I seem to have stirred a bit of a discussion over on Reddit with my posting of that Gingrich Video.
Well, here is Mitt Romney’s response: (H/T HotAir.com)
Personally, I think the response is weak tea myself. But what do you think? Comments welcomed, this is an open thread, and I will not moderate at all — just keep it civil please, or at least try. 😉
To be fair, I really never did like the man anyhow. But this video? Brutal. As I say in my reaction video, Newt is not much better; but this — is just unacceptable to me.
Here is my video that I made seconds after watching the video:
(removed video due to this)
I wish Willard the best; but it’ll be a cold day in the devil’s hell, before this blogger will cast his lot for someone like that. 😡
(H/T HotAir)
Update: If you are wondering. Yeah, I know what I wrote here; and I also updated that posting too. Holy moly was I ever wrong about Mitt Romney and what he did. 🙁 Talk about eating my words! 🙄
Update #2: (August 30, 2012) I have formally changed my mind and am now supporting Mitt Romney. There is a very good reason too, click here to find out why.
I have to hand it to Hannity, when he is right, he is right. I wrote the same thing. Which means I actually agree with Sean Hannity! Horrors! 😯
Video: (Via Mediaite) (H/T to HotAir Headlines)
Money quote:
Perry began the segment attacking President Obama, but Hannity quickly shifted gears to the “very harsh words” Perry has had for Romney. “It almost sounds like Occupy Wall Street,” he noted, “it doesn’t sound like someone who is governing Texas as a conservative.”
“There is a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism,” Perry replied, adding that “venture capitalism we like; vulture capitalism, no.” He justified his attacks saying that “the fact of the matter is he’s going to have to face up to this at some time or another.” Hannity wasn’t satisfied with this answer, asking Perry whether he was saying “that Mitt Romney is a vulture capitalist, that he is unethical.” Perry specified that he thought what happened with two specific companies bought by Bain was “irresponsible,” and that “the folks in South Carolina agree with that.” Hannity replied that it was still “as severe as they can get” as far as attacks go, though Perry insisted there were places where Bain had “destroyed people’s lives.
Rick Perry, making the Democrats arguments for them. Nice Ricky….real nice… 🙄
This is one of the stupidest things, that I have ever seen come out of Ron Paul’s camp:
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Ron Paul tonight scored an historic second-place victory in the 2012 New Hampshire Primary. Below please find comments from National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton:
“Ron Paul tonight had an incredibly strong second-place finish in New Hampshire and has stunned the national media and political establishment.
“When added to Paul’s top-tier showing in Iowa, it’s clear he is the sole Republican candidate who can take on and defeat both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.
“The race is becoming more clearly a two-man race between establishment candidate Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, the candidate of authentic change. That means there is only one true conservative choice.
“Ron Paul has won more votes in Iowa and New Hampshire than any candidate but Mitt Romney.
“Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have been shown in national polls to be the only two candidates who can defeat Barack Obama.
“And Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are the only two candidates who can run a full, national campaign, competing in state after state over the coming weeks and months. Ron Paul’s fundraising numbers — over $13 million this quarter — also prove he will be able to compete with Mitt Romney. No other candidate can do all of these things.
“Ron Paul is clearly the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney as the campaign goes forward.
“We urge Ron Paul’s opponents who have been unsuccessfully trying to be the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney to unite by getting out of the race and uniting behind Paul’s candidacy.
“Ron Paul has the boldest plan to cut spending, a dedication to protecting life, and a lifelong dedication to the Constitution and limited government. He also has the necessary support to campaign nationwide against Mitt Romney.
“Our campaign is already planning ahead for South Carolina, Florida, and beyond. Soon Ron Paul will head to South Carolina to begin a feverish round of campaigning.
“Ron Paul is in this race for the long haul. And he is ready to fight.
