Erick will propogate any anti-Romney video no matter how poorly done it is.

Erick simply can’t admit that there will be no job waiting for him in the White House next year and he’s so bitter about it that he’s willing to help Obama get re-elected.

I’d call that a messenger worth attacking.

The children in the room are attacking Romney because of his religion (Huey Mills, Robert Jeffress, etc.) and for his role as a successful venture capitalist (Newt Gingrich has surrogates trying to make this argument).

It is getting very, very tiresome to see people attacking Romney because he’s not “conservative” enough when the real reason is that they just don’t want a Mormon representing them.

Many polls show that such people exist in South Carolina and in other states. If these people would all choose to grow up, we could talk about issues and principles and not get bogged down in a childish debate about religion.

Why don’t you post on what % of the vote Gingrich would get against Obama? My guess is that Gingrich would take about 40% of the general election vote and make it easy for Obama to win in states like Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina, states that Romney can (and will) beat Obama in.

You think that South Carolinians are going to take time out of their schedule to hear more of the same tired old allegations about Romney being too successful to represent them?

Please.

Someone needs to tell EE that this is getting old.

Mitt spent very little money in SC before recent polls showed him leading all of his rivals there.

Mitt’s strategy was to win big in western states like California and in northern states like Michigan and hope that the southerners in the race like Perry and Gingrich split the southern states up.

Now, it looks like Romney could win in a state where 60% of the GOP voters in the 2008 primary were evangelical Christians. If that isn’t proof of Romney’s cross-denominational appeal, I don’t know what is.

And I am by no means defending Clinton. I wanted him to be removed from office and jailed for perjury.

But Gingrich’s dirty laundry is just too much to bear. Well, at least Gingrich didn’t rape anyone. Maybe he is slightly better than Clinton.

I still won’t ever vote for Gingrich. Ever.

Most of it is non-sensical and over-the-top.

I saw some negative posts against McCain in 2008. Heck, I even made a few. But nothing like what we’re seeing this year against Romney.

This is truly a scorched-earth attack on the presumptive nominee. Obama could not have hired better help than what he’s getting from Erick, Rush Limbaugh, a few bigoted pastors, and the rest of the evangelical establishment this year.

The attacks on Romney have been incessant and wholly without merit. There has been no balance. No opportunity for rebuttal. Just Erick’s bile all day long, supported by a few merry sycophants.

It really does get tiresome.

And the title of the diary is “This is Going to Hurt”.

The Newt Titanic is taking on major water and Erick is commenting on a fiddler being out of tune.

This is really funny. I hope I’m not the only one who appreciates the irony.

You think they’re doing this for Romney’s benefit?

There are many conservatives in the Republican Party who have personal biases against the Church of Jesus Christ (e.g. the Mormon church). Sometimes, they slip up and reveal these biases. Other times, they cover them up by saying, “Oh, I have no problem with Mitt’s religion, just his flip-flopping.”

I got news for them. Newt’s flip-flops are legion. The issue now is which candidate can beat Obama. Romney can. Gingrich can’t. Want to put money on it? I’d love to take your money if you’re feeling strong.

I’d like to invite you to consider the possibility that Romney may actually be a Christian in his heart, even if he follows a church that has struggled to follow biblical principles in the past.

I don’t want to start a fight, though. I just want you to consider that. Romney says that he prays everyday. The Mormons I know pray to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ. That is surely more commitment to Christ than you’ll ever hear from Obama who thinks that abortion and SSM are OK and yet he still calls himself a Christian (but only during election years).

I know that you supported Rick Perry. I know that you are upset that Governor Perry has left the race.

But I want you to stop and think about the things that you are posting. Romney is not a liberal. If he were a liberal, liberals would be excited about his candidacy.

Romney is a conservative. Now, if you want to get all hung up about statements that were made several years ago, go ahead and do so. But you could say the same thing about Newt Gingrich.

Why do you trust Gingrich more than Romney? Is it because you’re trying to curry favor with Erick, the head manager of this site?

Or do you actually swallow Erick’s professed belief that any candidate, including the flipper Gingrich, would be better than Romney?

If you can’t see into Romney’s heart, then you have no idea whether or not he is a principled conservative. If you are in the political arena, you make compromises in order to pass legislation. All politicians have done this.

It is very important that the GOP come together around its nominee. And it is also very important that the nominee not have told his second wife that she needed to share him with his mistress.

In response to your first question: no, I’m not attacking Erick personally. As a fellow conservative, I’m sure that he’s spent enough time in the trenches to have experienced the same attacks from liberals that I have experienced.

I’m not accusing Erick of being a bigot or a fundamentalist or a racist or anything like that.

But he does need to wake up. If he takes that as an insult, then he is far to thin-skinned to manage a political blog. He should take it as advice. Unsolicited. But still advice.

As to your second question, I honestly don’t know how to communicate with many of the regular posters on this site, such as yourself. I know that there was a lot of excitement here for Governor Perry and there was a lot of disappointment when the media zeroed in on him like a heat-seaking missile and took him down. I realize now that there are many issues which are currently being used against Romney (mostly unfair) and which will be used against him again after the primaries are over.

I do feel that anyone who supports Romney must be bold. This is not a time to say, “Guys, come on, he’s really a nice guy.” This is a time to exercise leadership and let the conservatives know that they have a choice to make. They can either vote for Romney in November or they can sit out the election and see what BHO does to the economy over the next 4 years. If you have any assets worth protecting or if you like your job, I suggest that you take the former option rather than the latter one.

Ironically, Perry seemed to fall out of the top tier even as EE and the other moderators threw their entire support to Perry. But I blame the media for that. It isn’t logical to assume that EE’s support cost Perry the nomination.

You are right about Mitt being the presumptive nominee. I hate to thank ABC or the Washington Post for anything. But I think that they are doing a great service to the conservative movement by their wrong-headed attempt to smear Gingrich right before the SC primary.