Quotes of the day
posted at 8:45 pm on January 28, 2012 by Allahpundit
“In a call last Sunday morning, just hours after Mr. Romney’s double-digit loss to Mr. Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, the Romney team outlined the new approach to the candidate. Put aside the more acute focus on President Obama and narrow in on Mr. Gingrich.
“Find lines of attack that could goad Mr. Gingrich into angry responses and rally mainstream Republicans. Swarm Gingrich campaign events to rattle him. Have Mr. Romney drop his above-the-fray persona and carry the fight directly to his opponent, especially in two critical debates scheduled for the week…
“By this weekend, Mr. Romney’s aides were on the offensive and increasingly confident, with some combination of their strategy and Mr. Gingrich’s own performance swinging polls in Mr. Romney’s direction. Even as it acknowledged the damage inflicted on Mr. Romney by the past several weeks, his team suggested that it had learned a lesson about never letting up on rivals, especially if Mr. Romney wins the nomination and confronts Mr. Obama in the general election…
“If Mr. Romney does win here on Tuesday, it will have been through a blistering and unrelenting series of attacks.”
“[Leading Republican figures] said that if Mr. Gingrich won Florida, they anticipated further efforts to pressure leading Republicans, including former governors like Jeb Bush of Florida and Haley Barbour of Mississippi, as well as officials who passed up presidential runs this year, like Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana, to help build a firewall around Mr. Romney.
“They predicted intensifying criticism of Mr. Gingrich’s record and style, both through the Romney campaign and among conservative commentators who think having Mr. Gingrich as the nominee would sink the party’s chances of winning the White House. If Mr. Romney were to lose badly in Florida, they said, it would inevitably bring new speculation about another candidate jumping into the race, even though it is not immediately apparent who that might be.”
“‘We ran a moderate in 1996 and we lost. We ran a moderate in 2008 and we lost,’ Mr. Gingrich on Saturday told a small crowd gathered on the golf course at the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance. ‘I think the only way to defeat Barack Obama is to run a solid, conservative, make-the-case [campaign] for our values, our beliefs, our programs.’…
“‘I will go all the way to the convention,’ he said. ‘I expect to win the nomination.’ Asked what his plan was to get there, Mr. Gingrich replied only: ‘State by state.’”
“‘You know, I’m running against Speaker Gingrich, for instance, a very nice fellow,’ he said, eliciting some boos from the audience. ‘He’s a historian, but that doesn’t give him the right to rewrite history.’
“‘He was given the opportunity to lead our party,’ Mr. Romney continued, as an audience member interrupted with, ‘He failed!’
“‘You’re right, he failed,’ Mr. Romney said.
“‘We allowed him to lead our party and some of us remember, ‘Oh yeah, the Contract With America, that was a good thing. We took over the House, that was great news,” he continued. ‘What happened four years later? Well, he was fined for ethics violations, he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. He can’t rewrite history. We have to go back and look at history and say he may be a great guy with a lot of great ideas, but he is not the leader we need in a critical time.’”
“Chaffetz, a Mitt Romney supporter, has been turning up at Gingrich events during the past two days, though he denied in a brief interview with The Hill that he was doing so in order to goad the former Speaker. He said he was merely there to ‘offer some perspective.’
“But Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond decided it was time to do some goading of his own, as he briefed reporters. Hammond first waved with faux-glee at the Utah congressman and invited him to join the briefing. When Chaffetz ignored him, the spokesman instead marched the press over to where Chaffetz was standing with fellow Romney supporter Bay Buchanan…
“Hammond would not let the matter rest, though, teasing an increasingly uncomfortable Chaffetz that ‘I didn’t even have to pay at a fundraiser to see you — that’s exciting.’
“Hammond continued for several minutes in a similar vein, asking Chaffetz with fake bonhomie, ‘Where are you going next? Do you want our schedule for tomorrow? Are you going to join our charter to Tampa?’”
“With polls showing him falling behind rival Mitt Romney in Florida, Newt Gingrich acknowledged on Saturday that he is hoping to siphon votes from another candidate, Rick Santorum.
“‘I have great respect for my good friend Rick Santorum. He’s a terrific person, we’ve known each other for the past 20 years, but the fact is, he’s not going to win in Florida,’ Gingrich told a crowd at the Aloma Baptist Church in Winter Park, Fla. on Saturday evening.
“‘Please just try to convince your friends the only effective practical conservative vote on Tuesday is for Newt Gingrich,’ he said, ‘that’s just a fact.’”
