Well, Romney still may be able to pull it off. The reason I’m beginning to think so is that all the PETA people might decide to stay at home rather than vote for the Dems. After all, given the disclosures of the last day or so, which dog lover would vote for either of them?

In a broader sense, if PETA’s constituents stay at home, the Republicans will win in a landslide.

Little Al on April 18, 2012 at 9:58 pm

Mitt Happens, indeed and we will see LOTS of Mitt Happening when Mitt decides NOT to take it hard to the utter failure and loser known as Barack Hussein Obama-Putin as he did to Newt Gingrich and his other fellow “Republicans”.

And when Mitt Happens lets this utter failure win in November you’ll know our goose has been cooked.

Don’t know what happened to Conservatives after the 2010 elections and don’t know how so-called Conservatives didn’t fight harder to make sure the establishment pick (Romney) didn’t get the nomination.

If America lets this 3 year Marxist loser win another election you know America has lost itself. What an effing shame.

How far have we’ve fallen? The LA Times seems fit to ALWAYS release photos and videos of US Troops misconduct but they STILL won’t release that 1993 Dinner for Rashid Khalidi that Obama-Putin and his ugly wife attended. Guess the abject Israel/Jew hatred would be tooooo damaging to the wrong persons.

If Obama-Putin wins again in November you can best believe that he will NOT be only meeting with Putin to sell our missile defense out more to the Russians but asking for personal pointers to obtain the staying power Putin has so brazenly mastered.

Skunky on April 18, 2012 at 10:08 pm

A couple of nights ago, Jimmy Kimmel was goofing on Allen West because of this now viral footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlBzrPbRs

If Mr. West is going to throw out specific numbers like that, he’d better be able to back this statement up both with names, and why he has good reasons to believe this. If he can’t, the democrats are going to make sure this doesn’t go away.

Irving on April 18, 2012 at 10:17 pm

Rep. West has identified the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus as having positions indistinguishable from those of the Communist Party. This fact has long been true of many Democrats during many recent years.

It is an inconvenient fact for Democrats, but FDR was notorious for his softness concerning Communism and Soviet Russia, and during most periods of recent (post World War I) history, the Democratic Party and the Communists have found common cause. This is certainly true today.

The test, Irving, is not to mention names per se, but to emphasize the commonality of positions between the Democrats and the Communists — this commonality extends across the board.

Little Al on April 18, 2012 at 10:39 pm

For everyone who mocks Romney, where is your “conservative” candidate? It’s all great to sit around and opine if we had the perfect conservative, but at the end of the day, I trust Romney way more than Obama.

GianniV on April 19, 2012 at 12:44 am

TRUST ROMNEY. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. HE IS THE FATHER OF GAY MARRIAGE AND OBAMA CARE, AND IS SOROS APPROVED. I WONT BE EATING EITHER SHIITE SANDWICH.

john on April 19, 2012 at 2:10 am

most important is the replacement of Husain Barak Soetoro and his repatriation to Kenya

Jerry1800 on April 19, 2012 at 3:34 am

We are better off to choose the lesser of two evils, Than to live with 4 more years of this crap. Just imagine what Obamas’ next 4 years will be like if he does not have to worry about re-election. So, I go with Romney.

Sal on April 19, 2012 at 8:25 am

Why would someone vote for a candidate who is an evil?

Little Al on April 19, 2012 at 8:41 am

I will vote for a leprosy riddled corpse before I pull the lever for anyone other than Mitt Romney. Mitt is going to be the candidate whatever I thin k of him.

I may or may not like Mitt, but by God and Harry’s great swinging huevos this election is far too critical to waffle on who the Republican nominee is

Pull The Lever For The Republican

or

Get Ready To Be A Slave To The Marxist United States

It’s that freaking simple

Jack on April 19, 2012 at 9:26 am

I’d love to have Allen West on the ticket, but I’m voting
for Romney with enthusiasm. He isn’t perfect, but which one
is? Yeah, the GOP should be able to beat O bam bam easily,
but this nation isn’t the same one I grew up in. The deck has been stacked for the Dems for a long time now and the nation has been pretty effectively dumbed down, dependency increased dramatically. I’ll take Romney as an alternative, I’d take Mickey Mouse if he were running against O bam bam. We have to send this marxist back to Chicago.

