So Mitt pulled off a significant win in Florida and is now the clear front runner for the nomination. I wouldn’t go so far as to say his path is clear to the nomination, ’cause I suspect Newt has a lotta hate left left in his boiling pot still to spill over. But, supposin’…
Supposing Mitt is the nominee, now what? So let’s try to be fair.
Mitt says some of the right things now which I am not sure I believe and he says some of the wrong things now which I am pretty sure he means.
So let’s talk about some of the wrong things. Mitt defends the States right to mandate individual citizens purchase things they may not want or need. He rightly differentiates between the Federal and State issues here, but by doing so he misses the big picture.Is such a mandate unconstitutional at the federal level? You betcha. Is it the most unconservative thing you could possibly do at the state level? You betcha. The fact that Mitt continuously defends Romneycare shows that he is no way a small government conservative, but we knew that didn’t we? Will he be better than Obama on this score, probably, marginally. But remember that this mandate is the head of the spear for the current attack on religious liberty in this country.
But the bigger question for me is on the life issues. Mitt says mostly the right things now, but we all know that just a political blink of an eye ago that Mitt publicly and vocally supported things that are as morally repugnant as can be. He supported abortion very vociferously right up until the day he decided to run for president. Most reasonable people find such a a last minute conversion an act of deceptive convenience. Who could possibly blame people for not believing it? I can’t.
Now, I have heard it argued that Mitt never really governed like a pro-abort, that maybe he just said what he needed to say to get elected in a deep blue state. What he is saying now is what he really believes. So that is your best case scenario.
Your best case scenario is that we can HOPE that the Republican nominee was a liar and a fraud on the most critical moral issue of the day and HOPE that he lied just to get elected. And that is your BEST case scenario.
Of course some will try to sell us the remote possibility that his eleventh hour conversion of convenience is completely genuine and the timing is all just one big coincidence, e.g. Florida swamp land for sale.
No, our best case scenario is that on the most critical moral issue of the day we must HOPE that the “pro-life” candidate is a liar and a fraud. Welcome to Republican politics.
February 1, 2012 at 11:31 pm
I am so unbelievably appalled at the tactics by certain folks within the Republican establishment during this primary season to pull out all the stops and go all out to ensure that Romney gets the nomination. The Republican party is as good as gone and has been hijacked and taken over by neocons. Some well-established, so-called conservative pundits, who have been around for a while, have systematically blown all of their credibility over the past few months with their blatant shilling for Romney. We can only hope that the Republican voters realize this before it's too late. But I fear it may be, and Romney is not the candidate we need. By the end of this year's election, we may witness the final days of the Republican party as we know it, as true conservatives will have to come to terms with the fact that this party no longer represents conservative values and is controlled by neocons who will always ensure that people like Romney and McCain get the nomination. True conservatives will have to break off to form a third party (maybe a real, bonafide Tea Party). We can only hope, because that is what we will need. The Republican party is no longer valid.
Sarah Palin summed it up best with what is going on here with the establishment's choosing of Romney. I am absolutely appalled at everything they are doing to ensure Romney gets the nomination, and he absolutely won't have my vote in November. Every one should read Sarah Palin's summary of this situation:
Cannibals in GOP Establishment Employ Tactics of the Left
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February 1, 2012 at 11:40 pm
"Yeah, you keep voting that way and see if things ever change for the better. I won't keep voting that way. If that "allows for the rule of Obama", blame the GOP, not me."
EXACTLY! Jay Anderson and Rick are exactly right about the need for a real conservative, rejecting Romney if he is the nominee, voting 3rd party, etc. Blackrep is dead wrong and that attitude of voting for the Republican no matter who he/she is because the Democrat is worse is the reason the Republican party is now ruled by neocons. And Rick, that's also why the Republican party WILL make the mistake of nominating Romney. There is no way I will ever vote for Romney, and if any of the rest of you ever want to have any hope of changing the Republican party or this appalling system, then do not vote for Romney if he wins the nomination – vote for a CONSERVATIVE.