Posted on 02/11/2012 2:47:10 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative
* Try Moderately Severe, or Severely Moderate!
* By: Larry Walker, Jr. *
Mitt Romney told a gathering of conservative leaders and activists Friday that he is severely conservative, or something. "I was a severely conservative Republican governor," Romney told the audience regarding his time in office, pointing out his support of traditional marriage and abstinence education. Sure Mitt and maybe God resides near a star called Kolob. Hey, I’ll send you a quarter so you can call someone who gives a flip!
Now being far more conservative than Mitt, I’m not so certain that government should even be dabbling in matters of marriage and education. Thus, Mitt’s entire premise, in and of itself, isn’t all that conservative. The often heard proclamation, “Get the government off my back, and out of my way,” is a severely conservative position, while Romney’s idea of conservatism is nothing but a weak watered down sound bite.
Although it may be true that Romney never worked a day in Washington, his signature Massachusetts health care law, or as Rick Santorum coined it, “the stepchild of Obamacare,” made it all the way to the top. Do we really want the guy who invented Obamacare presiding as chief executive over the nation? Lack of tangible experience, and being the inventor of the vilest piece of legislation ever, are precisely why Romney should be written-off.
It’s interesting that the only 2012 Republican candidate mentioned in the Reagan Diaries is Newt Gingrich. There was no mention of a severely conservative Mitt Romney at all. But of course, back then Mitt was busy roaming the earth proclaiming that, “There is no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith as a prophet of God,” or something.
And what was that idea of young Gingrich that Mitt claims Reagan so disliked, again? Oh yeah, according to pages 123 – 124 of the Reagan Diaries, Newt's idea for addressing the 1984 budget deficit was to "freeze the budget at the 1983 level.” Gosh, what a horrible idea! But Mitt is so severely conservative that he’s been bashing Newt over this horrid, 30-year-old, position for month’s now.
Although Romney has publicly proclaimed that he will “repeal Obamacare,” a quick review of the U.S. Constitution failed to locate any passage granting the President of the United States the authority for repealing any law. And even worse, one of Romney’s advisors went on record stating, “We’re not going to do repeal ...” Is telling conservatives that you will do something that you know you won’t, in any way severely conservative?
Romney has also come out recently in support of indexing the minimum wage, to rise automatically to keep pace with inflation. So is allowing the government to fix wages (i.e. price fixing), instead of allowing market forces to control the economy a severely conservative position?
Finally, Romney’s position on illegal immigration is for the government to sit back and rely on self-deportation. Even though Romney’s own grandparents and great-grandparents self-deported from the United States to Mexico, in the 19th Century, it wasn’t like they weren’t being chased by the U.S. Marshal and a host of deputies. Far from being severely conservative, Mitt’s reliance on self-deportation isn’t even mildly conservative, it’s at best lukewarm.
Is bashing young Newt’s idea of freezing the federal budget at the 1983 level a severely conservative position?
Was advocating for and signing Romneycare into law in some way severely conservative?
Is publicly stating he will repeal Obamacare, while privately planning not to repeal it a severely conservative design?
Is supporting the indexing of the minimum wage a severely conservative position?
Is relying on illegal immigrants to deport themselves somehow severely conservative?
I would say that Mitt Romney is severely something, but it’s not conservative. Maybe he’s severely moderate, or moderately severe, but whatever he is, or was, I’m the opposite.
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!” So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” ~ Revelation 3:15-17
Related:
Mitt Romney’s Pro-Immigration Rant
Will Mitt Romney Repeal Obamacare?
...I can’t see it.
Mitt’s whatever he thinks people want him to be.Seems to change daily,sometimes hourly-depends on who he’s trying to hoodwink.
I can count how many severely conservative people there are in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on one finger. That it’s the middle finger is only a coincidence.
Severely? Nope. Squishy? Yes.
Nobody is all that conservative anymore. I bet even Jim Rob has a few lib tendencies ;-)
But why Romney was EVER the Republican frontrunner eludes me.
Everybody else was more conservative.
I STILL ENDORSE ROMNEY! (jynx is slowly working)
Nope!
Still won the straw poll though didn’t he?
Mitt the twit and his handlers are extremely delusional if they think that real conservatives believe his lying pronouncements in the face of his numerous statements and positions over the last 10 years.
How many Mormom congregations are within an hour’s drive of Washington, D.C.?
How severe is it Mittens? Try taking an aspirin and progressing yourself out of the race.
That picture speaks a thousand words! LOL
Mitt RomneyCare is severely a joke. And the joke is on us if he becomes the GOP nominee.
Romney is probably the first to use the word “severely” to modify “conservative.”
Interesting theory. Do you have the answer?
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