The Right Scoop- Mike Coville
How did Romney loose to McCain? The GOP may have had a chance in 2008 if he had.
- Anonymous
Huckabee aligned himself with McCain to take out Romney. That’s how it was done.
- Anonymous
You know, if that happens again this cycle, that just might be the sign we need to let us know when a third-party is the right choice.
I can not believe I’m at that point, but yeah, I guess I am. I think that third parties always lose.
“Until they don’t.” -Zombie Abraham Lincoln
- Anonymous
You know, if that happens again this cycle, that just might be the sign we need to let us know when a third-party is the right choice.
I can not believe I’m at that point, but yeah, I guess I am. I think that third parties always lose.
“Until they don’t.” -Zombie Abraham Lincoln
- Anonymous
So far there are more than a few Republican candidates that would be much better than Obama. If we can just keep progressives out that would be great. If we could also find a good constitution following candidate it would be superb.
- http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz
Gotta love the dorky Star Trek reference (I know it’s First Contact):
I agree with the strategy…..any advertising that hits hard will be important to battle the amount of money the other side will have.
The ad isn’t really great IMO, but it’s a start.
- Anonymous
The ad is worse than not “really grate”… it’s lame! It’s Romney’s attempt at negative jingoism and zeroes in on why any hopes for Romney are misplaced. Unfortunately, Romney, like his ad, is a yawn.
- Anonymous
Two words:
1. Rick
2. Perry
37% of all jobs created during the O’ admin. were created in Texas
Somebody correct me if I missed a half percent.
- Anonymous
Hah!
I’ve been saying for three years now, that Obama and his minions are like the Borg.
“You will be assimilated into the collective”
“Resistence is futile”
Um…isn’t that the message coming from teamObama?And Sarah Palin reminds me of Captain Janeway.
It’s one of the things I love about her.I agree…good video from Romney.
It’s clear that he is the choice of both the establishment R’s and the Left.
But I am not sure that the theorem of ‘people will vote for anyone-but-Obama’ will carry the day on Nov 6th, 2012.
The leftist media machine has been demonizing Mormons for years now.
So much so, that I think a lot of people would stay home and not vote at all.They are using ObamaCare Math on that Unemployment figure of 9.1%.
In reality, we should double that figure. - Anonymous
Some on the right have demonized Mormans too, and those on the left have demonized them for demonizing them. Sure, the Morman “bible” is a bunch of hooey, but…call me Will Rogers, I’ve never met a Morman I didn’t like.
- Anonymous
“…never met a Morman I didn’t like.”
Same here, Rshill.
The ones I’ve met seem like fine folks.Well…except for the ones on bicycles who ring my doorbell at the most inconvenient moments.
- Anonymous
From the Christian friends I’ve talked to, they would rather have a Christian candidate, but do not oppose Romney on grounds of his religion. Usually, they say “Well, he’s a Mormon” and then ponder it, and then say it doesn’t really bother them.
I don’t know that many Mormons, but the one or two I know seem decent enough. That doesn’t speak for all of them, but so far so good.
- Anonymous
I think it’s a good analogy, RS. To nitpick the ad, though: I never like it when people hold up signs asking “where are the jobs?” Yes, it highlights the fact that unemployment is high, but at the same time it continues the false proposition that somehow it’s the government that is supposed to be providing jobs. You’ve got the “Believe in America” at the end, which is good, but to me it’s still a slightly mixed message.
I also never like it when they use phasers in big Star Trek space battles. Even with modern special effects they still look lame. The photon torpedo is, and always has been, the more visually appealing weapon.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
I agree with your point about jobs. The question should be, where are the entrepreneurs and business owners!?
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Yeah try and get that to resonate with the American people.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
You’re right. My comment wasn’t meant to denigrate the ad. I think it is perfect!! We need more of it. My point is simply the language is still “owned” by the left so we have to use words like “jobs” because we are a country half full (or is it half empty) of useful idiots.
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Yeah try and get that to resonate with the American people.
- Anonymous
That would be a great question if the answer also came back:
“They’re locked up in a prison of over-regulation, uncertainty, taxes, healthcare and across the board inflation. They’re just on the other side of the new iron curtain big brudder hung. If you listen closely, you can see hear them pining for the good ole’ days.”
