RUSH: SANTORUM IS SNEAKING UP

To: conservatism_IS_compassion; Apollo5600

Algore wore makeup in the third and final debate against then governor Bush in 2000 and it made Algore look like the clown he is.

41 posted on 02/08/2012 5:56:37 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)

AMEN...... I say unto you.

I agree with you about the Fox all starless right now: I do NOT want to be told over and over that Juan McLame was my guy and now Mittens IS my guy. NO Way.

Keep writing polite but firm e-mails, letters to the editor, etc. Earn the respect of the fence sitter voters. We can still pull this out. The John boo hoo Boehners of our party must GO. We the People need to take charge before it’s to late. If not us, then whom shall it be?

42 posted on 02/08/2012 5:57:25 AM PST by WaterWeWaitinFor (If we don't help make a change, then who will? It starts with us.)

I am happy for Rick Santorum but he wins no delegates and while upcoming Arizona is strong with evangelicals, Mittens is going to carpet bomb the airwaves with negative ads. It has started already.

The party elite have already anointed Mittens and that ain’t gonna change. They are going to drive him down our throat. In November, I will have to choose a Muslim or a Mormon. I may have to hold my nose and vote for Mitt Romney because I truly believe he will win the nomination, tonight’s results not withstanding.

43 posted on 02/08/2012 6:27:27 AM PST by KORS

“Yeah, yawn, great victory, no delegates.
Pond scum lawyer is being bankrolled by Romney supporters (stalking horse)”

You think Romney bankrolled his own defeat in Colorado?

44 posted on 02/08/2012 6:27:57 AM PST by Alt Right (Voted for Clinton in 92 (my first election) and the Republican Revolution in 1994!)

So, who is the historical nitwit, the caller or Santorum? The French Revolution influencing the founders in the Declaration of Independence?

Santorum and the caller correctly said that America succeeded in part because the Founders believed their rights were God-given, while the French revolution put their trust in humanity and brotherhood.

One had a firm foundation; one did not.

45 posted on 02/08/2012 6:35:45 AM PST by RygelXVI

46 posted on 02/08/2012 6:41:30 AM PST by do the dhue (WARNING: this site is not liable for the things I say)

No, the caller said that the French Revolution was going on at the same time. It was not. Our independence predates the French Revolution by 13 years.

47 posted on 02/08/2012 7:01:22 AM PST by Tzfat

Hi. The establishment types are indeed terrified. They know they can't put together a substitute for Myth in time to win the primary process. As to a brokered convention, there's no way the combination of Newt and Santorum delegates would allow a RINO to grab it (although they might try with Daniels). They do have lots of money. See tag line below.

Here's what I think might happen:

They'll get rid of Zero and throw their money at a Democrat, maybe even repackaging Hillary! as a "moderate."

They have plenty to get rid of Zero; all they have to do is have the media and the "moderate" Democrats crank up Fast and Furious. It would help them hold the Senate to be seen as supporting the Second Amendment. The problem there is that Hillary! is neck deep in the gunrunning scheme, indeed, perhaps at its root. So upon whom they'll settle in this scenario I really don't know.

48 posted on 02/08/2012 7:05:47 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)

Obviously the caller was a little confused trying to remember what Santorum said - frankly it’s not good form to mock a regular Jane calling in to talk radio and excited about freedom - but the essential point came through nonetheless.

49 posted on 02/08/2012 7:07:13 AM PST by RygelXVI

For those of you who have given up checking Drudge, Drudge is giving Santorum a positive spin on his wins.

He has even gone so far as to note that Willard has finished 3rd in Minnesota behind Paul.

Maybe we have found something we can all just get along about.

50 posted on 02/08/2012 7:09:59 AM PST by Tribune7 (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)

When and under what circumstances did Aldo Santorum naturalize?

51 posted on 02/08/2012 7:17:58 AM PST by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)

To: Rome2000; Jim Robinson; betty boop

Rome, at this point, I expect the Romney slime machine to train its guns big time on Rick Santorum.

