Posted on 01/24/2012 4:14:48 PM PST by Anti-Hillary
Newt Gingrich's decision today to bash Mitt Romney for hiring former Charlie Crist loyalists and employees doesn't seem to be sitting well with Sen. Marco Rubio, who drove Crist out of the Republican Party before beating him at the polls in 2010.
Said Rubio: "Mitt Romney is no Charlie Crist. Romney is a conservative. and he was one of the first national Republican leaders to endorse me. He came to Florida, campaigned hard for me, and made a real difference in my race."
Well I guess that puts the subject to bed. They didn’t become citizens before he was born so, he’s not NBC, and therefore, not qualified for president.
Amen, and it's not just true of politics. Its true at every level of business or industry. It's called relationships and it drives every aspect of the grown up world. Maybe that's the problem, I said the grown up world....
Slap me with a wet fish.
We're trying to dethrone a Marxist psychopath and all we can do is argue about who's the most conservative?
People! Let's get some perspective here.
We’ll see, if he’s going to endorse anyone now would be the time to do so. He may instead try to play both sides, like a politician would.
Pardon me for butting in, but I will happily answer your question, as a long time Florida resident and voter.
Charlie Crist was NEVER a Republican favorite, much less an “overwhelming favorite” at any time, in any mind but his own, and other former Democrats who cowardly abandoned their party to socialists and communists.
RINOs have been dropping like dead flies for a reason.
Maybe it was just being respectful. I don't know.
In the political world, things are strange.
Are you talking about Santorum? If so, what is your source?
I thought he was something of a protege of Jeb Bush?
I’ve always reserved any judgment on him pending that working its way out or not.
I’m not turning on Rubio for this.
Where was Gingrich during the 2010 elections? Apart from consulting.
At least Rove and others put their PAC’s to use and campaigned for conservative candidates?
“Marco Rubio is wrong. Anyone else beside me glad he’s not in this race after making a statement like that?”
Yes.
The problem is not that Romney is Charlie Christ, it is that he used to be Charlie Christ and only convieniently became Ronald Reagan the day after he left elected office and started running for president. Now, we have no idea what he would be when elected, other than the man who invented Obamacare.
:-)
“Defending yourself or attacking Mitt are wastes of time!”
I think Bush 2 took that position as well.
That ‘high road’ led to Obama.
Genghis Khan knew how to deal with enemies. Bush 2 did not.
Not a surprise. When Rubio refused to support Arizona 1070 I knew he was no conservative.
Accurate and concise post, sir.
Bingo, we always have to be watching what they do.
“I never understood the fascination with Rubio “
He benefits from the current Republican love affair with latinos. A lot of conservatives who drink GOP koolaid were quick to jump on the Rubio bandwagon.
Thank you.
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