Latest Romney Revelation Has Me Incredibly Angry

A Time For Choosing ^ | December 28, 2012 | Gary P. Jackson

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just before the Christmas break the Boston Globe published a lengthy postmortem on Mitt Romney’s massive failure as a presidential candidate. Between this, and the constant hand-wringing by Geniuses of the GOP™, I think we have beaten this dead horse to a pulp, but there was one thing that came out of this article that has me as angry as I have ever been over a politician.

Before we get to that, let’s step back in time to 2008. Like 2012, the Republican Party didn’t exactly put forth an all-star field of candidates for voters to choose from. In the end it came down to Mitt Romney, Corupt-o-crat Mike Huckabee, and John McCain. With McCain in the lead, and on a bit of a winning streak, Romney did the right thing and bowed out. Huckabee hung on a little longer, for no particular reason. McCain became the nominee.

As you know, McCain had been running his campaign on a shoestring, at one point he was flying commercial and carrying his own bags. Obviously, the situation improved. But McCain was short of campaign staff, so here comes Mitt Romney and his people to the rescue. All well and good, so far. McCain still had problems and was down in the polls until he picked his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin. It was after Sarah was chosen that things picked up, considerably. Massive crowds started showing up, volunteers showed up to man local GOP offices, and money came pouring in. McCain’s choice of Governor Palin was brilliant.

Dishonest media hacks have tried to sell the lie that Governor Palin cost McCain the election, something many in the GOP, especially those loyal to Mitt Romney, have parroted non-stop for the past four years...

[polymuser]

T.E.A. Party:

Fiscal responsibility.
Constitutionally limited government.
Free market economics.

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2682830/posts?page=35#35

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2839359/posts?page=2#2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2844193/posts?page=22#22

[Timber Rattler]

Flashback to how we got to where we are today...

Evidently, knowing McCain was going to lose, the decision was made to start working towards 2012, before the 2008 election was over.

These Romney sycophants pushed every bogus story that came out about Governor Palin, and made up a few themselves.

We know why Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace spread such malicious lies about the Governor, they were trying to save their own worthless reputations. What the Romney people did was just as despicable. They were hoping to harm Governor Palin’s reputation to the point she wouldn’t be a viable candidate in the future. All to pave the way for Mitt.

[Pollster1]

I'm not afraid, but I am nervous about our country's future. I believe that another liberal limp wrist would be less harmful to America in 2016 than a RINO would be, because a RINO who allowed the evil from these terrible eight years to stand would set a precedent. Until such time as constitutional government is restored, I can no longer vote for the lesser of two evils. I will only vote for genuine conservatives who support the Constitution of the United States (the real one, not the "living" one), who own and use guns, and who will aggressively cut spending instead of symbolically cutting the projected rate of spending growth.

This year, I knew my vote didn't matter - the communist had a lock on my state - but I didn't vote for Romney. And 2016? Again, I will not vote for Christie, or any other big government RINO, nor will I work for them. I didn't believe Romney would repeal ObamaCare, and I don't believe Christie would either.

[Timber Rattler]

All I know for sure is Governor Sarah Palin was dragged through the mud for a candidate that didn’t even want the job.

The money line...

[Toespi]

It was so bad and they really didn’t bother to hide the fraud. Pretty much in our face, they sent us a stern message saying, it will be what we want it to be, so don’t bother voting in the future.

[AdaGray]

GOP-PALIN=SQUISH

[Timber Rattler]

Resigning as governor was not a mistake...she had no choice with Pete Rouse’s Alaska wrecking crew effectively bankrupting her and her family, as well as her staffers. It was a brilliant move, but went for naught when she decided to not run for the Presidency (for whatever reason).

[xzins]

The Romneybots I can’t trust. They were for him from the beginning, They were here on Free Republic and they were everywhere. That was no accident

The ABOs Were dealing with Candidate after candidate Out of the race. There was no viable third party alternative. In the end they supported Romney... Actually they supported not Obama.

I am convinced that Romney’s plan was to destroy any conservative candidate.

