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George Will Makes Mitt Comparison That Romney Campaign Won’t Like

During a roundtable Sunday morning on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, regular panelist and Washington Post columnist George Will gave a cutting and bittersweet comparison of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney when assessing his role in the recent surge of support for Herman Cain:

“It has a lot to do with Romney. He is rising as more and more Republicans come to the conclusion that the Republican Party has found its Michael Dukakis, a technocratic Massachusetts governor running on competence, not ideology.”

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  • momprayn
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:40pm

    I would think it’s a “slam dunk” that we should vote for whoever is the nominee. I can’t stand Jon Huntsman, think he is an obvious Progressive RINO, but he would be better than what we have & I’d vote for him if chosen. He’s not a “radical” Marxist, etc. like Obama & wouldn’t have the Chicago mafia thugs in his cabinet or anything like that. But I’m still holding out for …..Sarah Palin. Nope – I won’t give up. Scenarios may change…unexpected events. Who knows. ABO !!!!

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:47pm

      no friggin way

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    • Unix
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:53pm

      I’m sorry, that ship has sailed. Sarah will run in 2016, I’d vote for her for sure. Go ahead make your jokes, but THAT woman is a PATRIOT. She is in a steep learning curve right now, give her some more time, she will do just fine. My only thing is, will we make it to 2012 to start the healing, or will we blow up into revolution by the left first, or will Obama cancel the elections, because the OWS is revolting? Should be an interesting 12 months coming up, that is for sure.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:58pm

      momprayn, I’m with you on that. If you don’t vote for the lesser of two evils, you are by default voting for the greater of two evils.

      ABO 2012!!!

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    • Talmid of Yeshua
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Nope, I will not vote for the lesser of the two evils. I always vote for the person that is going to uphold the Constitution, and that means that I never voted for George Bush. I will give my vote to the Constitution Party, used to be called the U.S. Taxypayers Party.

      Cain is even started to lose my vote with this whole 9-0-9 plan. Why should the poor be exempt from taxes? Why can’t everybody pay their fair share? Including the welfare leeches working part time at WalMart?

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    • rangerp
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:34pm

      I will not vote for Romney. If it comes down to Romney vs Obama, I will sit out this election. I am not voting for a liberal mormon

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:39pm

      @RANGERP-And I am sure the other side feels the same way as you do. The GOP is completely fragmented and stands no chance of winning in 2012. I fear that is a fact. I am going to start tuning out.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:13pm

      @Talmid of Yeshua … The poor won’t be paying 9% income tax, but they will be paying 9% fair tax.

      The fair tax will also bring revenue from illegal immigrants, tourists, and individuals who operate on a ‘cash only’ basis and don’t report their income. NO ONE WANTS TO PAY TAXES, but it’s time for those freeloaders who avoid paying taxes to join the rest of us who do.

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    • jzs
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:20pm

      Like it or not, Romney has the nomination in the bag. The others are “shooting stars,” and the infatuation is already all but gone.

      Do people in this country actually like Romney enough to vote for him? I don’t think so.

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    • gdoggie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:57pm

      so is romney romney care in 2009 the people that helped romney draft romney care were summond to the white house to help obama drat obama care first he was pro choice now he‘s filled and says he is against abortion he had illegals working for him in 2008 had them removed because he was running for president so i guess if wasn’t running for president the illegal workers would noy have been fired

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    • Darren
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:11pm

      ranger;

      “I will not vote for Romney. If it comes down to Romney vs Obama, I will sit out this election.”

      Good luck with that.

      “I am not voting for a liberal mormon”

      would you vote for Mike Lee if he became the GOP nominee?

      Here‘s Mike Lee’s link in case my above attempt doesn’t work:

      http://lee.senate.gov/public/

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:27pm

      Come on Rangerp:
      Bro… do that and complain not…not a word!

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    • sister1_rm
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:27pm

      @RANGERP & TALMID OF YESHUA

      Sitting it out or voting for third parties is exactly what team Obama want. That‘s why the libs haven’t come down hard on Romney or Huntsman, because they are controversial. Mr. Obama can’t win by a majority vote, so he must try to force as many conservatives as possible to vote third party or not at all. He will do this by destroying the best of the competition and building up the weaker ones. Do your part, if you can vote in the republican primaries, do it. Then decide, if a candidate you don’t like gets the nomination, how much you want Mr. Obama out of office.

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    • florida123
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:07pm

      If we cannot find a true conservative with a spine i would rather campaign for a strong conservative congress and let Odumbo do 4 more years. Yeah not a popular plan among GOPers but another GWB aka RINO would be a total disaster that would result in more and more Dems, Remember Eisenhower it was yrs before we saw another GOP in the WH and what was the result…….The Great Society and the core of our problems today……ENTITLEMENTS……..No thanks!

