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A Cruel Night in New Hampshire

By on 1.11.12 @ 6:09AM

What does Mitt Romney’s win in the Granite State mean?

MANCHESTER, N.H. — About 40 percent of voters in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary cast their ballots for either Texas Rep. Ron Paul or former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who finished second and third behind the “It’s His Turn” Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Adding in Romney’s 39 percent, the top three finishers in the Granite State got nearly 80 percent of the vote — even though none of them can credibly claim to represent the mainstream of GOP conservatism that has developed over the past three decades. Romney, of course, has been on both sides of every important issue during his political career, having even denied any fealty to “Reagan-Bush” during his unsuccessful 1994 Senate race. Ron Paul’s foreign policy views are not merely at odds with mainstream Republicanism, but arguably put him to the left of President Obama. And Huntsman has not only embraced same-sex civil unions and global-warming theory, but has praised the Democratic president who appointed him ambassador to China.

Thus in New Hampshire, a state where independents are eligible to vote in the GOP primary, barely 20 percent of voters chose either of the conservative candidates — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich or former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — who competed here. Gingrich and Santorum each got less than 10 percent of the vote, providing the only real suspense of the night with their see-saw battle for fourth place. Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t even bother to campaign in the Granite State, and got about 1,500 votes. And so the first-in-the-nation primary ends with the fight for the Republican nomination exactly where it was when the campaign started, with Romney as the pre-emptive favorite.

Has it all been a colossal waste of time? How did we get back where we began? We are now eight months into the 2012 presidential campaign, if we date its beginning to the first Republican debate last May in Greenville, S.C. Only two of the candidates who participated in that debate — Paul and Santorum — will still be in the race as the campaign trail heads back to South Carolina, which holds its primary a week from Saturday. Of the other three candidates in that May 5 debate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty dropped out after a disappointing third-place finish in the Aug. 13 Iowa GOP Straw Poll, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson quit last month and announced he would instead seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, and Atlanta businessman Herman Cain quit in early December after being battered by unproven allegations of sexual misconduct. Perry joined the field in August and zoomed ahead in the polls, but his lead collapsed quickly after a series of September debate blunders. Gingrich’s campaign survived a seemingly crippling start when his staff walked out en masse and subsequently signed up with Perry. However, it seemed Gingrich might become the last man standing among the “not Romney” candidates, when he soared upward in the polls in November. But he was devastated by attack ads — from Romney, Paul, and Perry — and finished a weak fourth in Iowa.

After another fourth-place finish in New Hampshire, Gingrich appears now to be running a campaign of personal vengeance against Romney. A Gingrich-allied “super PAC,” bankrolled to the tune of $5 million by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, is planning an attack onslaught against Romney featuring a documentary about the GOP frontrunner’s tenure at the investment firm Bain Capital. When Mitt Romney Came to Town depicts Romney as responsible for shutting down American companies and leaving laid-off workers to fend for themselves. Rick Perry picked up on this theme Tuesday in South Carolina when he described Romney’s firm as “vultures … sitting out there on the tree limb waiting for the company to get sick, and then they swoop in, they eat the carcass, they leave with that, and they leave the skeleton.”

This is scarcely the sort of rhetoric expected of conservative Republicans, and everyone who watched Romney’s victory speech here knew who he was referring to when he said, “President Obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. In the last few days, we have seen some desperate Republicans join forces with him.” Indeed, those Republicans still intent on stopping the “inevitable” Romney have good reason to be desperate, because if the well-funded frontrunner wins South Carolina, the 2012 GOP campaign could be effectively over before it has really even begun.

What little hope remains of stopping Romney at this point would appear to rest with South Carolina voters, and even there the most recent polls show Romney leading. Members of the national press corps who have been ensconced here in Manchester the past week seem now nearly unanimously agreed that the Republican campaign is now all over but the shouting. One network news analyst, getting into a cab outside the Radisson Hotel near midnight, paused long enough to ask a nearby reporter, “Who do you think he’ll pick for his running mate?” And there was no need to explain who “he” is.

About the Author

Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (194) |

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 6:16AM

I already heard that 42% of "conservatives" voted for Mitt and that 40% of "independents" voted for Mitt and that 41% of "liberals" voted for Mitt. How can anyone divine any meaning about what GOP members actually want when an open primary allows Demcorats and Independents to vote in the primary. It's ridiculous. Yet people take NH seriously as a bellweather. We are getting shafted by the media who don't expose this sham 'Republican' primary and the RNC establishment that allow it to continue. Suspiciously, allowing all the indies and Dems to vote in a GOP primary favors the left leaning establishment favored candidates. Think about it. Hopefully SC and the other states will ignore Iowa- which also has an open caucus system- and NH. All these states tell us is that lots of our enemies sabotaged our election process.

Jack in Wi.| 1.11.12 @ 7:21AM

To quote John Paul Jones. " We have just begun to fight. " This writer is delusional. Santoum and Gingrich are not and never have been conservatives. They are big government guys who never had honest jobs. The only real conservative is Ron Paul. He has been right on the issues for decades. Everything he has stood for is coming true. He is the only one with a program to get us us out of the mess our country is in. All the rest are more of the same. End the wars. Audit and end the Fed. Bring the the troops home. End all foreign aid. Restore the Constitution and our civil liberties. Slash the federal budget and return to sound money. End the Federal courts jurisdiction in the matter of abortion. It is Ron Paul or 4 more years of Obama.

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 7:52AM

Ron Paul is NOT a Conservative.

Any comments, Jack, on the fact that Tea Party voters in NH preferred Romney to Paul by 17%???

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 8:07AM

Uh Oh !

Here It Comes.

Winning Our Future | King of Bain "When Mitt Romney Came To Town"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evS-T-c35M

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To South Carolina.

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 8:18AM

Uh-oh!

Here comes DUMB!

Tea Part voters overwhelmingly reject Ron Paul, little boy.

When you're old enough to vote, give me a call.

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 8:24AM

Hello Operator, Give Me Dr.Reich's Room At The New Jersey Institute For The Criminally RINO-CINO.

Thanks Sweetie.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To South Carolina.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 9:08AM

Oh look. It the Pee Party of One who got his ass kicked in NH, just like he did in Iowa. I suppose you think those good folks in Dixie are gonna buy into Dr. Dementia's crap as well, right? What the hell would you know about those people, Yankee boy?

I find it hilarious that you took down your Facebook page, Valour Thief. Not suprised at all, but amused as hell.

Jack in Wi.| 1.11.12 @ 10:04AM

Con job: The 4f'er who wants poor small town kids to fight and die for his homeland Israel. do it yourself. The wars are bankrupting this country.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 10:21AM

There's a difference between me & you, coward. I tried & was turned down, after writing letters to both my Senators & having my father call admiral friends of his at the Pentagon. YOU, on the other hand, are an admitted "proud 4-f" who's father told him it was "better to be a live coward." In other words, you're just a plain ole cowardly piece of shit who doesn't have the first idea of what it would take to be in the service.

You were drafted & were tuned down, again, to your admitted pride. I volunteered & was turned down & was unable to do what I wanted to do since I was 4.

You deign to call others here "chickenhawks," yet you're the one with the heart of a coward. And the intellect of an insect. Your revisionist history & Hitler excusing is well known to all on this site. Being practical, its a good thing you were 4-F. You're idiocy would've gotten people killed, if you didn't go AWOL first because your daddy told you it was "better to be a live coward."

"The 4f'er who wants poor small town kids to fight and die for his homeland Israel."

My "homeland" is the United States. My homestate is Tennessee. I live in PA. And last I checked, we still had an all volunteer military, proud coward.

Jack in Wi.| 1.11.12 @ 3:01PM

Con job is a 4f chicken hawk who wants poor kids to fight for his homeland Israel. He has good company in the other chicken hawks Clinton, John Podhoeretz, Billy Kristol, Cheney, Bolton, Bennet, Kagan, Perle, etc.

chuck| 1.11.12 @ 5:19PM

Jack, proud 4-f,......the load his momma shoulda swallowed.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 6:07PM

This from the "live coward." You don't even have the stones to shoot a cap gun. Hence the reason you hide in the anonymity of cyberspace, along with your butt boy Clint, & call people "chicken hawks" having never even attempted to overcome your 4-F status, or in Clint the Cowardly Valour Thief's case, never even darkened the doorstep of the recruiter's office & instead trades on the "service" of his supposed WWII vet Dad.

Jack in Wi.| 1.11.12 @ 9:50PM

A chicken hawk is a live coward 4FFF Con Job. I went to my draft board, took my physcial and they didn't want me. Unlike you I didn't and don't call for murerous wars fought by some other poor schmuck. You and the rest of the neocon, chicken hawk key board warriors here, give cowardness a bad name.

RCV| 1.11.12 @ 6:44PM

You're a sorry sack of antisemtic crap, Jack.

Boar Hunter| 1.11.12 @ 11:29AM

Clint was on facebook?

