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Mitt’s Mistake
Obama’s relationships, just like Reagan’s, are relevant: Will Romney fight like Truman — or wimp out like Dewey?
(Page 5 of 5)
The reason: there was — correctly — seen to be a connection between Reagan the man, his life experiences and relationships — and a potential President Reagan.
That assumption was 100% correct.
Now that the president in question is Barack Obama and not Ronald Reagan — suddenly this is all a mistake to do the job that was correctly done on Reagan but is mysteriously off-limits for Obama. As if Obama policies from the stimulus to Obamacare to suing Arizona over illegal immigration policies and not prosecuting the night-stick wielding Philadelphia Black Panthers have somehow sprung full blown from Obama’s head or by the sheerest of accidents.
How could one ever possibly explain what critics call Obama’s “apology tour” of this or that section of the world? Unless one realizes the connection to Jeremiah Wright’s “Goddamn America” sermon — both the one captured on video tape and those hundreds of like-minded sermons never to be heard although doubtless delivered over the 20 years Obama sat in Wright’s pews.
How could one not possibly understand Obama’s repeated views on everything from the capital gains tax to his continual use of class warfare rhetoric unless one gets the connection to the views of Reverend Wright as Obama lovingly quotes him in Dreams from My Father as snarling that America is a place ”…where white folks’ greed runs a world in need.”
How could Governor Romney and Speaker Boehner not possibly understand that all of this experience with Reverend Wright and more — the teachings of Black Liberation theologian James Cone, the young friendship with the old leftist Frank Marshall Davis, the attendance at socialist conferences, the relationship with Harvard’s Professor Derrick Bell, the latter author of the wildly left-wing “critical race theory” that insists racism is somehow ingrained in American society — how could anyone not think all this is in fact not connected to a bad economy and “jobs, jobs, jobs”?
Of course it is. Every last minute of Barack Obama’s formative life, experiences, and relationships is responsible for the state of America today. Just as true with Ronald Reagan and the state of America when Reagan left office in 1989 — after creating 21 million jobs and pushing the Soviet Union to the brink of collapse, a collapse that occurred a bare two years later.
This is a serious challenge for Team Romney — and a decidedly unnecessary one.
To follow the patty-cake politics of Dewey and John McCain (or others — the Nixon of 1960, Ford in 1976, Bush 41 in 1992, and Bush 43 in 2000 and 2004) risks one of two outcomes: a loss or an unnecessarily hair-breadth’s victory.
If Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan had anything in common — and Reagan was an active Truman campaigner in the 1948 campaign — it was that they knew they had to hit their opponents.
Hit them hard.
They did.
They won.
If the unfolding Romney campaign fails to understand this — this won’t just be a mistake.
It will be a tragedy.
And a totally foreseeable one at that.
About the Author
Jeffrey Lord is a former Reagan White House political director and author. He writes from Pennsylvania at jlpa1@aol.com.
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Jack in Wi.| 5.22.12 @ 6:24AM
I say Dewey, Ford, Bush, Dole, Bush 2, and McCain. now Romney. They were all get along, go along kind of guys.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 7:11AM
I disagree with Mr. Lord's premise. Everybody KNOWS who Jeremiah Wright is. Unless you live in a Cave, or spend all of your nights, tied up in a Bar called The Man Cave (Hat Tip Alan Brooks) you know who Jeremiah Wright is. He is NOTHING MORE, than a DISTRACTION, and one that David Axelrod is more than happy, to see back on the Burner.
How are things in this Country, these Days? How's the Economy? How's the Housing Market, the Job Situation, the REAL Unemployment Numbers?
Are houses still being Foreclosed? What about Bankruptcies? How many Americans are out of work? How many are living at, or BELOW the Poverty Rate? Has our Credit Rating been Raised, or LOWERED?
Did he look the American People in the eye, and PROMISE them $800 Billion worth of Shovel Ready Infrastructure Jobs? Did he, INSTEAD, use that Money - OUR MONEY - to keep his Public Sector Union Stormtroopers on the Job, and still paying Dues that end up in His Coffers? Did he give BILLION$ of that money - OUR MONEY - to HIS Campaign Contributors, and HIS "Bundlers" in the form of Government Subsidies, for their "Shell" Companies?
Did he REFUSE the Keystone Pipeline, and the Thousands of "Shovel Ready Jobs" it would provide?
Is he keeping his Promise, to BANKRUPT the Coal Industry? Is he keeping his Promise to "Necessarily cause Electric Rates to SKYROCKET"? Has he had an ILLEGAL Drilling Moratorium in place, for the last 3 Years, or not?
Does he attack the People who Create the Jobs, in this Country? How many Companies are sitting on Hundreds of Billion$, buying their time, till he's gone? How many Companies have LEFT this Country, because of his Incessant Regulatory Barrages, his Multitude of Unfunded Mandates, and his Imperial Marxist Overreach, in his Quest to control every aspect of The Means of Production?
What do we have to look FOREWARD to, from a guy who thinks that borrowing his New Political Slogan - FOREWARD - from the most prolific MASS MURDERER of his own people, of the 20th Century, (MAO TSE DUNG) is a good idea?
All of that, and you wanna talk about some Jive Ass, shucking and jiving, Buckwheat looking, dime a dozen, run of the Mill, Street Hustling, Al Sharpton wannabe?
He's a Tar Baby in the Briar Patch. He's a Judas Goat. He's a Trojan Horse, and you wanna bring him inside the Walls.
That would be a Fool's Errand, my friend.
One, we need not run.
Teaghan| 5.22.12 @ 7:31AM
Thanks for the reminder Tim~
Maxwell| 5.22.12 @ 7:55AM
TLP, just three comments. first, OUTCH, that hurt. Second, you need your own show or column. Third, I get 99% of my information from the likes of TAS, Townhall, AmericanThinker, HumanEvents web pages and Rush at lunch when I can get out to my truck from 12 to 1. Yesterday I was surprised that Rush said that he still gets notes from people that have never heard of Jeremiah Wright and Barry. I guess caves are still being used for living (I am pulling your leg there) which I find hard to believe.
Purp| 5.22.12 @ 9:40AM
99% ? You need a life dude. You're stuck in the right-wing bubble.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 10:36AM
Yeah. You should sit at the Computer all day like Poop, and type out Idiotic, Stupid, Childish Bullsh*t all day, about how Wonderful everything is since THE ONE has made the scene, and how, maybe it's time to take that Half Naked JEW, down off the Cross, and put the Real Messiah, his Boy, up there, instead.
Poopchute telling someone else, to Get a Life.
These truly are The End of Days.
Von Mises Jr| 5.22.12 @ 11:30AM
Perp is the modern day Judas, TLP. He is selling his coutry out for $20 per hour Soros money.
