Here’s what the remaining GOP candidates might look like, were we able to remove the narrative frames around each that the mainstream press and the GOP/conservative establishment in both the old and new media have used to inscribe them.
1. “Mark Levin’s no more gotchas interview with Rick Santorum”
2. “Mark Levin’s no more gotchas interview with Newt Gingrich”
3. Mitt Romney to the Detroit Economic Club: “I love this country. I sure love this state. This feels good, being back in Michigan […] You know, the trees are the right height. The streets are just right. I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles.
“I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pick-up truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually. And I used to have a Dodge truck. So I used to have all three covered.”
3a. “Romney’s Tax Plan: Progressive, but Only by Republican Standards”; and “Romney’s Tax Plan Still A Boon To Rich, Despite 1% Talk”
4. “Now With Alex Wagner Panel Looks Into Ron Paul And Romney’s ‘Bromance’”
So. I’m off to another very early tournament an hour off in the Colorado hinterlands. But while I’m gone I ask of you: after considering the above, what’s your takeaway?
The Case Against Mitt Romney
We’ve a steep mountain to climb, heights unimaginable (and likely insurmountable) given that our (un-loyal) opposition has already tunneled past us by pandering to the lowest levels of our society, the neo-American moocher class that responds to this ‘professional Community Organizer’ and his unseen handlers. We, the remaining Conservatives – Classic Liberals – right-side of the GOP – understand the difficulties that we as an aging Republic face, but we offer only hard, somewhat painful solutions; they, the LeftLibProggs, offer ‘easy-button’ outs that will have ‘their’ 99% flocking to elect ’em, despite the long-term consequences that they barely comprehend, and will ignore just so they can reap immediate short-term, personal benefits.
‘Change’. It’s almost complete.
That I envy anyone who has Colorado hinterlands within an hour’s drive.
My takeaway?
Why isn’t Levin running instead of these clowns.
I love the smell of fish on a Friday night
Ledeen on Santorum’s foreign policy.
Question, why do 56% of Ron Paul supporters in Michigan also support the auto company bailout?
Because they’re Democrats?
It’s so unhelpful — and so out of kneejerk politically correct postmodern fashion — to note that this is one profoundly sorry failshit little country that I’ll not make the remark.
We don’t want to be all negative now, do we, noting the obvious and being overheard doing so? No, that would be unseemly.
Been a while since I’ve been here, don’t know why I haven’t. Getting tired of the Romney love over at Ace, so….. I like Santorum’s message, and I don’t fear the theocracy. Levin’s interview was good, and I think there’s a clear enough contrast between Romney and Santorum’s approach to this that I’m not really sure what other people are missing.
According to the poll breakout 31% of the Democrats voting in the Republican primary will vote for Paul. 25% of the Independents will also. These two groups account for 55% of Paul’s support which is at 15% in this poll.
Romney gets around the same percentages of Democrats (30%) and Independents (24%) but because he gets more Republicans (36%) compared to Paul at 9% the [D] & [I] vote amount to roughly 25% of his total.
Santorum also draws about 25% of his support from [D] & [I] voters but the [I] makes up much more of that than in the case of Romney or Paul.
the [I] makes up much more of that than in the case of Romney or Paul.
That makes sense to me, since a not insignificant number of those independents are conservatives who are fed up with the leftward drift of the GOP.
Santorum/Gingrich 2012
pa/ga 2012
I liked the Mark Levin interviews. They were well done and good questions. I liked this Glenn Beck interview of Santorum. I wish Santorum would realize not all libertarians are Ron Paul supporters. http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2012/02/glenn-beck-and-rick-santorum-discuss.html
newt , hermanator speak at ca gop
http://cagop.rg/live/
cagop.org
I wish Santorum would realize not all libertarians are Ron Paul supporters.
I’m starting to wonder if Santorum isn’t up to something here w/ regards to Libertarians and (small-L) libertarians and how he refuses to distinguish between the two.
As in everything that’s good about libertarianism is to be found in conservatism, and the rest is better cast aside, in that it leads one into the error of Liberalism (and thence Progressivism).
Markle Vin Show, whaddaya say?
You are being facetious of course. Because if, for instance, Rush had not noticed and loudly noted the ill direction Barack Obama’s well-masked intentions were steering this Republic, if he’d feared speaking aloud his intentions (“I hope that ‘Good Man’ fails”) then we might be even worse off than we are today. Someone has to note these misdirections as they happen and speak of them, no matter how unseemly it might seem to some.
Oh! The Third Circus finally made a ruling I can agree with…
Erm, 9th circus, third ring.
Somebody needs to step up and smack some Koranimals down. Damn shame we don’t have anybody like that.
Whoops. Wrong thread. This fits better here.
NY Democrat Rep. Kathy Hochul Admits at Raucous Town Hall: “Basically, We’re Not Looking to the Constitution” when it Comes to ObamaCare Mandates
Santorum Blasts Obama: “He wants to remake you in his image”
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