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 12:43PM

Until the page disappeared, yes. Here's the article & comment stream where our Keyboard Commando was exposed for the fraud he is:

http://spectator.org/archives/.....oin-the-fi

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 2:25PM

This Is For American Spectator's Israel Firster Smear Bund Serial Liar,Con Job.

You Lied About Combat Officer Lieutenant Wesley Ross,Who's 146th Engineer Battalion Was Attached To My Dad's Command. You Piece Of Israel Firster Garbage.
You Picked Out Some 20'Some Year Old From Face Book With The Same Name, As Lt. Wesl3y Ross,Who Served Attached To My Dad's Command And Tried To Pass That Kid Off As Me.

Apologize You Traitor Bastard Scum Sucking Coward, Con Job.

Lieutenant Wesley Ross

146th Engineer Combat Battalion - B Company

Omaha Beach


On March 4, 2011 at 6:32 pm Wesley Ross said:

My platoon–3rd Platoon, B-Company: 146th Engineer Combat Bn–and a platoon of the 2nd Ranger Bn were attached to a Troop of the 38th Cavalry Squadron for much of the time after we entered Paris 25 August 1944, and the Bulge. We were often among or east of the retreating Germans. This 38th Cavalry Troop was aggressive to the point of being scary! The Cavalry and Rangers did the necessary fighting as we cleared Tellermine roadblocks and abatis. Their activities are spelled out in my book “146 Engineer Combat Battalion–ESSAYONS” REALLY A GREAT OUTFIT the 38TH!

Lt. Wesley Ross.
http://www.battleofthebulgemem.....alion.html

You're A Serial Liar,Israel Firster Smear Bund Boy, ConJob.

Lieutenant Wesley Ross And His 146th Engineers Were attached To My Dad's Command In The 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron.

Interesting, How These Israel Firster Smear Bund attempt To Smear American Combat Officers.

The Tea Party Rebellion Is On The East Coast.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 2:31PM

"Apologize You Traitor Bastard Scum Sucking Coward, Con Job."

Make me, Valour Thief Cupcake.

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 2:40PM

You Know Where To Find Me, You Sociopathic Scum Sucking Israel Firster 4-F Chickenhawk Serial Liar Troll Gutless Coward, Con Job.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 4:06PM

As do you, Valour Thief. Still looking forward to you making me apologize, coward.

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:32PM

Clint,
Seems easy to prove. What is your name? You posted your "father's" name so post your name and we can send a message to the facebook guy.

Elron H.| 1.11.12 @ 7:06PM

"Valor Thief"..?

Is that anything like "Turd Burglar"...?

And why didn't you share this sooner???

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 7:59PM

Its like it, but different.

:-)

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 2:14PM

Only in your humble opinion Dr Rt. I don't wee much of any conservatism in the remaining field- only technocrats.

Quartermaster| 1.11.12 @ 8:13PM

Dr. None of the GOP field is conservative, frankly. We have a choice between moderates and Paul. Some choice.

The old saw about the Evil and Stupid parties no loner applies. The GOP is evil because it is stupid.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 4:55PM

It is: We have not yet BEGUN to fight, Jack, and yes you have, losing both times. In SC it will be worse, and in FLA, where there are Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooos voting, it will be worse.

It's kind of like watching the last Jake LaMotta fight with Sugar Ray--- La Motta completely ineffectual, yet standing on his feet. Since I enjoy watching my enemies be pounded and humiliated, I'm very much looking forward to this. That cut above the Right eye looks like very fertile ground to expand.

albert constantine jr.| 1.11.12 @ 7:58PM

I was wondering when John Paul's quote would be corrected, and Poor Richard returned to his righteous place in history.

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 8:44PM

Occam, I love ya' like a brother and I (almost) would never deign to correct you but, with a heavy heart, here it is. JPJ said "I have not yet begun to fight." not "We have not yet begun....". Painful, truly painful. Albert, you should pay attention to this, too.

albert constantine jr.| 1.11.12 @ 9:42PM

My reference to the OT's correction was to "not yet begun", as opposed to the expansive use of the plural over Mr. John Paul's originally quoted singular (though he was using the alias Jones at the time), but your further correction to my correction is duly noted, KJ.

Indy| 1.11.12 @ 8:01AM

Obama carried NH by 10% over their favorite moderate John McCain, many MA liberals have moved to NH to avoid taxes. I agree, NH results mean nothing to me, Willard's win was expected.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 8:23AM

THANK YOU.

Open Primaries. MSNBC Obama Lovers/ABC Obama Lovers/CBS Obama Lovers/NBC Obama Lovers/NPR Obama Lovers asking OUR CANDIDATES the questions in OUR DEBATES.

Is anyone in charge, around here? Who agrees with this? Who, in the Party, thinks this is a good idea? (Never mind. I figured it out. Country Clubbing, Rockefeller types.)

Do the Democrats have Open Primaries? Do they let Britt Hume ask the questions, when they come to FOX, for a Debate? (I forgot. They don't go to FOX, for Debates) In 2008, when the Congressional Black Caucus sponsored a Presidential Debate, on FOX? Every Democrat BOYCOTTED it. They REFUSED to participate, on the grounds that: "FOX was Biased, and that FOX wasn't a REAL News Organization (Like MSNBC) anyway".

We should have such a set of BALLS, in our Party.

As, for the rest of it?

New Hampshire is NOT your Father's New Hampshire. It's Massachusetts North. As in the town that I grew up in, in Ct. (Ridgefield) the Liberal Pukes, come for a visit (In my case. It was the NYC Liberal Pukes) see how nice and peaceful, and scenic, everything is, and then proceed to MOVE THERE, and turn it in to a CRAP HOLE.

Romney won? Big deal. Anyone who was SMART, didn't even bother with N.H. It was always gonna go to Romney.

We need to get our arms around the fact that, IOWA and New Hampshire, are little state, where NOBODY lives. We have to stop STARTING in these two Stupid States.

Iowa will go to whomever promises to give the most SUBSIDIES to the Corn Farmers. They're like a big White, Black Community. Giving their Votes to the highest bidder.

New Hampshire is PURPLE, and getting BLUER every day.

We have to change this. From this day on, our first Primaries should be held in the States with the Bitterest Clingers we can find. Let the Limp Wristed ones go later. When their ability to SCREW IT UP, is at its' lowest point.

Anthony| 1.11.12 @ 8:55AM

Tim, you are spot on once again. Ridgefield eh, right down the road from me on Route 7.
These open primaries are killing our electorial system, it's playday and everybody gets to play. I'm suprised Iowa and N.H. haven't declared their caucus and primary days a state holiday so EVERYBODY can play.
Everybody keeps forgetting it's not just Mass. liberals that have invaded N.H. It's VT lefties who have left VT looking for work, for which none exists in Hippyville.
I cannot believe the R party is behind Ron Paul to the extent shown thus far. If so, America is in deeper trouble than I thought.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 11:11AM

When I grew up in Ridgefield? When I was a Kid? There were 3 working Farms, down the road from my house. Do you believe that? We would ride our sleds down the Cow Pasture, under the Barb Wire, and around the Pine trees.

When I was a Kid? It seemed like all my friends were Italian. It seemed like half the town, was Italian. We all went to Church on Sunday, and there was a Service at 8am, and another one at 10. And everything was Closed, except the News Store, and the Bakery. And they closed, an hour after the last Church Service.

By 1980? All of that was gone. The Farms. The Cow Pastures. The Store-Free, Religious Sundays. Even the Italians are gone. What happened to my little Town?
Liberals. Liberals happened.

In the 70's, Liberals, who had visited a few times, grew enamored with the Place. It was Clean. It was Quiet. It was the perfect place to raise your kids. It wasn't like New York, at all. So they came.

They came because they didn't like it, where they were. And the first thing they set about doing, when they got there, was to turn it in to where they left.

It used to look like something from Norman Rockwell. It has become The Upper West Side. The New York Money has pushed the locals out, and nobody knows anybody, anymore.I wouldn't live there, if they GAVE ME a House.

Which brings us back to New Hampshire.

You mentioned Vermont and New Hampshire, and how they have been INFESTED with Massachusetts Liberals. Indeed. What they've done to my little Paradise, they are now inflicting these two States with their DISEASE.

I used to think of Liberalism, as a Mental Disorder. But it's much more Dangerous than that. Much more Insidious.

First, they're like a Locust Swarm. They move in to a place that is Rich with Bounty, and they Consume everything, for themselves. Leaving nothing, in their wake. Their Liberal influences, in their new surroundings spread, like a Contagious form of Cancer, until their NEW HOME, resembles their Old One. And, they remember why they left, in the first place.

So, like the Locust, they move on to the next unsuspecting Land. Like the Contagious Cancer, they INFECT everything around them, until nothing remains. Until EVERYWHERE, is Detroit.

Anthony| 1.11.12 @ 12:29PM

All true Tim. We are holding down the fort as best we can, but we are surrounded.

emc| 1.11.12 @ 2:27PM

Liberals didn't invent AgraCon or Corporate Farming.

