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To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/9/2012 4:10:38 PM
From: Bill1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793587
 
What person in his right mind would want to put his reputation and family through the smear machine of the Democrat party? I don't think anyone good will want to run in 2016.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/9/2012 4:33:15 PM
From: Neeka4 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793587
 
I couldn't agree more. Even if he'd gone down to defeat.............and unlike Mittens..........Newt would have gone down fighting.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/9/2012 5:07:36 PM
From: MrLucky2 Recommendations  Respond to of 793587
 
Santorum was better in arguing about birth control etc. than Romney.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/9/2012 9:49:49 PM
From: KLP3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793587
 
I still think Romney was a better candidate than Newt, for all the reasons I stated months ago. That said, we did send Newt money several times during those months. I do think he could win every argument/debate that was ever held.....but being President every day, is far different than winning whatever debate.

I had hoped Newt would be in some position of importance and visibility in a new Cabinet or other office.

I dislike his wife as she always wants to be front and center in every conversation or picture, or it seems to me that way anyway.....Romney's wife Ann and their entire family, on the other hand, were able and capable during the campaign....I had hoped they would bring some sanity back to the WH and the public stage.

Romney made some mistakes.....one was he didn't let the public know his truth when he had just been lied about.....He seems to be the "turn the other cheek" kind of guy...That's great in a friend....but the President has to be a good deal tougher than that.

When Obama won, I was definitely sad, but after awhile, willing to listen to what he had to say. I was turned off before the election when I read his first book, "Dreams of My Father".....If you read it, you'll know what I mean. However, it didn't take too long for all my (and all of our) fears about Obama started to actually happen.....choices he made, lies he told, and agenda he was advancing. We watched to see who his visitors were....(if we could get the media to tell us).... The last straw for me was his bowing to all other leaders, and his treatment of Netanyahu the first time he came to see Obama..... Obama proved what an arrogant, ignorant, selfcentered man he was then...and has gone on nearly every week, to prove that again and again.

The reason Romney lost was that he and his team weren't sensitive enough to know he was in a war. Nice guys finish last, as they say.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/10/2012 7:39:48 AM
From: paul612 Recommendations  Respond to of 793587
 
Agree.......I really liked Newt too. thanks....paul



To: Brumar89 who wrote (521312)11/11/2012 12:20:32 PM
From: steve harris1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793587
 
I haven't found a link, but someone on the radio this morning said the marriage amendments defining marriage as between a man and a woman, got a lot more votes that Romney did in a lot of states.

One state was like 48% for marriage and 36% Romney in one blue state.