Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Living With Romney?




I know, I know; a lot of people are bummed that Santorum dropped out of the presidential race.  Newt's still chugging away, but mathematically there's not much hope for Newt.  What the upcoming primary voters in states yet to hold a primary actually do is looking less and less important to the eventual outcome.


However, that doesn't mean that people should drop their favorite candidate in the primary and just vote for Romney.  Protest votes and sending a message are fine strategies, and I applaud and encourage them, and will engage in them when Texas votes.


But eventually, we'll get to the place where Romney has accumulated enough delegates to be the Republican nominee.  That's a prospect that fills few reform Republicans and conservatives with glee.  So then what?


Jimmie Bise Jr. has an answer.  Go to the site for his radio show "The Delivery" and download the podcast from April 4th.  Listen to the whole hour.  Jimmie rants about the Romney candidacy, and does it in a way that I find quite eloquent.  But Jimmie doesn't just rant.  Jimmie proposes a Grand Bargain.


I couldn't say it as well as he does:




"I've reached a compromise in my head with the Republican Party...


"I am going to extend some credit to the Republican party.  I am going to vote for Mitt Romney.  I am going to do my very best, consistent with my ability to keep my own intellectual integrity intact.  I am going to recommend to my friends that they vote for Mitt Romney... I want Mitt Romney to beat Barack Obama.  I will do whatever I have to do to drag this dead horse over the finish line.


"That's what I'm going to give the Republican party... Republicans, that what you get from me.  I don't want to do this, I don't like doing this, but I will do it.  I'll do it because, quite honestly, you have me behind the eight ball.


"But know this, Republican Party; after November, I am no longer behind the eight ball.  And I don't have to do anything else for you at all...


"So here's where the compromise comes in...  I'll drag his bloated ideological corpse where it has to be...
but I want something in return... You have dragooned me into doing something for you....


"I'm telling you, you're not going to have me locked to this oar forever... after November, you start paying me back...


"I will not do this again.


"No more, Republicans, I'm done with this.  WE are done with this.  All those tea party people that right now you think you have under your thumb, they're there till November."






Hear the rest at The Delivery, and tell me what you think.  I think I could live with this, the way Jimmie puts it.

17 comments:

  1. It's a real shame that you believe Romney is going to fulfill your wishes. He is all about more government, which the Tea Party (when it was actually founded) did not believe in. I will not succumb to the perverbial eight ball, I will not vote for Romney. I will not allow the Republican party to take away my voice.

    Houston Tea Party Meetup Organizer

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  2. Did you actually LISTEN to the podcast?

    And by the way, you really ought to change your meetup name.

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    1. I took over the Meetup group when no one in a group of over 400 persons wanted to be the organizer. We are taking back the Tea Party and bringing it back to the foundation and principals it originally started with and most of the group is really happy about it.

      Houston Tea Party Organizer

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  3. That quite literally made me laugh out loud and I too think he's got a GREAT idea.

    "I will do whatever I have to do to drag this dead horse over the finish line." and " I'll drag his bloated ideological corpse where it has to be..." perfectly describe my feelings about the task at hand and will have me giggling to myself all day.

    Thanks for the share. :)

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  4. Paul/Johnson 2012!

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  5. This is stupidity to vote for Romney and expect any real change.. Sorry, but I'm voting for the Father Of the Tea party.. Ron Paul.. Or None At All... Go ahead and waste your vote, because I'm voting for principle..

    RON PAUL 2012!! OR NOTHING AT ALL!!

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    1. Yes!!! Thank you!

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    2. Ditto...Principle over Party. And since there is really no difference in Romney and Obama, I won't care a bit if the Republicans lose because Ron Paul supporters write him in or if he runs third party. We EXPECT corruption from the Democrats, but your own party committing voter fraud and trying to block Ron Paul delegates??? They will get exactly what they deserve-and I will be smiling when Mitt is crushed.

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  6. I will vote for him in the general, if I have to, but until then, I am supporting the ONLY Tea Party candidate that has been in the race so far. Ron Paul!!

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  7. A vote for Romney is a vote for Obama because they are exactly the same!! Ron Paul 2012!! Support the man who has the most trustworthy track record and let's get America on the right track again

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  8. If we vote for Romney, then the Tea Party movement will have been completely pointless. He literally IS the establishment! WE control this party and it's time we start acting like it!

    Vote Liberty. Vote the Constitution. Vote Ron Paul!

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  9. Ron Paul or none at all

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  10. I'm writing in Ron Paul if necessary. Ron Paul ONLY in 2012!!!

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      Signatures are tallied weekly...sign up and we will work with the Ron Paul campaign to have a contingency plan in place. Also, spread it around to all the supporters you know!

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