I don't like Romney.

[thundley4]

But he is anybody but Obama.

He strikes me as smarmy and insincere and has acted the whole time like the primary has been a game and that he would be crowned the victor .  His mannerisms remind me very much of Obama and other Demonrat politicians.

[Rebel]

People need to think about USSC nominees and think about who Obama has appointed thus far. I will GLADLY support Romney and I don't like him either.

[DefiantSix]

People need to think about USSC nominees and think about who Obama has appointed thus far. I will GLADLY support Romney and I don't like him either.

The counter to that argument, though is that the ones that are closest to retirement are all on the moonbat side of the bench.  Ginsberg and Brier mostly, although Kennedy's remaining tenure on the bench scares me a bit.

[thundley4]

The counter to that argument, though is that the ones that are closest to retirement are all on the moonbat side of the bench.  Ginsberg and Brier mostly, although Kennedy's remaining tenure on the bench scares me a bit.

And the counter point to that argument is that we can't afford another four years of Obama.

[DumbAss Tanker]

But he is anybody but Obama.

He strikes me as smarmy and insincere and has acted the whole time like the primary has been a game and that he would be crowned the victor .  His mannerisms remind me very much of Obama and other Demonrat politicians.

Yeah to all that, plus essentially spending his way to the nomination on the backs of superPACs with corporate/mogul money hat smothered any other voices by factors ranging from 8:1 upward to 50:1, which makes me seriously wonder how deep any support for him could be if it took monetary carpet-bombing to win a series of squeakers.

However, he is not Obama.  I'm thinking of getting a bumper sticker made like: "VOTE ROMNEY - Sucks less than Obama."

[Eupher]

We've all talked about Romney's olive-oil hair, his waffling, his RomneyCare, and his having bought what is amounting to be the RNC nomination.

We've talked about his smarmy behavior and his insincerity and apart from the conservative elite, including Ann Coulter, there aren't a whole lotta folks who have been suckered in by the Prince of Darkness.

But have you ever seen the guy walk? He walks like he's got a dick stuck up his ass.  

[Kyle Ricky]

I'm not much of a Romney fan either. But when it comes to him or Obama, I will take Romney. As it was said: Anyone but Obama.

[NHSparky]

Romney 2012--better to be ****ed by the guy you back than the guy you don't.

Just kill me now.

[DefiantSix]

Romney 2012--better to be ****ed by the guy you back than the guy you don't.

Just kill me now.

Amen.
 

[Ballygrl]

People need to think about USSC nominees and think about who Obama has appointed thus far. I will GLADLY support Romney and I don't like him either.

The counter to that argument, though is that the ones that are closest to retirement are all on the moonbat side of the bench.  Ginsberg and Brier mostly, although Kennedy's remaining tenure on the bench scares me a bit.

Then the counter to that argument is this, wouldn't it be nice to replace retiring leftist Justices with at least a moderate leaning towards conservative/conservative?

[DefiantSix]

Then the counter to that argument is this, wouldn't it be nice to replace retiring leftist Justices with at least a moderate leaning towards conservative/conservative?

All I'm saying is that using the Supreme court argument as justification to support a RINO when there are still conservatives less RINO candidates in the race is a straw man, and it's stupid. 

By most accounts Ronald Reagan was as rock-ribbed a conservative President as we could have asked for in the latter half of this last century; and yet, look at the candidates we got there - O'Conner and Kennedy have been some of the squishiest constitutional jurists ever, just as bad as the full 'tard liberals on the bench in many cases.  Yes, we got Antonin Scalia out of him as well, but still...

George H.W. Bush was just as bad.  Yes, we got Clarence Thomas through him, but this was the man who also fronted David Souter as a conservative for the court, and Justice Souter went just about as far left as anyone could imagine, the moment the confirmation process was complete.

Hell, for all the good that has come from Justice Roberts and Justice Alito being sustained to the bench, let us not forget that George W. Bush tried to trot out Harriet Miers as a "conservative".

Electing GOP candidates to the president is not a constitutional panacea for getting "originalist" justices on the SCOTUS bench, and we shouldn't be deluding ourselves otherwise.

[BlueStateSaint]

Then the counter to that argument is this, wouldn't it be nice to replace retiring leftist Justices with at least a moderate leaning towards conservative/conservative?

I would love to see Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg replaced by a minority--say, Janice Rogers Brown.



The sound of DUmmie heads exploding would be similar to the artillery barrage that saturated the Iraqi border before the ground phase of Desert Storm got started.

[Ballygrl]

All I'm saying is that using the Supreme court argument as justification to support a RINO when there are still conservatives less RINO candidates in the race is a straw man, and it's stupid. 

By most accounts Ronald Reagan was as rock-ribbed a conservative President as we could have asked for in the latter half of this last century; and yet, look at the candidates we got there - O'Conner and Kennedy have been some of the squishiest constitutional jurists ever, just as bad as the full 'tard liberals on the bench in many cases.  Yes, we got Antonin Scalia out of him as well, but still...

George H.W. Bush was just as bad.  Yes, we got Clarence Thomas through him, but this was the man who also fronted David Souter as a conservative for the court, and Justice Souter went just about as far left as anyone could imagine, the moment the confirmation process was complete.

Hell, for all the good that has come from Justice Roberts and Justice Alito being sustained to the bench, let us not forget that George W. Bush tried to trot out Harriet Miers as a "conservative".

