Bottom line is Santorum’s out.......choice is Romney or Newt now. Surely folks know the difference and shouldn’t need much convincing to go with Newt. Should they choose Romney then what the heck are they voting for a liberal for? Newt’s the conservative! Sheesh...it’s really that simple.
Not really so simple.
You see, the Romneybots were driven underground here in FR so they had to choose an alternative candidate to pretend to support until their real favorite won. By that time they felt that FreeRepublic would end up supporting that candidate over Obama.
Because these posters are establishment republican supporters they decided to choose Santorum as their "fake" favorite candidate. And because they are who they are they felt that Santorum is just another right-wing, religious nut-job who would never win the nomination (their thinking not mine) and that's why they chose Santorum as their guy to hide behind during the primaries.
Now that he's gone they continue to post as Santorum supporters because they have nowhere else to go. They certainly would not become a fake supporter of Newt because Romney's conservative opposition is no longer split.
What do they do now?
Continue to be fake Santorum supporters who are saddened but claim they will not vote for Romney (they have to claim that so they do not get banned). So, they continue to bash Newt hoping their guy Romney will hurry up and get this thing won so that FreeRepublic (as they think) will circle the wagons around their guy. Until then they will bash Newt (as if there still remains a conservative alternative against Romney). Deep down insode they want Romney to win. They just cannot say it because they are afraid they will get zotted.
Having said that, of course there were many real Santorum supporters and there still are. Most of them (FR posters) have moved to Newt's side with some exceptions.
Santorum supporters were and are legit. But not all who claim to be anti-Newt Santorum supporters are really for Santorum.
Especially now, the Romneybots are easy to sniff out. I've got several of them pegged already. I'm not the zotting type. They'll get caught sooner or later because now it's so obvious. I prefer to let the moderators decide who is and who is not. Me, I think it's funny because they are as fake as the guy they are in the closet supporting :)