Darn it, Romney was better than this party deserved
The truth is, Romney was better than the GOP deserved. Party nitwits undermined him, and the self-righteous tried to bring him down. The nitwits are well-enough known at this point — those farthest-right social conservatives who couldn’t find it in their hearts to keep their traps shut. No abortion for rape or incest? Sit down. Legitimate rape? Put on your clown suit and go play in the street.
Equally damaging were the primary leeches who embarrassed the party and wouldn’t leave the stage. Nine-nine-nine, we’re talking about you, Herman Cain. And Gov. Oops? You, too. And then there were Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann, who never had a real shot at the nomination and certainly could never win a national election, yet they refused to surrender to the certain nominee.
Did they have a right to persist in their own fantasies? Sure. But not if they were serious about getting a Republican in the White House. Thus, for months and months, Romney had to spend his energy and, as important, his money to prevail in the primaries against opponents who had no chance and who ultimately hurt him. During that same precious time, Obama’s campaign was busy pinpointing specific voters, practically learning the names of their dogs, and buying ads in niche markets.
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It’s pretty hilarious that you’re still trolling with this rancid bait when people on here have been screaming their heads off for the past 96 hours about how the voters who rejected Romney have all but destroyed the country. Ah well, anything to ameliorate the butthurt of seeing the “perfect” GOP moderate squishy candidate running a “flawless” campaign against the worst, most incompetent president in American history and still going down in flames, eh?
Aitch748 on November 10, 2012 at 10:53 PM
I ask that again. Some of you seem more interested in hearing the sound of your own voice ranting on about the so-called “establishment” than you are in promoting who you think the best choice would be, to the extent that you can even make a guess at this really early date.
bluegill on November 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM
Romney had 7 months to organize a run against an incumbent president with the support of 90% of the media, entertainment industry and academia and whose organization had been organizing their campaign for 5 years. Clueless Sarah Palin wanted our nominee to have 2 months to put a campaign together. Too stupid for words, yet she has a large cult who undermined the nominee.
Basilsbest on November 10, 2012 at 11:08 PM
bluegill on November 10, 2012 at 10:11 PM
You’re the one talking to yourself.
sharrukin on November 10, 2012 at 11:10 PM
Yes, my comment was directed towards people like you. You fill up these comment threads with the same whining over and over. Anyway, please prove me wrong. Please say who you think should be considered for president on the Republican side in 2016. Who is at the top of your list?
bluegill on November 10, 2012 at 11:13 PM
I take this as an admission that the whole damned GOP stinks at the national level and that there is pretty much NO ONE in the whole desiccated structure who would have been a good choice for president this year.
Aitch748 on November 10, 2012 at 11:15 PM
I like Rubio, Walker, Jindal, Ryan, Pence, Rand Paul and even Jeb… And I’d be open to others. We’ll see how they perform in the next few years.
I see you guys haven’t been able to answer the question. Which candidates are at the top of your list? Can you answer? Yes, that would require posting a comment other than something with your usual “bash the establishment” routine. Let’s see if you can do it. Give it a try. You can do it.
bluegill on November 10, 2012 at 11:24 PM
You won’t get an answer.
It seems “The One” has no name.
Mimzey on November 10, 2012 at 11:49 PM
None of them were that great, and just about any one of them would have been better than Romney.
sharrukin on November 10, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Of course, it is very easy for you to say that now, because there’s no way for us ever to know the answer to that. To me it was clear and is still clear Romney was the best candidate of the bunch.
But, looking forward, who is at the top of your list of those who deserve consideration for 2016? I know it’s early, but do you like ANYONE? Or are you one of those whose hearts are set on Sarah Palin and no one else?
You know, it is very easy to go around and post the same “I told you so” comment over and over and to trash any and all candidates. Anyone can do that.
bluegill on November 11, 2012 at 12:07 AM
From the GOP? There is no one and there won’t be. They are a waste of time and have proven that time and time again. They won’t put forward anyone who challenges the liberal framing of the political field. Palin isn’t going to run and I wouldn’t support her if she did. She had her chance and wisely opted out.
