Sadly, it’s the conservative base who always take it for the team and the establishment knows this and takes it for granted.

mozalf on April 5, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Didn’t work out well for them in 2008. Won’t work out well for them in 2012 either. They will get no help from me and my family.

SauerKraut537 on April 5, 2012 at 8:37 AM

Relevance has never been your strong suit, eh? Well, let’s do try to be relevant:

Republicans brace for the Romney pivot against the House GOP

So say the GOP insiders that support Sketchy today. In fact they ALSO were in the crowd that stabbed Sarah Palin in the back after RINO McLame lost so miserably.

Liberals of a feather DO flock together.

Yep, the equivalency of the welfare queens of the Democrats.

Cindy Munford on April 5, 2012 at 12:35 PM

God, you’re right! I feel ill.

mozalf on April 5, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Yep, the equivalency of the welfare queens of the Democrats.

SilverDeth on April 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM

Sadly, it’s the conservative base who always take it for the team and the establishment knows this and takes it for granted. We’ll fall into line, they can use us as punching bags to appease the leftists, Romney’s aide’s slip of the tongue about the etcha sketch screams volumes about their disdain for conservatives. They won’t nominate a conservative against a strong democrat and they won’t against a weak one like Obama. The establishment wants power and money and have no intention of ever allowing a conservative to upset that scenario.

“In other words, Romney prevailed over his health care record not because he built such a persuasive case that it differed from Obama’s, but because he faced lame competitors who failed to build a strong case against him.” – Beth Reinhard

♫♪ Ding, Ding, Ding ♫♪

That sums up yet another awful “It’s My Turn” display by the GOP.
~(Ä)~

How demoralizing and makes me want to go back to the days of “a pox on both their houses”. Plus, if the republican party was really all that concerned about people staying home, you’d think they’d offer something better than “this”!?!

mozalf on April 5, 2012 at 11:00 AM

I think they are playing chicken with the base.

The Republican establishment reptiles are making the cold-blooded calculation that their base will bow their heads in shame and subjugation rather than revolt when presented with the thought of a second Obama term.

“You’ll take what we give you, you’ll do what you’re told, and you will LIKE IT SERF!” is what the entrenched republican leaders are saying.

They are sorely mistaken – I can’t speak for anyone but myself – when it comes to “chicken” I will either win, or I will plow head-on into my opponent at 120 MPH. One thing I will NOT be doing is turning that GODD(*&^#@ wheel.

I am not alone in this line of thinking. If the republican party wants to force a choice of subjugation or oblivion on me, I will choose oblivion – and I will meet it knowing that I did so a free man.

There are worse fates.

a capella on April 5, 2012 at 11:39 AM

I am pragmatic, and will join you in voting for Gov. Romeny but I find the sore winners equally annoying. That is not directed at you.

if Willard actually has a pair of nuts he’s NEVER shown them!

HondaV65 on April 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM

I do hope that’s not what Mrs. Romney was referring to when she said, “we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.”

Cindy Munford on April 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM

Of course. I would like a better menu also. I thought that was what the Tea Party was supposed to do for us. Remember, we had Perry…for a while. And whatshername from MN. What happened? You and I both know what happened. So, we deal with the cards left to play. Most of us don’t like it, but, we had our chances. I have little patience with sore losers.

Sure. That’s why Ross Perot won. Oh, he didn’t? What did he really accomplish in the end? Hint…it was really important.

a capella on April 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM

What’s the point of winning when it’s democrat A v.s. democrat B running? I get to be sold out by my own mascot?

Oh! Yay! So I get to have unsuitable supreme court justices picked for me by a Massachusetts Democrat instead of a Chicago Democrat! Oh the excitement. Can’t you just feel the energy!

-_-

I will never cast a ballot for that man, and I will spend my every breath from now till November trying to convince others of the same. Unsupportable.

The thought of helping an evil, soulless throat slitter like Willard get in office is more “the party” has a right to ask of me.

Time for a new party.

This one is has jumped off the moral event horizon.

a capella on April 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM

I don’t know, Republicans took the House after how many years? I’m voting for Gov. Romney but I have to agree with those who complain of the choices served up to us Republicans time after time. Maybe it’s the best they can do but it smells like fear to me.

LOL! I also had to laugh at the NYT headline in the news items above focusing on Romney’s extremism?! I’m like where!??! WHEN!?? Which Romney are they talking about and on which day?!?!

mozalf on April 5, 2012 at 11:15 AM

This is what the Rombots have missed in their zombie-like chanting about Willard’s electability: His status as a mushy east-cost milquetoast democrat-lite won’t save him against a media behemoth that, (regardless of how much of a sell-out Romney is), will paint him as standing to the right of David Duke.