Daniel K on April 19, 2012 at 9:45 am

I’m tempted to write in Ronald Reagan.

Usually I don’t subscribe to the “lesser of two evils” vote.

But, this country just HAS to get Obama out of office. This country is going to struggle for at least a decade from his policies and it’s going to be a disaster if he gets 4 more years.

I can’t stand the thought of voting for Romney. But, this one time, I’ll take just about anyone but Obama.

Jeff_W on April 19, 2012 at 9:47 am

All these new contributors no one ever heard of before talking about Romney —

Every time the Republicans throw up some hack like Romney, we hear the same drivel about how this is the most important election ever, blah, blah, blah. So what’s his record?

Supports illegal aliens — he is moderating his ‘in words only’ semi-conservative position about illegal immigration that he used during the primaries, in order to get Spanish votes

Supports health care– instrumental in setting the way for Obamacare

Obama Foreign Policy– no clear difference between him and Obama on any issue — has foreign policy advisors whose positions contradict each others’, which simply means that they are there to get different constituencies to vote for him.

National debt — deplores its size, but says nothing concrete about reducing government spending, entitlements or handouts

Affirmative Action — has said nothing against it, no matter which beneficiary group is involved

Abortion — supported it

Gay Marriage — has supported it

–won’t campaign against either of these things

Al Sharpton — has not denounced Sharpton or Jackson as frauds

Labor Unions — has not endorsed a national Right to Work

Taxes — lots of rhetoric, but nothing concrete, either in words or when he was Governor

Spending Waste — has said nothing about curbing Congressional spending waste or get-rich-quick personal deals.

What in the world can be attractive about such a candidate?

We need someone who can reverse the drift to the left, not just slow it down infinitesimally — as long as the elite see they can prevail with hacks like Romney, we will get nothing better. He’s just good for enriching a few talk show nonentities.

Little Al on April 19, 2012 at 10:09 am

Debbie you are so right about this. Mittens should be beating Obummer like a drum in the polls. But instead they are running neck and neck so far. Why, because of the fact that we are going to be stuck with a lukewarm RINO just like we were in 2008. Mittens just doesn’t strike me as a guy who will take it to a real bully like Obummer. Sure he did it in the primary but during the general he will face a failed president who will stop at nothing to win because he can’t run on his record. He will also have Oblamo’s fellow cheerleaders/butt monkeys in the MSM to make him look like an out of touch wacko. They have already started with comments about his wife and the whole dog flap. Even though Oblockhead croaked back in 2008 that the republicans better “lay off” his fugly hag. I guess once again republican women are fair game for the libtards. All I can say is that Mittens had better not play nicey nice with Odumbo like the last guy did. Otherwise we are going to have 4 more year of the Obamanation. Can we really afford that? The answer(unless you’re a real libidiot)is not only no but Hell no.

Ken b on April 19, 2012 at 10:25 am

I do not care how good the Republican candidate is or is not, Obama is tough to beat because people are stupid and/or ignorant, and they would rather get free government cheese than to buy it in the store.

I recently spoke to a couple of people from Mass. One works for the federal government, and the other has a job below her education. There are no jobs in her field. Both say the economy is terrible. Both agree that Obama is screwing Israel. Both think Obama is great, and blame everything on Bush.

People don’t think, and that is the constituency of Obama.

As to Mitt and Deb’s comments, well the last time I voted for a candidate was Ronald Reagan. Since that time, I have only voted against candidates, and for the lesser of two evils. That is this election.

What troubles me about Romney is having Sununu and other Arabists as advisors, but I will vote for him because Obama, if re-elected will be unrestrained in his support for Islam and communism.

Jonathan E. Grant on April 19, 2012 at 10:39 am

At this point, what choice do we have, another four years of obama. Romnney was not my first choice, damn people, this person obama is the worst kind of politician, he would sale out his own family if the price was right, Go & ask his grandparents.

tspacer50 on April 19, 2012 at 10:51 am

So true, Debbie,
that is exactly how I feel about Romney. I love Allen West but it won’t happen. It will probably be Chris Christy or some other RINO. But we need to remember. If Romney wins, its not just Obama we will be rid of. It will be Eric Holder, Hilary Clinton, Salazar, Biden, and his whole cabinet and all those commie czars. Maybe I am naive or just hopeful, but anyone has to be better than Obama.

