Conservatives Need to Close Ranks with Romney

OK. I know a lot of hard-core conservatives don't really consider Mitt Romney to be their absolute first choice. I know they are upset by some of the positions he has taken in the past. I know they are not sure he is as "committed" a conservative as they are, but at this point, with less than forty days until the general election, the time has come to cease and desist with their carping and criticizing. Romney is the most conservative candidate they have, period. He is way more conservative than Obama and by continuing to criticize everything he does, they are helping to re-elect Obama. Is that what they want?

It's bad enough that there are plenty of "faux" conservatives such as Peggy Noonan and Bill Kristol screaming about "gaffes" Romney has supposedly made, such as the entirely truthful statement that 47+ percent of Americans are not paying taxes and are beholden to the federal government to some extent, and are thus likely to support Obama. Or the equally truthful, and very presidential response to the outrageous murder of our diplomats in Lybia. Why was this a "gaffe?" He merely said what Obama should have said at the time. The fact that Obama lied about the whole incident for over a week and failed even to condemn the event for a day or two speaks volumes about Obama's lack of foreign policy acumen. This was a positive moment for Romney, not a gaffe.

Yet we are bombarded by so-called conservative radio talk-show hosts saying: "Romney should say this, or he should take that position...." while ticking off some pet issues. My question is how do they know what Romney has said about these issues? The news media refuses to run any clips of Romney's stump speech unless they think there is some "gaffe" they can point out and exploit. I have heard Mr. Romney talk about and support some of the very things these talk show hosts are criticizing him about, but apparently the talk show hosts don't even know what his positions truly are. It's not Mitt Romney's fault that the liberal, Obama-supporting news media refuses to report what Mr. Romney has said. What good does speaking negatively do at this point? They are just giving ammunition to the left. Is that what they are trying to do? If so, get ready for another Obama administration and the ruination of our country. There will be legions of "reporters" who will miss no opportunity to criticize everything Mr. Romney says. They don't need any help. If you listen to a Romney stump speech, he takes many principled stances on many of the very conservative issues the talk show hosts are yakking about. Ronald Reagan had a simple 11th commandment that should apply at this point: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. So-called conservative talk show hosts should bear that in mind.