Posted on 11/18/2010 10:38:27 AM PST by Democrats hate too much
Free Republic is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-liberty constitutional conservative activist web site. Those who cannot live with that should simply stay away!! (saves wear and tear on my zot button - bitterly clinging redneck, Jim)
Romney is an unrepentant abortionist/statist lying political whore! Just to be absolutely clear, there will never ever be a RINO Romney campaign on FR!! If he somehow becomes the nominee, FR will be running a full-time campaign to DEFEAT him!! If you wish to support him then I suggest you sign off FR and onto Wankers for Mitt!!
Those statments make me worry that FreeRepublic is moving toward a DemocratUnderground kind of stance toward their users. Romney may have done some mistakes like Health Car but I have constantly heard him say that universal helath care was a mistake. If I'm wrong, so what. Lets not kick good Republicans off this site because of their views on abortion and Mitt Romney. Look, if someone says something good about Romney, fine. State your point and try to change that person's views. We are not kicking them off the site! That is DemocratUnderground style dumb. It's what they do.
How about saying something good about Romney?
Well?
We are listening...... [sound of crickets]
Not on FR! Abortionist/statists be damned!!
You may have misunderstood what FR is. It is a conservative site, not Republican. Conservatives are social and fiscal conservatives. It seems from your posts that you have a problem with pro-life. My suggestion is avoid those threads. FR is not simply a forum, it is an activism site. One of the things we fight is the murder of babies. Anyone who fights us on that point is viewed as a troll. If you can’t deal with that, maybe a Republican site would suit you better.
Scott Brown was the VOTE against Obamacare... which uses taxpayer dollars to provide abortions.
It seems to me supporting Brown was the pro-life thing to do.
I agree with that.
Romney usually makes big noise but never actually turns that into votes. During the last primary, he was usually on the top (along with Prawn Paul) of all the polls and surveys but never could turn that into votes. Rudy was the 'given' candidate and we see where that went. I doubt he will make it past the first half-dozen primaries if he does run again.
That isn't true, yet again you are offering cover for Mitt.
The criticism of Romney covers 45 years, it is vast and covers a huge variety of actions, choices, decisions, positions, character flaws, lies, activities as a powerful religious leader, campaigning and fund raising for Democrats, leaving the GOP to protest President Reagan, bizarre historical claims, draft evasion, and so on, it is comprehensive, and goes far beyond what you said.
I’m with you and don’t care about getting flamed.
I wonder, if Romney somehow becomes the Republican candidate opposing Commander Zero, we are to stay home and not vote? As a protest or something? Or vote for a third party candidate?
If Palin runs, I wonder if she will spin her anti-abortion stance, to try to appeal to a majority. I’ll bet she does. Will she then be persona non grata too?
Romney did some good things as Governor of Massachusetts, like advocate for the income tax rate reduction, balance the budget, and build up a good rainy day reserve. He authorized state police to arrest illegals, but his successor Deval Patrick (Obama lite), reversed the orders on taking office.
If Romney had run in Mass as an anti-abortion candidate, he’d have had no chance. So he spins, like most politicians do. I think its better to talk about who the most conservative, best candidate is, and discuss Romney’s shortcomings, rather than banish people who aren’t “conservative” enough.
Once the convention nominated Bush, no place worked harder to get him elected.
“FreeRepublic, a private web site we all use at the pleasure of it’s owner and operator. Who, despite the statements quoted in this article, actually is pretty tolerant of dissenting views, if they are expressed respectfully and occasionally, and by the rules.”
Well said. The far left appear to have a genuine fear of dissent and open discussion, and I would hate for us to be more like them in this respect. I interpret the owners comments about his “zot button” as simply blowing off a little steam, whereas in reality he has shown a lot of restraint and I think you have to try pretty hard to actually get banned here.
I’m with JimRob on this one. Absolutely no allowance for abortion at any stage and will not even discuss it. If you want to talk about it find another place. No Romney, not now, not ever.
(that, and it makes for a very entertaining thread!)
just looking at the history of the Republican party and who ends up getting nominated for President it does point to Romney. That said we are a long ways away from that process but history does suggest this.
I know this is Jim R’s site and one thing i do not want to be negotiable is supporting someone who cannot pass the abortion test and if Romney cannot pass it then he cannot be supported.
Romney may be a republican(the mayor of NYC used to be one also), but, he is no conservative. This is a conservative site...head on over to the GOP website if you want to bang pans for McCain, Romney, Snowe, and Grahm.
With the courage and cool reminiscent of a company commander of paratroopers in Vietnam, Mitt Romney ascertained that the way to attack the problem of a brown diarrhea liquid on a car finish, was to hose it off.
“As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble.
“Dad!” he yelled. “Gross!”
A brown liquid was dripping down the back window, payback from an Irish setter who’d been riding on the roof in the wind for hours. As the rest of the boys joined in the howls of disgust, Romney coolly pulled off the highway and into a service station. There, he borrowed a hose, washed down Seamus and the car, then hopped back onto the highway. It was a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business: emotion-free crisis management.”
How Orwellian.
>>Didn’t you watch the debates in 2008? Romney’s clearly anti-abortion.<<
During the debates? When he said what he thought we wanted to hear? Have you seen the other speeches, on of which gets posted at the top of many pages, where he says otherwise. If they have a history what they say during campaigns doesn’t mean much if it doesn’t match their history.
IBTZ
You cannot find a more passionate, more convincing, more sincere advocate of abortion among any Republicans, care to see the videos? Mitt also did fund raising for Planned Parenthood.
Why did Mitt Romney leave the Republican party in the 1980s in protest of President Reagan's conservatism, in 1992 before he decided to return to the GOP, why was all of Romney's fund raising efforts, and political donations directed to liberal Democratic candidates?
Thank you for posting this as you beat me to it. This can not be a ONE ISSUE Republican site. (No I do not support abortion - gross)but Romney is still a decent (R)and the ocasional post of a pic of a cute girl is still appreciated. ets not get too thin skined like the liberals.
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