Is the Fix In?

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/8/5/141857/5240

Is the Fix In?
by BooMan
Sun Aug 5th, 2012 at 02:18:57 PM EST


A couple of weeks ago, Think Progress put together a list of 20 prominent Republicans who think that Mitt Romney should release more tax records. The list included a mix of politicians, writers, and operatives. There were people like columnist George Will, former RNC heads Haley Barbour and Michael Steele, the current head of the RNCC, the governor of Alabama, and Sen. Chuck Grassley. The criticism of Romney has come from a wide swath of the Republican Party. This morning, Ed Rollins became the latest in a growing list of campaign strategists to join the choir.


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Maybe Romney is going to do it, but I kind of doubt it. What I find more interesting is this spectacle of the usually quite disciplined Mighty Right-Wing Wurlitzer bellowing smoke and emitting clunking sounds. When Brit Hume and Bill Kristol are stomping on Romney's rationale for not releasing his taxes, you know that something has gone amiss. So, what is it? Is the fix in? Are conservatives openly sabotaging Romney's chances? Or do these ruthless operators actually have a point beyond which they won't go in defending the indefensible?

Let's remember these people's behavior during the Iraq War, shall we? These are the type of people who will tell you that a little torture is no big deal as long as someone is served chicken with rice pilaf and two kinds of fruit. Moral qualms and truthfulness are not things we normally associate with these folks. But they are not willing to do something much less difficult than glossing over torture and murder. They won't go on television and say that it's no one's business what Romney pays in taxes. They refuse to have his back on this.

Maybe a couple of them are simply offering sincere advice. They think Romney is making a strategic error and that nothing in his taxes is so bad that it would justify taking this much heat to avoid disclosure. But we're talking about more than 20 people now. And some of these people really ought to expect a chance to work for the Romney administration.

Romney isn't putting fear into anyone. He isn't earning any loyalty. He's not even getting much in the way of brown-nosing.

It really makes me wonder if the fix is in, and what that might mean for how the congressional elections play out. You can't throw half an election, after all.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. And not a peep from the McCain camp which I find quite telling.

A simple "I've seen his taxes and what is being said is not true" would go a long way but all we hear is crickets.

[babylonsister]

3. It's all odder than odd. I imagine

eventually we'll find out something.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Again how do we know that the info he gave to McCain is right? He might have lied to him.

[longship]

2. Oh dear! Shall we all start running around?

Worry. Worry! Worry!!!

Everything is yet another worry.

Romney is tanking. Therefore, the fix is in. We are soon going to hear that they will steal it. Can barely wait. But I am too busy at the 9/11 forum reading about how Dubya imploded the WTC.

And don't get me started about Garfield and McKinley!!!!!

[babylonsister]

5. Hahaha!

I'm not worried; I just find it interesting, as does Booman, that all the hoi polloi rethugs are abandoning their candidate.
And how is that 9/11 forum?

[longship]

6. Sorry. Was focussing on "fix is in".

Just seemed to be a bit of a conspiracy. See a lot of that around here. Should have known better with you, Babylon.

One really ought to take things entire in context before jumping to confusions.

I grovel at your knees to beg forgiveness.

I apologize for a hasty post.

But ya gotta admit. The stolen election threads are interesting, especially months before an election.

[babylonsister]

7. This isn't even about stealing elections, it's about

conservatives apparently abandoning Romney. He might be swinging in the breeze on his own. Now there's a delicious thought!

And no groveling!