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DeMint Endorsement? Nope, Desperate Romney
Fitsnews ^
| Januaty 20, 2012
Posted on 01/20/2012 6:00:59 PM PST by greyfoxx39
POPULAR SENATORS 2007 ENDORSEMENT RECYCLED BY ROMNEY-ITES
Here we go again
as if the final 24 hours of the 2012 South Carolina Republican presidential primary havent been sufficiently bizarre, into the fray at the last minute jumped U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Well
Jim DeMint circa 2007.
A recorded phone message featuring DeMints 2007 endorsement of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney began burning up the phone lines in the Palmetto State late Friday a desperate last-minute attempt by pro-Romney forces to fool people into thinking that DeMint is support their candidate on the eve of Saturdays election.
Hes not
something the popular U.S. Senator made perfectly clear a few months ago.
While DeMint did not endorse a presidential candidate this go-round, he has spoken out enthusiastically on behalf of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul and permitted Pauls campaign to use his voice in its campaign materials.
Now Romney backers are using DeMints voice without permission to imply support for their candidate that doesnt exist.
Just got a robocall playing Demints 2007 endorsement of Romney. Desperate, S.C. Rep. Tommy Stringer wrote on his Facebook page.
Numerous other sources confirmed to FITS that they had received the calls.
Romney who enjoyed a double-digit lead in South Carolina earlier this week has seen his support erode over the past few days. Meanwhile former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich has been enjoying a second surge in the Palmetto State.
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SC Attorney General Investigating Gingrich Smear
ALAN WILSON TO LAUNCH PROBE INTO FAKE EMAILS
S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilsons office will investigate the two-pronged email assault leveled against former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich on the eve of the 2012 South Carolina GOP presidential primary, FITSNews has learned.
Sources at the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) have also confirmed to us that the states top law enforcement agency has launched a preliminary inquiry into the matter as well.
Less than 24 hours before Palmetto State Republicans went to the polls in the pivotal First in the South presidential primary, Gingrichs campaign was rocked with a pair of fake emails.
The first email took the form of a fake CNN news alert, while the second was a fake official response to the news alert ostensibly sent from the Gingrich campaign. The gist of both emails? That Gingrich had been accused 0f (and later acknowledged) pressuring his second wife Marianne Gingrich into have an abortion.
That allegation is not only false, Gingrichs ex-wife never even made it- although she has alleged that the ex-Speaker asked her if he could have an open marriage after revealing a six-year affair with the woman who is now his current wife.
Wilsons decision to launch the probe came after several top Gingrich supporters including House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham called for an investigation.
In 2000, a dark event in our states history took place when a last-minute smear campaign against John McCain was launched hours before the Republican presidential primary, Bingham said. While there were suspicions, no one was ever brought to justice. It is happening again. Unlike last time, however, this state will not tolerate it, will investigate it and those responsible will be prosecuted.
Bingham is referring, of course, to this infamous smear orchestrated by the consulting empire of Warren Tompkins which is working on behalf of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the current election.
Gingrich has also said that those responsible for the attacks should be prosecuted.
If we can find out who they are, I would urge the government to prosecute them, Gingrich told Buzzfeed on Friday.
While the vast majority of Palmetto politicos suspect Tompkins or his former underling Wesley Donehue (who engineered an anonymous smear campaign against former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson four years ago)- of launching the attack, a few think that the Gingrich campaign is employing a false flag strategy.
A false flag refers to a negative attack thats deliberately launched by a campaign in an effort to generate sympathy for a particular candidate while assigning blame to one of their rivals.
Ordinarily we might be inclined to agree, but with the other disingenuous pro-Romney shenanigans taking place this election eve and the aggressiveness with which the Gingrich camp is pursuing a criminal probe into the matter, such a theory seems like a stretch.
Plus, the timing of the attack would lend itself to a legitimate attempt to hurt Gingrich.
If youre going to do a false-flag, you do it in sufficient time pre-election that media picks up on it and rails on it, one veteran GOP operative tells FITS.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dirtytricks; lyinformitt; smearcampaign
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We remember the dirty tricks last time.
To: Jim Robinson; brytlea; Diana in Wisconsin; Kakaze; Tammy8; unkus; metmom; Cap Huff; svcw; ...
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:03:21 PM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
To: greyfoxx39
I hope they find out who sent those emails. It should be interesting.
To: greyfoxx39
On Florida radio, I am hearing radio ads that make it sound like Michele Bachmann has endorsed Newt. Has she? The ads features speech excerpts from MB praising Newt.
I suspect this is the same tactic, since MB’s endorsement would also have made big news.
To: greyfoxx39
Either Romneybots or alterPaulbots, they have a history so why not them.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:11:56 PM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: brytlea; Diana in Wisconsin; Kakaze; Tammy8; unkus; metmom; Cap Huff; svcw; leapfrog0202; Concho; ..