Vulture capitalists did. Who are vulture capitalists? Free enterprise apologists, who for the most part are so-called conservatives like Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, Perry, Huntsman AND Paul.

What you describe about your home town happened to my husband's family, too. Seems vulture capitalists as stealth candidates took over the city council and over the course of 5 years taxed his family to the point they had to sell their 80 acres in a buyers market or lose the property anyway to exorbitant taxes.

These weren't "liberals" who took over the city council, they were rockribbed conservative transplants from Arizona and Texas who routinely disparaged anyone with liberal leanings, or anyone with a "suspicious" skin color. In fact, some of them have attempted to secede from the county and form a new conservative "freedom loving" county.

Now the 80 acres are wall-to-wall Target, Walmart, Applebee's. Red Robin, Home Depot, pawn shops, etc.

Your Capitalize-Important-Words maunderings resemble some 18th century crank's diary scribbles.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 6:26PM

That's not what happened in Ridgefield.

Go peddle your Liberal Sh*t, someplace else, lady.
It was people like YOU, that ruined Ridgefield.

squalis| 1.11.12 @ 10:12AM

Florida tried to move their primary up in the batting order and got spanked by the national GOP. I never understood that.

Mimi| 1.11.12 @ 10:15AM

One heck of a " BITTER CLINGER" agrees totally with you Tim....Thanks for a morning laugh...after a depressing N.H. results!
Time to re-group....Truth to come out in Florida a REAL Republican primary!

steve| 1.11.12 @ 11:00AM

you are insane,tim.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 6:28PM

Thank You.

CAGrandma| 1.11.12 @ 12:25PM

Couldn't have sait it better Timothy!!! What the he!! is so stinkin' special about IA and NH??? When did this practice begin and Why???? It makes no sense these days and should be stopped.

Zilla | 1.11.12 @ 3:05PM

Hell yeah. Well said, Timothy!

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 4:59PM

The 1st Republican primary should be held in Alabama. The weather in November/December is cool enough for campaigning, it goes predictably Republican, and they don't put up with Bradley Manning supporters. In addition, a State's ability to field delegates should depend on the amount of electoral votes they contributed to the last campaign's Republican candidate. This would make CA much less important than 'Bama, which is as it should be.

As it is in Football, so it should be in Politics. 'Bama, number 1!

RCV| 1.11.12 @ 6:51PM

As a Democrat, I'd favor that plan for the GOP, too, Occam. It would insure that the party nominates candidates who won't appeal to anyone outside of 'Bama.

They sure do play a heckuva tough game of football there, tho!

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 6:51PM

Roll Tide. That was quite a performance the other night.

MXLord327| 1.12.12 @ 2:51PM

Yes, and us locals have a term for these carpet-baggers - MASSHOLES!!!

VonMisesJr| 1.11.12 @ 9:00AM

JimP,
This 40% nonsense is propaganda. Socialist in the MSM always use statistics to lie.
First is the issue of samples. The sample of Republicans in the Northeast is not representative of Republicans nationwide.
In many other states like mine, you must be a registered Republican to vote in a Republican primary. It is relatively safe to say that most Independents and virtually no Democrats would vote for Newt, Santorum or Perry. But we don't know from the data given what percentage of the total vote is R v I v D; so it is impossible to know how skewed the results are, even if the percentages given are accurate.
So if the other 60% of Inedpendents and 59% of Democrats all voted for Romney, Paul or Huntsman; then the results would be dramatically slanted toward them.
Lastly, Mr. McCain makes the assumption that no conservative would vote for Ron Paul. But I know a wealthy and influencial guy in the White Mountains that introduced me to the Mises Institute (www.mises.org) where Ron Paul has his series of books available, and he loves Ron Paul, and had a sign outside his restaurant where Congressman Paul recently had dinner. So even though I love Rush and am also concerned with the Congressman's foreign policy statements, anyone writing books featured at Mises Institute is NOT a liberal.
We still have 48 states, almost all which have larger populations than Iowa and NH still left to vote. So don't be discouraged. It is not over until the fat lady sings.
But if the country picks Mitt, he will get my support. He is not my favorite, but he sure beats a Marxist introducing sharia law into our Constitutional Republic.
VMJr.

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 9:20AM

Thanks for the encouragement VMJr. I dindn't mean to sound discouraged. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has thought this through. I agree with you about Ron Paul and we are of the same mind about him. People calling him a lefty are wrong. He's right in line with the Founders. Maybe not the Hamiltonians so much as the Jeffersonians, but calling him a lefty is pure BS.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:02PM

He's a Lefty on fpreign policy and drug legalization. He's a Conservative on Financial issues. He votes with DeMint on money and Kucinich on Iran.

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 6:02PM

Hi Occam. I don't think Paul is a lefty on foreign policy. I think he is mentally stuck in the wrong century. But yeah, he does blame us for everything like the lefties do. I've just given him a pass assuming he's a pol and is avoiding giving his REAL reason and using the left's rationales as cover because they are acceptable to some people. His real reason would show he's totally out there somewhere. I think his real reason is that he thinks it is 1803 still and by golly Geo. Washington said no foreign entanglements. I think he sincerely believes it's doable, but knows he'd get laughed out of DC or wherever is important to him. As if we could actually go back to such policy positions. It's classic Founding Fathers, but totally unjustifiable in the 20th and 21st c. so he blames America so he won't look insane. Of course it doesn't work, but that's another thing. Ron's position on drugs is classic libertarian and historically American. Recall how many drugs were legal and available until the early part of the 20th c and no one thought anything of it. Those folks weren't leftwingers. They were just normal American's using legal substances that are now controlled. Drug laws came in with the Progressives. The left now shares his view because they are hedonists, and commies who want to destroy us partly via drug use. I laughed at all the lefties who voted for him last night. Imagine if he won and cut off all their government bennies that they take for granted now. No college loans, etc etc. What a bunch of damn fools.

Anyway, I respect your opinion and I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on these points. Thanks for the feedback though.

Best regards,

JimP

CL| 1.11.12 @ 11:06PM

JimP
Ron Paul's foreign policy is to blame the USA for the terrorrism and especially 9/11. He is also anti Israel and most of his supporters here, like Jack and Clint, post anti semitic comments.
Ron Pual is nothing like our Founders. Our founders went to war for our independence, Paul would have been a Tory hiding in Canada. Jefferson sent the Marines to Tripoli to deal with the Muslim terrorrists of the day, Paul would have blamed the USA for having ships in the Mediterranean.
Are you a Paul supporter?

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:01PM

I have actually read Mitt's positions on his website. Does this guy stay bought? If he runs for an office on a platform, does he stick to it? That's what counts, not how many positions he's had in the past.

Mr. Apa Thetic| 1.11.12 @ 10:04AM

Republican Campaign?

Ho hum . . . I'm getting so sleepy . . . will someone please raise a window before I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ . . . .

poppyseed| 1.11.12 @ 10:46AM

I'm with you, Mr. Thetic. BORing.

VonMisesJr| 1.11.12 @ 10:49AM

Correct, Apa Thetic and poppyseed, you are boring.
Now smoke some opium and go back to sleep.

Edward White| 1.11.12 @ 11:01AM

REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ADVANCED STAGE OF DEGENERACY (That's why I've left it)

Conservatism as once defined simply doesn’t exist anymore, and it has been replaced by a reactionary ideology that is no longer for things but explicitly against things. Chiefly, liberal things, or even things that Republicans used to support but now that they are advanced by Democrats and liberals, they must be renounced.

Hence the personal vitriol against Michelle Obama and her campaign to reduce childhood obesity (really, who in their right mind is against that?), the insertion of the Keystone Pipeline provision in the payroll tax bill (take that, tree huggers!), the reflexive opposition to solar and alternative energy, and on and on.

The Repulican Party is a party in advanced stage of degeneracy.

VonMisesJr| 1.11.12 @ 9:43PM

Are you on drugs?

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 11:55AM

you will need more than conservatives to beat Obama.

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:04PM

JimP
You don't like the system because your guy lost?
NH has been like this forever.
The Iowa system though makes no sense because it is not even each voter voting.

sovereign| 1.11.12 @ 6:26AM

I read the books Blowback by Chalmers Johnson and The Creature From Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin to get an in depth understanding of Ron Paul's economic and foreign policy views. Ever since I've been a believer that his views are spot on.

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 6:32AM

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Romney Had The Third Lowest Job Growth As Governor Of Massachusetts.

Romney Is A Job Gravedigger.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To South Carolina.

Doorgunner| 1.11.12 @ 6:45AM

Clint, your kind is always being "set up", your kind always "gets a raw deal", is always " getting it stuck to me by the man". Yep, you're the "little guy" who "never gets an honest shake."

I beginning to think you're a disgruntled Democrat, upset that the Dems no longer cater to white trash.

