Instead of sitting on our thumbs, wishing Ronald Reagan were around, or chasing the latest mechanical rabbit flashed by the media, conservatives ought to start rallying around Romney as the only Republican who has a shot at beating Obama.
Instead of sitting on our thumbs, wishing Ronald Reagan were around, or chasing the latest mechanical rabbit flashed by the media, conservatives ought to start rallying around Romney as the only Republican who has a shot at beating Obama.
I guess we saw this coming, but really? Really?
What is this? Conservative victory through defeat?
How did that work out with McCain?
McCain was running against Bush and the MSM not Obama. This time it’s GOP V Obama / MSM / OWS.
No more McCain-like RINO candidates please.
No More spendaholic candidates like W.
We need a true fiscal conservative to bring us back from the precipice.
Just say no to RINO’s!
How was McCain running against Bush? His tenor was over.
Unless they want just more of the same they best get Dr Paul into the white house.
I agree with Ann – Job 1 is getting Obama out of the White House.
Doesn’t the Bible say something about God putting leaders in place?
That’s about all they can hope for: that God is interested in the survival of America.
McCain spent most of the campaign saying he was not Bush and Obama spent most of his saying that McCain is bush. We don’t have that problem anymore.
Well, McCain may have had to run against Bush, but Obama needs to run against Obama and his economy.
There is also no sense in taking Obama out of office if he is replaced by someone who does not implement conservative policies, or who continues to water down what it means to be conservative.
Wow, she got old fast.
I have been waiting for some decent pro Romney arguments. So far, Romney appears to me the media choice which does not endear him to me.
Romney wasn’t my first choice, but at this point Coulter is 100% correct.
Winning is more important than ideological purity.
Jay
“I have been waiting for some decent pro Romney arguments. So far, Romney appears to me the media choice which does not endear him to me.”
Yeah…you and me both…
Note the media is not going postal like against Cain, Perry, Palin….hmmm.
Somehow the GOP has to stop letting the DemocRATs/MSM nominate/select their candidates/nominees…
The trouble with Romney is that he looks like a Republic president in a made-in-Canada made-for-TV movie.
I believe in the Bill Buckley rule, which makes sense 100% of the time: Vote for the most conservative candidate who is also electable.
That person, as Ann Coulter has correctly concluded, is Mitt Romney.
I should add, though, that Conrad Black has a different view of things: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/283244/hope-gop-conrad-black
Romney is an establishment RINO/Red Tory.
NO.
Real change this time. Constitutionalist change. RESET!
The good news is that we have Newt AND Romney.
Romney is well educated (PhD from Harvard), has served as CEO of a company (bringing it out of crisis), organized an Olympics (on budget), and been governor of the state of Massachusetts (bringing it out of deficit).
It’s an impressive resume. The man knows how to run things and balance the books.
And let’s face it – there’s no way Americans are ever going to elect a president without executive experience.
Pretty sure, anyway.
The Government in a constitutional republic is more than the presidency; it includes the Congress, Senate and SCOTUS. The presidency in this context may be most important for how choices for the judiciary would be affected. Apart from that, the president can, and should, be allowed to to do only so much, most critically in foreign affairs and defence.
For stewardship of the free market economy and conservative principles, too much emphasis is placed on the presidency. Having principled conservatives dominating or controlling the legislative branch is thus probably the most important mechanism for realizing conservative goals.
The Tea Party movement should therefore get behind a solid presidential nominee (Romney, so be it) to displace Barry, and by gaining dominance/control of the legislative branch, be the strongest wind that keeps the presumed Romney weather vane pointed in the right direction on the economy, on judicial appointments, on gun rights, etc., etc. That’s the best way to keep a squish on side…let the Tea Party lead so Romney can comfortably follow it. Be the pressure he bends to. Fight and win the batttles of ideas among the electorate (and within the states and state elections).
Throughout his career, Romney has shown an ability to handle money and balance a budget.
And that is what America needs most right now.
I’m afraid Coulter’s wrong,if Romney is the Republican’s chosen one,he’s going to lose to Obama.
Maybe,if Romney chooses Cain as his VP ,they might have a chance,but if it’s Romney/Any Other Republican VS Obama/MSM, it’s Obama in a walk.
Obama’s people should start a “Committee to Re-elect the President”. I’ve always liked that acronym.
All though Romney is not my man the Democrats need to be scared of this next statement.
I will pull the lever for WHOEVER is on the Republican ticket.
Maybe. Is she right that a]Romney will repeal Obamacare (absolutely the single most important issue at this point) and b]Newt isn’t electable?
Look, we all know Newt is fairly sleazy, has a Clintonish personal life and is apt to pull weird vanity stunts, like sitting on a sofa with Cruella Pelosi. Does that make him unelectable? I honestly don’t know. The info. about the Freddie Mac bribe was pretty sickening, but is Romney un-corrupt? And how much will the Mormonism damage him? I couldn’t care less about it but they don’t let me vote in these elections.
