Newt Makes Romney Better (Peggy Noonan Barf Alert)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/30/11 | Peggy Noonan

[jimbo123]

So the first third of the Republican presidential race is ending. The first third is the introduction: "This is who I am, this is what I want to do, this is why you want to choose me."

The campaign is announced, organized, and goes forward in key early states.

The second phase is the long slog through the primary states to the convention next August in Tampa, Fla. The third and final is the election proper, in the autumn of 2012.

*** The first phase was clouded by an overlay of frustration and dissatisfaction: The best weren't in the game. Mitch Daniels, Paul Ryan, John Thune, Haley Barbour, none of them reporting for duty. But in the past few weeks another mood has begun to dig in: You fight with the army you have. You pick from the possible candidates. You make a choice and back him hard.

[jimbo123]

It will take a tough stomach to make it through this one...

[Darkwolf377]

I remember when I liked Peggy Noonan’s writing. That was a looooooong time ago.

I’ll take your word for it and won’t bother, with that title.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Romney defends his record in Massachusetts by telling us that he had to say and do the things he did in order to get elected.

Is there any reason to believe that Romney is not doing the say thing now, saying and doing the things he needs to in order to get elected.

What's he going to do in office? Who knows?

Romney's instinct is to be squishy. He'll cave to the Beltway. Electing Romney will not save the country and will destroy the Republican Party. Let's not elect the third Bush.

[nikos1121]

I’m not reading beyond the excerpt. I’m sick of these. I deleted Coulter from my favorites list, and took her CDs to Goodwill yesterday. Peggy Noonan is gone.

I watched Romney with Hannity last night. Smooth, polished, I’m sure he would make a decent president, kind of like BUsh....

Newt on the other hand, is the only true consevative between the two. They’ve done a good job to paint him otherwise.

THis country needs Newt right now. I see him losing in Iowa and the media counting him out. I see him taking third in NH and the media has him out...

Then it’s all down hill from there for him...

[Beagle8U]

Romney is nothing like Bush, not even close. Queer marriage, pro- abortion, anti-gun? No way is the worthless liberal bastard like G. W. Bush.

[mkjessup]

Peggy Noonan still sighs and wishes that her name had been Megan Marshack.

[CASchack]

I saw Willard on Hannity last night also. Scripted and well-rehearsed were the words that came to mind. No way does he believe his own talking points.

[sodpoodle]

Reading the Peggy Noonan article - proves only one thing.

She gets her most eloquent & pithy phrases from reading FReeRepublic.

[Diogenesis]

Ms. Noonan jumps from the 'beds' of Obama to Romney
and then back and forth.

Making her what?

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ObamaBOT and RomneyBOT Julia Reed runs a web site
with Lesley Stahl and Peggy Noonan.

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From committedtoromney:

"WowOWow.com describes itself as:
wowOwow is a free daily Internet website created,
run and written by Lesley Stahl, Peggy Noonan,
Liz Smith, Joni Evans, Mary Wells, Sheila Nevins,
Joan Juliet Buck, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Reed,
Joan Ganz Cooney, Judith Martin, Candice Bergen,
Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, and Marlo Thomas.
Anyway, they put together their list of the “50 Sexiest"
[ touts perennial GOP-backstabber Romney ]"

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"Romney Disses Palin Again - This Time by Proxy"
"Who's Mike Murphy? He's a Romney guy!
He's hated Palin from Day One...when she was announced as McCain's VP nominee,
he was the jerkwad on the air with Peggy Noonan when she made her infamous hot-mike disparaging remarks about Palin...
nd he himself was calling the Palin choice "gimmicky" and "cynical."
They never gave Palin a chance.
They had contempt for her and for the ordinary Americans she represents."

"Murphy is a Romney hack.
Although he worked for McCain in 2000, he switched to help Romney for the 2008 race.
He now works for Palin-deranged MSNBC as a token Republican."

[sushiman]

” Queer marriage, pro- abortion, anti-gun? “

Huh ? Totally wrong . Where are you getting your info from ???

[Covenantor]

Peggy Noonan still sighs and wishes that her name had been Megan Marshack.

Dang! Perfectly good coffee thru my nose.

My ex MIL was in the NYC medical upper tier and confirmed from a primary source Rocky proudly died in the saddle. IIRC Megan got title to a very nice midtown town house and a very comfortable life long stipend. I suspect WJC dreams of going out the same way.

[Yosemitest]

Please read 7 Reasons Why Mitt Romney's Electability Is A Myth Dec 27, 2011. by John Hawkins.

"Establishment Republicans" Want to Redefine the Term "Conservative"

September 21, 2011

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Folks, this is a little Inside Baseball, but it's important because
he who controls the language ends up winning the debate,
and it might seem like a small thing, but I have learned and I have been given to understand that the "establishment Republicans" hate the term.
They don't like being called "establishment Republicans,"
and they are trying to change the term to "establishment conservatives" and in the process co-opt the definition of "conservative" and conservatism.
It's not something that you'll notice if you watch cable news or even read.
You have to be able to see the stitches on the fastball, you have to be able to read between the lines,
and you have to know some stuff going on behind the scenes
(and, of course, I am in a position to know these kinds of things).

