Romney to Tea Party movement: No third party bids!

CNN ^ | 03/9/2010 | By: CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

[Jim Robinson]

Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney has a message to Tea Party candidates nationwide: If you lose your Republican primary bids, stay on the sidelines.

The former Massachusetts governor on Monday warned the grassroots movement not to mount third party efforts in general elections, which he said would siphon votes from Republican nominees.

"If there is a conservative candidate that runs in the general election, then obviously, divide and fail is the result," Romney said in an interview with the conservative Web site Newsmax. "Hopefully Tea Party candidates will run in respective primaries and they will either win or lose. And if they win, they will go into the general. If they lose, they won't, and they will get behind the more conservative of the two finalists."

Romney explained that "dividing our conservative effort in the general elections" would "basically hand the country to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and that would be very sad indeed."

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Does this mean you would vote for Obama before you would vote for Romney? If you’re to be consistent, you will.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

To think that Romney would be the same as odumbo...is insanity...go see your shrink...you’re in trouble of being eaten up with the fatal disease of “dumbass”...

[trisham]

.why can’t you see that having Romney will not get this country back on track and will only further diminish the GOP?

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Imho, it's because of fear of the further damage that this administration could do in the next four years.

I understand that, believe me, but the damage that a Romney administration could do is about the same, imho. No, I might be wrong. It is conceivable that Romney might do worse, simply because he is a Republican.

Romney took Massachusetts from left to far left. He and Obama are not very different, if at all. I despise both.

[metmom]

Sheesh. Just how obvious can he get?

If he doesn’t hesitate to dictate to us what he thinks now, God help us if he should ever get in the White House.

[Allegra]

I certainly would favor 4 years of Romney over another 4 years of Obama.

Umm...you really wouldn't see much of a difference.

NO ROMNEY.

[central_va]

Yankee Blue Blood check pant loser. It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for that mAsshole RINO King.

[Psalm 144]

Precisely. The Democrats are the disease. The GOP is the placebo that is intended to not cure the disease.

[cva66snipe]

Imho, it's because of fear of the further damage that this administration could do in the next four years. I understand that, believe me, but the damage that a Romney administration could do is about the same, imho. No, I might be wrong. It is conceivable that Romney might do worse, simply because he is a Republican. Romney took Massachusetts from left to far left. He and Obama are not very different, if at all. I despise both.

I agree and this is just what has happened to our nation since 1989. There has not been one Conservative in the White House. Just Dems and Liberal Media Created Republicans both taking their turns at taking us further left. I've had enough of it.

[sand lake bar]

Nope. Not my problem. I’m sure of myself and what I believe. No third party.

[Reagan Man]

You are truly demented!

You have supported Giuliani and Trump, not me. You have supported these two liberals right here on Free Republic.

Silly red herrings won’t hide your liberalism. Embrace it, baldy!

[Partisan Gunslinger]

You three said I am a de-facto Obama supporter if I vote third party rather than a liberal Republican nominee like cap-n-trade Romney. Do you still stand by that? Anyone who doesnt vote for Romney is “dumber than a bag of hammers” as one of you said?

[Partisan Gunslinger]

See my post above. :^)

[okie01]

"If there is a conservative candidate that runs in the general election, then obviously, divide and fail is the result," Romney said...<,/i>

After vowing that I would not, I was dragged kicking and screaming to vote for John McCain. But I did it.

But, in 2012, I most assuredly will not do the same for Mitt Romney.

I've had it, Mitt. Pound sand, baby.

[Balding_Eagle]

Your grumpy pills are affecting your memory.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Umm...you really wouldn't see much of a difference.

Precisely. Romney = Obama with a slightly less elevated melanin level.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I’m sure of myself and what I believe.

Doubtless.

[Reagan Man]

My memory is just fine.

Your stupid pills have affected your memory.

You spent the entire month of April 2011 telling us you’d support Trump and vote for him. You can act like fool, but you can’t run from the truth.

[born2bfree]

Well said!

[Balding_Eagle]

Trump yes, Gulliani no.

[Turtlepower]

Major logic fail on your part.

No - I won’t vote for either one because they are equally bad.