Posted on 03/07/2010 7:58:15 PM PST by Bigtigermike
I watched the Mitt Romney interview on Fox News Watch with Chris Wallace this morning. I actually watched twice, I was stunned. What a debacle! Apparently, this was his opening gambit in his 2012 Presidential campaign, since he has written a book. Wallace, by far the most skilled of the talking head interviewers, pressed Romney on his two primary claims: that Obama has spent his first year apologizing for being an American, and that his health care plan is awful.
Romney was unable to delineate any major differences between the plan he developed in Massachusetts and Obama’s, except that the latter is a national policy, whereas Romney’s just applied to one state. He claimed that insurance companies bear no responsibility for rising health care costs, and then said that when insurance companies act ‘badly’, actions should be taken against them, but couldn’t clarify what he meant. When he tried to say a difference was that the Massachusetts plan didn’t have a public option, Wallace nearly laughed out loud. I don’t know if Romney thought that Wallace would give him a free ride, since it was on Fox. If he did think that, he might have wanted to watch the show once in awhile or at least prepare.
I readily admit that he is the presumptive nominee. Wall Street adores him. My guess is that if he gets the nomination, it would be a debacle. Name one Bible Belt state that would support him – perhaps Mississippi. He will bring down a number of Republican House seats in this region. He didn’t say anything that I thought was believable in the last campaign. I had made a bet with a friend that if he and HRC won their respective nominations, we could set up lie detectors on both of them, and make a drinking game out of it. But that’s beside the point. Instead of just foisting another nominee upon the American public, it might be worth the party’s time to actually try to figure out who the voters would support. For his part Romney might try being honest, and see how Americans like actually knowing what he would do. But I sort of think he doesn’t even know what he believes any more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEIpEQclJQ&feature=youtube_gdata
The concerned Troll, the liberal talking points,
We get it. You don’t like the Conservative Republican
who can beat Obama, Sarah Palin.
*Slick Willard ping*
For instant, I like Mitch Daniels so far although i don’t know the whole details about him, but for him to run seriously he would have to start meeting insiders and speaking to groups very soon and I don’t know how the legislation in Indiana is so that is an consideration also.
But you’re right about the preparedness to run years ahead and it being very hard for “surprise guys jumping in the fray” although Fred might had pulled it off by jumping in late, because he was known already as an Actor turn TN Senator plus he was the most known conservative versus a weak field of RINO’s, but he didn’t give his heart into it.
The only thing Romney is good at, is being a chameleon.
There's only one politician in the Republican stable of hopefuls who I know for a fact has the moral grounding, conservative values, and the sheer courage to break the back of Socialism in our federal gov't, and that's Sarah Palin.
If she wants the nomination, all she has to do is ask.
And worse baggage than any of the others.
Aside from being unapologetically pro-abortion, Rooty was a past board member of The Stonewall Veterans Asociation. Basically that group is like a version of ACT UP, but with the added goal of reuniting the NAMBLA crowd with the rest of the homosexual community.
That was never going to be something that could be glossed over nor was the evidence refutable. His most ardent supporters on this board resorted to ad hominems whenever it was brought up.
I beg to disagree with you; it will not be that easy. Remember George Bush Sr. did not go quietly. I expect Mitt to put up the same kind of contest as well, especially with the entire GOP establishment behind him. Thank God, Sarah if famous. That will neutralize any advantage Mitt should have with the MSM.
One thing that did I found about Sarah Palin, is that because of her unique situation of rising throughout the ranks of political position is that she is not beholden to any special-interest groups, hardly anyone here on FR or the worst on DailyKos can connect any key group that backed her big time....basically she doesn’t have any ties to any corporate or lobbyist groups.
And the fight’s only going to get UGLIER, but I am 100% behind Palin every step of the way! Hope it’s God’s will that she wins! Praying everyday for her protection and success.
You ought to read Sarah Palin's book before relegating her to "tweedledum" status.
What you just implied about her is about the same as saying that Gen. George S. Patton was a fair-to-middling soldier.
Really. Read her book. You'll be glad you did.
Mitch, another nice guy but we need a Commander In Chief not a bean counter.
Many named as possible candidates don’t give off the
verbal or physical attraction to bring in voters.
Too bad elections come to this but we have to be honest.
Tell the truth. Most conservatives didn't "cover" for McCain until Sarah Palin showed up. FR was like a morgue until that moment, then suddenly sprang back to life.
