Sitting on the floor of the Arizona Republican convention, we have a sick feeling in our stomachs. Everyone in this room wants to defeat Barack Obama, but divisions are deep, and much work needs to be done to heal the wounds.
Early in the day, we heard a series of speeches from Arizona and GOP luminaries. Despite being united in purpose, the catcalls, boos, and jeers are easily heard over the tepid applause.
Mitt Romney’s third son, Josh, took the podium and offered inevitability. He said, “my Dad realized he would be the next president the Rick Santorum called him to say he was suspending his campaign.” He acknowledged the other candidates, and when he offered kind words about Ron Paul, the room erupted in cheers.
Next up, the Ron Paul campaign appointed a local GOP leader named Sydney Hay to speak. She talked about the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. She seemed to understand Paul’s underdog status, but the Paul supporters cheered her wildly.
The Romney supporters were much more polite; they didn’t jeer the way the Paul crowd jeered Romney supporters.
Listening to the cheers and jeers, the energy in this hall is with Paul, but the majority of delegates are clearly with Romney.
So why is there less energy for the front-runner and presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney?
We decided to ask some of the delegates why. Here is what we heard from the respective campaigns’ delegates:
“Ron Paul wants to follow the US Constitution; Mitt Romney supports the unconstitutional bailouts of the banks.”
“Mitt Romney is the most qualified, he has run businesses, he has run the the Olympics, and he can run the government.”
“Ron Paul is against NDAA, the bill which allows for the arrest and imprisonment of Americans without trial, and Mitt Romney supports the NDAA.”
“Mitt Romney will enforce our immigration laws; Ron Paul will let people cross the border.”
“Ron Paul is a Christian, and Mitt Romney isn’t.”
“Mitt Romney can win, and we will appoint conservatives to the Supreme Court.”
Romney garnered 47 percent of the votes in Arizona’s primary, and Ron Paul only received 8 percent, but because of this enthusiasm gap, the Paul supporters are making the delegate campaigns a close race.
Our own belief is that if Romney wants to run away with this race, he should not be moving to the middle so quickly.
When Barack Obama endorsed homosexual marriage this week, Romney responded by affirming traditional marriage, but then he undercut his own message by endorsing homosexual adoption. This type of “splitting the baby” approach to issues is alienating the conservative GOP base he needs to work hard for his campaign.
Romney will never get the homosexual vote, so why try to placate them by endorsing adoption into untraditional families?
Mitt Romney needs to sound a clear message and not fear the media. He needs to stand on conservative principle.
In this regard, he could learn much from Ron Paul. He would do well to choose Senator Rand Paul, Ron’s son, as his running mate this fall. It would show that he hears the voices of those yearning for a candidate that stands firmly by the US Constitution, and it just might bring some enthusiasm to his campaign.
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Just more propaganda trying to hype Romney.
They must use blatant lies because they know Ron Paul enforces the Constitution and laws. Just look at the one statement that was made.
“Mitt Romney will enforce our immigration laws; Ron Paul will let people cross the border.”
Where did they come up with Ron Paul is for illegals? Look at Paul's PLAN for ending illegal aliens. (where's Romney's?)
Ron Paul’s six point plan puts a stop to illegal immigration:
1.Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.
2.Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.
3.No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.
4.No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.
5.End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong. [Current U.S. citizens will not be affected. Instead, babies born to illegals after a future cutoff date will no longer gain automatic U.S. citizenship. They will still have citizenship in their parents' home countries.]
6.Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.
Does this sound like Ron Paul will "let people cross the border"?
If Obama senses he will lose the election he will resist giving up power. He controls the military and the executive branch. We can expect trouble. Since Obama is not even a citizen he will not be guided by law. He can proclaim what the law is. We need to rid the country of Obama before the election. Congress can do that but it will be afraid to do so. Our enemy Obama is in control.
I support Conservatives and loathe RINOs. Do I believe romeny’s lies about being Conservative? The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. I refuse to vote for anyone who believes in mandated healthcare insurance purchase. I would vote for Ron Paul in a heartbeat. I will never stoop so low as to vote for RINO romney. The establishment RINOs picked the worst possible candidate and expect Conservatives to fall in line. Well I see the crooked line and I aint getting in. What can nasty RINO romney do ??? Admit he is a lair and drop out of the race and let a decent person run as the republican nominee. I dislike liberals and loathe RINOs. I will vote third party in November if nasty romney is on the ballot.
wow any bush endorsement is the last thing a candidate would want…
If we truly want this insulting peice of non/antiAmerican out of office, out of our White House…………then we will stand together for Romney, and who he picks as vice president! The time for voting third party is NOT NOW! That can come in the next election cycle, get over your disappointment that Ron Paul dropped out, and GET YOUR ASSES BEHIND ANYONE THAT CAN REMOVE THIS INFECTED DISEASE FROM OUR NATION”S CAPITOL! Don’t be so stubborn and so blind that you are the cause of ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS FILTH! Bit the bullet, so to speak, and do what you MUST TO HELP AMERICA RID HERSELF OF THIS mu SLIME ABORTION THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED 50 years ago, and didn’t, and HELP US! DO NOT HINDER US! You may not like Romney for whatever reasons, but he is a damn sight better than a MU SLIME AND A HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNIST SOCIALIST AMERICA AND AMERICAN MURDERING BASTARD! STOP THE DIVISION IN OUR COUNTRY! UNITE! OR WE ARE TRULY AND REALLY FINISHED AS AMERICA! And, one thing, Romney is a MORMAN! Get over it! Do you PREFER A MURDERING MU SLIME IN OFFICE INSTEAD? I would choose a Morman any day of the week, and for the record, Mormans are good, and decent people, and they serve God, and Jesus Christ as well as any Protestant or Catholic! Learn your religions, and stop living in a past that was what it was, a true Morman does not have 30 wives, and they are NOT represented by the fringe sects who do practice poligamy. And, what’s so bad about a man having more than one wife anyway, many married men have mistresses and girlfriends and cheat on their wives!!!! So judge a man who openly, and honestly has more than one “wife”, but don’t judge all Mormans by a few on the fringes of this decent and God fearing religion! No, I am NOT a Morman, but I have relatives who are, and I have had friends who were, and all of them were decent, law abiding people, and people that I would call a CHRISTIAN far quicker than I would most who were other than Morman! They live what they preach and teach! How many “christians” do you know that you can say the same about? The “right to life” crowd? I don’t consider them Christian, for the most part, for they shove and push their ideas down everyone’s throat, and do not offer to go any farther than to stand on street corners calling the women names, such as MURDERER, BABY KILLER, and more. They do not want to “help” anyone, which would mean to PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE, and TAKE IT PAST THE STOPPING OF ABORTIONS! I am not pro abortion, but I am also not pro name calling. I am pro HELPING PAST THE FRONT DOOR OF THESE CLINICS! If you want to help someone, DO WHAT THE MORMAN CHURCH DOES!!!!!! SUPPORT THE WIDOWS AND HELPLESS! Learn something about Mormans, instead of only what you have “heard” down through the years. Mormans do what many so called Christians don’t do…………THEY PAY THEIR TITHES!!!!! Which makes them far more successful than others………..read the Bible, it tells how this works, and it does WORK! Ask Mitt Romney, maybe…………