Therefore, anything I read that is anti-Santorum starting with this evenings’ news is really either directly, indirectly, or covertly a part of RomSlime. That Slime Machine will influence even Freepers who will then repeat their slime to give it life.

We have only 2 conservative candidates right now who are viable. We are insane to bash either one of them.

The truth is that Newt flatlined in Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota. WOULD I HAVE RATHER THEY WENT TO ROMNEY?!! Hell no!

I don’t care how or who defeats Romney in any state. I want him to lose.

And when it gets to Virginia with only Mitt and Ron Paul on the ballot, I damned sure will be pulling for Ron.

We need to play this right. (1) Avoid repeating RomSlime on either Rick or Newt. (2) Support the guy in any state who has the best shot at defeating Romney.

I guarantee that in Georgia I’m pulling for Newt, and in Pennsylvania I’ll be pulling for Rick. In my own Ohio, with it’s big Catholic population, I’m expecting a Santorum surge because he has been a presence here supporting candidates in local and national elections for years, AND he is speaking out loudly on Obamessiah Hating the Catholic Church.

I went to a Santorum event supporting my local congressperson about 5 years ago! I do want you to know this. The man extemporaneously delivered one of the most amazing and insightful speeches on “Why Support Life?” that I’ve ever heard. He is an outstanding speaker.

52 posted on 02/08/2012 7:32:35 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)

First, that is not why Santorum lost. Second, what a nasty, hateful person you are. You are a typical bully - someone whose candidate did not win and now you are a bitter thug - no better than Obama. You argue with vile comments and expect to be persuasive, but you aren't - you add nothing.

You are one ugly person in which no matter which room you leave, becomes a better room.

53 posted on 02/08/2012 7:35:32 AM PST by Dave W

To: true believer forever

Yes, that’s the speech! The speech that rang true - how refreshing!

54 posted on 02/08/2012 7:39:06 AM PST by Dave W

That’s interesting and I appreciate the mention. That’s actually good. Glad to hear it.

55 posted on 02/08/2012 8:27:14 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Abortion? No. Gov't heath care? No. Gore on warming? No. McCain on immigration? No.)

To: DoughtyOne

Hi. The establishment types are indeed terrified. I agree. They know they can't put together a substitute for Myth in time to win the primary process. No, but they sure came up with a guy with serious enough flaws to replace him if they couldn't get the guy they wanted. As to a brokered convention, there's no way the combination of Newt and Santorum delegates would allow a RINO to grab it (although they might try with Daniels). I agree with your logic here, but I do believe one person who shall go without being mentioned for obvious reasons, although not a full blown 'RINO', is still a lock on 'rino' due to serious flaws. They do have lots of money. I agree. See tag line below. I did, and I don't think there's any denying the truth of it. Rove et al have made it crystal clear what their preferences are. Now they just have to wear that around their neck in perpetuity.

Here's what I think might happen:

They'll get rid of Zero and throw their money at a Democrat, maybe even repackaging Hillary! as a "moderate." I find that a plausable scenario. Compared to Obama, Hillary does look somewhat moderate. Then you have to remind yourself that she does, because she wasn't given free reign to do exactly what she wanted to, most likely very close to what Obama has done. She isn't Islamic, but she hates this nation enough to have mirrored him quite closely, and perhaps even more effectively, since she's such a caniving BeAach. No doubt about it, she would have done her best to destroy this nation too, if she had been elected president.

They have plenty to get rid of Zero; all they have to do is have the media and the "moderate" Democrats crank up Fast and Furious. It would help them hold the Senate to be seen as supporting the Second Amendment. The problem there is that Hillary! is neck deep in the gunrunning scheme, indeed, perhaps at its root. So upon whom they'll settle in this scenario I really don't know. Good points. Although a lot of folks will disagree, I think the birther route would be a whole lot easier, if they really put their mind to it. Couple that with revealing a lot of information about how he attended school in Asia, and how he actually got admitted to an Ivy League school, and I think this guy's goose would be cooked. This would also serve to rehab the Left's anti-US leanings, making them sound almost loyalist. It would also leave Hillary in pristine condition before the Leftist leaning public's eyes.

