2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSacarborough on MtP: "There's no doubt about it: the (GOP) party base is revolting."
Too funny.
David Gregory read Politico's Glenn Thrush's tweet from yesterday: "Tonight's Romney loss parallels the Boehner-Cantor dynamic on last year's budget. GOP establishment blesses, party base revolts."
Scarborough replied: "There's no doubt about it, the party base is revolting."
That's the only thing he's ever said with which I adamantly agree!!!
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)maybe they will wake up and vote in their best interest for a change now, though.
tridim
(45,358 posts)IMO they're just spasming because they know they're going to lose again to the likable scary black socialist/muslin from Kenya.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)no one who doesn't come with huge baggage. Drain the swamp and you won't find anything nice in there.
Muslin (English pronunciation: /ˈmʌslɨn/, or less frequently: (/ˈmjuːslɨn/) is a loosely-woven cotton fabric originated in Bangladesh, which was introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the 17th century. It became very popular at the end of the 18th century in France. Muslin is most typically an unbleached or white cloth, produced from carded cotton yarn. It is often used to make sewing patterns, such as for clothing, curtains, or upholstery. Because air moves easily through muslin, muslin clothing is suitable for hot, dry climates.
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tridim
(45,358 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Just another Freeper showing off his ignorance to the world.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)Unfortunately, when the base hears this crap in the media, they think that they are in control.
They have absolutely NO IDEA that Newt fucking Gingrich will play to the exact same financial interests that Mitt Romney would, and those interests are diametrically opposed to those of the Revolting GOP Base.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)the truth slips out.
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)"Revolting? Why, they're disgusting!"
ewagner
(18,964 posts)the witch hunt will begin to find exactly who gave the inmates the keys to the asylum and to punish that person....there will be a (political) blood bath.
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)We could very well see the long awaited fracturing of the rushpublican party. No matter who wins this clown car demolition derby will not only be massively damaged goods, but the person who losses out (or persons) will have lot of bad blood and will either look to a third party or just stay home. I can't see many of those who voted for Cadrich last night holding their noses for Mittens and the Paulbots don't like either.
There will be a bloodbath? Sit back and enjoy...the bloodbath is well underway
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)That's a keeper!
ewagner
(18,964 posts)I will repeat it proudly and often
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)That girl rocks!
She knows what snow machines are.
None of the other candidates know what snow machines are.
And that's an advantage that can't be overcome up here in the Northwest.
Now, if she could only figure out somehow to get on tv to get her message out . . .
I LIKE the way you think...
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...now if I could convince my SO to believe that....
Cheers!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)... angry white rich guys is actually a pretty small demographic, although they do vote.
Chiyo-chichi
(3,578 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Grateful for Hope
(39,320 posts)Truer words were never spoken.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)actually thinks outside the box. Think NYC and Mika and others on the show
have moved him more in the left direction. There are some repukes I
literally can not stand to hear their voice (ie. Mittens). But some, who
seem to have a brain
Cosmocat
(14,563 posts)he is probably the lead trojan horse for these freaks - doing the faux, "WELL, I differ from the party all the time!" BS.
I stopped watching MJ because I could not stand a dozen grown adults acting like they were afraid he would pick up a chair and beat them to death on live TV, but I made a point of watching a couple mornings during the early stages of this primary, and he was COMPLETELY on board with the establishment R MO with this race.
They/he knows that Romney is untolerable to most of the "base" that these jagoffs need to preen to win elections. So, he NEVER has endorsed or pumped Romney up. But, EVERY time one of the freaks got hot, he bashed the heck out of them - Backman, Perry, Pizza clown and then Nwet.
THAT was what the establisment did - never spoke up for Romney because they knew it was too umpopular in their party to back hiim, but once one of the clown parade got their turn in front, they tore them down.
It was palpable, and visceral watching him do it.
He is a trojan horse, a good looking preened, and smarmy type people WANT to like, doing the "I am an honest broker" routine to sell their BS>
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)because there was a lot of bad blood when he actually worked with the guy in congress.
Not sure I quite understand what you are saying. The Establishment doesn't want Romney, Joe Scar didn't push or
endorse, and he also trashes the others. ??
Missing the point. Are you saying he doesn't push/like anyone?
Cosmocat
(14,563 posts)I saw some of his rants on Nwet - yeah, it was more personal.