The GOP will keep playing by the liberal rules who freely change those rules on a whim. They will continue to lose because defeat is more comfortable to them than putting up a real fight for principles they don’t believe in.
sharrukin on November 11, 2012 at 12:18 AM
“Party nitwits undermined him”
Heck, Hot Air did that from January through the time Romney finally became the party nominee. It was non-stop Romney bashing troll-bait threads here for the most of the first half of the year.
crosspatch on November 11, 2012 at 12:24 AM
And people sit back and complain and whine about “the GOP” as if they are just sitting there waiting for “someone to do something”. If you are not a dues paying member of your local committee, what are you complaining about? Anyone can register as anything. If you want to see the GOP do something, put the mouse down, get off the couch, put on some pants, and get out there and make it happen. Annual dues to my county committee are $35 a year. I can’t take my family to the movies for that.
crosspatch on November 11, 2012 at 12:27 AM
If you didn’t vote for Romney because he wasn’t conservative enough then you’re an idiot.
Dork B. on November 11, 2012 at 1:28 AM
…bluegill is back at it!…peeing on Palin!
…but those that withheld their vote from Romney…and I mean this sincerely….FLUKE YOU DUMB BASTTURDS!
KOOLAID2 on November 11, 2012 at 1:33 AM
Don’t know which site was worse…….HotAir or RightScoop.
tencole on November 11, 2012 at 4:16 AM
Sniping at each other. Blame Romney. Blame Gingrich. Blame Santorum. Blame the social conservatives. Blame the libertarians. Blame the fiscal cons. Blame the establishment Republicans. Blame the GOP consultants.
Look at you all. Pathetic! We are doing exactly what the Democrats want us to do. Blaming each other. Staying dis-united.
Here’s a novel thought… How’s ’bout… BLAMING DEMOCRATS!
They are the ones who just voted for a leap towards Naziism/Communism. They’re the ones who just voted in the most fascist leader in our lifetimes. They’re the ones who believe government is the answer to everyting. Who cannot bring themselves to be a little self-reliant in their lives.
Divorce and De-friend. Know anybody who is a Democrat. Don’t ever, ever speak to them again. Get them out of your lives. And right before you do, tell them all to ‘F’ off and die.
ericdondero on November 11, 2012 at 4:56 AM
Are you being serious? What good would that do?
bluegill on November 11, 2012 at 6:25 AM
Shut up Kathleen. We deserve better than you.
moo on November 11, 2012 at 7:39 AM
I’m just watching to see HOW MANY TIMES Conservative Slaves need to watch a wishy-washy moderate candidate go down in flames.
Seriously – Ford … H. W. Bush … Dole … McCain … and now Willard.
People – H.W. Bush was elected for one term because of his association with Ronald Reagan. Once his identity as a “moderate” was identified – the people canned him.
Bush won – NARROWLY – because he was running against a discredited regime that had disgraced the Presidency. He won a second term because Americans were still interested in the war.
All your mods keep gettin’ SMOKED people.
When will you STOP listening to your GOP Ayatollah masters?
HondaV65 on November 11, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Takin’ this lost pretty hard ain’t ya?
HondaV65 on November 11, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Go start your third party already would ya.
Bradky on November 11, 2012 at 8:22 AM
I think I can really get behind Scott Walker. Rubio is, to me, too trigger-happy with respect to foreign entanglements…as for R’s unifying, we just lost the election…right now is the time to try to make sense of why. It’s extremely important to be brutally honest with ourselves and try to figure out why…Rush kept saying last week that it’s not about demographics but rather, free stuff, and it doesn’t matter if R’s try to be more like D’s on stuff like amnesty because people still want free stuff. So I ask, if it’s about free stuff, and not demographics, how do the R’s ever win another election?
ellifint on November 11, 2012 at 8:32 AM
The why is obvious. Fewer “conservatives” supported Romney/Ryan than McCain/Palin. Romney won Independents. It was the only path to victory. Those who wanted Romney to be more conservative didn’t show up in sufficient numbers to vote out a socialist. Some base they are.
Libertarians use the GOP like a prostitute uses a john. When I said here that politics is the art of the possible the response was loud guffaws. Too many stoic patriots sharruking common sense.
A party for whom Mitt Romney isn’t good enough lost. No surprise there.
Basilsbest on November 11, 2012 at 9:17 AM
And when the base gets its wish to run an idealogue and get slaughtered electorally they will call the moderates will be branded as traitors. As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow.
Bradky on November 11, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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