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    • BetterDays
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:29pm

      JZS:
      Your like a barnacle, you serve no ready purpose but too slow things down.
      Romney,or Perry ARE the Neocon, socialist global Governance candidates for sure, they are Obama doubles. Much as Obama has been a Bush double ( much to your chagrin I’m sooooooo sure !).
      Huntsman ( Sorry MomPrayin) is also a liberal socialist.
      All the afore mentioned men belong to the Council on Foreign Relation, the American arm of the Global Governance crowd. They pushed the UN, the FED and liberal government down our throats, yet the hide in plain sight, such is their arrogance that they shall defeat us. They are using socialism, and the global push for a world socialist government, not because it ( socialism) is a great form of government, but because it affords them, the Elite with the greatest amount of control over their new slaves, you and I.
      The OWS crowd is a carefully orchestrated bottom up, Obama will oblige with a top down, and our dear Republicans ( even the new ones ) are all sold out, there will not be elections in 2012.
      I suggest prayin, and preparing, but remember GOD said “ your bread and water are sure ”, at least for those who are his it is. If your not already Jesus’s, I strongly suggest becoming born again, you never know, I might just be correct. Better Saviored than sorry.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:39pm

      Personally, I like Mitt, He was My Governor. He is very polished, nice, kind, etc… But I do not know if he is tough enough for the extremists in Washington. Mr. Cain also seems nice but a little confused on a few things and maybe he is pushing the Tea Party button too much and too often. I live in Ct so the primary won’t give me a say in who the nominee is. I will vote for the nominee against President Obama. I hope the states that matter pick a viable candidate. I will say that Mitt can win democrat states and can be an asset. If being a Mormon helps someone be nice like Glenn and Mitt and practically every other Mormon I ever heard of; why attack the Mormon religon?

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    • Supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:53pm

      Well, JZS just summed up for me EXACTLY why Romney shouldn’t get the nomination. Some conservatives will simply stay home because he’s a RINO, and the Obama administration will make Romney into the face of Wallstreet- class warfare at its lowest and most effective. Romney as the nominee might just accomplish what should be impossible this time around: getting Obama elected for another four years!

      Raising Cain 2012! He can do it, if we support him! Send as much money as you’re able! :D

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    • Libertarian
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:53pm

      If the Republican Party nominates a progressive again, I will run from the party like I did in 08′. The next 4 years will be even a bigger lesson to the Republicans if they offer us more RINO’s.

      You give us Romney or Perry, then another 4 years of destruction under Obama is what you can expect. I refuse to vote for the lessor of 2 evils.

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    • Master_and_Commander
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:58pm

      well that’s ok, if Romney wins the nomination you guys can sit out if you like. You and all the other 100 people in the U.S. who think the way you do, you morons.

      I still pray to God that Romney doesn’t win the nomination, but if he does, I’ll very reluctantly vote for thim. Anythings better than Barry at this point.

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    • Ordie69
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:29am

      Sorry, but I will not vote for Perry or Romney. They are both liberal light. If that is who the republican elite want to push, then any loss in the election falls on their heads; not voters with principles. Here is the scenario. If Obama wins, we get 4 more years of this crap but with the possibility of holding him back if we take the Senate and increase the majority in the house. If Romney wins, we get Obama lite and 4 years of compromising with liberals who will still trash Republicans because not enough liberal agenda is being done. In neither case will the size of government get smaller or the finances get put in order. If Romney gets the nod, we have dark days ahead.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:37am

      @JZS

      I got nuthin’

      Except to offer up this interesting article. Since you get all your info from the web, I thought I’d help you out.

      You almost done getting that list together for me?

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:41am

      @ Momprayn
      I agree as regards voting for the nominee, whoever he or she is. I would even vote for Ron Paul even though he is ony one third Republican (only conservative on economic policy, but not on defense/foreign policy or on government encouragement of morality).
      As regards Sarah Palin, though, I disagree. We need her as the Secretary of the Interior. I can see her at her desk . . . an oil lease is in her “in” box . . . she reads over the lease . . . she picks up her pen, then she is overcome with a sly smile . . . she puts down her pen and picks up a big rubber stamp . . . she forcefully and delightedly stamps the lease . . . zoom in to the lease and see (in big red letters): “DRILL, BABY, DRILL!”

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:52am

      Here’s the missing link, JZS.

      And you can read that sentence either way you prefer.

      They both work. :-}

      http://www.tcunation.com/notes/Schafly_on_Alinsky_and_Obama

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:03am

      voting for the lesser of 2 evils is still a vote for evil….

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    • Lawrat
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:22am

      For all of you who say you would not vote for Romney no matter what, you remind me of the kid on the playground who did not get his way and took his ball and went home. For those who say I am not voting for a Mormon no matter what, I would simply ask, are you really that shallow that you will let your bigotry get in the way of defeating the truly evil philosophy of socialism? When given the opportunity to stand with for a common cause to defeating socialism, will you be counted? Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Mormons, and other groups (Americans) have always put aside disagreements and were counted together (see Prop 8, fall of Communism, our nation’s wars, etc.). In a foxhole would you refuse to fight next to a Mormon?

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    • joei234
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:54am

      Sarah Palin? That disaster is one thing we’ll never have to worry about. You betcha!

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    • joei234
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:02am

      Vote against Obama. If you don’t vote, you’re voting FOR OBAMA!

