Romney Denialists

American Thinker ^ | January 17, 2012 | Gene Schwimmer

[BuckeyeTexan]

Though I have yet to read anything on the Internet that caused me literally to bash my laptop computer into the nearest available hard surface, comments like this, in the comments section of a popular conservative website, come pretty close:

Oh no we won't. The GOP has been forcing us to choose their candidates. No thank you.

As most of you reading this probably have already guessed, the "oh no he won't" the commenter is vowing is that he won't unite behind Mitt Romney should the ex-gov of Mass win the GOP nomination.

Well, let me be the first to break the news to Mr. Oh-No-I-Wouldn't: Oh, yes, you will. You may say you won't, you may even think it. But when the bell tolls midnight on November 5 and the Ghost of America in Decline Future forces you to confront the prospect of four more years of Barack Obama, the nanosecond dawn breaks on the 6th, you will propel yourself from your bed like the proverbial bat out of hell and pull the "R" lever - yes - even if the label next to it says "Romney."

Or maybe I'm wrong and this commenter really, truly will never vote for Mitt Romney, no way, no how. In which case, he's definitely in the right political party. "The Stupid Party" is not an appellation they just give to a political party; it must be earned.

[Chuckster]

All this fuss and bluster just so Willard can add “Former Presidential candidate” to his resume.

It is his turn so he gets to be the candidate but I do not believe it was ever intended, by the elite ruling class, that he should actually win the presidency. Just as with McCain, he is not supposed to win.

I find the whole thing disgusting beyond words.

[who knows what evil?]

Oh, yes, you will.

Oh no, I won't...and it won't be the first time.

[WayneS]

Not that our primary really matters anyway, but in Virginia, our choices in the 2012 republican primary will be Mitt Romney or Ron Paul.

They are the only two ‘republicans’ who will be on the ballot.

In Virginia, write-ins are not allowed during primaries.

[GBA]

To be blunt, FU, Gene.

I did my time in Rinoland: Bush the elder twice, Dole, Bush the younger twice, and finally McCain only because he chose Palin and I knew what was coming with obama.

I said "never again" after McCain. Your GOP lost me and I'm not coming back.

Your GOP isn't serious about winning or reform or even about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

FU, Gene, and the rino you rode in on.

[SoConPubbie]

Despite his past, his current statements, his support, his votes, and the incoming congress will alll be depending upon him and forecing him to keep the very direct statements he has made, meaning:

and right there is the problem with your hopeful approach.

We had a much more "conservative" house and senate with George Bush who can be argued was more conservative than even Myth's current words make him seem to appear right now during this campaign and they folded every stinkin' time to GWB whenever he pushed something "Compassionate" or non-conservative.

You are refusing to look at the history involved with your hopes and are doomed to repeat the same failures that have already happened in similiar situations in our near-past history.

In other words, you're whistling past the graveyard if you truly believe that:

1. a GOP-controlled congress will controll a moderate to liberal(depending on the issue) Myth Romney.
2. That a GOP congress, if elected in majority status, will actually be conservative and not mushy moderate as the leadership is today.

[Chipper]

Bingo!!!!
If by some miracle Romney wins then of course we have to vote for him in 2016 instead of _____________.
Then we get another RINO in 2020 unless another miracle happens by 2020.
I'd rather get a decent conservative in 4 years, than have Romney for 8 (or likely 4 years and a lib Dem for 8 years after that).

[dan on the right]

Reading the tea leaves which indicate pretty strongly that Mitt is the likely GOP nominee right now (unless, as I said before, Newt can run alone, head to head with him, which better happen fast!), I am just stating the obvious that one has to be impressed with Mitt's political skills. I am not “pimping” for him, in fact, I sent money to Newt.

Newt is still my first choice (even though I think Mitt can get elected in the General easier than Newt, I'd take that chance) - but I don't make that decision; the early states do and it seems that is all but over.

So, from March (when it will probably be over) until November, all the Mitt haters here can have fun trashing Mitt and help Obama win. We'll show them!

[Ancesthntr]

He fails to address the media’s total lack of negative coverage on Romney and seems to equate that lack of negative converage with the GOP elite having considered the facts of this election and having reached a reasonable conclusion that Romney is the grassroots’ chosen candidate according to all national polls thus far.

McCain got the same treatment...until he was actually nominated, at which point the media turned on him. McCain was stupid enough to believe that the media really loved him, so he never fought back and never really attacked Obama. Face it, the media is about 95% Dem/liberal/radical, and they ALWAYS want the weakest Republican candidate. I think that they cringe in fear of someone like Gingrich, who will not only attack Obama relentlessly, but he'll go out of his way (like last night) to make the Media Shill of the Day look like the damned fool that he or she is.

That said, I will probably vote for Romney if he's the Republican nominee, simply to get rid of Obama. Obama and those around him are dead set on destroying this country as we know it, and he'll never have to face the public again if he wins. At least Romney will have to face the public in 2016, and he'll also (IMHO) be forced to take a pretty conservative person as Veep (DeMint, for example) to have a hope of a large turnout of the base. I won't like that choice at all, and I'll do what I can to see that Gingrich gets the nomination (I don't think that Santorum really has a shot, though I like him a lot). Threatening to take our ball home if we don't like how the game ends up isn't the path to defeating Obama.