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 7:58AM

No, he's a teenager. Ignore him. I used to argue with him, but it's pointless; he has NOTHING to contribute.

If you need to argue with a Paul-bot, argue with bro-Nazi Jack in Wi. He's bizarre, too, but at least he can string together a coherent thought.

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 8:00AM

That was supposed to say "neo-Nazi" but "bro-Nazi" has a nice ring to it, especially when discussing the weird brotherhood of Paul-bots.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 10:22AM

That's what Clint calls his boyfriend "Proud 4-f" Jackboot.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 9:09AM

Yep. Your boy flamed. AGAIN! And all you can piss & moan about is how you're being "set up." Algore called, he want's his argument back.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 11:57AM

McCain did not desert Bush in the toughest days of the war and that is the main reason he lost.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 11:57AM

McCain did not desert Bush in the toughest days of the war and that is the main reason he lost.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:03PM

No, he lost because he bailed out the banks.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 6:53PM

Too many racist Americans voted for Obama because of his race and the guilt feelings they carry. It was "historic" remember?

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:06PM

Clint
Who are these stooges setting "we" up and why are "we" then allowing it?

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 6:55AM

Mr. Dog Hummer,You Seem Very Upset This Fine Mornin'.

I Am A Registered Republican And A Tea Party Patriot, Not A RINO-CINO Flunkie stooge.

Eat Your Prunes.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To South Carolina.

L. Ross| 1.11.12 @ 7:38AM

Clint:

Your cut and paste, rambling, bizzaro, stream of consciousness posts fabulously sum up every reason I am uncomfortable with Dr. Paul. You are a thin-skinned insult machine who is not funny which does nothing to ameliorate my distate. The fact that people like you support him, not passionately but rather vehemently, makes me uncomfortable not only with you, but also with Dr. Paul. Even though I don't care much for psychiatric counceling, in your instance, I think it might be warranted.

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 8:13AM

O.K. I Will Give You Psychriatric Counseling, But It's Gonna Cost ya $ 240.00 Per 50 minute Session.

Make An Appointment With My Secretary, Miss Goodbody.

The Tea Party Heads To South Carolina.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:05PM

Clint. Sorry, that tends to be $200 per 50 minutes session. Now, don't have me reporting you to the Cal State Medical Association.

And learn to spell Psychiatric, dumbass.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 8:37AM

And, you missed a word. "stooge" should have been: Stooge.

I think that, maybe, you should ask one of your Therapists, what this Signifies? I know that Jews, sometimes don't capitalize the first letter of every word. They like to leave one word WITHOUT that capitol letter in the front.

You haven't eaten any PASTRAMI, lately, have you? Maybe a Pastrami on Rye Bread? Have you found yourself buying the Kosher Dills, instead of the Christian ones? You may have been Genetically COMPROMISED.

I'm Just Saying.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 9:12AM

I chopped up some Hebrew National hotdogs & put them in his mailbox. But he'll call his fake Jewish friends, Hoischel, Moishe, Shlomo, & Queer Steve to save him from me. After all, they're REAL Americans.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:06PM

Con:

I thought they were Fuquad, Abe Srimmer, and Buford Jerome Forfree.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 6:10PM

Or Duquan & Ray-Ray.

:-)

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 7:10PM

No, you're not, "Valor Thief"...

You're not even old enough to vote. You're a l'il mama's boy playing on his lap-top in his bedroom, surrounded by Pokemon cards and a PS-3.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 1.11.12 @ 7:29AM

Three decades of consevatism in the Republican Party? That's borderline hilarious!

Doctor Right| 1.11.12 @ 7:50AM

I don't think Romney's "win" in New Hampshire means much of anything.

I also think that Romney's staff is starting to worry.

Romney was supposed to runaway with NH, so his victory was predictable. However, >60% of the voters, including a lot of independents, said "no thanks."

Perry should drop out now. His paltry 1% in NH will be closer to 7% in the South, and that support will go to Santorum, not Romney.

Huntsman is feeling weirdly confident, but "Mitt-Lite" has peaked. His supporters will ultimately go to Romney. Wow...

Newt is in it for vengeance now, which is stupid. His supporters won't go to Paul, and probably won't go to Romney on principle. Some will go to Santorum, and some will just avoid the primaries and wait for November.

Paul is riding high after finishing in 2nd place in NH with the help of lots of independents. This success WON'T carry over to South Carolina, and Paul's Obama-Zombie supporters won't be as persuasive.

I lived in SC. It's an up-and-coming state that remains populated by a lot of Conservative Christians who will prefer Santirum, despite Governor Haley's endorsement of Romney.

Prediction:

Santorum will narrowly win in SC over Romney. Paul will do well in Columbia, a university town, but nowhere else. Gingrich will come in 3rd; Huntsman will do whatever Huntsman does as he continues to remind people that he used to live in China.

After SC, it will be Romney, Santorum, and Paul.

Sarah Palin will likely throw her support behind Santorum.

Romney will get more endorsements from establishment GOP hacks.

Paul will eventually go 3rd party, and some of his devoted, moronic followers will go with him. Will it hurt? Who knows?

Good times...

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 7:54AM

Doctor, I think everything you said is plausible except the 3rd party part. If he goes 3rd party he destroys his sons political future and he knows it. If there is to be a libertarian leaning President, it will be Rand not Ron.

steve| 1.11.12 @ 8:20AM

Doc, your predictions are wrong. Romney will win SC by a narrow margin. Newt is crazy.
What are you a "doctor" of?

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 9:13AM

No way. Those folks in Dixie aren't gonna eat his Northeastern Republican nonsense. Look for Perry or Santorum to do very well.

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 10:28AM

On that point, you are entirely correct.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 10:31AM

Thank you, Sir.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 9:18AM

If he goes Third Party?
He's gonna need a VEST.
If you know what I mean.

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 10:30AM

Tim, don't be talking like that. You might get a midnight visit from Eric and the Boyz. Sure would miss your posts.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 12:15PM

I'm not saying me. I don't have a weapon, and even if I did? I'm a good God Fearing Christian Man. I love my wife and Kids, and I would never do anything to screw that up.

What I AM saying, is that this is a Country of 360 Million people, and running Third Party, and insuring an Obama Victory, might make one of them, MAD. Maybe even more than one.

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 2:48PM

Of that, I have no doubt.

Anthony| 1.11.12 @ 12:27PM

These open primaries are a JOKE. Nothing serious is to be gleened from this outcome. Other than Romeny's first place finish, the idea that Paul and Huntsman finished 2nd and 3rd tells any rationale person that this primary was screwed with.
If Paul goes third party, it's time for Kentucky to get a new R senator. Actions have consequences!!!!

Christopher C| 1.12.12 @ 12:30AM

I certainly hope you are correct in predicting the nomination race will come down to Romney vs. Santorum vs. Paul. From a long way away, Romney appears to be a pallid copy of Mr Obama, and Ron Paul - well, he attracts Ronulans. (Mind you, the list of US Government agencies he would disestablish is actually encouragingly long.) Which leaves Rick Santorum. He at least has moral convictions, but I cannot tell if he recognises that the US economic position is as dire as it really is (Michelle Bachman did, perhaps, but she is no longer an option). And Mr Santorum seems firm about the repeal of Obamacare, whereas Romney is hopelessly compromised on that particular issue. I wish you well, people. Take it from an outsider, with a long-distance perspective on things. Of the people on offer, Mr Santorum would appear to be the best bet. He flirts with over-governmentalization, but no to the extent that he is a Romney-RINO. Support of Senator Arlen S. at the expense of Mr Toomey? As I understand it, that was the price demanded of him to get someone decent onto the Supreme Court. With the margins on SCOTUS as wafer-thin as they are, how could he not make that move?

martin j smith| 1.11.12 @ 7:50AM

Look at CNS headline news it essentially says Romney's win comes, from Democrats,Anti-Tea Party and those OK with Obama. If that is true then he is a FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A HOAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and if this proves teu thru further investigation I WILL NOT BOTHER TO VOTE.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 8:48AM

I didn't get the last line. Is that German? Or, were you having one of those Mini-Strokes?

And, if you "Will not bother to vote"? Whom are you hurting.

Ya Bite the Bullet, dummy.

Obama is the WORST of the WORST.
He hates Whites, and Jews, and Infidels, and THIS COUNTRY! He hates our Flag, our Constitution, and our Founding Fathers.

You wanna take your ball and go home? So be it. But, after that? STFU, cause you've lost the right to voice your opinion.

You know what they say: "Opinions are like Michelle Obamas. Everybody has one."

But, if you stay home? Yours doesn't count, anymore.

bill| 1.11.12 @ 8:30AM

Hello, Romney lovers:

It is not over yet!

Romney stole IA, bought NH, and will be defeated in SC.

SC is the land of liberty and free-enterprise. No country for "big government liberal RINO" like Romney or Santorum.