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    • ccr
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:19am

      I not been back to the blaze for several days………but reading the comments, as usual, there are such “purists”, such perfect people or such that are fooled by a “Christian” label and assume they are perfect……….makes me understand why this site is “extreme” often times.

      Romney is not perfect but as I’ve searched out the other candidates, I have learned that he IS the best prepared intellectually and has the best opportunity to make Obama a one term president. It is not because he has run once before,……..it is because he HAS prepared himself intellectually (have you read his book and compared the depth of his book to Perry‘s or Cain’s ??) and has been serving the Republican party over the past 4 years helping to get conservatives elected in state and federal offices.

      Now…….compare that to Perry’s promise to his republican party in TX that he would NOT run for POTUS. How MANY times did he LIE that he would NOT run for POTUS?? Don’t be so naive to think he had no aspirations………especially when writing his book, etc……almost always a necessity for running for POTUS. Perry’s integrity issues are severely damaged. (HOW is it that Beck promoted/protected this guy??!??!!?)

      Cain is a nice guy…..but his depth of preparation as shown in debates and other comment times is showing!

      I can get behind Romney easily if it helps get rid of Obama!

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    • Knight Templar
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 10:41am

      Re: Voting for lesser of two evils: The Republicans offer us the crappy candidates they do because so many of us will vote for the “lesser of two evils”. The establishment Republicans still think they need to move to the center to win elections. Since the democrats keep moving left the center moves left. Voila. the Republicans move left as well. Voting for the lesser of two evils is just voting for more of the same.

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    • matt1776
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:18am

      If anyone but a conservative wins the nomination I will vote for Obama. What people don’t understand is we are on the verge of a complete economic implosion followed by months of rioting and death as the world rejects the dollar in its current inflated state. Putting a RINO at the helm of this disaster will simply guarantee the democrats win office during the following rebuilding period, something we definitely don’t want. Either elect a conservative or libertarian willing to cut spending and reduce the size of the government, and the power of the fed, or the slow death of America will be inevitable.

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    • DEADDOGSRUN
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 2:27pm

      @CCR – AMEN!!! I completely agree with you.

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    • Clive
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 2:52pm

      i actually agree with the ******-rangerp, i wont be motivated enough to vote for romney, just because he is probably the same thing as barack obama. i’m not for voting for a guy because he “looks” presidential, or because he’s “not quite as bad as the other guy”.

      and i agree with slr4528, neither side will be motivated. obama fans aren’t really obama fans anymore. so they aren’t getting out of their seat to vote. And romney never really had any fans to start with, he isn’t an inspirational figure, he isn’t exciting anyone… so this election will be the biggest “who cares” of our time.

      i’m not a ron paul fan, but i think he represents the only shot at actually changing something. i’m not crazy enough to think he has a shot in hell of winning anything, as he is viewed by the media as a freaky kook, so thats that.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:45pm

      Mitt Romney is a sheep in wolf’s clothing,

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:17pm

      @ ccr
      I will vote for Mitt if he signs a pledge that he will:
      1. Close the border,
      2. Support the 2nd Amendment,
      3. Repeal Obamacare,
      4. Get cut, cap, and balance through congress, and
      5. Allow no amnesty.
      You make persuasive arguments for Mr. Romney’s candidacy.
      Do you really think he would sign that pledge?
      If he can’t, I will not vote for him. This is not my fault. If the Republicans make this man their candidate, then I am not a Republican.
      “In any compromise between good and evil, only evil can win.” Ayn Rand

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  • Thevoice
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:34pm

    Worth a listen..And not pushing a canaidate..But I think Newt now realizes this may not end well for the US. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsEqvor25zY&feature=player_detailpage

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    • fatjack
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Excellent, thanks for posting.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:40am

      Thanks good post I had not heard that speech. If Newt cannot pull the GOP together I might just turn into a rat and find a floating ship somewhere. Another reason is, I read about 12-15 years ago a study done on what North America would look like in 2011. I am trying to find it again but those predictions are right on. As soon as I find it I will post.

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:33pm

    Ouch…… Dat gotta hurt.

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  • 420 Patriot
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:29pm

    Romney and Perry are RINO’s, Cain is a FED insider. The problem with this country is that we continue to vote in the same old big gov candidates and overlook the truly honest candidate. The FED is the problem with our economy and only one candidate has said he will not rest until they are gone. He is the only candidate that follows the Constitution in all his views. He is a champion of individual liberty and is the only one that will keep us from falling off the cliff into true Socialism. I donot have to say his name as all of you know who he is in your gut feelings. If you continue to do what you’ve always done (vote in the same old candidates) you will continue to get what you’ve always got (big gov elected officials). Stop doing the same thing just because they are good looking and good speakers. Remember, Hitler was a good speaker and look what he was responsible for. We need someone right now that will be for the people and not big gov.

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    • Mike Benton
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:02pm

      Cain is not a FED insider. He is for full auditing of the FED. Get your facts right…

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    • kmichaels
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:22pm

      My Paulista radar is going off. I just heard a goody claim about Federal Reserve insider.

      Cain is the best candidate out there and Ron Paul is unelectable.

