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Settling for Romney (Why conservatives are unhappy with him being the front runner)
National Review ^ | 10/07/2011 | Mona Charen

Posted on 10/07/2011 7:54:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: cableguymn

“Is romney better than obama? on some issues. yes”

And that is the issue - no one has any idea if Willard actually believes anything other than his own aspirations.
He has been on both sides of every issue.
He had to hire “conservative advisors” to know what to say to sound conservative.

I do not believe anything Willard says. Not a thing. No vote for Willard.


41 posted on 10/07/2011 8:50:18 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (You know, 99.99999965% of the lawyers give all of them a bad name)
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To: ottbmare

It’s too early to start that talk. Let’s work on getting someone else as our nominee.


42 posted on 10/07/2011 8:51:41 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind
"Sarah Palin, by contrast, has finally dropped the longest tease in the history of presidential politics

I had a good night's sleep and feel a little mischievous today. Are you sure that her statement was really the last word? She said that it was a 'prayerfully reached' decision: the Command may come down differently in a while when we see who the Pubbies pick. Flame Away!

43 posted on 10/07/2011 8:52:29 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: SeekAndFind

More than 70% DON’T want Romney

That hardly makes him a ‘front runner’

He has the same set of RINO’S, crossover Dems, and GOP establishment types who always supported him.

but a big majority want someone else.


44 posted on 10/07/2011 8:52:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (Sarah you broke my heart~!! Endorse Cain and all is forgiven)
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin and Christie both did the right thing. The Establisment would not have permjitted a woman, espcially a Christian woman to become president. Ane Christie wants to finish his job in New Jersey, though the Establishment frantically urged him to run. Why? Because Herman Cain is rising in the polls, threatening Malibu Ken’s lead!

To support Herman Cain, please send your most generous checks to: Herman Cain INc., Friends of Herman Cain, Inc., P.O Box 2158, Stockbridge, Georgia 30281. If you do it doay, it can be included in the quarter ending October 15, so please do. Thank you so much.


45 posted on 10/07/2011 8:54:21 AM PDT by Paperdoll (I like Herman Cain!)
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To: redgolum

I no longer believe that $$$$ alone is the determining factor. Yes, it helps...but to see it as the DETERMINING factor is to underestimate the American people. The “overly-exposed” Obama has made the same mistake.


46 posted on 10/07/2011 8:56:17 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: ilovesarah2012

See my tagline. I guess when it comes right down to it, if he won the nomination I’d have to vote for him in the general, but it would make me ill to vote for a guy pushing a federal sales tax.


47 posted on 10/07/2011 8:58:38 AM PDT by Huck (NO NATIONAL SALES TAX -- UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ummm, have you seen the latest polls, Cain has a 20 point lead now in almost all the polls.


48 posted on 10/07/2011 8:58:43 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: ilovesarah2012

It will change because we have Mittens on the record for getting rid of Obamacare, spending cuts and cutting taxes. A few positive things is better then 20 more bad things with 4 years more of Obummer.

We are poised to take the Senate and maintain the House this time. As long as we hold everyone’s feet to the fire, we can keep things on track. We did it with Bush on Immigration. Romney will be the same way. The days of voting some guy in and sitting back to see what happens are over. No matter who gets in, we will have to stay on top of them.


49 posted on 10/07/2011 8:58:43 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA
I love the 9-9-9 plan- part of it's implementation is the requirement for 2/3 vote to raise it

I would improve it by adding that it only takes 1/2 to lower it

I absolutely HATE the “fair tax” from it's liberal-feel-good name to the zealots insistence on using the ‘tax inclusive’ method of calculation.

But worst of all is the “prebate” of $3500. That is just BEGGING for democraps to come along and say “hey- i think you need a $4500 “prebate” next year so vote for me!
(i am not sure of the exact figure)

50 posted on 10/07/2011 8:58:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (Sarah you broke my heart~!! Endorse Cain and all is forgiven)
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To: Scythian

RE: Ummm, have you seen the latest polls, Cain has a 20 point lead now in almost all the polls.