So don't doubt me on this. The establishment Republicans are the ;establishment Republicans.
The Republican leadership is the Republican establishment, meaning the elites.
They hate it and they are in the process of trying to redefine who conservatives are and what it is --
and if they succeed, the conservatism that you and I hold dear will no longer be the definition of conservatism.
If they succeed, the current thinking of the Republican establishment will be what is called modern day conservatism.
Don't doubt me on this.
It sounds like a small thing, but in a daily ebb and flow you'll not even see any news about this,
but it's in important because it's crucial who controls the language, who controls the way words are defined.

You and I know that the establishment Republicans don't like conservatives.
They didn't like Reagan.
They were embarrassed of Reagan.
They were embarrassed of us.
They didn't like the Moral Majority, they didn't like the Christian right, they don't like the pro-lifers.
They don't like the social conservatives at all.
They're embarrassed by us, in many ways, with their other buddies, the establishment Democrats --
which combined gives us the Washington establishment,
and they very much prefer to be members of that club than ours.
But they know that it doesn't help them to be called "establishment Republicans."
So they're trying to take the term "conservative" and co-opt it
and define it as they behave, write, speak, and even vote on matters of politics.

END TRANSCRIPT

"Establishment Republicans" are Lying to Us With Threats of a Dire Default

A great man said:

Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

Someone here at FR posted

"... Constitutional limitations of government power especially freedom of the press and speech, are designed to make government impotent in the absence of a general consensus ..."

But with the press not doing its job, and the LAME Stream Media trying to silence speech they don't agree with,
we're in a real mess and under attack by an evil force rarely seen in this country.
The Republicans and the God-Given freedoms this country has enjoyed so far, are descending into oblivion.
And the "Establishment Republicans" aren't doing a damned thing to stop it.
The "Establishment Republicans" aren't providing "the boots on the ground" to win.
They're trying to put the public back to sleep, lying to them, in order to keep their power, and "wreck the country as it commits suicide".
So now the "Establishment Republicans" have "fractured their base" and,
because they have taught us "that accepting short-term loss in exchange for long-term gain is the essence of compromise, the essence of politics",
they're going to lose, and lose big, if they don't swing to the hard right wing of what used to be their party.
How many conservatives have re-registered as "Conservative Party" or "Independent" because they're fed up with being lied to?
We've been "treated to one lecture after the other on the need for “compromise” and “patience” ", and we're sick of it.
We don't trust them any longer.

Look, Rush said it best....

Now, the fact that the Republican establishment cannot make that case and other arguments
tells me that they may have already surrendered,
and this is a big difference between us and the establishment.
They're in this defensive posture, I've told you,
I said on Greta how many times, a lot of people inside the Republican establishment secretly don't even believe Obama can be beaten.
And that's why they want Romney,
'cause they think at least Romney will help 'em take the Senate.
He'll lose less down the ballot than Gingrich or some conservative will.
But conservatives, you Tea Party activists, you don't want to give up
and you haven't given up,
and you don't want to accept this propaganda from the left.
We insist on challenging it, we insist on fighting it
'cause there's no other way to save the country,
and continually playing these games
letting the Democrats rewrite the language, change the definition of things,
get away with false accusations against us, never do anything about it,
constantly stay on defense.

So now, because of the Establishment Republicans" there's not just a candle lit, but a bonfire lit ...
in the very heart of the conservatives, and it will burn away the dead wood that is "Establishment Republicans."

Yes, it's time to curse the "Establishment Republicans" for every thing they've NOT DONE!
And CURSE THEM for most of the things they HAVE DONE!

"Attack, repeat, ATTACK!" i

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

All cut from the same cloth: Angry, aging, un-atractive, pseudo-intellectual, inside-the-beltway, elists, females, looking to hang on to their (long ago, passed) “15 minutes” of relevancy:

Noonan, Dowd, Huffington, Parker et al.

[Beagle8U]

That was speaking about Romney, I got it from his record in public office.

I was laying out major differences between G. W. Bush and Mutt Romney.

Do you disagree with that?

[petercooper]

They all have that vegan look- yuk. Need some protein, stat!

[jimbo123]

[LibLieSlayer]

peggy noonan makes the world a more dreary place.

LLS

[RichInOC]

Peg, what if the first phase makes you less confident than ever that any of the candidates should be running at all, let alone are ready or able to beat Barack Obama next fall? What a shame it is, especially for you snd your friends, that Sarah Palin’s leaving the field didn’t make it better.

[Dawgreg]

I ain’t readin’ it. All it took was to see Piggy No-one’s name on it. I do the same thing with Coulter. Maybe I’m wising up in my old age......these two had my respect once upon a time.........NO MORE!! :(

[MHGinTN]

Dittos!