44 thoughts on “The GOP Deserves To Lose”

  1. Even though he doesn’t say it, I’m sure the real reason Stephens wants the GOP to lose is that it doesn’t support the WSJ’s open borders agenda–the one they share with 2% of the American people.

      1. Didn’t you originally support a man whose wife took a vacation in order to spread for another man? As if the GOP wasn’t beta enough already.

  2. One of Rumsfeld’s statements that generated some controversy was “you go to war with the Army you have.” Likewise, barring something very unlikely (brokered convention) the GOP will go to the election with the candidates who decided to run. While we may wish we had other choices, those people did not choose to run. Given the media anal exam any Republican candidate receives (and almost all Democrats get a pass on), it’s not surprising that a lot of good people refuse to run for public office.

      1. As people become cynical and decline to vote, those who show up win. Throw in a percentage of the vote that is “questionable” (ACORN) and those who count the votes win. Whenever it’s close enough for them to cheat, they win except in the rare occassions where they’re stopped from stealing the election (e.g. Florida re-re-recount in 2000). If you keep good people from running, those of bad character who do run win.

        And with winning come the spoils, such as the crony socialism we’ve seen so much of for the past 3 years.

  3. Interesting read. Does anyone else perceive this as a whiny Republicans-should-throw-in-the-towel-for-2012 missive?

      1. …a brokered convention…

        The current rules (in both parties), where the bulk of the delegates are chosen in primaries, work overwhelmingly against brokered conventions.

        You can’t get a brokered convention when only two candidates separate themselves from the pack. Obama and Clinton showed that in 2008.

        You need at least three. Two are presumably Romney and Gingrich. Who do you see as the third breakout candidate who can prevent the above two from wrapping up the nomination before the convention?

        The last nominee from either party who did not run in the primaries was Humphrey in 1968 and that was a special case with frontrunner Robert Kennedy’s assassination.

        Brokered conventions flourished in the past because powerful local politicians controlled large blocks of uncommitted delegates. Mayer Daley springs to mind as an example. Today the only ones who control large blocks of delegates are the candidates who win primaries. Which brings us once again to the question of what candidate besides Romney and Gingrich can start winning primaries?

        I can’t see Paul or Santorum getting on a roll or anyone else who can jump in at this late date. The only viable option is to pick your poison, Romney or Gingrich.

        1. Paul is going to get a lot of delegates, particularly in caucus states like CO, and open primaries. In fact, some are worried that the delegate slates are stacked with Paul supporters who will switch to him on a second ballot.

          1. …who will switch to him on a second ballot.

            The last time either party’s convention needed more than one ballot was in 1952 when Stevenson was drafted on the 3rd ballot.

            Paul will do about as well as he did in 2008 – delegates in the low two digits.

      2. Who would be better than these four? Most voters have never heard of Daniels, whose primary claim to fame is managing the budget while Bush doubled the debt. Ryan isn’t well known either, and can be tagged with every unpopular cut in his namesake budget. Christie is off-GOP-message in as many ways as pre-2008 Mitt Romney. Jeb Bush is named Bush. Pawlenty and Perry already had their shots, and blew them. Palin has toxic unpopularity with independents.

        National candidates only get good with practice. Palin came out of nowhere and delivered a strong convention speech, but within days was hurting her campaign with beginner mistakes. No one it going to jump out from behind a curtain and be a great national candidate overnight.

        1. Haley Barbour, for one. And not being nationally known isn’t a problem when a generic Republican beats the president in the polls. And it’s not obvious that being named Bush is a problem. After three years of Obama some are getting nostalgic for the Bush years.

          1. Rand,

            Are you following the news regarding Haley Barbour and his last minute pardons of convicted killers? His pardons may not have been lawful , and they certainly have torpedoed any presidential aspirations of his (and if you disagree, note that you’ll be hard pressed to find one Republican (or Democrat) who thinks this doesn’t torpedo his chances to ever reenter politics.) Read up on it if you missed this story.

        1. Yes–however, there’ve been so many false flag operations the last few years, you cannot rule out the possibility that he did it himself. Note that I’m not suggesting he did, but it’s possible.

          1. Rick C.,

            You have never owned a pet have you? If you have its hard to see how you would even suggest that.