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:02pm

      @ Mike & KMike

      Well, you can believe what you want. He has said that auditing the FED would be a waste of money. If he has changed his view, well, point made. I do not consider myself a Paulie, but I believe we need a radical move, just as Newt has said, because the left wing policies that have been being put into our regs and laws need to be stopped in their tracks. The pendulum needs to swing hard the opposite direction or we may lose everything. Newt has some good (such as eliminate all Washington Csars on the first day) and would be my second choice, if he would COMMIT to getting rid of the FED. In fact put both on the ticket in either position and I think we would be in alright shape. My first choice still is Ron Paul.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:07pm

      Paul is Great but Cain is Great too. “Fed insider” is fine comment for the primary if you wish. But I preffer Cain for President and Paul for Fed Cheif. I would love to see that.
      Believe me if Cain gets elected the Progressives will crap their pants.

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    • TimeLifeEditor
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:21pm

      HUMAN CAIN knows what makes it tic and would be best suited to do the dismantling.
      This must be done, and done without special favors, immunity from prosecution, and without any behind the scenes power consolidation.

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:22pm

      @Pat

      I understand what you are saying, but the main point here is stopping the Central Bank that causes the financial greaf is our best option in our times. I do not think Cain would be for that. I do believe that, if nothing else, Fed Chief for Ron Paul would be a kick in the a**. I am sure that if we got a full audit of the FED, all of us would be so angry, the blood probably would shoot out of our eyes and we would demand there shut down.

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Sorry about the typo’s, just typing too fast and not proof-reading.

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    • FNG
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Put down your pipe, 420.

      Libertarian policies will come, but incrementally.

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    • 4freedomssake
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 2:08pm

      So every candidate who ‘sounds good’ is like Hitler? What an idiotic statement! And do you really think Hitler ‘sounded good’?

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    • 4freedomssake
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 2:16pm

      @420Patriot: So your saying anybody that ‘sounds good’ is like Hitler? What an idiotic statement! Or maybe Hitler ‘sounds good ’ to you?

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:12pm

      @FNG

      Sorry, don’t smoke the stuff myself but am a caregiver for my son who uses to keep his seizures under control.

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:16pm

      @4freedomsake

      That was not my point, maybe your smoking off some pipe. I am just sick of the way people look at candidates like rock stars the way they did with BO.

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:27pm

    Romney is a talker and a smoozer just like Obama, he is the republicans Obama.

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    • gogogoff
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:41pm

      Wow, that is just moronic Sam, Obama saved the 2002 games, Obama has CRATED 1000s of jobs, Obama has got a state UPGRADED ?

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    • sunnyblack
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:54pm

      “Obama saved the 2002 games, Obama has CRATED 1000s of jobs, Obama has got a state UPGRADED ?”
      What is the big deal about the Olympic games exactly? I have no frame of reference as to what that means or what he did exactly. Sounds like he coordinated a potluck dinner or a Bingo tournament or something.

      turning around a business — like a Godfather’s or a Burger King — THAT means something. I get that! I WANT that.

      I’m sure Mitt Romney is a swell guy. I‘m sure he’s a gentleman, but he’s just not the candidate most of us — meaning the other 77-80% of us really want. No offense. He didn’t do anything outstanding or special as governor of Massachusetts — or as CEO of Bain — that makes me crave his leadership.

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    • Sam Brown
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:55pm

      Romney Care shows he is just like Obama, one in the same. Yet Romney went one step farther with gun control in Mass. He is worse than Obama.

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:58pm

      You obviously no nothing about Romney care.

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  • Thevoice
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:24pm

    Mitt Romney …Please ..Go back ..Four years ago he preach and preach all about how he had a plan to fix health care,,,If you want the truth right now after watching the Iowa faith and family speeches ..Sorry to say the one “Republican” politician who didn’t .give the old look at the bear I killed my daddy shot scenario…Or the me me me …. was Newt ,,He just shot straight . Well at least at the time ..Mitt didn’t show up…must have been below him …

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  • clockwatcher
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:22pm

    Mitt is like my tax account, dull but I don’t get called in to the IRS.

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    • vehoae
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:47pm

      Those of you who are registered Republicans — remember screaming bloody murder over obamacare and then helping make history with the 2010 elections? So, I’m confused about something here. How do registered Republicans make excuses for Mitt Romney who not only put “universal” health care into effect in Massachusetts, but also loaned his lackeys to bHo to help his people design the hated obamacare. Where‘s the uproar from Republican voters letting their state Republican parties know that they’ll scream bloody murder again if Romney is picked as the Republican presidential candidate at the RNC National Convention? How many of you Republicans actually still believe the Republicans in Congress and the likes of Mitt Romney will ever repeal obamacare? I mean, isn’t that what the Republicans promised before the 2010 elections? If the delegates to the RNC National Convention pick Romney next year, those of you who obviously were lied to need to change your registration, even if it means switching to Independent. Is anyone going to stand on their principles? I don’t agree with these idiot “occupy” demonstrators, but at least they’re not sissies about stepping on out and making a point. If I have to vote for Romney next year (that is, if bHo doesn’t cancel elections), I swear I’ll wear a shirt with a picture of someone with a clothespin clipped to her/his nose!