48 posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:05:47 AM by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.) No doubt about it.

Thanks for the comments. Hope things are going good for you.

56 posted on 02/08/2012 8:51:48 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Abortion? No. Gov't heath care? No. Gore on warming? No. McCain on immigration? No.)

Now that was funny!

For more on Santorum's success, read:

RUSH: Santorum Was Right About Romneycare

Let me add this article:

7 Reasons Why Mitt Romney's Electability Is A Myth

Mitt Romney was a moderate governor in Massachusetts with an unimpressive record of governance. He left office with an approval rating in the thirties and his signature achievement, Romneycare, was a Hurricane Katrina style disaster for the state. Since that's the case, it's fair to ask what a Republican who's not conservative and can't even carry his own state brings to the table for GOP primary voters. The answer is always the same: Mitt Romney is supposed to be "the most electable" candidate. This is a baffling argument because many people just seem to assume it's true, despite the plethora of evidence to the contrary.

1) People just don't like Mitt: The entire GOP primary process so far has consisted of Republican voters desperately trying to find an alternative to Mitt Romney. Doesn't it say something that GOP primary voters have, at one time or another, preferred Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and now even Ron Paul (In Iowa) to Mitt Romney?

To some people, this is a plus. They think that if conservatives don't like Mitt Romney, that means moderates will like him. This misunderstands how the process of attracting independent voters works in a presidential race. While it's true the swayable moderates don't want to support a candidate they view as an extremist, they also don't just automatically gravitate towards the most "moderate" candidate. To the contrary, independent voters tend to be moved by the excitement of the candidate's base (See John McCain vs. Barack Obama for an example of how this works). This is how a very conservative candidate like Ronald Reagan could win landslide victories. He avoided being labeled an extremist as Goldwater was; yet his supporters were incredibly enthusiastic and moderates responded to it.

Let's be perfectly honest: Mitt Romney excites no one except for Mormons, political consultants, and Jennifer Rubin. To everybody else on the right, Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama would be a "lesser of two evils" election where we'd grudgingly back Mitt because we wouldn’t lose as badly with him in the White House as we would with Obama. That's not the sort of thing that gets people fired up to make phone calls, canvass neighborhoods, or even put up "I heart Mitt" signs in their yards.

2) He's a proven political loser: There's a reason Mitt Romney has been able to say that he's "not a career politician." It's because he's not very good at politics. He lost to Ted Kennedy in 1994. Although he did win the governorship of Massachusetts in 2002, he did it without cracking 50% of the vote. Worse yet, he left office as the 48th most popular governor in America and would have lost if he had run again in 2006. Then, to top that off, he failed to capture the GOP nomination in 2008. This time around, despite having almost every advantage over what many people consider to be a weak field of candidates, Romney is still desperately struggling. Choosing Romney as the GOP nominee after running up that sort of track record would be like promoting a first baseman hitting .225 in AAA to the majors.

3) Running weak in the southern states: Barack Obama won North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida in 2008 and you can be sure that he will be targeting all three of those states again. This is a problem for Romney because he would be much less likely than either Gingrich or Perry to carry any of those states. Moderate northern Republicans have consistently performed poorly in the south and Romney won't be any exception. That was certainly the case in 2008 when both McCain and Huckabee dominated Romney in primaries across the south. Mitt didn't win a single primary in a southern state and although he finished second in Florida, he wasn't even competitive in North Carolina or Virginia. Since losing any one of those states could be enough to hand the election to Obama in a close race, Mitt's weakness there is no small matter.

4) His advantages disappear in a general election: It's actually amazing that Mitt Romney isn't lapping the whole field by 50 points because he has every advantage. Mitt has been running for President longer than the other contenders. He has more money and a better organization than the other candidates. The party establishment and inside the beltway media are firmly in his corner. That's why the other nominees have been absolutely savaged while Romney, like John McCain before him, has been allowed to skate through the primaries without receiving serious scrutiny.