The only poll I’ve see that says that Cain has a 20 point lead is Zogby’s.

I’d be happy for any other confirmation from other polling group ( e.g. Rasmussen ). Zogby has not been accurate the past few election cycles.


51 posted on 10/07/2011 9:01:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: Mr. K

RE: That is just BEGGING for democraps to come along and say “hey- i think you need a $4500 “prebate” next year so vote for me!

_________________

There’s no reason why we can’t include the same 2/3 votes requirement to prevent that from happening.


52 posted on 10/07/2011 9:03:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

some choice:

socialist progressive

or

rino progressive.


53 posted on 10/07/2011 9:03:39 AM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Perdogg
These are the Mahdi Republicans

Vivid, apt analogy.

54 posted on 10/07/2011 9:08:16 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Of the declared candidates: (1) Perry, (2) Cain.)
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To: ottbmare
I am not difficult to please. Romney is a POS! Never have voted for a liberal Republican (RINO) and have no desire to start now. Have no intention of staying home either. There are three decent conservative candidates who I could vote for. If Romney is the gop nominee, my guess is someone on the right is going to mount a third party effort of some kind.

Raising Reagan as an issue is a fallacy. Its a weak and shallow attempt to cast aspirations on the decision making of conservatives. This has absolutely nothing to do with Reagan. Reagan was a once in a lifetime conservative, President and American. There will be no second coming of Reagan anytime soon.

I suggest you take you "Mahdi" and shove where the sun don't shine.

55 posted on 10/07/2011 9:46:44 AM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man

oops... make that... “aspersions”


56 posted on 10/07/2011 9:51:21 AM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: SeekAndFind

A president kerry second term would likely be much better than the Zero first term...

Something to think about.


57 posted on 10/07/2011 10:35:45 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Lazlo in PA

It will change because we have Mittens on the record for spending cuts and cutting taxes.


So was Obama. What they say is BS most time. Look at what they DO.


58 posted on 10/07/2011 10:38:39 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Lazlo in PA

“if we can get more Tea Party people to take the Senate and in the House, we have a better chance of strong arming Mittens into doing what we want. He seems very pliable in his views.”

How many more? I think that we have a better chance of Republican solidarity against the president if he has a (D) after his name. Do you think the established Republicans would fight against an established Republican with similar agenda to the liberal Democrats?
I don’t.

We are between a rock and a hard place - witness the destruction caused by giving them two years to run amuck, and it is easy to say that anybody but O is ok with us. But in the long run, if we can cement a majority in congress opposed to him enough to block him (oh, that failed democracy in action) we may be better off than having a moderate/liberal man with an (R) who will not be sufficiently opposed when he does a lot of the same stupid stuff.

There are probably several people who will get me to go third party if it comes to it, Romney is one of them. I am not sure that the “at least he is better than” argument is sufficient anymore, and that it may have gotten us into this mess in the first place.


59 posted on 10/07/2011 10:40:08 AM PDT by Apogee
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To: Mr. K

Now, with my spending habits for necessities, I am pretty sure that I could come out ahead on the prebate curve, but the Pre-Bate has always struck me as a really odd thing for conservatives to get behind.

We want every taxpayer to get a monthly check from Uncle Sam? How does that minimize his presence in our lives?
How many false tax returns are filed now? Will that number go down when the carrot gets so big? Of course not.
The government response necessary to cut down on fraud will not shrink government either.

And if everyone becomes a tax collector (they will have to be, because the current regulations that say that barter is taxable will have to be stepped up when everyone begins to resort to barter, as we will), how does that help?

If you think the IRS can be unreasonable, try taking on your state’s sales tax division - which reminds me, the quarter just ended...

This whole argument that at least prostitutes, illegals, and drug dealers will have to pay in to system is made by those who don’t understand the limitless capacity of such people to find a way to scam any system. With the proposed rate at 23%, there is every incentive to do so.

Finally, whence comes the notion that businesses will reduce their prices to pass the embedded tax savings back to the consumer?


60 posted on 10/07/2011 10:53:10 AM PDT by Apogee
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