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    • clockwatcher
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:17pm

      No other republican can win. Hold your nose and vote for Mitt, the Texas guy will never get my vote, I will not vote rather then him.

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:00pm

      VEHOAE-You obviously know nothing about the political enviornment in MA(legislature 87% liberal Dems) and you know nothing about Romneycare. Romney‘s individual mandate was supported by the Heritage Foundation’s and even Newt Gingrich. Romney presented his plan to Heritage after he left office in 2007 and they lauded it as a fine piece of conservative legislation. Romneycare was not implemented until 2008 after Romney left office and after the liberal Dems added costly amendments to the bill. The original Romney care bill was originally designed to force the 8% of the uninsured to buy private insurance so the taxpayers wouldn’t have to foot their bills.

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    • Supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:05pm

      I swear, if there WAS a candidate for “plant” as many Paul supporters are suspicious of, that person would be Romney. Not that I think he is one- unless RINOs count.

      But one thing’s for sure! Remember Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Hillary? (Or whatever it was called- where republicans registered in order to vote for her because she’d be a lousy candidate in the general elections?) Well….that’s Romney!

      You know when the Democrats (like JZS) are saying that Romney is the nominee, that he’s gonna be the choice…run screaming the other way! Romney is the guy the Obama administration wants to see get the nomination! Does that not tell you anything?

      If there‘s an election where a strong conservative is GUARANTEED to win and you don’t run one…I’m sorry, you’re just stupid. So, please stop pushing the “only Romney can win” thing- that is 180 degrees out of phase with reality!

      1) Obama wants him so he can paint Romney as the face of Wallstreet- which to be honest, he is!

      2) He‘s a RINO and many conservatives will just stay home on election night if he’s the nominee- if you think Obama isn’t counting on that, then you don’t give him enough credit!

      My solution? Herman Cain 2012! He is exactly what this country needs- and to the Paul supporters out there, restoring this country will take time. Go with a guy who can actually get elected, who will take serious steps in the right direction! Paul just isn’t that guy- get on the Cain Train! :D

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    • Supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:14pm

      @SLR428

      Well, that just proves that both Newt and the Heritage Foundation make mistakes. :) Because looking back, I think it’s pretty clear that Romneycare has been a disaster, not a “fine piece of conservative legislation”. LOL…that would be why insurance premiums have skyrocketed in Massachusetts, and why Romneycare was only do-able in the first place thanks to the tax dollars being poured into it by other states (like Texas, where I’m from- and let me tell you it ticks me off, not to mention the freaking stupid underground highway in Massachusetts- talk about a spoiled state!).

      I wonder where Obamacare will get it’s money from? China I guess. >__< Geeze.

      And Romney believes in man-made global warming, he's on board with the class warfare thing "the rich can take care of themselves" is NOT what I want to hear, and the list just goes on. He's a RINO. Of all elections, why should we choose a RINO this time around- there's absolutely no reason to! It's scaredy-cats who are semi-RINOs themselves who got John McCain the nomination last time. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me! Republicans shouldn't be fooled by the "he needs to be a moderate (code for RINO)" argument again.

      Raising Cain 2012! :D

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  • Sam Brown
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:22pm

    Mitt is the pick of the Washington and TV elitist. He is more of the same and if elected will trample our rights. When he talks of Romney care he says it was right for the people of Mass. What happened to egual under the law? Either we all have the same rights as Americans or we don’t.

    Romney is anti gun, that alone should make every conservative shun him. Way things are going we may need our guns for protection.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:27pm

      Romney = McCain = Bush II = Dole = Bush I = Gerry Ford = Nelson Rockefeller = elistist liberalism..PERIOD!

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:35pm

      I agree …

      Cain/Rubio 2012!

      TEA!

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    • Sam Brown
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:00pm

      Can’t vote for Cain. His 999 plan sucks because by putting in a national sales tax he is double taxing peoples money they have saved. Why should a person who has saved all their life pay taxes to spend their saveings? No new taxes, cut taxes if you want to get in office. Cut spending too.

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    • kmichaels
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:23pm

      Equal under the law does not mean get rid of state’s rights, dufus

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:10pm

      Don’t forget you you have to have a license to own a gun in Mass. you stil can’t carry and the state gets to approve yu gun purchase and decide when you have enough guns .

      Several years ago a friend of (CWO USA) got tranferred to Ft Devins, he had lots of notice so he filled out the paper work for his extensive gun collection. They turned down his request for most of the rifles and shotguns and all his pistols and revolvers.

      Romney made it worse when he was governor

      OMG

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:03pm

      @bill Rowland-This had nothing to do with Romney. Stop distorting Romney’s record.

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  • Taxpayer550
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:08pm

    Nothing against Mitt. He just has no bite, that’s all.

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  • BellaMia7
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:08pm

    Romney has an enormous list of accomplishments that translated in the real creation of wealth for thousands of people. People underestimate the know-how and competence and intelligence required to make things work behind the scenes as Romney did at the Olympics and when he put together Staples. It’s talent, it’s a rare skill set, or more people would do it.