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I know why you guys aren’t coming over to that Palin thread. WWI soldiers returning from the front via Paris. No worries, we have plenty of penicillin.
Bmore on January 29, 2012 at 1:46 AM
Nah I get tired of the spammer accusation and I don’t care about total number of posts on thread. I like Palin but she’s not in the mix this year so I don’t know what the deal with people campaign against/for her.
Dr. Tesla on January 29, 2012 at 1:46 AM
Every time I try to link to the relevant information it refuses to post. is there a limit to number of links?
astonerii on January 29, 2012 at 1:50 AM
I agree. I have no idea why people think his background as governor won’t come back at him in the general.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:50 AM
Not on that wonderful Palin thread.
Bmore on January 29, 2012 at 1:51 AM
I found this today. I just linked to it on the previous page. I knew a lot of things in it, but not the donation swing.
http://stevedeace.com/news/iowa-politics/the-case-against-mitt-romney/
It’s written by Steve Baldwin, “former chair of the Right to Life caucus in the California state legislature and executive director of the Council for National Policy,”rips up Romney’s record as governor and then writes:
He cites Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation, National Right to Life (he mentions no money only that he was told by RTL that because Romney filled out their questionnaire correctly, they labeled him as prolife. You and I know that’s ridiculous). He mentions Tony Perkins vouching for Romney, but doesn’t express an opinion or give any reason as to why that was done.
Then he says this about National Review.
Further down:
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:52 AM
Say INC, you don’t have any list you could spare for that Palin thread, do ya. Don’t waste your comment reply here, I’m just saying.
Bmore on January 29, 2012 at 1:53 AM
Yes, I think it’s 3.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:53 AM
Ok. But you are not a spammer. You study and follow the events pretty closely.
SparkPlug on January 29, 2012 at 1:54 AM
No. These 4 or 5 comments are about all I’ve made here today.
The board swarm has been ridiculous. I’ve never seen it this bad with liberal trolls.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:55 AM
I think some links have code in them that prevents their copying. Go to tinyurl and try that.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:56 AM
Okay but if you see any more of those liberal trolls make sure you steer them over to that Palin thread. Deal?
Bmore on January 29, 2012 at 1:56 AM
I think a lot of people think and feel the way you’ve expressed.
I keep a mental log and folders on my laptop and research a lot and read pros & cons of each Candidate. I do more reading than posting. From many different sources, not only Conservative sites, but Democratic sites. This gives me a better perspective, as I can make a better judgement. There are a lot of gifted people here on HA and other sites.
What has this Candidate done? Does his talk match his walk? Then I look to see who are his friends and more importantly who are his enemies. Both reveal a lot about a Candidate. What do they have to gain, if anything by endorsing? That takes time, but is needed.
I’m sure if you keep searching, you’ll come to the best decision.
Not easy, since this has been such a perplexing Primary Season.
bluefox on January 29, 2012 at 1:57 AM
The originator of the “sodomite” line of reason? You praise too easily in this case.
John the Libertarian on January 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM
LOL, they better check his time card and make sure he clocked out.
bluefox on January 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM
The liberal trolls probably don’t want to talk to the Romney swarm either. In fact, I’d rather talk to a few of the liberal trolls than the Romney swarm.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 2:08 AM
This is one of my favorites:-)
bluefox on January 29, 2012 at 2:10 AM
I found that donations info I mentioned above corroborated in an AP story from 12/23. I probably missed it then because it was so close to Christmas.
The Romney campaign has said there were no hidden motivations, but it certainly helped him to have it known he supported conservative causes.:
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-charity-used-conservative-donations-185444203.html
Lots of things listed.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 2:10 AM
Yeah, mine too. Made my head swell though. Got to stay focused LOL
astonerii on January 29, 2012 at 2:12 AM
Yahoo does not like Newt, this will likely get memory holed if you keep linking it, take a screenshot!
astonerii on January 29, 2012 at 2:14 AM
I didn’t even know there was a Palin thread!! You are funny tho:-)
Keep the trolls over there, gives us a break, LOL
bluefox on January 29, 2012 at 2:14 AM
Is that what has you so uptight about me? My little sodomite jokes that I made like 2 months ago in response to all the social libs on here that get all bent out of shape when Santorum is the topic?
You got to a sense of humor sometime or you are going to die young.
Dr. Tesla on January 29, 2012 at 2:14 AM
This is the most downer election cycle ever.
Romney vs Obama, RomneyCare vs Obamacare, what a contest of competing viewpoints there. The bland guy vs the aloof guy.