We must STOP Romney because:

-pro-abortion
-pro gay marriage
-pro gun control
-RomneyCare
-Supports climate change

And this why Santorum should be defeated in SC:

-opposed "Right to Work" state law, favoring big labor unions over worker' choice
-voted for raising debt celling 8 times
-NCLB
-voted against free trade

We must support Rick Perry. He has southern heritage and conservative credentials to win in SC. Gingrich will be my second choice.

Winning NH as a GOP contender means nothing. Success of GOP nominee depends on the winning plurality votes in the South. The biggest test yet to come to Romney, SC. He'll be sucked.

It's a whole new ball game!

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 9:08AM

I believe that there was more to that Right To Work Bill, than meets the eye. I believe it was part of a Larger Bill, and to get That, you had to give up something that wasn't worth the Trade.

I remember one of you guys writing that.

It happens all the time. Like the last Balanced Budget Bill, that was Voted Down, by people like PAUL RYAN, because of all of the STRINGS ATTACHED.

Don't get me wrong. I like Rick Perry. What's not to like? He's not Daniel Webster, when it comes to Speechifying. Neither was Lincoln.

We've had 2 Daniel Websters, recently. We had a Rhodes Scholar, who didn't know what IS meant. Who couldn't tell the TRUTH. And, who couldn't stop himself from RAPE/ INDECENT EXPOSURE/MOLESTING WOMEN, and using a young Intern as his Personal Humidor, and DNA Receptacle.

We have one, now, who can't move his lips, without LYING. Spends OUR MONEY on his Friends and Supporters. REFUSES to let Jobs be Created. REFUSES to let us Drill for our own Energy Resources. REFUSES to protect us from INCURSIONS on our Southern Border. And, who goes on MILLION DOLLAR Vacations, like we go to the Bathroom. All the while, LECTURING the rest of us on "Shared Sacrifice", while he's doing it.

We don't need SLICK, anymore. And, we've already seen what the ability to read a Teleprompter, can do.

I've said it before, and I'll say it now.
I'll take Simple Simon, who can get things done, over Book Smart Bobby, who's never done anything, in his life, except RUN HIS MOUTH.

bill| 1.11.12 @ 9:59AM

Santorum VOTED AGAINST "Right to Work", and SC is a "Right to Work" state, and the Santorum "big government union thug RINO" is a "dead man walking" in SC.
It's not PA, It's the South.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 10:11AM

Anybody want to comment on the fact that Romney was expected to win and was polling about 44%? He didn't get close to that so where are the negatives on his "poor showing"?

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:08PM

He got 40% which 3% is within the margin of error.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 12:02PM

Guess you never heard of the Gettysburg adress ?

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 12:22PM

I heard of it, Idiot. Public Speaking was NOT what Lincoln was known for. The same way that SPELLING, or Clicking on the Spell Check App. isn't what you're known for.

Now, GFY.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 7:18PM

You probably wear adress out on Friday night. you might read some history and other accounts of the impression he made on people. It was often a lingering after the impression that stayed with people for a long time. He was also good in a court room reedy voice or not.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:10PM

Lincoln had a high pitched, reedy voice, and his speech underwhelmed many. It was when it was written out to be read that people began to recognize the genius.

TLP, as usual, is correct.

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 5:41PM

Lincoln would be too- ugly for TV.

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 5:43PM

123 Easy Street
Gettysburg, PA

TommyFrisco| 1.11.12 @ 2:59PM

Tim,
No, we don't need slick, but we do want someone who is articulate and persuasive in promoting conservatism. We had that with Reagan. That's why Paul Ryan and Marc Rubio are so popular.

bill| 1.11.12 @ 3:02PM

How about Rick Perry? He's 99% Ronald Reagan.

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 5:42PM

He needs a memory course and win all of Super Tuesday.

Sean| 1.11.12 @ 8:32AM

New Hampshire is swamped with massholes so Romney's win is not that great. The media's perception of his win though will benefit him as all we will hear now is that he is the presumptive nominee.

The race now is between Romney and Paul as they are the only ones that can compete nationally. Paul will do fairly well in South Carolina. He will do extremely well in Louisiana caucus, which comes before Florida. After Florida there will be a lot of caucus where Paul and Romney will be slugging it out. The other candidates will not be in contention. Each loss in these elections will lower their support nationwide bit by bit.

irish19| 1.11.12 @ 5:07PM

We've been hearing he's the presumptive nominee since last summer. If Perry and Santorum, and yes, Gingrich can hold on until Super Tuesday, I think Romney will find himself going into the convention with less than the number of delegates necessary to win. At that point, it will be time to fill the cooler with beer, get a whole bunch of pretzels, and sit back and watch the show. We will come out of it stronger, and the MSM will have less time to make stuff up about the candidate before the election.

Louis Jenkins| 1.11.12 @ 8:40AM

At this moment we have no idea who will win in SC. Yes SC is an up and coming state. There's the attempt to get the Boeing plant in Charleston, which failed I believe, and there's the BMW plant up in Greer, and several other less major start-ups, but I see SC still with the Old South Charm. Now this old southron charm lends itself to the chickenhawk warriors to a certain extent. And if this so then Newt should lead the flock, but I also see enough of the old south Democrats (who've signed on as Republicans) who will vote for Romney and give him the win. He's closer to Obama than any of the field, and since he's been around for three years, and Romney's been campaigning longer, we have a tendency to look for something familiar. I believe Romney will win, however, R. Paul will continue to have a strong showing, maybe even second place. It sure is interesting.

Silver Bullet| 1.11.12 @ 8:56AM

Everyone, take it easy and calm down.

So long as Romney's challengers have $$, there will be plenty of opportunity to bring Romney to heel.

As things are, so much of the doom-saying merely plays into the hands of the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party. So.... cut it out!!

We have at least 'til March to figure it all out!

Cheers!

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 8:57AM

I said it three years ago, I said it two years ago, I said it oneyear ago and I'll say it again today. I will not vote for Romney. He will be worse than Bush and put what remains of the middle class in the poor house after he ships what jobs are left in this country overseas. I will vote for Ron Paul who is right on most constitutional issues and wrong on many foreign policy issues rather than vote for Romney. Romney represents elitism. He hasn't said one damn thing about how he will bring jobs to this country for those who do not have a cellege education. Those folks need decent paying jobs they can do with their hands. Manufacturing jobs. China doesn't take our jobs, American corporations send the jobs to China and its time something was done about it.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 9:16AM

And, if he's the Nominee?

Will you choose to show the World how tough you are? How Principled you are?

Or, will you stop patting yourself on your back, long enough, and do what must be done, to rid us of the EVIL, in the White House?

We win the White House? We win the Senate, AND, more House seats. President Perfect Hair is not gonna be able to run rough shod.

Or, you can be a Tough Guy, and the MUSLIM can finish what he's started?

Think about it.

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 11:11AM

I have thought about, and have been thinking about it for 10 years now. Neither party represents the average American. As a matter of fact, both parties have shown total disdain and contempt for the average American. We vote for Romney and we just get closer to serfdom as the the rich and corporate America take over America. Our children have no future with Romney or Obama. That why we need to make a future for them. I'm ready for a revolution. We should have done it the day the patriot act was passed. No one can deny how the patriot act and the Department of Homeland Security have become the biggest threats to the freedoms we HAD as Americans. Those two geanies need to be put back in there bottle.
Corporate America needs to be re-taught what it means to be an American Corporation, one that can figure out how to do business in America with American employees. They will not do it on their own. We need a government that will show them how to do it and Romney will not be that leader.
So I ask you Timothy, will you sit idly by why corporate Americe steals your 401k again? Will you sit idly by while Homeland Security makes you a criminal in your own country because you said the wrong word or sent an e-mail the government deems terrorstic? Will you sit idly by while the Patriot Act takes not only yours, byt your childrens and all Americans freedoms away? Just how loayl do you need to be to political parties when they don't give a rats ass about your well being?
But inthe end, I'll be stuck voting for Romney just like you won't I? I hope I can stand the stench of it.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 12:31PM

I agree with what you're saying. I'm not a Happy Camper. I probably Hate these MFers more than you do. But our options are limited. We can spread the word, on the Computer, on sites like this one. We can Educate the people around us. And, we can Vote.

And, if I have to hold my nose, once again, and vote for someone I don't particularly like, once again, to keep that Lying piece of Muslim/Marxist S**t, out of the Oval Office? Then SO BE IT.

If you and I are STUCK Voting for Romney?

At least, for now, be happy that we still have that RIGHT.

George True| 1.11.12 @ 2:02PM

You better re-think a few things my friend. First of all, it is not 'corporate America' that is stealing your 401K. It is Obama/Reid/Pelosi who are doing so with their trillions in deficit spending every year. In so doing they are massively debasing our currency, which will cause the value of your 401K/IRA to also be debased accordingly.

