Just like Obama would be this:
(If anyone knows how to photoshop the Obama "O" onto that let me know.)
Cheers!
Posted on 06/18/2011 11:38:24 PM PDT by techno
Mitt Romney is the man to beat for the GOP nomination because he has the money and fundraising prowess, the backing of the GOP establishment, the recent embrace of his candidacy by the media (according to Rush Limbaugh "He's now their guy"), his ducks in a row, the next-in-line meme and an insurmountable lead in the national polls over the field except for Sarah Palin to give him good reason to think he will be anointed the next GOP nominee. Romney is so confident of his current position in the catbird seat that he told Piers Morgan in a recent interview he plans to take off most of the summer (till Labor Day) and later we all found out Romney is skipping the Ames Straw poll in Iowa in the middle of August.
As for the media (including journolists, MSM pollsters and bloggers) that has now gone "all in" for Romney despite prior misgivings on Romneycare and Mitt's flip-flopping past, most of its members first get all their marching orders and talking points from the Obama WH or the GOP establishment and secondly understand the role it is playing in unveiling diversionary tactics, straw men or smoke and mirrors to cover up the premise that the GOP presidential race is and will become until the end of the race a two-person showdown between Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin once she enters the race. In other words they are going to try to convince you 2+2= 5.
And that is the one idea that the media absolutely refuses to acknowledge or even hint at for public consumption and it is even taboo to bring it up anywhere where voters congregate or get their news.
Instead what the media is now attempting to do is to create contra-narratives that prevent the GOP primary voters from learning the truth about the lay of land where the GOP presidential race now stands and will unfold in the future and have them believe false or exaggerated narratives that have no basis in reality or little chance of being brought to fruition. The ultimate goal of the media is to keep as many GOP primary voters in the dark and estranged from Sarah Palin's tent as possible.
Here are 10 narratives that the media is attempting to shove down the throats of unsuspecting voters so that they never learn the truth of or remain blind to the realistic probability of a Romney-Palin showdown or even consider the possibility when they are in the process of making their decision whom to support in the primaries.
1)Denying Sarah Palin will enter the race. How can there be a showdown at the OK Corral if one member of the duel is still on the sidelines? And the media refuses to make any link between The Undefeated and the looming possibility of a Palin run.
2)Romney is NOT all that formidable and actually a paper tiger. Today on the Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer asked John King about Romney's chances to secure the nomination given he was doing well in the polls. King proceeded to downplay Romney's position and to portray Romney as weak as a kitten (my words), that the polls were in a state of flux, that Romney still had flaws and therefore the race was wide open.
This reminded me of when Bill Belichick of the NE Patriots in his weekly news conference adopts the strategy of downplaying his team's chances to prevail while elevating the opposition, while reporters know the Patriots are in the catbird seat against most teams.
3)The media promotion or build-up of candidates like Jon Huntsman but ignoring the fact that Huntsman is only polling 2% in the polls, while Romney is averaging close to 25% in support. That's like trying to claim with a straight face that the 200th ranked golfer in the world has a really good shot at winning a major. Mitt Romney is quaking in his boots thinking about the prospective candidacy of Jon Huntsman. Yea, right!
4) Not reporting on the current state of the horse race (recent national polls of GOP contenders) that show Sarah Palin as the only candidate within striking distance of Mitt Romney. Currently the Real Clear Politics average of polls has Romney at 24.4% and Palin is at 16.0% with nobody else who was included in the mix in at least 50% of the polls not even in double digits.
5)Claiming that Michele Bachmann is now the main rival to Mitt Romney after the NH debate but not citing that her RCP average now sits at 6.3%. In addition the media has gone way overboard to promote Bachmann as a substitute for Sarah Palin without mentioning possible flies in the ointment that might derail her chances (her and her husband apparently inaugurated a program to convert gays into a straight lifestyle) or that no Congressman has gone directly from Congress to the WH since 1880 (Garfield)but what is really telling is Leftist and Obama worshipper Chris (tingles)Matthews, a noted Bachmann basher from a year ago when they had an open confrontation on Hardball, on Friday told Bill Maher that MB had presidential timber and in his eyes apparently can do no wrong. And finally there is no hint or mention by the media that Bachmann may be a stalking-horse for Mitt Romney.
6)MSM pollsters boosting other candidates than Palin(PPP boosting Cain's poll numbers this week that are truly unimaginable, Rasmussen touting the ascendancy of Bachmann without Palin in the mix)thereby trying to create the false impression of a Romney-Cain showdown, a Romney-Bachmann showdown or a Romney-Huntsman showdown. Romney vs Palin is not even considered for discussion on cable news or worthy of a column.
7)No mention of a Romney-Palin showdown totally omits Romney's lack of political resonance among conservatives, evangelicals and Tea Party supporters. Judge Napolitano this week in his interview with Palin proved he is a bit of a loose cannon by suggesting that if Palin could coalesce conservatives and Tea Party members under one tent, her tent, that she might be a "game changer" once she enters the race and could eventually derail Romney's chances at the nomination.