If that is not a pathetic life, I don't know what is?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 5.22.12 @ 12:54PM
Clearly he is being paid by the hour or the post, for if he was being paid by the original thought, he'd be broke (or baroque, or barack, or however it is being conjugated at Media Matters).
Al Adab| 5.22.12 @ 12:54PM
He gets paid for this stuff? Why don't we?
Von Mises Jr| 5.22.12 @ 12:59PM
Because we are not traitorous scum, my friend Al.
Al Adab| 5.22.12 @ 1:36PM
Jr:
Oh yes, I forget the wisdom of J. R. Ewing, "Once you give up integrity, all the rest is easy."
One Mediator, Jesus| 5.23.12 @ 1:35PM
Integrity enough to vote for the Republican nominee in order to oust Obama, indeed.
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 1:08PM
You simply cannot place a price on the deep satisfaction I feel from reading some of the encouraging and enlightening comments I read here.
I won't claim to add to the debate, beyond the personal satisfaction I feel when I am able to occasionally show someone like Purp to be the lying useless miscreants that they are. It matters not that they don't admit or see it, they never will. But I know and hopefully it amuses others on occasion at their expense.
Oh and Purp is gay.
It is in fact more than just a smear. Although the irony is lost on him, it defines his world view and exposes the reason for all of the anger he projects.
Gay trumps everything.
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 1:02PM
Purp, you're a moron! You'd be wise to contemplate TLP's wisdom!!!!!!
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:33PM
Yeah, well, at least my former POTUS in the Right Wing Bubble isn't copping feels off porn stars, Purp.
Jim| 5.22.12 @ 10:56AM
go to Rush's website to get free transcripts of his talks throughout the day, that way you don't have to miss anything!
Paul Kotik| 5.22.12 @ 9:26AM
One thing the Obama policies seem to have created a great abundance of is Upper Case Letters, which some Commenters have Such and Excess of that they Use Them In Ways That Make Absolutely No Sense Except Maybe to a German Speaker.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 10:01AM
How about you GFY?
Happy, now? Only one group of 3 Capitol letters.
DUMB*SS.
Okay. One grouping of 3 Capitol Letters, and 1 all Capitol Letters word.
IDIOT.
2.
Lawrence| 5.22.12 @ 10:08AM
I strongly doubt that "everyone" knows who Jeremiah Wright is, what his relationship is to Obama, and what he believes and has said that ought to make his protege and former congregant politically radioactive. Lies about Palin have been MUCH more widespread than the truth about Obama.
I do agree that focusing on the past can seem like a distraction, and that's why we must tie Obama's past associations to his behavior in office -- and I believe Stanley Kurtz plans to do that very thing in a book planned for September, the follow-up to Radical-in-Chief.
And there IS new news about Wright, his claim that Obama tried to get him to silence himself until the 2008 election and that Obama's campaign tried to bribe him toward that end. If Edwards is in hot water for paying off a mistress for her silence, so too should Obama for attempting to pay off his radical pastor.
And, indeed, we can tie all of this back to the economy: it shouldn't surprise anyone that our economy suffers under a stealth radical who surrounded himself with unrepentant domestic terrorists, race-essentialist conspiracy mongers, Maoists, criminals, and others who loathe our country, its culture, and its rule of law.
Jeffrey Lord didn't put it exactly the way I would have, but he's right that Obama's associations do explain his destructive behavior.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 10:26AM
Unlike you, I don't require any "Explanations".
He is the President. The BUCK stops with Him. This is His Economy. These are His Policies, and His Regulations, and His Cabinent Secretaries, and His Czars that have dragged this Country through a Mine Field, the last, going on, 4 Years.
Who made him this way, is Irrelevant.
His EVICTION from the People's House, come January, is the only thing that matters.
The Street N-Word, in Chicago (Wright) and his White Hating/Jew Hating/America Hating "Church", are must Shiny Objects, meant to distract us from our Goals, and take our eyes off the prize.
And, yeah Purp.
I said it. And I'll say it again, and again, and again.
Because it's TRUE.
Al Adab| 5.22.12 @ 11:27AM
First, let us all agree to start ignoring Purp. He just wants to divert the conversation.
To answer the question, Romney will not take the fight to the DEMs. He is the direct heir in the line of Dewey, Ford, Dole, Bush 41, McCain his father and Nelson Rockefeller. When we need a street fighter, when we need a battlefield commander, we nominate another accomodationist.
When the future of Liberty not only for America but for the Western World and beyond, was at stake the GOP was found wanting. The party elites are still padding their own nests and promise only to better manage the administrative social-welfare state rather than to reduce its size. Is it any wonder Conservatives are, once again, less than thrilled over the party nominee?
For months many on this site have cried in the wilderness against another mainline republican nominee. Well, the eastern old line has triumphed once again, yet the Movement and the very nature of Constitutional limited government is in the balance. Can the GOP yet rise to the challenge? Romney will spend his energy trying not to offend the opposition. He should instead take it to them as he did to his fellow republicans. If only he would be as combative against the Dems as he was against his rivals.
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 1:09PM
I agree! Lets ignore Purp!
He is gay and gays love attention, so lets ignore him.
michigander_sandusky| 5.22.12 @ 2:54PM
What is the primary reason the Obama administration has failed? Marxist and socialist policies. Where does this mindset come from? At least in part from Obama sitting in Rev. Wright's church for 20 years listening to "black liberation theology." Connect the dots folks!
Vote Loud| 5.22.12 @ 11:22PM
Right to a point...
Much like Iran... Romney should state that everything is on the table.
"Every time you hit us personally...
WE WILL HIT YOU TEN TIMES HARDER!"
But then Romney's advisers will say "keep as clean as McCain (almost) successfully did"!
GRRRRR!!!!!
Paul Kotik| 5.22.12 @ 9:29AM
The deeper problem is that about half the people in this country are completely useless, and there's little prospect of any improvement in that area.
As long as the useless vote is in the majority, we are screwed.
The only way I can think of to change the game for the better is by disenfranchising the useless. Payment of federal income taxes must be made the price of a ballot. NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION.
Purp| 5.22.12 @ 9:43AM
The people you so willingly denigrate as useless work hard, sometimes 2 jobs, they just happen to be poor. The pay many taxes. Sales tax, payroll tax, property tax, etc., etc., etc. Why do you not hold the same disgust for Corporations that don't pay any federal tax, especially when they profit billions of dollars?
"price of a ballot" is called poll tax, and that is unconstitutional.
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 11:06AM
Hey gay boy,
The poor do not pay Federal taxes you retard.
Why don't you ask Ear leader the Kenyan born commie why GE does not pay taxes.
