Posted on 03/30/2012 2:44:47 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The Washington Times is usually pretty good, but they really blew this one. They claim that Romney is now getting Tea Party support. The writer for the Times either didn’t know better or engaged in some creative writing. Among other things, he claims that Freedomworks has dropped its opposition to Romney, something that Freedomworks denies.
The Times in its blatant desire to see Romney as the nominee claims that Freedomworks launched the Tea Party movement. Ignoring the fact that is not true, I don’t think even Freedomworks makes that claim. They did help organize a big DC rally in 2009, which was one of the most impressive rallies held, but the movement launched months before they became involved.
The desperation of the Romney crowd to get him anointed as the nominee is becoming disgusting and desperate. It reminds me of the bum’s rush a used car salesman gives a customer so they will buy before they realize how bad a deal they are getting.
And we are already starting to see this.
On CNN this morning, Romney’s communications director, one Eric Fehnstrom announced that once the primary was over, Romney would be “resetting.”
HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election.
FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.
Restart it all over again?
In plain, non-RINO English that means as soon as the primary is over, Romney is going to move far to the left. We will see the real Romney. We will see the Romney Massachusetts saw and did not like for four years. We are going to see what we will really be getting with the Massachusetts liberal.
Guess what?
We are not going to like it.
This is going to be 2008 all over again, except this time it will be worse. Romney has ignored the conservative base and has made it a point of trying to win without the base. He has done this because he had a huge money advantage. He has outspent opponents anywhere from 5-1 to 21-1 in the Illinois primary.
Romney advisors have already said, despite Romney’s promise, he is not going to repeal Obamacare. Now we have someone in the Romney campaign basically saying he will move to the left as soon as he is absolutely certain he has the nomination.
It is not too late to stop Romney and this is what we must do.
We must support both Gingrich and Santorum. Neither can win at this point but they can still stop Romney.
While I do not speak for the Tea Party, I think I have a pretty good understanding of this movement and I believe this movement does not support Mitt Romney.
Romney is not an anti-American Marxist like Obama but beyond that there is little difference. If elected he will govern from the left and destroy not only the Republican Party but also the conservative movement.
This is why we must act to try and stop him at the convention while we still can.
So much for the claims that the Tea Party is an arm of the GOP.
there was a 7 yo on Hannity just now who has more sense than some Republicans
he said he calls Romney “ObamaLite”
:)
“So much for the claims that the Tea Party is an arm of the GOP.’
The Tea Party is the successor to the GOP. However there are still a few wheezes and gurgles left in the old elephant, even though most of it has gone necrotic.
‘there was a 7 yo on Hannity just now who has more sense than some Republicans
he said he calls Romney “ObamaLite”’
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Smart kid. I suppose Hannity tried to correct him?
There is no “Tea Party”. There are many Tea Parties.
And that’s the problem.
Although the various Tea Parties did a great job in 2010 organizing support for a whole host of conservatives at the state and local level, they haven’t done much in this campaign to unify conservatives around a single conservative non-Romney [redundancy alert] candidate.
I’m disappointed in the meager role played by the various Tea Parties in this primary campaign.
“His impending “shake up” and move to the center will put him somewhere between Hillary Clinton and Obama.”
That is what gets me. All of these wardheelers and flunkies urging a vote for him because he is supposedly going to be the Republican, NEVER MIND that his record as a governor is to the LEFT of William Jefferson Blythe CLINTON.
If Bishop Willard is the GOP candidate, the REAL Democrat primary will be held in November.
Sounds like they were shut out. They were courted by the GOP elite when they needed them though; now the liberal GOP core has closed ranks. Would there be a huge outflux of conservatives if the Tea Party became a political party in earnest, though (like how the Whigs defected to the original GOP)?
No I think Hannity was in love with him as the listeners were
What a bright young man...
he had some things to say about Obama too...
Sean had him on for quite a while
Sean even said he would leave and let the little fellow run the show
he was doing such a good job
LOL
Good question.
I gave up on the republican party a long time ago. I am a Conservative, most definitely not a republican and I most assuredly, will never vote for Romney.
“Gentlemen, start your Etch-a-Sketches.”
I held my nose and voted for juan mclame knowing that I was really voting for Sarah.
I will never vote for mitt. Not under any circumstance. hussein has set up the country to crash hard. I want him at the helm when it does.
“I will never vote for mitt. Not under any circumstance. hussein has set up the country to crash hard. I want him at the helm when it does.”
Bravo!!!! Millions more feel the same.
Well good for Hannity then! I wish I had caught that. I will listen for it on replay, or see if I can download it. Thsnks for the tip Nana. It brightens the day.
Agreed.
on the ballots in all the states for the 2012 election.
Too late now for 2012 but plenty of time to organize for 2016.
more msm/republican establishment bias...
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Palin-Our-Brokered-Convention-Selection/219407098154932?ref=tn_tnmn
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