CNN′s Anderson Cooper played referee last night in Las Vegas as the 2012 Republican presidential candidates turned the debates into a brawl. No physical blows were struck, but Mitt Romney was pushed against the ropes, forcing him to cry foul. The live studio audience seemed to be stacked in his favor, perhaps with many family members and sister wives. They booed both Rick Perry and Rick Santorum as they challenged Romney′s authenticity on the issues of immigration, health care and job creation. Romney′s only resort, since the facts were not on his side, was to squirm and demand that the time rules be obeyed. Does Mitt Romney think this gutless defense will work against junk-yard dog, Barack Obama, when he goes all Chicago on him next year?
The debate last night began with Herman Cain being the target, as the Coop let everyone attack the 9-9-9 tax plan. Unlike Romney, Cain maintained his cool and defended his slogan to the last syllable. After about 30 minutes of this, the gloves came off as the candidates competed to be the anti-Romney choice in the GOP primaries.
Perry drew first blood on Romney, with the rest of the sharks circling for their chance to put the bite on Mitt. Romney was called out for having hired illegal immigrants to mow his lawn. Then he was caught on his health care mandate flip flop, especially the part where he removed one sentence proclaiming that the mandate would be a good idea for the nation from a later printing of his book. Santorum stabbed and jabbed away at Miitt on that point. Romney even tried to shift the blame to Newt Gingrich and the Heritage Foundation when Anderson Cooper backed away from enforcing the time limit rules Romney held so preciously. The last battle came again from Rick Perry who cited how Massachusetts was 47th in the nation on job creation under Romney, with only 40,000 jobs created during his term as governor. Once more, Romney cried fouled when Perry would not let him lie about how 40% of the jobs in Texas involved illegal immigrants.
The GOP debate in Las Vegas last night was a raucous affair, leaving Mitt Romney clinging to the ropes as the rest of the candidates slugged away at him. Being a wimpy boy, Romney demanded that the time limit rules be obeyed to the letter. Too bad for him that politics is hardly a setting for Marquis of Queensbury rules. His many flip flops on the issues over his lengthy career as a political figure places Mitt Romney as the ultimate road kill, the victim of his own efforts to stand in the middle after moving from side to side. Of course, the Establishment Media is claiming that Romney won last night′s debate, as they do every debate. But it is quite obvious now that with the clock ticking away, the time for niceties is over. Bring on the mud!
October 19th, 2011 at 4:36 am
They are all liars, so what does it matter? Liars accusing liars of being liars. The GOP is having too many debates. They keep it up, all the cretins they appeal to, even though they be cretins, might wake up and say, “Hey, these people are just a bunch of liars, you know?”
“I don’t know why I nebber saw it before….”
October 19th, 2011 at 6:36 am
One admits that our life is not cheap, nevertheless people need money for various stuff and not every person earns enough money. Hence to receive quick home loans or just term loan should be good solution.
October 19th, 2011 at 7:19 am
If Romney were not Mormon, you guys would love him. Fact.
October 19th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
If he wore black rubber underwear you’d love him
October 19th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Actually I used to like him, the Mormon thing never mattered much to me, his corporate resume` was impressive. That was all before this election where I took a closer look upon the fact its pretty hard to ignore Romnycare being Obamycares offshoot sibling.
Now all I see is guy trying to tell me its raining but its his dog (Wonder how that dogs doin?) pissing on my leg.
Seems it doesnt matter who it is. They’re great til you start looking at them.
Right now I’m kinda excited over Cain but the past has taught me not to get too close cuz God knows what they’re gonna dig up on him.
Nah, I dont giva rats turd about the Mormon thing.I’s actually be more worried if he were a devout Evangelist or spent twenty years in some church and then denied it
October 19th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I like Glenn Beck and he’s a Mormon. I don’t like Romney because he’s a jack@ss. LOL!
This latest tactic of his about attacking Perry as a career politician is just so disingenuous, it makes me vomit. Romney was raised in a political family. You don’t get to run an Olympic game unless you are political. As for his business experience, he’s a raider who likes to break up companies and auction off the parts. I know too many people who have lost their jobs because of him.
October 19th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
“Romney′s only resort, since the facts were not on his side, was to squirm and demand that the time rules be obeyed. Does Mitt Romney think this gutless defense will work…”
Really? Seriously? Romney’s answers were right on the money, only problem is none of the other candidates would let him speak because he is capable of proving them wrong, so to me they were cheap shotting Romney by hitting him and then not letting him fight back by rudely talking over him when it was his turn to speak.
Now to the facts.
“Mitt. Romney was called out for having hired illegal immigrants to mow his lawn.” (trivial at best).
Like Mitt Romney was trying to explain but Perry ever so rude in a classless way only a mediocre governor such as himself could do by not letting Mitt rebut is that Romney hired a landscaping company to cut his lawn and didn’t know if one day one crew came and another day a different one came with an illegal alien in the group. What is he supposed to do? A background check on every landscaper when he is busy with other greater endeavors? He fired the company the second he found out, not good enough? This claim is trivial at best (cheap & petty too) and I don’t believe he knowingly hired an illegal immigrant, as he had way too much to lose. Besides, it’s really not his fault, it’s the government’s fault for not enforcing the laws in the first place.