Why don't you ask the same racist why Warren Buffet does not simply pay the taxes he owes?
After all Mooch-elle needs a new pair of shoes for her next vacation.
Teaghan| 5.22.12 @ 12:10PM
I do. Can you say GE?
Jim| 5.22.12 @ 12:25PM
Purp, you can't really beleive the crap you spit out, if you do you live under a rock, or listen to MSNBC, but I repeat myself. I used to work in a grocery store, and watched food stamp payers load up on steak while I ate hamburger, then load their goodies into a new Cadillac. FAR too many people get something for nothing, then vote for more something. The hard workers you mention are conservative and tired of the useless loafers you support.
Why did I just waste my time trying to inform a brick wall...silly me!
Claypoole| 5.22.12 @ 5:49PM
Anyone who receives federal welfare in any form--food stamps, housing, Medicaid--should not be permitted to vote.
Alej| 5.22.12 @ 6:05PM
I've been broke, real bad, during the 1986 to 1992 oil business crunch - lost my house and everything I worked for for 17 years, and cleaned swimming pools to keep my children in private schools, and worked a thousand miles away from my family for months at a time to keep them fed.
But I was never poor.
The difference between broke and poor is, poor is forever. I have no sympathy for able-bodied poor people.
Robert Hamilton | 5.22.12 @ 9:55PM
Corporationa still have to pay payroll tax, and put their share into unemployment and Social Security. I never realized or give it any thought as to what it took to put just one person on your payroll. I helped some friends get their business off the ground in my spare time pro bono. When I saw how much was out of their pocket and the amount their 1st employee recieved in their check astounded me. Even tho is is the American dream to take advantage of our freedom and system to get get rich and enjoy life. Too bad there are too many corporations who take advantage of that freedom fill their coffers. I do not understand how a corporation can file bankrupcy and are still allowed to give millions away to CEO's and Exec????
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:34PM
What property tax? They rent.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 9:54AM
How about you GFY?
Happy, now? Only 3 all capitol words.
DUMB*SS.
Okay. 4 of them.
IDIOT.
5.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 10:09AM
Does anyone else find their eyes glazing over, after a while of being subjected to the Stupid Inanities of the thing called Purp?
I find myself making more mistakes, than usual.
Is it possible that our Perriferral Vision sees the Sh*t that he writes, and inadvertently places them on a shelf in our Subconscious Mind?
Hopefully, he'll be back in jail, soon.
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:34PM
TLP: what mistakes?
Paul Kotik| 5.22.12 @ 2:22PM
Yes, and a great abundance of witticisms worthy of an Oxford don. Thus do the policies of President Obama bless us with plenty. I mean, Plenty. Ich Bin ein Berliner.
He's right, upper case letters make ordinary words into Super Atomic Words, very convincing. What if we make ALL the letters UPPER CASE? Wow. Even more persuasive than I'd imagined.
Vern Crisler| 5.22.12 @ 12:05PM
Newt was "unprepared" for Romney's underhanded attacks because he didn't have the money to compete against this empty, Richy Rich of a candidate.
Trying to train Mitt to do the conservative thing now is like trying to train a stray dog to sit up and jump on command. Just can't do it. Mitt's template is appeasement, unless he's up against conservatives.
As I've said before, this is Obama's election to lose, which he's doing a pretty good job of. If Mitt wins, it won't be because of Mitt.
Ed Norris| 5.22.12 @ 10:08PM
I totally disagree with Lord. Getting on Obama's case about Wright is the most foolish thing which Romney can do right now. It would bore plenty of moderates and fiscal conservatives if he did it, and plenty of everyday people, simply because Jeremiah Wright is old news, and there's plenty to think about what Obama is doing here and now, that would appeal to the neccessary crowd of moderates neccessary to win.
Romney's current course, focusing on the here and now is the best thing he can do, because it shows that he at least knows what issues matter most to the everyday people, the exact opposite of what the left tries to smear him as being, and if Romney's strategy of being spot-on is what it takes to sound like someone who gets what your general American is dealing with, I'm all the more for it.
Darin| 5.22.12 @ 6:37AM
Democrats view and treat Republicans as the enemy. Republicans are fools not to realize this. That doesn't Republicans must resort to the same tactics, but a key element of strategy is to know the adversary.
Teaghan| 5.22.12 @ 7:30AM
Oh I disagree. The Republicans need to get into the mud with the pigs and give them some of their own trash. No, it doesn't work to play nice with the criminals from Chicago.
Purp| 5.22.12 @ 9:44AM
The Roves of the world taught the Democrats how to do it. You didn't care when the tactics worked in your favor. Don't blame the D's now - "Blame Yo'self"
Tom Osterman| 5.22.12 @ 11:32AM
It wasn't the Roves, if you mean Republican strategists. The Harry Trumans of the Democratic Party figured it out on their own. In fact, they're the ones who wrote the playbook.
Did you even read the article.
Von Mises Jr| 5.22.12 @ 11:33AM
Socialists need a "Bokonon" for Perp and his low-life whiners to be victims. Why don't you get a real job, POS?
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 1:07PM
No, as usual you're wrong, Purp. I only wish that Rove etc would play COMMUNITY ORGANIZING HARDBALL POLITICS against the Democrats [aka domestic terrorists].....since we would now have a President McCain now instead!!!!!!!
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:25AM
it wasn't the Roves...it was people like Papa Joe Kennedy, Papa Joe Stalin, Dear Leader Mao, Goebbels, and Saul Alinsky, who taught the Democrats how to play politics
Drunken Sailor| 5.22.12 @ 9:33AM
Sorry but I disagree. The best way to handle a bully (and Dems are bullies) is to punch them in the proverbial nose. Get their attention and let them know they may win but they won't leave unscathed.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:28AM
look back to the 2008 campaign-the one time that Hilarious Clinton truly let fly on ObaMao during a debate, he figuratively curled up in the fetal position and whined for WEEKS about how 'unfayurrrrrrr' it all was. ObaMao and his ilk are bullies-and the best way to handle a bully is with a firm, persistent, and relentless application of 'take that, punk'...they fold EVERY time
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:35PM
I want to know if Obama belonged to a gay men's club in Chicago. If he did, it must be publicized. Bill Ayer's murdering people is fair game, too. Go after him! No mercy.
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.25.12 @ 11:35AM
Tyrrell would disagree with you there. All in the name of "sexual diversity"!
martin j smith| 5.22.12 @ 6:46AM
I have not decided if the Republican Leadershit is incompetent or Currupt and I can go both ways. But In the end the people are voting Against Obama not for the Republican Party or Romney. They could run Donald Duck and do better this election cycle.