- Anonymous
That would be a great question if the answer also came back:
“They’re locked up in a prison of over-regulation, uncertainty, taxes, healthcare and across the board inflation. They’re just on the other side of the new iron curtain big brudder hung. If you listen closely, you can see hear them pining for the good ole’ days.”
- http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz
Wrong Wrong Wrong!!!
Multiple phaser blasts were always cooler, especially when the rate of fire was quick enough that it almost looked like they overlapped. Photon torpedoes were almost always 1 shot kills whereas phasers provided for some semblance to an actual strategic battle.
- http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz
Wrong Wrong Wrong!!!
Multiple phaser blasts were always cooler, especially when the rate of fire was quick enough that it almost looked like they overlapped. Photon torpedoes were almost always 1 shot kills whereas phasers provided for some semblance to an actual strategic battle.
- Anonymous
You can’t home in on cloaked Birds of Prey with phasers, and you can’t shoot Spock’s body out on one, either. Sorry.
- Anonymous
Now you’ve done it, Scoop. You’ve unleashed a Trekkie religious debate.
- Anonymous
You’re invited to dinner as well, just as soon as Scotty fixes everything. He said “it would take 72 hrs at least”, but I’m confident he’ll have in 15 minutes. So I’ve preprogrammed the transporter to teleport me to Chez Whatever’s in 15.2 minutes. Don’t be late.
- Anonymous
OMG…!
I hereby award ye, (by the power vested in me by nothing other than my love for Star Trek) Nerd of the year and would take ye out to dinner if the transporter room were not on fire.
- Anonymous
Two Words: Longbows.
- Anonymous
K_Bob, I think that’s one word my friend, but, I could be wrong.
Wouldn’t be the first time. And all I have is a compound bow, will that work? - Anonymous
It’s me, being like Joe Biden, who said,
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No matter who the nominee is, the Tea Party has changed and moved the party (and the country) in the right direction. While I would personally vote for Cain or Palin, there is no person more capable of turning us around, economically, than Romney.
- Anonymous
Which policy will help us the most, do you think? The ethanol subsidies, the global warming regulations, or government run health care? Romney stands for all of those things.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
I don’t agree with those things, but you have to admit Romney’s track record of turning around “lost hopes” is pretty remarkable.
- Anonymous
He has some successes in his resume. But with policy stances like the ones alluded to above, his judgment remains in question. I agree with Mr. Levin when he says, “sorry, three strikes and you’re out.”
It comes down to this: there might be only one thing worse than having 4 more years of Obama, and that would be death by our own hands due to ineffectual conservative leadership. For an example, please see Boehner, John.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
I’m not trying to pick a fight, I’m jut curious. If Romney gets the nomination you’d vote for Obama?
- Anonymous
Not in a million years.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
me neither.
- Anonymous
WARNING, CRASH!!!!
See, this is, I think, a setup to say “If Romney gets the GOP nod and you don’t vote for him, you are voting Obama.”
Which I don’t agree with. If the GOP sends us Romney, it is THEY who are splitting the vote, not US who won’t sell out our votes this time. Give us a real conservative or stuff it.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
How was my question a setup? Who would you vote for if Romney got the nomination? Or if Palin got the nomination and she named Romney as her running mate? (I think that would be a pretty good fit, actually). Ron Paul? A third party? A no party? I actually believe that the base (“The Tea Party”) will force any GOP nominee to be truer to the Liberty Movement.
While he has his warts, Romney is no McShame or Hucksterbee.
- Anonymous
It sounds like a setup because it’s a far cry to say someone wouldn’t vote for Romney so they’d vote Obama instead. There’s just no comparison. (But I’ll take your word you didn’t mean it as a setup question.)
What will happen is that if the conservative base doesn’t get someone they want, you’ll have a lot of them who won’t just “hold their noses” and vote for who they’re told to. Instead, they really will vote third party, or they’ll stay home. Me, I’d consider a Libertarian.
