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We don’t do endorsements in this space. To update Douglas MacArthur, we try and focus on conservatism — The Cause, and The Cause and The Cause.
So it is somewhat amusing to see the Washington Post’s Officially Liberal-Approved Conservative Jennifer Rubin’s constant contortions to package all things Nelson Rockefeller — er — Mitt Romney as the latest in conservative fashion. Mr. Rocke—sorry… Romney may well be the GOP nominee, and if so we wish him well in ending the Obama-era.
But to pretend that Rubin’s continual swipes at others (Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Perry) are anything other than her inability to control a serious case of Establishment-media approved Romneyphilia is not something that will be allowed by her readers.
Take a look at the comments following her latest rip on Mr. Gingrich.
Ouch.
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florin| 11.18.11 @ 10:59AM
This comment about Romney from 'Proud Mormon' is obviously a plant to discredit Romney who has been very respectful of and supportive of the Tea Partiers...not going to work.
Bay Stater| 11.18.11 @ 11:21AM
But the Tea Party has no respect and will not support Romney. Why? Romneycare is the obvious answer but social right-wingers distrust him because in the recent past said he was pro-abortion and governed that way. Remember his wife's monetary donation to Planned Parenthood. We in the Bay State remember this.
teflon93| 11.18.11 @ 2:05PM
There was the little matter of his supporting gay marriage, which would tend to offend the proudest Mormons.
Bob| 11.18.11 @ 11:25AM
I hope the GOPukes nominate him and the rat man picks that fat ass from Jersey as his running mate.
Dai Alanye | 11.18.11 @ 4:19PM
Anyone who needs an excuse NOT to vote for Ron Paul need merely get to know Paul's supporters on Am Spec.
Gold BC| 11.18.11 @ 11:40AM
Proud Mormon your beloved Governor Romney trails Obama by 13 points in Massachusetts. Are you telling us the Republicans are going to nominate someone who will almost certainly lose his home state in the general election?
Occam's Tool| 11.20.11 @ 1:24AM
Nukes. For. Iran. Are. OK. Ron. Paul.
Sharia Delenda Est.
Ron Paul Will Fall.
So sorry, but the majority of people that I have met who like Ron Paul ARE Paulbots, and he enjoys their support and does not repudiate it, as he does not repudiate support and money from Nazis. (The Real thing---the editor of StormFront.)
I despise the man entirely.
Wayne| 11.18.11 @ 6:48PM
Well said. I have found some interesting people supporting Ron Paul, like my 85 year old father in law and my wife. They are not like the Paulites inflicting this board with insults. The Paulites are an albatross around Ron Pauls neck.
Frank| 11.19.11 @ 11:34AM
Romney is playing a trick here, a typical win-win for the master of political deceit. Romney appears to be running a half-hearted attempt in Iowa but his forces are on the ground rounding up every vote they can. It goes like this; expectations-Romney does poorly he will excuse as he wasn't "expecting" to do well and was concentrating on NH and beyond. He does better than "expected" Ah! See I wasn't even trying but look how well I did hence I should be the nominee. It's a cynical game by a cold-hearted cynical politician. This kind of stuff won't work with a military aggressive Communist China and nuclear armed Middle East.
linda| 11.18.11 @ 10:45AM
I'm not too surprised at all. For one thing the WP does not hire conservatives. For another she was Guiliani's fangirl last go round. Northeastern lib repub is her thing.
florin| 11.18.11 @ 10:57AM
I don't know what the purpose of this essay is but while it may be true that Romney is a RINO at least he is a RINO with character while newt is a RINO with no character...and newt has no chance of beating Obama - none.
Rogue Elephant| 11.18.11 @ 11:11AM
The best we can say about Romney is he's a RINO with character? LOL!
Romney can't win. That's why the liberal media protect him, just like they did McCain - until they didn't. I'll hold my nose and vote Newt.
teflon93| 11.18.11 @ 2:06PM
RINOs are Democrats in drag. It's not character---it's ambition.
They couldn't cut it in the Democrat Party so they seek power as Republicans.
Mimi| 11.18.11 @ 11:02AM
I don't think we conservatives are going to put up with a moderate this time....No way ! They just don't have the MATH on their side!
With all the new enrollees...and many went out and got them enrolled in 2010...like myself....We are Liberty, Constitution, prosperity, fiscal CONSERVATIVES that hate all the corruption at all levels of Government, the regulation of BUSINESS and our very lives is what this new/old BREED is about. Wake-up Jennifer Rubin...listen to the cries of the PEOPLE....Just wait and see WHO ....THEY will put up!!!
Casey Abell| 11.18.11 @ 11:18AM
Jeff is now going Gingrich? Guess even he has given up on Hormonal (and Clueless) Herm.
