Video: Romney’s victory speech
posted at 9:30 pm on January 10, 2012 by Allahpundit
Here’s all you really need to know. From CNN’s table of exit poll data:
Romney was the tea-party candidate, and not by a narrow margin either. (Fifty-one percent of voters called themselves TP supporters; among that group, Romney beat Paul by 18 points.) He also won Republicans by more than 30 points and finished a close second to Paul among independents. The only demographic in which he got crushed was Democrats. The leader in that group: Huntsman, of course, with 41 percent.
The key passage from his victory speech:
The President has run out of ideas. Now, he’s running out of excuses. And tonight, we are asking the good people of South Carolina to join the citizens of New Hampshire and make 2012 the year he runs out of time.
President Obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. In the last few days, we have seen some desperate Republicans join forces with him. This is such a mistake for our Party and for our nation. This country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We must offer an alternative vision. I stand ready to lead us down a different path, where we are lifted up by our desire to succeed, not dragged down by a resentment of success. In these difficult times, we cannot abandon the core values that define us as unique — We are One Nation, Under God.
Too soon to say, I think, how much the Bain attacks hurt or didn’t hurt but there’s some suggestive exit poll data. On the question of who ran the most unfair campaign, Gingrich finished first — but with just 26 percent of the vote. Romney finished a close second at 24 percent. I’d love to see what those numbers looked like two days ago before Newt started ripping on him for “looting.” Meanwhile, Romney won a plurality of voters who said they decided today. He took 32 percent; Huntsman finished 10 points behind in second. Unless and until the Bain question is polled directly by someone, we’ll have to squeeze hunches out of those numbers.
Here’s the clip. Somehow this is even more depressing than McCain’s victory in 2008, no? There was no tea-party revolution back then to be betrayed by nominating the godfather of the individual mandate, and the field, quite frankly, was stronger than this one. Huckabee was a more effective social-con populist than Santorum and Fred Thompson was a more effective southern “true conservative” alpha male than Perry. And McCain, for all his faults, was a war hero. Somehow we’ve backslid to the point where not only is one of the also-rans in that race the frontrunner now, he’s a juggernaut — the first Republican since Ford to win both Iowa and New Hampshire. Despite the fact that only a small part of the party seems passionate about him, he’s 11 days and one win away from wrapping this race up. Unbelievable.
I think I’m writing in Tebow.
Blowback
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Ok you got me. I will fess up. I’m the whatcat sockpuppet pretending that I am the liberal4life sockpuppet so the whatcat sockpuppet can make everyone think that he is NOT the real sockpuppet but that liberal4life guy is.
Anyway you can call me Barb.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Thanks for the response.
There’s really no way to eliminate the ‘back and forth’ cyclic swings, because each side honestly believes that: “WE represent the true middle, and it’s those A-holes on the other side (right or left) that are causing all the problems.”
There’s really no escaping that in a ‘politically free’ society.
listens2glenn on January 11, 2012 at 1:31 PM
I’m not sure I buy that one any more. I thought ranked about the same as John Kerry… up until Newt sat on the couch with Nancy; and then flip flopped on the Ryan plan, and took money from Freddie Mac, and then was for Capitalism and the Health Care mandate before he was against it.
I’d say he and Newt are about tied really…
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Do you believe in the Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of men?
Is that blasphemous?
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 1:32 PM
You mean, like Jesus?
And that makes them not Christian?
Who knew?
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 1:36 PM
who cares about the book of Mormons or the devil and/or other mythical creatures…all religions have a dose of craziness in their doctrine…suffice to take a look at the Old Testament and you leave convinced that they were all blood thirsty psychopaths back then…
jimver on January 11, 2012 at 1:37 PM
its their business, it’s a free country, they can believe (in) whatever they want…
jimver on January 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Bigotry check.
Oh, and I know many, many fine Mormons Jooosss. That doesn’t blind me to the fact that there’s a dark side
Oh, and I know many, many fine Mormons Blacks. That doesn’t blind me to the fact that there’s a dark side
Yup!!! you are a bigot.
