Lock & Load time for Romney @ NRA

[Dave Workman]

Let's not stray in our comments, and don't be shy about leaving a comment below the column.

It’s ‘lock and load’ time for Romney at NRA

ST. LOUIS — Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney is in town today to assure members of the National Rifle Association that he is one of them (he’s a member) and that if they help put him in the White House, he will not betray that trust.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-i...-romney-at-nra

[pmeisel]

I am reminded of the teenage girl saying "will you still respect me in the morning?" -- I think Romney would say about anything at this moment.

Of course, I don't respect him now.

[berettaprofessor]

Unfortunately, with Romney, we're the teenage girl...just hoping he's gonna remember us in the morning.

Sorry, havent' trusted him since...whenever he burst on the national scene. Too much of an opportunist. The big question for me is whether to vote for Romney or Obama, but I supposed I'll be forced to stay with Romney. I wasn't crazy about McCain either, but he was, as Romney is, the lesser of two evils. Most of my vote is going to hang on the fact of the Supreme Court nominations.

Just wish the Republican party, of which I am registered, would drop all the conservative social malarky and concentrate on fiscal responsibility and personal freedom. I need a socially-liberal/fiscally conservative Party.

[Silver Bullet]

The big question for me is whether to vote for Romney or Obama, but I supposed I'll be forced to stay with Romney. I wasn't crazy about McCain either, but he was, as Romney is, the lesser of two evils. Most of my vote is going to hang on the fact of the Supreme Court nominations.

Yes, yes, and yes.

[autospike]

I can't imagine any scenario that would have me voting for Obama.
I also can't believe that there is any possibility that Romney can win.
I have no idea what the Republican party is thinking.

[Dave Workman]

autospike, this may just be the game-changer:


Rosen’s verbal bullet cannot be called back

… Rosen’s apology notwithstanding, the remark has slammed Democrats like the recoil of a .458 Winchester Magnum.


http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-i...be-called-back

[Joist]

Dave Workman wrote:

It is time for Romney to mend fences with skeptical gun owners, and vice versa, if they “hope” to “change” directions before Obama has an opportunity to unleash what many here believe will be a second-term onslaught against the Second Amendment.

Someday, when I vote, I'd like to breathe through my nose. That day will not dawn in 2012.

[Mr. James]

. . . and vice versa . . .

Sorry, but I haven't a clue what this means. What fences do gun owners need to mend with Romney? What possible cause of offense have we given him?

[KodiakBeer]

Friday will be Romney’s opportunity to convince the NRA membership that he’s come back to the fold.

When was he ever in the fold?

[Johnny Dollar]

Hillary made a similar remark in 1992.

"I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was fulfill my profession,"

Slick Willie made it to the Oval Office in spite of her and Gennifer Flowers.

What a guy!

My clothes pin is now ready, and in November it comes in use again.What are those GOP guys and gals thinking? We'll never get the answer, as they don't know either.

[autospike]

autospike, this may just be the game-changer:
Rosen’s verbal bullet cannot be called back

I really don't think that will make any significant impact. I hadn't heard anything about it so I googled around. I found FOX had a big spread and CNN had an article from Mary Matalin saying they should let Rosen apologize.

If this is all the republican party has, they're sunk.

[Johnny Dollar]

"They're sunk". A fitting remark with the Titanic 100th anniversary on April 15th.

Romney plays the part of the Iceberg.

[Johnny Dollar]

With aplomb!

[pmeisel]

About a week ago Joe Scarborough said on his show: (I paraphrase) "I know I'm gonna get hate mail for this, but I haven't heard any of the serious players in the Republican party, in private, saying that Romney's going to win. They don't say anything in public because they don't want the hate mail..."

I don't think he has a chance.

[Johnny Dollar]

There is always a chance. Obama is detested enough to lose.
Romney's camp needs breaks and no glaring mistakes.

There have been bigger upsets.