          2. Thomas, I’ve owned lots of pets, and I know that people can be cruel to animals, and I also know that people fake bad things happening to them. If you can’t see that being in the realm of possibility, you need to take your blinders off. As I said, I’m not in any way suggesting that he did: I’m suggesting that you can’t say it couldn’t happen, I guess.

    1. Ken, people who kill pets are psychotic and usually escalate into things like serial killing, if they don’t already have a few neighbors buried in the back yard. I suggest you look elsewhere for your political allies.

      1. Hey, having psychopaths as allies worked well for Democrats. And, unlike most members of the Beta Party, I have no problem with sinking to their level.

        Actually, it’s not that unusual in some areas for someone to poison the dog of a neighbor he hates.

  4. Romney is a squish, Newt is a loose cannon, Paul is naive on foreign policy, Santorum can’t seem to get a message out. And every last one of them is a vast improvement over the current occupier of the white house.

  5. Where the hell is the Tea Party? Two years ago they were right out there giving candidates a mob to get in front of, now nary a peep. Why isn’t the Florida Tea Party pulling out all the stops this week? Geez, there should be rallies in Jax and Orlando and Miami and Pensacola being visible and keeping candidates on-message, scaring the bejeezus out of all the Republican candidates for the state elections as well. It’s as much about capturing state legislatures as the Presidency. Other than running a few candidates, where is the public support so evident two years ago?

    1. Ed,

      Like I posted before, the Tea Party is over. That bubble has burst. All that is left is their collateral damage to the Republican Party for the current election cycle as the first string decided to sit out this election to avoid ruining their future chances of winning by having to go on record on the Tea Party agenda.

      The good news is the Nevada GOP has already purged its Tea Party element and is on track to do good in this next election running real Republicans for office.

      1. “Like I posted before, the Tea Party is over.”

        And yet you blather, time after time in post after post how the Tea Party rules Uber Alles.

        Pick a position, will you?

        1. Gregg,

          Because many folks posting here, as well as many of the Republicans running for office act like it still exists. BTW speaking up has-been politicians notice who it giving the Tea Party rebuttal to the State of the Union?

          1. Thomas,

            You act and speak as if it still exists – when it suits you.

            When the House balks against Obama’s stupid ideas you claim they are in the thrall of the Tea Party.

            When you need an uplift from your worries you proclaim the Tea Party dead.

            You’re busted, squire.

          2. But ok if NOW you are claiming that the Tea Party is dead (your word), then we can expect no more posts from you about Tea Party influence, right?

            We will never ever again read a post from you that even mildly suggests the Tea party affects negotiations between the House and the President, and/or between the two houses of Congress.

            Right?

  6. The Tea Party is young, and most of the new-style conservatives beloved by the Tea party are like Sarah Palin; they don’t have the experience yet to be president. How about a Bobby Jindal ticket in a few years?

  7. Jeb Bush is being even vaguely seriously discussed? God forbid. The world really needs another bought-and-paid-for vassal of the House of Saud. Not.

  8. John Bolton, Dick Cheney, Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, Condi Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, David Petreus, and Alan West didn’t run this year. 🙁

    But I’m not that good at picking. After John Paul II died, I was sure the College of Cardinals were going to choose Bono.

  9. “The good news is the Nevada GOP has already purged its Tea Party . . .” Yeah, good news. I’m sure Nevada tax-payers don’t want any Republicans standing up for them.

  10. Bilwick1,

    Unlike you and many posters here the good Republicans have figured that the Tea Party is just an astroturf movement of the right wing fringe that doesn’t care about Nevadans. There selection of Sharon Angle, the state clown, to run for senator for real Republicans taught them that, which is why the purged them.

    BTW a few months ago during the Congressional special election in Nevada, the Tea Party Express came through Elko, which is so Republican that Democrats don’t even bother to run for the state legislature from here, to hold a rally. There were more folks on the bus then showed up for it. But then Sharon Angle had already stop pretending to be a Republican and was campaign for the AIP candidate, showing her true colors. Yes, the Tea Party is over in Nevada and it looks like the rest of the nation is wising up as well.

  11. Wow. Newt is a strong candidate. Newt’s plan is to tap in to the genius and energy of the American people to return to our Constitutional principles.

    The TEA Party people helped Newt win in South Carolina. Read Conservatives With Newt, which linked to stories about that. Read Legal Insurrection. The TEA Party is extremely active in this primary, also in Forida. Newt’s campaign in Florida is being run by Marco Rubio’s former campaign guy. Bill Collum is on the Newt campaign.