What he, as a tool of the republican establishment, has been doing is using his show as one of the points of attack on the other candidates when they start to get some traction.
They can't endorse Romney because the base hates him. So, they talk neutral, but presumptive as the nominee about him, and pile and tear down whoever manages to get some momentum against him.
Been doing it since Bachmann rose up last summer.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)I knew there was something amiss - thanks for pointing it out !
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/23/the-republican-base-simply-does-not-like-mitt-romney-why-the-press-rarely-reports-it/
The Republican Base Simply Does Not Like Mitt Romney & Why The Press Rarely Reports It
Posted by Erick Erickson (Diary)
Monday, January 23rd at 12:51PM EST
84 Comments
Mitt Romney conveys all the business acumen of a co-CEO of Research in Motion, both of whom are themselves losing their jobs.
A friend of mine pointed out this morning that Mitt Romney has outspent Newt Gingrich $7 million to $.0008 million in Florida just to watch his 15 pt lead implode overnight.
The Republican base does not trust Mitt Romney. Because they do not trust him, they do not like him as a candidate. His campaign, all too clever to try to sit on an ephemeral lead that any outside observer could see was more vaporware than reality, has decided to go fully negative now against Gingrich.
In other words, Mitt Romney who no one much cares for outside of well paid consultants, lobbyists, and First Class Acela Express Republicans in Washington and New York is going to drive up his own negatives to make Newt Gingrich more toxic to the base than himself. Thats a winning strategy for the general for sure! Hey, Team Romney must be saying, Well just remind them about the Supreme Court to get them to turn out in the general. That worked so well for Team McCain.
Mitt Romney is supposedly a brilliant private businessman. It is the theme of his campaign. If a business were to spend as much as he has spent to lose Iowa in 2012 garnering less votes in 2012 than he got in 2008 and then lose all but two counties in South Carolina, youd think a private businessman would shake up his campaign.
Right now in running his campaign, Mitt Romney conveys all the business acumen of a co-CEO of Research in Motion, both of whom are themselves losing their jobs.
There is, however, some important insight into this we should all now see.
For a year, many of us have been telling reporters and Republicans in Washington that the base does not like Mitt Romney. We have pointed out how since November of 2010 until just before the kick off this year in Iowa his polling average never got above 25.5%.
But it fell on deaf ears.
I really think it fell on deaf ears because a lot of Romneys team comes from the corridors of Washington who have built up relationships with the leading voices in the press over the past decade. The Gang of 500 as they call it and the Romney team have coexisted in a symbiotic relationship of sourcing and news for a long time both related to and separate from Mitt Romneys campaign.
Consequently, any other campaign that had spent what Romney spent and gotten the poor results Romney got would see huge process and analysis pieces on the front page of every major newspaper in America today speculating on a Romney campaign shake up.
That wont happen though with Romneys campaign because of press-operative relationships. And it is that press-operative relationship between the Gang of 500 and Romneys campaign team that has left the Romney campaign stunned by results everyone outside Washington, D.C. saw coming.
Cosmocat
(14,563 posts)I think the real power players in the republican party have a VERY tight handle on the main media people.
It isn't completely universal, but I think there general rules the big name media people know they have to follow:
1) Always downplay or mitigate (or not even report) anything positive with democrats
2) Always downplay or mitigate (or not even report) anything negative with republicans
So - Howard Dean's candidacy is destroyed by a scream.
Over and done with.
But, Rs can pretty much now do and say ANYTHING, and it gets massaged.
Worst case scenario for an R is what stupid thing he or she did or said being reported with a QUICK "but, to be fair, democrats do the same thing." Next time a D does something stupid and a media person brings up Rs doing the same will be the first.
All of the "liberal" mainstream media takes it lead from the "conservative" media. They scream about the shiite that conservative commentators scream about Ds, and they use the excuses the conservative media makes up for Rs.
Not all of the key republicans support mitt, it is a primary. But, most of them think he is the best chance to beat Obama, and as such are supporting him.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)When the Tea Party first "appeared" (ha) Scabby was pretending that it was a grass-root movement ... not the right wing base ... it was Republicans, Independents, Democrats ... that's what Scabby claimed.
He was LYING of course ... and now, his chickens have come home to roost!!!
And I'm loving it.
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)especially its teabagger base