Even during the campaign, most Freepers were saying that they were voting for Palin.
Had McCain chosen anyone else as his running mate, he would have been beaten in a crushing landslide by Obama. I wouldn't have even wasted my time voting for the Republican ticket if Palin hadn't been on it. With her, we actually stood a chance. Without her - no chance.
So do I at times.
The GOP establishment could nominate Romney or someone just as far left and we could lose even if he is elected.
Republicans could, out of overconfident hubris, nominate somebody so extreme far right that they would hand the election to 0bama or Hillary (if Hillary beats out 0bama for nomination). Voters would have a choice between extreme right and extreme left and would vote for the devil they know.
Or we could nominated somebody in the moderate right -- such as Palin -- and win in 2012 and 2016.
Romney is the darling of the gay MSM. But he can’t win the Republican nomination no matter how many times the gay MSM tells us what to think.
because they think it will drive a wedge between Palin and conservative. At least their bosses in the DNc think it will.
Same goes for the “quitter” meme. Never saw a politican leaving office being refered to as “quitting before” Before Palin whenever a politican left office it was called “resign” I love the double standard. Palin quit, Obama Clinton, biden they resigned. Imagine that.
Except Mitt isn't an incumbent president. He isn't even a sitting governor. He's an ex-governor of a north-eastern liberal state who was responsible for instituting a socialized health care system, exactly like Obamacare. He's also known as a flip-flopper, which is a serious indictment of his character, and is the very thing that destroyed Bush Sr.'s second run for office.
In the end, the MSM, and the RINO establishment don't elect the president. The people do. If the RNC wants to give the White House back to Obama, then they can try to maneuver Mitt into the nominee position.
I'll just say this: they may be stupid, but they aren't crazy. If they're anything, they're political animals, and they know which way the wind is blowing. By 2012, there is no way on earth they'll be able to buck the will of the people any longer. The nominee will be who the people want.
My bet is that it will be Sarah Palin.
This is unconstitutional and illegal, and Americans will fight fire with fire!
Even the states should not be allowed to force this on a American!
The weird thing about Romney’s “political career” is that he only won one election and he was drummed out of office with a totally failed, 34% approval rating and a Democrat replacement. That’s all he has to show for 17 years of campaigning and vast fortunes spent, yet he is portrayed as having a successful political background by the media.
This is true. It's actually one of the stand-out features of her political career. She made it to Governor, and to VP nominee without ever having the backing of any moneyed interests or power brokers.
In fact, she was elected every step of the way, for precisely that reason. She was actually opposing special interest groups, corrupt political cabals, and major industry lobbies throughout her rise in Alaskan politics.
She is among that rarest breed of politicians: an honest citizen who only seeks to serve the people and the greater good. This is what people are responding to, and what the other politicians in the running couldn't fake if their lives depended on it. She's the genuine article, and they're not.
This is also what has the Democrat establishment sweating bullets in their sleep. They know for a fact that if Sarah Palin had been our nominee, they would have lost the election badly. She remains "the sum of all fears" for liberal Democrats and the RINO establishment.
That’s all he has to show for 17 years of campaigning and vast fortunes spent, yet he is portrayed as having a successful political background by the media.
Mitt's a good fit for the media. All they care about is packaging. He's as empty as Obama is, but with Republican branding. They're not smart enough to care about what a politician actually stands for, or intends to do once in office - they only care about the glorious horse race getting there.
Let's also not forget that Mitt came from a privileged background, and followed his famous father into politics. He's a "made man", in so many words, and is as wishy-washy as he is because he's beholden to those who made him. Whatever core principles he may have once held have long ago been burned from his heart. He's just another "good ole boy" politician now, and not a very good one at that.
In contrast, when Sarah Palin left her governorship she had broken a 30 year deadlock on development of massive natural gas finds in her state, forced a re-writing of the financial contract between the oil companies and the Alaskan people, exposed corruption throughout Alaskan government (which resulted in scores of convictions), slashed the state budget by billions of dollars, and helped her state to secure an honest budget surplus.
Sarah Palin left her state in much, much better shape, than when she arrived on the job. Mitt can't even pretend to compete with Sarah's record of accomplishment as a governor.
Honestly, I don't even know why Mitt's running again, with Sarah Palin in the mix. He couldn't even beat McCain in the last primary. What makes him think he can even come close to beating Sarah?
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