LoneLaugher
Diamond Member
I have tried to stay out of this debate, but I can't resist the urge any longer.
McCain might have been a fluke, but Romney was the moderate that moderates and anti social conservative members of the GOP kept pushing for...and he lost too.
socially moderate, fiscally conservative....and he got his ass handed to him worse than McCain...and Mc Cain had the handicap of following Bush AND an economic collapse.
I know you all are going to say "he had to run far right to..."
If you have to bullshit to get the nomination, you're not the guy.
The South is your base...nominating a candidate from Massachusetts is anathema to them...I'll likely catch hell for this but it's the truth...and I'm willing to catch hell for it.
And since I'm going to catch hell anyway, I'll continue with more damning truth.
I suspect that JoeB was right...I suspect that many of the religious right couldn't pull the lever for a Mormon. Sad, but likely true. If you wanted to see the effect of the loss of part of the social conservative base...I think it was here to see.
So there you have it.
Moderate, Massachusetts, Misleader.
I actually would say this post is right on the money for telling it like it truly is.
One thing the lefties here are missing in all their cheesy gloating. None of you were ever going to vote for an R so please spare the rest of us your stupid ass direction, advice and finger wagging on what you think was wrong with Mitt or what he shoulda coulda mighta done to do better on election day.
The people that mattered are not many of the lefties who post here. You guys were never the demographic he sought or expected nor was your vote ever going Romney's way. Some of you are cradle to grave liberal Dems who vote the party always. Own it and stop the BS.
The people he lost because of his platform/style/record were Independents and Moderate Dems and some of the southern areas and some Christians and Jews likely.
Special. Until you dummies realize that EVERYBODY matters, you can forget getting support from the majority. You need to remember that whole "one nation" thing.