You do your man, you do your church, you do yourselves no good by calling anyone who dares question Romney the politician or Romney
Mormonism isn’t a race.
Pay Lay Ale, brother.
Portia46 on January 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM
A book by a non-Mormon Christian scholar.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Angel-Study-Israels-Second/dp/0664253954
says that you may be mistaken.
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM
I was wondering how much longer it would be, until you came to the rescue.
listens2glenn on January 11, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Did anyone notice that whatcat and liberal4life disappeared about the same time. I think they are working together.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 1:41 PM
I don’t think the sabotage of the GOP by newt/perry/hunts has hit you guys yet.
Matthews gets it. Axelrod will just play Perry’s quote about Vulture Capitalism, and Newt’s many quotes, and Jon’s quote and say Mitt is too weird to govern…even his own party hates him
So that’s it. Barry wins.
There is no bench strength in the GOP…nada. People on this blog appear to suffer from a dreamy cult-of-personality problem…oh, maybe christie can save us, or Ryan, or Rubio.
There is no bench strength. Sorry, Newt et al. decided to blow the party up…his face with be used 100 times by barry
r keller on January 11, 2012 at 1:42 PM
no, we have you for that, (the HA police) to monitor who does what on the forum…
jimver on January 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”
liberal4life on January 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Nah, not all of them are new. Some were here before OE.
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Now that is funny. Just because they have a dark side doesn’t mean they are bad.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Gee, I guess every other religion doesn’t have a dark side.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 1:47 PM
http://www.mormondialogue.org may be more to your liking if you want to argue over who has the best scriptures.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I am not going to respond to you anymore because whatcat thinks we are working together for some reason. Anytime religion is brought up people get paranoid and nutty.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 1:50 PM
You could go away and read it.
Then, you could do an experiment and “abide by its precepts” and see if it gets you “nearer to God”.
Then, come back and let us know how it all worked out.
Should take you until AFTER Nov 6, 2012.
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Just trying to keep people honest is all. liberal4life needs to realize the irony of his/her comments.
To call someone else’s religion nuts, but refuse to use the same skeptical lens when viewing their own?
All religions are nutty and crazy talk. All religious texts have abominable edicts and stories in them.
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 1:56 PM
The nice thing with Google is you can find how long a commenter has been around and if they have a history of trolling. When you check the rest of us who’ve been around for at least a few years, we’re all over the place on a lot of different topics. It’s a mix of thoughtful comments, some snark, a few flames, puns, jokes and so on.
When you see someone trying to stir up discord, e.g. “What about that Mormon Jesus-Satan cage match?”, you’ll have a few suckers who’ll take the bait even from someone calling himself “liberal4life”. The correct response is to not to respond, of course. Second best is to post a “sucker bait” warning for the less experienced, but real, HA commenters. Third best, to reply with “who cares?”.
whatcat on January 11, 2012 at 1:59 PM
THAT is a great link for anyone who wants to investigate Mormonism.
Thanks for posting it.
listens2glenn on January 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Well pardon me. Someone posts something about Jesus and Satan and I respond and suddenly I’m a troll and you start spinning conspiracy theories about how long someone has been here working with others in collusion to take down the Mormons?
Ever think that maybe when someone sees the words Jesus and Satan compared in the same sentence they MIGHT chime in a say something about it? And just because they are new there is some reason to suspects them as liars?
Yikes. Good luck with your Googling.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Well, the problem is ‘nobody’s perfect’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . except me. : )
listens2glenn on January 11, 2012 at 2:07 PM
I hope I didn’t sound too mean. I guess its natural to be suspicious of the new people. They can’t be trusted and its a shame the open registration does require background checks and a cavity search.
Anyway who cares?
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:13 PM
You can call my dentist. He did a cavity search so I am ok for now but I do need to floss more often.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Had pretty good luck so far, thanks!
And good luck to you, too, with the whole trolling thing.
whatcat on January 11, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Neither is Judaism.
