Posted on 12/15/2007 11:31:47 PM PST by Ol' Sparky
Contact: Jeff Sadosky, 571-730-1010; www.Fred08.com
MEDIA ADVISORY, Dec. 15 /Standard Newswire/ -- Today, Governor Romney lashed out at Governor Huckabee for being un-Republican, saying:
"I can't believe he'd say that. I'm afraid he's running from the wrong party...I had to look again...did this come from Barack Obama or from Hillary Clinton? Did it come from John Edwards? No, it was Governor Huckabee.'" (Jim Kuhnhenn, "Romney Slams Huckabee's Critique of Bush Foreign Policy," Associated Press, 12/15/07)
However, Mitt Romney has a long record of running from the Republican Party when politically expedient.
Consider Romney's Previous Comments:
"I'm not running as the Republican view or a continuation of Republican values. That's not what brings me to the race." (Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"I wasn't a Ronald Reagan conservative." (Mitt Romney In Interview with Marc Ambinder, "Romney Explains Himself," National Journal, 2/9/07)
"Look, I was an Independent during the time of Reagan/Bush. I am not trying to return to Reagan/Bush." (Mitt Romney, 1994 Senate Debate, Boston, MA, 10/25/94) Watch For Yourself
Romney on the Contract With America - "Not A Good Idea" and "A Mistake" Watch For Yourself
"Hillary Clinton Is Very Much Right, It Does Take A Village, And We Are A Village And We Need To Work Together In A Non-Skeptical, Non-Finger-Pointing Way..." ("For City Problems, Future Solutions," The Boston Globe, 3/1/98)
"I'm not convinced that a state would be better off with all Republicans. As a matter of fact, I've been in a state like that for the last three years. It's not a good thing." (Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"I've lived in a place that has had one party state that was primarily Republican. I thought well won't that be nice? The answer is no." (Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth - my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform." (Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
"It's always a burden for someone to run with "R" for Republican after their name." (Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)
Romney called himself a "sensible" Republican, in contrast to pro-life social conservatives. "After completing the [NARAL] questionnaire, Romney met with three NARAL executives. In this meeting, NARAL executives recount, Romney evidenced no hesitation about his pro-choice views... those present recall that Romney argued that his election would make him credible in the Republican party nationally and thus help "sensible" Republicans like him overshadow more conservative elements in the GOP." (Jennifer Rubin, "Mitt Romney's Conversion," Weekly Standard, 2/5/07)
I’m only interested in the first quote, old chap. IMHO, Romney is dead on here. His opponent is obviously fishing in various waters, these day, evangelicals yesterday, maybe the Paul crowd today. In the caucus they get more than one choice, you know.
So the flub club for fred decided not to shop with him this saturday in mclean?! I find the Jim Jefford’s-Fred Thompson Centrist Coalition unrepublican.
Of the Innocent babies that are about to be aborted that he doesn’t care about!
I like THE FRED but he should have let this slide or at least wait for a few more days.
oh come on. he’s so pretty
Well I think it is great that he has stood up and pointed out that the US has won two important battles in the War on Terror since 2001. Why should GOP candidates be echoing the Dims and the MSM on this?
Hillary might be more pro life than Romney!
While Romney is 100% right about Huckabee, it is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
Mitt has partially defined himself correct. What he did was substituted “sensible” for the “Ted Kennedy Wing” Republican.
Glad to see somebody is doing their research on this phoney.
Does that mean Fred Thompson agrees with Huckabee?
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