    One thing he has right is that the Chinese are playing dirty. He doesn’t need or want their money or influence. Romney won’t be getting into bed with the Chinese, like Clinton.

    Right now I’m a Cain supporter, but I will crawl over broken glass on a hot day to vote for Romney if it means stopping Obama’s reign of economic terror.

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    • runaway_slave
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:54pm

      This is why we have to stay informed he is a RINO. Read this then do your home work.
      Romney’s Trouble With Truth Extends Beyond Illegal Lawn Care Employees
      Posted By AWR Hawkins On October 22, 2011 (2:11 pm) In 2012 Election, Immigration, Politics

      Mitt Romney is always quick to lambast other Republicans for being career politicians, as if this is his first rodeo and he is a political newcomer. However, the truth is he’s been in politics for over seventeen years, many of which have been spent appealing to liberals and moderates and fighting to keep from being identified with Ronald Reagan.

      Yet the more one goes back and listens to the things Romney’s been saying during his nearly two decades of public service, the more one has to wonder why he thought someone would link him to Reagan in the first place.

      For example, while trying to unseat Senator Ted Kennedy in 1994, Romney said:

      “I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it. And I sustain and support that law.”

      Someone needs to corner Romney on this statement and force him to explain whether he still holds to it in part or in whole.

      And on guns, Romney would be a disaster. For example, while trying to the secure the Republican nomination that eventually went to John McCain

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    • 4freedomssake
      Posted on October 24, 2011 at 3:18pm

      @Bellamia7:I agree with you. Romney is not even my second choice, but if he becomes the nominee, I will crawl over the same glass. I like Cain/Bachmann or Cain/Ryan or Cain/Demint. Gingrich started his campaign by throwing Paul Ryan and every House Republican under the bus when he called Paul Ryan’s plan to reform Medicare “social engineering.” Every Republican will have to answer to that charge from the Socialist/Dems, since every House Republican House member voted for the plan. Can you imagine if Gingrich got the nomination, and they used his words against every Republican? Believe me, the Dems have the video of Newts remarks. One of the stupidest political remarks I have ever seen, and I have seen plenty.

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  • conservocop
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:03pm

    I spoke my mind and it didn’t suit your ideology, so you accuse me of not staying on topic?! I fully expect Romney to get beat up on this site since Beck has no use for him.

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  • norway1516
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:00pm

    Mitt Romney is an empty suit whos got nothing new, just the slow boil of the American people. miTT Romney will be the death of the republican party because everyone with any values or beliefs will see the shell game the libs and repubs are playing by just switching rolls. Would anyone be surprised if one day you woke up and romney was a dem? I wouldnt.

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    • BellaMia7
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Romney has an enormous list of accomplishments that translated in the real creation of wealth for thousands of people. People underestimate the know-how and competence and intelligence required to make things work behind the scenes as Romney did at the Olympics and when he put together Staples. It’s talent, it’s a rare skill set, or more people would do it.

      One thing he has right is that the Chinese are playing dirty. He doesn’t need or want their money or influence. Romney won’t be getting into bed with the Chinese, like Clinton.

      Right now I’m a Cain supporter, but I will crawl over broken glass on a hot day to vote for Romney if it means stopping Obama’s reign of economic terror.

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    • gogogoff
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:12pm

      Ya, he has done nothing, just turned around the Winter Games, turned around 100s of companies, and a state, yup he has nothing.

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    • norway1516
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:28pm

      @bella
      Romneys nothing more than mccain 2.0 hes a liberal republican and just as much the statist as Obama. Anyone that belives they have the right to dictate to the people what they HAVE to buy regardless of what state they are in. If massachusets wanted slavery again will he violate the constitution and give it to them? and anti gun? pro abortion? by the way didnt he make his wealth selling off companies? and Hermcan Cain made his money rebuilding companies that were failing? yea I know who im voting for and it wont be mittens.

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    • USshrugged
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:11pm

      Personally, I;m not willing to progress at 2/3 speed into oblivion with Romney, instead of full speed with Obama. We were awakened by Obama, when we would have remained solmnolent under McCain. If we do not get a decent constitutional conservative candidate, I’m not sure what I will do at this point. I’m however, not willing to vote Romney, or possibly others, just to allow the masses to go back to sleep and allow it all to rev up over again. What makes anyone think that a world crash under Romney will be any better handled than under clueless Obama? There is no way out. Our only hope is a true conservative who can be truly honest with the American people and help us build from scratch.

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  • majorsco
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:59pm

    George Will makes as much sense as a mule at the Kentucky Derby. He‘s a liberal and he’s just trying to keep the Republicans stirred up. It’s not too early to keep the end in sight – Defeat Obama!!! Don’t let the likes of Will muddle the message. This country’s only hope of a future is to defeat Obama!! While I don’t think any of the candidates are perfect, ANY of them, even the weakest, is way better than Obama and Biden.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:40pm

      But Obama-lite (Romney) is not the answer. Is Romney going to cut taxes? We don’t know. Is Romney going to cut spending? We don’t know. The only thing we do know is that he’s supposedly not in favor of Obamacare, and would supposedly enact a presidential order to exclude all 50 states from it’s laws…something I don‘t think he’ll actually do.

