Topic: Republicans Freak Out Over Romney's Embrace of the Baracka Claus Theory

[Alphabet Soup]

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RUSH: I just read another op-ed ripping Romney to shreds.  You know, Romney's out there saying that Obama really had a great bribery operation going.  And Bobby Jindal just went nuts when Romney said that.  In fact, here let me grab this.  Let me find them.  This is Romney on Wednesday, conference call, campaign donors.

ROMNEY:  It's a proven political strategy, which is give a bunch of money from the government to a group, and guess what, they'll vote for you.  Let me tell you what I would do if I were a Democrat running four years from now, I'd say, "You know what, dental care will be included in Obamacare." Immigration we can solve, but the giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with.

RUSH:  Okay.  I mean, Santa Claus.  It is.  Apparently it is dire, Romney saying this.  Apparently this is a big problem for the Republican Party.  We're not supposed to look at people this way.  People are just insecure.  It's a bad economy.  And if somebody's promised security, workers, they can't find jobs, they're not takers and so forth.  We're never gonna win anything if we look at people that way.  Grab Baracka Claus is Coming to Town.  We gotta put that in here.  'Cause my whole Santa Claus theory is obviously now under attack by other Republicans.  I don't know how long this will last, so here it is.

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Yeah, I'm telling you, folks, fires are breaking out all over the Republican Party.  Bobby Jindal, I think Peggy Noonan, J. Pod, John Podhoretz are talking about, it's such a shame, Romney ran such a great campaign, such a great concession speech, and now he's just imploding.  One of my first takes the night of the election returns coming in was, "It's hard to beat Santa Claus."  I mean, they are really jumping all over Romney.  I thought that it was well known by everybody that the welfare state establishment votes Democrat.  Apparently that's not true.

Even if it is true, the Republican Party doesn't want to be known as thinking it, because it's dividing America.  It's dividing America to makers and takers and that's not what America is, and the Republican Party is never gonna get anywhere if it divides the country into makers and takers, and Romney's 47% comment, I'm gonna tell you Republicans something.  If you want to really get to the bottom of why Romney lost, I'm gonna tell you what I think the most telltale reason is.  And when I saw this in the exit polls, powerful, influential member of the media, I got 'em, I got that first wave at 30 seconds after five o'clock, and it didn't take me another 30 seconds to find that over 50% of voters still blame George Bush for the economy.

If you want to know why Mitt Romney lost, if you're looking for one reason here or one reason there, you people in the Republican Party had better understand that is your number one reason.  If you don't want to concede that it's number one, it's definitely in the top thee.  Four years into an absolutely disastrous economy, exacerbated and made worse specifically by policy implemented by Barack Obama, no has spent money like he did.  The 2010 elections indicate this.

More here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/11/16/republicans_freak_out_over_romney_s_embrace_of_the_baracka_claus_theory

[Alphabet Soup]

Count me among those who object to Rush's characterization of Øbongo as "Santa Claus".

Count me also as one who objects to Rush's characterization that we who object are "freaking out". You know me - freaking out isn't a part of my character. I just think that the analogy is flawed - and in a way that doesn't help our cause.

Once upon a time, when the world was normal and before the left managed to upend our culture, I thought of Santa Claus as a gentle, kind, generous soul who brought joy to children at Christmastime. He didn't achieve any of this through redistributionist schemes or the heavy hand of government but through his own benevolence. Sure there was an element of behavior modification there ("Be good or Santa will bring you a lump of coal instead of a toy") but it is so benign as to be insignificant.

Øbongo elicits none of these characteristics. He is venal. He is arrogant. He is highly manipulative. He is skinny.

I understand the concept well enough but I wish that he had used the analogy of the street drug pusher. That guy is hinky, he's crafty, he's opportunistic, and he is totally without ethics or a sense of morality. He gives away "free" samples of his wares to get you hooked and then he proceeds to rob you of your soul.

There is nothing but joy and happiness that is (or should be) associated with Santa. When I think of Øbongo I think of nothing but pain and misery.

So Rush is talking about this on his show this morning and speaks incredulously of the Republican resistance to his meme. And he double-downs on it saying that the reason why pubbies object is that we're envious that we aren't as good at pandering as Øbongo is.

Sorry Rush but you're just wrong in your analogy and wrong in your analysis.

[Glock32]

This is akin to our effort to fight against Islamic terrorism whilst steadfastly refusing to acknowledge that it is indeed Islamic terrorism. Ultimately, this country no longer believes in itself. It just doesn't.  You could say the same thing about Western Civilization in general right now. There is no will in this country. No overarching sense of purpose, no thread of commonality uniting us with generations long gone and generations yet to be. People are just existing for titillation of this or that sense.

I don't even know what the hell to call it. This civilization is not going to survive for no other reason than the simple fact that it doesn't want to survive.

[Libertas]

Interesting take 'Soup, and I cannot say I disagree.  The street drug pusher comparison is spot on, it's been the progressive democrat template for decades, and it is malicious and it is intentional and it is evil and un-American.  But the street drug pushers are winning, we (generally) continue fail to respond to them properly and the GOP is incapable and never will anyway.  We are screwed every which way possible.  And the political equations are not going to get any more favorable...

Suicidal lust for others wealth and insanely surrendering freedoms to those who provide for this lust is all that drives people in this nation any more...there is no satisfying this level of greed and envy, and it can only end one way.

Future historians will not be kind to this generation, nor should they, we had it right and slowly pissed it all away in one spasmodic violent free-for-all.

[benb61]

Someone check me here.  Is it against the law to buy votes?  I mean give someone $5.00 if they vote for you.  If that is illegal how is the whole "vote for me and I'll extend unemployment to 99 weeks" not illegal?  Or vote for me and I'll make sure that you get free stuff, isn't that the same?  If so isn't there any type of legal recourse?  Anyone?

[Predator Don]

There are several characterizations...Santa, drug pusher, robin hood, pimp, welfare whore, which gets the meaning across.....and I knew exactly what Romney meant when he used the santa characterization....and people like Jindel did go nuts.....

Personally, i'd state the white side of obama is like santa and the black side is like a drug pusher. It is difficult to battle "free". Our nation has been programmed, hypnotized by buzz words, and we have not figured out how to manipulate the populas back to our side.

Like, what do you think when the term "black friday" is used....or buy one, get one free.....or half price sale..... or up to 50% off..... see, all these terms in of themselves are meaningless, because there is no PRICE associated with the "good deal".....and the dems are masters of it. Nothing sells more than I'll give you something and somebody else takes the bath and we need to at least think along those terms.

I use these terms when advertising because..... ....they draw people in. And some are better than others. I've run 10% off sales and it generates little business, but if I run "sales tax free day", ( normally less than 10% off) people come in.

We need to tap into the greed without necessarily giving something away. So its why I agree with Rush and Romney. They are using the dem strategy, it works and it has drawn a crowd.

[charlesoakwood]

Santa Claus was deliberate; using Santa Claus is the corruption of an innocent love into a pimp.  That's exactly what the Dims do, they take our laws, our innocence, our generosity and corrupt it and use it against us undermining
our very fabric.
 

[Libertas]

Santa got Allinsky'd!

[AlanS]

I'm so glad the entire nation can see Jindal for the friggin RINO he is.

[charlesoakwood]

Yep, you were right. 
Too bad, they all have too much
get along in their go along.

[Libertas]

They all need our foot in their ass!