tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post5198031603274416033..comments2024-03-18T03:18:46.825-04:00Comments on RIGHT SPEAK: George Will: In Romney, "Republicans may have found their Michael Dukakis"BOSMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-36264108897415989502011-10-29T11:41:48.060-04:002011-10-29T11:41:48.060-04:00Anon 6:39
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!
DING DING DING!!!!!!...Anon 6:39<br /><br />BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />DING DING DING!!!!!!<br /><br />NAILED IT!!!!!!!MassConnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-36047666984834658072011-10-29T06:39:15.608-04:002011-10-29T06:39:15.608-04:00You don't even know what the "establishme...You don't even know what the "establishment" is Ohio Joe. Why don't you go ahead and define it for us?<br /><br />The "establishment" is the conservative version of "the man". It means nothing. When populist use the word "establishment" what they really mean is, "This guy is reasonable, articulate, not prone to hyperbole, and looks good in a suit. He can win an election and I will fight him with every fiber of my being."<br /><br />Stop repeating what you read online and let an original thought run through your head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-27238721040769258412011-10-29T05:10:33.406-04:002011-10-29T05:10:33.406-04:00"Will is DIVISIVE. We need to UNITE to save o..."Will is DIVISIVE. We need to UNITE to save our country. I will remember Will, Limbaugh, Levin and Beck and their divisiveness." You have totally lost it by claiming that Mr. Will is like Mr. Limbaugh and company. Mr. Will is a unique bird who does not fit into a neat category. Further, Mr. Limbaugh is not the divider, the establishment started the fight so quit whining now that you have to clean up your own mess.Ohio JOEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487408376861656109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-46898412463600755522011-10-28T22:21:17.019-04:002011-10-28T22:21:17.019-04:00Didn't Will predict Pawlenty would be the nomi...Didn't Will predict Pawlenty would be the nominee?<br /><br />Maybe Tim will write a rebuttal for Mitt. Wouldn't that be something?larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-11575624303400950052011-10-28T21:42:19.409-04:002011-10-28T21:42:19.409-04:00I, too, am reading Mitt's book. His analysis ...I, too, am reading Mitt's book. His analysis and depth is impressive, especially when I read of Cain's total lack of foreign policy preparation and Perry's inability to string together coherent thoughts for debates. Mitt didn't sit around playing the stock market the last four years. He studied, he analyzed and wrote an excellent book. (And he helped Republicans win in 2010!) <br /><br />OJ and Wingnut, have you read Mitt's book? Just wondering.<br /><br />Will is DIVISIVE. We need to UNITE to save our country. I will remember Will, Limbaugh, Levin and Beck and their divisiveness.<br /><br />ccrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-52086088044224864882011-10-28T21:16:16.541-04:002011-10-28T21:16:16.541-04:00Romney is more conservative than Reagan and that&#...Romney is more conservative than Reagan and that's good enough for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-2539329827308314482011-10-28T20:01:35.314-04:002011-10-28T20:01:35.314-04:00RightWingNut..the Gop is heading for a trainwreck ...RightWingNut..the Gop is heading for a trainwreck if they nominate one of the other people up there..now if some competent intelligent person wants to get in this they should..but just sitting on the side lines and demanding something else won't accomplish anything. <br /><br />Cain can not beat Obama..Perry can not even debate Romney..imagine him with Obama..Bachmann and Santorum will never win a general and while Newt Gingrich is a smart man..he has a lot of baggage.<br /><br />Three years people seemed to think Romney was a conservative, now a lot of those people are saying something else...maybe they are the ones who are off base. After all, they do seem impossible to please.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-19409449485661589032011-10-28T20:00:17.033-04:002011-10-28T20:00:17.033-04:00"If Mitt can't win over ultimate establis..."If Mitt can't win over ultimate establishment hack, George Will (and others like him), he has serious issues."<br /><br />LOL. So is Romney's problem that he can't win the establishment? Or is it that Romney IS establishment? The anti-Romney self-viewed purists love to have it both ways.<br /><br />While I can appreciate your view, it contradicts the only data we have. No one really knows what will happen between now and Nov '12, but all of the data suggests Romney gives us BY FAR the best chance to oust O. <br /><br />Going for the purist choice (who is inevitably a conservative with no pragmatism and/or no experience -- see O'Donnel, Angle, etc.) will ensure four more years of Obama.<br /><br />Romney is a very strong option, but he definitely has flaws. But he is BY FAR the best chance conservatives have. It's not close.Slick-Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056211877694972304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-51042313984925312052011-10-28T19:11:53.971-04:002011-10-28T19:11:53.971-04:00Willy....