8)The media failing to acknowledge even 4-5 weeks later that the GOP presidential race fundamentally changed when Mike Huckabee withdrew from the competition in that both Romney and Palin surged creating more separation between Romney and Palin vs the rest of the field. Instead the media still insists 2012 is like no other year (rather than 1976 or 1980) and they fantasize about a dark horse rising from the ranks to prevail in the end. Of course they never mention that has not been done since 1940 and that going back to modern primary system starting after 1972 that no GOP nominee has ever prevailed without being at least in double-digits in the polls the preceding June. And as we know only Romney and Palin fit that bill taking all the recent polls into account.
9)At the same time the media is saying the race is wide open, it is seeking to downplay the chances of Pawlenty and Gingrich to prevail. The last time I checked Tim and Newt were doing better in the polls than Huntsman and Santorum. Could the media have a vested interest in undermining both candidacies because they have a good idea where their supporters would end up: Mitt Romney?
And by the same token does the media have a vested interest to make damned sure that the hands of Bachmann, Cain and Santorum are strengthened among conservative voters so they are in a better position to bleed conservative votes away from Sarah Palin next year?
10) And finally from the media there is NOT even a hint of a vast right-wing conspiracy to stop Sarah Palin from entering the race or failing that to torpedo her chances to compete successfully against Romney? Why? Because the media would then have to admit that Sarah Palin is a force to be reckoned, thus elevating her in the public consciousness and further LEGITIMIZING her as a serious player in the presidential sweepstakes especially after The Undefeated is seen around the country. And secondly by not taking the subject up, the media also wants to hide the fact that a conspiracy even exists or that the media is part of the conspiracy for fear of tearing the GOP apart by causing a tremendous backlash to occur among the grassroots against Romney and finally the media doesn't want to divulge the existence of the conspiracy to protect the diabolical strategy of the conspirators behind the scenes to take Palin down and to deny Palin and her supporters and the grassroots an opportunity to mount a successful counterattack.
In summary, the media is deliberately avoiding any mention that Sarah Palin is now the main rival to Mitt Romney and will be until the end of the campaign. The MSM must really believe that a good number of GOP primary voters are naive, gullible or simple-minded enough to believe such BS. Unfortunately the media might be correct. I cannot prove it: I have consistently claimed that the GOP primary voters are a lot smarter and wiser and more astute than Democratic drones, but hey I could be wrong about that. Perhaps on our side we have in proportion just as many stupid people as they do on the Left. In 6-9 months we'll all find out.
I think it’s the crossover states that will enable the dems to vote for mittens in the primaries. They (the states) better wise up or it may be over.
And more important, imo, is the army of Tea Party types, independent conservative bloggers, and Facebook and Twitter networks that can in a flash neutralize the State-Run Media. We number in the millions and we are networked together via the greatest communications system yet known to man.
I have said it before, and I'll repeat, for the record: It is not "Game on, it's "Game over".
It isn't over, imo, but the strategy is set and we are in control. That's why the panic amongst the State-Run Media/Democrat/Beltway Insider/RINO axis.
Civil War is an oxymoron.
There is nothing ever “civil” about any war....
But if the Pubblie “leadership” thinks they can make us eat the crap sandwich made out of NittWitt Mitt, it is over. It will be the death of the Republican Party. I do not believe he has any chance to get the nomination, but if he does I am through.
I will never ever ever vote for NittWitt Mitt for anything. He is a total fraud, a Globalist Sellout and an Obozo meme.
NEVER! EVER!
I agree. I am part of V4P and will volunteer time, money, whatever it takes to help Palin. The GOP establishment and LSM deliberately try to undermine her. We need to be prepared and organized. I am willing to help!
Just like Obama would be this:
(If anyone knows how to photoshop the Obama "O" onto that let me know.)
Cheers!
I imagine you are well aware of how respectful Palin has been to both the Pauls, including endorsing Rand at a pivotal point, and that she regularly acknowledges the value in libertarianism and libertarians.
You sound like my type of Paul supporter: someone who likes to back Ron’s soapbox and message and impact on the presidential campaign (including the debates), but will act with seriousness of purpose if it comes down to the nitty gritty of Mitt getting the nomination if Palin isn’t supported.
I’d say you’ve got it about pegged.
They may very well be right. In another thread, someone posted something to the effect of "What makes the MSM think they get to choose our nominee??!!" and the first thought that leaped into my head was "Uh, history?"
Votes: 8755
61% Yes, Sarah Palin should run for office in 2012.
37% No, Sarah Palin should not run for office in 2012.
1% I don't know. Please see my answer below.
Well, I supported Paul in 2008, and I was one of the freepers who said “Nobody but Palin” for the VP pick in 2008.
I like the both of them. The preference for Paul is that I trust him to make cuts. It’s possible that Palin could focus on something else.
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