TeaParty shocked by Nikki Haley's endorsemnet of Romney

[DCBob]

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is betting her future on Mitt Romney’s, exhausting the support that Tea Partyers once supplied her.

The state’s first woman governor endorsed Romney in the state’s Jan. 21 Republican presidential primary, a decision that might vault her into national office or stall her career in Columbia, scorned by those who elected her. “It was like your best friend took up with a really bad boyfriend,” said Karen Martin, 54, an organizer for the Tea Party chapter in Spartanburg County.

Haley, 39, was elected in 2010 as a champion of the movement that pushed states’ rights and fiscal rectitude. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she was an adversary of the Legislature’s good-old-boy network and became the first woman to run the state that ranks 50th in female representation, said Karen Kedrowski, political science chairwoman for Rock Hill’s Winthrop University.

That such a politician would endorse Romney, whom Newt Gingrich has called someone trying to “pretend he’s a conservative,” was jaw-dropping, Haley’s Tea Party and Libertarian supporters said in interviews this week.

more: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-13/haley-s-picking-romney-shocks-tea-party-disrupting-republicans.html

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I know this is somewhat old news (I think she actually made the endorsement last month) but its further evidence that the Teaparty is losing its influence and its also a indication that Haley is on the short list for Romney's VP.

[Scuba]

1. Tea Party shocked to learn they've been suckered again.

[DCBob]

2. Maybe this will convince them to go third party...

or form an aliance with Ron Paul.

[KeepItReal]

3. If you're in the "Tea Party (TM)" and you're not in the 1%

You *are* a sucker.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Next you'll be saying the Palin supporters are shocked she used them to sell books, tv shows and

Movies.

They are the 1%. Of gray matter.

[JoePhilly]

5. Headline should read "Lemmings surprised to learn that they are Lemmings"

[mercuryblues]

6. They are more

shocked about Demented. It is rumored that Demint's close advisors and supporters are coming out in support of Rmoney. I think demented is fishing for the VP slot. Romney will get his southern white male to bring in the teabagger types.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Ha! They should have paid attention.

She's been a snake in the grass for a long time.

In less than a year, she pissed off 98% of the population. She probably hopes Romney wins it all and appoints her to some cushy position. Haley is just one step ahead of the pitchforks here.

The national media is completely enamored with her. They need to check with the people who have lived under her deceitful rule.

[pampango]

8. “People were angry, disappointed, betrayed, hurt” - Tea Party organizer in Spartanburg.

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is betting her future on Mitt Romney’s, exhausting the support that Tea Partyers once supplied her. Haley endorsed Romney in the state’s Jan. 21 Republican presidential primary, a decision that might vault her into national office or stall her career in Columbia, scorned by those who elected her.

That such a politician would endorse Romney, whom Newt Gingrich has called someone trying to “pretend he’s a conservative,” was jaw-dropping, Haley’s Tea Party and Libertarian supporters said in interviews this week.

“It was like your best friend took up with a really bad boyfriend,” said Karen Martin, 54, an organizer for the Tea Party chapter in Spartanburg County.

Martin, whose county went for Haley by 59 percent in 2010, got six calls from allies in an hour after Haley announced her decision last month, she said. “People were angry, disappointed, betrayed, hurt,” she said.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-13/haley-s-picking-romney-shocks-tea-party-disrupting-republicans.html

[GoCubsGo]

9. Dear South Carolina Tea Party: Bed. Made. Lie.

This would be hilarious if the putrid, little bint wasn't doing so much damage to this state.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Useful Idiots shocked to learn they are Useful Idiots.

Their angry lamentations and emotional outbursts after realizing that they have been used are like the singing of the very Angels to my ears.

[global1]

11. Sarah Palin : John McCain :: Nicki Haley : Mitt Romney.........nt