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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:08 PM Nov 2012

GOP and Tea Party turn on each other...

A national tea party organization is slamming Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for being a “weak, Beltway elite candidate who failed to campaign forcefully on America’s founding principles — and lost.”

“What we got was a weak moderate candidate, hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country-club establishment wing of the Republican Party,” Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Jenny Beth Martin said. “The presidential loss is unequivocally on them.”

The rebuke of Romney from Martin came just minutes after the networks called the presidential race for President Barack Obama. It’s the strongest criticism the group has leveled at Romney.

Now that Romney has lost, the group apparently has no qualms about criticizing him.

“We wanted a fighter like Ronald Reagan who boldly championed America’s founding principles, who inspired millions of independents and ‘Reagan Democrats’ to join us, and who fought his leftist opponents on the idea that America, as founded, was a ‘Shining city upon a hill,’” Martin added.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/06/after-loss-romney-slammed-as-weak-moderate-by-tea-party-patriots/#ixzz2BYs33ql2

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GOP and Tea Party turn on each other... (Original Post) cynatnite Nov 2012 OP
Another voice of the STUPID!!! Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #1
The only things better tasting than repig tears bongbong Nov 2012 #2
And just WHO was this mythical hero candidate? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #3
Umm, Jenny, what about the PRIMARIES? alp227 Nov 2012 #4
careful you are going to confuse the teacrackers in sputtering and they might end up hurting leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #11
And the Tea Party slips further into obscurity. EnviroBat Nov 2012 #5
No, Texas will be ours soon. Let them have the rest of the deep south. n/t cui bono Nov 2012 #17
so, they wanted someone in the early stages of dementia...? mike_c Nov 2012 #6
Lets hope for a Paul Ryan/Bachmann dream ticket in 2016! DMacTX Nov 2012 #7
Reagan was not a fighter--he was a schmoozer and a fraud. Skidmore Nov 2012 #8
Reagan: Hollywood elitist and 10% unemployment ErikJ Nov 2012 #9
Commence assembling that circular firing squad at will, mates. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #10
Hey teabaggers...how'd Missouri and Indiana work out for you? joeybee12 Nov 2012 #12
Or Nevada and Colorado in 2010? truebluegreen Nov 2012 #22
hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country-club establishment wing of the Republican Party Corgigal Nov 2012 #13
OFFS, stop raising Reagan from the dead already. rivegauche Nov 2012 #14
Ron Reagan always laughs his ass off BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #21
They're Delusional Dirty Socialist Nov 2012 #15
Greed is a many-headed entity. sofa king Nov 2012 #16
Circular Firing Squad rjlobo422 Nov 2012 #18
there they go, out beyond the perimeter--kinda lonely out there. librechik Nov 2012 #19
yep....keep turning to the right..... dhill926 Nov 2012 #20
how can they possibly be any more conservative? liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #23
Um, weren't taxes HIGHER under Reagan? Hugabear Nov 2012 #24
POTUS called it: CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #25
Allen West would disagree! ErikJ Nov 2012 #26
Ok I was expecting the shooting to start after the shock wore out nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #27
 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
2. The only things better tasting than repig tears
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:11 PM
Nov 2012

are these:

*) repigs pointing the finger of blame at each other, and
*) insisting that all they need to do to win elections is to be more conservative

Make my day, sheep!

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
3. And just WHO was this mythical hero candidate?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:11 PM
Nov 2012

I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing the GOP move even further into that dark morass known as the Tea Party....It would mean after Obama another Democrat would occupy the WH.

alp227

(32,047 posts)
4. Umm, Jenny, what about the PRIMARIES?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:12 PM
Nov 2012

If the Tea Party voters really stood for their principles why didn't they just unite behind Santorum or Bachmann? I doubt that beltway elitist/country club types really comprise most of the republican voter base.

 

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)
11. careful you are going to confuse the teacrackers in sputtering and they might end up hurting
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:18 PM
Nov 2012

themselves

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
8. Reagan was not a fighter--he was a schmoozer and a fraud.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:15 PM
Nov 2012

An actor playing the biggest role of his life.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,193 posts)
10. Commence assembling that circular firing squad at will, mates.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:18 PM
Nov 2012

With any luck, the recriminations and counter-recriminations should keep their little minds busy for at least five years or so...

Oh, and "like Ronald Reagan?" Don't make me laugh. The teabillies would have drummed him out of the party a long time ago.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
22. Or Nevada and Colorado in 2010?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 03:48 PM
Nov 2012

Teabaggers all, who lost very winnable Senate seats to the Democrats.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
13. hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country-club establishment wing of the Republican Party
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:20 PM
Nov 2012

That IS the Republican party. Not some mythical figure that you think. Time to wake up kiddies.

rivegauche

(601 posts)
14. OFFS, stop raising Reagan from the dead already.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:21 PM
Nov 2012

The world has changed dramatically, they need to realize that. If Reagan ran today he'd be EASILY defeated as a clueless fuddy-duddy. Personally I love watching those clowns cannibalize each other. Let them. I'm happy toasting marhsmallows while the Reichstag burns.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
15. They're Delusional
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:23 PM
Nov 2012

Their brand of conservatism would get hammered in elections.

Also, their idea of Reagan is a figment of their imagination. Reagan wasn't as strident of a conservative as they think. That's part of the right wing myth making machine.

rjlobo422

(29 posts)
18. Circular Firing Squad
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:28 PM
Nov 2012

I am going out today to get lots of Coke and popcorn so I can sit back and watch the GOP civil war begin today...lol these assholes don't have a clue. I flipped on Fox for five min last night just in time to see Megyn Kelly showing us how they were tearing down the election set. It was one of the most unreal moments I have ever seen on television news. People were walking around and talking like they were in absolute shock. Then it hit me. OMG, they really are in shock. They really were in the bubble. Most of them truly didn't see it coming.

The day of reckoning has arrived for the Republican Party. They have to decide whether they want to be a party of rich white people and religious zealots, or to join the rest of us in forging a stronger America by working together.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
23. how can they possibly be any more conservative?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 03:53 PM
Nov 2012

Pledging to vote no on all legislation put forth by Obama. Pledging to never raise taxes under any circumstance. Putting in the party platform that the entire party stands for an all out ban on all abortion. Telling women they can't have birth control and that if they get raped and get pregnant that it is a gift from God. How can you possibley get more conservative than that?

Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
24. Um, weren't taxes HIGHER under Reagan?
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 03:55 PM
Nov 2012

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't taxes actually lower now than they were under Reagan?

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