I'll still wait for the full artic...Willy....<br /><br /><br />I'll still wait for the full article, but that's not the main point of the article. He believes, as I do, that the GOP is heading for an electoral train wreck if Romney is the nominee.<br /><br />If Mitt can't win over ultimate establishment hack, George Will (and others like him), he has serious issues.Right Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554010360328076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-31499281197161520692011-10-28T19:04:47.458-04:002011-10-28T19:04:47.458-04:00RW: "I guess we'll have to wait for the e...RW: "I guess we'll have to wait for the entire article to know for sure."<br /><br />Nope. This is just a piggy-back off of his interview last week where he said the same thing. The talked about how both men are "technocrats," focused on the data and not connecting with people emotionally. It had nothing to do with polls.<br /><br />That said, Dukakis never used numbers to accomplish anything. He was a lawyer that used numbers to an extreme because he thought it gave him substance. Romney analyzes numbers to achieve something--and his achievements are many.Slick-Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056211877694972304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-77997848774458385392011-10-28T18:52:51.484-04:002011-10-28T18:52:51.484-04:00RW: "I believe he's talking about polling...RW: "I believe he's talking about polling 'data.'"<br /><br />Nope. He wasn't. Polling data wasn't part of that critique's equation. - Slick Willie<br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />I guess we'll have to wait for the entire article to know for sure.Right Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554010360328076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-62562941129401978192011-10-28T18:46:59.939-04:002011-10-28T18:46:59.939-04:00"I'm RW and I have not had an objective o..."I'm RW and I have not had an objective opinion in three years."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-58931060271729103942011-10-28T18:36:13.020-04:002011-10-28T18:36:13.020-04:00This is an idiotic comparison by the way.
Dukaki...This is an idiotic comparison by the way. <br /><br />Dukakis was an extreme leftist whose entire history was based in New England. He was a lawyer that never really practiced. He served in the military for a couple years and spent the rest of his life in politics. He had zero business experience and was pretty much a socialist/communist at heart.<br /><br />Mitt grew up in MI, went to college in UT and spent most of his professional life in MA, though he ran international enterprises and spent substantial time in several other locations. No one thinks Mitt is extreme--extremists of every stripe hate him for this. He's a conservative, but is closer to the center than many.<br /><br />OJ's comment that Romney = the Eruo version of being a "pragmatic conservative" says nothing about Romney. It just illustrates OJ's lack of perception when it comes to historical conservative politics. Romney has been more conservative--pretty much across the board--than Reagan was pre-POTUS. He is certainly more conservative than either Bush. And he's more conservative than ANY competitive Euro politician has been since Thatcher.Slick-Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056211877694972304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-39434726891858144372011-10-28T18:17:56.754-04:002011-10-28T18:17:56.754-04:00RW: "I believe he's talking about polling...RW: "I believe he's talking about polling 'data.'"<br /><br />Nope. He wasn't. Polling data wasn't part of that critique's equation.Slick-Willyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056211877694972304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-10346470594457293642011-10-28T18:10:02.722-04:002011-10-28T18:10:02.722-04:00Wasn't it the establishment that went searchin...Wasn't it the establishment that went searching high and low for anyone but Romney? <br /><br />I just think it's funny that Romney is somehow considered establishment now. He is truly an outsider, it's just that the establishment can read the writing on the wall, and they know there are no other viable alternatives.