Dr. Tesla on January 29, 2012 at 2:16 AM
Yeah, but if it happens it will be the battle of the titans when it comes to seeing which PAC can kneecap and dish dirt the best.
If Romney doesn’t get vetted in the primaries, he’ll get vetted in the general. Axelrod & Co. won’t even have to make things up.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 2:22 AM
Hello..Good to see you..I hope things are going well for you and your family..:)
Dire Straits on January 29, 2012 at 2:23 AM
Thanks. It was an AP story that popped up in a lot of places, but I’ll go get the screen shot.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 2:25 AM
Well, got to go. I dropped in to see if the HA feeding frenzy had finally stopped or at least come to a lull.
INC on January 29, 2012 at 2:26 AM
Just within the last few days, when asked about the most recent debate – Newt Gingrich complained “I can’t debate with someone who doesn’t tell the truth” WHAT? Does Newt actually believe that Obama will be truthful during the debates? Newt claims the reason why he should be the nominee is due to his saavy debating talent. LOL Sorry, Newt is a big cry baby. Recall the past few months – Romney was the frontrunner when Newt started rising in the polls. Did anyone hear Romney complain about Newt? Granted, Romney had his PAC do the dirty work but only because Newt had NO MONEY (who’s fault would that be?)he claimed he’d run a positive campaign. The very moment Newt rec’d some money – BAM – super pac attack ads against Romney. I am completely shocked that folks are supporting this desperation. Many Newt supporters claiming to sit out in Nov 2012 if Romney is the nominee sounds eerily familiar to Newt complaining he might not participate in future debates if the audience is required to stay quiet. First that juvenile attempt, now he complains that the audience was stacked with Romney supporters. OMG folks, are you really supporting him?
BabysCatz on January 29, 2012 at 2:30 AM
I can’t stand Gingrich, but I almost wish that he gets the nomination, just to appease the grassroots.
Gelsomina on January 29, 2012 at 2:36 AM
Amen.
Gelsomina on January 29, 2012 at 2:38 AM
the malicious lies that Romney keeps peddling have really turned me off to him, he’s literally just saying things to see if they stick, at least if you are going to attack somebody, do it in a straightforward manner like Santorum does(save the moon jab), i don’t like the guy, he’s a phony, he’s not conservative, he literally has no conservative credentials to tout in the public sector so he just bobs and weaves and uses jibberish to deflect from any question, as if we’re so dim-witted that fancy jargon will satisfy basic questions like:
is romneycare the basis for obamacare?
have you supported democrats in elections against republicans?
did you support abortion when you were running for and served as a gov?
did you own shares of fannie and freddie in a non-blind trust?
did you support, and do you continue to support cap and trade?
do you believe in global warming?
did you work to restrict gun-ownership as gov?
did you refer to yourself as a “progressive” when running for gov?
all those questions have a yes answer, but he will lie and deflect to change it,even worse than this, is he has no core principles or convictions, merely a chameleon who changes color depending on the audience, conservatives will not support him, they will make no effort to campaign or help him, at the most, they will hold their nose and push the lever, but that’s about it, he is MCcain 2.0
golembythehudson on January 29, 2012 at 2:47 AM
It is good to see you..I hope your family is doing well..:)
Dire Straits on January 29, 2012 at 2:50 AM
Hi Dire, Nice to see you also. Ok in my neck of the woods. Seem to be busier than usual; too many irons in the fire:-)
Hope all is well with you too.
Threads are troll heavy, LOL
bluefox on January 29, 2012 at 2:51 AM
Wow that’s what I say too.
SparkPlug on January 29, 2012 at 3:02 AM
I didn’t know one could bribe the National Review so cheaply. No, wait: they can’t. I don’t believe for a moment NR prostitutes its name and reputation for any amount of money. Besides, a $5000 payoff for a presidential endorsement would be insulting coming from Mitt Romney, a man whose personal fortune is estimated to be worth $200 million, chump change.
No, National Review came out against Gingrich partly because Gingrich is a sure loser against Obama in the general election and partly (I think) because the late Bill Buckley privately detested Gingrich–especially for the hypocrisy Gingrich displayed during the Clinton impeachment scandal. Buckley didn’t separate public figures from scandalous private lives, feeling that public service and private immorality were incompatible, a typically conservative view until recently. Nowadays, not so much.
troyriser_gopftw on January 29, 2012 at 3:07 AM
Good deal..All is well with me..:)
PS..The threads are different for sure..:)
Dire Straits on January 29, 2012 at 3:08 AM
I think this article hits the nail on the head
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/its_not_about_newt.html
Anyone wondering if Santorum will come back from doing his taxes, suspend his campaign and endorse Newt on Monday morning?
