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Romney to Tea Party movement: No third party bids!
CNN ^ | 03/9/2010 | By: CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

Posted on 06/07/2011 11:51:10 AM PDT by 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


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To: RVN Airplane Driver

What’s insane is the continual support of RINOs with the expectation that things will work out. Romney will be absolutely no better than Obama.

It’s you who are the dumbass RINO lover.


281 posted on 06/07/2011 7:51:43 PM PDT by Turtlepower
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To: Balding_Eagle

You lied through your teeth.

Trump is still your guy and so was Rudy in 08. Romney is the same class of liberal as those two. You’re as big a charlatan as buttboy Trump.


282 posted on 06/07/2011 7:59:51 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Jim Robinson

283 posted on 06/07/2011 8:02:14 PM PDT by RasterMaster (We the tax-payer subsidize DUh-bama's failures)
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To: Reagan Man

LOL! Seesh you must lead a really unhappy life.

What happened? Married to an ugly woman?


284 posted on 06/07/2011 8:23:06 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle
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To: Balding_Eagle

You run around FRee Republic supporting liberal candidates, then you lie about it and when you get called on it, you act like a dumbass.

Exposing liberals and liberal enablers like you is always fun! Thanks for playing! LOL


285 posted on 06/07/2011 8:34:53 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Jim Robinson
Sorry, Mitt. We've already given this more thought than you have.
286 posted on 06/07/2011 8:42:10 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: FewsOrange

Vote for the Socialist Democrat agent Slick Willard ? I’d vote for Zero first, at least he isn’t pretending to be a Republican.


287 posted on 06/07/2011 8:53:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Partisan Gunslinger

I explained this already but apparently you either can’t read or comprehend basic English so here goes again...

Romney is as disgusting a candidate as McCain. That’s EXACTLY the reason I switched from independent to Republican after ‘08. I won’t vote Romney, but I WILL be active in primaries to hopefully make sure he’s not the candidate.

You on the other hand will do exactly what he said you’ll do - vote for a hopeless candidate, and effectively help those you claim to support “divide and fall” and ensure those you claim to oppose be victorious once again.

Looks like you’re going to do it again next year. Congrats at failing at life.


288 posted on 06/07/2011 8:58:23 PM PDT by phi11yguy19
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To: onyx

That’s true, great points.

But sometimes these left wingers think they can get away with anything. Remember, as statist tyrants the laws they force on us don’t apply to them.

And if he’s in on it he’d be covered.

Okay, I’ll admit I’m getting conspiracy crazy sometimes, but then I read black thugs, fully dressed, are going after these water venues and I think about Acorn and the community organizer and wonder if this isn’t a ploy. It’s a hot summmer; agitators seem to always plan in the heat.

And then Carville comes out of the dirt like a cicada and talks about civil unrest and teenage riots, ala that jerk Moynihan (wouldn’t be surprised if he was some Nazi, he played the moderate game and RINO’s got on their knees) unless we, wait for it.............have more welfare and programs and stimulus.

Midnight swimming programs coming? Pathetic.

To hell with them all. I hope they suffer in eternity.


289 posted on 06/07/2011 9:37:24 PM PDT by Fledermaus (As long as John Boehner is Speaker, conservatives are screwed. He's a coward and a crybaby.)
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To: Jim Robinson
If the GOP rigs the primaries such that Romney is anointed, the GOP will be history.

Third-party runs have been a disaster in the past, but we would have no choice. Romney is just as bad for the USA as Obama.

290 posted on 06/07/2011 10:03:32 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: phi11yguy19; Partisan Gunslinger

OK, so you’re a good Republican - good to know.

You presumably will vote the party line like all good Republicans. You won’t “go rogue” and vote independent. So what happens if/when the GOP chooses our candidate for us like they did in ‘08? Do you vote lockstep like a good Republican even if it means pulling the lever for romney? Do you renounce your allegiance and vote 3rd party? Or do you sit it out?

Choose wisely grasshopper.


291 posted on 06/08/2011 7:59:23 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

Another illiterate. Those questions were answered already - all you have to do is read and comprehend.

It’s amazing how you guys think the candidate was “picked for us” in ‘08. it had nothing to do with you “principled” independent voters who skipped the primaries. It had nothing to do with low voter turnout and knowledge of the candidates - again, both of which you aren’t helping to correct.

And yet after all your collective inaction, it’s someone else’s fault? Right


292 posted on 06/08/2011 8:14:59 AM PDT by phi11yguy19
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To: 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?

There you go with more of your yankee lies.

You stated on a previous thread that you voted for some wacko running on an obscure third party ticket instead of McCain/PALIN in 2008 and I stated that that was a de facto vote for 0bama and I stand by that, you POS.

I've also stated that a conservative third party splits the vote and ensures that 0bama is re-elected.

And yes, I'm the one that stated on another thread that you're dumber than a bag of hammers and you keep running your mouth and removing all doubt.

293 posted on 06/08/2011 10:23:03 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: 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”...

Exactly. Romney is no where near my first choice. I'll have Palin signs in my yard if she runs.

Romney ain't no Palin but he ain't no marxist/0bama either.

294 posted on 06/08/2011 10:27:21 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: rockrr
OK, so you’re a good Republican - good to know. You presumably will vote the party line like all good Republicans. You won’t “go rogue” and vote independent. So what happens if/when the GOP chooses our candidate for us like they did in ‘08? Do you vote lockstep like a good Republican even if it means pulling the lever for romney? Do you renounce your allegiance and vote 3rd party? Or do you sit it out? Choose wisely grasshopper.

Based on the above I'd say that we're doomed for 4 more years of Zero. You and a lot of others have already capitulated the Republican party to the establishment repubs; you're not willing to fight for it.

Instead you're going to roll over like the whipped dog that you are and let Rove and his cronies continue their insider game.

I'm pretty sure that Rush and Palin are ashamed of you and your ilk.

I would suggest that you choose wisely but that would be an exercise in futility.

295 posted on 06/08/2011 10:39:03 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: phi11yguy19

Notice the way punkrr posed all his questions in post#291 trying for the setup but never stating what he did in 2008 or plans to do in 2012. Of course, what can you expect from log cabin republicans.....


296 posted on 06/08/2011 10:42:41 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: cowboyway

Yup. I haven’t even followed this thread, just replied on my phone my they found it necessary to include me. Same story, different day with these two.

I’d consider it progress if either showed some reading comprehension, but no matter how concise or detailed a response you give, they jump to some nonsense conclusion and go on another tangent. It’d be funny if it wasn’t scary


297 posted on 06/08/2011 10:50:20 AM PDT by phi11yguy19
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To: Jim Robinson
If Romney REALLY wanted to ensure that there is not a 3rd party, he would drop out of the race today.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

298 posted on 06/08/2011 10:51:23 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Partisan Gunslinger
Notice how these two failed to comprehend a fairly simple question? And then assumed an (alternate) universe of motives? And they call others "illiterate"?! (you know what they say about folks who assume?! LOL
299 posted on 06/08/2011 2:27:21 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr

Care to be specific, strawman troll?


300 posted on 06/09/2011 5:11:56 AM PDT by phi11yguy19
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