Posted on 11/16/2011 2:52:56 PM PST by Syncro
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IF NOT ROMNEY, WHO? IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
November 16, 2011So now, apparently, we have to go through the cycle of the media pushing Newt Gingrich. This is going to be fantastic.
In addition to having an affair in the middle of Clinton's impeachment; apologizing to Jesse Jackson on behalf of J.C. Watts -- one of two black Republicans then in Congress - for having criticized "poverty pimps," and then inviting Jackson to a State of the Union address; cutting a global warming commercial with Nancy Pelosi; supporting George Soros' candidate Dede Scozzafava in a congressional special election; appearing in public with the Rev. Al Sharpton to promote nonspecific education reform; and calling Paul Ryan's plan to save Social Security "right-wing social engineering," we found out this week that Gingrich was a recipient of Freddie Mac political money.
(Even I will admit, however, that Newt was great when he was chairman of GOPAC back in the '90s with Gay Gaines at the helm.)
Although Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the institutions most responsible for the nation's current financial crisis -- were almost entirely Democratic cash cows, they managed to dirty up enough Republicans to make it seem like bipartisan corruption.
Democrats sucked hundreds of millions of dollars out of these institutions: Franklin Raines, $90 million; Jamie Gorelick, $26.4 million; Jim Johnson, $20 million.
By contrast, Republicans came cheap. For the amazingly good price of only $300,000 apiece, Fannie and Freddie bought the good will of former Reps. Vin Weber, R-Minn., Susan Molinari, R-N.Y., and Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.* Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., was even cheaper at $240,000.
[*Correction: After Gingrich admitted last week to receiving $300,000 from Freddie, we found out this week that it was actually closer to $1.6 million.]
So now conservatives shy away from denouncing these crooked organizations for fear of running into Vin Weber at a cocktail party.Sorry, guys -- on the plus side, you're millionaires, but on the downside, you've earned the contempt of your fellow man.
The mainstream media keep pushing alternatives to Mitt Romney not only because they are terrified of running against him, but also because they want to keep Republicans fighting, allowing Democrats to get a four-month jump on us.
Meanwhile, everyone knows the nominee is going to be Romney.
That's not so bad if you think the most important issues in this election are defeating Obama and repealing Obamacare.
That “newspaper clip” is hilarious and cool
Romney is a moderate Republican loser.
Some people can’t or won’t see it.
Glad I never bought any of her books...yuk...next she'll go Ariana Huffington and start writing for the KOS Kidz.
She made sense in 2008
Given some of the namby-pamby comments I've seen in support of Mittens, I think it needs to.
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NO.
I can see it now, Mitt will give a rousing acceptance speech at the Convention, and many here will fall for it.
She’s the happy mascot of the radical homosexual GOProud.
Re your post 49, I really didn’t think that you were among the Coulter-clamoring crowds. Just being provocative to those Freepers who just line up to worship at the feet of the Messiah of the moment. Think Rep. Eric Cantor, Gov. Chris Cristie, etc., all of whom were the cat’s meow at one time to some Freepers but who were not what they were perceived to be, i.e., real conservatives.
Ohmigosh!!! Based on this, I must have passed through a dimensional rift, and entered Bizzaro World! There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home (click, click, click)...
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She has shared a grille cheese sandwich with Jimmy "JJ" Walker, too. Does she receive a multicultural pass for that?
Romney tried his hardest to out liberal Ted Kennedy. That makes him a liberal -- a far left liberal.
But you are right, some people just don't see it. Why is the question as it couldn't be more obvious.
If Romney is forced on us as the GOP candidate, he will lose. They must see that.
I'm fine with people posting articles by her, so long as they also include a RINO Alert! in parenthesis in the title. It needs to be understood by one and all that Ann has gone to the dark side, and is no longer trusted or respected by this community.
What a bogus poll. Is there only two candidates in the race?
No, you tattled on yourself by brazenly posting your unreserved support of Mitt Romney. I just alerted the boss so you could be taken out of your misery more quickly.
No need to thank me. Just trying to be helpful.
Yeah but officially, there no Republican liberals. There are only conservatives and the Republican Main Street Alliance - the party moderates AKA the establishment.
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