      TOO POLISHED, TOO SLICK, AND TOO VAGUE ON WHAT HE SAYS HE’LL DO! NO COMMENT ON THE FED, AND HE’S A TYPICAL EAST COAST RINO….NO ON ROMNEY!!!!

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:58pm

    Cain is pretty smart on some things but flunks when it comes to International affairs and Wars.. Mitt Romney is the best we have in the candidates.. it took me awhile to find my candidate.. but I know Mitt Romney can save our country from disaster.. and its going to take a long time because of Obama.. I am afraid when someone new gets in there we are going to find some very bad things.. but it is imperative that we rid our nation of Obama as president, worst President ever!

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:03pm

      Mitt Romney is a “moderate”. No thank you.

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    • majorsco
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Is Obama better than a moderate Romney??? Don’t forget the objective, we need to get rid of Obama and his Chicago gangster-like cronies.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:17pm

      voting for another progressive (Romney) will not make it any better. He will still take us down the road to communism. Mormons actually support a form of communism led by a religious leader. Ask one about “living under the covenant.” They actually tried it and it failed because they said the people were not ready for it yet….Don’t you think they might want to try again?

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:21pm

      Make no mistake, I will be voting for ABO. ..Even if it’s Romney.

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:26pm

      hidden_lion
      Oh, I disagree. Anybody would be better than 0bama. I’m not like some crazy Paulie who thinks there is only one person on earth who can save the country. It’s just that some would do it quicker than others.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:29pm

      Romney has a better voting record than Ron Paul?
      Romney has been fighting for Liberty, sound money and for Congress to respect the Constitution for 30+ years? I think not. Romney supports corporatism and big banks… his donations speak for themselves…

      I challenge you to look up his Top 5 Donators. then i challenge you to look up Ron Pauls Top 5 donators… if that doesn’t change your mind.. i don’t really know what will…

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:43pm

      jb.kibs,
      Ron Paul would be a disaster on foreign relations. He doesn’t realize that airplanes and bombs have been invented now. He thinks Iran was just kidding when they said they wanted to kill the little Satan and the great Satan.

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  • gogogoff
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:55pm

    George who ? Romney/Cain 2012, let the Business men reform fix the problems, everyone else has spent their life in the political world, not the real one.

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  • jb.kibs
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:55pm

    are you guys joking? look at who contributes to Romney’s campaign… come on guys, i thought you were doing your homework…

    http://lenox8081.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/paul-v-romney-%e2%80%93-donations-show-stark-difference/

    http://i.imgur.com/VBWjU.jpg

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    • kmichaels
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:30pm

      Sorry, but a list of donations is not enough to scare people off of a given candidate. And Ron Paul would take larger donators if he could win them over. And he would do it in a heartbeat.

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  • acovenantinblood
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:54pm

    Romney is a joke. So is Perry. Might as well vote W. back in and watch this nation go down the tube.

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:52pm

      I wish I was as successful as the joke Romney. Graduated near the top of his class at Harvard Law. He also earned an MBA at Harvard as well. He went on to make over 200 million restructuring companies to make them once again profitable. He saved the U.S. Olympics in 2002 when it was 400 million in debt and completed the task with a 100 million profit. He was a governor o the most liberal state in the country when in was 3 billion in debt only to leave it with a 2 billion surplus. He has been married forever to the same woman and they have 5 sons who went on and have become solid family men in their own right. Wow…Mitt Romney is such a loser…………give me a flipping break.

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:38pm

      ivy league ****** are what got us here

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:07pm

      Wisehiney-Would you prefer to have Rick Perry who received a D in economics in college and who received C‘s and D’s in his major of Animal Science at Texas A&M run the world’s largest economy? Oink oink!

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    • Supercalafragalisticexpialidotious
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:30pm

      I would prefer Herman Cain, who got an undergrad in math and a masters in computer science back before all the affirmative action laws got put in place. Then he went on, with no help from powerful business insiders or massive amounts of money- nope, just sheer intelligence and initiative and pure talent, to turn around, from the ground up, many major companies.

      Herman Cain is the real deal. But that aside (because I think both of these guys- Romney and Cain- are clearly accomplished and successful people in their own right), Cain is the conservative! Romney is a RINO- which makes him a seriously bad choice for the nomination.

      Judge them by their policy positions and political/business/personal history. Cain is the clear winner, because he’s the clear conservative. And honestly, by the third debate, Romney was really starting to show the chip on his shoulder- not a pleasant thing to behold. He’s a little too arrogant, a little too “father knows best”, a little too- and this is what Obama will eagerly throw at him- “face of Wallstreet.”

      Cain had a valid point last debate: on that stage, Cain is the true face of main street, whereas Romney is the “face of Wallstreet”- this is a major (I think tactically THE major) reason why Romney is a poor choice. Look at what Obama is doing- he’s already shaping a campaign specifically to target Romney.