“See you on the campaign trail.” — Ron Paul To Everyone But Mitt: Drop Out
I respect the man and all; However, I do not respect his newsletters, neither do I respect his tin-foil hat crap that he and his supports are known for; especially when it comes to 9/11. I also do not have any use for his foreign policy, which I feel is worse than Rick Santorum’s Wilsonian foreign policy.
In other words, the man has no business being President.
Others: Hit & Run, Bloomberg, The Politico, The Other McCain, The Daily Dish, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Questions and Observations, Shakesville, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Pirate’s Cove, American Spectator, CNN, Associated Press, The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, Flopping Aces, Ballot Box and Gallup
The Video: (H/T HotAir.com)
The Story:
Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, Fox News projects, notching back-to-back victories in the first two contests of the presidential nominating season.
Fox News also projects that Ron Paul will finish second and Jon Huntsman will finish third. Rick Perry is projected to finish in sixth place — the rest of the night is shaping up to be a race for fourth, between Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Both candidates are pulling in 10 percent of the vote.
Also unclear is Romney’s margin of victory, though Fox News projects he will win by double digits. With 40 percent of precincts reporting, Romney is leading with 37 percent of the vote. Paul has 24 percent and Huntsman has 17 percent. — Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary, Fox News Projects | Fox News
Like I previously wrote; What other choice do Republicans really have? South Carolina will be a telling primary and challenge for Romney. But so far, I think he has the nomination in the bag.
Update: Now a Memeorandum Thread.
My question is what other choice do they really have? 
The Poll via Gallup:
PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney is the now the only candidate that a majority of conservative and moderate/liberal Republicans nationwide see as an “acceptable” GOP nominee for president. Conservative Republicans are more likely to say Romney would be an acceptable nominee than either Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum.
Fewer than half of conservative Republicans see Rick Perry, Ron Paul, or Jon Huntsman as acceptable nominees.
Romney’s broad acceptability across ideological lines is decidedly not the case for his competitors. Conservative Republicans view Gingrich, Santorum, and Perry as more acceptable than do moderate/liberal Republicans. On the other hand, moderate/liberal Republicans on average view Paul and Huntsman as more acceptable than conservatives.
The rest of that makes for some interesting reading. My question is, what choice do we really have? I mean, Gingrich is a populist bomb thrower who would scare off any independent voters and the social Conservatives view his multiple marriages as a cardinal sin. Ron Paul will never be elected, the Neoconservative majority in the party will never allow that. Rick Santorum will never win the primary, just because he is too socially conservative and the GOP does want someone who will appeal to voters. Jon Huntsman can never seem to gain any traction, mainly because the Conservative base sees him as a traitor to the party for working for President Obama. So, who else is there? Mitt will win over the Conservative base and they will hold their nose and vote for him. Mitt might be able to win over the Independents and hopefully the Evangelical base, although, I do have my doubts about that one.
Another thing too is this; Santorum will have the Catholic vote sowed up and they are a big voting demographic. However, the Independents who are catholic and non-catholic, might not be swayed towards him. Another thing to watch for is disgruntled Democrats, who have given the Democratic Party the ol’ “One finger salute” and decided that Obama just failed too badly and want something different. Those people are one’s to watch as well.
Let me say this about Romney and Evangelical Christians; the majority of them would be accepting to a Mormon President. However, there is a small; but very vocal minority of them that will not vote for him under no circumstances at all. Mainly, it is some of the “old school” Fundamentalists – and some Baptists, who would not vote for the man at all. Now personally, I am not too keen on the idea myself. However, at this point, anything is better than that mental midget in the White House now.
The problem with Romney is that he is squeaky clean on social issues and he is very well funded. You just cannot outrun someone like that. Hillary tried and failed and so will anyone who runs against Mitt. Believe me when I tell you, I do not like that thought no more than anyone else; but facts are facts.