    The TEA Party people will be absolutely crucial going forward, also, getting the team of congressional and senatorial candidates elected in the fall so we can repeal Obamacare, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank. The plan is to have strength enough in the House and Senate to repeal these terrible pieces of legislation. The plan is to have Newt sign the repeal bills on the afternoon of inauguration day. Plus, get rid of the White House czars and so much more.

    If you are saying what is she talking about, then I rest my case. You need more information.

    If you are saying, that is impossible, then you definitely need more information. Plus, a dose of American ingenuity and can-do spirit.

    The original source materials are here. Find out for yourself.

    Have you even challenged yourself to watch even one speech? How about “STRONG AMERICA NOW,” which would be of interest to science, manufacturing, space, engineer type people.

    How about the “2012: VICTORY OR DEATH” speech? this would be of interest to anyone who is interested in politics or American history. Newt talks about the 2004 election and why it was a wasted opportunity, about 2006 and why the Republicans got their heads handed to them, and the (then) upscoming election of 20120, and he predicted exactly the win we had in 2010.

    Newt also talks about American history, the very moving and inspiring Christmas Eve night in 1776 when George Washington and his small army marched, some without shoes, through a snow storm, crossed the Delaware, and captured 800 Hessians — who, according to Newt, were NOT drunk or unwary, it’s just that the Hessians didn’t think any army could possibly be out in that kind of snow storm; and according to Newt, for European Armies, they were right. But, he jokes, Americans considered it deer-hunting weather.

    This is not a weak field. Maybe the MSM, including the WSJ, doesn’t get it yet. But some of you guys ought to get it by now.

    Newt is probably the best-informed candidate the USA has ever had on science and space matters, manufacturing, brain science, engineering. He get Quality Improvement. Deming. Toyota. The US becoming a manufacturing powerhouse virtually overnight and winning WWII.

    Newt is proposing simplifying regulations and making them predictable and putting much longer horizons grants for research etc, so people can PLAN. Also lowering the corporate tax rate so that billions of dollars can come home. Also an optional flat tax, and optional private saving account of Social Security, which was be private property and inheritable. One hundred percent expensing so American companies are the best and most modern in the world.

    Newt wants the USA to be the best place in the world to do business. We will be prosperous. The land of opportunity. A template for others to follow if they so choose. He wants to balance the budget and then start paying down the debt so the Chinese have no leverage over us through debt. He wants an American energy policy so we can’t be put in energy jeopardy by the potentates of the Middle East.

    If we are lucky, the salt of the earth TEA Party Americans all around the country are figuring this out. If we are very lucky, someday the mighty intellectuals will laggingly get the picture too.

    As of today, Newt leads nationally, according to Rasmussen. I heard Hannity say today the he asked Rasmussen if he’d ever seen anything like this before and Rasmussen said he hadn’t.

    I’m trying to bring this to your attention if you are curious. Find out for yourself.

    The MSM has distorted Newt’s proposals and his record like a fun house mirror. The Establishment Republicans hate him, if anything, more than they want to defeat Obama.

    Have you read Angelo Codevilla’s “AMERICA’S RULING CLASS”? http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print

    Here are links to complete speeches, with complex ideas, with Newt speaking for himself at length, not filtered or distorted by the MSM, not in a 30-second moment of time with the MSM inquisitors acting like the strict schoolmarm and asking, mostly, all the wrong questions, in a game show version of a presidential debate.

    I confess that I expected everyone (well, almost everyone) at Transterrestrial Musings to be allies who would get Newt’s value immediately. So it is a personal disappointment for me. So please forgive me if my tone and repetition are objectionable.

    But I still hope for the day when I will see actual substantive critiques and thoughtful discussion here of HOW we get entrepreneurs to get us to the moon and HOW we get a series of space stations up, WHETHER these ideas are the best method, HOW MUCH the prizes should be worth, WHO will compete for the prizes, who will get to the moon first, et cetera.

    So, hoping to assure you that Newt is a strong candidate, here is a list of links to 17 of Newt’s older speeches.
    http://newtgingrich360.com/profiles/blogs/2012-victory-or-death-newt-s-speeches-links-to-17-speeches

    p.s. the rest of the candidates make me feel hopeless for our country and the world. I’ll totally give you that. God help us.

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