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cbdo2007

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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 10:57 AM Jul 2012

Tea Party Founder - "Romney is not a conservative. He is a liberal." [View all]

Romney's Obamacare Flip-Flop Proves Conservatives Can't Trust Him

With Obamacare ruling, Mitt Romney had a chance to win over conservatives, but he blew it

By Judson Phillips , Founder of Tea Party Nation

Is Mitt Romney blowing it? The better question would be, "Has Mitt Romney already blown it?"

Let's start with the basics. Romney is not a conservative. He is a liberal. This is his track record. He won the primary because he had more money than any of the other candidates and quite possibly more than all of them combined. Jonah Goldberg has argued that Romney is a late convert to conservatism, and as such does not speak the language of conservatives, much like someone who tried to pick up a foreign language as an adult.

When Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts declared the Obamacare tax to be just that, a tax, and the law was constitutional because of that, conservatives were outraged. Romney was clueless.

He sent his Etch a Sketch master Eric Fehrnstrom to announce that the campaign considered Obamacare to be a penalty, not a tax. Less than a week earlier, the Supreme Court had managed to do what Romney himself could not do. It united conservatives behind him. In five days, he managed to blow it. In one simple interview, Team Etch a Sketch took the wind out of their own sails and made conservatives simply wonder what the hell he was thinking.

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-mitt-romney-blowing-it-against-barack-obama/romneys-obamacare-flip-flop-proves-conservatives-cant-trust-him

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I normally wouldn't link to obvious right wing propaganda, but it's great to see such a major split in their party and to see them attacking their Presidential candidate. hahahaha, not to mention the veiled threat at the end of the article.

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Thankfully, the tea-party founder didn't call him a "centrist." Otherwise it might drain off votes. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #1
How sad for them lunatica Jul 2012 #2
Wow! Not even in office yet and they're giving him the Dubya treatment... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #3
They can't help but eat their own. DCKit Jul 2012 #4
Rmoney is screwed on this one. He claims he didn't raise taxes in MA Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #5
The only relevant portion of this teaparty OP ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #6
These dumbasses will never be satisfied with any leader. Initech Jul 2012 #7
Romney is not a conservative. Romney is not a liberal, either. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2012 #8
Hey, Judd, YOU'RE RIGHT!! DON'T VOTE FOR HIM!! Bake Jul 2012 #9
Romney has no ideals. Dawson Leery Jul 2012 #10
Oh, he'll be in the history books, all right... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #12
And another obligatory --> Bwaaha! BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #11
Knave! n/t bobthedrummer Jul 2012 #13
Snicker. They usually wait until their candidate has actually been elected and on their way out Solly Mack Jul 2012 #14
he has the nomination- dembotoz Jul 2012 #15
Too bad they can't clone Nathan Bedford Forrest or Vlad The Impaler aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #16
Anyone who's not to the right of Attila The Hun is good enough for these yahoos nt MrScorpio Jul 2012 #17
They'd love to make Wet Dream Reagan by splicing together... JHB Jul 2012 #22
How can these people be so stupid? Rex Jul 2012 #18
Well, Judson, you'd better go to the GOP convention and throw a rip-roaring hissyfit. tanyev Jul 2012 #19
Conservatism never fails, it can only be failed... JHB Jul 2012 #20
If Romney's a liberal, then I'm a bluebird with a frog for an uncle. Arkana Jul 2012 #21
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