Minuteman78| 5.22.12 @ 9:04AM
Donald Duck isn't running. But - I'm sure he'll be voting in Philly, in Chicago, in St. Louis, etc...
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 11:09AM
I believe it was Drudge who reported 50 thousand dead people on the voter rolls in Florida.
Most states do not have the ability or inclination to even check.
martin j smith| 5.22.12 @ 6:48AM
Otherwise I would say Romney can look stupid or clever depending on how you look at it because the more you talk about not talking the more you are talking and then Obama himself is the gift that keeps on giving by outrageous ideological remarks.
Then there is this Cory Booker hostage to Obama thingy.
Shamus| 5.22.12 @ 7:15AM
Obama wants to make the election about social issues. Bringing up Wright allows him to do this.
Alej| 5.22.12 @ 8:21AM
Like "... no no no, God DAMN America" should be ignored, like that pansy-ass McCain did?
Dick Nome| 5.22.12 @ 8:53AM
Mr. Campaign Finance Reform, Capt McQueeg has no problem spending and campaigning tough... as long as he is up against a Conservative Republican in a primary (ask JD Hayworth). When there is a RINO or a Liberal out there it is all hugs and kisses and civility even when the opponent is a Liberal Democrat.
Anthony| 5.22.12 @ 7:22AM
Rs can talk economy and Rev.Wright at the same time, or at least articuate ones can. In fact, real articulate conservatives talk many issues at the same time, and rather well, in fact.
Ignoring Wright is the politics of the stupid, the weak, and the lame. Romney is listening to the same D.C. fools who brought us McLame, the D.C. insider loser, but the darling of the beltway media.
If Romney and the Rs blow this election, we will have a lot of cleaning up to do in Washington. Perhaps long overdue.
al222| 5.22.12 @ 8:20AM
exactly right. if romney can't walk and chew gum at the same time, he's toast
Purp| 5.22.12 @ 9:45AM
I believe you have summed him up in a nutshell.
Dick Nome| 5.22.12 @ 10:15AM
You obviously are similarly inpaired. You can't think and fart at the same time either.
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 11:10AM
Purp lacks the ability to fart. It's more of a whooshing noise.
Drunken Sailor| 5.22.12 @ 12:02PM
Now BH. We all know when Purp passes gas, it clears his mind.
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 1:10PM
Nah, he's what I Oldefarte constantly after a large plate of beans!!!!!!!
9thID| 5.22.12 @ 10:24AM
The differences between Mitt RomneyCare and Barack ObamaCare are so trifling that "to the Left of McCain" Mitt is going to need all the help he can get, including Wright. RomneyCare trashed all his GOP rivals, except Ron Paul, and now goes into McCain Redux mode! We only have the RINOs who voted for Romney to blame for this debacle...
Romney = McCain| 5.22.12 @ 11:03AM
9thID, it is against the rules to make sense here at AmSpec online. You should know better.
Al Adab| 5.22.12 @ 1:28PM
See my 11:27 above.
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:36PM
He should treat Obama like he treated Newt.
Nancy in NC| 5.22.12 @ 7:32AM
Rev Wrong is only the tip of the iceberg. If Romney thinks Obama will play "nice" he's clearly out to lunch. Obama has more baggage than Samsonite, and unfortunately, MANY people don't know about it. His dalliances with cocaine, Marxism, Bill Ayers, his Islamist in the administration are just a few of the things many people don't know about.
And how about all the ancedotes Obama has told over the years that are fabrications of his murky past? (Such as his parents marching at Selma...didn't happen...impossible that it happened...just sounded like what his audience of the day wanted to hear.)
One of the beauties of video is that it's out there. All one needs to do is play Obama's own words....over and over and over.
Joellen| 5.22.12 @ 8:03AM
Good points Nancy, only I would change "dalliances" with "fierce" involvement ....
Tim, as usual - spot on. Here's the good news folks; with the Tea Party, talk radio, the web, and Foxnews, more and more are onto Obama and his ilk. When obomanites like Purp speak, well, we have the educated like Tim, Nancy etc. not only rebuking him, but entertaining us as well as continuing to educate us. Stay strong Warriors, the battle is on.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 5.22.12 @ 7:41AM
I believe Romney’s people want to sidestep having the Mormon faith subjected to heavy scrutiny (such as frequently takes place in the threads on this site by some commenters). In order to maintain the high ground that will allow him to claim injury when this occurs (as it is and will continue), he is forced to repudiate what appears to be attacks on Obama’s “faith” and “spiritual mentors”.
In addition, while the relationship with Reverend Wright is illustrative to us (the 40% or so who self-identify as conservative) on how many of Obama’s actions as President relate to the ideas and thoughts expressed by those with whom he chose to associate during the decades prior to his presidency, I’m not sure that it matters as much to the 35-40% of moderates or independents, who are less ideological and need to be reminded of his poor results. They seem less concerned on why Obama is the highly predictable disaster we knew he would be, but they need to be convinced that his course can be reversed by voting him out of office.
W| 5.22.12 @ 8:16AM
Good points. It makes sense for Romney to take the high road and focus on the economy and deficit. There are plenty of groups, talk radio, Hannity, PAC'S that can talk about Wright.
The people who know about Wright and are concerned about it are not voting for Obama. Obama would welcome a sideshow about Wright to avoid talking about the economy.
Purp| 5.22.12 @ 9:55AM
I beg to differ. As long as Obama concentrate on Romney's push for making wealth for his cronies at Bain, it shows him be a job destroyer, not a job creator. Bain creates wealth by destroying companies and jobs (that's how the invest $5million and reap $100million) and dump the pieces to be picked up by the government (pension insurance, unemployment insurance, etc.) That is good for investors, but not workers.
Romney was 47th in job creation amongst the States while he was Governor of Mass. He DOESN"T want to talk about that. He has no clue how to create jobs. Do you ever hear him discuss his time as Governor? No, you don't.
So, no, the Obama team is happy to talk about the economy, creating jobs and Romney's so-called wisdom and expertise on both. Obama has delivered, Romney has not. The record is clear, if you are honest about it.
Simon Templar| 5.22.12 @ 10:09AM
"If you are honest about it...."
That's funny, actually hilarious, coming from a liberal troll...
The downright false premises and lies that spring forth from you are truly amazing and unworthy to be addressed.
They should have a contest here at TAS with prizes to the person who can identify the most incorrect statements and claims that can be identified in your comments. It would be a hoot.
W| 5.22.12 @ 10:11AM
Purp
The purpose of any company is to make money. Using the word "cronies" instead of shareholders, investors,and workers shows your ignorance of the free market system. If you really did have a job you might begin to learn. Lefties lilke you like only companies that need the government, such as GM or Solyndra.
You do know that one of Obama's supporters and bundlers works for Bain?