Yet, every one of those advantages disappears if he becomes the nominee. Suddenly Obama will be the more experienced candidate in the race for the presidency. He will also have more money and a better organization than Mitt. Moreover, in a general election, the establishment and beltway media will be aligned against Romney, not for him. Suddenly, Romney will go from getting a free pass to being public enemy #1 for the entire mainstream media.

If you took all those advantages away from Romney in the GOP primary, he'd be fighting with Jon Huntsman to stay out of last place. So, what happens when he's the nominee and suddenly, all the pillars that have barely kept him propped up in SECOND place so far are suddenly removed? It may not be pretty.

5) Bain Capital: Mitt Romney became rich working for Bain Capital. This has been a plus for Romney in the Republican primaries where the grassroots tend to be dominated by people who love capitalism and the free market. However, in a year when Obama will be running a populist campaign and Occupy Wall Street is demonizing the "1%," Mitt Romney will be a TAILOR MADE villain for them. Did you know that Bain Capital gutted companies and made a lot of money, in part, by laying off a lot of poor and middle class Americans? Do you know that Bain Capital got a federal bailout and Mitt Romney made lots of money off of it?

“The way the company was rescued was with a federal bailout of $10 million,” the ad says. “The rest of us had to absorb the loss … Romney? He and others made $4 million in this deal. … Mitt Romney: Maybe he’s just against government when it helps working men and women.”
The facts of the Bain & Co. turnaround are a little more complicated, but a Boston Globe report from 1994 confirms that Bain saw several million dollars in loans forgiven by the FDIC, which had taken over Bain’s failed creditor, the Bank of New England.

Did you know Ted Kennedy beat Romney in 1994 by hammering Mitt relentlessly on his time at Bain Capital? No wonder. The ads write themselves.

Imagine pictures of dilapidated, long since closed factories. They trot out scruffy looking workers talking about how bad life has been since Mitt Romney crushed their dreams and cost them their jobs. Then they show a clip of Mitt making his $10,000 bet and posing with money in his clothes. All Mitt needs is a monocle and a sniveling Waylon Smithers type character to follow him around shining his shoes to make him into the prototypical bad guy the Democrats are trying to create.

Now, the point of this isn't to say that what Mitt did at Bain Capital was dishonorable. It certainly wasn't. To the contrary, as a conservative, I find his work in the private sector to be just about the only thing he has going for him. But, people should realize that in a general election, Mitt's time at Bain Capital will probably end up being somewhere between a small asset and a large liability, depending on which side does a better job of defining it.

6) The Mormon Factor: This is a sensitive topic; so I am going to handle it much, much more gently than Hollywood and the mainstream media will if Mitt gets the nomination. Mormons do believe in Jesus Christ, the Mormon Church does a lot of good work, the ones I've met seem to be good people, and two of my best friends are Mormons. That being said, Mormons are not considered to be a mainstream Christian religion in large swathes of the country. There will be Protestants who will have deep reservations about voting a Mormon into the White House because they'll be afraid it will help promote what they believe to be a false religion. There have also been a number of polls that show that significant numbers of Americans won't vote for a Mormon as President.

Just look at a couple of the more recent polls and consider how much of an impact this issue could have in a close election.

The poll found 67 percent of Americans want the president to be Christian and 52 percent said they consider Mormons to be Christian. Twenty-two percent of those polled said they don't think Mormons are Christians and 26 percent are unsure.
"I do believe they are moral people, but again there is a difference between being moral and being saved," Linda Dameron, an evangelical Republican in Independence, Mo., told the Tribune.