<br /><br />-MarthaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-72804097359008824262011-10-28T17:34:59.927-04:002011-10-28T17:34:59.927-04:00I am reading Romney's book now and I am impres...I am reading Romney's book now and I am impressed with how intelligent he is..He thinks about things..he analyzes issues and tries to come up with solutions. <br /><br />As for establishment...well all of these people have ties to the establishment. Even Cain has ties to the Fed..they have money. Most of the pundits who make their living talking about all of this have ties too...I don't care how much they complain about the elite.<br /><br />Romney is smart and competent..right now that looks pretty damn good to me.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-1936934573604847442011-10-28T17:23:14.540-04:002011-10-28T17:23:14.540-04:00I believe he's talking about polling "dat...I believe he's talking about polling "data."Right Wingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554010360328076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-35505224254033797302011-10-28T16:19:47.357-04:002011-10-28T16:19:47.357-04:00Who needs data when we can have hatred, angst, and...Who needs data when we can have hatred, angst, and division?MassConnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-30407584264578255452011-10-28T16:05:40.028-04:002011-10-28T16:05:40.028-04:00"The Romney campaign has responded when neede..."The Romney campaign has responded when needed and in a straight fwd manner." Haha and none of the other campaigns have? C'mon!Ohio JOEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487408376861656109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-33840897000158482542011-10-28T15:58:38.343-04:002011-10-28T15:58:38.343-04:00"Romney has not whined about his detractors c..."Romney has not whined about his detractors comments." No, he has underlings do that for him.<br /><br />FALSE<br /><br />The Romney campaign has responded when needed and in a straight fwd manner.Doug NYC GOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457483710583021449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-68796481700898690602011-10-28T15:35:35.009-04:002011-10-28T15:35:35.009-04:00"But Romney is not a moderate. I would call h..."But Romney is not a moderate. I would call him a pragmatic conservative." In European terms that is correct, but here in America, real pragmatism is further to the Right. We need not win the house and many governorships by being mainstream pragmatic Conservatives, we won by being American Conservatives.Ohio JOEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487408376861656109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-72171998081066523462011-10-28T15:32:35.767-04:002011-10-28T15:32:35.767-04:00"Romney has not whined about his detractors c..."Romney has not whined about his detractors comments." No, he has underlings do that for him.Ohio JOEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487408376861656109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-19810226776102010242011-10-28T15:28:41.220-04:002011-10-28T15:28:41.220-04:00George Will was not a fan of George Bush either.George Will was not a fan of George Bush either.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-41077725631726618682011-10-28T15:09:06.380-04:002011-10-28T15:09:06.380-04:00OJ, you are half right. Dukakis was extremely libe...OJ, you are half right. Dukakis was extremely liberal, but Romney is not extremely conservative. But Romney is not a moderate. I would call him a pragmatic conservative.<br /><br />Another thing. I don't know much about Dukakis, but has he ever been called the best businessman in America?? Did he ever save the Olympics? <br /><br />And remember folks, Will is the one who said that we could count on either Obama, Daniels or Pawlenty being president in 2013?<br /><br />-MarthaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-58300079544289076922011-10-28T14:57:43.504-04:002011-10-28T14:57:43.504-04:00All I can say is that Romney is a stronger candida...All I can say is that Romney is a stronger candidate that all of the other GOPs combined because he is still hanging in there at or near the top,and he has everyone and everything coming at him,including the kitchen sink. Unlike Cain who complained that Rove was trying to sabotage his campaign, Romney has not whined about his detractors comments. Will is probably a disgruntled Perry supporter who is trying to knock Romney down a few points while trying to score points with the MSM. What is the establishment worried about?That he has a brain and he is worth 200 million and can't be bought?I for one will be contributing more money towards Romney's campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com