Electing GOP candidates to the president is not a constitutional panacea for getting "originalist" justices on the SCOTUS bench, and we shouldn't be deluding ourselves otherwise.

The problem we have though is this, who are our other candidates, Santorum, I even think he's a kook, and Gingrich was basically despised by many on the right for years now, especially when he did the global warming commercial with Pelosi, all of a sudden he's a Savior? no way. I wish Romney had the personality of Reagan, but we need to be realistic here, I want someone who's a savvy businessman because we sure as heck need it right now. As far as Romney making a nomination to the SC, yeah past history shows that it may not be a winner, but that's why we need conservatives in the House and Senate to make sure the person nominated believes in the Constitution, and I'd sure as heck rather take my chances with Romney making a nomination as opposed to Obama doing another 1.

[Ballygrl]

I would love to see Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg replaced by a minority--say, Janice Rogers Brown.



The sound of DUmmie heads exploding would be similar to the artillery barrage that saturated the Iraqi border before the ground phase of Desert Storm got started.

I still love this guy:

[DumbAss Tanker]

It's foolish to think that Romney is likely to pick anyone for the Supreme Court who is anywhere to the right of a blue-dog Democrat, in fact it's pretty likely he'd do exactly that.  Fiscal (-only) Conservatism doesn't generate much legal controversy that would be a bone of contention in a nominee's record, and that is the only kind of Conservatism that matters to Romney and his big-money backers.

Counterbalanced against that, of course, is that if Obama gets any more picks, they'll be closet-Communist Leftist ideologues.

Basically a choice between being ass-raped with, or without, grease.  I'll pick "With."  

[Ballygrl]

From this website:

http://whyromney.com/#judicial

Judicial Appointments

They claim Romney is not conservative because he did not have a Republican litmus test in his selection of judicial nominees. However, almost all of Romney's appointments, 30 out of 36, were to lower court positions where judges deal directly with criminals at the district and magistrate levels. Rather than political affiliation, Romney looked for effective prosecutorial experience and a record of being tough on crime. As Romney explained when asked about it, "people on both sides of the aisle want to put the bad guys away."

Romney also explained that even though he had only a few chances to appoint judges to higher courts, and no chances to appoint anyone to the MA Supreme Judicial Court, in those cases the criteria changes to include "strict construction, judicial philosophy"(34), which he adhered to in those appointments. In all, only 12.5% of registered voters in Massachusetts are Republican(35) and Romney's 9 Republican nominees count for 25% of his total judicial appointments, representing Republicans twice as well as they are represented in the general voting public. But more important than political affiliation, Romney's appointments represent the relevant conservative qualifications.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Yeh, that like totally filled me with confidence, bally.   

No offense to you, but that quote was just a lot of spin with party labels used in lieu of any specific facts.  If you deconstruct it, it doesn't really say anything concrete.

[NHSparky]

closet-Communist Leftist ideologues.

Oh, they won't even be closeted.

[Ballygrl]

Oh, they won't even be closeted.

Neither will the guy who's appointing them.

[Karin]

We are battling Marxism here.  Reagan has passed away, he cannot run.  What would all of you have us do?  Stay home?  Vote Obama?  Write someone in? 

[Lacarnut]

We are battling Marxism here.  Reagan has passed away, he cannot run.  What would all of you have us do?  Stay home?  Vote Obama?  Write someone in? 

Truer words were never spoken. It looks like we are stuck with Romney. Like I have said before there are many differences between Obama and Romney.For example:
#1 Romney will do everything in his power to get the economy rolling while Obama seems like he wants to tear it down
#2 Romney loves this country. The muslim-in-chief is ready to sell us out.
#3 I take Romney at his word that he will work to repeal Obamacare. Not in a million years would Obama do that.
#4 I also take Romney at his word that he will work to improve our energy policy.

Those 4 things are enough for me to vote for him. I do not overlook his shortcomings but he is 10 times better than Obama. He is a RINO but that is a hell of a lot better than a commie loving, Muslim, anti-American, POS like Obama.

[Eupher]

Well, with any kind of luck, SCOTUS will shitcan Obamacare as is.

Should Romney be elected, he won't have to work to repeal Obamacare because the Supremes will have already done the dirty work for him and Congress.

The thing to watch for will be what'll Romney do to re-create socialized medicine and bring it back into play. How will he do that? What'll the legislation have in it? What kind of mandate will it have?

I am not at all confident that Romney won't do something to bring that 9-headed Hydra back into play.

[BlueStateSaint]

Well, with any kind of luck, SCOTUS will shitcan Obamacare as is.

Should Romney be elected, he won't have to work to repeal Obamacare because the Supremes will have already done the dirty work for him and Congress.

The thing to watch for will be what'll Romney do to re-create socialized medicine and bring it back into play. How will he do that? What'll the legislation have in it? What kind of mandate will it have?

I am not at all confident that Romney won't do something to bring that 9-headed Hydra back into play.

But, I seem to remember Romney saying something that the states have the right to do what he did in Massachusetts.  He said that the Feds have no business doing that.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

The key is not to elect good men but to reward self-interested men for doing the right thing.

--Milton Friedman (more or less)

[Eupher]

But, I seem to remember Romney saying something that the states have the right to do what he did in Massachusetts.  He said that the Feds have no business doing that.

That right there is a perfect example of an asshole talking out of both sides of its orifice. It's difficult to do, and only the best can pull it off (without dangling a piece of toilet paper from the emanating dingleberries), but our boy Mitt is certainly one of them.