If Obama wants to make the economy the issue, then we welcome it.
Boar Hunter| 5.22.12 @ 11:12AM
I hear crickets. Does anyone else hear crickets?
Al Adab| 5.22.12 @ 11:30AM
If only Romney (and the elite GOP now in control) had the huevos to use the same tactics he used against his republican rivals against the Dems. Sadly they are so afraid of offending that they fail to stand for anything.
Drunken Sailor| 5.22.12 @ 12:04PM
Do you even realize that those companies that Bain closed where already sinking? And if fact, would have closed even sooner if Bain had not stepped in and tried to turn them around. Instead of whining about Bain they should be thanking them for extending their employment.
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 1:18PM
No fool, Romney is you domestic terrorists' worst nightmare in that he'll become as POTUS what you correctly term a 'JOB DESTROYER'. He will destroy thousands of jobs WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, ie the federal government beginning in 2013. It's called DEFECIT/DEBT REDUCTION for you economically-financially impaired morons, aka Democrats. Government employment is not as you wish LIFETIME/CRADLE-TO-GRAVE EMPLOYMENT WELFARE, and government simply has far too many worthless employees [and never ever fires same]. Private industry employers are forced in economic hard times to terminate their employees, but not government, and therin lies the problem with excessive governmental spending. Romney will terminate not only employees, but also departments and agencies as well. Get used to it, and tell your government friends that the gravy train stops next year!!!!!!!!!
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:46AM
the only thing ObaMao has delivered is more debt added than the 43 previous Presidents COMBINED, a far more racially and politically polarized society, poverty levels not seen since the LAST Democrat Great Depression, a record number of Americans on public assistance, and the start-up to the Washington version of Mao's "Great Leap Forward"
ObaMao=Jimmy Carter on steroids
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:37PM
You work for which Fortune 500 company, purp? Don't know much.
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:37PM
They are going to go after Mormonism anyway. And, Mormonism is patriotic, whereas Wright is a former Black Muslim.
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.25.12 @ 11:36AM
Mormonism isn't patriotic, isn't insane.
The individuals themselves are patriotic.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 5.22.12 @ 8:01AM
Wright was vetted in the last election. Nobody cares about racist blacks.
It is better to stick to the economy. It's a winner for so many reasons.
cuban pete| 5.22.12 @ 9:06AM
You are correct Bill. Unlike four years ago, Mr. Obama now has a record. He is a collectivist and if reelected his brain trust will push hard to implement the statist agenda.
Never forget the Supreme Court. The next president may be appointing several new ones.
Hit him on his record and his vision.
PattyMor| 5.22.12 @ 8:02AM
How can we expect to win when we have Republicans playing inferior dog to the Alpha Males (and females) in Democrat Party. They can say the vilest things about Republicans and we play pattycake. Is this stupid or what?
You know when the Democraps squeal and cry foul, you have hit paydirt. You use the information you have and you have Rev. Wright and O'Dismal in their OWN words.
Von Mises Jr| 5.22.12 @ 11:42AM
It is because G.H.W. Bush, Karl Rover, McConnell and Boehner are fine with being nobles in the new Agenda21 ruling class structure. Soros and Maurice Strong will be the Monarchs of the world, the liberal elite socialist will be the global aristocracy and the GOP establishment will get land grants or a cut of the booty for enslaving the West.
Lugar was in part defeated as Dick Morris came out with the news that Lugar is on board with the LOST Treaty that will redistribute one-half of our profits from the oceans to the UN. Morris forecasts that Obama, the Democrat Senators and a few RINO's like Lugar will sell out the Constitution in total along with the American people this fall.
Indy| 5.22.12 @ 8:05AM
Palin nails it, the GOP fights like Mr. Snuffleupagus (Karl Rove), Romney better learn to "fight like a girl" What annoys me, Romney says Obama is a nice guy just in over his head, not at all, he knows exactly what he is doing. Watch a speech with the sound off, not a nice guy, I see a lot of nasty glares. If you don't agree with him, he brings out the "punish your enemies" line. The new information brought up by Rev. Wright is the $150K offer to be quiet, that's relevant to the campaign, Romney doesn't have to be the one to bring it up, let bloggers do what they do best, Be Breitbart and shine the light on the truth.
http://www.trevorloudon.com/20.....ack-obama/
http://www.theblaze.com/storie.....fleupagus/
Spend some time at the blaze today, stories about the New Black Panther Party are concerning, if you see something, say something, Janet - are you paying attention? No, you are too busy focusing on conservatives and cheering OWS and ordering 450 Million rounds of hollow point ammo, something is very wrong about this...
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:47AM
there is nothing AT ALL nice about ObaMao; he's just another Chicago Machine THUG
Alej| 5.22.12 @ 8:16AM
A) Nice guys finish last
B) Corollary to A; I still believe McCain intentionally threw the election... not allowed - mention of Jeremiah Wright, or the middle name "Hussein," OR, McCain's incredible statement at a nationally televised townhall meeting that "You have nothing to fear if Mr. Obama is elected president."
I hope Romney and staff grow a pair, and rip Obama's guts out. The illegal alien is a walking target-rich environment.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:30AM
McCain wanted to be the nominee, and that was enough for him; the 'other guy' wanted to run the universe
hardcard| 5.22.12 @ 8:34AM
Thanks TLP you are 100% correct. McCain was compromised by the Keating 5 S&L scandal, 2008 was his payback, he could not do the time.
Ken (Old Texican)| 5.22.12 @ 10:00AM
Jeffrey,
I would like to hear Romney's own words more, now that the nomination is his. his pacs should focus on "a time for choosing, America; follow Europe into the dumpster...or regain our prosperity and strength."
Simon Templar| 5.22.12 @ 10:03AM
The Rev is, at this point, a distraction and a clever ploy on the part of the liberals to bring religion into the campaign debate. They would love Romney too focus on the Rev and his church giving them the "right" to attack Romney's Mormonism. Don't fall for it.
This also places focus away from more damaging associations that the Fraud has had such as Ayers, his communist mentors, and a whole host of unsavory characters they would prefer remain silent and in the dark. These associations and his covered past need to be pushed out into the open for all to see. This was the essential and most fundamental reason he was able to get elected. As Brokaw and the other idiot said the night he was elected, they really did not know who he really was...
Besides focusing on his past associations and his true affinities, which is more than legitimate, focus should not be lost on his real record this past three years, particularly on his assault on the economy and our liberties. My belief is that the strategy should be to show that he is incompetent, an amateur, and has attitudes and values that are opposed to typical American ones.
His hypocrisy and demagoguery have to be front and center. His own words will destroy him.
W| 5.22.12 @ 11:21AM
I agree with you Simon. Well stated.