Secondly, Romney would not have been my first, second, third, or fourth choice by a long shot. But if he gets the nomination, and it appears all but certain at this point that he will, I would be willing to crawl on hands and knees for miles over broken glass in order to vote for him. Anything else and you re-elect Obama. Even electing someone like Romney is literally a hundred times better than allowing the catastrophe of four more years of an outlaw Marxist regime. The damage done so far will pale in comparison to the damage they would do in a second term. One or two more hardcore leftist SCOTUS appointments like Sotomayer and this nation is done. I urge you to think about it.

TommyFrisco| 1.11.12 @ 3:09PM

DMAC, I understand your frustration. I'm frustrated too. We keep being told, every four years, that we just need to vote for the moderate GOP establishment guy because he is the only electable choice. I'm so sick of this song, I can't stand it. But, we must keep fighting and, yes, we must keep voting until we get what we want. There's more of us so if we just work half as hard as the libs, we will eventually succeed in driving out the RINOS.

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 4:22PM

But that's the problem. They keep giving us moderates who negogiate everything away. I'm fifty. I've seen this country go from a God loving respectful nation to a rude God hating society in one generation. Just how much longer do we wait to say ENOUGH! We know we are the majority by a very large margin, yet we sit on our hands and do nothing while corporate America (the elitist) eat on us from one end, while the party of everything anti-American (the Democrats) eat on us from the other end.
It is almost to the point that you can't tell the two parties apart. They seem to have more in common in regard to the destruction of the American middle class than the things they don't have in common.
We must somehow get the message to Romney that is he is elected that we expect MAJOR changes, not just in economics, but in our rights, our protections, and in the morals of the country.
I'm sick and tired of people saying politics is no place for social conversation or morals. WRONG! Go read about what our forefathers expected of us as human beings. Read how Washington in speech after speech admonished bad behavior and expected the best from Americans.
Look at us now, no leadership what so ever, NONE. Romney may know how to turn a profit, but does he know how to turn a sole? Does he have the nerve to stand before the people of this country and demand better of them? Doubtful.
What he does seem to have is the ability to turn a profit at the cost of American jobs. Will he have the guts to say to his Wall Street friends who have been making record profits for over 20 years that the jobs are coming home to America one way or another?
And if Romney doesn't deliver, just how long are my fellow Americans willing to wait before they stand and deliver for the sake of their own children and generations to come?
How long? My patience has worn very damn thin.

Occam's Tool| 1.11.12 @ 5:10PM

TLP:

I will vote for any of the Republicans who wins this thing, except for Paul, and you know why.

Thom| 1.11.12 @ 7:07PM

“China doesn't take our jobs, American corporations send the jobs to China and its time something was done about it.”

DMAC,
Everyone does not need a college education but unfortunately the error of your above statement tends to not be addressed in anything below college today. Simple illustration of economics 101. In 2000, people making 1/10th what I was making here were doing the same job in India and producing the same or better “product”. Today they make a lot more than they did in 2000 and the benefits of moving my job to India is lessened. In 1986, I bought the same hamburger at a MacDonald’s in Brazil for 18 cents (USD) that cost me $1.00 here. MacDonald’s maintains a very high brand standard worldwide thus that bun and cow were of the same quality in Brazil as here. I buy the same products at Wal-Mart that can be bought at other retail establishments where you don’t find the ‘Marts for significantly less USD and consequently pay less “tax” to the government for the product by doing so. You assume that companies move overseas simply to make a bigger profit but the reality is that the cost of doing business here ultimately results in the cost of products produced here being so expensive that fewer and fewer Americans can buy them which translates into less total sales for the companies here. If you really want to stop shipping manufacturing jobs overseas then do something to reduce the cost of production here to not be 5-7 times greater than it is in China, India and most of the rest of the world for the same product.

bill| 1.11.12 @ 9:03AM

Romney bought NH with his Bain Capital money, he'll be running out of time in SC and FL.

LMajito| 1.11.12 @ 9:06AM

To answer the question of this article...it does not mean a thing...a yanquee winning in yanquiland...take him out of that frigid ne area...that win in iowa....by 8...after running for the office since 2004?? give me a break...

the majority voted against him...the only one touting this 'landslide' are the talking heads at fox (that karson girl was speaking about coronation today...well hell let's forget about the other 48 states, right babe?) and the lame punks in the msm pool...

mitt's turn?...fiddlesticks...we already had dole and cain...and what did that approack left? i sure hope newt does not get weak kneed at the crap storm his minions are planning on mitt...also somebody needs to get busy laying out the true record of the crazy uncle paul from texas...he sure talks a lot about this and that, and how this is wrong but it appears he's totally useless...he can't get a thing done...and that's counting that opposition to earmarks when he votes and then piling up on the list...now talking about how the us should leave the world alone is totally irresponsible and what's he's going to do with $10/galon of gas...it'll be great for the oil co in texas but a sizable shaft for the us consumers...well maybe he lays out a plan with his fellow texan pickens and we put windmills on top of every car for energy...

Michael Tomlinson| 1.11.12 @ 9:17AM

Like Iowa New Hampshire doesn't represent the conservative base of the GOP and these states should not be the first to select a Republican Presidential nominee.

If they want to keep their status they should enact a closed Republican caucus and primary respectatively. Democrats and independents have too much impact on our party in these states. That's just stupid.

When a rabid leftist like Ron Paul isn't repudiated immediately you know Democrats and Democrat leaning independents are influencing our selection process.

Until only registered Republicans vote for the GOP Presidential nominee conservatives will come up short and moderates and leftist like Paul will be too successful.

Brubaker| 1.11.12 @ 9:19AM

"How did we get back where we began?"

We got here because the Republican party has failed to produce a truly viable candidate.

Romney will win the nomination, but it surely won't be because of any groundswell of support. Support for Romney is lukewarm at best, but that's sufficient to take the nomination from candidates who are viewed with even greater disdain.

Had anyone asked me a year ago, I would have bet the bank that Obama would be a one-term president. Unfortunately, that now appears much less likely. It has always been true that you can't win a horse race without a horse, but Republicans are choosing from a selection of dogs.

Stefan Stackhouse| 1.11.12 @ 9:22AM

Let me introduce you all to reality. The "Anti-Romney" has been identified, and his name is: Ron Paul.

Sorry, but the reality is that Paul is the only candidate other than Romney that is managing to get his name on all the ballots and to be at least halfway competitive in all the votes. The other candidacies, to be cruelly but accurately blunt about it, are jokes.

I am not a Ron Paul supporter, but rather I'm on the sidelines. I am objective, however, and I am calling it as I see it.

Whether Paul actually has even a snowball's chance in hell of winning it is an entirely different question, and one for which I can offer very little, if any, hope for Paul supporters. I guess we haven't totally exhausted the possibilities of strange things that could happen, though.

The reality, though, is this: If you really don't like Romney, then your only real option is to get behind Paul, while if you don't like Paul, your only real option is to get behind Romney. If you don't like either? Well, welcome to the sidelines!

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 11:29AM

Paul had a chance until he showed his ignorance with regard to Iran. You can't hide behind the Monroe doctrin in this day and age. Missiles and terrorist don't know what the Monroe Doctrine is. The U.S. is an international player, like it or not. It wouldn't matter who Iran drops a nuke on, Isreal, Saudi Arabia, Paris, or even New York. It would be a world changer and it wouldn't be for the better.
Gotta love Ron Paul for his defense of the Constitution and the limits on government, but he's naive when it comes to the real dangers of the world and rogue nations like Iran.

Vern Crisler| 1.11.12 @ 9:23AM

Why the criticism of Newt for going negative against Romney? As Iowa proved, negative ads work. Newt foolishly tried to stay above it all in Iowa and paid the price in lost votes. Now he's giving Romney some of his own medicine.

That's politics.

Timothy L. Pennell| 1.11.12 @ 12:32PM

Agreed.

TommyFrisco| 1.11.12 @ 3:16PM

Vern, the MSP and the GOP elites don't want Newt attacking Romney. Newt is vetting Romney because no one else is. vetting him. You can bet we'll hear a lot about Bain Capital from the MSM if Romney wins the nomination.

Kade| 1.11.12 @ 10:00AM

Why is Newt’s truthful criticism on hatchet man Romney at Bain personal vengeance? Amazingly, the GOP media is now say vulture capitalism is conservative and they are trying to shut up Newt and Perry.

Hannity was downright rude and arrogant interviewing Perry last night -- repeating the current talk-radio mantra that Rick was attacking capitalism and from the left. No, they are attacking Romney’s predatory conduct from the moral right.

Looks like our conservative pundits would cheer Jon Corzine. We are in deep trouble.

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 10:51AM

Another Amen for you, Kade.

Vern Crisler| 1.11.12 @ 11:20AM

There's nothing legally wrong with what Romney did, and in the larger Smithian scheme of things, his pursuit of self-interest will benefit the whole economy.

However, as Kirstin Powers said last night, Mitt was bragging about being a job creator so he brought this scrutiny on himself. If he goes into a company, shuts it down and profits thereby, losing jobs for many people, then that should also be part of his resume.

Of course, that Romney might be a successful capitalist does not necessarily mean we want someone like that as president.

