Posted on 12/17/2007 5:32:53 AM PST by JRochelle
It has turned out that Mitt Romneys Meet the Press appearance appeared decent at the time, but mistakes seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Race 4 2008 has one write-up.
First, there was Romneys lie about the NRA endorsement. He claimed that he had received it in 2002. He hadnt. Just made it up.
Second, he claimed that " every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as a Governor, I came down on the side of preserving the sanctity of life." Fred Thompsons campaign sent out a press release basically blowing that up.
Third, Jen Rubin at the Spectator drills down and finds Romneys statements on taxes totally lacking. Key quotes:
On the subject of fees and taxes a pre-The Note Rick Klein reported in 2003: "A survey of states grappling with spending crises has found that Massachusetts imposed more fee hikes than any other state in the nation this year - at least $500 million. These are just indiscriminate, broad-based fee increases because of a reluctance to raise taxes, said Michael J. Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Its been disingenuous to say theres no new taxes, in the sense that theres very little connection to the fee increases and the cost of services that the fees are supposed to represent." Groups like Citizens for Limited Taxation at the time were similarly suspicion about the distinction.
And fourth, Romney "I was an independent in the time of Reagan/Bush" and "I voted for Paul Tsongas" said:
OK, Tim, lets go back and lets, letsIm going to reject the premise, to begin with because, when I ran against Ted Kennedy, I realized the shot was a long shot, to beat Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts. But I was tired of his liberal policies. And as youll recall, I fought for the death penalty, I said secure the borders, I said at the same time were going to completely redo our welfare system and get rid of the old welfare system. I ran as a Republican and a conservative. And when I ran for governor in Massachusetts, you were there. First question you asked me in the debate, "Tell me about the death penalty." I was for the death penalty. I was for English immersion in our schools. I said, I said
Yeah. Whatever dude. Again, Jen Rubin whips out the quotes:
I Am A Fiscal Conservative And A Social Moderate. (2002)
I Was An Independent During The Time Of Reagan-Bush. Im Not Trying To Return To Reagan-Bush. (1994)
"I dont know that the world is pining for a progressive-on-social-issues governor of Massachusetts." (2002) Then theres my personal favorite "my R doesnt so much stand for Republican as Reform."
I just cant wait for the video mashup of the 2007 statements against his actual record.
“Meet the Press” is always a problem for people who have no core beliefs or who are trying to disguise their true core beliefs.
You mean to tell me that Mitt wasn’t working for and supporting Avi Nelson in 1978? I’m shocked!! The next thing I’ll hear is that he NEVER VOTED FOR REAGAN. Boy, wouldn’t that be surprising.
I don’t know about having no neck but Duncan did have THE BALLS to serve two tours as an infantryman in Vietnam. I supposed he could have sought a deferment for college and/or served as a missionary somewhere but guys like Hunter couldn’t look himself in the mirror if he did that. Other guys can though.
Meanwhile, who else is challenging the Guilani and Huckster tag team as they dominate the polls?
I consider those to be pretty major issues for which a Republican candidate needs to be "right".
Exactly.
My husband was a naval aviator, and has said the same thing.
I agree, although on gays I consider myself conservative but some don’t think I hate gays enough.
That is why I am pleased that Mitt is now on the conservative side on those issues. But there is a lot more to the conservative view than those three issues — and those three get the coverage because they are the ones Mitt changed his position on.
LOL!
I don’t hate gays at all!
However, I haven’t enjoyed my forays into Portland, and being hit on by a lesbian.
They usually aren’t Lipstick Lesbians, either.
My point is that I resent their attempts to change our culture.
They want more than equality...they want to destroy marriage.
I don’t like them one bit.
One more thing...I think Mitt pandered to the voters in MA.
Hopefully, given his background, he’s not pandering now.
How are we to know, though?
Romney will say anything. I do not believe he can be trusted.
The shear volume of anti-Mitt threads on freerepublic would indicate to any rational thinking individual, that he is the one everyone is worried about....most especially those supporting other candidates.
Yep. He is definitely one of the candidates I am worried about, that's for sure.
Mitt has always been a conservative. He thought the government shouldn’t be involved in abortion (I believe that now), he was labeled as an abortionist, although he never believed in abortion. He only believed that the government shouldn’t be involved in it.
His record clearly shows that he governed Mass as a conservative, even with an 85% democrat majority in the houses. He got a lot of major accompolishments done.
And you post anti-Mitt rhetoric, because you support....who?
Just another blog that doesn’t support Mitt. I’m sure anyone can find anthing they want to believe on one of them.
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Help me out here.... what part of the below letter from Mitt that I posted is "rhetoric" on my part?
Please let me know. Thanks!
By the way, I have not decided who I “support”, but I have definitely ruled out Romney, Huckabee, Paul, and Giuliani. McCain is out of the question too, unless he begs forgiveness for McCain-Feingold and I believe it. Unlikely, to say the least. I like Thompson but I want to see and hear more. I really like Duncan Hunter but I wish he would get some traction in a hurry.
FRegards,
LH
So you're saying that Christians hate gays?
Chuckie, Chuckie, you're a liberal, it's time to come to terms with it.
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