[hope]

Those who worked so hard to destroy Palin are also the ones who are willing to lose in order to destroy the Tea Party. The handwriting IS on the wall, a good portion of the GOP has become self-immolating, power hungry elitist that want the Tea Party dead.

[arthurus]

Not really two wings. We have one party with a subsidiary.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

So if you don't want to vote for Rubio, don't. No member of the RNC can force you to vote for someone you don't want to.

I thank you for your opinion about Palin--it's as valid as any at this point.

Like I said, my number one criteria is who can win. We must win, if there is another election.

But this brings us to another point, there are two themes that run through FR. One is to hate the Republican party and the other is to love Sarah Palin. NOW, if Palin runs for president, isn't she going to need a healthy, unified Republican party? So why would we deliberately weaken it? It's not in our own best interest.

[arthurus]

McCain took a fall in 2008. I can't determine if Ford lay down but he surely did not cherish winning. Now we find out that Romney threw it in, too. And Dole. And Bush 1 didn't want the job either. He won the first time and didn't have to do anything for it. Voters thought he was Reagan's third term.

Republicans are not interested in being President. It is too much of a hassle. They just want the honor of their perceived long service to be recognized by their party with a Nomination, They will fight like madmen get that nomination, but then, securing that, they go away.

[blueunicorn6]

I noticed that our Mormon neighbor didn’t put up any Christmas decorations this year. How have the Mormons reacted to Romney’s loss? It seems that some of them saw him as the fulfillment of prophesy.

[Reddy]

I agree, and I hope that the issue of voter fraud is addressed in any forthcoming legitimate analysis.

[deport]

It’s not in our own best interest.

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Our own best interest is often times not the same as the national best interest. With political parties they encompass a large cross section from liberal to conservative. Often times the side that isn’t in the controlling group at the time plays a very small role in that years election effort.

2016 will provide an interesting primary season on both sides with no incumbent in the mix. Who knows what Biden will do but I don’t think he’ll be the democratic nominee.

The GOP is wide open but I’m sure some are building on their potential base as a place to start. Some allegiances probably will become more evident as the 2014 elections come into focus.

Have a good day.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bingo.

I am sick and tired of hearing about Mitt Romney.

Talk about our go-forward candidates.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I am assuming that our own best interests is the same as the best interest of the country and as a matter of fact, it is.

I am a total blank slate as to who I want, or don't want for a candidate. I couldn't care less, there's no point, I'm never right.

I'll be taking a new tactic this year, I only care about defeating the RAT and I'll take whichever one is the most likely to win. I know, I have no principles but I defy anyone to come up with a more noble principle than defeating RATS. We must do the best we can.

[Leaning Right]

I too suspect voting fraud. But the GOP refuses to say anything about it, let alone demand an investigation.

This will simply embolden the dem’s to try it again, and on a larger scale next time.

[Springfield Reformer]

Resigning as governor was not a mistake

I agree 100%. Even George Washington was a believer in strategic retreat when necessary. It's a time honored tactic in politics and war, and clearly it was the right thing for her to do under the circumstances. It was the only way she could keep her promise to serve the interests of the people of Alaska. Staying on to become an immobilized figurehead, just because it would enhance her long term political aspirations, would have been slouching into the typical political narcissism that is destroying the rest of the GOP. That courageous, unselfish act sets her apart as more qualified for office than any other recent contenders, including the current resident of the WH. It is one of the best things on her resume.

Yet we, who built the party of stupid (yes, it takes folks like us to empower the GOPe), are still wringing our hands over it like it would mean anything negative to the vast majority of voters. Idiocy. Most folks I talk to, even here in deep blue IL, get it, way better than the echo chamber here at FR. The ordinary voters most affected by it seem (to me) to be those who already despise her. We could roll through this boogieman objection like it was nothing but a morning mist, if we only had the courage of our convictions.

Because we here at FR and other concentrations of conservative thinking and activism are the difference makers. The left knows this. There's a reason they send the trolls and other witting and unwitting disinformationists here. If they block us, through discouragement or misinformation or whatever else, then they block multiplied thousands of others. Think force multiplier. What we think here matters, and we need to not let them keep telling us who we can run and who we can't, unless of course we really want to keep losing.