Posted on 01/30/2012 8:04:50 AM PST by mitchell001
The US Conservative Movement has come to a moment of truth. For the movement to survive and win, we conservatives must stop being politically correct and call a spade a spade. Rick Santorum is now HURTING the Conservative Movement. Let's join Jim Robinson of Free Republic, to ask, urge and definitely PRESSURE Rick Santorum to drop out and endorse Newt Gingrich. This is not time to play around with nice words, like "He has the right to stay in." Rick Santorum must be told that if he is a true Conservative, he must push the current Conservative Movement by preventing Romney from becoming the nominee. If Santorum stays in, he is allow Romney an opening to win. Romney's win will cripple the Conservative Movement and may allow Obama to win again. Tell Santorum, he NOW has a chance to be a Conservative HERO, if he drops out and endorses Newt Gingrich as the Conservative standard bearer. If Santorum stays in the campaign, he is destined to be a GOAT in the Conservative Movement. Calling Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and others, PLEASE LET'S BUILD THE PRESSURE ON SANTORUM TO DROP OUT, ENDORSE NEWT AND GO ON TO A ROWSING CONSERVATIVE VICTORY!
Rick should drop out and endorse Newt. It’s the right thing to do. He knows he can’t win this. Make us winners Rick!!
Santorum is more of a conservative than Newt, so Gingrich staying in is detracting conservative votes from Santorum, hurting the conservative movement. Maybe Gingrich should drop out and support Santorum.
Thank GOD for Jim and now Ralph speaking in spades outside the choir! This is what REBELLION looks like! Thank you men! Thank you, Jim, for sounding the charge.
I agree with you.
Newt has the critical resume, organization and conservative message to carry the Conservative movement to victory. Rick does not. Let’s position Rick for 2020. He is only 53.
Newt has the critical resume, organization and conservative message to carry the Conservative movement to victory. Rick does not. Let’s position Rick for 2020. He is only 53.
Another classic example of when good men do nothing, evil is allowed to triumph is the vote cast for Santorum who is propping up abortion sympathizer Romney over Newt, who in office has always been The Game Changer against democrats. Rick, not so much, on any counts. So, please.
I can’t and won’t vote for Romney as a Christian I feel like voting for Mittens would be voting against my Savior.
Go Newt!!!
I don’t want to have to put the plethora of examples where he was in fact a game changer, for the liberals, against the Republicans. The allegation that Santorum is propping up Romney is beyond puerile. He has articulated the case against Romney, far, far....far better than Gingrich has. To each their own, but claiming someone who fundamentally disagrees with Gingrich and Romney staying in to prop one or the other up, is conspiracy nonsense. Support who you will, but saying voting for Santorum is evil, is mildly annoying.
LET’S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES! This can still happen. There will be a time when Rick can do that but it doesn’t have to be now! Let the ‘experts’ decide the timeline.
Would you disavow a friend if they were a Mormon? Did you ever watch the Osmonds? Did you turn it off?
All these candidates are good people and religion has nothing to do with it. It's about policies and personal morality. None are perfect.
To NOT vote means one more vote for Obama.
” I don’t want to have to put the plethora of examples where he was in fact a game changer, for the liberals, against the Republicans. “ <<<<
No, please do! I want to see your plethora of examples as soon as possible, you know, where it was in that process of sweeping the House with Republicans for the first time in 40 years, under a Democrat president, do tell, where Newt was advantaging the liberals, and place Santorum side by side with that.
Your guy owes his entire career to the Establishment, and proved his usefulness to them as the hot head liberal he was against Toomey. The list is plethoric of Santorum hurting conservatives directly and their causes.
That plethora has been posted a dozen times on FR. Shall I roust it up for you?
Pushed individual mandate.
Amnesty for illegals
Global warming supporter
co sponsored something like 400 bills with Pelosi
Promoted cap and trade back in ‘07.
Supported wall street bail-out
Supported TARP.
Non of those are deal breakers, I still like Newt and it really is between him and Santorum imo. I personally like Santorum, but would have absolutely no problem voting for Gingrich if the opportunity presented itself. I simply do not like characterizing Santorum as the fake conservative in the mix to usurp the “true conservative” so Romney can win the nomination theory so rampant on these forums.
I don’t think it’s time for either Newt or Santorum to drop. Based on the FL result, one of them should drop on Wednesday, but not until then.
Tell the true conservative to back out and allow the cheater and liar to run against Obama in order to save the Republican party, because we all know that character counts.
According to Sarah Palin, a lady I greatly admire, endorsements don’t amount to a hill of beans. Heard her say it on FOX.
I do tend to agree with your assesment. However, living in Florida and coming from New England, I am forced to vote for Newt tomorrow. This says more about Romney than it does Santorum. Romney is really a progressive Republican and not conservative. Afterall he is from Massachusets, remember Scott Brown. How did he turn out?
I can’t convince my wife to vote for Newt, she is still to vote for Santorum. She says neither Newt or Romney deserve her vote because of the dirty campaign tactics here in Florida.
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