Dr. X| 5.22.12 @ 10:09AM
The main issue is NOT the economy.
The main issue is this: how did we get, and will we continue to have, a president who is a fraud, a liar, and a race-baiter, whose records are sealed, who has NO record of accomplishment whatsoever, and who is closely associated with the most virulently anti-American blacks, communists, Islamists, environmental nutcases, and terrorist radicals, and whose foreign policy amounts to groveling in front of America's enemies?
If Romney refuses to attack this guy on these issues, he deserved to lose; and if America elects this guy for a second term it deserves the collapse and the catastrophe that await it.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:51AM
play that card and expect an ObaMao LANDSLIDE
the voters don't care about Wright...or Ayers...or Pfleuger, or gay marriage, or bullying, or any of that stuff-they care about the economy, about jobs, about taxes, about a Federal Government that is out of control
make the campaign about 'pre-2008' and you're telling the voters that you have nothing to say relevant to what ObaMao's done SINCE 2008
George S| 5.22.12 @ 10:12AM
It was a mistake for McCain not to bring up Wright and it would be a mistake for Romney to bring up Wright. Difference is incumbency and the record it leaves behind. It goes without saying that to defeat Obama you have to bring an ideological battle and not the nice-guy-in-0ver-his-head thing or running a campaign "I can be proud of" nonsense. You have to go after Obama by pointing out that his fundamental view on America is radically different than yours and mine. But Wright is not the source of Obama's ideology, he did not learn that from Wright. Obama needed a church for political reasons so he chose Wright for the same reason one would choose a movie if they must watch one every week.
Obama has a record -- just as every president who lost reelection -- that is plain for all to see. The voters know the deal and they want to vote for someone who understands their fears and frustrations. They want someone to change course and reverse what Obama is doing. Bringing up Wright is the tactic of a politician who just wants to win and one that has a whiff of desperation. If you cannot convince the voters that Obama's record in office, his foreign policy abroad and his statements over the years are not the product of a radical Marxist teachings, then you will lose -- no matter how loud you yell Wright.
TLP| 5.22.12 @ 1:42PM
Exactly.
martin j smith| 5.22.12 @ 10:27AM
You know how certain videos or similar stuff can go viral. A great example is like that teacher in NC ? who told a student that criticizing Obama is against the law. You wait smart ass Obama supporters because there will be more and it will be directly about Obama. There are many issues such as fast and furious and then there is the law suite put forward by Catholic Organizations and then there is the funding of OWS oh one can go on and on about possible matters where surprises will surface. But keep talking about not talking about Rev Ryt and Bill Air Head go ahead and keep not talking about them.
PolishKnight| 5.22.12 @ 11:10AM
The most obvious issue to hit Obama on is the economy and gas prices. Those are uniting principles that will get independents, and even some leftists secretly, out to the polls for Romney.
The next big vote getter is an issue Romney himself may be weak on: illegal immigration and the abuse of the H1B and student visas. Big business loves 'em because the taxpayers foot the bill to clean the mess up. He's still better than McAmnesty and Obama though.
Finally, there's a whole untapped issue that Romney could grab but the Republicans still don't notice: Their base. Two parent families with men. He could address the divorce courts and lopsided DV and federal children support laws. He could address the rising rates of minority men in jail and what it would take, support for working men, to get them out. It could be a real game changer. It probably will not happen until the Republican party collapses, though, and is replaced with a right-wing socialist party which will take in the two parent government union families currently in the Democrat family.
Petronius| 5.22.12 @ 11:15AM
Romney isn't running for President. He's going through his initiation to the beltway social clique, the first requirement of which is dumping all Conservative beliefs and connections because to politicians, being head of that liberal clique is the Plum of being President. The only difference between Romney and Obama is while neither will do anything for the middle class, Romney won't do anything to Us out of spite.
Our only chance is taking the Senate in order to prevent the loss of what little Freedom We still have.
Slacker| 5.22.12 @ 11:37AM
If only what the left says about republicans were true. I wish republicans really were extreme right wingers who intended to slash government services. I so wish they really were cold blooded and mean.
I wish establishment republicans and Conservative Inc. truly despised progressives. They don’t so this is what you get.
Robert Rees | 5.22.12 @ 11:51AM
Lord is taking the wrong approach with this story. Is Romney wimping out? Yes. But why?
Because he's doing everything he can to avoid bringing up religion. He doesn't want his own religion to be scrutinized. (Even though Mormon vs Jeremiah Wright should be an easy win)
Perusha| 5.22.12 @ 11:52AM
Wright is the RIGHT guy to 24/7 hammer.
When your opponent has a weakness, the wise thing to do is to exploit the hell out of it, as soon and often as possible!
I’ve also read Sun Tzu. In an existential fight, the best strategy is to as quickly as possible KNOCK OUT your foe.
What’s that hoary saying, about how war is too important to be left to the generals---who always fight the last war, anyway?
Well, the old generals, like Rove et al, especially John “The Appeaser” McCain, must NOT be paid any heed. If the USA still has any people who want to stay free, they must find a way to ignore such “wise men”, along the lines of how Kerry was done in by the Swift Boat patriots.
One way or another, Wright MUST be the daily topic in the chattering class and pundocracy, so that the dull witted mass of Americans become disgusted enough to expel the repugnant Obama from power. Maybe just the existence of the Wright history is going to be enough, and all the energy by Obama-maniacs to keep it out of the public eye will be the NEW story---with growing legs.
The toothpaste IS out of the tube.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:53AM
ObaMao would LOVE to see the election be about Wright, because the voters DON'T CARE..
Who Knows?| 5.22.12 @ 12:20PM
Consider the Rosetta Stone.
In America today, there are at least three “languages”. There are, roughly speaking, the GOP tongue, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid tongue, and the don’t-know or undecided one.
Wright is the Rosetta Stone, the key to connecting and reconciling these three presently wildly misunderstood and “passing-in-the-night” languages.
The truth CAN set us free, and, baby cakes, is there any doubt that the people who speak the lingoes other than the GOP tongue---mostly---are truly NOT free?
It is THEY who need to use the translating power of Wright, so they can get, in their bones, the life-or-death import of what Obama-Wright are driven to accomplish---their (further) enslavement.
Wright can be the slap to the face of the fools that is direly needed, and given the sad state of widespread foolishness extant, these apparently “last days of the American experience”, my guess is they will require many such slaps, right up to election day. If they aren’t so lovingly jolted, if Obama and his friends get four more years of power, they will administer more slugs to our faces that we can handle.
Where’s the BRING IT ON fighting spirit, these days?
Why, even my favorite pundit, Jennifer Rubin, is in bed with Rove on this Wright brouhaha!
