Mitt will do fine

Charleston (WV) Daily Mail ^ | April 5, 2012 | Don Surber

[Mustang Driver]

The press is circulating Republican-insiders stories again, this time saying Mr. Electable is unelectable.

Don’t buy the latest spin from Democrats. Conservatives should stay calm, cool and collected.

Mitt Romney is the most presidential of Republican nominees since 1988. He looks the part, he acts the part and lives the part. He has worked his way up and made it on his own even though his father was a prominent businessman and successful governor. He is the grown-up in the room whose blandness is a strikingly attractive alternative to the All Trauma Obama presidency. Over the years he has taken progressively more responsible positions — from head of the Mormon mission in France to CEO of Bain Capital — that have built his self-confidence and the trust of others. When people talk about the Republican establishment, they are really talking about the successful people who will make up his government. This is about running a government.

President John McCain? Come on. What were we thinking? OK, the bench was thin. President Bush forgot to develop an heir.

Mitt Romney’s blandness is a plus because he exudes grace under pressure. He gets flustered. But he grins and bears it. This will serve him well in a very ugly campaign, perhaps the ugliest since 1800. We know after 4 years of watching President Obama that he is extremely vulnerable under pressure. He cracks. His temper tantrum against the Supreme Court showed how intellectually empty he is. My goodness, it is unprecedented to have justices turn down a law? Talk about acting stupidly. The pressure must be applied carefully and consistently.

[af_vet_rr]

In a nutshell, it's fine with me if you loathe Romney. But anyone who underestimates his appeal to a large segment of the GOP electorate is, basically, delusional.

I know you're not a Romney fan, and didn't mean to imply that, but the problem is this: If the GOP wants to be represented by a a pro-abortion, pro-sodomoy, pro-gun control candidate who pretends to be liberal/moderate or conservative depending on who he is standing in front of, then the GOP is apparently not the party for me.

[Lauren BaRecall]

SURVIVED EISENHOWER??????

All we had was one big fat post war boom, and all the illegals went home!

[itsahoot]

We have even better ones from Obama and his radical czars.

Will they be running 24/7 on the MSM? No.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Romney’s watered down Republicanism will not “fix” anythign

We need a Republican House and Senate to "guide" him. With Obama we'll need a Republican House and Senate to "stop" him.

[Ron C.]

"Mitt will do fine"

Yeah, like some ignorant Brit (with Britain's unbelievably failed national health-care fiasco) has any clue whatsoever.

[gidget7]

Having lived in the state under his governorship, I agree. And good grief, the main cannot utter a 5 word sentence without an equal number of uhh uhh uhh’s.

[Sirius Lee]

He looks the part

This is all that matters to these deep thinkers. Hare brains voting for hair. They're as bad as the brown messiah's butt sniffers.

[itsahoot]

most Freepers prefer to shout loudly in the echo chamber, and whinge about how they'll hold their breath 'till they turn blue if Romney is the nominee.

Let your post be a reminder to all those that thought we the people actually had any influence on who the nominee would be. A year ago Romney would have got about three votes on FR, as would by the way Newt or Rick.

We have had a continuing parade of talking heads cheering for a conservative but declaring that we would support a Cp@p sandwich in our quest for ABO.

Those republicans that you suppose will be happy with a moderate would be happy with a conservative as well, just not one with a Libertarian approach to social values and defense, as Ron Paul proves again and again.

The state I will be voting in this year it won't matter, but Romney will not get my vote period.

[TigersEye]

Muck Fitt Romney!

[Dick Vomer]

perfect... like I’ve been saying... he’s a white Obama. Dole without the humor and McCain without the hot wife and beer.

[GenXteacher]

“Romney in the White House, the product of fear, panic, and desperation, would be the the agent that brought the Republican party to surrender to statism and liberalism; Romney would be the catalyst to make the Republican party a wholesale enabler of liberalism and disabler of any Republican fight against it.”

An excellent point. I salute you for making it!

[af_vet_rr]

You're talking the sad, sad, common-sense truth.

People are so busy looking behind them in their panic, that they're failing to watch where they're headed. They forget that in voting "against" something, they are also voting FOR something, and voting FOR liberalism always empowers liberalism.

Courage -- including the courage to risk a much-weakened Obama for another four years as the price of fighting to preserve the Republican party as an antidote to liberalism -- is our best chance of being victorious in the long term to save America from socialism. The best way to weaken Obama AND Romney, regardless of who wins, is to vote third-party to dilute the percentage plurality of the winner.

Romney in the White House, the product of fear, panic, and desperation, would be the the agent that brought the Republican party to surrender to statism and liberalism; Romney would be the catalyst to make the Republican party a wholesale enabler of liberalism and disabler of any Republican fight against it.

Romney has consistently promoted the very crushing government statism that stifles morality, freedom, and prosperity, and which nourishes strife and repression -- cap-and-trade regulation to squelch energy and production; on-demand tax-funded abortion; forced acceptance of open homosexuality in all corners of our lives and punishment for resisting it; nationalized health care. Voting for Romney is NUTS.

This is a post that needs to be read by many.

People who vote for Romney because he's not Obama are just looking for an excuse to vote for Romney, because that's definitely not a reason to vote for Romney.

Romney and Obama both want to take us down the road to socialism. Obama is willing to floor it, while Romney is willing to go slower in and effort to try and make you think that it's okay if he's in the driver seat.

[Lady Lucky]

Do you really believe that in his heart he is all of those things? Or did he go along to get along during a time when MOST republicans were cowed into the corner and afraid to profess their pro life views or any conservative views.

You're serious?

Is supporting the murder of infants any less evil, because he supported it out of political cowardice rather than sincere belief?

Are you saying that being pro-choice and a coward (and a liar) make him less odious?

And are you saying we conservatives should also "go along to get along" and vote for him?

[CatherineofAragon]

What IS that stammer? Good grief, it drove me nuts in the debates...I can’t imagine having to listen to it for four years.

[Finny]

Thank you so much! :^)

[NYpeanut]

I’m with you, Steyn and Palin. ABBO

[the invisib1e hand]

He has worked his way up and made it on his own even though his father was a prominent businessman and successful governor.

Huh! What's wrong with this sentence? Hint: some wiseguy substituted the words "even though" for "no doubt because", which most assuredly was in the original.

[the invisib1e hand]

A freaking Mormon -- out of deference to any and all, I'm sorry, you're just not mainstream and you know it -- with coiffe is to be preferred to a pro-life Catholic?

Yeah, no, it almost makes sense: the more wives you have, the more abortions you can have!

And what's the matter with ME?! If 1600 Pennsylvania Ave can have the name "Obama" on the mailbox, why it can certainly have a Mormon's name there.

[Finny]

People who vote for Romney because he's not Obama are just looking for an excuse to vote for Romney ...

Sad but true.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who sees the handwriting on the wall. Thank you. :^)

Anger, hate, despair, even fear anymore, are way past, out of the picture, in how probably a lot of folks view Romney's threat to America. It's plain cold appraisal and reckoning to opt for the most reasonable chance of overcoming socialist creep in America.

Romey, in a place removed from hate or fear or anything else, is the most dangerous because he would give all the things that are killing our freedoms and the mindset behind them, philosophical support from a whole new source -- the "severely conservative" wing of the Republican party.

Romney is very bad news. He was bad news in the 90s, he was bad news in 2004, and he's bad news now. He needs to be vanquished.

[the invisib1e hand]

Mitt will do fine

Now there's an inspiring campaign slogan.