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Title: GOP bad blood by Patrick J. Buchanan
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World Net Daily
URL Source: http://www.wnd.com/2012/01/gop-bad-blood/
Published: Jan 9, 2012
Author: by Patrick J. Buchanan
Post Date: 2012-01-09 22:17:44 by TwentyTwelve
Keywords: GOP bad blood
Views: 518
Comments: 23
FRIENDLY FIRE GOP bad blood Pat Buchanan: Republican candidates' circular firing squard plays into Dems' script Published: 4 hours ago by Patrick J. Buchanan There still exists a possibility that, come Jan. 20, 2013, we could have a Republican Senate and House, and a Republican president. But there is also a possibility that a Goldwater-Rockefeller-type family bloodletting could sunder the party and kick it all away. America is bored with Barack Obama. The young and the minorities are still with him but exhibit none of the excitement or enthusiasm of 2008. Moreover, we have been through three years of 23-25 million unemployed or underemployed. Our national debt is now larger than the national economy, approaching Italian proportions. The class warfare rhetoric is beginning to grate. A huge majority believes the nation is on the wrong course. Who wants four more years of this? Democratic hopes for 2012 hence hinge on that party’s ability to portray the Republican alternative as unacceptable if not intolerable. And the Republicans have begun to play into that script. The GOP field of candidates suddenly seems headed to a finale that will call to mind the last scene of Hamlet, the dead and dying everywhere, but no Fortinbras to restore order in the house. In the Sunday debate, Jon Huntsman accused Mitt Romney of virtually questioning his patriotism, when Mitt asked how he could serve as Obama’s man in Beijing and be a credible opponent of Obama. “This nation is divided … because of attitudes like that,” said Huntsman. Newt Gingrich, who promised in Iowa not to go negative, now calls Mitt a liar. A super-PAC supporting Newt is about to paint Mitt as a Bain Capital corporate predator, a Gordon Gecko whose modus operandi was to swoop down on troubled companies, loot them, fire workers, leave a skeleton crew and move on. Newt’s bitterness is understandable. A month ago, he was surging. He had opened up a lead in national polls, moved ahead in Iowa, South Carolina and Florida, and, with the backing of the Manchester Union-Leader, was closing in on Mitt in New Hampshire. From his crisp debate performances, Newt had steadily risen from his disastrous debut, while one after another of his rivals – Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain – had taken the lead and lost it. Newt had engineered a spectacular comeback, seemingly peaking at exactly the right moment, only weeks before the Iowa caucuses. Came then the Iowa blitz, round-the-clock air strikes from a Romney super-PAC. Millions were dumped into attack ads portraying Newt as a Beltway bandit who had exploited his speaker’s ties to enrich himself, pocketing $1.6 million from Freddie Mac and millions more from Big Pharma to promote the Bush prescription drug benefit for seniors, the largest unfunded entitlement program of the century. After weeks of unreturned fire, Newt’s poll numbers had been cut in half. He finished a distant fourth in Iowa. Having come back from the dead once in this primary season, it is hard to see how he resurrects himself a second time, given the depth of his fall, his seemingly uncontrollable anger and the little time he has left. Five weeks ago, Newt looked like the GOP nominee. Now, his political career seems about over. Hence the desire for revenge. And with his friend Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson dumping $5 million into a super-PAC for Newt, his allies have the resources to exact retribution on Mitt for what Mitt’s friends did to Newt. Nor is this the only bad blood. In Iowa, Ron Paul’s ads charged Newt with “serial hypocrisy” for claiming to be a conservative but leaving Congress to make millions working the system. In New Hampshire, Paul escalated, calling Newt a “chicken hawk” who clamors for war on Iran but ducked service when he could have gone and fought during Vietnam. Newt has said that, should Paul become the nominee, he, Newt, could neither endorse nor vote for him. Paul’s supporters would reciprocate, were Newt to become the nominee. Paul’s ads also charge Rick Santorum with being a “corrupt” politician who exploited his 12 years of Senate service to make millions on K Street. Santorum’s reply: “Ron Paul is disgusting.” The Republican candidates have gone beyond challenging each other’s records and positions to impugning their character. Sunday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Romney surrogate, directly questioned Huntsman’s “integrity,” implying he had plotted his presidential campaign against Obama while serving as Obama’s man in Beijing. He had taken the king’s shilling and then sought to dethrone the king. Such wounds take time to heal. Some never do, and some will not be closed before the Republican convention opens in Tampa, Fla. Then there are the policy divides. Paul may well run second to Romney in delegates and demand that his ideas – shutting U.S. military bases overseas, downsizing the American empire, getting a declaration of war from Congress before any attack on Iran – be written into the platform. How will a hawkish Republican majority finesse that one? To bring this crowd together at Tampa, the GOP nominee may need the diplomatic skills of a Talleyrand or Metternich. Poster Comment: "The GOP field of candidates suddenly seems headed to a finale that will call to mind the last scene of Hamlet, the dead and dying everywhere, but no Fortinbras to restore order in the house."
