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If Obama wins, Romney could be 'repackaged' for 2012 GOP challenge
The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 2008-10-28 | Thomas Burr

Posted on 10/28/2008 5:54:24 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

WASHINGTON—A week from today, Americans will pick a new president, but a surprising beneficiary may be off the ballot: Mitt Romney.

With polls in key states forecasting a comfortable victory by Sen. Barack Obama and fellow Democrats, Republicans may find themselves booted out of the White House, shoved further into the minority in Congress and marginalized in the powerhouse of Washington.

If Sen. John McCain loses next Tuesday, Romney could be well positioned to rise as a leader of the Republican Party to guide conservatives through a few years in the political wilderness and a favorite for the GOP presidential nomination come 2012.

(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; antichrist; gop; liberalrino; obama; rino; romney
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To: Colofornian

True enough. But there’s distraction and then there’s full blown fallen for the ploy hook, line and sinker.


221 posted on 10/28/2008 3:37:48 PM PDT by redgirlinabluestate
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To: redgirlinabluestate
Just to clarify again. I do not hate MR. I do not hate anyone. There is only one thing I hate and that is egg custard (I don't care what you name it, I hate egg custard.)
I did not support MR because of his demonstrated and life long political positions - period.
My guy was Fred Thompson.
MR ran and was refuted because he demonstrated he was not the conservative he pretended to be, he has a long political career to draw this conclusion from.
222 posted on 10/28/2008 3:40:28 PM PDT by svcw (Great selection of gift baskets: http://baskettastic.com/)
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To: redgirlinabluestate
"You people" refers to those Mitt haters that were unable to put their bigotry aside in order to unite to stop a much less conservative candidate from taking the nomination.

Out of all the MILLIONS that Mitt lost the primary by, it is the fault of a couple dozen of us on Free Republic????

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Got news for ya, if Mitt tries again, we will be here then, same time, same station.

223 posted on 10/28/2008 3:41:59 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (I'm Joe the Plumber! I can flush the system of the Obama crap!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Now that’s something to worry about. We’ll lose again.


224 posted on 10/28/2008 3:43:16 PM PDT by yazoo
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To: Elsie

Is...


225 posted on 10/28/2008 3:47:28 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: redgirlinabluestate
Romney lost because he is a loser, a flipflopper with bad judgment.

FRee Republic Member Opinion
Thompson 66.8% 1,658
Romney 12.7% 315

226 posted on 10/28/2008 3:49:02 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Elsie

Dear Elsie,

Please continue to post to me...

FRegards,

:)

Nana


227 posted on 10/28/2008 3:53:04 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: Diogenesis
From the same article:

...I perceived it to be people trying to finish off Romney...

...it is hard for me to place the finger on Romney..


Just a bunch of garbage. More of the same.

228 posted on 10/28/2008 3:53:26 PM PDT by Mitt Romney (Romney 2012)
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To: Tennessee Nana

229 posted on 10/28/2008 3:55:43 PM PDT by colorcountry (To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: svcw
You are entitled to your opinion even if based on faulty evidence. Romney received the highest percentage of primary votes from those who self-identified as "strong conservatives," FR polls notwithstanding. Freeper Plutarch posted graphics galore on this very topic. You can google it.

Additionally, his record is replete with examples of going against the liberal tide in Massachusetts and governing conservatively.

Was he a perfect conservative, no. There was no perfect conservative running, but he was the most perfect conservative capable of winning the nomination.

Now, before we are lumped together with those who've fallen for the MSM divide and conquer trap, I suggest we move along.

230 posted on 10/28/2008 3:56:18 PM PDT by redgirlinabluestate
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To: GOP_Lady
Sorry, but I don’t tolerate religious bigots.

You get it honest.


 
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/js_h/1/19#19
  17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!
  18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.
  19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”
  20 He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mother inquired what the matter was. I replied, “Never mind, all is well—I am well enough off.” I then said to my mother,
“I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true.”
 
 

231 posted on 10/28/2008 3:56:18 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: greyfoxx39; All
The American Spectator showed poor judgement in reporting "anti-Romney" rumors they got from CNN. in the last week of the race.

The original "source" is not connected to Romney at all but is a former Bush aide who worked for CBS and is a colleague of Katie Couric, Nicolle Wallace.

Why are you focusing on dividing the base (which includes many former Romney supporters) in the last moments of the election. You are carrying water for the MSM when it matters most just to bash Romney with false allegations. Akin to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Former Romney supporters will vote for McCain/Palin in higher numbers than even Evangelicals. Utah is the only state Clinton came in third.

The base is united behind Palin including former Romney supporters.

"The real Romney is clearly an extraordinarily ambitious man with no perceivable political principle whatsoever. He is the most intellectually dishonest human being in the history of politics," Barney Frank

When your position matches the MSM and Barney Frank's its time to do some serious soul searching.

232 posted on 10/28/2008 3:59:27 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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To: Mitt Romney; Elsie

you jumped into a thread I was having with another member.
_____________________________________

Kinky...

(Blush)


233 posted on 10/28/2008 3:59:48 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: Mitt Romney
Why dont you post the whole sentence?

"I did not blog on it at the time because I perceived
it to be people trying to finish off Romney.
It likewise seemed clear to me that if this
was going on, it was people loyal to Romney
who were still hoping for his come back and
not Romney himself.
"

Note that you took out that it was the past tense.
The author, like everyone else, has since learned about Romney-the-ShapeshiftingBACKSTABBER.

234 posted on 10/28/2008 4:00:21 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Please continue to post to me...

I post to the WORLD!

All can feel FREE to reply in any manner they wish, as long as it's ok with JR.

235 posted on 10/28/2008 4:02:01 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: GOP_Lady

What’s your problem ???

Why are you abusing FReepers ???


236 posted on 10/28/2008 4:03:06 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: Mitt Romney
Actually #144
 

To: Mitt Romney
Just a bunch of copy and paste garbage from mostly unsourced attributions.

But them OTHERS are right ON!

144 posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:51:06 PM by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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one more time WHAT???
 
 
Where do I say I'm OFFENDED?

237 posted on 10/28/2008 4:05:25 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Kinky...

Read better; GENTILE!

That is THREAD - not BED!!


(Still haven't see the EVIDENCE of this assertion yet.)

238 posted on 10/28/2008 4:07:28 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Rameumptom
Why are you focusing on dividing the base (which includes many former Romney supporters) in the last moments of the election.

Hello!

No one is dividing the base.

We are splitting Mitt off from 2012!

239 posted on 10/28/2008 4:09:15 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Diogenesis
Interesting that you went back to dig up a poll from long ago. 74.9% of FReepers supported Romney right before super tuesday. Sure it was after Fred and Duncan has dropped out, but a third place finish on FR is something to be proud of. IOW, he passed the most conservative litmus test there is on the web.

Which brings me back to a point I made in my previous post to another poster. Why are you trying to divide the base in the last week of the election? You are carrying the MSM's water for them. When your posts about Romney match Barney Frank's quotes about him it is time to do a gut check and some soul searching. May I suggest laying off your RDS until after the McCain/Palin victory next Tuesday

240 posted on 10/28/2008 4:09:15 PM PDT by Rameumptom (Gen X= they killed 1 in 4 of us)
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