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What? Romney Decries Rise of Conservative Media, End of Liberal Media Dominance
http://newsbusters.org ^ | October 24, 2015 | Jeffrey Lord

Posted on 10/25/2015 10:02:40 PM PDT by NKP_Vet

Why isn’t Mitt Romney president? Because he thinks like this.

Over at Breitbart was this headline:

MITT ROMNEY: DEMISE OF LEGACY MEDIA EMPOWERING CONSERVATIVE ‘INSURGENTS,’ PREVENTING MORE ‘COLLABORATIVE ACTION’

The story reads, in part, like this:

Failed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lamented that the demise of traditional media is empowering Republican “insurgents” and preventing establishment Republicans from compromising more with Democrats.

As the Republican establishment is trying convince Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to run for House Speaker, Romney told David Axelrod on a recent “The Axe Files” podcast that the “extremes within our respective parties are having a louder and louder voice and demanding more attention” and “immediate action” as opposed to more “collaborative action.”

Romney said this phenomenon flows in part from the “change in the world of media.”

“There was a time when we all got the news with the same facts, if you will,” he said. “We had three networks we watched for the evening news. Most of us got newspapers. Everybody in the middle class got a newspaper, so we got the same facts whether we agreed or not with them.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalistromney; loserromney; media; msm; rinoromney; romney; romney4dnc; romney4msm; romney4obama; romneycare; romneymarriage
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To: NKP_Vet
Mitt, you have lost your heart and soul. If you're looking for them, you'll find them over in the Democrat Party.
41 posted on 10/26/2015 1:50:47 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: goldstategop
I’m relieved Obama won.

Idiot child.

42 posted on 10/26/2015 2:03:46 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: sparklite2

Here’s the problem a lot of you lesser evil types fail to realize.

When you have a leftist Republican, it gives the imprimatur that these policies are the given policies of said party, and they are also given the consent of the party by the ruling apparatchiks.

This in turn, severely damages the reputation of the party, reduces the contrast between them, and most importantly, causes the followers to ignore and/or disavow the party, allowing the other side to gain votes by merely showing up.


43 posted on 10/26/2015 3:18:30 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: NKP_Vet
Failed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lamented that the demise of traditional media is empowering Republican “insurgents” and preventing establishment Republicans from compromising conspiring more with Democrats.

Figured that sentence needed a bit of pencil whippin'. The uniparty not get its way is pissing them off!

44 posted on 10/26/2015 3:53:52 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cynwoody

Because a liberal Republican is far more dangerous than a Democrat.

Romney had an R beside his name so that gives him a pass.

Remember, the guy wouldn’t lift a glove to Obama because they didn’t really disagree.

I’m glad he didn’t make to the White House.


45 posted on 10/26/2015 4:01:39 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: NKP_Vet

Mitt Romney is demonstrably to the left of Bill Clinton. I refused to vote for him and my conscience is clear.


46 posted on 10/26/2015 4:04:39 AM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: NKP_Vet

I just realized “Mitt” rhymes with “Idjet.”


47 posted on 10/26/2015 4:05:04 AM PDT by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the GOPee does not want you.)
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To: luvbach1

But remember, Romney’s running mate is about to become Speaker of the House...


48 posted on 10/26/2015 4:15:27 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: NKP_Vet

49 posted on 10/26/2015 4:27:23 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: proust

“So sick of these smug globalist sell outs. At least they are all admitting what they are.”

And that is what everyone should be praying for - that the deceptions be removed from our eyes so that we may see the truth.


50 posted on 10/26/2015 4:29:46 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: RedHeeler

See my tag line.


51 posted on 10/26/2015 4:32:31 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: NKP_Vet

Rush has said that the fix is in on who runs and who wins, in our election. This is hard for me to fathom. Is it really?

Did the senior Bush crumble and let clinton win? Did Romney leave Benghazi out of the debate and let obams win? Did he do all this on purpose because the establishment in Washington told him who was going to win that election? Does the media know who is going to win and our vote is for show? Is it that fixed?

Did GW win because the votes counted? or was he allowed to win? It can’t be that the cartel decides before we even go to the polls.... Will Donald Trump be in the running by election time?

Tell me our vote still counts!


52 posted on 10/26/2015 4:50:34 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: NKP_Vet

I am as interested in what Mitt Romney opinion is as much as I care what John McCain thinks “0”!!!


53 posted on 10/26/2015 5:02:39 AM PDT by ontap
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To: NKP_Vet

Poor, poor, “severe” conservative phony.
The Bishop Romney only wishes that Obama has a third term.


54 posted on 10/26/2015 5:24:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: NKP_Vet

The first tip-off is that he goes on the same stage with a man like David Axelrod and doesn’t spit in his face.

Hey, I can understand when you are the candidate and you go on an evil man’s program because you think you can do your cause more good than his. That’s strategy.

Romney isn’t running for anything. He has enough status to go on programs run by people who aren’t evil. The host gets to set the rules. Who wants to have rules set for him by David Axelrod?

It’s like Mary Matalin marryign James Carville. She could have married an accountant or an IT guy who was more or less apolitical. She didn’t have to marry her ENEMY.

These folks treat what’s happening to our country like a game.


55 posted on 10/26/2015 5:29:31 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Major Matt Mason

It was interesting to note that Axelrod was included in the last Romney planning meeting in Jackson, WY last summer.


56 posted on 10/26/2015 6:02:41 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: NKP_Vet

because this drops the veil that there are 2 parties...

THERE IS ONE PARTY
AND IT DOES WHAT WALL STREET / BIG BANKS /OLIGARCHS TELL IT TO DO

we the people HAVE ZERO representation

the main stream media is PRAVDA.... RUN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE


57 posted on 10/26/2015 6:39:34 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: NKP_Vet

“There was a time when we all got the news with the same facts, if you will,” he said. “We had three networks we watched for the evening news. Most of us got newspapers. Everybody in the middle class got a newspaper, so we got the same facts whether we agreed or not with them.”
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Only later did we learn that the people feeding us the news were all communists who were as tightly controling the newsfeed as any KGB agent


58 posted on 10/26/2015 6:50:50 AM PDT by ckilmer (q)
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To: NKP_Vet

In essence he’s somewhat correct. The MSM is still pro lib.

The difference is the alternative news, the majority found on the net.

10 years or so ago, they pretty much had a lock on propaganda with exception to some printed media.


59 posted on 10/26/2015 7:28:38 AM PDT by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: frnewsjunkie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgGnBCDfCLM

Speech That Got Judge Napolitano Fired From Fox News!

Asking questions as Judge Andrew Napolitano did in a recent broadcast on his now cancelled daily show may very well be the reason behind his recent dismissal from Fox. Though specific details are hard to come by because the Judge has yet to give any interviews on the matter, it’s believed that his refusal to bow to commonly manufactured media narratives is among one of several key reasons he is no longer with the network.

The following 5-Minute Speech that Got Napolitano Fired from Fox News is one that should not only be forwarded and shared with every single man, woman and child in this country, but taught and expounded upon in every social studies, civics and government class from first grade through college.


60 posted on 10/26/2015 8:31:55 AM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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