I see you are deeply immersed in anti-Mormonism studies.
Gunlock Bill on January 11, 2012 at 2:20 PM
I live in Ohio and if Mitt is it, I’ll probably sit out 2012 thus ensuring the reelection of “Glow”bama and his cronies in the house and senate.
I am so tired of RINO’s.
LarryK on January 11, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Thanks, keep checking up on me and my “buddy” liberal4life. We are all over theses interwebs talking about Jesus and Satan.
I defy you to find ONE SINGLE instance of anytime I have mentioned this in the past outside this one thread you paranoid nut.
And the one instance on this thread does not constitute a track record in case you were wondering.
Good luck with policing the grand conspiracy that liberal4life and I have unleashed on you poor hapless victims.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:31 PM
what’s with all the bigot bait from this new crop of commentators on Hot Air?
gatorboy on January 11, 2012 at 2:35 PM
It’s cause Ed & Allah & Co have been lazy and haven’t been doing their jobs with the Ban Hammer.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Circle the wagons everyone. The new crop of commenters are commenting on comments and some of them are conspirators.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM
LOL! So nobody is perfect, yet we’re supposed to listen to these imperfect humans that are susceptible to all manner of illusions and delusions claiming that their rendition of the god we all imagine is the right one?
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM
We are done with the Republicans if they stuff Ken-doll up our ass. This year our vote will be used to punish and hurt them. Moving on, we will be looking exclusively at third party options to donate money and our time to.
/vomit.
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 2:40 PM
I hope you think I should be banned. I have nothing against Mormons. I just never knew that they thought Jesus and Satan were brothers. And I don’t even know if that is made up as well.
Anyway I don’t care to tred on the sacred territory that the HA regulars have carved out for themselves.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:43 PM
I meant to say: I hope you DON’T think I should be banned.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:44 PM
I gave Portia a box of kleenex earlier. Ask her for a couple of tissues.
Bradky on January 11, 2012 at 2:44 PM
It’s what a “Moby” does, you’re likely familiar with the term. It’s so incredibly obvious I’m surprised they even attempt it.
whatcat on January 11, 2012 at 2:53 PM
Unless 1% Perry and the SoCon King Santorum drop out and let Newt take on The Massatwochits Won Term Wonder and the Crazy Uncle, In guess I had better resign myself to the fact that I will again have to vote for the GOP Establishment hack that gets crushed.
Anyone know where I can get my Mitt Flip Flops, My Romney Mittens, My Brought by Bain yard Sign, and some Happy Thoughts?
ConcealedKerry on January 11, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Well I caught you red-handed with your sockpuppet gatorboy.
I am going to check Google now to spy on your activities. So far my searches have turned up many interesting clues to your subversive behavior.
I am surprised you even attempt this stuff. Is so obvious to me and my longtime associates Portia46 and Bradky. Long ago I created the handle “E L Frederick (Sniper One)” to foil you once again.
Frobenius on January 11, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Dude, leave me the hell out of this. I’ve been around since Malkin was still posting daily video segments.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 3:02 PM
I’d sooner be branded a nut and subjected to your scorn than be an unthinking robot-zombie like yourself, towing the party line for a group that quite obviously does not deserve the support.
“pull-lever-for-establishment-hack-braaaainnnnnzzzzz-gahhhhh-uuurrrgggghhhhh-braiinnnssssss.”
No thanks. Oblivion before dishonor. You can have your Mitt-bot and your 4 more years of King Barry Hussein.
Our votes are now weapons to hurt. If they can’t be used to save the republic, they will be used as daggers to harm our newest enemies. Mittens will kill America as well in my opinion – just slower.
She’s dead already. So we might as well get a pound of flesh on the way over the cliff. Buckle up RePubics.
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 3:05 PM
President Romney. Nice ring to it……
Redford on January 11, 2012 at 3:06 PM
http://www.webcasts.com/kingofbain/
I’m willing to bet anyone $100k that if Romney gets the nomination, Obama will crush him. Who is taking?
georgealbert on January 11, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Thanks. I will write “Barack Hussein Obama” on it, and slip it in the vote box come next November, just to get the satisfaction of knowing that I personally cancelled out your VOTE.