[230RN]

One of your Examiner commenters:

Archpriest-Daniel Patrick Beegan · Top Commenter · Indianapolis, Indiana


Dave, as you know, I am voting for anyone but Obama, which in all likelihood means Mitt Romney. But I hope he looks more at Utah and Michigan and less at Massachusetts and California for his inspiration on gun laws.

Right on.

Terry, 230RN

[basicblur]

Romney's camp needs breaks and no glaring mistakes.

And based on his past history, we just know he won't have any glaring mistakes!

[JERRY]

i used to have a sig line on another msg board which read: if romney and paul are the best the right has to offer, obama will see his second term.

its unfortunate that i will be right, yet again.

[KodiakBeer]

Actually, I think Romney has an excellent chance of winning. The candidates have been focused on each other until this point, but now it all turns to Obama and his record.

While it's true that Romney doesn't exactly excite the base, that is equally true of Obama. Obama has already lost the Independents.

A Romney win won't excite me, or anybody else. His record on guns is abysmal. His record on judicial appointments is abysmal. He's a chameleon, setting his position to whatever benefits him at the moment.

[Dave Workman]

Romney warns about ‘O’ second term; Today’s NRA bash

ST. LOUIS — Warning that a second Obama term in the White House could be a disaster for Second Amendment rights, Republican Mitt Romney told abut 6,000 National Rifle Association members that their hope for real change is to vote the president out of office in November.

http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-i...day-s-nra-bash

[Old Grump]

Bush sr, bought a life membership in the NRA to get their backing, did nothing for us then slammed the NRA and quit after his term was up, Romney never was a Republican until 1994 and only because he needed a flag to run for office under. He wasn't a Republican then he is not a Republican now. He is a man who believes in assault weapons, (the media version of what an assault weapon is), and believes they should be banned. That is the man you are touting as the only viable candidate to put up against an anti-gunner???

The only Republican left still running is Ron Paul and he doesn't stand a chance because to many people are willing to hold their nose and vote for somebody they think might have a chance to win. Whether he is going to be good for the country seems to be irrelevant.

Most of you seem to think Paul is goofy because you believe his detractors version of his policies rather than reading and listening to what he has to say and that is really sad. A good man will never get in office if all you pay attention to is the mass media, fellow fair weather Republicans and late night talk show hosts. Maybe my candidate won't win but I won't have to feel guilty or hold my nose when I cast my ballot for him.

[Johnny Dollar]

I'll cancel your clothes pin,Grumpy..

[happygeek]

Most of you seem to think Paul is goofy because you believe his detractors version of his policies rather than reading and listening to what he has to say and that is really sad. A good man will never get in office if all you pay attention to is the mass media, fellow fair weather Republicans and late night talk show hosts. Maybe my candidate won't win but I won't have to feel guilty or hold my nose when I cast my ballot for him.

I don't think I've seen an opinion article yet that articulated exactly why Ron Paul is wrong. They've all called him a fringe candidate or "looney". It's certainly true, he is on the fringe. He's the only one saying we should legalize marijuana or asking why we have 60,000 plus troops in Europe over 20 years after the Cold War ended. That doesn't make him wrong.

[Joist]

Old Grump, I voted for Ron Paul in the primary, and he was soundly trounced by Romney.
Then again, in the same Republican primary, three Massachusetts counties voted for 'other' in preference to all the declared Republican candidates combined.

[230RN]

I'd love nothing better than be able to vote for Paul in good conscience.

But my "good conscience" also includes concern about the damage to this county if the vote is distorted because of people voting their personal conscience instead of what's good for the country as a practical matter.

I've long railed about people "voting with their bellies," and this is a parallel situation --people voting out of personal principles rather than thinking of the national consequences of doing just that.

Sorry, Old Grump, I'm with you in spirit --in terms of voting based on your principles --but I don't think we can risk that this time around.

Protoplasm1 and Protoplasm2 in 2012!

Good Conscience1 and Good Conscience2 in primaries and local elections and so forth.

But not this national election.

I will abrogate my principles this time around with deliberation aforethought.

Terry, 230RN