One reason to vote for Romney

[conservativesister]

There's more than voting for Romney at stake. If Mitt wins the nomination, as seems very likely, I will support his candidacy. For those who may have hesitation on that score, I’d just ask you to keep four things in mind:

1. Justice Scalia just turned 78

2. Justice Kennedy will turn 78 later this year

3. Justice Breyer will be 76 in August

4. Justice Ginsburg turned 81 about a week ago.

Whoever we elect as president in November is almost certainly going to choose at least one and maybe more new members of the Supreme Court, in addition to hundreds of other life-tenured federal judges, all of whom will be making momentous decisions about our lives for decades to come.

If you don’t think it matters who wins this election, think again!

So for anybody who is thinking of not voting because your favorite didn’t get nominated, or writing in a candidate who can't win, just imagine this possibility:

'SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ERIC HOLDER'

Did that get your attention? I sure hope so!!!

[JRandomFreeper]

Have you looked at Romney's record for appointing judges at the state level?

Meh. No diff.

/johnny

[impimp]

I predict that many people who were convinced they would not vote for Romney will realize that their hatred of Obama’s policies far exceeds their dislike of Romney.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

It is still (very) early.

Give our side time to blow off a lot of steam.

And nominate a running mate...

[forgotten man]

We are so screwed. We will get justices like Holder from 0bama or justices like Roberts and Souter from Romney. I hate to even think about it.

[Fledermaus]

And we were warned about Kerry in 2004 on this same issue.

How did that work out for conservatives?

[Fledermaus]

That alone sums up the sad state we are in.

In 1980 I voted FOR Reagan. Ever since I’ve been voting against the Dem.

Sad what is left of his legacy when it comes to leadership with a spine.

[Tau Food]

The only reason to vote for Romney is a willingness to accept a liberal president and liberal presidential appointees and it has become more comfortable to support GOP liberals than to support Democrat liberals.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’ll tell you what:

Climb on board at some point, with Romney.

Once he picks a VP. Whatever it is, which you wait for.

Climb on board and VOTE for the GOP.

Then from the very first day, after electing him to the job. FOCUS on nominating Mrs. Palin to replace him.

How’s that for a plan?

[Diogenesis]

Probe: Mitt missed chance to keep Tavares jailed - Could have nixed killer’s early exit

Friday, December 28, 2007 - Boston Herald
"Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration failed to act on disciplinary recommendations
that would have kept ex-con killer Daniel Tavares locked up another year -
and behind bars at the time he was accused of killing a newlywed couple in Washington state."

"Despite Tavares’ long history of violence, the Romney-led Department of Correction
took no action on recommendations that he be stripped of “good time” because
of assaults on prison guards in 2003 and 2005, said sources familiar with a state probe into the case."

Once again as Romney let conservatism slide (never had it anyway)
Romney made certain that they died.

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"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005

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Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

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"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006

[FatherofFive]

In 1980 I voted FOR Reagan. Ever since I’ve been voting against the Dem.

So sad. So true.

I wish we had someone to vote for.

I so wish Newt didn't go to the dark side.

The good thing is the Tea Party is raising a crop of real conservatives who will step up. If we survive that long.

[Fledermaus]

As I pointed out in #7, I quit voting FOR the GOP after Reagan. Okay, was somewhat enthused for Bush in 1988 but I didn’t like “kinder, gentler” talk.

I now only vote against Dems.

I’m sure Mitt will pick a slam dunk VP! /sarc It will be the most boring white guy he can find that will probably make Biden look like Einstein in a debate! Cynical? You bet.

I’m not sure Palin is ready for the office. She has time.

[TheRhinelander]

Incoming!

[tsowellfan]

Have you looked at Romney's record for appointing judges at the state level?

A year ago I would have been able to say "John Roberts" would certainly not be on his list.

Given the 2010 Tea Party blow-out resulting in the take-over of the House and how much Obama has pushed the envelope since then without restraint perhaps we need to stop and take another look at our own definition of what "Conservative" is before we start bashing others who are not even elected for the office they run.

John Boehner needs to go for one. Replace him with Allen West. That for starters.

We conservatives fought hard for control of the House and this is what we get?

[cripplecreek]

Yeah, keep telling yourself that. LOL

[tsowellfan]

I take it you think we need more “conservatives” like those we put in the House in 2010, huh?

[Seaplaner]

Another strong reason to support and vote for Willard is National Defense.

All throughout the debates, Romney remained committed to strong defense; and, he knows the bad guys from the good guys.

Baraq's BFF (Bill Ayers) must be pleased and proud of how Baraq worked so steadfastly to weaken our defense capability.

As a Vet (with two grown "kids" in uniform), National Defense is a key issue with me; and, the difference between Mitt and Baraq on defense is day and night.