As if America can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.
Ah, elites can’t seem to help their smarter-than-thou nature.
They really do assume that most people can’t handle the truth.
Here’s the deal---Obama-Wright-Pelosi-Reid and their minions on the left CAUSE a political-economic tsunami, whose “waves” of destruction are just beginning to come ashore. And, then you have people on the Right who sort of get this, but pooh pooh the rotten effects sure to sweep the land.
“Oh, it won’t be TOO bad. We can still fix things.”
Fools to the left of me. Fools to the right of me. Stuck in the middle---of fools!
Translate, please.
Tom Kyba| 5.22.12 @ 12:35PM
Romney is probably safer than McLame was because President Narcissus is burying himself by acting out his pathetic delusions of grandeur day after day thus eliminating the need to go to the mattresses. Also, trolls like "Burp" might be more interesting to debate with if they would stop re-hashing silly leftist propaganda like Bain taking over companies just to line their pockets and blaming Romney who wasn't there at the time. These things are too easy to disprove. What I think this means is that if there were a book titled "Factual Political Arguments From the Left" it would be one sentence long, said sentence being "I'm right and you are full of poohpooh". Being a liberal is such a sad way to live an adult life.
Bob S| 5.22.12 @ 2:00PM
He would be safer if he actually attacked Obama for being President Narcissus and helped him bury himself.
Chuck| 5.22.12 @ 1:07PM
"the Romney high command has apparently decided to run this campaign according to liberal ground rules; no surprise because Romney is a liberal. He had no trouble savaging more conservative primary opponents. Romney and Obama are more similar than they are different. How can anyone forget the Romneycare-Obamacare connection?
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 1:28PM
I couldn't agree more with Jeffrey's always correct point concerning Wright's connection to Obama. The reason why politicians tiptoe around same is due to the fear of being branded as a racist. This POTUS and Democrats in general use the racism billyclub as a political weapon since they think that their termed 1% owes it to the impoverished class to constantly increase governmental services ie welfare, since it is REPARATION FOR SLAVERY. How dare anyone say that governmental expenses should be reduces/eliminated, since our country enslaved African Americans originally. The audicity [of hope?] to even suggest such a thing! I agree that this Wright-Obama connection definition should not become the sole-primary focus of the R's campaign, but same goes to illustrate the phychology of Obam's thinking in the policies and governmental directions that he initiates and therefore it should be brought forth. As long as this political agenda is done in a truthful and factualy manner, yes it's important. To not do so, as Jeffrey indicates, will be detrimental to Romney's election!!!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 5.22.12 @ 4:15PM
'..... Breitbart.com MediaDemands Hands Off Rev.WrightWhileLaunching Assault On Mormonis by John Nolte 22 hours ago Last week, the whole of the mainstream media launched a full frontal assault to intimidate a super PAC into laying off Barack Obama's relationship with his creepy, racialist mentor/preacher of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The media also successfully pressured Mitt Romney into repudiating the super PAC plan. But while the corrupt media was putting Republicans and Romney on defense over what should be a political liability for Barack Obama, that very same media was and is beating Romney senseless with his Mormonism.
Guy Benson:Here's why David Axelrod can piously assure journalists that Mitt Romney's Mormonism is "off the table" for the Obama campaign this year: He knows the media and low level surrogates will cheerfully carry that toxic water on Team Obama's behalf. The New York Times in particular seems to have an obsession with Romney's faith, having printed a steady stream of news stories, juvenile tweets and sneering columns on the subject. Over the weekend, the Times published a 2,600 word examination of how Romney's beliefs have shaped his personal and public life. Much of the story is straightforward and fair -- even crossing into sympathetic territory at points, but it also includes passages that are sure to terrify the Times' core audience of urbane secular leftists[.]
Ed Morrissey:Go to the New York Times website and do a 12-month search for “Romney Mormon,” and see how many hits come back. I’ll end the suspense — “about 12,000 results,” according to the search I conducted earlier today. Now, do a search on “Obama Jeremiah” in the same time frame, and you’ll get 4,190 hits, which is more than I expected but only about a third of the Romney-Mormon search results. Actually, the same search only turns up 4,330 hits since 1851, which means that before mid-2011 the Times only had less than 200 hits for that search item.
Breitbart News:The 1300 word story is by Sandhya Somashekhar and goes into great detail to not only discuss the infamous 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, where a wagon train of Arkansas settlers were butchered at the hands of a Mormon militia, but also to talk about how Arkansas evangelicals and Christians in general might hold Romney's faith against him.This is a helluva scam the media has going here. While one hand it works in tandem with the Obama campaign to ensure a full vetting of Rev. Wright never happens, you know, because religion is off the table -- with the other hand, the very same media is screaming scary, freaky, racist, polygamous Mormon! at the top of its lungs. Moreover, the media's not only bullying private citizens into ignoring Wright, the media is also ignoring Wright's recent allegations that he was offered a bribe by the Obama campaign......'
Peppermint Tea| 5.22.12 @ 1:39PM
Romney doesn't need to attach Wright; but he he should attack Eric Holder for:
dropping charges on New Black Panthers,
silence when they offered a bounty on Zimmerman,
Fast and Furious!, Pound this again and again.
Wanting to try KSM in NY civil court,
And on and on. He should daily call on Obama to fire Holder and his racist, un-American decisions. Then when BHO doesn't, say he supports the gun running, racist, extortionist, because they believe the same thing! Yes, Lord, Attack!
Bob S| 5.22.12 @ 1:58PM
The issue really should be the economy, but for all the Republicans want it to be the issue, the Democrats are intent on misdirecting attention away from the economy, first with Sandra Fluke, then Trayvon Martin, and currently the First Gay President.
Romney already tied his hands behind his back when he publicly said he will not call Obama a socialist. Romney refuses to vet Obama for his character and political leanings. Meanwhile, Obama can attack Romney with class warfare arguments all he wants. Bain is fair game, but Wright isn't.
It all comes down to Romney being more concerned about insulting liberals than he is about alienating conservatives. Romney won't dare do anything that might anger the liberal minority in the voting population, so he won't attack Obama to energize the independent and conservative voters who form the majority of the voting population.
William L. Gensert| 5.22.12 @ 2:15PM
Unless the nation craves four more years of economic suicide, Obama's stifling regulatory tsunami, high energy prices, and deliberate demagogic discord, the meek and mild on the right will need to learn how to fight.
America must Breitbart Barack; it's the only way he can be defeated. The left will scream. It will be called negative campaigning, racist, and worse. Knowing Barack Obama and his minions -- as we now do -- it will be called both. Conservatism will become synonymous with "negative racism" -- at least in the written press, televised news, and progressive blogosphere.
