Gingrich: GOP will unite behind eventual nominee

Associated Press ^ | March 4th, 2012 | Unattributed

[Mariner]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich says he has no doubts that the Republican presidential candidates who fall short of winning the nomination will unite behind the eventual nominee - despite the often tough rhetoric the contenders are throwing at each other during the campaign.

[Clintonfatigued]

“Does anybody-but-Obama trump all?”

For most, it does.

[conservativejoy]

No, and I apologize for misunderstanding what I had been told by other mormons. Their sons did not serve and that is the reason they gave, that it violated their faith. Maybe, they personally were conscientious objectors.

Instead, they said they were spending 2 years in the missionary field.

To be sure, none of Mitts five sons have served.

I am the proud mom of one died in service to this country. I do not see a Commander in Chief in Mitt Romney, one of the many reasons I support Newt Gingrich.

[true believer forever]

It will always be Next Time, because they feel you have to vote against the other guy, so they will keep doing this to us as long as we all for it.

That's not so. For a lot of us, this is the first time. We are appalled, and our eyes are being opened painfully. I am from a military family. I've been taught - You get a freebie one time - as long as you learn from your enemy, and survive. this is our freebie. We are learning. We will survive. No Next Time. If you've been through this before, I know you are probably tired. but we aren't. We can pick up the slack, and learn from the wisdom of you experienced ones. No Next Time.

[Nik Naym]

“I will not condemn those who refuse to vote for Romney; however, as for myself, if it comes to that I cannot be a party to leaving our troops in a war zone w/Obama as their Commander in Chief. “

You claim you will not condemn those who refuse to vote for Romney.

Then you do just that by inferring that those of us who won’t vote for Romney will “be a party to leaving our troops in a war zone w/Obama as their Commander in Chief.”

Make up your mind.

[NoGrayZone]

"If he selected Palin as VP,"

I don't think she would fall for that one again!

[Bailee]

“I will write in Palin, if Romney is on the ticket. Fair warning to the E-Pubs”

For us True Conservatives this has become our battle cry. If Mittens is the nominee heres hoping Palin gets a ton of votes in the General Election.

[achilles2000]

I’m not uniting behind Romney.

[Clintonfatigued]

It floors me that the party thought of Mitt Romney as a good candidate. He makes the candidacties of Robert Dole, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, and Thomas Dewey look inspiring. Indeed, he almost makes John McCain look good. He’s my least favorite of the Republicans and I won’t vote for him in the primary.

If he’s the nominee, I don’t know what I’ll do yet. His choice of a running mate will influence my decision.

[conservativejoy]

To be sure, this is one thing that the DNC and the RNC are united on, they want Romney to be our nominee. He can be their nominee, but he will never be mine.

[Nik Naym]

“that said I’m crawling over broken glass to vote for whoever the R nominee is”

The Republican Party elites who look down upon true conservatives with disdain, thank you for your support.

[itsahoot]

Primary elections are held just to make us think we are electing a nominee.

You are certainly not Dumb Blondie, many here have yet to get a clue. The evidence was as clear as it could be in this cycle, lying, cheating, anything to move Mitt up to the top, and FAUX News was/is a big cheer leader.

[JediJones]

If we can’t nominate a conservative this year, then what year will we ever be able to? I get the feeling that the GOP is happy Obama is so far left, because they feel they can move their own party to the left, which is what they’ve always wanted to do. They don’t need to be very conservative in order to distinguish themselves from the Democrat now. A vote for Mitt is not so much a vote against Obama, it’s a vote to move the Republican party to the left, in about as permanent a way as possible.

On the other hand, it doesn’t appear there are enough conservatives even in the Republican party to make a conservative nominee possible. It’s hard to imagine a conservative party would do much better with voters. So if we’re looking at many years before we could even hope to change the public’s perception, if ever, short of a Greek-style collapse, we may choose to go with the lesser of two evils if the alternative is essentially a permanent Democrat government. Depends if you think Romney is really a lesser evil, but on at least a couple items he is at least on record in the campaign as saying he’d do things differently from Obama, such as the Keystone Pipeline. Hard to know if he’ll flip-flop though.

In addition, there is a possibility that people like George Will have wanted Romney all along because they don’t want to win. They may see a disastrous collapse coming for this country that is at this point irreversible, and would rather it happen under a Democrat president so that party could be blamed.

[balls]

The current pos in the WH is a real and present danger to this country and you plan to give him your tacit support for another term if you don’t get your way. I cana’t bear the thought of freepers giving him another four years to finish the job.