“The mainstream media keep pushing alternatives to Mitt Romney not only because they are terrified of running against him, but also because they want to keep Republicans fighting, allowing Democrats to get a four-month jump on us.”
If this is true, why did the media care so much about destroying Cain? Bachmann, even?
Cain had to be destroyed as he’s the only candidate against whom the Dems/Obama machine CANNOT play the “race” card.
With Romney,a white Christian, businessman,the entire Left will rise up,just like they did last time,to re-elect the Messiah.
Romney LOOKS “establishment”,as in Wall Street,and though we know Obama’s Wall Street’s little player,the young American voters don’t recognise that fact.
Again,Romney and any white guy for VP versus Obama/Anybody/MSM,and it’s two-term Barry.
Black Mamba said: “If this is true, why did the media care so much about destroying Cain? Bachmann, even?”
The MSM is, to a man, DemocRat. They’ll destroy -all- the potential Rep. nominees before the election, they just went after the most conservative ones first.
Romney’s a RINO. He’s got zero interest in reducing the size and scope of government. However he’s not a f-ing FASCIST like Barry, so the USA will improve with him as POTUS.
Gingrich is shaping up pretty scummy, I think Romney would be better, so Anne Coulter ain’t wrong there.
I disagree with her about beating Barry though. I think -any- of these Republicans can beat Barry. Even Cain, even Bachman, hell even Sarah Palin who isn’t even running. One only needs to watch the MSM freaking out to feel their fear.
As to Barry winning, I’m still not convinced he’s going to get the ‘Rat nomination. They may axe his sorry @$$ in the hope of getting Hitlery elected, because Barry’s a dead duck.
In the future, next few election cycles, the Dems are going to fade away and the Tea Party is going to put up something to the Right of the Republicans. Too many Republicans are closet socialists, too many are dirty, a new party will be required to keep them honest.
Notice too her implication that, in order for Obamacare or some national version of Romneycare not to be foisted on America, certain things will need to be fixed which can only be fixed at the federal level (most obviously illegal immigration, the second most important immediate issue facing the U.S.):
“(Romney has) already explained how mandating health insurance in one particular wealthy, liberal Northeastern state is different from inflicting it on the entire country. Our Constitution establishes a federalist system that allows experimentation with different ideas in the individual states.
As governor, Romney didn’t have the ability to change federal laws requiring hospital emergency rooms to treat every illegal alien, drug dealer and vagrant who walked in the door, then sending the bill to taxpayers.”
Will President Mitt do as President what he wasn’t able to do as governer, even assuming he has the congressional numbers to pull it off?
Phantom, I agree Barry won’t get the nomination.
Is this the same Ann Coulter that said in 2008 that she would campaign for Hillary if McCain was the nominee?
jeff and MJ make good points and Phantom, exactly.
It is getting tough to decide as the MSM keeps destroying the candidates.
Is this the same Ann Coulter that said in 2008 that she would campaign for Hillary if McCain was the nominee?
Posted by: Danny hates RINOs at November 18, 2011 6:35 PM
Mark Steyn said the same thing in pretty much exactly those words.
look i believe a fence post could beat obama at this point but that does not give way for complacency on the republicain side …think of this mathematical equasion ….if the left,MSM,and all other democrats dislike them and vilify them then the right conservatives so on and so forth the tea party and republicans should be pushing that guy/girl . Like cain, or Palin, or even gingrich . All i know is is another obama/biden/pelosi …..means a definate and for certain catastrophic event for the world i am not sure if it will be a war, a civil war,a revolution,a withdrawl, or handing china the baton? I haven o i dea but i am sure that it WILL occur if the left get control of america again in the next 20 years even once america will be doomed!!!! and so will the rest of the world!!
He’s a Rino, he changes his mind more often than his underware. He’s the liberal media darling, he’d be as bad if not worse than Obama.
Real change this time.
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Yeah! Where have I heard that one before?
We got a good dose of that crap with Obama.
Any republican has my vote.
I saw this, She makes a cogent point but I have trouble swallowing it. To some extent, she’s running scared of the MSM. I personally think the MSM are cheering on Romney because they reckon they can beat him. Also, would the core conservative vote get out for Romney?
Romney can help himself here by getting a Tea party Veep candidate.
Newt has the intelligence, Mitt is a good choice, as is Michelle and Herman, any one of this crop would be light years ahead of this scuzzy Chicago community organizer, being a community organizer is WHAT? One step up from a closet organizer it appears.
If I were American, I’d hold my nose and vote for Romney too. I’d rather t were a genuine conservative like Bachmann or Cain, but they are not as electable (though either would do for VP). Romney’s a squishy RINO, which is almost as bad as a liberal — but not AS BAD. He has to answer sooner or later to the conservative base; Obama doesn’t. That’s a huge difference.
Romney’s the conservative liberals will vote for. That may make true conservatives shudder, but it’s how he’ll get voted in. And he’s still better than an Obama who will be even MORE leftist once he’s been emboldened by a second-term mandate. Now that is truly scary…
I saw her say this on TV somewhere this week. She makes a cogent point but I have trouble swallowing it. To some extent, she’s running scared of the MSM. I personally think the MSM are cheering on Romney because they reckon they can beat him. Also, would the core conservative vote get out for Romney?
