Scarborough re Newt: "He's not a conservative, he's an opportunist"

[kpete]

Scarborough: GOP 'Base Is Revolting' Against Romney

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"He hasn't made the sale to conservatives," Todd observed. "And losing in South Carolina, he can't dismiss it. This is the heart and soul of the conservative movement, the folks that show up at telephones, that knock on the doors -- and he doesn't have their support."

"There's no doubt about it," Scarborough agreed. "The party base is revolting, but they are revolting against the Washington Republican establishment anointing Mitt Romney."

"Just like Herman Cain was not about Herman Cain. It was a rejection of Mitt Romney. Rick Perry, a rejection of Mitt Romney. Michele Bachmann, a rejection of Mitt Romney. Newt Gingrich wave one, a rejection of Mitt Romney. Now we have Newt Gingrich wave two, a rejection of Mitt Romney."

Scarborough continued: "Mitt Romney could attack Newt for not being a conservative because Newt is not a conservative. Google it! We (Republicans) ran him out of Congress in 1998 because he sold us out on taxes, he sold us out on spending, he went to the floor and he sided with Democrats on his last speech, calling us the perfectionists caucus. He called us jihadists. He's not a conservative, he's an opportunist. But here is the problem: So is Mitt Romney."

VIDEO & MORE:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/scarborough-gop-base-revolting-against-romne

[muntrv]

1. ..But Joe Scarborough was prinicipled as a rep, right?

[Broderick]

11. Don't want to be a female intern around him

Tragedy finds a way.

[Honeycombe8]

2. I thought the same thing. Why Romney can't effectively attack Newt...

for being a flip flopper, or being too liberal, or whatever, is because Romney has the same baggage.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Exactly! I'm baffled by this, too! Mittens has more than enough ammunition to go after Newtie!

[Honeycombe8]

6. ??? That's not what I said exactly. I said Romney CAN'T go after Newt...

because Romney has the SAME baggage/issues.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. O.K., calm down. I misunderstood you.

[bigdarryl]

4. It's laughable listening to these rethugs calling each other not Conservative

And what the hell is Scarborough talking about Hannity is calling him LIBERAL SCARBOROUGH

[oberliner]

5. It's hard to keep track of who likes/loathes who

A lot of strange bedfellows among the RW talk show crowd.

Some of them hate Newt, some of them hate Romney.

It's a weird dynamic going on in that universe.

[gratuitous]

7. Gotta wait for the next issue of Tiger Beat

This impresses me as nothing so much as the fickle eternal "loves" of teeny boppers. Justin forever!

But I don't see how Scarborough distinguishes one opportunist from another. I probably presume too much, but I presume he has some sort of metric for determining this.

[xfundy]

8. He's right about one thing--

They really are revolting.

[Fuzz]

10. Newt and Mitt are pretty much the same except Newt looks more conservative because he's

an asshole.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

12. The two are not mutually exclusive... N.T.