I do have to smile when Jeff says he doesn't do endorsements. Even since he noticed the GOP race, he's been endorsing whatever not-Romney looked best that week. Doesn't matter if the guy's to the left or right of Mitt...and on a lot of issues Newt "right-wing social engineering" Gingrich is to Romney's left.
But Newt ain't Mitt, and that means Jeff is fine with him.
Still, if Jeff is really gonna pump hard for Newt, he'll run into trouble closer to home than Jennifer Rubin. Quin Hillyer is ripping Newt every chance he gets.
A Lord-Hillyer mud wrestle? Get the popcorn!
Bumr50| 11.18.11 @ 11:19AM
Rubin's headline speaks volumes.
"Phony-intellectual."
This assumes that being an "intellectual" and thusly approved as such by the likes of Ms. Rubin et al., is a necessary qualification for being POTUS.
If we continually defer such judgments to people like Rubin, we're doomed. This is the very "elitism" that the base so despises.
OLDRAY| 11.18.11 @ 11:51AM
The GOP "bigs" got rid of Sarah Palin ,who was the best candidate in many years. Now the only really bright light on the present horizon is -Newt ,so they are out to cut him down . Sure ,he has faults. So did Winston, Thatcher, FDR and all of our favorites-our beloved "Ronnie". But, as one of you writers put it so well, when the real crunch comes ,who will we call? Romney? God help us ? (please fogive the errors above (should be your writers, not you writers). Thank you.
ml| 11.18.11 @ 12:04PM
I have stop reading Jennifer Rubin's Right Turn from Washington Post. I have found out she is a Romney's supporter and she is not conservative so as Romney.
The Knife| 11.18.11 @ 1:15PM
Ironically Jennifer Rubin is working for Ron Paul. That's where I am going before Romney.
tonypal| 11.18.11 @ 1:32PM
To everyone here who thinks Newt is unelectable, answer this simple question. In November of 2007, did any of you think a thoroughly unqualified, inexperience man-child who spent his entire life in the company of radical Marxists could defeat Hillary Clinton for the democrat nomination and win the presidency? If anyone says yes, you're lying.
Bo| 11.18.11 @ 4:06PM
Yes. And I'm not lying... just been paying attention. If you were to pay attention, you'd notice that 75% of all Americans wouldn't vote for Newt Gingrich for anything much less President. Get out of your bubble.
Jack in Wi| 11.18.11 @ 4:13PM
I say the final word on this mess is that Newt is like like the Federal Government, Big , Bloated and out of Control. He is also hated by about 75% of the general population and unelectable.
Jeff Powell| 11.18.11 @ 4:50PM
It doesn't matter whom we nominate. No GOP candidate is going to beat Obama. It wasn't rational to vote for Obama in 2008 (no private sector experience, no executive experience, radical-socialist background, only vague platitudes for policy positions, etc.) yet a solid majority of the voters did so. Obama was elected because voters abandoned rationality and took a leap of faith that this radical new comer would produce a miracle. The question this time around will be: should I admit I was a foolish boob for voting for Obama, or should I trust that I am a good person and renew my faith in The One for four more years?
We can't beat Obama with a technocrat or superior manager. We need someone who can appeal to the voters on an emotional level and defeat Obama at his own game. There is no GOP candidate that supplies this appeal.
Game over.
Wayne| 11.18.11 @ 6:51PM
Obama polling at 40 percent tells me that unless he pulls off an October surprise of unheard of magnitude or he must get ACORN to invent a 10 percent voter fraud. Obama has no chance in a fair election.
martin j smith| 11.19.11 @ 8:10AM
Rubin writes for WaPo no wonder she supports Romney--its the kind of "Republican" the WaPo would hiure. Like David ( of Canada ) Brooks on PBS. Same thing.
My position is Romney must earn the nomination not be crowned king.
Brendan| 11.19.11 @ 9:26AM
For all those "do or die" supporters of the various candidates - its a primary. We all have a favorite (only Spock chooses logically - we are emotional beings). I for one hope that whomever is the final candidate (and fyi, I am a Newt supporter, despite his baggage - they all have some, don't they?) you will come out for the man (or woman) who is the nominee. I made my mistake with Perot many years ago. There may be times that it doesn't matter if its a demonRat or republicRat is elected - but this time around is not one of them.
Our call to action should be to fill as many safe districts with tea party folks as possible, and to get the most conservative candidate possible in the rest. Get rid of boner and mcconnell, and give whomever wins (and yes, Obama will not win - see Michael Barone's analysis on how prior congressional elections are indicators of the next presidential one) a congress that they can work with, and who will do what is necessary to save this country.
