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Tea Party Leader Blames “Weak-Kneed” Romney, Republicans For Loss to Obama
Bayou Buzz ^ | Wednesday, 07 November 2012 09:38

Posted on 11/07/2012 4:20:56 PM PST by drewh

A group Leaders of the Tea Party News Network and TheTeaParty.net offered an unflinching assessment of Election Day results. Todd Cefaratti, editor of the Tea Party News Network said, "We're disappointed in Governor Romney's loss. But this goes to the heart of what we have been saying all along. Bob Dole didn't win. John McCain didn't win. And now Mitt Romney hasn't won. The lesson the GOP and Americans need to learn is that weak-kneed Republicans do not get elected. Conservatives do."

"The Tea Party has not yet begun to fight. It's time for a wholesale reassessment of the D.C. establishment politicians and party grandees who have no commitment or courage to reduce the size of government. We now have another four years ahead of us with Barack Obama leading the charge against liberty," TPNN News Director Scottie Hughes said. "There were some bright spots tonight from Ted Cruz to Jeff Flake, to a decisive win in the U.S. House where Tea Partiers have a mandate to stand against Obama's big government second-term agenda. "

"I eagerly await the day the GOP establishment figures out that the 'safe' candidates are not getting the job done," stated Hughes. "The GOP needs to adhere to stricter ideological purity and put forth candidates that represent a significant difference in viewpoint from the Democrats that are creating devastating policies for Americans. The Republican Party has been shoving 'their' candidate down the throats of conservatives for years, and it's not working. It's time for them to wake up."

Cefaratti said, "We are disappointed tonight, but tomorrow morning the work begins. We will search every corner of this country for strong conservatives, not wishy-washy moderates. There's a change coming to our national politics, and the Tea Party will be on the frontlines waging this battle."


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1 posted on 11/07/2012 4:21:01 PM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

I rarely heard a peep out of the Tea Party the past 6 months. Didn’t hear much from any of the other candidates that got beat in the primary . . . none of them really got out there and supported Romney, Newt with his wife’s book and a few appearances on shows, but the rest, not much.


2 posted on 11/07/2012 4:25:26 PM PST by Qwackertoo (Romney/Ryan 2012 The Future of Our Children and Their Children are at stake.)
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To: drewh

I’m not disappointed with Romney. I think he did an excellent job and I am sure he was in the lead the entire way. The voter fraud was just too overwhelming. Romney actually exceeded my expectations.


3 posted on 11/07/2012 4:26:20 PM PST by Melinda in TN
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To: drewh

Damn straight! Akin/Mourdock-2016


4 posted on 11/07/2012 4:27:36 PM PST by RC one (Akin/Mourdock-2016)
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To: drewh

The problem seems to be fraud. There’s no way Obamao won that election. There is just no sense that he was going to be even close here in New Hampshire. I just don’t believe it.

There is fraud not just at the individual level. I believe there is fraud systematically built into the systems in the states he won. We had voter ID in effect here in New Hampshire. Yet, we lost the presidential, governor, senate, and rep races by large margins.

There is just no way that is possible. We have a Republican super majority in the house and a majority in the senate.

The results are not believable.


5 posted on 11/07/2012 4:28:20 PM PST by AlmaKing
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To: drewh

I don’t like whiney finger pointing. I don’t accept it from the Engineers who report to me and I won’t accept it from the politicos.

Ronald Reagan watched as Nixon (the most Liberal president ever) and Ford tried to be Democrat light. No whiney finger pointing.

He fixed the problem.


6 posted on 11/07/2012 4:30:13 PM PST by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: drewh

Romney wasn’t a visionary conservative in the style of Reagan. I hate to say it, but George Will nailed it months ago when he predicted Romney would run on “competence” and lose. Plenty of Freepers predicted this outcome back in the Spring.

Romney did the best he could, but he was/is Romney. He couldn’t beat McCain in 2008, and couldn’t even match his vote totals in the general.


7 posted on 11/07/2012 4:33:10 PM PST by CASchack
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To: drewh

Gee...I thought it was primarily liberals who exercised that tendency to blame and whine. Ohhh well....

We can blame our situation on the Establishment, on the nominee, on the storm, on several things...but the MAIN reason we are in this mess is because of all of our choices.

“Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.” ... Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Until we come to the place of GREAT repentance on the part of the majority of this nation, we will see an increasingly worse scenario. The CHANGE that is really needed is SPIRITUAL. History teaches this. The Sacred Scriptures teach this. Why do we have to learn this the hard way?


8 posted on 11/07/2012 4:34:21 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: Qwackertoo; Melinda in TN

Go here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956318/posts

The Tea Party was probably trying to be team player and keep their criticisms low key, figuring it was better to attack Obama than Romney after the conventions.

Well, Romney ran an extremely timid campaign. Read the article at the above link.


9 posted on 11/07/2012 4:35:03 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: drewh

Nonsense. The tea party candidates didn’t have a much better night than Romney did. We won Texas Senate. Lost several other races. Allen West is on the ropes, and probably out.