If the GOP tells me to vote a RINO, I’m fairly likely to leave the party. I won’t be selling my vote. The way I see it, even if (God forbid) Obama won reelection, then things get worse and people learn their lesson, the GOP included. Expecting me to just play along is a foolish assumption.
(Oh, and a Romney VP to Palin wouldn’t be horrible. Not ideal. I favor Palin/West in my dreams.)
- Anonymous
Exactly.
Imagine the Abolitionists fighting for “better benefits for slaves!” I sure wouldn’t trust anyone like that. What the hell kind of movement would that be?
It’s not “half a loaf” if the opponent always wins. At some point this ship has to be turned around. Exactly when will the time ever be better than right now?
If Romney pledges to kill Obamacare on day one, and pledges to kill ALL global-warming initiatives on day two, to drill here and drill now, and give Congress 90 days to adopt the Ryan plan or a better one, then I might–might–consider him.
- Anonymous
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE AMERICAN!
- Anonymous
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE AMERICAN!
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
I truly understand where you are coming from and I am sympathetic. My concern is we end up with another “little general” (Perot) and the country is worse off. Here is the bottom line for me.
I couldn’t vote for McLame or Huckastreet because they are not honorable people. (In my opinion). I’d vote for Romney for the same reason I’d vote for G.W. Bush. Not perfect, but they SEEM to be honorable.
- Anonymous
Yeah, I see. For me, I voted Huckabee in the primaries because I liked him, even though he was a long shot. When McCain got the nod, I dutifully stepped up and voted for him because I liked him well enough and didn’t want to waste my vote.
This time, I feel like I am being sold out by the GOP. They no longer have a reason to “expect” I’ll vote the GOP candidate. If they are not going to get behind a candidate who supports my values, then they are no longer my party. The further to the middle they go, the further from my values they are. My bottom line: I want to feel I voted my conscience this time. If the GOP doesn’t get that, they don’t need me in their ranks.
So, we get someone who can “beat Obama” and then what? What are they going to do? Nothing. They’ll be so far to the middle I won’t even like half of what they do. We need a real leader this time and not a political patsy. Mitt Romney has not shown me that he’s a leader.
- Josh
The GOP will send their candidate. As much as I am praying for a real conservative, they will send who they think will benefit them. As for your “force” statement… how long have we the people been trying to “force” Obama to listen. With the power that Obama has set up, the Pres doesn’t have to listen to anyone.
- Josh
The GOP will send their candidate. As much as I am praying for a real conservative, they will send who they think will benefit them. As for your “force” statement… how long have we the people been trying to “force” Obama to listen. With the power that Obama has set up, the Pres doesn’t have to listen to anyone.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
Are you kidding me? Obama is listening to HIS people. Just not we, the people. He listens and empowers the union bosses and the Huffington Post Left.
- Josh
Completely agree. He listens to HIS people. I was referring to your statement of
“I actually believe that the base (“The Tea Party”) will force any GOP nominee to be truer to the Liberty Movement.”
I do not agree that WE will be able to “force” the elected president to do anything. We get what the GOP gives us if we don’t make a strong statement in the primaries. - Anonymous
And we will stand by our values steprock, no second best!
- Anonymous
The fact that Romney did not fight harder against McCain was a deal breaker for me. I was a big Romney supporter but he has really disappointed me. Once I learned about Palin and saw how feisty she was, Romney simply wouldn’t do. He needs to just step aside or get thrown aside by Mama Grizzly.
- Anonymous
The ad is a snoozer. It’s cheap and predictable with a few transparent nods to the Latin American vote.
Romney is a politician, plain and simple, and this ad (while a good start) is nothing but politics. The same reason I didn’t like him last time and I still don’t: he spends his time with half-baked attacks and then stops there. “Vote for me! I’m not Obama!”
Not good enough. Stop blaming. What’s your solution?
Last election cycle, he spent as much time blaming the Republicans as the Dems did. But what are his solutions? Give me a real leader. I want someone like West. I don’t want a blame-shifting, skin-changing, poll-reading politician and I DO NOT WANT MITT ROMNEY.
- Anonymous
I agree – It isn’t that great an ad. He is just not to be trusted. He is just like Obama, say whatever he thinks you want to hear.
