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Day after losses, Romney says he's better tea party candidate than GOP rivals
StarTribune ^ | February 8, 2012 | STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press

Posted on 02/08/2012 3:32:44 PM PST by mdittmar

ATLANTA - Mitt Romney says he's a better tea party candidate than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.

The former Massachusetts governor lashed out at Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum on Wednesday, the day after losing contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.

Romney says his opponents are members of a Republican Party that had lost its way. He says spending on lawmakers' pet projects doubled under Gingrich, a former House speaker. He says Santorum, a former senator, was a major proponent of that type of spending.

Romney says the tea party movement was created to fight Washington insiders who spend too much and that Santorum and Gingrich "are the very Republicans who acted like Democrats."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canttrustromney; confusedromney; drunkromney; hallucinatingromney; mittromney; rinos; romneytheliar; romneytruthfile; teaparty
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1 posted on 02/08/2012 3:32:50 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: Mountain Mary; conservativejoy; onyx

Turn, turn, turn


2 posted on 02/08/2012 3:36:32 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God and Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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To: mdittmar

santorum and romney...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu50Hb61jVQ&feature=player_embedded


3 posted on 02/08/2012 3:36:44 PM PST by biggredd1
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To: mdittmar
Can't believe this wasn't from The Onion".
4 posted on 02/08/2012 3:36:56 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: biggredd1

Dede Scozzafava


5 posted on 02/08/2012 3:38:11 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: mdittmar

I doubt Romney even understands what is the basis of the Tea party movement.

Most of the Elite Republicans certainly don’t. McCain didn’t in 2008. McConnell doesn’t. Boehner doesn’t.


6 posted on 02/08/2012 3:38:45 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: mdittmar

Does he even know what TEA means?

He was semi-hinged........advancing to totally unhinged.


7 posted on 02/08/2012 3:39:40 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to celebrate life and embrace the future.)
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To: Diogenesis

Hey Dio, Romney actually used the term “Pet Projects”

Maybe there should be a “Hot dog” alert every time he mentions ‘pets’

Do you have a ping list for it yet?


8 posted on 02/08/2012 3:41:29 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God and Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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To: mdittmar

What a loon Mittens is.


9 posted on 02/08/2012 3:43:32 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: mdittmar

You mean...you mean...Romney lost? He’s not inevitable? M-m-my world is c-c-c-crushed!/sarc


10 posted on 02/08/2012 3:43:39 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: mdittmar

I had to check because I would have sworn this was satire.


11 posted on 02/08/2012 3:44:21 PM PST by houeto (Mitt Romney - A Whiter Shade of FAIL © - tomkat)
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To: biggredd1

Wow, that’s a very revealing video.


12 posted on 02/08/2012 3:45:32 PM PST by BarnacleCenturion
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To: TomGuy

Maybe they will,in November.


13 posted on 02/08/2012 3:45:54 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

Not only a loon, he is a liar. He know exactly who the Tea Party is he and his minions HATE the Tea Party.


14 posted on 02/08/2012 3:46:13 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: sodpoodle

Romney is bonkers.


15 posted on 02/08/2012 3:46:21 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: mdittmar

Romney is obviously a post modernist; words have no meaning to him.


16 posted on 02/08/2012 3:48:53 PM PST by rcofdayton
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To: biggredd1

Politics and strange bedfellows...


17 posted on 02/08/2012 3:50:17 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: mdittmar

Why would any of the Tea Party have a problem with Romney? After all, he does like drink tea...

In reality, both the GOP (almost all) and Romney have been trying to distance themselves from the Tea Party from day one. After all, how can they benefit from being in control of a party that does not expand government, expand spending, and expand benefits!

Yes, the GOP is not unlike the Democrats - just matters who controls the purse strings!


18 posted on 02/08/2012 3:51:39 PM PST by Deagle
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To: mdittmar

I wonder if he said it with the same conviction he says he’s pro-life? When he says he’s pro-life he looks like he’s saying a foreign word or phrase, and he has to literally spit out the words.


19 posted on 02/08/2012 3:51:59 PM PST by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: mdittmar

The sheer audacity of this man to use the Tea Party in such a way to attack rivals beggars believe.

It shows just how far the American media has fallen that he would feel comfortable and confident enough to wrap himself up in the Tea Party flag.

What a shambles.........he must be defeated.


20 posted on 02/08/2012 3:55:56 PM PST by UKrepublican
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