Eat shit.
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Also note how many of the latest open reg commenters make threats of that very same nature.
whatcat on January 11, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Yes.
listens2glenn on January 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM
It’s called having principles and sticking to them. It’s a virtue.
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 3:29 PM
I’m glad you have principles and that you feel like sticking by them. That’s a noble thing.
Just keep in mind that no one in politics can even spell principles much less have them.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on January 11, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Depressing? Did we watch the same speech? What I find depressing is that a lunatic who wraps himself in the Constitution came in second.
You’d better let all the teaparty folks supporting Romney know that they’ve been “betrayed.” They may see it differently.
Please, Romney-haters, get a grip. It’s embarrassing to watch.
And can we pleeeease retire the “war hero” trope? It’s like “phat” at this point.
ConservativeLA on January 11, 2012 at 3:35 PM
FROM: http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/starting-to-count-the-price-of-defending-bain/
EXCERPT:
Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout:
“In the general election I’ll be pointing out that the president took the reins at General Motors and Chrysler – closed factories, closed dealerships laid off thousands and thousands of workers – he did it to try to save the business,” Romney said Wednesday on CBS.
President Obama has publicly touted his plan to “retool and restructure” the auto companies as “an investment in American workers.” Romney was strongly opposed to the auto bailouts, but on Wednesday likened the president’s strategy to his own.
“We also had the occasion to do things that are tough to try and save a business,” he said.
So in order to defend his record at Bain, Romney is forced to defend the government takeover of GM and Chrysler and the process by which the companies were downsized.
Let me preview Obama’s argument in defense of how he “rescued” the auto industry: “Why, Mitt said just the other day that what we did with GM and Chrysler was no different than what he did at Bain. But it was different. Mitt got rich off of it, I didn’t.”
Czar of Defenestration on January 11, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Way to take Proverbs 3:5 to a whole new level… Don’t be a dunce Glenn.
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 3:38 PM
the problem with being statistically insignificant is that there are not nearly enough of you to cancel all of those votes. Plus you would actually have to be in the same state as me to have an effect.
Bradky on January 11, 2012 at 3:52 PM
You sir nailed it. My personal advice to people here? I’d advise some changes in your investment strategy. Perhaps some physical assets. I am thinking along the lines of canned food, water filtration, and lead projection devices and their preferred food.
This republic is done. Stick a fork in it.
Incoming appeals to ridicule from sheeple in 3… 2… 1….
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM
Wouldn’t want to disappoint you SilverDeth…
People like you screaming, “The end of the world is nigh!!!” need to visit the mental ward from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 4:16 PM
For clarification, you mean the liberal majority thanks to a leftist Romney would appoint – just like all the leftists he appointed when he was governor? Given his proven record of appointing libtards, I expect the exact same crap King Barry would give us.
K, thanks for clearing that up.
The only thing worse than having one’s rights taken away by a liberal is having them taken away by a
CONSERVATIVERepublican.See Mitt-bot’s bans on perfectly reasonable guns for one example amongst many…
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 4:16 PM
^THIS X 100,000,000,000,000
It’s been made abundantly clear to me, by the actions of squishes like Bohner, McWeenie, Mitt Ken Doll, Mitchy in the Senate, and a host of cheerleaders on Faux News, that we have crossed the moral event horision – it’s TIME for a new party. A REAL conservative party. The republicans have made it clear they are now the party of “liberal lite.”
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 4:41 PM
You RINOS will rue those words as Ken-Doll makes his concession speech next November. Actually you won’t – you will sanctimoniously rage at all the people like my family that you drove out of the party with your bullshit, who either stayed home, or voted to punish your party for marginalizing them.
You are the architect of your own misery. And your own destruction. Even though my own family will suffer greatly, we will do so proudly knowing we at least were able to take you down with us.