This is why you choose a real, strong conservatives to run for president. As a republican nominee, are going to be pigeonholed by the media and $1,000,000,000.00 USD in Obama machine money as a wingnut no matter how much of a RINO you are. You might as well be someone who can own it.

Willard Fillmoure Romneycare is the worst of everything. He will be painted to be the second coming of George W. Bush by the media, and he’s abhorrent to his supporters because he’s for all practical purposes, a democrat.

Go Team Republican!!

/vomit

Amen

SilverDeth on April 5, 2012 at 11:14 AM

Sure. That’s why Ross Perot won. Oh, he didn’t? What did he really accomplish in the end? Hint…it was really important.

LOL – if Willard actually has a pair of nuts he’s NEVER shown them!

HondaV65 on April 5, 2012 at 11:12 AM

LLOL! I also had to laugh at the NYT headline in the news items above focusing on Romney’s extremism?! I’m like where!??! WHEN!?? Which Romney are they talking about and on which day?!?!

No you don’t have to pick the lesser of two evils. It RARELY is that simple. You vote for a good man or a good woman as opposed to a bad man or woman.

Romney is NOT somebody you vote for. Neiter is Obama. Therefore, do not vote for either.

Sapwolf

Amen

But the good news is that Romney is cold-blooded and hardheaded. He didn’t put himself through all this to run a respectable losing general election race.

LOL – if Willard actually has a pair of nuts he’s NEVER shown them!

Romney is not our candidate, he is the RNC’s candidate. Theoretically, one could use the same argument about Romney that people do about O – that he has nothing substantive to run on, so his campaign consists of slamming his opponents.

Romney, like McCain 08, generate nothing but apathy, Washington is a joke…

I have been turned off to Romney because of his negative smear campaign and his lack of ability to articulate / convince Conservatives as to why we should support him. He thinks he is entitled to the nomination / Presidency and he thinks that people will have no choice but to vote for him. Many will stay home because they don’t like him. I don’t care for him either (Romney) but I am going to vote for anyone that has a chance at defeating The Marxist Liar in Chief (Obama).

Until there’s enough real conservative votes to oust Boehner and McConnell I don’t trust them not to rubber stamp Romney. IMO a vote for Romney is going to deliver 06 and 08 again in 14 and 16 as the GOP once again tacks left and makes Republicans unelectable again in midterms and 16.

I have yet heard any person who is trying to defend Romney actually try to argue that it will be different than 2006. We will be taking another 2 steps backwards with Romney, not the two steps forward we need in changing the path.

Until we elect enough conservatives to oust or never put in place jellyfish like Boehner and McConnell it will continue to be two steps back and the elites that plant their lips on Goldman Sach’s butt will continue to play good cop/bad cop with us as we keep sliding down the hill. No thanks! We must think longer term and a lame duck Obama doesn’t frighten me as much as the prospect of repeating 06 and 08 which is why we got Obama in the first place. The RINOs/Rovians are responsible for us getting Obama in first place they tarnished the GOP brand so badly and they want Romney. NUTS!!

We are not staying home. We are simply going to help other good candidates at the local and state level, but NOT vote for O or Mitt. That’s all.

Romney bashes the Republican field, but said he refuses to go negative on Obama. Hey Mr. Good Hair, just tell the danged truth about the bowing usurper!! You are so weak.

Romney is slightly less of a disaster than Obama. That’s the strongest thing going for him, not much. He says lots of good things but doesn’t sell it. True Conservatives don’t like or trust him as one of us.

He doesn’t sell it because he didn’t live it when he was governor in MA.

It’s strange that so many Romney supporters use language more fitting for a dictatorship than a free republic. Nobody here is ‘forced to vote’ for anyone. Nor are we ‘petty’ for holding to constitutional principles. This may be the last time my vote counts for anything, so it will be for someone I believe in. If this is the Alamo, I’m going down fighting.

Romney supporters sound like every other rabid liberal leftist agenda group. They use smears, nasty names and accusations, etc.I do not respect Romney. I do not like Romney. Or his supporters. They are too much like Obama and his crowd.

This is precisely what those of us on the Right have been saying — since 2008 — would happen if this was allowed to go on again in the ’12 cycle. Once again, the Republican establishment chooses to ignore us, and I can’t help but wonder if they won’t pay the ultimate price in this upcoming national election.

The Republican establishment lost big in 06 and 08. Didn’t phase them.The TP delivered them a big victory in 10. Again, didn’t phase them.Its their party. They will let you know when you are needed.