This is contrary to Perry KNOWINGLY giving tuition breaks to illegals while Americans paid full price. Also, it really wouldn’t surprise me if illegals cut Perry’s lawns at the Governor’s premises and / or his private residence(s). Every landscaping crew for the most part consists of illegal immigrants, this is a job for the federal government to correct, don’t blame Romney, blame the federal government, that’s who failed us.
“Then he was caught on his health care mandate flip flop, especially the part where he removed one sentence proclaiming that the mandate would be a good idea for the nation from a later printing of his book. Santorum stabbed and jabbed away at Miitt on that point. Romney even tried to shift the blame to Newt Gingrich and the Heritage Foundation when Anderson Cooper backed away from enforcing the time limit rules Romney held so preciously.”
Santorum didn’t stab and jab, he was just blatantly speaking over Romney not allowing him to get a word in edgewise after he lobbed a statement that Romney was entitled to rebut. Romney has repeatedly stated that he will repeal obamacare. Whether you agree with what Romney did in Massachussetts with healthcare or you do not, the point is that this article fails to point out that Romney was being muffled after he allowed the other person to speak without interruption. Romney was not permitted to defend his position the other person made because after the other person spoke that person would then yell over him when he started to speak. Not like Santorum is going places anyway.
Newt was correct in saying it was a big government program but he admitted to Romney in the debate that he was for an individual mandate along with the Heritage Foundation. So there, by proxy Newt was in agreement with what Romney did, only difference was that Newt allowed Romney to speak and was able to be statesman-like unlike the others.
“The last battle came again from Rick Perry who cited how Massachusetts was 47th in the nation on job creation under Romney, with only 40,000 jobs created during his term as governor. Once more, Romney cried fouled when Perry would not let him lie about how 40% of the jobs in Texas involved illegal immigrants.”
Again, Romney didn’t “cry foul” (WTF are you talking about?) Romney had the state’s unemployment rate down to 4.7% and created more jobs in Massachussetts than Perry did in Texas. Perry has created less jobs than Romney in the time that he’s been governor in the state of Texas. Again, the point is that this article fails to point out that Romney’s opponents were classless when not allowing him to rebut after he showed great virtue by not interrupting or talking over them when they were speaking therefore not allowing him to make his points.
“Of course, the Establishment Media is claiming that Romney won last night′s debate”
Romney did win the debate last night, he was exactly correct ON THE ISSUES, he was eloquent, and a statesman, more than what can be said about the other classless individuals that wouldn’t let him speak after he did not interrupt any of them once.
“Bring on the mud!”
As if you are saying, “yeah, continue to attack Romney.”
This just proves he’s the guy to beat, and every attempt to make him look bad exposes a new flaw in the one who tries once Romney replys. Be careful what you wish for, Romney may just be coming out of the mud slinging clean!
When you post an article you should really get to the heart of the matter, not trivial instances that miss the point and attempt to make Romney look bad because you personally don’t like him. There is a lack of integrity, a bias, and a partiality as opposed to a fair analysis. The picture above allows you to have something in common with MSNBC this time. You know not what you do.
October 19th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Hey Andy, can you also post a picture of the rock at Perry’s father’s leased ranch? The rock that had “Nig*erhead” painted on it, the one that Perry drove past a countless number of times when coming and going into and out of the ranch for several years. Do you have a picture of that to share with all of the readers? I just thought it might be fair considering you really have nothing like that on Romney and therefore doctor an otherwise presidential picture of him into something else which is unbecoming of a conservative. Just once, try to take the high ground.
October 19th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
(High road).
October 19th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Ron?
Exactly what is BHO’s religion?
Funny I never knew that SEIU/Community Organizer via Kenya/Kansas rated as a religion.
Ok let’s throw in Bill Ayers and NutJob Wright and voila…it’s a rainbow non profit Jesse JackOff coalition…Throw in Sharpo too.
Racists—All of them.
LMAO
October 19th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
@ Ron
1) Funny how there is no picture available of this rock at the hunting camp the Perry’s lease. I suppose the reason why is because it would show that the darn thing was indeed turned over decades ago by Perry’s father. You may also be interested to know that the reason that was word was painted on the rock in the first place was because the river in the area was called that until recently (1990s).
October 19th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
@ Ron
2) Watching the debate segments again, I feel quite vindicated in my assessment. During the immigration exchange, Romney demanded to know Perry’s source for the allegations that Romney had hired illegal immigrants. Perry had begun to mention the Boston Globe article about how it took about a full year for Romney to fire the lawn service company before Romney interrupted Perry.
3) Romney did cry foul, wanting Anderson Cooper to step in and tell Perry and Santorum to shut up. Why? Because Romney could not ACT LIKE A MAN!