Guess who doesnt like debates . . .
. . . all of a sudden. If you guessed Mitt Romney, you win!
If Romney confirms his attendance, the listing will be updated to reflect the scheduled debate.
Byron York reported that Romney adviser Stuart Stevens indicated Romney may decline the to attend.
There are too many of these
We have to bring some order to it. We havent accepted Florida
Its kind of like a cruise thats gone on too long, he said.
Stuart Stevens, by the way, is the same guy I referred to in an earlier post as the person who introduced the term Vulture Capitalism into the GOP campaign lexicon. Hes also the slimy dirtbag who forwarded Mitt Romneys attack on Rick Perrys Social Security reform plan as an attempt to kill the program.
When I pointed this fact out to a widely followed conservative on Twitter who was especially dismayed over Newt and Rick Perry having the temerity to challenge Romneys record at Bain Capital, I was assured at the time that Stuarts days with the Romney campaign were numbered. Apparently, though, the number is pretty large.
In any event, this is just something to keep in mind as the campaign moves forward in the weeks ahead and Romneys acolytes (haplessly) beg and plead for conservatives to unite behind their candidate. Recall the japing at Rick Perry over his consideration of skipping a few of the already excessive number of debates at the time and ask yourself whether this would be happening if Mitt Romney were performing up-to-snuff.
Also remember how important it was to have a strong debater cued up to take on Barack Obama, and how crucial debates have become to the electorate in deciding who to support. Can conservatives really unite behind a man too cowardly to face his opponents and hash out their differences before the eyes of the nation now that hes been outclassed by an opponent whose campaign was considered dead in the water in its infancy?
From Damn Dirty Rino.com
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:16:57 PM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
To: Parley Baer
We brace for the proverbial October Surprise from now on. It may be Romney behind it, or it may be Axlerod behind it, who happily watches us hang the guilt on Romney, when all the time actually it may be the RINO machine calling in some chips from a few liberal connections.
All of it seems to play into Operation Chaos.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:17:48 PM PST
by
RitaOK
(LET 'ER RIP, NEWT. NEWT 2012 / Rick Bachmann is too loud, too long, too nagging.)
To: greyfoxx39
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:20:37 PM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
On Florida radio, I am hearing radio ads that make it sound like Michele Bachmann has endorsed Newt. Has she? The ads features speech excerpts from MB praising Newt.Newt's endorsements here..official.
Newt.org
I suspect this is the same tactic, since MBs endorsement would also have made big news.
I suspect you are correct.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:21:19 PM PST
by
greyfoxx39
(When GOP wants to guarantee a loss, they pick from MA: Dukakis, Kerry and now Romney.)
To: greyfoxx39
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:21:47 PM PST
by
JediJones
(Newt-er Romney in 2012!)
To: svcw
I got both of those emails and they really looked legitamat. My guess is Romney campaign. I also got 8 calls this PM from Romney folks. I think he’s running scared.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:26:11 PM PST
by
estrogen
(don't let the media pick our candidate)
To: estrogen
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:29:43 PM PST
by
estrogen
(don't let the media pick our candidate)
To: estrogen
I am glad to hear that perception.
By the time the primary gets to California, I am hoping Gingrich has it rapped up.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:32:51 PM PST
by
svcw
(For the new year: you better toughen up, if you are going to continue to be stupid.)
To: greyfoxx39
It is from an introduction she made for Newt and I’m not sure of the event. It was obviously made before she thought it was to her advantage to denigrate him. I don’t know if she has asked him not to use it or not.
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posted on
01/20/2012 6:35:07 PM PST
by
duffee
(NEWT 2012)
To: greyfoxx39
Is their use of DeMint’s words from 2007 worse than Gingrich using Bachmann’s words from other contexts suggesting she is talking about Gingrich as a Presidential Candidate?
I would be upset if I endorsed someone in 2008, and people pretended I supported them now. Hey, wait, people do that to me all the time here — and yes, I do hate it.
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posted on
01/20/2012 7:06:07 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Occupy DC General Assembly: We are Marxist tools. WE ARE MARXIST TOOLS!)
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posted on
01/20/2012 7:20:17 PM PST
by
campaignPete R-CT
(and I will go to southern Maine to campaign.)
To: campaignPete R-CT
I hate politics—and most politicians.
I don’t trust any of them...bah! humbug!
I’m going to bed......
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posted on
01/20/2012 7:29:33 PM PST
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: greyfoxx39
What’s Barney Frank doing in the picture?
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posted on
01/20/2012 7:58:15 PM PST
by
BobL
("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
To: greyfoxx39
Any Republican politician who publicly endorses the Commie Romney is kaput in their next election. Bye bye, Nikki Haley.
Even Pansey Graham knew better than speak up for Mittens.
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posted on
01/20/2012 8:12:50 PM PST
by
meadsjn
(Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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