Romney and a not conservative enough (yet) GOP are going to rubber stamp Romney and we’ll get 06 in 14 and 08 in 16 as they tarnish the GOP brand AGAIN and leave Republicans unelectable. This ABO BS is extremely short sighted and place too much trust in the GOP and its leaders Boehner and McConnell. Until there are enough actual conservatives to oust Boehner and McConnell a vote for Romney probably does more bad than good.

Romney’s present behaviour proves he is a divisive attacker – not a uniter – because to do so would require scruples and an understanding of the issues America faces. Scruples… he has none. An understanding of where America is… well that depends upon with whom he last spoke. Where does that leave us? Well… if nominated it will be McCain Act 2…

John McCain with more hair and nicer teeth. Count me out.

What Romney should do and what he will do are miles apart. ROmney represents the Republican version of Obama’s “Hope and Change” campaign of 2008.

All Romney has going for him is a large warchest, negative advertising and good hair. There’s no substance below all of that. He knows he can’t win on his record (remind you or anyone?) so he has to go negative on his opponents (except Paul) in order to eliminate the competition. Again, remind you of anyone?

Gingrich and Santorum may lack the warchest, but they make up for it with passion, intelligence, a love for their country, family values, respect for people and ideas that actually make sense. They have spoken out about Obama, his ties to radicals, Saul Alinsky when no other candidate has done so.

Can Romney heal the rift? That is a scenario waiting to be written. For now, he is all flash and no substance and to me, is the 2012 version of John McCain.

It’s too late now though. He’s toast. He will almost surely lose to Obama as they will unite and we won’t.

However, it may not be a bad thing….in the long run for both the GOP and the country. Short-term, bad for O to win.

How am I suppose to get behind a guy whose only asset is to tear down his opponents? What does he stand for? Does anyone know? Mark Levin is correct as usual. Romney will not be able to unite the party if he continues to attack Conservatives. There will be many who will sit out this election all because Romney wants to win at all cost. If the day ever comes when Santorum says he’s ending his campaign, that will be the day I will make plans to move back to Texas. I just don’t see a bright future for this country.

Romney stands for
1-romneycare
2-cap n tax
3-$50 abortions

He’d just rather not talk about that until he gets to 1144.

I actually emailed Levin this afternoon before his show came on with this very topic.

I told him that both Newt and Santorum together have 5.4+ million votes. Romney has 4.5+million votes, 41%. So as you can see, the not-Romney vote is greater than what Romney has, which will not win a general election.

Houston, we have a problem. The RNC is selling us all down the river with a losing candidate.

Sorry I will never get behind Romney, this guy is a flat out liar. Write in vote this year for me. Before anyone says well thats a vote for obama, well I have this to say I’m not voting for either Romney or Obama so as you just read I’m not voting for either, so that makes my vote really count because I’ll be voting for the best conservative.

I will not vote for Romney myself and I think ABO is short sighted. I will focus on local and House and Senate on national. The GOP can and will reel Obama in if they have both Houses of which they don’t now. Imagine Obama’s ratings if a GOP Senate was passing Bill after Bill to his desk. He can’t veto them all and I don’t fear a second term lame duck. I fear Romney and the GOP rubber stamping more because I remember last time GOP had all the power and I remember 06 and 08 where a Republican could hardly win because of the RINO establishment hacks now forcing Romney.

Let’s see, in Massachusetts, Romney gave the people socialized medicine, appointed several liberal judges to the bench, and expanded state covered abortions in his state. People who vote their conscience are not going to not vote for Romney because their guy didn’t win (if that happens), but because of Romney’s own record.

Well your crazy if you think Romney will keep his promise and kill Obamacare which he created! Your crazy if you think all of us with CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES are just going to roll over for the GOP Elites and you dupes who believe their lies: Romneys our only chance to beat Obama! It’s funny how you all blindly REFUSE like lefty/liberals to look at all Romney’s faults and make excuses for them! All we have to do is keep Santorun/Gingrich close enough for a Brokered convention, where anything is possible! Even a random Republican like Jeb Bush,Rubio or even possibly best scenario Sarah Palin jumps in, would all be preferable to RINO ROMNEY! Not to mention as Mr.Levin said Romney has a bad reputation even among Independents,who are vital to our success,you cannot turn that around!

Tired of people saying it is a vote for 0. No. If I am voting for neither, it is a vote for neither. I am voting my conscience this year. I couldn’t hold my nose tight enough to vote for Romney.

NOBODY tells me who vote for.

I too am tired of repeatedly holding my nose and voting. Isn’t the mark of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different outcome? The moderate Bob Dole, John McCain lost and now we are to be thinking that moderate Mitt will win…right-o.

