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Romney to Tea Party movement: No third party bids!
CNN ^
| 03/9/2010
| By: CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
Posted on 06/07/2011 11:51:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney has a message to Tea Party candidates nationwide: If you lose your Republican primary bids, stay on the sidelines.
The former Massachusetts governor on Monday warned the grassroots movement not to mount third party efforts in general elections, which he said would siphon votes from Republican nominees.
"If there is a conservative candidate that runs in the general election, then obviously, divide and fail is the result," Romney said in an interview with the conservative Web site Newsmax. "Hopefully Tea Party candidates will run in respective primaries and they will either win or lose. And if they win, they will go into the general. If they lose, they won't, and they will get behind the more conservative of the two finalists."
Romney explained that "dividing our conservative effort in the general elections" would "basically hand the country to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and that would be very sad indeed."
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To: Jim Robinson
LOL
Mitt:
You cannot win without the Tea Party.
So your opinion matters not one wit.
61
posted on
06/07/2011 12:06:21 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: miss marmelstein
Romney is Ted Kennedy without the car.
62
posted on
06/07/2011 12:07:08 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: Jim Robinson
The Libertarians and their 1-2% vote siphoning have been costing conservative candidates close elections for decades.
A fake tea party candidate just cost a conservative a close election in New York.
So why shouldn't a real tea party candidate be able to cost a RINO a close election?
63
posted on
06/07/2011 12:07:42 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: Jim Robinson
I think the candidates need to make an honest judgment call. Running a third party bid if it's pretty clear the only hope is to be the "spoiler" that will end up allowing Obama to stay in office would be selfish. But running a third party campaign when there is a good chance one could win is quite a different thing.
And by the way, Mitt, that does happen, so your "warning" isn't winning you any points with conservatives.
64
posted on
06/07/2011 12:07:42 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Jim Robinson
Oooops!
Didn’t see you where the OP.
Have a great day!
65
posted on
06/07/2011 12:08:07 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: Jim Robinson
Careful, Mitt. The Tea Party may just decide that if the GOP retains Congress, they’d just as soon see Barry get re-elected if it meant watching you get ground to a bloody pulp coming in third.
To: ari-freedom
there were a lot of conservatives who fell for him in 2008 even though his record in MA should’ve been well known.
________________________________________________
We told you till we were blue in the keyboard
To: Lazamataz
I want one of them there wall hangin’s Lazamataz.....LOL!
68
posted on
06/07/2011 12:09:46 PM PDT
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
To: cardinal4
69
posted on
06/07/2011 12:09:53 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: ari-freedom
How you brought back (unwelcome) memory.
I completely forgot about that.
70
posted on
06/07/2011 12:10:19 PM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: Jim Robinson
Did you hear Rush played Romney's clip about his belief in man-made global warming? And Rush said, “another candidate down.” Romney is toasted.
71
posted on
06/07/2011 12:11:01 PM PDT
by
Isara
To: Jim Robinson
Dear Mr. Romney,
NUTS!
Sincerely,
right way right
To: Jim Robinson
FU romney... if you steal the nomination we will destroy you and what is left of the rotting carcass of the repubic-crat party. Either we take the party back... or we take it down... either way we lose with obama or romney. There is just no difference in what either men truly believe. obama is an outright proclaimed communist... calling himself the pc term uber progressive... mitt just lies about his real ideology... but his past record is the proof that we need to prove it. FU romney!
LLS
73
posted on
06/07/2011 12:12:29 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
("If you lie hard enough and sell your soul... you can scam your way to the top" barack obama)
To: Jim Robinson
There is no difference between Ubama and Milt.
If Milt is the candidate, voting for a third-party conservative ticket would be better than voting for him.
74
posted on
06/07/2011 12:13:15 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
To: Jim Robinson
Teaparty to Romney: No RINO bids.
Romney is nothing more than Obama Light (no pun intended)
75
posted on
06/07/2011 12:15:00 PM PDT
by
A. Patriot
(CZ 52's ROCK)
To: iceskater
Tepid support? What I’ve seen is if an establishment candidate gets primaried out by a conservative tea-party type, the establishment goes ballistic and attacks their own party’s candidate! or voters! Remenber Lisa Murkowski? Bob Bennett?
76
posted on
06/07/2011 12:15:10 PM PDT
by
ngat
To: Americanexpat
Multiparty politics, as far as I can tell, is a disaster wherever it’s used.
However, if Romney is the Republican nominee that’s a signal, to me at least, that the Repubs have a death wish and need to be replaced.
As nearly as I can understand things, our arrangement is two parties, not multi-party, and it may be time for the Repubs to be allowed to hang themselves. I know I won’t do anything to get in the way.
In 2008 I voted for Palin and what’s his name. I may vote for a Palin type and a what’s his name again, but I doubt it.
To: Jim Robinson
I agree with Romney 100%!
But if the Republicans nominate him, they ARE the third party. I will not support that party.
(Flame away!)
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posted on
06/07/2011 12:15:50 PM PDT
by
cvq3842
To: Jim Robinson
I am with you... I vow my sacred honor that I will never vote for a rino again... not now... not ever. I am not looking for perfection... but I am looking a true believer, a leader and a truthful person. romney fails on every count.
LLS
79
posted on
06/07/2011 12:16:17 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
("If you lie hard enough and sell your soul... you can scam your way to the top" barack obama)
To: LibLieSlayer
Zactly!
If we can’t control it,
Wreck it!
80
posted on
06/07/2011 12:17:12 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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