Yet if the right wages a polite and dignified campaign, eschewing negativity and "in your face" advertising, the Republican candidate still will be labeled negative and racist.
Read more of my article: http://www.americanthinker.com.....z1vcj1zp4S
talkradio200| 5.22.12 @ 2:16PM
Thank you, Mr. Lord! I'm tired of the GOP "taking the high road" which is code for lay down and give up. That's why I read Jeff Lord, because he knows that Obama has spent his entire life aligning himself with people who hate America to its very core. He also knows that these alliances formed Obama's philosophy and leads to the kind of destructive governance that we've seen over his term in office.
For Romney to glaze over this and rabidly denounce people who want to link Obama to the Marxist, fascist, racist, anti-Semetic, America haters he spent his entire life seeking out shows a wanton disregard for the people whose votes he needs to win. If he can call Newt Gingrich an "influence peddler" and "a disgraced Speaker" who is devoid of any scruples, which is certifiably false, then he should be able to say that Obama is a Marxist whose values are antithetical to America, which is demonstrably true.
Just remember to all of the people who foisted Romney unto us, taking the high road in politics usually means a higher fall from grace when you go down in flames.
somnolence| 5.22.12 @ 2:51PM
It is best to ignore Jeremiah Wright and concentrate on the economic debacle that has occurred on Obama's watch. If Wright was willing to spill his guts into a tape recorder, and Hannity plays it throughout the campaign season, that is enough. We will see how sharply Wright has really turned away from Obama by his further actions, such as refusal to endorse this time around. Three pages devoted to this is tomfoolery.
somnolence| 5.22.12 @ 2:52PM
No, the "only" way to beat Obama is by richochet. Throwing his dismal record right back at him, fearlessly.
ansonheath| 5.22.12 @ 3:23PM
Not every GOP voter is a fiscal conservative only. We want our candidates to stand up to the bully, not just blather platitudes. Our choice should not just be between reason and passion, but reason WITH passion. There is plenty of time in today's 24/7 news cycle to deal with all issues, including the so called distractions. This is a war for the survival of our country, not for some trophy in our country club membership. It's time for us riff-raff to start emailing the Romney campaign to man up!
Remnant| 5.22.12 @ 4:24PM
Mitt's mistake is believing that the Bush Team wants him to win. They don't. They want Jeb in 2016.
Mike Hawk| 5.22.12 @ 8:54PM
If Obama wins, there won't be a 2016. It will all be gone and the Emporer 'O' the first will be President for life.
Remnant| 5.22.12 @ 10:21PM
You know, I'm really glad you said that. I've often wanted to ask people this year why it makes them feel so good to be such victims. Why does it make you feel so good to be such a victim?
Only One Mediator Christ Jesus| 5.25.12 @ 11:38AM
Why does it make you feel so good to be a fool?
believingisseeing| 5.22.12 @ 4:42PM
That is exactly right, Remnant. It is very obvious. To paraphrase one former 2012 GOP Presidential Primary candidate, guess we have to settle this time! Well, we are not settling, we are being railroaded! Happens fairly often, doesn't it?
BackToBasics| 5.22.12 @ 6:10PM
Agree with you and Remnant. If it comes to that, Jeb Bush would be another railroading in 2016.
As an aside, Democrat John Wolfe running against Obam in several state primaries is making a name for himself. Smart move for him. I doubt the Dem establishment will back him in 4 years but I think we will see his name in the 2016 Dem primaries.
somnolence| 5.22.12 @ 5:12PM
I do agree that everytime Obama says "Bain" if I was Romney I would say "Tony Rezko".
bluecollarbytes| 5.22.12 @ 7:26PM
"Will Romney fight like Truman -- or wimp out like Dewey?"
before or after he wins?
If Romney wins, the outrage on the extreme Left and some minority classifications will pressure Romney into what many already suspect. Romney will look to 'heal' our divisions through compromise.
Compromising with Obamagenda at all is the same, ultimately, as the progressive march we've been on since Bush the older.
Norm Klevens| 5.22.12 @ 11:03PM
Again, Mr. Lord has hit the nail on the head. Gingrich ought to slap Romney across the head, physically. Rush said Rom will not go after Obama in the same manner. We will all be losers again because of this McCain that is the presumptive nominee. And as an aside, who gave the key to the kingdom to Rove who never defended Bush.
POST American| 5.22.12 @ 11:56PM
-----We're assuming that Wright, like
Jesse Jackson ---Pat Robertson --Robert
Schuller ---Billy Graham ---and, probably,
Al Sharpton is, in fact, ---a 33rd degree
'MAY--SIN' put there to pull the chains
of the CON--trolled 'DIE---ALLLLL--eck--tick'.
Folks! ---IF you're wondering, as you should,
WHY your churches give you NO traction
----------CON-----sider the quality, backing and
origins of your 'christian' leadership.
AGAIN, anyone but anyone iterested in
--seeeing-- what's been done to the nation
---and what's going down with the churches
---MUST--- do the background on capstone
infiltration and their 'fave' disguise
---the Arminian Heresy and the Doctrine
of self-will and 'good works'.
-----THIS is how the capstone creeps get
their foot in your door --and been going on
since the early 1800's.
bop berrigan| 5.23.12 @ 5:43AM
I wondered at the time when pro-Mitt PACs were pointing out all of Newt's flaws, as well as lying on occasion, what would happen in a campaign against Obama. I figured then that Mittens would pull a McCain. Unfortunately, I was right.
Teflon93| 5.23.12 @ 7:57AM
Romney won't do anything of the sort, being a weak and cowardly Ruling Class RINO apparatchik.
St. Thor| 5.23.12 @ 11:39AM
Like all Republicans, Romney has surrounded himself with cowards who wouldn't know how to win an election if their lives depended on it, and unfortunately this time they do. He will wimp out.
shipley130| 5.23.12 @ 1:01PM
I cannot vote for a wimp like Romney.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:32AM
ObaMao is most appreciative of your slavish devotion
somnolence| 5.23.12 @ 2:44PM
I will vote for a wimp like Romney. The stakes and future SCOTUS appointments are too high not to.
spike59| 5.24.12 @ 6:33AM
ObaMao is most appreciative of your slavish devotion
SusyQue| 5.23.12 @ 4:35PM
Leave the Jeremiah Wright to Hannity. He was the first to "out" Jeremiah Write...he does a good and most thorough job. Let Mitt do what he does best.
If you don't vote for Mitt...shame on you. You should be willing to vote for Mitt rather than allow obama 4 more years which will destroy our freedoms and bankrupt us even more. Grow up!
Occam's Tool| 5.24.12 @ 11:39PM
Somnolence: I have donated to Romney for the same reason. Obama is a nightmare.