Mitt Romney Supports The Tea Party, As Long As They Dont Run as A Third Party
1:29 pm - 03/09/2010
Mitt Romney To Tea Party: No Third Party Candidacies
Once -- and possibly future -- presidential candidate Mitt Romney is urging Tea Party members not to run as third party candidates.
Romney told Newsmax that running as a third party candidate would split the Republican Party -- a "divide and fall" strategy -- and would "hand over the country to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and that would be very sad indeed."
Romney is not the first prominent Republican to try to dissuade Tea Party members from seeking office under a third-party mantle. Earlier this year, Sarah Palin called for the GOP and Tea Party to merge:
Definitely, they need to merge. I think those who are wanting the divisions and the divisiveness and the controversy -- those are the ones who don't believe in the message. And they're the ones, I think, stirring it up. We need to ignore that and we need to forge ahead with a cohesive message. It's a common sense message.
Romney also said that the Tea Party will greatly impact the 2010 midter elections. "I'm really pleased that the silent majority is silent no longer," he told Newsmax.
Once -- and possibly future -- presidential candidate Mitt Romney is urging Tea Party members not to run as third party candidates.
Romney told Newsmax that running as a third party candidate would split the Republican Party -- a "divide and fall" strategy -- and would "hand over the country to Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, and that would be very sad indeed."
Romney is not the first prominent Republican to try to dissuade Tea Party members from seeking office under a third-party mantle. Earlier this year, Sarah Palin called for the GOP and Tea Party to merge:
Definitely, they need to merge. I think those who are wanting the divisions and the divisiveness and the controversy -- those are the ones who don't believe in the message. And they're the ones, I think, stirring it up. We need to ignore that and we need to forge ahead with a cohesive message. It's a common sense message.
Romney also said that the Tea Party will greatly impact the 2010 midter elections. "I'm really pleased that the silent majority is silent no longer," he told Newsmax.
As long as you fall in line with the Republican Party that is.
also the teabaggers are really, really far away from being a majority. and since when have these douchebags been silent? I thought being mouthy was like a signature trait of that ilk.
anyway, we should start spreading rumors to make sure the GOP and the teabaggers are divided. I'll start: I heard Michael Steele say that Ron Paul had a gross old man stench!
WHAT I SHOOK HIS HAND ONCE AT A RALLY
-LEAVE ME ALONE-
Let's see..
- All their high profile people are Republicans.
- Nearly all their beliefs are the same
- The astroturf PR firms that run this whole thing, like FreedomWorks, are all run by long time Republicans.
- Same propaganda machine
Nothing to merge, Romster.