John on April 19, 2012 at 11:34 am

I like Bobby Jindal. He’s a far more powerful speaker than people know. Again, though, he’d outshine Romney.

Meanwhile I’m living in fear that he’s going to choose a woman and give us yet another affirmative action running mate. It’s a familiar feeling for me too. I had it in the summer of ’08, and we all know what happened there. Furthermore, I think half of the “war on women” crap out of the left is to push Romney into doing just that, so that the administration doesn’t have to face Jindal, West, or one of our many strong potential male candidates… I hope it at least isn’t Kelly Ayotte or somebody who similarly never bothered to take her husband’s surname.

Brian R. on April 19, 2012 at 11:35 am

yup

bobguzzardi on April 19, 2012 at 11:44 am

I’m as excited about Romney as I was about Dole……. I think I need a nap now.

One thing that sure would fire up everything is if Romney chose Cheney as his running mate.

Jarhead on April 19, 2012 at 11:51 am

I will not be happy voting for Slippery Eel Romney but he does beat The Obamaroid. However, if Romney does become the candidate and he chooses Rubio, Jindal or Haley as his running mate, I will stay home with the dog-loving PETA crowd and not vote. Why? Because Rubio, Jindal and Haley are not Natural Born Citizens. If this had been pushed instead of where The Obamaroid had been born, he would already have been forced from office (as he predicted might happen 10 months into his reign). Allen West is the ticket: If he is chosen to run with Romney, I will vote for Romney. But I wonder if Col. West would accept running with Romney if he dislikes so much the other RINO’s in Congress…

NoCrud on April 19, 2012 at 12:20 pm

WEST SHOULD HAVE RUN HE WOULD HAVE BEAT OBAMA BIG TIME IT SEEEMS LATELY THAT THE GOP LOVE TO LOSE

martin potashner on April 19, 2012 at 12:24 pm

Prediction: Mitt Romney will choose Tim Pawlenty as his running mate, in order to make himself look exciting by comparison.

Irving on April 19, 2012 at 1:04 pm

Regarding “Native Born” and “Natural Born Citizens”:

Why are some of you making a big deal out of that? The status of Barack Hussein Obama-Putin’s birth is STILL questionable BECAUSE his released birth certificates are made up (fake, fraudulent and forged) ones…especially the last one which dismantles on Adobe. Our own DS here was the one to investigate and prove his selective service papers were forged to (and sadly, Sheriff Arpaio has stolen her hard with WITHOUT accreditation!). So there are TWO documentations on Obama-Putin that don’t past the smell test…and the Obama-media does NOT count by accepting the LAUGHABLE certificate that can be dismantled on Adobe illustrator! No matter WHAT the truth REALLY is, we don’t know DUE TO fraud documents accepted as REAL!

AND because Obama-Putin, since he has taken office HAS (along with his justice dept.) re-written many, many rules….some of them Unconstitutional!

So if Obama-Putin can do THAT, and the Obama-Media doesn’t flinch or investigate, WHY are you so willing to make the GOP candidate follow the TRUE rules that Obama-Putin seems to freely stomp on and not follow????

When Obama-Putin was elected, he lowered the bar so low that ANYBODY but him would be better. Three years in, we are at such a precipice, many of us who would NEVER vote for Romney (I am not talking about sitting out…if you DON’T vote, you’re doing something extremely un-American and it’s a gross disrespect to our Constitutional rights!) are going to with ZERO enthusiasm because we are voting AGAINST Obama-Putin. Our work does not end IF Romney is elected!

SO…why would you not let someone OTHER than Obama-Putin get away with what he has gotten away with?????

It’s NOT about hypocrisy because at this point many, many good citizens have objected to Obama-Putin’s many Unconstitutional moves BUT the people in power are NOT addressing the issues and the Obama-Media does not care.