PolAgnostic on January 29, 2012 at 3:24 AM
Oh, snap. HERMAN CAIN ENDORSES GINGRICH!
http://electad.com/videos/herman-cain-endorses-newt-gignrich/
Czar of Defenestration on January 29, 2012 at 4:46 AM
But every negative headline about Gingrich saturating DRUDGE for the past 4 days is the God’s honest truth.
Got it.
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 6:06 AM
If people are willing to overlook Gingrich’s 16+ year history of stabbing conservatives in the back, to turn a blind eye to why we conservatives ousted him as Speaker, to pretend he hasn’t spent his entire career walking a fine ethical line, to pretend he hasn’t spent the last 35 years in Washington working his way into “the establishment” (including since 1999 as a private citizen, since he stuck around to peddle influence after resigning), and the fact no political figure has ever maintained the consistently negative approval rating in polls as he, well, there just isn’t anything to say to them, is there? The Kool Aid has been passed around.
Adjoran on January 29, 2012 at 6:29 AM
Uhm, that says more about Romney than anyone else.
Marcus on January 29, 2012 at 7:09 AM
Basilsbest on January 28, 2012 at 11:20 PM
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 6:06 AM
EXCERPT from the Gateway Pundit post: “Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi who’s fighting to repeal ObamaCare appeared on Greta, tonight, defending RomneyCare. She says Romney’s health care plan is not the same as ObamaCare and, in fact, Romney’s plan reduces costs. She goes on to say that Romney wants all states to impose similar laws (including mandates) and that she and is all for it.
She went on to explain that she’s going to be on Romney’s Health Care Advisory Team when he’s president!
What this means is that while Romney may say he wants to repeal ObamaCare, he actually agrees with it. He believes that RomneyCare, ie, ObamaCare is a model health care plan and all states should impose similar plans.
RomneyCare and ObamaCare are the same thing. The only difference is that Romney’s was imposed at the state level where Obama’s was imposed nationally.
RomneyCare = ObamaCare = taxpayer funded abortion = death panels = socialism = government force = fascism = tyranny!!
So Romney and his co-conspirators in the GOP establishment are now planning a National Healthcare Task Force to impose top-down government run national healthcare on all 50 states!!”
Czar of Defenestration on January 29, 2012 at 7:10 AM
Fixed it for ya:
“If people are willing to overlook Gingrich’s 16+ year history of saying what he thinks even if it’s unpopular with his own base, to forgive our disagreements over his tactical errors while praising his tactical successes, to recall that he survived a partisan witch hunt in which 84 ethics charges all turned out to be false, to honor someone who has proved that one can serve in Washington without being co-opted by greed (including since 1999 as a private citizen, since he stuck around to advocate conservative ideas after resigning), and the fact he has survived despite being the persistent target of the slime machines of both left and right, well, there just isn’t anything to say to them, is there?”
philwynk on January 29, 2012 at 7:19 AM
“So, one must ask, who are they really running against?” – Sarah Palin
kingsjester on January 29, 2012 at 7:19 AM
You know what? When it’s down to Romney vs Obama, and the media start to slap Romney around like a hockey puck, it’s going to be SO hard not to root for the media. I don’t think I’m alone in that. “Politics ain’t beanbag” and all that.
ddrintn on January 29, 2012 at 7:20 AM
I’m having a hard time understanding why conservatives who are so completely sick of their party trying to appease the left, are considering supporting a man whose sole political achievement was to be elected governor running as a Progressive.
Don’t you folks realize that political talk is cheap, and that you have to judge politicians by their performance?
Mitt Romney’s ACU rating as governor of Massachusetts was 55. That’s not nearly as bad as Obama, but it’s not conservative. It’s not even really right of center. Just because he’s selling himself as a conservative to win the nomination, do you really think he’s going to govern from the right, when the last time he did it, he governed from the center?
philwynk on January 29, 2012 at 7:24 AM
He’s running right until the nomination and then he’ll steer hard left. Wait and see. When his numbers crash rock bottom he’ll begin adopting leftist policies. He’s a windsock, they do that. The eventual President will be the one promising the most freebies.
Marcus on January 29, 2012 at 7:33 AM
The only way the Hollow Man can win. Too bad it won’t work against Obama.
ddrintn on January 29, 2012 at 7:38 AM
My comment was not intended to address the content of what Pam Bondi said. It was to point out Basilsbest’s apparent contradiction in calling Jim Hoft’s headline an “effing lie”, while during the DRUDGE anti-Gingrich headline bombardment, several of which were blatantly distorted and misleading, he was more than willing to accept and even parrot.