4) Bring on the Mud! Damn straight! Since Barack Obama cannot run on his record of achievement, the 2012 election is going to be very, very nasty with more mud slinging than ever seen before. These GOP candidates better get ready now or they will look like the house at the side of the road (a baseball analogy for a batter foiled by fast balls).
October 20th, 2011 at 8:18 am
Yeah, Romney, regardless of Romneys past immigration stances promises that he’ll repeal Obamacare.
Obama promised he close Gitmo.
Romney could well repeal Obamacare, but simply install something very similar under another name, in true liberal fashion.
Half the country has already gotten used to the expectation of some major insurance advantageous to the majority, they’re licking their chops, drooling, waiting for that big freebee to get set loose. Who knows, maybe he’ll work a plan that puts most of the action in private competition.
Hell, Obama gave a war a whole new name and half the ass-holes out there fell for it.
And what was that sht Perry said in his opening statement?
” an authentic conservative, not a conservative of convenience.”
Really ?
I thought just a few short years ago he was a moonbat ?
October 20th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
Well Andy you are entitled to your opinion but I disagree. And to post an outlandish picture of a Republican candidate on a conservative website is blasphemous. I also believe the libs like Anderson Cooper fear Romney the most because of his wit, experience, and his persuasiveness as a moderate. That’s deadly to obama in a general election.
“And what was that sht Perry said in his opening statement?
” an authentic conservative, not a conservative of convenience.”
Really ?
I thought just a few short years ago he was a moonbat ?”
Yeah, the same guy who worked for mr global warming himself, al gore. This guy still is a moonbat!
October 20th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Ron,
This is a “Conservative website”, which does mean that we will hold candidates, especially Republicans, feet to the fire. Romney is NO Conservative! He’s had 6 years to prove that he is and he’s fallen short.
Perry may be new to the cause but he’s talking a better game. Why do you think the Media praises Romney all day long? They WANT him to be the nominee against Obama. There’s little difference between the two and Obama will have an easier time capitalizing on that.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Perry does not talk a better game. He worked for al gore, mandated medical shots, and gave illegal immigrants college tuition breaks while Americans paid full price. He doesn’t even join Arizona and Alabama by implementing a state law against illegal immigration. C’mon Andy, Perry is no more a conservative than Romney or even Bush. The only difference is that Romney can beat obama, and I believe he has the potential to be another Reagan. The MSM knows this too and they fear Romney getting the nomination. They know he will destroy obama and he is their worst nightmare. Why do you think anderson cooper was rebel rousing all the candidates with his edgy confrontational-like questions? Do you think that was a coincidence? Perry isn’t ready for the job, he got in late and didn’t prepare himself. He will not beat obama in a debate and if he was to beat obama in the general election we will have politics as usual. I don’t see the potential in Perry to save the country. I don’t even see him enforcing immigration as he thinks it’s heartless.
I wanted to see him succeed when he got in the race but he disappointed me too much after I seen him debate and heard some of his positions.
Sad part is, if he got the nomination I would reluctantly vote for him as we need to get rid of obama desperately…
October 20th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
And post a picture of Perry blowing steam out of his ears and the top of his head separated from the bottom 2/3 with a headline that reads, “Perry’s Campaign Frustrations Beginning To Show” with the content referring to the rude way he was speaking over Romney, even maybe how jealous he is that he is unable to regain the lead he had as a lesser-known candidate.
October 20th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
You know, a doctored-up picture like the one you made above…
October 20th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
I’m starting to like both of them less after the sht we saw the other night.
They should be cuffed together for a day, at this point they deserve each other like desperate housewives.
I have no idea how either of them would deal with our enemies and any other issue they seem to be doin nothing more than jockying for the better sound bite
Bachman really disappointed me, but, after her chanting “Obama will be a one term president” for the millionth time it doesnt bother so much because she was really beginning to sound like a slogan cheerleader…fckn dressed like one too.
Newt and Cain seemed to be the two men acting like gentlemen who had their sht together in spite of Cains 999 not getting enough time after all the cheap shots launched at it.
I like Cain, I think he’d do just fine, even with some foreign policy coaching, but hes not electable for so many insidious or backasswards reasons its sad, so, I will choose to run with the pack, whoever the front runner becomes,if I have to just to get rid of Barry.
I keep forgetting I cant vote, duh.
I guess the only good thing about that is that I’d never be able to vote for Paul.
He reminds me of a really cheap bad clown at some 5 year olds birthday party.
Its not so much what he says, even though when he says anything about foreign policy its retarded, its more the way he says things.
He always looks and sounds as if hes sittin on the shtter, constipated, busting his nuts trying to squeeze one out.
35 years ago hes the last person on earth I’d want to see if I was trippin on acid.
October 20th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Not to worry Mick, Paul will not get the nomination, but his 8%-10% is dedicated and whoever gets the nomination is going to have to try and get Paul to urge his loyalists to vote for him/her.
He would get this country in a real jackpot with his lack of foreign policy apporoach, but I do like the strict ideas he has when it comes to other topics.
October 20th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
He’ll get us all killed.
He has no idea how our global presence and the economy work together
October 21st, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Agreed.