Romney Attempts to Endorse GOP Nominee for AL Governor, Fails Miserably When Endorsement Turned Down

I guess that explains why Romney endorsed him.

We usually get who the media and the party want us to have. Sometimes it is because, in their opinion, it is some person’s turn.

In 1976, they gave us Gerald Ford instead of Ronald Reagan. That in turn gave us Jimmy carter.

In 1992, they gave us George H.W. Bush which gave us Bill Clinton. However, if Bush had not been conned by George Mitchell into violating his campaign slogan, “Read my lips, no new taxes!” he would probably have beaten Clinton.

In 1996, we got Bob Dole. Everybody knew that was a throwaway.

In 2008, we got John McCain. Had it not been for Sarah Palin that would have been a rout for Obama.

Now, the media and the party want us to have Romney.

For way too long the accepted wisdom has been that numbers and majorities control the political power. That is true, of course, but that concept has left both parties chasing after an illusive and perhaps fictitious mushy middle of so-called moderates. The end result is often that you can’t tell one party from the other.

Another aspect that has come into play is that the Democrats have become so aggressively Leftist, the secret word there is aggressive as they have been Leftist for a long time, that having a small majority over them is not enough. They will bend and stretch the rules to get their way and they can always trust the media to make them seem to be doing the right thing. The result is the Republicans end up with a bunch of unreliable moderates and the majority means nothing.

Yet, the Party and the party’s political consultants still maintain a tight grip on the process. The Tea Party Movement is destroying that and the “establishment” doesn’t like it a bit. Sarah Palin calls the establishment career politicians and she is right. Politics is their business and they have made a handsome living off it for years. They won’t give it up easily.

However, now is our time to take the reins away from the establishment and return the government to the people. I am not against all politicians. If there are those who have strong and reliable conservative values we would be foolish not to consider their political experience but I would rather have dedicated conservative patriots with no experience than a sometimes conservative with experience. I am tired of compromising because we always lose our values in those compromises.

Like it or not establishment, here we come. Who cares if O’Donnell loses to a Communist Democrat? She defeated a Socialist Republican so we made that much progress. If we get behind her and the other conservative Republican women they may all win. That would be great and would send a resounding message to the world that America is coming back.

That’s nothing, the Tea Party Express endorsed a vulnerable Democrat in the heart of deep red Idaho.
He rejected the endorsement, too, but Tea Party Express still includes him on their endorsement list, and he’ll probably win and get to cast another vote for Nanzi Pelosi for Speaker thanks to this endorsement.

Can anyone make sense of why Tea Party Express would do this?
It’s almost like they WANT the GOP to miss taking back the House by one seat...

In 2008, we got John McCain. Had it not been for Sarah Palin that would have been a rout for Obama.

Since when do we use Joe Biden's "votes created or saved" excuse?
And, it was a rout. McCain-Palin lost every single state that was in play.

Romney is the GOP’s Herpes and the DNC’s weapon.

"And, it was a rout. McCain-Palin lost every single state that was in play.""

It was a rout because of Team Romney's Election2008 BACKSTABBING Party.

"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Poor sport spoiler Romney doing what he does best:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

Sorry, but some rumors about Palin allegedly spread by ex-Romney staffers aren’t going to be the reason why McCain-Palin lost by 8.5 million votes — the exact same number that Reagan beat Carter by!

So if that’s not a rout, I don’t know what is!

Oh wait, but there’s more!
Carter’s losing VP running mate went on to challenge Reagan 4 years later, and lost by 17 million votes.
Sound familiar? Let’s not be Mondale in 2012. Thanks.

You minimize the impact of Wallace/Parker/Frum/Romney
and their MSM connections.

Fact: The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."

David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."

David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician… I will support him without qualm."

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

Erick Erickson said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

Kathleen Parker: "[I]t is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem." "Parker ... says something publicly that many of us have thought privately
but lacked the courage to say out loud - Palin should step down:"

"Kathleen Parker: After Interviews, Palin Should Bow Out"

Kathleen Parker: "Romney would bring more than squeaky clean qualifications
and youthful good looks to the ticket.
Romney would seem a logical choice."

"Parker: Romney raised bar on freedoms"
Kathleen Parker: "If Kennedy's speech was an important landmark in American political history,
Romney's was surpassing. With heartfelt humility and poetic eloquence,
he tracked the nation's struggle with and for freedom."

Staggering bigotry of Kathleen Parker - UPDATED"

Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Why would you associate yourself with .... Mondale?

Think.

Yeah, I wouldn’t want to.
You really are slow, aren’t you?

A couple things.
1) McCain-Palin weren’t ahead of 0bama once from the point McCain said “I believe the fundamentals of our economy are strong” after the banking collapse in September. So your “some polls” were mixing in a large dose of secret sauce.

2) I don’t bother reading rambling copy&paste manifestos. No one on FR does. So you and the other frequent offenders are just wasting your time compiling them.

What are you doing out in the field to help your choice in that race?

Donating money, doing phone calls, walking precincts etc?

Your defense of Romney and RomneyCARE are really taking
hold here on FR. [/s]

Romney and his (your?) team threw the Election to Obama
in 2008, and it will not be forgotten.
It has not worked out well except for RomneyBOTs
and their business partner, Soros.

This is an odd turn of events. As one poster said, Romney should stick to endorsing candidate from Democrat-dominiated states.

I have 435 “choices” running for the House.
And unlike TPX not ONE of them is a Democrat!
I actually want Pelosi GONE.

I’m defending neither Romney nor RomneyCare.
I think Romney is DOA for 2012, and have stated that.
Hopefully the 2012 field will offer better choices than either Romney or Palin. Either way, it is foolish to lock yourself into a candidate in a race with no one running in it yet. Let’s wait and see what the race looks like in year, then start making a choice.

Nobody has kept Romney's candidacy alive like the copy and paste Romney haters. Merely opposing him isn't enough. Merely pointing out there are far better candidates and supporting them isn't enough. If you don't hate him with a purple passion and admit that he is worse than Obama and the devil combined, then you are a Romneybot according to this raving lunatic fringe.

Understand now?

Thanks for the astute observations. It is nice to hear from someone other than the raving lunatic fringe, who seem to dominate every thread involving the Bush family’s designated placeholder.