Interviews

Carol, we agree on Romney. You don't need to sell me on him being a RINO, a flip-flopper, etc. I've always described him as a pale pastels candidate. I wrote about the low voter turnout during the primary for at least two states. And I wrote about how voting "for" someone when you're really voting AGAINST someone is not the most effective strategy. Right now, it's a mixed bag. Some polls favor Obama, but the only poll you can trust is Rasmussen and maybe Zogby. It goes downhill from there. Romney's fund-raising is outstripping Obama's however. I'm also well aware of when the GOP "merged" with the Romney campaign. It was April 25, 2012, arguably in violation of Rule 11. Where we part roads is on pushing the issue of Sarah running. My position on it is: she had her shot for 2012 and chose not to take it. It's also her narrative, and her prerogative. When she announces candidacy for any office, we'll do all we can to help get her elected. Until then, we support what she's doing. That's for 2012 and moving forward. We had a process and the voters of the entire nation spoke in that process. Romney won the popular votes of most of the states. He has the delegates. Unless he is medically incapacitated or arrested for a felony (and the whole Bain thing is BS – there's nothing there), he's going to be nominated – most likely by acclimation without even ballot rounds. Carol, you need to accept that and you're not there yet. Sarah accepts that. She understands and does ***not*** in the least expect to sashay into Tampa having gotten her name on not a single ballot, having put no skin in the 2012 game whatsoever, and walk out with the nomination. Life does not work that way in politics or anything else. Sarah understands this – it's some of her supporters who don't get it. Sarah gets it. Last night on Greta, she was talking about how Romney needs to defend his record. She was talking about VP candidates for Romney. Yes, her candidate was Gingrich. She voted for him in the primary; her husband endorsed him outright and she gave two limited endorsements. Gingrich suspended his campaign. He conceded to Romney and he endorsed Romney. You wrote, "If Sarah doesn't want to run, I understand." Really? Sarah made that decision over NINE MONTHS AGO! And she re-affirmed it a bazillion times since then. The final point is something that makes me very angry: This is not a matter of "believing in Sarah" – I'm tired of hearing that rhetoric. Give me your full name and let me check the FEC disclosures to see what you've given to SarahPAC and/or Sarah's endorsed candidates, then we'll talk about believing in her. Let me see your body of work over the last four years supporting her – your writing, your money bombs, your defenses, your praises of her accomplishments, your posting of her news stories, your attendance at her events, your organizing work for AGU/O4P or other organization. Show me the pictures of yourself in Sarah's arms on rope lines. Did you risk your job defending Sarah's record like a member of this site's staff has? I know where you're going with that belief line, so don't even try that with me. I put my skin in this game, as did everyone on this site who put in blood, sweat, and tears. If you are going to push that issue with me, you are going to get a very ugly reaction. I've severed friendships on the spot over it and never looked back. I've banned posters here and on my Facebook pages over it. So, I'm giving you fair warning ahead of time: don't go there with me. Just don't, because that is something I have zero tolerance for.