canidates and Romney Propaganda.
I still don’t think the GOP have learned their lesson, I think the GOP might have finally jumped their last shark.
Unfortunitly we need these weak kneed republicans to hold the line in the house to ensure that freedom holds in this country.
I say to you fellow freepers, what is more important. Your paper currency and the theft of others labor for your benefit or the freedom to live your life without threat, coercion, or limitations on your liberty??
Right - Jim Robinson and several million others refused to vote for Romney.
And we now have Mr. Obama. Aren’t you all pleased?
what’s the point of your post?
your happy we got stuck with obama because of huge vote fraud, and 2ndly because some did not vote.
a true conservative will not win for many years to come. face it.
No question that Romney was the weakest candidate of the 9 who started out. Yet, he ran a good campaign and should have won. The Monday Morning Quartermasters are all so wise now, it is scary. The know-it-alls! Yet, I do recall that as many were predicting way back when that Romney, the Weakest would lose, others were predicting the same about Newt the Strongest and about everyone of those others. I suspect that Newt and those others would have lost this year as well. You can argue, but we’ll never know. Romney didn’t lose because he’s a RINO, he lost because of the division in the country, because of the class envy and resentment, guilt about some idiocy called “racism”, because of misinformation, because of ignorance of the voters voting against their own best interests.
Thanks for posting lbryce. I was trying to find the time to set down to compose such a congratulatory message as yours myself. I think ya done good.
We could have had Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann or Rick Santorum or newt Gingrich. Tons better! But no we had the worst guy on the field...Flip-Flop Mitt and nobody liked him.
Are you blaming Jim for other people’s stupid ideas? Just because woman in the GOP voted for Mitt does not mean Jim was wrong.
Alone among political observers of weight did Jim Robinson berate Romney as the wrong choice — JR has more brains in his little finger than the whole of the GOP.