[steve86]

Mormons do not serve in the military

False

[BlackElk]

citizen:

Let us define the "fanatics" that will NOT vote for the likes of the Mittwit UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!: They are:

1. The sort of people who think that 50+ million sliced, diced and hamburgerized babies are more than enough and know and resent the fact that Romney is not only a rampaging pro-abort but that both of his parents were and that he is lying through his teeth since he does not take the issue that seriously BUT WE DO;

2. Don't give a rat's patoot what four more years of Obozo will do for Muffy and Skipper's trust funds other than to reduce their ability to buy GOP presidential primaries by flooding the airwaves with lies about any candidate who is actually conservative unlike that lying POS from Taxachusetts;

3. DO understand that rump-ranging is not "marriage" and that making believe that it is will not improve society;

4. Actually care about the Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms (clinging as we do to our guns and our Bibles as someone one said) and actually own and use weapons unlike John (did you know he was in Vietnam?) Kerry and Mitt Romney;

5. Think that SCOTUS and lesser federal judges are not appointed for the sole purpose of protecting Muffy's and Skipper's trust funds but should actually have a copy of the Constitution and be prepared to get reading lessons as necessary;

6. Will appoint ONLY judges who are thoroughly vetted and thoroughly trustworthy to protect guns, babies, marriage, the property rights of even Americans of modest means;

7. Will NEVER support such "bailouts" as GM, Chrysler and especially TARP or Porkulus I through infinity;

8. Will always understand that whenever Mitt's lip move he is lying about any of the foregoing subjects;

9. Understand that Mitt is the guy that fired you to send your job to Bangladesh and not the guy you have a beer with after work. As Mitt himself said: He likes to fire people.

FReegards,

Black Elk, FR fanatic

P. S. I have voted Republican in EVERY POTUS election starting in 1968, holding my nose to vote for Nixon (1968), Ford (1976), Bush the Elder (1988 and 1992), Dole, and McCain. That's all over with now. I have spent more than 40 years urging disgruntled and disgusted Republicans and others to do likewise and keep on voting for whatever POS the GOP nominates because the boogie man will get 'em if the Demonrats are elected. That's all over now, too.

P.P.S. The GOP can start nominating genuine Americans of conservative values on the foregoing issues which are the important issues, worry less about protecting the evil status quo, worry a LOT less about comforting the comfortable and about driving their taxes down toward zero, be absolutely accountable on each and every social issue, fight the fight as stubbornly and then some as the Demonrats do or resign themselves to political oblivion. No more polo players, no more babykillers, no more rump rangers, no more gun grabbers, no more peace creeps: Not now, not ever!

P.P.P.S. Romney is nothing more than Obozo in white face! No better and no worse on anything that matters.

[NoGrayZone]

"The current pos in the WH is a real and present danger to this country and you plan to give him your tacit support for another term if you don’t get your way. I cana’t bear the thought of freepers giving him another four years to finish the job."

If you weren't such a wuss, you'd have other plans in mind.

I just pray you aren't in my foxhole.

[itsahoot]

You make good points, but I contend that all that bad stuff will happen even if you defeat the one. The E-Pubs are doing nothing to stop the implementation of health care, they refused to defund it, citing some nonsense rule that couldn’t be broken. That was pure hogwash because no congress can bind a future congress.

We shall see at the end of this month if the Supremes go along with the destruction of the Republic, my prediction is we will lose. If that happens, then nothing else matters.

[true believer forever]

You claim you will not condemn those who refuse to vote for Romney.

Then you do just that by inferring that those of us who won’t vote for Romney will “be a party to leaving our troops in a war zone w/Obama as their Commander in Chief.”

Make up your mind.

that's not what's going on here. I am from a military family, and every mily I know is wondering if there will even be a military in 4 years if barack is reelected. The truly horrendous, headline-grabbing things he is doing to the military, and national security, are all that make the news, and not even all of those. Behind the scenes, it is about a million times worse, and is already impacting everyday active duty life.

At the very worst, Romney has some respect for the military. Barack despises them, no matter how many feel good ineffective programs he initiates on their behalf.

It is time for some perspective to start setting in. And there is no rationalization not to vote for romney if he is the nominee. Fight like heck to keep him not, but afterwards, no one republican compares to the evil of barack. These are the times we live in.

[cripplecreek]

The GOP is using Joe Overton’s window theory to move us to the left. If we’re willing to accept the lesser evil we’ll still move to the left.

An interactive demo can be found about halfway down the page.

http://www.mackinac.org/OvertonWindow

[taildragger]

“I will write in Palin, if Romney is on the ticket. Fair warning to the E-Pubs”

For us True Conservatives this has become our battle cry. If Mittens is the nominee heres hoping Palin gets a ton of votes in the General Election.

It is becoming clearer that the EGOP is content on committing Political Suicide, unless a miracle happens for Newt. They will have their @$$es handed to them...

IMHO We need to start planning.....

* The Day after, 11.7.12' we begin anew.
* We abide by the EGOP's Divorce papers which have been coming for years and we finally leave.
* We form our new party The Party of Reagan.

Are ya with me :-)