Oh, by the way, it looks a lot like Romney did NOT win in Iowa - the recount, still in progress, shows Santorum 80 votes ahead of where he was before. This is NOT a fait accompli, Romney does NOT have to win - and I hope he doesn't.

[SoConPubbie]

So, from March (when it will probably be over) until November, all the Mitt haters here can have fun trashing Mitt and help Obama win. We'll show them!

That statement alone proves your statements in the previous paragraph to be lies.

Whether or not you want to admit to it, you are pimping Myth.

[Osage Orange]

I guess you didn't understand my post.........

No problem.........

[Osage Orange]

Pretty good post.........

[Carry_Okie]

Well, let me be the first to break the news to Mr. Oh-No-I-Wouldn't: Oh, yes, you will.

This idiot apparently doesn't know that conservative turnout for McCain was lousy. Moreover, after Nixon, Ford, Bushes I&II, Schwarzenegger, etc. methinks a few have learned their lesson. "He can win" is a sure way to lose in the long run.

[brownsfan]

“I guess you didn’t understand my post.........”

Oh, right. Your detailed, specific post regarding how you’re cheated by the process?

I got the details you provided, and I think I understand too well. You want to throw a fit because your candidate isn’t winning.

Carry on.

[MeganC]

I’m not voting for Romney. Period. If that means Obama gets back in then I really don’t care. The GOP is not owed my vote and the insistence of the GOP old fart leadership in running POS candidates like Romney, McCain, Dole, and, frankly, GW Bush has become tiresome. If the price of getting an actual conservative into the White House in 2016 is four more years of Obama then so be it. If anything, four more years of Obama assures a conservative win in 2016.

Meanwhile, I will invest my effort and donations on supporting Tea Party candidates for Congress.

[Osage Orange]

ROFLOL!!

Dude....all I said was maybe you didn't understand it. Could have been my fault....you didn't. I dunno....

I'm not the one throwing a "fit"...here. : )

Do you agree with the process...of having Iowa, NH, SC, FL, basically deciding the Pubbie nominee? Not to mention the "voting rules" NH, and SC have...Not to mention NH is an extremely small state, that is stacked with Libs.

I think it sucks....but hey that's just me.

[Flycatcher]

Great post (even if it is a repost)!

BUMP!

[Marcella]

Since FR is the premier forum for conservatives, I think the author read here and doesn’t like a lot of us independent thinkers. Texas is largely Republican and my county is about 90% Republican. Our state party is ready to endorse whoever is the candidate and from what I hear, they think it will be Romney. The electoral votes of Texas will go to whomever is the Republican candidate.

I have worked with our state party, but I vote my convictions – did not vote for McCain and won’t vote for Romney. The only thing I can do, is to keep sending money to Newt Gingrich now to try to prevent Romney from winning.

Don’t stay home if Romney is the candidate – vote for your Republican candidates for US Representative, US Senator, state offices and county offices.

Attend your precinct convention so you can be a delegate to the county convention so you can be a delegate to the state convention. Here is what happened all over the US in 2008:
Ron Paul people flooded precinct conventions, some had enough there to vote their own person to run it, then they flooded the county convention and took those over, and that meant gobs of Paul people at the state convention where our state platform is originated. Then, they went on to the national convention to try to get their planks in our national platform.

THINK ABOUT A BROKERED NATIONAL CONVENTION THAT COULD HAPPEN: WHO ARE THE NATIONAL DELEGATES GOING TO BE? PAUL PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY TOOK OVER OUR PRECINCT AND COUNTY AND STATE CONVENTIONS? AND PAUL BECOMES THE CANDIDATE?

Don’t let this happen.

[brownsfan]

“I think it sucks....but hey that’s just me.”

Nope, not just you. The process is a mess. I suspect some of it has been conspired to slant the process, and some is just the natural course of human events. That is, packed with mistakes.

Here’s the problem for me. Among key conservative values are resilience, problem solving, and a willingness to deal with reality instead of simply whining about a situation.

In this primary season, I have read more posts that sound like liberals:
“It’s THEIR fault.”
“It’s not FAIR.”
“If it doesn’t go my way, I’m quitting.”
“Why can’t SOMEBODY fix this?”

Not appealing, and not conservative in spirit.

Yes, the process isn’t good. But, who can change the process? Us. And it’s not impossible to get someone other than Romney, however, one of my early questions comes into play:

Is it possible America isn’t as conservative as we think?

[Windflier]

...what sense does it make to nominate the moderate who lost to the moderate who lost to obama?

DING! DING! DING!

You'd think that even the most brain dead knee-jerk Republican voter would be able to process that simple calculation, yet here we are, with approximately one quarter of center-right voters solidly in Romney's column.

And that, in the face of his Obama-Lite record in office. Makes you want to bang your head on the desk.

[Antoninus]

Dear Gene...

OH NO I WON'T.