Others: today.yougov.com News, American Prospect, The Caucus, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Other McCain, Indecision Forever, American Spectator, Catholic Bandita, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Patterico’s Pontifications, Ricochet Conversations Feed, National Review and The Lonely Conservative (Via Memeorandum)
Now some people would say that this is typical Republican establishment stuff, but I do not see it that way. He is making the same point as Michelle Malkin did, and she is not an establishment Republican, not by a long shot.
Via NRO’s the Corner:
The last two presidential election cycles have revealed a stinking hypocrisy in conservatives: They profess their love of capitalism and entrepreneurship, but when offered a real capitalist and entrepreneur, they go, “Eek, a mouse!” And they tear him down in proud social-democrat fashion. In the off season, they sound like Friedrich Hayek. When the game is on, they sound like Huey Long, Bella Abzug, or Bob Shrum.
Last time around, Mike Huckabee said Romney “looks like the guy who laid you off.” Conservatives reacted like this was the greatest mot since Voltaire or something. To me, Romney looked like someone who could create a business and hire the sadly unentrepreneurial like me.
Others said, “He looks like a car salesman,” or, worse, “a used-car salesman.” Ho ho ho! Commerce, gross, icky, yuck. Better Romney looked like an anthropology professor.
[…..]
Now Romney has said, “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone doesn’t give me the good service I need, I want to say, ‘You know, I’m going to get someone else to provide that service to me.’” Simple, elementary competition. Capitalism 101. And conservatives go, “Eek, a mouse!”
I could go on: the $10,000 bet, the pink slips, conservatives wetting their pants, over and over. They have no appetite to defend capitalism, to persuade people, to encourage them not to fall for the old socialist and populist crap. I fled the Democratic party many years ago. And one of the reasons was, I couldn’t stand the class resentment, the envy, the hostility to wealth, the cries of “Richie Rich!” And I hear them from conservatives, at least when Romney is running.
Go ahead, have your “bloodbath” in South Carolina. Make Romney the little guy in the top hat and tails, from the Monopoly game. Have your Santorum, your Perry, your Newt. They may carry something like four states in the fall, but at least they’ve never sullied their hands with — eek! — business.
Perhaps after the election, while Obama is deepening the country’s poverty, Romney and others like him can find a party friendly to capitalism. We conservative Republicans turn out to be cradle-to-gravers, like everyone else.
Now obviously the man is a Romney supporter, because he does believe that nobody can win, but Romney. Now that I disagree with, because the grassroots no not like the man, either does most of the evangelical Christian base. Evangelicals just do not trust Mormons; they never have and most of them, when they are being very honest — do not really believe Mormons are Christians either.
One part that I totally relate to, as former “blue dog” or “Reagan” Democrat, is this:
I fled the Democratic party many years ago. And one of the reasons was, I couldn’t stand the class resentment, the envy, the hostility to wealth, the cries of “Richie Rich!”
Boy can I even relate to this one. This was it for me too. Although, the main reason for my leaving the Democratic Party for me was the stoking of the racial resentment towards white people, like me. I mean, the, “You got what you have, because you is white and it was all handed to you on a platter!” gets a little old after a while. The truth is I got everything that I own and have owned in the past was because I worked for it. I did a good deal of tail busting to buy the stuff that I had and still do have; and I am not talking about sitting at a desk —- I did a good amount of back-breaking work! Nobody ever handed me anything on a platter. Heck, I will be honest. I do not have a high school diploma. I have A.D.H.D and I suck very badly at math. Oh, I can keep my checking account balanced. (Thank You GOD for technology!) However, I will not be applying at NASA anytime soon.
Another point that I believe is fair to make this; and I have made this on my previous blog and I think on this one too. Populists — whether progressive or conservative — are under the impression that “big business” is the enemy. This is a lie that has origins in the era before the progressive movement; I am referring to the populist era that lasted from 1891 until 1908. The truth is, big business is not the enemy, big Government, and regulation is the enemy of the American people. As much as it sounds like I am being heartless; but, in a capitalistic society like ours, which is a free society, businesses who produce and make a profit succeed, those who are failing lose and usually close up. Because of this, people lose jobs — it happens and it is a part of the process. A Presidential candidate that is running as a Conservative that accuses someone of being overtly evil, because they happen to be a part of the process of capitalism — is making the Democrat’s argument for them, and should not be calling himself or herself even remotely a Conservative.
