The Republican convention hasn’t occurred yet, but the GOP elites are already preparing sabotage. Many Republican insiders are trashing Paul Ryan to the media. Rather than gear up for a epic fight, they are backstabbing the ticket and hoping to undermine it.
You’ve heard them on television and read them on POLITICO — cheerful, defiant statements from Republican political professionals about Mitt Romney’s bold masterstroke in tapping Paul Ryan as his running mate, and turning the 2012 presidential race into a serious, far-reaching debate about budgets and the nation’s future.
Don’t buy it.
Away from the cameras, and with all the usual assurances that people aren’t being quoted by name, there is an unmistakable consensus among Republican operatives in Washington: Romney has taken a risk with Ryan that has only a modest chance of going right — and a huge chance of going horribly wrong.
In more than three dozen interviews with Republican strategists and campaign operatives — old hands and rising next-generation conservatives alike — the most common reactions to Ryan ranged from gnawing apprehension to hair-on-fire anger that Romney has practically ceded the election.
What really angers the Republican elites is that Mitt Romney is not a Bush Error (88-08) style Progressive. They had backed him assuming they were getting another Leftists. By selecting Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney has sided with the Economic Conservative/Tea Party Wing of the Republican Party. These elites know very well that if Romney-Ryan win, it will be the end of Progressive control over America. These Republicans are really Leftists at their core and just disagree with the Democrats on the pace of Socialism. They are now seeing the possibility that they will be shut out of power. Hungry for their power, the GOP elites will do everything they can to sink the Romney-Ryan ticket.
Tags: Paul Ryan, Rockefeller Republicans
They need to shut the fuck up. NOW.
Where do you think Candy Crowly got her ‘ticket with a death wish’ meme? She didn’t make it up.
@ eaglesoars:
Why is she being allowed to moderate a debate? The Romney camp should fight this.
I tend to discount anything from secret Democratic PR operatives.
Politico is one of them.
And even if there are “GOP elites who are angry with the pick” I agree with Carolina Girl. It would be more damaging for Romney to change his mind now so STFU, get behind this ticket, and help push this thing over the finish line ASSHOLES.
Purge the party now!
Rush talked a bit about this today. His take is that there are too many people who are certain they’ll lose their influence in a Republican party run by true conservatives as opposed to RINOs. I think there’s something to that. The Nicole Wallace/Steve Schmidt (they ran McCain’s campaign and were the same people who undermined Palin) wing will learn how to spell Siberia -- as they so richly deserve
America deserves an R & R ticket.
Evening, all.
I want to see TRUE conservatives running things, not these RINO types. I’ve stopped supporting the RNC, NRCC/NRSC, and will only financially back individual candidates who show their true stripes as conservatives.
I’m not sure if this really belongs here, but here goes: One of the toughest lessons to learn in life is that there are folks out there who will set one up for public humiliation, or betrayal. When one discovers that one has been betrayed, you learn that revenge is one of the most powerful motives for action. I had this lesson inflicted upon me several times during middle and high school, and I have some painful memories of that time because of it. Compounding things was the observation that those who did this to me seemed to think their actions as harmless.
I hope Romney has a long enough memory to pay back those in the party who would do this to him. Ryan, too.
Back to the “Ain’t nobody damn good ‘nuf so fukkemall” mantra? Nice. Ryan is a breath of fresh air.
@ mfhorn:
Name one “True Conservative,” then watch everyone here tear him/her down. That crap’s been going on here for years.
@ Bunk X:
This is a Pro Romney-Ryan post. Paul Ryan is a true Conservative. Romney has converted to Conservatism. Its pissed off the GOP Elites. I’m loving every minute of this!
I think that it’s about time, too.
Yesterday, Mark Levin read an “anonymous” article that appeared at HuffPo, who they claim is a “leading conservative voice” that slammed Ryan being on the ticket. If anyone else heard the broadcast, I’d love to hear who you think authored it.
I’m betting Karl Rove -- too heavy on the Marco Rubio or better yet, Jeb Bush rah-rahs. (I like Rubio, and he’d have been a good pick, but I don’t recall anyone going oh YES! when Jeb’s name was mentioned).
I figure him or one of those Quislings from the McCain campaign, who were so impressive that I can’t remember their names.
Here’s where I stand: Always side with the non-Muslim in any contest or dispute, either at home or abroad.
No exceptions!
So all the Sikhs are evil. Got it.
So all the moderate Muslims that I’ve worked with over the years, who hired Jewish contractors are evil. Got it.
So a guy, a Muslim, with UMMA on his business card, who gave me some of the best business contacts I’ve ever known, and who introduced me to Jewish business people is evil. Got it.
@ Bunk X:
Shiks are NOT Muslims. Not even close! Please check my blog post on the subject:
http://1389blog.com/2012/08/09/sikh-and-ye-shall-find/
@ Bunk X:
Hard to say, I don’t know them. But, it is not very likely that there is such a thing as a “moderate” Muslim, just apostate Muslims. Talk to anyone you can find who was raised Muslim and is now Christian. These “moderate” Muslims tend to be pretty hard-core once the non-Muslims are out of ear’s shot. I have known a few of the apostates and a few of the wolves in sheep’s clothing better known as “moderate Muslims.”
@ Bunk X:
I might be a bit older than some of you, but this reminds me of when I was vacationing in Troy. I had to leave right after these nice Greek people gave them this beautiful statue of a horse. I hear that gift didn’t end up being such a nice thing.
The 2012 Republican Ticket to me looks like the 1980 ticket all flip-flopped, with the establishment northeastern moderate on top and the Conservative true-believer relegated to shotgun.