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#1. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
The GOP can kiss my ass. If they want my vote then Ron Paul has to be the nominee. Period. I had 8 years of George Bush and 7 years of complete Republican control of the federal government to see what will happen if a status quo Republican is the Republican nominee. It's the exact same thing that will happen if Obama wins - perpetual war, big government, and an ever increasing police state. Thanks but no thanks. I don't give half a damn if the Republican candidate will spend 1% less than Obama. I don't consider that a difference. Bush was worse than Clinton and Obama has been worse than Bush. That being the case there is no reason to believe that a Republican won't be worse than Obama, especially since every damned one of them (except Dr. Paul) are so hell bent on starting more wars and every damned one of them (except Dr. Paul) claim that The Patriot Act and NDAA do not go far enough in affronting the Constitution. Both of these attitudes guarantee that the size of government will increase and that the police state will grow under a Republican administration. I will not sign off on this agenda by casting a vote for a non-Ron Paul candidate. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
You hear all the psy-ops about "wasted votes" from Talmud-vision and yet the only wasted vote is not to vote for Paul. It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. Voltaire
This is the RP strategy. To show up at the convention with a loud and clear voice in the form of delegates. If he does indeed have the 2nd most after the primaries, he'll be impossible to ignore. Fun times ahead, boys and girls, with the potential of the complete implosion of the GOP at stake. If it does shake out this way, I'm taking a road trip to the convention. Anyone for Tampa in August?
I have no doubt that the R/D political machine is working on a new 9/11 contingency plan as we speak in order to nip this possibility in the bud. Another 9/11 event will ensure that "we the people" embrace martial law and totalitarianism with open arms and open legs. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
I wouldn't put it past the neocon candidates to deliberately sabotage Ron Paul if he were to win the GOP nomination so that they could run against Obama for the next 4 years and run again in 2016 and America be damned. They'd do it in a heartbeat.
#2. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#1)
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I will not sign off on this agenda by casting a vote for a non- Ron Paul candidate.
#3. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
Then there are the policy divides. Paul may well run second to Romney in delegates and demand that his ideas – shutting U.S. military bases overseas, downsizing the American empire, getting a declaration of war from Congress before any attack on Iran – be written into the platform.
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
This is the RP strategy. To show up at the convention with a loud and clear voice in the form of delegates. If he does indeed have the 2nd most after the primaries, he'll be impossible to ignore. Fun times ahead, boys and girls, with the potential of the complete implosion of the GOP at stake. If it does shake out this way, I'm taking a road trip to the convention. Anyone for Tampa in August?
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
This is the RP strategy. To show up at the convention with a loud and clear voice in the form of delegates. If he does indeed have the 2nd most after the primaries, he'll be impossible to ignore. Fun times ahead, boys and girls, with the potential of the complete implosion of the GOP at stake.
#6. To: TwentyTwelve, F.A. Hayek Fan (#0)
-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#4)
Yep, or war with the Persians. That will cause the Oafs to whip out their American flags and "get behind the military." I have no doubt that the R/D political machine is working on a new 9/11 contingency plan as we speak in order to nip this possibility in the bud. Another 9/11 event will ensure that "we the people" embrace martial law and totalitarianism with open arms and open legs.
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
"martial law . . . or war with the Persians" That about it. Used to be that Americans' thang was finding new frontiers to conquer. Now we're become just one big military prison camp. It's only 6:00 in the morning and the barf bag is already full.
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
Talked it over with the wife, and we goin' Vermin Supreme in '12.
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#7)
Vermin Supreme fills me with faith that the Republican Party can be rebuilt after the coming debacle this fall.
#11. To: randge (#9)
A word to the wise; ignore Vermin Supreme's message at your own peril!
#12. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
lol Santorum’s reply: “Ron Paul is disgusting.”
#13. To: Jethro Tull (#11)
I didn't look at the videos, but he certainly looks like a snappy dresser. ignore Vermin Supreme's message at your own peril!
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
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#14. To: Esso (#13)
Vermin Supreme is the nation's only chance to prevent a zombie attack.
#15. To: Esso (#13)
He certainly is a snappy dresser. Here's some more. Bow deeply to our Leaders. 
#16. To: TwentyTwelve, jethro tull (#0)
shame that buchanan, who endorsed bush in 04(!) doesnt get to the root of the matter.Romney/huntsman are cousins & none of these clowns oppose each other idealogically except Paul.Newt WORKED for nelson rockefeller! & oppsed goldwater.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#17. To: TwentyTwelve (#0)
I will vote only for Paul. The rest are dogshit.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
#18. To: Artisan (#16)
I can't disagree.... shame that buchanan, who endorsed bush in 04(!)
#19. To: Turtle (#17)
Ditto Turtle.
#20. To: Jethro Tull (#18)
I had a big problem at the time with any purported conservative who supported bush in 04.By that time there was more than enough evidence to know the whole truth. In 2000, i voted for him. But 04? Come on.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
#21. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
Is that a trick question? Make sure you bring a gas mask, I smell something big brewing. Anyone for Tampa in August?
"You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day. It's great to be an American" - Sail Away by Randy Newman
#22. To: Flintlock (#21)
Going? I need a solo road trip badly.
#23. To: Artisan (#20)
I voted for him in 2000 and haven't voted in a presidential (s)election since. And going back, the last R I voted for was Bush #41 in '88.
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