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[tsowellfan]

Here's another list to consider:

President Barack Hussein Obama is certainly a President of firsts. Here's a fairly comprehensive list: (Read them and weep for our nation)

• 1st African-American President (actually 1/2 African-American) in history.
• 1st President to come out in open support of gay/lesbian marriage, even though 31 US States have amended their State Constitutions defining marriage as only between one man and one woman.
• 1st President to claim that under his presidentcy the, "rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."
• 1st President to rack up over 5 trillion dollars in debt in less than four years.
• 1st President to literally bow to foreign heads of state.
• 1st President to have the national debt exceed 10, 11 , 12 , 13 ,14 and 15 trillion dollars.
• 1st President to preside over a cut in the credit rating of the United States.
• 1st president whose Attorney General (or any active member of his cabinet) was citred for contempt of Congress, and in a bi-partisan vote.
• 1st president to utilize Executive Privelege to cover for his Attorney General about an activity the President claims to have not been involved in, and know nothing about.
• 1st president whose Attorney General actively lied to Congress and then later had to rescind his testimony regarding his knowledge of a gun running plan to Mexican drug cartels.
• 1st president whose Attorney General presided over an illegal sale of thousands of illegal weapons to the Mexican drug cartels.
• 1st President whose Attorney Genral dismissed charges against New Black Panthers who were filmed wearing camo fatigues, wielding billy clubs at voters during the 2008 elections. He dropped the charges.
• 1st President to have his signature legislation ruled unconstitutional on the grounds it was written on, only to have it ruled constitutional on a tax authority for which it was not written.
• 1st President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel ready jobs that he later admitted never existed.
• 1st President to loan hundreds of billions to solar firms going bankrupt, then re-write the loans so the taxpayers were in last place when they went bankrupt and his supporters then walked away rich.
• 1st President to have coninuous 8% or higher unemployment for over a continuous three year period.
• 1st President to have millions of Americans give up and leave the searching work force, which made a 10-12% unemployment rate look like it was only 8%.
• 1st President to preside over a period where over 45% of the American public paid no taxes.
• 1st President to proclaim at a conference with a foreign leader that the United States is not a Chrsitian Nation.
• 1st President to appoint a Secretary of Treasury (and five other top posts), an individual who is a tax evader owing the US government tens of thosuands of dollars.
• 1st President to have over 45% of the American people on Government assistance.
• 1st President to publically threaten the Supreme Court while it was deciding a case...particular a case regarding his own initiative.
• 1st President to preside over passing legislation to take over the entire health industry, which proposal and legislation is what the Supreme Court is deciding on.
• 1st President to deliver a eulogy for a communist activist (Saul Mendelson)
• 1st President to openly refuse to uphold Federal Law (the Defene of Marriage Act), openly violating his oath of Office to protect and defend the constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to it.
• 1st President to have 17 vacations in his first four years.
• 1st President to issue an unlawful recess appointment when the Senate was not in recess (against the advise of his own Justice Department).
• 1st President to repeatedly and purposely fail to issue Presidential statements at Christmas and Easter.
• 1st President to call for our ally, Israel to retreat back to the pre-war 1967 borders.
• 1st President to actively support the overthrow of an allied leader, at peace with Israel, in Egypt and support his replacement by militant Islamics, the Muslim bortherhood.
• 1st President to cancel the celebration of the National Day of Prayer at the White House but hold a day of Islamic Prayer there during Ramadan.
• 1st President to sue a State for requiring valid IDs to vote.
• 1st President to halt deportation of illegal aliens in order to issue them temporary work permits, using his executive powers inappropriately to givve them amnesty.
• 1st President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing Oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
• 1st President to sign a bill permitting the government to hold anyone suspected of association with terrorism indefinitely, without due process, no indictment, no judge or jury, no evidence or trial.
• 1st President to appoint 45 czars to issue directives in lieu of legislation
• 1st President to bypass Congress and implement the DREAM ACT by executive fiat.
• 1st President to threaten a private Auto Company (Ford) after it publically made light of bailouts to GM and Chrysler.
• 1st President to threaten insurance companies after they publically complained that the President's health care legislation was why the had to increase rates.
• 1st President to terminate America's ability to put a man in space.
• 1st President to require private companies to disclose their political contribution records before being able to bid on government contracts
• 1st President to golf over 90 times in his first four years.
• 1st President to have 22 personal assistants/servants for the 1st lady.
• 1st Presidnet to have a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000/year at taxpayer expense.
• 1st president to defy a Federal Court order to cease implementing his "Health Care Reform" law.
• 1st President to tell a private manufacturing company which state it could or could not locate a factory in.
• 1st President to refuse to comply with a Congressional Oversight Committee supoena.
• 1st President to withdraw an existing coal permit to a private company that had been properly applied for and granted years earlier.
• 1st President to take over a US Auto Company and determine who its executives would be.
• 1st President to aborgate US Bankruptcy law so he could turn the company over to his Union supporters.
• 1st President to issue an Executive Order making his educational, travel, and health history a national security secret.
• 1st President to fire an inspector General of Ameri-corps for catching a friend of the president in a corruption case.

Yep...this is the list of "1st"s this President, Barack Hussein Obama, has accomplished in his first four years.

AMERICA CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF "FIRSTS" BY THIS PRESIDENT.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Well that is where we part company - we are of different opinions about how this is likely to play out.

In my opinion, Romney needs all the help he can get. Every morsel.

Right now he has lots of big money behind him, but (very) little enthusiasm.

I say he takes in more, and more support. But hitches his wagon firmly and without question to the one horse which can bring him true enthusiasm.

Palin.

That is just me though.

:)

[TexasTransplant]

So What

Any vote cast for anyone but Willard is a vote cast for Zero

That is where we are... Obama MUST BE defeated ... and decisively

TT