      Let’s not give Obama his dream pick. Instead, let‘s go with someone he can’t hold a candle to, across the boar

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  • conservocop
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:54pm

    George Will nullifies himself by the company he keeps.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:22pm

      though i really want to agree…
      Jesus hung out with “poor company” because they needed him the most… just saying.. i’m in no way shape or form endorsing this guy, but just making a point about that not always being true… and to fall into that trap is to give up on free thought… it‘s easy to condemn people it’s not easy to know where they are coming from.

      as for that guy, he is a madman for even suggesting that we need someone who is Technocratic. that is absurd and against all personal liberties. it is ALWAYS wrong to FORCE another TO DO anything. the “well-meaning” are control freaks. they just THINK they are doing good… who are they again, please? they are the almighty? they know all? instilled with all worldly knowledge? please… that is just a joke. SIMPLE FACT: no mortal adult has ANY right over another mortal adult. to suggest otherwise IS treason against the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

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    • C. Schwehr
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:33pm

      So in turn, Juan Williams becomes irrelevant because he’s on Fox News? Just because George Will is hired to be the sole conservative voice to be shouted down by the rest of the group (a tactic used by all marxist media to attempt to fool their viewers into believing they’re “fair and balanced”) it does not mean that Will is irrelevant.
      You sound like one who wants Will be ignored because of the venue he appears on….another progressive slipping under the tent wall perhaps????

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  • slimkendall
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:51pm

    Technocracy is appealing in the light of this DumbAssocracy going on now.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy

    I had to look it up… does wiki do it justice?

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    • Theodwulf
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:45pm

      Technocracy is a bad thing.. “Experts” decide everything including who is and who is NOT an expert. It isn’t democratic .

      As a Life long resident of Massachusetts, I despise Mitt “the Carpetbagger” Romney, he wasn’t good for the Commonwealth and he only came around to pad his resume and left a mess. I shall not vote for Romney no matter what.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:33pm

      Technocracy is the same thing as the book “The Administrator” that President Woodrow Wilson was so fond of.
      Supposedly smart people making decisions for the masses.

      Glenn talked about the book

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  • lukerw
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:48pm

    Who made George Will the King Maker? George has spoken some interesting lines during his life time… but none that I can quote or even remember! Romney… the Progressive, who gave RomneyCare to Obama… and believes in Global Warming… maybe a great GOP Candidate… but I would Tea Bag him into Obama Lite. Get behind me, you satanic liberals!

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  • Navysquid
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:45pm

    Will lost his mojo for me many, many years ago…Romney is EXACTLY what we need as the person with the know-how to get our economy back and running again! He will be our next POTUS!

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:56pm

      Your comments are Epic FAIL.
      I can prove otherwise right now.

      http://i.imgur.com/VBWjU.jpg

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    • acovenantinblood
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Tell the GOP to give us Romney. Remember Ross Perot? Their is no way I would vote for him or Perry. What a joke. I will write my own name in before I made a mark for those clowns. If we don’t get at least a Reagan this time around then this country is done.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:41pm

      ross perot has nothing to do with this…
      Ron Paul is more intelligent than all of the other candidates combined…
      you can keep trying your shameless name calling, but it’s invalid… there are 100′s of videos of Ron Paul, he is nothing like any other candidate we’ve ever had since 1988. He’s honest, consistant, constitutional and leads by example; not by force.

      Rick and Mitt are both backed by the federal reserve (large private banks)… and we all know that the banks and the corporations that growing up around them are depriving our children of the land their fore fathers conquered. the federal reserve holds large portions of our land…

      You can write in yourself too, that WOULD be better if that is who you TRULY believe is The Best choice… Ron Paul IS the best choice to me and to millions of other people in this country… i wouldn’t throw my vote away on another progressive if you held a gun to my head. we are TRULY throwing our votes away on people we are unsure of…

      RonPaulMyths.com
      RonPaul2012.com

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  • cemerius
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:44pm

    Expect Michael Moore to make another anti-Mormon movie to make Mitt Romney from the 1800′s……

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  • caltexman
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:44pm

    I am getting sick and tired of Mitt Romney being dissed by the beltway elites. He is a brilliant, honorable man who will lead us out of the morass. Herman Cain will get a cabinet job along with Michele Bachmann. Rick Perry should be Mitt’s VP candidate.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 6:19pm

      Please, Mitt and Perry are all the media seem to think are running…

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    • slr4528
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:44pm

      I agree with you. I crack up laughing when I hear people say the media is pushing Romney. The media is attempting to marginalize and destroy Romney. I have seen more unwarranted negative stories on Romney than any other candidate. Perry initially was the media darling and Perry’s performance during the debates was abominable and he deserved the negative press after those performances. Cain is now touted as a folk hero.

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:58pm

      Romney is being exposed as a fraud globalist. There is no difference between Romney and Obama. He’s a slick technocrat, and a liar.

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  • YepImaConservative
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:38pm

    Put a helmit on Mitt… stick him in a tank, and lets see how even faster he dives!

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  • The10thAmendment
    Posted on October 23, 2011 at 5:33pm

    Huh. Who’d a thunk it, that the idea of technocracy would begin to get exposure time. A couple of nights ago we have a discussion right here about technocracy being the new ages version of Marxism. It’s about time leading front people begin to acknowledge it.

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