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 11:35AM

"and in the larger Smithian scheme of things, his pursuit of self-interest will benefit the whole economy."
Thats a myth Vern. Everyone seems to forget when you lay off an American worker our taxes go up so we can pay for his/her and their families un-employment check, food stamps, healthcare and loss of taxes they would have paid in. All of those expenses fall on the rest of us.
As for the things we buy being cheaper, that argument falls as well as the coporations just raise their profit margins, and claim the goods were sold by their foreign entity and keep the money overseas so they can avoid taxes, then add all the other cosat mentioned above and what you have is a failed economy for everyone except the coporations who win on both ends while the average American loses on both ends. They lose their job and they lose quality made American products.

Vern Crisler| 1.11.12 @ 4:27PM

Well, Dmac, in order to understand economics you have to learn to think in the long term.

Kade| 1.11.12 @ 4:35PM

Exactly Dmac.

Well I was just listening to Hannity defend Romney’s brutal Bain tactics and Newt came on and seemed to be intimidated by the talk-radio pundit backlash, so I think they effectively shut Newt up -- not sure about Perry.

Rush, Hannity and gang also continually cheerlead for free trade socialism, which redistributes our wealth, industry, engineering and good-paying middle class jobs to a communist dictatorship; thus gutting our manufacturing capability and know-how then telling us how good it is for us -- yeah, right. This too is creative destruction -- but it is destroying America while rebuilding China.

We need some new America-First pundits to educate the sheepie about patriotic moral conservatism, not globalism or Wall Street shyster tactics masquerading as conservatism

Vern Crisler| 1.11.12 @ 4:39PM

"free trade socialism"?

Free trade means what it says; free to buy and sell without benefit of government approval. Socialism is the opposite, or rather there is no buying and selling in socialism, just general misery.

Kade| 1.11.12 @ 6:11PM

Our nation always had trade laws just like we have banking and business laws and if prudent, this is conservative. Our country used to be a nation of laws but that is eroding and why we have open borders and massive corruption in both the corporate world and government.

Trade laws should benefit and protect America, thus our Founders were for tariffs. So-called libertarian Free Trade does the opposite by selling out our sovereignty and independence to the lowest bidder -- it is economic globalism that benefits mainly multi-national companies and foreign powers, not Main Street America. .

Clinton, Gore Kerry and Obama are free traders.

Sending our vital factories and know-how to poorer countries is not even trade, which is a movement of goods.

Think this through and you will see that economic globalism is stealth socialism on the international stage. We are a country not just a piece of real estate.

Vern Crisler | 1.11.12 @ 10:52PM

I'm halfway with you on this Kade. We don't live in a perfect world so some trade restrictions are necessary (as the founding fathers believed). But globalism is the future, and we have to prepare for it as best we can, not engage in trade wars that only hurt us in the long run.

But it has nothing to do with socialism, which is about collective ownership of the means of production.

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:12PM

Kade and JmP
You sound like Democrats What do you mean by vulture capitalism?
Hannity was asking Perry questions on his statments that Perry couldn't answer.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 10:29AM

As someone who grew up in Dixie, I think I can safely assume that Perry & Santorum will do very well down there, with Newt finishing out the top 3. Romney's Northeastern Yankee Republican nonsense won't play down there. Nor will Hunstman's.

Look for Romney to possibly flame out in SC. To what degree he flames out remains to be seen.

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 10:52AM

As one Southerner to another, I am praying that you are correct.

RCV| 1.11.12 @ 11:44AM

Check the polls. It ain't happening, thanks to the very fact that Perry, Santorum and Gingrich are all splitting the traditional conservative vote very nicely.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 12:53PM

I know what the polls say currently, but they're fickle. Besides, this is DAY ONE. There's an ENTERNITY left in this cycle. And given the pace of this current primary, hell, even 2 days is the equivalent of almost 6 months in "realtime."

RCV| 1.11.12 @ 4:28PM

Check back with me in two weeks and let me know how the "wait and see" turns out.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 6:11PM

Bet you a bottle of Germantown Commissary BBQ sauce?

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:17PM

Santorum should do well in SC. He is smart and well prepared and principled. Perry's only "attribute" for SC is that he is a Southerner, whatever that means, but he needs more than that to do well. He is unprepared and has no clear message.He got 1% in NH, pathetic.

martin j smith| 1.11.12 @ 10:46AM

To the above response I hope you are correct. And for me Ron Paul is NOT THE ANTI-ROMNEY. He is an Obama man.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 10:47AM

Agreed wholeheartedly, my friend.

Mike Rogers | 1.11.12 @ 10:51AM

We can only hope that Romney does not do so well in SC or FL, but in the meantime, Newt and Perry need to remember that attacking capitalism as mean does not improve their chances with real conservatives. Newt was not my first choice, but was my best hope for last man standing against Romney. Now, I think he's toast for his dumb remarks, leaving Santorum and Ron Paul as the not-Romneys - we're running out of options, and the losers are still sucking votes.
BTW, for those who fear Ron Paul as much as Romney, the answer is the same - Tim Pennell is onto it when he castigates the open primaries - both squishy moderates and the Liberal half of Ron Paul's support would vanish, and give us a chance at selecting a conservative candidate.

JimP| 1.11.12 @ 10:54AM

Also Romney's support would diminish greatly. It's a 'conspiracy'/s by the establishment GOP to get their left leaning candidates the nominations.

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:18PM

Really, a conspiracy? Who are the members of this conspiracy?

Randy | 1.11.12 @ 10:59AM

Romney is the best candidate, has the best machine, is the most electable, and he's winning the primaries. Them's the facts.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 11:24AM

Randy:
You forgot to mention that he will compromise with the Democrats and not change a simgle Obama policy.

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 11:38AM

Whats left to compromise. The Republicans have comprimised everything away over the last 25 years. Thats why we are in the mess we are in. The Republican just don't get it. We don't want a compromiser, we want a leader who will restore this country. Romney won't do that and neither will John Boehnor.
We want another Reagan. We demand another Reagan! Someone who beleives in the good of America and the good of her people.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 12:07PM

Romney will not gut military. Romney will put the right judges in place. And, if you or a friend is out of work or underemployed he is the best bet to help. That is enough.

Kade| 1.11.12 @ 7:02PM

The talk radio guys have just made it politically incorrect to criticize any Republican capitalist even if they are unscrupulous and sleazy. They are covering for Romney.

MikeG| 1.11.12 @ 10:21PM

Kade, so now you believe Rush is part of the Republican establishment and is covering for Romney? Get serious, what Newt and Perry said about Bain is just idiotic and should be criticized.Newt and Perry sound more like Nancy Pelosi. Maybe Newt agrees with Nancy on more that just global warming.

Kade| 1.11.12 @ 10:43PM

Yes Rush is part of the GOP establishment although he tries to hide it. Rush covered for GWB’s liberal sins for 8 years and has a history of giving liberal Republicans a pass.

I am not a fan of Newt or Perry but their criticism of Romney regarding Bain is fair game and on target and is not an attack on free enterprise -- Rush is incoherent on this.

MikeG| 1.12.12 @ 9:12AM

You are a Ron Paul guy/gal

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 11:52AM

Al, we could get lucky and control both the House and Senate and maybe he won't be forced to compromise with the Obamarx acolytes. Although, it seems Republican Presidents just aren't happy unless they kowtow to the libs.

George S| 1.11.12 @ 5:55PM

How can you be sure? If the Democrats control the Senate or can filibuster, the legislation that rescinds any Obama policy will never make it to Ronmey's desk. Then what? Do an Obama and unilaterally ignore the Constitution.

But if there is a Republican congress, then Romney will have to be the biggest penis on earth not to sign any repeal legislation.

We have the Constitution working against us. What happened in 2008 usually happens in parliamentary governments -- radical shifts in one direction. Unless we get the same filibuster proof majorities, the reversal of Obama will be difficult. And it won't be because of Romney or whoever is president.

RCV| 1.11.12 @ 11:42AM

Conservative Republicans have no one to blame but themselves for the liklihood that Romney will coast to the nomination despite the fact that most Republicans don't want him to be the nominee. If principle mattered more, conservatives after Iowa would have coalesced around the conservative choice most likely to win. But Gingrich had developed a personal grudge against Romney he was determined to play out as long as possible, and Rick Perry, after a moment of good sense the night of the Iowa primary, decided for whatever reason to see his now pointless campaign through South Carolina, thus almost insuring that Romney will win even there and sew up the contest.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 12:16PM

You all want some mythical heroic Reagan to lead you to the great victory. Our own King Authur so to speak. But, we are in an ugly, brutish war. There is no sweeping great ride to victory. Money is ammo in this war, more than all your precious, conservative ideas. The democrats need trillions a year to keep their vile, perverse, violent machine alive and well. We must stop feeding their Army with our hard earned tax dollars, and our private dollars as well. Defund hollywood and the media-we can do that on our own. Stop going to movies, cut back on cable-demand ala carte cable-just pay for what you use. Then you weaken them enough to win some final battle.