The fact is, we lost because we are not the majority at the moment. The problem isn’t Romney, or Christie, or Johnson, or Obama, or tactics, or speeches, or debates, or the establishment vs. the tea party. The problem is the electorate.

Romney was a fine candidate, and he ran a good campaign. He wasn’t McCain or Dole. I might’ve made a couple of different decisions than him ... might’ve attacked harder on some things. I’m not confident that him doing things my way would’ve made a difference.

This is not an unrecoverable problem ... but we have to acknowledge that the American people were not hoodwinked. They chose Obama, and they’ll get the government they deserve. It may be a very long four years — but I wouldn’t rather spend it anywhere else on earth.

So ... how do we win them back?

SnakeDoc


10 posted on 11/07/2012 4:35:24 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (Texas survived one Obama term, and we'll survive another. The rest of you are screwed.)
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To: drewh

The Tea Party was taken over by socon extremists and idiots like Akin and Murdouch.


11 posted on 11/07/2012 4:35:33 PM PST by Sarabaracuda (Comprehensive Immigration Reform NOW!)
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To: drewh

I was sitting here listening to Mark Levin and he made a good point. What does the Republican party stand for anymore? It stands for getting their butts elected. That is all. You have people on Fox saying that we should drop our tough stance on abortion so that we can get a Republican elected as president “next time”. That isn’t the problem you idiots! The Conservative always wins! At least they do when the RNC is forced to back them. Stop watering down our values to get elected it’s that simple! It doesn’t get people elected. They gave that fat dope Christie centerstage and shunned Palin at the RNC convention. All Christie did was talk about himself and than proceeds to stab Romney in the back with hurricane Sandy. The Republican establishment refuses to learn!


12 posted on 11/07/2012 4:36:12 PM PST by Mrs. Frogjerk
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To: drewh
the notion that the Tea party which is either a third party or a splinter group of the GOP is going to run a presidential candidate and win a national election is just plain stupid. The same holds true for any other subgroup of the GOP. The only way a national nomination or election is going to be won is with a candidate that can have all these groups coalesce out of a sense of sufficient shared objectives. Romney wasn't totally successful in doing that but who would have done better?
13 posted on 11/07/2012 4:36:37 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: drewh

I am sure there was some voter fraud maybe a lot. I don’t think that is the main reason we lost tho.

Some, even in the media have pointed out the difference was because of a change in demographics.

With virtually open borders, this country is no longer the one I grew up in and it is only going to get worse. Part of the problem is most Republican presidents have been as bad as the Democrats or nearly so.

I think it may be possible that conservatives never win another national election.

There are so many Somalians, Mexicans, Haitians, etc. added to those already here that they can and will swing any election.


14 posted on 11/07/2012 4:36:46 PM PST by yarddog
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To: Sarabaracuda

No, the GOP was taken over by leftwing squishes.


15 posted on 11/07/2012 4:39:56 PM PST by Sirius Lee (A man isn't really a man until he becomes himself.)
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To: RC one
“Damn straight! Akin/Mourdock-2016”

Bingo, we have a winner! My thoughts exactly!

I think Romney was about the best we had. I don't see any other candidate's doing as well. I also do not believe the entire election was lost because of “Voter Fraud” I am sure there was some hanky panky going on, but not that many votes. We did not turn out our base or some of our base left us.... I think we lost because of several factors; Young voters, women, and minorities. Bottom line, you can't ignore those three groups and win.....

16 posted on 11/07/2012 4:41:15 PM PST by martinidon
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To: drewh

I have nothing against the Tea Party or the Tea Party movement, but many of the candidates they supported and put forward were either idiots or had foot in mouth disease.

Over-all they have done more good than harm, because we got the House back, but they ain’t batting a thousand.

Ted Cruz is a Tea Partier I can support.

If the Tea Party can get a farm league with smart guys like that across the country, then we will be OK.

But Monday Morning Quarterbacking Romney is futile at this point.


17 posted on 11/07/2012 4:42:32 PM PST by radpolis (Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
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To: drewh

There are no TEA Party “Leaders”.


18 posted on 11/07/2012 4:43:34 PM PST by panaxanax
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To: SnakeDoctor

You are correct. Bleeding heart liberals just don’t seem to get that after bleeding enough the host will die. The system as it is can only go on so far and then it will come crashing down. When there are no more millionaires to blame they will come for the middle class. If you own a home you will be the rich. Once the homes are gone they will say if you own a car you are rich. Hang on to your canned goods, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.


19 posted on 11/07/2012 4:45:25 PM PST by pnut22
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To: paul51
Romney wasn't totally successful in doing that but who would have done better?

Newt Gingrich, who Mitt and his henchmen knocked out of the election, could’ve done a much better job. We needed someone like Newt who could’ve vividly explained conservatism and draw the electorate to it rather than run from it as Romney and his apologists did.
20 posted on 11/07/2012 4:46:31 PM PST by bramps
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