More than 40 percent of Americans would be uncomfortable with a Mormon as president, according to a new survey that also suggests that as more white evangelical voters have learned White House hopeful Mitt Romney is Mormon, the less they like him.
A survey by the Public Religion Research Institute released late Monday also shows that nearly half of white evangelical Protestant voters — a key demographic in the Republican primary race — don’t believe that Mormonism is a Christian faith, and about two-thirds of adults say the LDS faith is somewhat or very different than their own.

You should also keep in mind that if Mitt Romney gets the nomination, Hollywood and the mainstream media will conduct a vicious, months’ long hate campaign against the Mormon Church. They will take every opportunity to make Mormons look weird, racist, kooky, scary, and different. Would this be a decisive factor? I'd like to say no, but by the time all is said and done, it's very easy to see Romney potentially losing hundreds of thousands of votes across the country because of his religion.

7) He's a flip-flopper. Maybe my memory is failing me, but didn’t George Bush beat John Kerry's brains in with the "flip flopper" charge back in 2004? So now, just eight years later, the GOP is going to run someone that even our own side agrees is a flip-flopper right out of the gate? Romney doesn't even handle the charge well. When Brett Baier at Fox pointed out the obvious, Romney's response was to get huffy and deny that he was flip flopping, which is kind of like Lady Gaga denying that she likes to get attention. If Mitt can't even handle run-of-the-mill questions from FOX NEWS about his flip flopping, what makes anyone think he can deal with the rest of the press in a general election?

There are a lot of issues with trying to run a candidate who doesn't seem to have any core principles. It makes it impossible for his supporters to get excited about him because you can't fall in love with a weathervane. Even worse, since politicians tend to be such liars anyway and you know Romney has no firm beliefs, it's very easy for everyone to assume the worst. Democrats will feel that Romney will be a right wing death-beast. Republicans will think that Romney will screw them over. Independents won't know what to believe, which will make the hundreds of millions that Obama will spend on attack ads particularly effective. Ronald Reagan famously said the GOP needed "a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors." That's particularly relevant when it comes to Mitt Romney who has proven to be a pasty grey pile of formless mush.

The only way we, the conservatives, will lose to the Kenyan Turd is IF the "Establishment Republicans" REFUSE to support the Republican Nominee.
Now the "Republican Establishment's" hatred for conservatives is well known.
Jon Bershad wrote about Rush's analysis of their PANIC.

How many times has the "Republican Establishment" treated us to one lecture after the other on the need for “compromise” and “patience.”?
After we elect and RE-elect the "Republican Establishment", they conduct themselves with none of the confidence and enthusiasm with which they expressed themselves on the campaign trail.
It may be worth it for the GOP to lose some elections - if it means that conservatives—and the country—will ultimately win.

If we didn’t know it before, WE ... the Tea Partiers, now knows that accepting short-term loss in exchange for long-term gain is the essence of compromise, the essence of politics.

Ironically, we can thank the "Republican Establishment" for impressing this so indelibly upon us!!!
I'm fresh out of "patience", and I'm not in the mood for "compromise".
"COMPROMISE" to me is a dirty word.
Let the RINO's compromise their values, with the conservatives, for a change.

My dislike for the Democratic Party is second to none.
But my ... LOATHING ... for the "Establishment Republicans" ... is even stronger!
The "Establishment Republicans" can go to hell!#39;s base (See John McCain vs. Barack Obama for an example of how this works). This is how a very conservative candidate like Ronald Reagan could win landslide victories. He avoided being labeled an extremist as Goldwater was; yet his supporters were incredibly enthusiastic and moderates responded to it.

57 posted on 02/08/2012 9:28:58 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die!)

Thanks for the little bug crawling around on your post. I have been going crazy trying to kill it until I realized it wasn’t on my screen.

58 posted on 02/08/2012 9:34:00 AM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)

OH MY GOSH, that bug was driving me crazy last night, I thought it
somehow got under the glass of my IPAD. I could not figure out how I
was going to get it out of there, gave up figured it would die on it’s own
sooner or later. To funny!!!!!!

59 posted on 02/08/2012 9:38:57 AM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)

60 posted on 02/08/2012 9:44:14 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)

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