Posted on 05/21/2007 11:48:40 AM PDT by TexanSniper
A few days ago on the Laura Ingram radio show, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson said he's not voting for John Mccain or Rudy Giuliani. No surprise there. But then he talked about Mitt Romney and his comments were pretty positive. Click here to listen. The transccript is below.
So we voted against a French-speaking head of hair in '04 so we could vote in a French-speaking head of hair in '08?
I think if Fred doesn’t run, I will be on the Mitt bandwagon. But, I think Fred will run, and will be the next President.
Then we're screwed.
Hillary beats a RINO. Simple as that.
I don’t need ‘Doctor Dobson’ to tell me how to vote.
I'm right there with ya SoDak.
I don’t need anyone’s endorsement to give me “cover” to vote for Romney or anyone else.
In general I like Romney. He’s not my first pick, but if he’s the nominee, I’d vote for him proudly, he is head and shoulders above anything on the Dem side of the line, he agrees with me on most things, he’s clearly intelligent and clearly an adult.
I prefer Hunter, and Thompson, and Tancredo is growing on me, I’m looking for someone bold who can take a pounding. I want someone less willing to compromise than, say, Bush has been. I love the guy, but I’ve had enough of the “kinder-gentler” conservatism, I want the uncut version. Romney strikes me as a conservative in the “lets all work together” Bush tradition. I’m sure there’s a place for that, and if it comes to Romney, then fine. As I say, though, he’s not my first pick.
I’m actually coming to believe that romney has no closely held values.
He governed Massacusetts as a RINO and many say “how else could he have gotten elected in the most liberal state.
I say if he is or ever was an authentic conservative, he couldn’t have gotten elected in Taxachusetts. So he flipped to a become a quasi-liberal to win a governorship and then flopped to become a presidential candidate.
In other words, he’s a nothing. An empty vessel willing to be filled by whatever political cocktail he thinks will allow him to run his next race.
He’s not an authentic anything and that’s pathetic.
Bets please.
I agree, the chances that he doesn't run seem to get slimmer by the day, but until he announces, he ain't in the race, is he?
or the Hitlery-Hit machine digs up something on Fred that takes him out of the race?
And what might that be? Can you spill the beans or are you just constructing strawmen, Mittboy.
Underestimate the power of the Klintoon slime machine at your own peril.
Dobson: Keep your thinking cap on!
Glad to hear this from Dobson.
I’m a conservative Born-Again Christian but I could easily vote for Romney just because of where he stands on the issues.
I bet a lot of evangelical and conservative Christians have been waiting on the sidelines. In Iowa, about 1/4 of the Republican caucus voters usually side with some openly Christian candidate. Pat Robertson got 23% in ‘88 and Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes got a combined 23% in ‘00. I bet Romney will continue to surge.
What makes Mr Brody think there are "millions of evagelicals" who need such "cover" to vote for a morman?
If the feds enforced such a religious test it would be.
But please don't confuse that with the current issue. There is certainly no Constitutional restriction on what issues a voter uses to make up his mind.
I like the idea of a Thompson/Romney or Romney/Thompson ticket. Unfortunately, Thompson’s not willing to be VP and Romney’s exceeds when he’s in the leadership role, so I don’t think it will ever happen.
Agreed.
I’m willing to believe that Romney’s had a change of heart on the issues, particularly abortion. To me, his explanation seems plausible. As I’ve taken more and more advanced biology classes I’ve become more adamantly pro-life. His route of study on the cloning and embryo issues probably paralleled my studies at school, and knowledge only made my beliefs that much stronger.
Instinctively, it seems obvious that a woman should have a right to choose what to do with her own body. But that requires objectifying a fetus as a woman’s property to do with as she pleases, and removing any of the personal responsibility of getting pregnant from her... But a fetus IS a seperate, if dependent, human life. If Romney now believes that, I am willing to take him at his word.
I don't mean to trash or criticize Fred Thompson but did you know that he once played a white supremacist for a TV show? I know he was just acting and it doesn't mean anything but you know how the MSM works. This is how they will portray it. George Allen was destroyed for much less. I know it's unfair and I like Fred but we have to be realistic.
Romney governed as a conservative while Governor. He had a very liberal legislature that he fought against for four years.
His problem was when he campaigned against Kennedy for the Senate. He took some liberal social stances that he has since changed on. You can call it unprincipled, but remember Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat.
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