Oldefarte| 11.19.11 @ 3:14PM
'....Newsmax GOP Outsider Ron Paul Gaining Traction in Iowa Friday, November 18, 2011 06:33 PM Texas Rep. Ron Paul is emerging as a significant factor in the Republican presidential race, especially in Iowa.He's been long dismissed by the GOP establishment, but the libertarian-leaning candidate is now turning heads beyond his hard-core followers — and rising in some polls — just weeks before the state holds the leadoff presidential caucuses and four years since his failed 2008 bid.Paul's sharp criticism of government spending and U.S. monetary policy hasn't changed since then.And while his isolationist brand of foreign policy may be a non-starter for some establishment Republicans, its appeal among independents is helping Paul gain ground in a crowded Republican field. His boost is an indication of just how volatile the Republican presidential race is in this state and across the country.....What has helped Paul rise here has been more methodic than dramaticHis campaign here is a stark comparison to the shoestring, rag-tag operation of four years ago that attracted a narrow band of supporters.This time, he has built an Iowa organization with the look of a more mainstream campaign. He has raised more money and started organizing his campaign earlier than before. Paul was the first candidate to begin airing television ads this fall, and has maintained the most consistent advertising schedule in Iowa......Paul is better-known this time, and has spent almost twice as much time in Iowa at this point in the 2012 campaign than in his bid for the 2008 caucuses.....The intense focus on Iowa this time may be working, with surveys showing Paul is reaching deeper into the caucus electorate.
A recent Bloomberg News poll showed him in close second place in Iowa, behind Herman Cain and narrowly ahead of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.Two weeks earlier, The Des Moines Register's poll showed Paul in solid third place, behind Cain and Romney.But it's unclear whether Paul can cobble together a broad enough electorate to win the caucuses with a plurality of the vote. At the very least, he will impact the results of the Jan. 3 contest. But to what degree is anyone's guess.....In Vinton, he stoked the audience when he called for cutting $1 trillion from the federal deficit his first year in office, primarily by vastly reducing U.S. foreign aid.But he also called for shrinking the military budget by reducing the U.S. military presence around the world, arguing that Congress and military contractors are too closely tied together.....It's Paul's foreign and national security policy that has drawn fire from establishment Republicans. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is competing with Paul in Iowa for the outsider vote, has been vocally critical of Paul's stance.So has Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican who has been courted by most of the GOP candidates."I gave Paul credit for having the most ambitious plan to reduce the debt, which he does," Branstad told The Associated Press. "But I don't agree with him on foreign policy, at all. I'm real concerned with his views on that."Paul's rivals have particularly criticized his view that Iran does not pose a serious threat to the U.S., a point Paul made again Friday.....This time, Paul's fiscally-conservative profile combined with his anti-interventionist foreign policy could help him do better.As in Iowa, he established a paid Iowa staff in New Hampshire earlier, and larger than his 2008 campaign. He was the first candidate to run ads in the state this time.....'
Occam's Tool| 11.20.11 @ 1:31AM
Total US Foreign aid is under $30 billion dollars. Sorry, kids, that ain't gonna balance Jack or Clin...
I mean, shit.
Cut it all off except aid to Israel of a military type. Fine by me. All of Egypt's aid apparently went into Mubarak's bank accounts.
Occam's Tool| 11.20.11 @ 1:32AM
If they thought Paul had a serious chance, the MSM would destroy him. Utterly. Totally agree with the Saint.
W| 11.20.11 @ 1:41PM
Simon,
You complain that the media controls the primary and you don't like the process. The media reports whatever is news, especially if is involves sex, money, and politicians. Cain has four women making charges, that is news. The charges may be weak and unsubstantiated by they are still charges. The media reported Newt did consulting work for Fannie Mae. Since Fannie Mae is at the center of the home mortgage crash, that is news. What did Newt do, what was the advice he gave.Maybe Fannie was hiring Dems and Reps members of the ruling class for political cover.
You are upset because conservatives take these charges seriously. Remeber the media reported about Clintons's sexual harassment and rape of Juanita Broderick. But the Dem voters did not care about the charges, they still voted for Bubba because he is such a lovable low life and Bob Dole was such a grumpy old man, even though Dole was a war hero and had not hint of scandal.
When the media reports the problems of a conservative, we take the charges seriously. When the media reports the problems of a Dem, the Dems make excuses as with Clinton. If it is a politician that is not important, like Elliot Spitzer or Wiener, the Dems will react, but with Spitzer his replacement was another liberal Dem.
I am not as pessimistic as you. We can sort out the charges made, and are not stupid followers of the media.
We should all know by now that the MSM is liberal and how it operates. It does not mean we have to believe everything it reports like gullible fools.
Cheer up. We are going to win in 2012 and get rid of Obama, cut taxes, cut spending, and drill for oil.