Your facts are not facts.
Romney never shaped nor voted for the CFR legislation Thompson helped craft.
Romney is for repealing McCain-Feingold. That is the right thing to do to that legislation.
http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/03/repeal-of-mccain-feingold.asp
According to a press release dated March 2 from Romney’s Campaign, Romney has three gripes with CFR which he will make the center piece in his fight to repeal it.
Governor Romney Will Fight To Restore The Free Speech Rights Of The American People. Political speech is at the heart of the First Amendment. The American people must be allowed to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations. For example, McCain-Feingold prohibits some nonprofits from broadcasting messages that mention the name of a federal candidate within 30 days of a primary or in the months leading up to the general election. This Free Speech Blackout Period – also called the “electioneering communications ban” – is at odds with a free and open issues debate and should be repealed.
· Governor Romney Believes Grassroots Organizations And Activism Should Be Encouraged, Not Restricted. Grassroots activities are protected by the First Amendment and play a crucial role in elections. Rather than encourage debate on issues of public importance, McCain-Feingold has silenced some of these groups, empowered special interest groups, and protected incumbents in federal office. McCain-Feingold also has opened the door to additional regulation of grassroots organizations, which is exactly the wrong direction.
· Governor Romney Believes That There Must Be More Transparency And Disclosure In Campaign Finance. McCain-Feingold has not accomplished its stated goals of reducing the role of money or special interests in politics. Instead, it has driven money into secret corners and given more power to hidden special interests. Governor Romney believes we must have more transparency and disclosure in the process, rather than more restrictions and censorship of political speech.
I have heard Dennis Prager state that CFR is the reason he could never support McCain. I am not here to say that is the right attitude, clearly McCain is defined by more than just a bad bill that curtails basic first ammendment rights. Yet inasmuch as we cite terrorism as a threat to democracy, so should we recgnize the threat to democracy limitations on free speech in the political arena hold.
I said Romney supported campaign finace reform, which he did. In 2002 Romney supported public funding of campaigns and taxing campaign contributions. During his failed bid for the senate, Romney proposed outlawing PACs. It seems disingenuous to me to slam Thompson on the issue with no disclosure or acknowledgement of Romney’s past positions.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/romneys-about-face-on-campaign-funding-2007-02-08.html
Here’s Romney on video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM0x8WnI4to
And it’s also true that Romney was a member of a Soros-funded group, the Main Street Republicans.