- http://www.envisionliberty.weebly.com/ Mike Leavitt
Just like Obama, really? Maybe a bit of hyperbole there, celestiallady?
- Anonymous
Full Court Press! From Romney and Huntsman on the left, to Ron Paul on the right, and every able body in between.
Hound this marxist loser out of office.
- Anonymous
The writer of this story must proceed with EXTREME CAUTION in your future post my friend. You are skating on thin ice when it comes to the interpretation of the Second Clip. I read what you wrote,but it can be quickly misconstrued into something that can be held against you by the current administration in my humble opinion. Thread lightly Right Scope, you provide a valuable service here to many Americans.
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I’m very impressed by this video. We can use this for the next year and a half to really bury our out of touch president.
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I like it but could have been tougher! We need 100 more like this! Nail those
socialists to the wall. - http://www.facebook.com/ilikedavid David Landrum
I am Obama of Borg. Designation 1 of 1. Resistance is futile.
I think we will have to draw the line HERE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dto2gS7hye8
- Anonymous
Sad to say but my first reaction was “our side” did this? Really? It was so powerful that Rush played a short sound byte from Ezra Klein of the WaPo saying it was a great ad and the message behind should scare Obama to death.
I hope this sets the tone and standards for all the candidate. Mitt deserves a thata boy for a great ad.
- http://twitter.com/nickmarschel straw man
So the analogy you are making in the second video is that Obama is like the Borg. Am I right?
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I am an adamant Palin fan. At this point She is NOT running.
I DO think and HOPE she will.
BUT,.. and it is a REALLY big one,….
Why would I vote for some one who is INTENTIONALLY Destroying America?
And make no mistake,.. BARRY IS DOING JUST THAT.
If Romney wind up as the GOP pick I would definitely vote for him over Barry
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_53YAPDXSTIGEDINDXF46CAB7ZY voted against carter
I am an adamant Palin fan. At this point She is NOT running.
I DO think and HOPE she will.
BUT,.. and it is a REALLY big one,….
Why would I vote for some one who is INTENTIONALLY Destroying America?
And make no mistake,.. BARRY IS DOING JUST THAT.
If Romney wind up as the GOP pick I would definitely vote for him over Barry
- Anonymous
It is a good ad ! But gov. Romney better come up with much better that that. The people behind Obama are ruthless much less the fact CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, PBS, the AP, and Reuters are all backing Obama. That is going to be struggle when you have this line-up ALREADY in place to defeat anything a Republican will say. Get ready people it is going to be one HELL of a WAR.
- http://twitter.com/gothicreader JW
I’m impressed. Excellent – it’s to the point. Loved it!
- Anonymous
Every GOP candidate better start the attack now and not stop until this fraud is defeated. 24/7/365. No let up.
- Anonymous
Every GOP candidate better start the attack now and not stop until this fraud is defeated. 24/7/365. No let up.
- Anonymous
Every GOP candidate better start the attack now and not stop until this fraud is defeated. 24/7/365. No let up.
This is a great ad by Mitt Romney hitting Obama for suggesting that his policies on fixing the economy have hit a bump in the road as unemployment rose to 9.1%:
I know some of you are going to poo poo on this because it’s Mitt Romney, but truthfully I’m glad to see such good ads coming out and hitting Obama square in the unemployment numbers. Republicans need a strong message and it doesn’t get much stronger than 9.1% unemployment rate.
I like to think of it like this. Obama is riding in a seemingly invincible big square ship but Republicans know where he’s most vulnerable and when they all begin to target that vunerability, all of a sudden Obama’s ship isn’t looking so good and he’s got to aim for the exits:
I know it’s not a perfect analogy but in the context of this video it’s what we need to do.
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Two words:
1. Rick
2. Perry
37% of all jobs created during the O’ admin. were created in Texas
Somebody correct me if I missed a half percent.
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Now you’ve done it, Scoop. You’ve unleashed a Trekkie religious debate.
OMG…!
I hereby award ye, (by the power vested in me by nothing other than my love for Star Trek) Nerd of the year and would take ye out to dinner if the transporter room were not on fire.
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