MAJORLY MAJOR UPDATE JAN 11, 2011 – My friends, I do really believe what I wrote above; please do not think that I don’t. Because I do. However, after watching this video here; I could not ever, in good conscience; support Mitt Romney. Why? Because I was under the impression that a few small companies got shut down; these were not small companies, these were HUGE companies and a WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE got hurt because of simple greed. To me, as a born-again Christian, there is just something very unchristian about ruining people’s lives — just because you can — sorry my friends, I am all for business. But I am not, nor have I ever been for, capitalism at the expense of other people’s lives and livelihoods. I just cannot support that at all. 😡
I really hate having to criticize other bloggers. Because I happen to know that Blogging is a tough thing to do without some idiot outsider criticizing your work. It sucks and I know I do not like it when people do it to me. However, I believe this one is highly warranted.
I posted here last night about a possible pop in China’s economy. So, this morning, I happen to go over to ZeroHedge’s site and see the following headline:
“China Is Proud To Announce It Is Reflating The Bubble – Will “Actively Push” Investors Into Stocks”
Here is the little problem with the above story. There is NO reference link to the story at Bloomberg. The nearest thing I could find was a story similar in nature, but included nothing that was referenced in the story above. I am not accusing Zerohedge of lying. But, something is quite fishy here. Either Bloomberg reedited the story, because maybe part of it was fished out as bogus or someone at Zerohedge took some editorial liberties.
Either way, the story got bounced around the Alex Jones crowd a bit and I wanted to fish it out and see if it were true or not. However it is quite hard to do that, when there is no reference link to it. So, to the guys over Zerohedge; guys, please, links to stories or they’re not true, is that too much to ask?
Thanks,
-Pat
This is not the first time I have heard this, but:
Which does China face? A popped real estate bubble could exert a big drag. Housing construction exceeds 10 percent of GDP. That’s historically high, says Lardy. At a similar stage of economic development, Taiwan’s housing investment was 4.3 percent of GDP. In the recent U.S. real estate boom, housing peaked at 6 percent of GDP. In China, housing stimulates much consumer spending (furniture, appliances) and accounts for 40 percent of steel production, notes Lardy. Land sales are also a big revenue source for local governments. All would suffer from a housing bust.
There are mitigating factors. Outside Beijing and Shanghai, it’s unclear that housing prices are “out of line with household income growth,” says economist Eswar Prasad of Cornell University. Chinese buyers also typically make large cash payments for their properties. Compared to United States, a housing bust is less likely to become a banking crisis as mortgages sour.
Whatever happens, China’s economic model is reaching its limits, as Lardy argues. It has relied on exports, promoted through the controlled exchange rate, and investment, including housing, subsidized by cheap credit. Meanwhile, Chinese savers have been punished by the low returns on deposits. This dampens their incomes and consumption spending. The trouble is that the global slowdown threatens exports and housing’s excesses threaten investment. Unless China can switch to stronger consumption spending, its economy will slow — or it will achieve growth by becoming even more predatory toward other countries. — Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? – The Washington Post
Go read that whole thing, because this is the best case for this belief. The funny thing, the people over a GoldSilver.com have been saying this for a while:
Go check them out and get into Gold and Silver; before you lose it all.
I tend to believe that if Mitt Romney was not running and the Republican Party was not so far in the right corner — this guy might have a chance.
Unfortunately, Mitt Romney is there and everyone hates him; and the rest of them cannot get elected. Poor ol’ Jon cannot get a break.
It is a good ad. It just will fall on deaf ears.
