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George Will On Romney: The Republicans Have Found Their Michael Dukakis
Mediaite ^ | October 23, 2011 | James Crugnale

Posted on 10/23/2011 8:29:08 PM PDT by Eagle Forgotten

In a stinging comparison that is sure to leave a mark, on Sunday’s This Week With Christiane Amanpour, George Will said the rise of Herman Cain had a lot to do with Republicans coming to the realization that Mitt Romney is their Michael Dukakis. “A technocratic Massachusetts governor running on competence, not ideology,” Will observed.

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Will makes a very good point. I don't usually find Will to be as brilliant as he evidently thinks he is, but maybe his Romney-Dukakis analogy will get through to some of the establishment types who are half-heartedly backing Romney because they believe (falsely) that he has the best chance to win.
1 posted on 10/23/2011 8:29:16 PM PDT by Eagle Forgotten
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Perfect analogy!


2 posted on 10/23/2011 8:32:46 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

I could have told you that in 2007.


3 posted on 10/23/2011 8:32:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten
Isn't Romney much more like Willie Horton than Dukakis?

Think of it this way. Horton became a political problem when the state of Massachusetts cut him loose for a weekend visit and he decided he needed to do a home invasion in Maryland where he beat the occupants and raped the wife.

Here we have the state of Massachusetts once again cutting loose a guy who'd earlier been housed and fed by the state government at public expense, and he's taken the opportunity to break into the Republican party where he's terrorizing the occupants (with a large wad of campaign cash), and for all we know may be joining Joe Biden in upping the rape rate.

I think we need to send Willard and Willy (if he's lose again) back home where they belong!

Oh, yeah, they offer FREE MEDICAL CARE for illegal aliens and there's going to be a hard winter this year. Mass is the place to be fur shur.

4 posted on 10/23/2011 8:36:26 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

“Stopped Clock Right Twice a Day” ping. Thanks Eagle Forgotten.


5 posted on 10/23/2011 8:37:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Frankly, I think either George is headed “round the bend” as the Brits say; or he is being facetious. For instance, this portion of his statement: “ “A technocratic Massachusetts governor running on competence, not ideology,”

I can’t remember anyone ever accusing Dukakis of being COMPETENT.....and with Romneycare smearing up his resume’ Mitt’s claim to competence doesn’t look real shiny, either....at least not to me!


6 posted on 10/23/2011 8:38:45 PM PDT by Tucker39
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Romney must not win the nomination!


7 posted on 10/23/2011 8:41:53 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: Eagle Forgotten

I have heard him compared to Michael Dukakis and Thomas Dewey.

If only the Republican party still had a Lee Atwater. This character wouldn’t be polling over 5% if we did.


8 posted on 10/23/2011 8:41:53 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: Tucker39

I can see Will’s reasoning somewhat. After all, Dukakis was called, “Zorba the Clerk” after his technocratic, jello-spined, persona.


9 posted on 10/23/2011 8:43:03 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Time to move forward not to the center.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

He won’t.


10 posted on 10/23/2011 8:44:54 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Romney, Chsvez. Totalitarian stupid know it alls.


11 posted on 10/23/2011 8:45:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber (The left wants our power generated by unicorns running on treadmills. What dopes!)
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To: Eagle Forgotten
11 posts and no one posted this yet?


12 posted on 10/23/2011 8:47:21 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Nailed it!

13 posted on 10/23/2011 8:49:59 PM PDT by poindexter
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Romney the same as Dukaka? You've got to be kidding me.

Do these people know anything about politics? Dukaka was the biggest loser the dems have nominated in modern times.

Romney is certainly not the perfect candidate as far as conservatives are concerned but he is orders of magnitude better than Dukakis.

Sorry but this commentary is right up there with Juan Williams notion that if Sarah Palin gets in then Chris Christy would just have to enter the race. That one left me thinking, how in the world does this guy have a job as a political commentator.

14 posted on 10/23/2011 8:50:05 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: Eagle Forgotten

lol!


15 posted on 10/23/2011 8:51:25 PM PDT by ken21
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To: Eagle Forgotten

I think it’s an apt analogy.

Are we sure that establishment Republicans want the GOP to win?

I’m not.


16 posted on 10/23/2011 8:52:53 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Madoff screwed the rich. Bernanke screwed us all.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten
The real mystery is why anyone thinks Romney has a chance to win. He has been running for President for about half his life, at least that is the way it seems. So far he has managed to garner between ten and twelve percent nationwide popularity. Outside of New England it's probably much lower than that.

About all he can do with the nomination is supress turnout for Republicans running for other offices.

17 posted on 10/23/2011 8:53:11 PM PDT by stevem
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To: precisionshootist

He’s black.


18 posted on 10/23/2011 8:55:08 PM PDT by rep-always
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Like we needed Will to point out Romney sucks. The only two things Will has ever done for me is cure my insomnia and make me (a former Baltimore resident) dislike the Orioles.


19 posted on 10/23/2011 8:56:48 PM PDT by edpc (Former Normalcy Bias Victim)
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To: stevem

“The real mystery is why anyone thinks Romney has a chance to win. He has been running for President for about half his life, at least that is the way it seems. So far he has managed to garner between ten and twelve percent nationwide popularity. Outside of New England it’s probably much lower than that.”

Exactly right. And don’t forget that if he somehow slithers in and becomes the nominee, the Obama billion dollar machine will have a field day making multiple ads with Romney in his own words debating himself. I don’t know if there’s ever been a candidate with so much transparent dishonesty in his positions.

I would argue that Romney is actually the only candidate that is a guaranteed loser against Obama (okay, we can ad Ron Paul in there too). The rest are more conservative and don’t have mile-long records of flip-flops. I just don’t know how the GOP elite can be so blind to all these facts staring them right in the face.


20 posted on 10/23/2011 9:06:32 PM PDT by lquist1
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