Posted on 02/03/2012 5:49:26 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
..Mr. Romney has captured the Republican flag and will carry it into battle this Fall. If he loses, those people who believed devoutly that the times require something more than a standard-issue Republican for whom all things political are negotiable and to whom there is no dispute that cannot be settled by compromise … those people will be saying, "Never again."
If, on the other hand, Mr. Romney wins, what then? Does anyone expect that when he gets to Washington and starts running the government like a business, entitlements will reform themselves, the deficit will shrivel on its own accord, and Leviathan will shrink to a size where it can be domesticated and housebroken? Has Mr. Romney demonstrated, ever, any convictions regarding the proper size and the rightful powers of the government? Does anyone believe he shares the fear millions feel about government power and their angry indignation at its arrogance and overreach? His overriding sentiment about government seems to be that it would be nice if he were in charge of it … so it would be run (all together now) like a business.
In short, does anyone think that Romney will ride into Washington next January determined to tame the town… or die trying?
Mr. Romney's aim will almost surely be to take Washington on its own terms and try to "make it work." Whatever anti-Washington sentiments he might express during the campaign, the odds are they will be discarded and forgotten within weeks of his taking the oath of office in a replay of George H. W. Bush and "read my lips." The people who voted for Romney in the belief that he would take on Washington will be patronizingly told by the political class that "Governing is not the same as campaigning."...
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
They will all be standing around with their palms pointed skyward and mumble “what did we do wrong”?
Remember bloody Thursday.....that should be the battle cry moving forward..
Remember bloody Thursday.....
I really don’t expect to vote Republican again. I want a new party, and I won’t ever get one if I keep encouraging the Bad Old Party. No more money. No more votes. Have a nice day.
“Does anyone expect that when he gets to Washington and starts running the government like a business, entitlements will reform themselves, the deficit will shrivel on its own accord, and Leviathan will shrink to a size where it can be domesticated and housebroken?”
And the oceans will stop rising and the earth will heal itself.
“..Mr. Romney has captured the Republican flag and will carry it into battle this Fall. “
Really?
You mean the other 46 states have had their primaries and the convention is over???
I musta slept through it somehow../sx (sarcasm to the extreme)
Great article.
Romney has NOT captured the Republican flag, American Spectator. There are something like 46 states to go yet.
Romney would appoint moderate to liberal judges that will side with the left on every major case before them
Romney will make a half hearted attempt at repealing Obamacare, then quickly proclaim... I tried.. but it's impossible to repeal.... but I think we can improve it a bit if we ticker with it some.
Romney will after finding out the true scope of the problem upon taking office will regretfully raise taxes (cough)
The deficit will continue to skyrocket.
What Romney is demonstrating is that our little uninformed Republican primary voters either hope or truly believe that Washington can be tamed with a little tinkering around the edges. These are the older children of those primary voters who chose Nixon over the first Romney in 1968. The second Romney seems more determined than the first one, who was prone to self-described “brainwashing.”
5% of the “votes” cast and it’s over?
Nope. Expecting those dazzled by a supposedly squeeky clean Republican is foolishness though. Just as Obama disciples won't see past his facade, so Romney's won't see past his.
OK, I’m game. Now tell me how our new party is going to be any better than the old Republican party? We still have the very same people. There are no new people to be had.
I believe this guy has caught the essence of Romney perfectly and if he gets elected he will manage the decay.
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
I’m on record as saying that electoral politics is hopeless in the USA at this time. We will have a civil war/revolution, and on the far side of the war, things will be very different. Maybe better, maybe worse. Nothing will change until after the war.
I saw that posted on another Florida-results thread and a lot, I mean A LOT of subsequent posters queried the original poster as if he'd made an unintentional malapropism/movie reference.
Let's see if that happens again. I hope not
I have never even considered the possibility of Romney winning, not for a second.
He is the perfect sparring partner for World Champ Obama. The idea of him winning a national election, against this opponent, is ludicrous.
Forget it, he’s rolling.
SO TRUE.
If Romney wins, the GOP will have to capture Congress as well to make any significant changes.
Even at that, things would improve slightly. THAT is the best one can get at any time.
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