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 12:23PM

We need a revolution, plain and simple. I don't want to, but I'll vote for Romney if thats the only choice I have. But after 6 months of a Republican controlled senat, house and executive branch I expect MAJOR results. If not then we all need to get to the streets and start heading to Washington D.C. and enforce our will on the politicans. They do what they want becuse they have no fear of the populace. It is time they learned a little fear.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 1:09PM

Dmac:
You will be greatly disappointed and following the deomocraitc takeover of congess in 1024 what will President Romney do? Seek bipartisan compromises no doubt.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 1:12PM

Wow: Let me try that again. The democrat party takeover of congress in 2010

Whew. Passion over ruled my fingers.

emc| 1.11.12 @ 1:28PM

More likely your "evil twin"...

emc| 1.11.12 @ 1:30PM

BTW, didn't the GOP take over Congress in 2010? Or was all that a bad dream? You mean the 80 or so recalcitrant Tea Partiers in Congress are actually DEMOCRATS?

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 3:00PM

Wow, still can't get it right. 2014

Dmac| 1.11.12 @ 4:27PM

The Democrats most likely have destroyed themselves. Everyone know who and what they are. Most importantly, black America now knows who and what they are, the new plantation.
There may be a real Tea Party by then, not just a party in name but a legitimate third party. This country needs something and needs it badly.

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 6:56PM

Dmac:

We had that with Bush43 and it was a disaster. We need an Individualist Revolution not more big government programs as promoted by "W", Karl Rove and Company. Regulations and tax & spend is killing America.

gearjammer| 1.11.12 @ 7:30PM

The first budget battle with a republican president and congress will be the biggest battle of all in 2013, should we win. Any common sense budget that ends the madness of infusing corrupt and violent and un American democrat constituencies with massive infusions of tax payer cash is the end of their reign of terror and lies and numerous other pathologies. Just WIN-then CUT OFF THE CASH AND THEY DIE !

emc| 1.11.12 @ 1:27PM

Well, it WOULD be a positive thing if conservatives stopped watching Fox News on cable, and stopped listening to Rush Limbaugh and all his conspiracy theories on AM talk radio.

David| 1.11.12 @ 1:22PM

Let's see, people complain that Santorum opposed the National Right to Work Act - 17 years ago - and claim he is a big supporter of union.

However, he is the ONLY NON-ROMNEY candidate who is not running around trashing Romney for his belief in capitalism/free markets.

For all those willing to see - AND HEAR - I think everyone should now get behind Santorum as the NON-ROMNEY candidate. No one else makes sense.

emc| 1.11.12 @ 1:55PM

The Republican voters of New Hampshire -- who traditionally don't vote in lockstep with an ideology -- have spoken.

Rick Santorum garnered less than 10% of the primary votes. He'll be lucky to corner 100 delegates by the time the Republican national convention in Tampa takes place.

emc| 1.11.12 @ 1:24PM

It looks like Todd Palin's endorsement of Newt Gingrich was the nail in Newt's political coffin, the kiss of political death to Newt's presidential aspirations.

One wonders what the effect of the OTHER Palin's endorsement will be, if she gets around to it before the closing bell in South Carolina?

David| 1.11.12 @ 1:41PM

Timothy, thanks for your comments, again.

bill, you are a dip sh_t! You keep repeating that Santorum voted against the National Right to Work Act - 17 YEARS AGO - and that is is some big union supporter. The guy is from a flippin' heavily democratic and heavily union state.

As to him being a big union supporter and WSM type, why is he the ONLY NON-ROMNEY candidate who is not trashing Romney for his free market capitalism experiences? If what you claim about Santorum is true, he should the first and loudest one screaming about Romney's business practices.

As said, I think we now know the NON-ROMNEY candidate we should all support. With our words, with our votes, and with our money. Send the guy five bucks and watch him soar. All he needs to be the tough Santorum I have known for years is to be given a little confidence - that confidence will come to him when he knows his candidacy is financially suppported.

Santorum is the one credible, principled, well-studied, knowledgeable conservative who can blow Bam Bam out of the water in the debates.

bill| 1.11.12 @ 3:07PM

David, you're a dip sh_t! Santorum identifies himself being a conservative whereas he voted against "Right to Work State", and SC has been fighting with Obama's big labors over Boeing Plant, Santorum would have gone with Obama's union thugs in order to get elected. Well, guess what, he got his ass kicked pretty bad in 2006 senate bid a whopping 18 points, the largest margin point of loss in PA history. Santorum is a "dead man walking," and cannot win in SC. He's hurting Perry.

Clint| 1.11.12 @ 2:03PM

Uh Oh !

Here It Comes.

Winning Our Future | King of Bain "When Mitt Romney Came To Town"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evS-T-c35M

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To South Carolina.

David| 1.11.12 @ 2:08PM

I think two things can put an end to all of the bickering among the repubs, and get everyone on board behind our non-Romney candidate.

If any two of the following folks would agree on who the non-Romney should be and publicly endorse him, we can get on with the serious business of eliminating Romney and then using his organization and influence to get the non-Romney elected to the presidency.

I think if Sarah Plain and Marco Rubio would get behind one candidate (hopefully Santorum), it will be the end of the other candidates, including Romney and Paul. Others who would have a great influence are Bobby Jindal, and well..............some of you others can add to that list. But I think Palin's and Rubio's endoresments would mean the most.

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 2:33PM

Pence's, DeMint's, & West's endorsements would also be gold plated.

KennesawJack| 1.11.12 @ 2:53PM

Not mention Ken (Old Texican), Al Adab, Timothy Pennell, Drunken Sailor, Occam's Tool, von Mizes, Jr. and you.

Al Adab| 1.11.12 @ 2:58PM

...and yours too Jack. I'm more than certain we could deliver seven or eight votes between us. Maybe a couple more counting spouses. LOL

Con Chef (NB) | 1.11.12 @ 4:10PM

"Operation Chaos": Am Spec Style!

I dig it! And I thank y'all both for your kind words!

TommyFrisco| 1.11.12 @ 3:30PM

I don't see winning Iowa and NH means that much this time around. The primaries in South Carolina and Florida will be an entirely different ball game. I don't see Romney or Ron Paul doing very well in those two states...where there are many more electoral votes at stake.

rhoetus| 1.11.12 @ 4:30PM

1. There aren't enough conservatives in New-England to matter.
2. Sen. Bob Smith got screwed by the elites in his own party.
3. After losing to Ted Kennedy in 1960, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. won the NH Primary in 1964. No one has heard from him since.
4. Air heads on Fox do not inform- they are propaganda artists for the Establishment of Socialism in the USA.
5. I will be voting for Ron Paul in the Arizona Primary.

somnolence| 1.11.12 @ 7:08PM

Yeah, and conservative Goldwater did great after N.H. in 1964. Get real.

somnolence| 1.11.12 @ 7:10PM

Does anyone wonder why most of Gingrich's colleagues in the House haven't endorsed him? They know he can't win. So do the 3 aforementioned names above.

POST American| 1.11.12 @ 11:01PM

----------------------FINAL WORD----------------------

SUB-Mitt ROME-knee's sourcing
of Obamacare is ON RECORD

His support of the 'Banker Bailouts'
likewise

His record on Globalism and the
notorious NAFTA/ GATT trilateral
TREASON OP is out there for all to
to see

He's also PRO 'A--bore--shun' and
'open borders'

He's refused to say a word the U.S.
taxpayer underwritten transfer of the
entire U.S. economy into the hands of
the most awesomely genocidal regime
mankind has EVER seen

He says nothing about GMO food,
tainted meds, mandating of weaponized
injections, CHEM-trailed air
---or the GE duplicity in the staggering
FUKISHIMA world nuclear disaster

Can anyone X-plain to us exactly
what constitutes Romney's conservatism?
---or even his REAL American-ness?

And can they go on to X-plain exactly
what was the difference between the
Bush administration and the Obama
administration? -----and before that,
the definitive difference between Clinton
and Bush? --and between Bush Sr. and Clinton?

Understand kiddies, in this the 11th hour
of the Globalist RED China world SELLOUT
OP----

-------------WE ARE DEALING WITH----------------

--------------------DECADES ON------------------------

--------------------FULL-BLOWN------------------------

---------------CAPSTONE TREASON------------------

shipley130| 1.12.12 @ 1:41PM

It means that people just don't understand what a vulture and a user Mitt Romeny is.

Dimitry Aleksandrovich| 1.14.12 @ 3:18AM

Ron Paul's foreign policy views are not to the left of Obama they are to the right of Santorum, Perry, Huntsman and Romney all put together. Ron Paul's foreign policy is the "traditional" conservative and even traditional Republican foreign policy. What the GOP embraces now is Wilsonian liberal interventionism and Clintonesque nation building. Neither of which is conservative.

Ron Paul 2012!

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