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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 05:19 PM
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A big endorsement for Mitt...(National Review)
Source: Politico

...and one you folks in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond can expect to see and hear more about in TV ads, mail pieces and emails very, very soon.

National Review, the flagship journal of the conservative movement*, has decided to get behind Romney.

The whole piece is worth reading, but in short it came down to Romney's fulfilling NR's two main criteria: they believe he's "the most conservative viable canddiate."

The full endorsement isn't entirely glowing, as the editors acknowlege some of his shortcomings. But there is an important and robust defense therein that could not come at a better, more critical time for Team Mitt.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1207/A_big_endorsement_for_Mitt.html



So, I guess Mittens is a Real Authentic Conservative now...

(of cource Buckley came out against the Iraq War, so maybe it doesn't help that much after all...)
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 05:25 PM
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1. Mitt needs all the help he can get against Huckabee.
And since he's MUCH more beatable than Huckabee I'm glad to see it.
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 05:32 PM
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2. You really think so?
Mitt strikes me as an inauthentic pandering politician, while Huckabee seems to actually believe his sermons...
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 05:35 PM
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3. That's why I think Romney is more beatable
People are going to see right through him.

I think Huckabee has the charisma to charm votes out of people who would NEVER support him otherwise.
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 07:05 PM
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5. Agreed.
Romney is the loser of the Rethug pack.
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 09:22 PM
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7. either is, in my opinion
highly beatable.

Huckabee got a free ride in the press and from the other candidates until he suddenly appeared to have a chance. Then Republicans who clearly don't think much of their other candidates flocked to him, and he appeared strong.

But the news of last week was not kind to him. There's more of that coming, and a good many influential Republicans how gone on record detailing how he is too liberal (especially free spending on social programs for them).

I could be wrong but I see him as one more in a succession of prospects who Republicans have quickly seen, or will soon enough see, that they cannot support him.
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insanad Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 01:51 AM
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8. Mitt Doll with exchangable values costumes, batteries not included
Whenever I see Mitt Romney, even from when he was helping SLC with it's Olympic Games challenges I get the distinct impression of a very slick used car salesman and the American people are the shills. Maybe it isn't his oily countenence and nasaly tone but more the sanctimonious sneer and practiced nods. He comes from a long line of Mormons who've perfected this "Public Persona" in their weekly meetings, BYU and televised broadcasts. That half turn at the podium and head nod that suggests he's coming down a notch to casual, "I'm going to let you in on the secret" pose.

I grew up Mormon and saw this all the time, especially in the church heirarchy. The more they blink their eyes in a practiced show of "Deep spiritual sincerity" and soften the voice to a BYU pentameter and sing songy tone, the bigger the lie they're telling. The Mormon leaders are so skilled at this tactic andit's been practiced from the inception of the church by their biggest leader/liar, Joseph Smith. Brigham Young mastered it better than any in his time and his manipulation of the press and our govt. for his dirty and corrupt secrets and power is legendary. The documentation is overwhelming on all these counts. I believe Mitt Romney is just the latest puppet mouthpiece in this church's history of lies, manipulation, and absolute distortion of truth, history, or fact. They invented obsfucation. Go to http://www.mormoncurtain.com / and do a little browsing.

The Mormon people aren't bad, just their doctrine and religious practices. Beware America if you are foolish enough to support or elect such a charletan. He has been conditioned from birth to close his eyes to reality, fact, or reason. He'll jettison loyalties faster than grease through a goose when it comes to holding true to any value he professes at at the moment. He's a puppet of the Repub. party and I highly suspect under all that makeup is JEB BUSH, just waiting for his turn in the drivers seat.

Pinnochio wants to become a "Real Boy" but he just can't stop lying and so his nose grows and grows. He can't help it, he comes from a long line of such purveyors of obfuscation and revisionist history and he's been so well trained in the art that it's second nature to change positions, to re position his position, to deny, cover up and feign ignorance at the lies or inconsistancies. Yes, he's a dyed in the wool McMormon, but that makes him ripe for the kind of distortion necessary to be the perfect wooden puppet for the Republican Puppetmasters.

If you want to know how many Mormon Leaders have practiced "lying for the Lord" in the past, here's an in-depth link. This man's experience is very common among those who try to leave or make sense of the church doctrine. http://www.exmormon.org/whylft149.htm
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ryanmuegge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 02:46 PM
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14. Revisionist history? Everybody knows Christ partied with the Indians.
Edited on Wed Dec-12-07 03:26 PM by ryanmuegge
No, really, Mormons believe some scary shit. Although, I'm not sure how the religious right (or Democrats, either, for that matter) folks have been comfortable electing people who lay in coffins and jerk off, even if it is a college initiation ritual...youthful indiscretion, and so forth, for the highest office in the land (I'm referring to the Skull and Bones stuff, by the way). What about the odd stuff that all of the Republicans (and some Democrats) do at Bohemian Grove?
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ryanmuegge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 02:44 PM
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13. That's an understatement. Romney's the most artificial human being alive.
He's the epitome of all that's wrong with the marketing-industryization of the "democratic" system.
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Acadia Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 12:01 PM
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11. Mitt, Rudy, Huck, ..all dangerous and crazy, crazy crazy
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 06:20 PM
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4. That does it for me
If the national review sats he's authentic that's good enough for me...

I'm changing parties and voting for "mitt the sh*t romney"
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Solar_Power Donating Member (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-11-07 09:06 PM
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6. cover picture
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 02:17 AM
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10. They enjoy pastel fascism.
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Acadia Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 12:02 PM
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12. Hey thats a great phrase. lol
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 09:30 PM
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15. I invented that phrase a little while ago to describe a lot of fascist art
from the 20s through the 40s. Glad you like it. :-)
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 02:16 AM
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9. Shitt Romney is a horrid choice.
You'd at least think that he was consistently pro-business, but even there he's spotty.
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