Posted on 08/08/2012 7:28:56 PM PDT by cotton1706
Coulter: Romney should fire his spokesman for that RomneyCare response to the steelworker ad
Via Mediaite, inquiring conservatives on Twitter are asking: Er, isn’t Ann Coulter herself famously a big fan of RomneyCare?
Answer: Yeah, but I’m not sure it’s Andrea Saul’s mention of RomneyCare that’s really bugging her. Mediaite’s transcript:
“Her response was not that it was despicable, not that Bain… that Romney had left Bain five years earlier or the woman died five years after the plant closed and didn’t even get her insurance from her husband, her response was, ‘Well, if she had lived in Massachusetts with Mitt Romney’s health care plan, she would have had health insurance.’ Anyone who donates to Mitt Romney, and I mean the big donors, ought to say if Andrea Saul isn’t fired and off the campaign tomorrow, they are not giving another dime, because it is not worth fighting for this man if this is the kind of spokesman he has… There’s no point in you doing your show, there’s no point in going to the convention and pushing for this man if he’s employing morons like this. This ad is the turning point and she has nearly snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! She should be off the campaign.”
I think she’s irritated mainly because Saul is playing Obama’s game by treating the steelworker ad as legitimate. You don’t respond to a smear like that by addressing it on the merits; you respond by explaining why it’s a smear and how it reveals just what a fraud the Hopenchange aura is. It’s an opportunity to attack with righteous fury, and somehow Saul blew it by stepping on her own message with the health-care aside
Beyond that, it’s not inconsistent for Coulter to worry that touting RomneyCare might alienate other conservatives even if it wouldn’t necessarily alienate her. You can support legalizing gay marriage while also grasping that Romney endorsing SSM would destroy him with social conservatives and all but end his chances to win. She’s taking a similar position here, I think. Whatever her own feelings, flying the flag of RomneyCare at this point is not a good move. Or am I giving her too much credit and she really has flipped 180 on this issue?
Really wish he would pick Newt. Newt is tough, smart and not afraid of the dems, BO or the press. He has no more secrets in the closet and would be a great pick. I would love to see him at that visible level and especially in a debate with dumbass Joe. Please Mitt, pick Newt.
I think she's right. I certainly don't need firing up before the November election, and don't know anybody who does. We're ready to vote, and if necessary will crawl on broken glass to do so. That said, I want Romney to choose a solid Conservative running mate.
Ann Noonan is upset about what everybody but her has been saying for months, Whimp Romney is a wet noodle.
Pray for America
She’ll resign before the day is out. Romney won’t have to fire her.
I saw this Andrea Saul person on Fox this morning and all I could think of was “this is bad, really, really bad....”
I didn’t hear about Ann Coulter’s comments today, but no matter what your opinion is of her (Coulter) she is RIGHT that this Saul person needs to go. She is WAY out of her league and could not think fast on her feet. Just stuttered and kept repeating lame comments....Bill Hemmer could not keep her focused on the questions. Not a person to have as the voice for the Romney campaign....Go back to your debate class honey and maybe by 2016 you will have some skills....
I am so disgusted with Romney’s reaction. For months now I’ve been saying to myself - he is a sissy man. I like a Man’s Man. aaaaaaaaaaaaaach.
How man people did you hear today that are totally fed up with Romney’s wishy washy non-reaction to ANY of this. Axelrod must be laughing his fanny off.
See my tag line.
It’s YOUR title, not Hot Air’s, right?
John Lennon on Elvis: “Elvis died when he went into the Army.”
Me on Ann Coulter: “Coulter died when she got into the Romney.”
RIP, Ann Coulter
1961 - 2011
Hank
Needs repeating and loudly!
The only good thing I can think about Mutt is, the ENEMAMEDIA wont let him slide with nearly as much garbage as lil Turdymark.
TH with the rulze, that big eared broad did everything in her power to get Mitt nominated.
Are those ears giving me the finger?
She must have broken up with her RINO boyfriend.
Ann is no longer in touch with the party core. Hanging around a bunch of mittbots appears to damage the brain
That she was romantically involved with Bill Maher was enough to make me reject her as a RINO and a phony conservative.
I always figured that Maher was a homosexual. This confirms it.
LOL!
Perhaps they were beards for each other?
But Coulter was dating a muslum for awhile, too. Insane considering at his core, he was required to kill her as an infidel.
We will have to agree to disagree as they say, especially as we are at FR one of the most Conservatives sites anywhere. Many here are NOT fired up at all.
I certainly am discouraged, I need firing up, even then it will not be much of a fire, but a Tea Party Social Conservative on the ticket will help a great deal.
Even more so for me would be if Romney reached out to Gov Palin for a key speaking roll at convention, if not THE KEY NOTE
If you are dependent upon ANYONE or ANYTHING to get you “fired up” about the upcoming election, then perhaps the biggest problem lies within. Mitt Romney is far from perfect, but the choice is between Romney and Obama. One of them will be President for the next four years, and nobody else. It is time to choose.
If you are dependent upon ANYONE or ANYTHING to get you “fired up” about the upcoming election, then perhaps the biggest problem lies within. Mitt Romney is far from perfect, but the choice is between Romney and Obama. One of them will be President for the next four years, and nobody else. It is time to choose.
If you believe that the entire Conservative base is fired up, then perhaps you should look between your ears?
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