Come… join us in hell…
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Guess it’s time to rally ’round the Mitt-ster, or soon enough will be.
A campaign based upon defense of capitalism argued forcefully might be “just the ticket” going up against the current Marxist-in-chief. I would have preferred freedom from government vs dependency upon government (if granted a Reaganesque messenger), but capitalism is also one of our proudest traditions.
Mitt’s claim of being presently “pro-life” is credible based on his life decisions and his more-cultic-than-most church affiliation. Further, he understands better than most the destructive affect upon capitalism of liberal activist judges who have legislated from the bench, and will want to avoid appointment of new ones.
Therefore, Romney can be expected to prefer right thinking judges when freed from Massachusetts voters.
exdeadhead on January 11, 2012 at 4:51 PM
ssshhh! you are interfering with silverdeth’s fantasies of leading the glorious resistance out of the ashes….
Bradky on January 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Hey jerkass… Mormonism isn’t a RACE – it’s a CULT - get it strait.
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM
awww SilverDeth and Portia are clones….
Bradky on January 11, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Fixed
SilverDeth on January 11, 2012 at 5:11 PM
Just like Christianity was considered a cult in it’s first hundred years or so… Jerkass… ;-)
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 5:21 PM
Now THAT’S laughable Silver… You consider yourself a freethinker?! bwahahaha!
SauerKraut537 on January 11, 2012 at 5:23 PM
CROSS POSTED:
Of course he said all the right things…he learned from 2008 and has had four years to practice the dance and maintaining a smile all the while he knows he’s going to “get some” on the way home or else you ain’t getting home darling! Problem is most of GOp are certainly not virgins so they did give a rats behind, as long as they can tell all their girlfriends they went to the dance with the cutest guy and yeah SHE thought it would be ok for him to get lucky on the way home from the dance.
RedLizard64 on January 11, 2012 at 6:24 PM
Yup – the bile heaped on my by the mitt-bots pretty much proves it. Your derision is the highest form of compliment I could ever receive statist. Mocking and hatred from squishes… that tells me my belief system is rooted right where it should be. I’d be doing something terribly wrong if I didn’t have to weather attack after attack.
So thanks for the compliment jerkass.
SilverDeth on January 12, 2012 at 12:08 AM
It’s not now?
SilverDeth on January 12, 2012 at 12:09 AM
Addendum – some cult’s are more wackassed than others…
SilverDeth on January 12, 2012 at 12:09 AM
http://www.bookofmormononline.org/
Here ya go. Sorta like a mix between hard core survivalist and Scientology. Tin-foil hats, screwy cult rituals, and polygamy! Presidential material right there folks.
Big spending, gun grabbing, big healthcare-loving, liberal judge appointing, tin-foil-hat-weaing-doomer-cult-member.
Yeah.
Presidential material right there folks.
Obama is going to eat this clowns face for dinner. Good luck RNC with your cultist latte-liberal presidential nominee. At this point, King Barry Hussein would need to be caught in bed live on national T.V. with a dead little boy to loose given what we have been saddled with.
SilverDeth on January 12, 2012 at 12:16 AM
Cheers man. You hit it right. It is totally depressing to think about.
And don’t mind the kraut’s bravo sierra, he is an insano one topic boor.
tom daschle concerned on January 12, 2012 at 1:11 AM
As the tea party folks are quite fond of Ayn Rand, I think Newt’s “looter” reference did a lot more harm than he might have realized. The truth is quite the opposite.
The private equity guys don’t buy companies that are well run and expensive; they buy things that are troubled, undercapitalized, poorly managed, etc. These companies are going down the tubes already. Some of them might not work out as ongoing concerns, but often times, without a group like Bain, they have no chance. Where are the jobs then?
I generally think the private equity guys take too big a slice, but they take enormous risks. The companies could always NOT sell to them, and hasten their path to bankruptcy.
Much preferable to TARP or the Chrysler cramdown.
Pablo Snooze on January 12, 2012 at 10:52 AM
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