SO, until we get this Marxist POS out of office, I think the opposition SHOULD play by the dirty rules he has set up. Until we can throw his arse out and then let the DUMB American citizens know THAT type of chicanery will NOT be allowed AGAIN! EVER! And was ONLY allowed because our corrupt Congress, Judical Dept. and biased Obama-Media (and a lazy and dumb constituency!!!).

Skunky on April 19, 2012 at 1:08 pm

Incidentally, a bit off subject, but I have to know. When Panetta was apologizing for the photos of the marines standing with the body of the Taliban terrorist bomber (not an “insurgent”), who was he apologizing to, THE TALIBAN????

WTF???????? AND WHY IS KARZAI GETTING MAD?

WHY ARE WE STILL IN THAT CRAPHOLE COUNTRY?

Jonathan E. Grant on April 19, 2012 at 1:17 pm

Skunky, you and others who question the Natural Born Issue would be better informed if you realized that Natural Born Citizen means that the person must be born in America by parents who are BOTH American citizens.

This is spelled out here:
http://www.federalistblog.us/2008/11/natural-born_citizen_defined/

NoCrud on April 19, 2012 at 1:46 pm

NC, you TOTALLY missed my point! I am talking about Obama changing the rules.

What is good enough for HIM is good enough for the GOP!

Skunky on April 19, 2012 at 2:28 pm

Neither of you know what you are talking about.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of the Constitution, shall be elgible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be elgible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

If you are born in the United States, you are a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. PERIOD. It does not matter that your parents are immigrants.

That is the Constitution.

Jonathan E. Grant on April 19, 2012 at 2:59 pm

Schlussel’s derisive and personal attack on Romney is jsus the kind of self destructive talk that will lay the groundwork for 4 more years of President Obama. The problem with our current politics is that people like Deddie choose to caricature those they have problems with. Fact is the Romney is much closer to the vast majority of Americans in terms of political values and issues the she is. (center-right) He is a very accomplished problem solver, conservative on most issues, with a clean personal life, great intellect and a world better then our current President. It is time to enthusiastically get behind him for the sake of our nation. The “perfect” candidate does not exist. It is the height of arrogance to demand that all of your particular issues be perfectly reflected in a candidate. Let us remember that Reagan was a union president, liberal, pro choice and voted for a “progressive” abortion law during his life. Let us take Romney at his word and elect a man of accomplishment and action.

The time for conservative primary purity has past. The general election has commenced.

michael hayutin on April 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm

I happen to believe Obama-Putin WAS born here. I don’t think who HE says is his daddy IS his daddy. But that is just MY opinion.

BUT there are many who still question his citizenry and that is BECAUSE the birth certificate he released is NOT authentic…and he never submits anything BUT “certificates of live births”. Plus, his social security number is a Conn. state one. He was NOT born in Conn.

All those facts keep those in doubt from believing in his status. As does a law at the time IF his mother was in Africa (and she WASN’T…. REAL paper documents have her in Hawaii AND Washington state in the months before and after his birth!!!) which would make him a non-citizen IF he was born in Kenya as some believe (I do NOT believe he was born in Kenya) and gave birth to him there and IF his dad was Obama Senior (I don’t think he is but I do NOT have definitive proof.)

MY ISSUE is (AGAIN!!!) if Obama-Putin can change the rules to get what is good for him (and I mean NOT SHOWING a REAL birth certificate but constantly showing doctored ones and fake “certificates of live births”) why can’t others? Because the Judicial Branch does NOT care and the Legislative Branch does not care and the Obama-Media does NOT care!

But they WOULD care iF someone other than a Dem pulled what Obama-Putin has pulled. THAT is my point.

NO scrutiny for Obama-Putin should mean NO SCRUTINY for any other group opposing HIM! THAT is the fair play everyone should be screaming about!!!

Skunky on April 19, 2012 at 3:22 pm

debbie dumpling
WAKE UP

the 2008 election was

vote idiot rino jerk mc cain
or vote for an america hating
communist

the 2012 election is apparently
going to be
vote for super bland rino romney
or vote for a proven super
america hating communist

it’s time especially for
middle america to get off the idea
that unless the republicans are
running the equivalent of god incarnate
it is only natural to vote
for the democrat
regardless of qualification

prestigio on April 19, 2012 at 3:32 pm

I’ve got another name:

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Kleefisch. Been a politician for exactly two years. 36 years old. Subject of vicious recall effort along with Gov. Walker. Ex. TV personality. Extremely conservative. Very attractive.