But, from a basic political calcls, she is correct.
Romney can help himself here by getting a Tea party Veep candidate.
CALCLUS
Black Mamba, there is one large difference between Romney and Gringritch.
Newt is a natural orator (unlike BarryO) and knows his sh*t; Romney speaks smoothly but unmovingly, he must be reheaersed before an attendence.
Of all the anti-Romney’s only Ron Paul is worth voting for.
Probably not going to happen.
I think when Romney is coronated, he would do himself no harm by selecting Marco Rubio as Veep.(Catholics and Hispanics would be added to the usual GOP gase).
The Tea Parties will not be dictated to by a media-W…oops…er, hound like Coulter. She must be auditioning for the David Frum establishment Republican RINO squish role now that he has left the spotlight. Only three candidates took a full support pledge of the Second Amendment – Bachmann, Cain, and Ron Paul. The media are out of step with all but the most RINO of Republicans and who they push is irrelevant. During the debates, every time Gingrich slapped the media down, the crowds cheered. Reagan talked THROUGH the media not TO the media.
America needs a tough, principled, thick-skinned, slash and burn President not another slick, bland, up the middle compromiser. Romney should go back to the business world as Thomas Sowell has recently suggested.
If any one of the Republican candidates can’t beat Obama, the US doesn’t deserve to exist anymore. The public education system will have killed it and it should be dismembered into its functional and dysfunctional regions.
Robert of Ottawa @7:21 – I agree; one of the reasons that I don’t necessarily buy the “Newt is unelectable” thing.
John Chittick – Coulter may or may not be wrong here, but she ain’t no David Frum. Have you read any of her books? Or even a few of her articles? I admit, there’s something a bit hidden about her (not phoney, just hidden), she’s an attention-seeker and her private life is odd, but when she’s good she’s very very good and she’s no RINO.
Ther is another point of view that should be taken into consideration.
Thus far conservatives have been cool to Romney, and consequently its not the MSM that is “selecting” him as the GOP nomination, but rather the conservative voters that are convincing the MSM that Romney can’t close the deal. Because of this perception, the MSM is leaving their mitts off Mitt, because they are not yet convinced he can close the deal. If they did they would be attacking him for his religion.
What Coulter is doing is advising the base to push Rhomney’s poll numbers up and smoke out the media and get them to reveal if they actually have something they want to use on Romney.
I’d have to say they would jump on Romney because a) he’s a republican (regardless of what some may feel about his bonafides) and b) because they would like to prove that Coulter is wrong about Romney.
So let his poll numbers go up, better to have the MSM go on the attack now instead of letting them wait till after he’s nominated.
Be honest people. It’s not a MSM conspiracy that Cain and Bachman and Perry and eventually Newt failed.
They’re terrible. Their blunders and ideas are garbage.
Ron Paul is a loon.
America just needs someone reasonable in the office or the next President will just be a Goldman Sachs liquidator.
Coulter has been saying this for a while. Usually she’s pretty astute, so not sure what’s going on here. Remember, Romney believes in the global warming scam. If ever you wanted a red flag that’s got to be it right there.
Romney will certainly be better than Obama, but then *any* of the candidates will be better than Obama. My 12 year old daughter would be better than Obama.
Okay guess we can just stop paying any attention to Coulter now, though I already figured as much. This was the same broad who lamented the choice of McCain for GOP nom because he was picked ‘by the media’?
You could vote for Romney aka White(r) Obama, or you could just vote Obama. There is no difference, except Liberal race neurotics get their fix of Obama loses. Newt is Romney with an ego the size (and similar prognosis) as the Hindenburg, and his ‘intellectual prowess’ is pure poseur. His ‘big ideas’ are just tinkering around the edges of bigger government.
Many TP rank and file will vote for anyone but Romney, so it’s unlikely he’ll win. If Romney wins the Nom, many TP activists will just stay home, and they should. No one should vote for Whiter Obama.
With respect, Jeff, you are wrong!
Ron Paul is a legend among mortals and will save this planet from self destruction!
I’d like to see a Paul Ryan / Ron Paul ticket. Now THAT would beat Obama.
The ruling class sees Romney as the biggest spender, hence their monolithic support for Romney. Gingrich is their alternate choice, as he proved back in the ’90’s that his conservatism disappears once the election is won. Whoever wins in 2012, the US is in for 4 more years of de facto Democrat rule. Anyone miss Sarah, yet?
That’s assuming that Romney is a real conservative and once in power I suspect he’d quickly prove to be just Obama Lite.
Next GOP electoral slogan:
Mitt: not our first choice, but hopefully yours.
I guess Ann’s blonde roots are showing. America needs Romney like Ontario needs Hudak, or Canada needed Joe Clark. Why vote for a Liberal in drag when you already have a Liberal in office?
The sad thing is, she’s right; the guy who wears magical underpants is the best candidate that the Republicans have put forward.