The Romney supporters have no comprehension how terribly insulting they have been to conservatives. Then …they go and do it again pissing you off so much you start to think about writing this country off and simply plugging into the Matrix the rest of your years.

To everyone who says that “you must vote for Romney”, or that not voting for Romney is a vote to re-elect Obama, think about it-isn’t that what the fight is all about, rights, freedoms and responsibilities, the ones the Democrats want to take away from everyone? IMHO, it’s not just on TRS, it’s everywhere, this fearmongering, a liberal tactic, to whip people up into doing something they don’t believe in.

Vote however and for whomever you want, but don’t chastise people for staying true to themselves and voting/not voting according to their consciences.

Those of us who believe in God’s sovereignty, we believe that God can work through “impossible” circumstances when His people are faithful.

My vote is an expression of my conscience. I would not tell anyone how to vote but I have an obligation to steward my vote in a way that honors God. I trust Him to work out His will for our nation because it is he who sets up and tears down kings and nations.

@winning?

I choose option “C” thanks.

SMOD 2012.

SilverDeth on April 5, 2012 at 10:48 AM

Ah, SD, you are a tonic. And you speak the truth. I remember a time when I despised politics, pretty much held both political parties in contempt as being one in the same, and loathed skunk politicians like Obama and Romney. Then I became a republican to dump Dukakis back when he ran and my relatives in MA didn’t even want him as their governor, and had high hopes that the republican party would offer something different than the democrats when Bush 41 won. Then we went through the dark Clinton years with Bush and Dole both losing, almost had that whack job Gore steal the 2000 election, squeaked a victory over Kerry, and here we are today. The choice of the lesser of 2 skunks. How demoralizing and makes me want to go back to the days of “a pox on both their houses”. Plus, if the republican party was really all that concerned about people staying home, you’d think they’d offer something better than “this”!?!

Mitt will do fine once voters see a man with a resume…

Mitt should be doing everything in his power to bury his god(*&^ resume. His “resume” is that of a big spending, liberal judge appointing, gun grabbing, communist healthcare enforcing global warming alarmist democrat.

Oh great way to fire up the base – 2012 – the year we get to choose between two democrats!

I choose option “C” thanks.

SMOD 2012.

Please vote for Mitt and send money and put the bumper sticker on.

Please.

gerry-mittbot-Loves wonderful conservatives

gerrym51 on April 5, 2012 at 9:07 AM

If Zombie Mao was running, and his campaign platform was “I will kill everyone in this nation” and Mitt Romney was his opponent, I’d leave the presidential slot on the ballot BLANK.

-_-

Levin says that negative campaigning is apart of every primary, but he’s never seen it on this level. Romney has been using it to destroy his opponents instead of building himself up. This is worrisome because if Romney can’t pull the Republican Party back together, we may lose this election which would be devastating. That’s why Levin is asking how we fix this.

Willard Fillmoure Romneycare has lived by the sword in this primary, and, in what could only be considered poetic justice, his campaign will die by the sword. King Barry Hussein will utilize the same tactics Romney employed, on a vastly grander scale, to destroy with a tsunami of negative publicity.

Willard shall reap what Willard hath sown, and while a part of me will cry out in anguish for our country’s fate in November, another part of me shall rejoice in a wicked man and his sycophants being served their comeuppance.

Bitter-sweet is not a will not adequately describe November when President Downgrade murders Rombot in exactly the same way Willard has murdered the conservative base and his opponents. I suppose Pyrrhic victory is a better phrase. We will be utterly and truly f(*&ed. The only option will be savor the “I told you so” moments as we sink into the 15th level of hell.

Or worse.

“We’re Dead.”
- Unknown.

a capella on April 5, 2012 at 10:07 AM

I saw Ann Coulter on Red Eye last night and her argument is that mandates are ducky on a state level but unconstitutional on a federal level. I don’t find that to be a great argument and you’re right if SCOTUS doesn’t step in, it’s problematic for Gov. Romney. Especially since the states are consider “laboratories” of what could work on a national level.

Good take there.

As per NOT expecting a bff POTUS, of course.

But “coldblooded and hardheaded” as the sales pitch is preaching to the “I’ll Attack China!” Santorum choir voting GOP regardless v. Obama. Btw, Obama is coldblooded and hardheaded. As if “coldblooded and hardheaded” conquers the general opposition in ballot, Kristol’s point. No, though so long as the messenger smiles, the gullible swallow whatever “feels” comfortable.

Meanwhile, in the general, “coldblooded and hardheaded” does not support natural rights, but denies constitutional legal standing.