Posted on 04/07/2012 12:15:41 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
“Romney, while liberal, loves The USA.”
Clearly, based on his national service in the military... [oh, wait], I mean his family service of military ser...[oops, wait], ah, never-mind.
You are making this up out of whole cloth. He comes from a family that fled to Mexico. He comes from a family where no one serves in uniform. Talk is cheap and that’s what he has given you this campaign. All talk. No walk.
And where exactly would you put Santorum’s and Newt’s chances? Have to win a lot more than a handful of Southern states to win the delegate count in November.
Some may say, “what does it matter, Romney can’t win”. I say, by God it does matter. America’s survival may count on it. If it’s impossible then we MUST do the impossible. American history is full of impossible obstacles. I’m going to be a part of this one.
Romney is not liked here. I get it. But we have to ask ourselves, who's cabinet do you want running this ship the next four years, Obama’s, or the cabinet Romney will pick?
This one is between me and my God.
Good luck.
The logic escapes me. Because he isn't conservative enough, like Obama is? Because Obama is so popular now that his record as president is so wonderful? Because Romney isn't fat and obnoxious like Gingrich? Because he has no sweater vests? What?
The “he has no chance” mantra seems to be mostly based on the assumption that Evangelicals won’t come out and vote for a Mormon, therefore places like Mississippi and Georgia will become Obama states.
We are faced with the primary job of removing the man who has nothing good in his plans for our nation. In all likelihood we are going to have to support Mitt Romney in order to accomplish that task.
I think the question is going to come down to whether or not we can be strategically supportive and strong enough to force him to govern right of center. Or, if we will choose instead to devour ourselves with internal battles because the ideal conservative candidate did not surface to stretch his (or her) neck across the media chopping block.
Can Mitt Romney correct the financial course Barack Obama has set and hold do so by holding the line on taxes?
Will he build a solid team of strategists knowledgeable in foreign policy and strengthen our security?
Will he begin to straighten out the problem of immigration by protecting our borders and enforcing laws already on the books?
These are the questions I am asking and trying to answer for my self. Not what did he do once and what can we do to tear him down; but, what can we do to accept what appears to be inevitable and build him up.
Last but not least it is probable that Supreme Court Justices Kennedy and Ginsberg will retire before the next Presidential term is over. Scalia, at 74 still seems sharp and dedicated. But, it is possible that within two terms a president Romney could make three replacements and maybe even four depending on the health and temperament of Breyer. If he is elected, can conservatives move Romney enough to protect our constitution by appointing solid conservatives to strengthen the court?
I don't think this element of our future can be emphasized enough. If Obama is reelected, Ginsberg will surely hand him her chair and knowing how the republicans in the Senate crawl to please the media, he could get Louis Farrakhan approved.
> Some may say, “what does it matter, Romney can’t win”. I say, by God it does matter.
Which God(s)?
As you stated, it does matter.
“Obama hates The USA. Romney, while liberal, loves The USA.”
What has Bishop Willard ever done to lead you to this speculation? His entire life is aimed at the promotion of himself or his cult.
The difference between Lightworker Hussein and Bishop Willard with regard to America is at what price each would sell it out.
‘The “he has no chance” mantra seems to be mostly based on the assumption that Evangelicals won’t come out and vote for a Mormon, therefore places like Mississippi and Georgia will become Obama states.’
Wrong. We won’t come out and vote for a condescending leftwing activist puke from a corrupt party. That leaves Willard dangling like a saline scalded fetus in Massachusetts.
I’ve read your posts. You detest Mormons.
“My opinon of Mormons has done a 180 with their win at all costs advancement of Bishop Willard. They now rate below Hare Krishnas and Scientologists with me.”
So you choose your candidates based on physical appearance? Surely you couldn't be so shallow. I will say, though, if that's your criteria, Bishop Willard should be out of the running, with that big, bland, vanilla face, the black tooth, the greasy 50s-dad hair, and the pwecious, mincing little walk.
Who is your candidate, BTW?
You not thinking very clearly.
I'll take a lame-duck, unpopular Marxist in the White House with a growing Republicans and conservative majority in congress over a liberal Republican and shrinking minority of Republicans and conservatives in Congress.
Republicans will be able to stop Obama's liberal legislative agenda while Romney will be able to find enough RINOs with help him pass the liberal legislation -- Romneycare, VAT tax, taxes on the rich, etc . -- he proposes.
And, the Obama nightmare will end in four years. The nightmare of Romney and other Democrat in the White House will last eight years.
Romney is Obama, Jr. He will not change anything Obama has done and he is a stooge of Soros.
LOL Everyone thought Jimma Carter was a Christian even with his weird family. He was anything but. The man was dealing with the Communist the entire time he was in office. When he did the gas rationing; it was just a preview of what to come.
Look beneath the surface. Politicians are liars.
But if we are talking electability in the general, when was the last time somebody that looked like Gingrich was elected president? When was the last time somebody so utterly incapable of connecting with anybody other than his base was elected president? Before television for sure.
You might not be a shallow voter. You might spend your evenings pouring over policy papers. But the people that decide presidential elections are shallow and spend their evenings watching "American Idol". Ignoring this obvious fact reveals true shallowness on the part of many Newt people around here, if you ask me.
If I could simply choose the next president from what is left, it would probably be Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney, in that order. Perhaps I would pick Gingrich over Santorum just for the pleasure of watching leftist heads explode. He'd be a better president than Romney, but it doesn't matter. He won't get the chance.
I would enjoy watching Newt dice Obama in debates. But I am not naïve enough to think a debate performance would prevent Gingrich from losing 40 states, as shallow, apolitical voters recoil in horror at the thought of seeing him on their TV screens for 4 years.
I will always be grateful for what Newt engineered in 94, and would move mountains to vote for him over any Dem. But if you can see anything personally likable about him, you have better eyesight than most. I do enjoy his rhetorical zingers from time to time, but can't see much that's admirable or likable about him. I don't think am the only republican that views him that way.
There is way more to getting elected president than appealing rhetorically to your base. Looks and personality matter. Sorry, but denying it requires a shallowness that can't be denied. Given that, how do you think he will play with 19 year old college girls?
There is no way in hell apolitical people, without core beliefs would vote for him. He would suffer an historic drubbing, in an election against a very beatable incumbent. The purists and anti-Morman voters he would attract better than Romney would be dwarfed by the moderate, apolitical, and shallow he would lose compared to Romney. Why is that so hard to understand?
It might not be possible to De-Honkify Willard Romney..
Will make it easier for him to take a dive and throw the election..
For Myth is indeed the NEW Juan McLaim..
Oh, sugar, I don’t detest Mormons anymore than they detest Lamanites like me.
“The purists and anti-Morman voters he would attract...”
If you are going to parrot stupid concepts you might at least try to spell them correctly. Otherwise it is like some “rappa” ranting against “Jooz”. The illiteracy further undermines the vapid argument.
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