If there aren’t any skeletons in her closet, Romney should have a look-see.

adam on April 19, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Yes indeed, voters are not going to be “Smitten with Mitten.” Moreover, in my opinion, Romney does not even WANT to win, a message that voters get unconsciously if not through conscious perception. There are so many ways to attack Obama’s failed policies that it staggers the imagination. But you will hear none of this from Romney. Instead of a Lion, the Republicans offer Mittens. You will see that HE is always reacting defensively to Obama’s attacks, rather than the other way around. As for “hard-core” Romney supporters (if there is such a group), don’t get frustrated by this. Sad to say, but the reality is that Romney is simply a Straw Man, and he knows it.

Ralph Adamo on April 19, 2012 at 4:37 pm

The Secret Service was only checking the oil
Before B.O. arrived and dipped his stick.
This is the story that will sink the POS.

Commander Zsvartz on April 19, 2012 at 7:05 pm

Skunky, you said:

“NC, you TOTALLY missed my point! I am talking about Obama changing the rules.

“What is good enough for HIM is good enough for the GOP!”

If you think this, then you are saying that Obama changed the rules, it is saying that Obama changed the Constitution. Then you are deep into Obama’s pocket.

Sorry, I am not going to march to your song, Obama and his supporters/enablers are ignoring the value and importance of the Constitution. If the Constitution had been followed and enforced by Congress and the Supreme Court, Obama would not be fouling up the White House and ruining the country. Make any excuse you want, the Constitution is the strength of this country and if you disregard it, if you say that Obama has changed it (the rules), then you are no better than the supporters and enablers that keep Obama beyond resort and expulsion.

NoCrud on April 19, 2012 at 9:20 pm

Allen West would be a terrific man for VP. I also would be excited to vote with West on the ticket.

RG on April 19, 2012 at 11:15 pm

as played and one sided as bill maher is (I used to love politically incorrect) his skit on romney “the least interesting man in the world” (spoof of a beer ad) was spot on and hilarious.

I think Romney will win in spite of himself, I don’t think most of (voting) America is ready for the class warfare ticket/BS that president Obama is touting. I think he has become an ordinary politician rather than mr “yes we can”. There is nothing inspiring about not taking responsibility and blaming others for everything all the time, 5 year olds do this.

David Koblentz on April 20, 2012 at 2:11 am

Mitt could be the reincarnation of mad King George 111. You know the King that lost the thirteen colonies to a rag tag army of revolutionaries.
Is this the guy we want steering our unsinkable democracy past the nuclear icebergs?
And what the hell is going on with our good buddy India launching a ballistic missle right after North Korea’s attempt and all on top of the Iran debacle?
Does the fact that their president is Muslim have something to do with that? Did our “secret” 1/2 Muslim president encourage them to create a distraction?
Maybe every country should have a Muslim president.
If Jimmy Kimmel ran he would win in a landslide. Guillermo would make an excellent secretary of state. If anyone prints a Jimmy Kimmel for President bumper sticker I’ll buy one.

Ron Wolf aka "Columbo" on April 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm

I like Mitt, he wears “Magic Underwear”.

Hollywood on April 20, 2012 at 2:33 pm

Dr. West (or someone really like him) is what’s needed to cure the disease. Dr. Romney will only provide pain management and a few uplifting days.

Not Ovenready on April 22, 2012 at 6:57 pm

As a earlier comment stated, this train went off the tracks after the Civil War. There is no way I can vote for this guy. I’ll continue to vote for the Libertarian Party candidate. Both the GOP and Democrat Party are responsible for this mess. I agree Romney is a much better choice than Obama. But I voted Libertarian Party for over twenty years (in Presidential elections) and this guy won’t be the one who ends that streak. I have a clear conscience. Ronald Reagan was the last GOP Presidential candidate to get my vote. My hands are clean.

Bonzer Wolf on April 26, 2012 at 9:44 am