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 7:53 AM
good morning HA….what did i miss in the last 24 hours?
cmsinaz on January 29, 2012 at 7:56 AM
+1
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 7:57 AM
my congressman, trent franks endorsed newt yesterday at our state meeting…the paul fans booed him because he told them why he doesn’t think paul can win…
cmsinaz on January 29, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Most important, Rick Santorum’s 3 yr old Bella was admitted to the hospital last evening. I haven’t heard anything this morning on her condition.
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 7:59 AM
Here’s the thread in a nutshell……
Romney Sucks. Gingrich Sucks.
Santorums 3 yr old girl in hospital. Prayers please. Keep it civil.
Romney sucks a little. Gingrich sucks a little.
dddave on January 29, 2012 at 8:01 AM
Flora Duh on January 29, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Thank you, ma’am.
cmsinaz on January 29, 2012 at 7:56 AM
Well, Mitt used fotoage of Tom Brokaw without permission, in an attack ad against Newt, Cain endorsed Newt, Judge Pirro cut Sarah off last night on Fox, and the Mittbots acted like the south ends of northbound mules all day here.
In other words, just a typical day. By the way, pray for the Santorum family and Little Bella who had to be admitted to the hospital last night.
kingsjester on January 29, 2012 at 8:02 AM
At least Mittens is vicious and shows no mercy to his opponents.
But then again…..I thought McCain meant it when he said “FIGHT WITH ME friends”. And look what that got us.
Newt knows that if Santorum drops out after Florida that Santorums voters will NOT be going for Mitty. So he should stay in the race for awhile and toughen up Willard.
Another republican race where we don’t get a Conservative nominee it looks like. Ya gotta hand it to the Ruling class in the party, as long as they split the Conservative vote and run their pick it works like a charm. They get their nominee EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Go Mitt!!!
PappyD61 on January 29, 2012 at 8:07 AM
thank you!!
prayers coming her way….
cmsinaz on January 29, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Don’t forget, Rush, Hannity, Levin and Michael Reagan are lying too. Oh, and Nancy Reagan was lying when that video was made too. But we can all trust Tom Brokaw. So vote for Mitt with the proven conservative record.
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Eren on January 29, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Well, we’re stuck with whom are stuck.
In a two-way race, Gingrich IS the only conservative.
Santorum should feel free to disengage any time now. All he’s doing is keeping votes from Newt. There are already enough ancient, brain-addled transplants in Florida for Mittens to suck up to:
Granny Villages – “Oh that Mitt Romney, he looks like such a nice young man”.
Sure
~(Ä)~
Karl Magnus on January 29, 2012 at 8:15 AM
I agree. If he’s nominated, he needs the conservatives to turn out in droves. They won’t and Mr. RINO will indeed lose, as McLame did before. The republican establishment has a death wish.
Conservchik on January 29, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I agree completely with all of this. Obviously the Mittbots are excited, but they don’t seem to care that many others are not.
And I’ve been reading a number of comments on several sites saying they loathe Romney but will vote for whoever opposes Obama. Personally I don’t see the point in replacing one rabid liberal who only has four years left at the most with another rabid liberal who could have up to eight years to do what he wants, but that’s just me.
Aitch748 on January 29, 2012 at 9:06 AM
INC on January 29, 2012 at 1:52 AM
It does seem at times that the right-of-center media are busy doing the same things for Romney that the MSM were busy doing for Obama.
Aitch748 on January 29, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Exactly. Maybe Romney’s supporters might stop and ask themselves WHY people are willing to overlook Gingrich’s many shortcomings.
They won’t, of course; I’m just sayin’.
Aitch748 on January 29, 2012 at 9:34 AM
ddrintn on January 29, 2012 at 7:20 AM
I’ll be rooting for the media, at least this time.
Rose on January 29, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Here are Newt’s answers to these questions.
talkingpoints on January 29, 2012 at 4:14 PM
Or, we need tepid Obama supporters to stay home or crossover in droves. I’m concerned that Newt, with his baggage, and his abrasive personality, and the high likelihood he will attempt to make personal attacks on Obama, will mobilize Obama voters that would otherwise stay home, just like Palin on the ticket would mobilize the left’s base. Romney is not threatening to most Obama supporters. Having Romney on the ticket will not mobilize Obama’s base. Newt probably will.
talkingpoints on January 29, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Oh, wait, you weren’t talking about Newt?
talkingpoints on January 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM
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