Mitt Is All Thumbs (Two more Romney fibs in the past week)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/18/2007 | John Fund

[Ol' Sparky]

Mitt Romney's campaign has normally run with the smooth efficiency the candidate -- a former venture capitalist -- himself exudes. But cracks have begun to show, perhaps indicating the strains since his frontrunner status in Iowa was stolen by Mike Huckabee.

Last Sunday, Mr. Romney appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" and twice claimed he had won the endorsement of the National Rifle Association in his 2002 race for governor of Massachusetts. Wrong. While Mr. Romney got a respectable "B" rating from the NRA, it was his Democratic opponent, Shannon O'Brien, who actually got an "A" grade from the gun-rights group, which ultimately made no endorsement in the race. Ouch.

Yesterday, the Romney campaign again had egg on its face after trumpeting news that Iowa Congressman Steve King, who represents the most GOP part of that state, had endorsed Mr. Romney. The Romney campaign even called dozens of key donors with the news, which it termed "exciting." The only problem is that Mr. King had endorsed Fred Thompson, a fact the Romney folks should have known since they had packed the room where the announcement was made with their own staffers. The Thompson camp was scarcely represented.

Yesterday, Mr. Thompson couldn't resist a little dig at the premature celebration. "This ain't the last surprise you're gonna get," was the message the former Tennessee senator had for Mr. Romney.

[Ol' Sparky]

Mitt lies like he breathes...

[Doogle]

guess the counters assigned to hillary are on vacation.

[Antoninus]

No WAY! Mr."I'm-for-and-against-gays-in-the-military"?



Cooper: Governor Romney, you said in 1994 that you looked forward to the day when gays and lesbians could serve, and I quote, "openly and honestly in our nation's military." Do you stand by that?

Romney: This isn't that time. This is not that time. We're in the middle of a war. The people who have...

Cooper: Do you look forward to that time, though, one day?

Romney: I'm going to listen to the people who run the military to see what the circumstances are like. And my view is that, at this stage, this is not the time for us to make that kind of...

[Rick.Donaldson]

is that a flip-flop or a “I’m gonna guess that I don’t want to answer even though you want an answer and I don’t know if I want to give an answer” answer?

[gpapa]

The link goes to an article about judges.

[Retired Greyhound]

Huck and Mitt are being pounded right now.

Good for Fred.

[cgbg]

After the MLK lie and spin fest Mitt might want to relax, recuperate and enjoy Kwanzaa--the holiday created by a convicted felon and publicized by a pack of MSM liars.

:-(

[Parley Baer]

Well Ol” Sparky the NRA accusation was not as clear cut as you pretend it to be.

Regarding MLK it depends on figuratively or verbatim. You obviously have a thing against Mitt with your posts. So be it. But you have flat out lied in some of your statements.

That being said Go Fred.

[onedoug]

One who claims Huckabee would make a “great vice president”....

[MainFrame65]

Romney’s interview by Russert did a GREAT job of convincing me that he is NOT the candidate I want. Between weaseling, waffling, and just verbally wandering around questions without ever answering them, he showed an obscene lack of principle and conviction.

And what he did say about “reasonable” gun control and so-called “assault” weapons, mandatory health insurance, and letting illegals stay here didn’t help him a bit in my estimation.

[ChurtleDawg]

Mitt is imploding at an alarming rate

[conservativegramma]

Good grief. Anyone who votes for Romney owes an apology to both Clinton and Kerry.

[JewishRighter]

You know what kills me? Every one of the “front runners” has got some kind of warts, RuPaul has big warts, Tancredo’s out and meanwhile, you’ve got this amazing, straightforward, principled, decent, solid conservative named Duncan Hunter who can’t get enough traction to rise into serious contention. Just a little less inspiring, only a little, is Fred Thompson, who is doing a bit better these days, but still not quite storming the barricades. I really liked them both all along, but the more I see the Romney flubs, the McCain immigration question, the Guiliani social issues, the Huckabee liberal side, the more these two guys stand out like a couple of gentlemen who wandered into a gin mill on the bad side of town.

It just kills me that the obvious quality of these two men does not rise right to the top, front and center or everyone watching this political version of Wrestlemania-Death Cage, so we could get on with the business of beating whatever socialist that other party ends up throwing in the ring. This process grinds down the big name candidates to the point where they may not even have any solid base of support left for the general-in either party or among independents.

If it were today, I’d vote for Thompson, but only because I think his chances would be better than Hunter’s.

[Mr. Brightside]

Apparently, the left Mitt doesn’t know what the right Mitt is doing.

[JewishRighter]

I’m starting to feel the same way. At first I was charmed by the idea of such a great looking, telegenic candidate, standing at the podium in debates with HildaBeast. Then, I couldn’t quite understand why some people were saying he’s kind of plastic, kind of fake. But now I do see it: and I agree that the impression more than anything else, is someone who doesn’t really have any core principles, just saying whatever it takes to get smoothly through and sound good for poll-tested expectations.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Romney is the Joe Isuzu of the GOP. Only thing is, Joe is still funny.

[jacquej]

I had almost decided for Romney, mostly because I thought he would bring some fiscal sanity to Washington. I was willing to overlook his recent change of heart on social issues.

But, I have had enough of politicians tell people what they want to hear. I would rather vote for a candidate who has principles and stands by them. Even if I do not share those principles, I want a president who is willing to stick to his guns, and doesn't’t rely on whichever special interest group is hollering the loudest.

I am beginning to take a very close look at Fred Thompson. I do not mind that he is “laid back”. I kind of like that he says what he thinks in a few short and direct sentences, without wandering all over the place verbally, with non-answers.

[Hunton Peck]

"Apparently, the left Mitt doesn’t know what the right Mitt is doing."

Heh. Not bad. Not bad at all.

[Diogenesis]

This is utter BS. Romney made two fibs at the beginning of
his broadcast on Sunday. By weeks end, it was much, much more.

Then there were the tears.

[glmjr]

Can you really imagine this bunch in the White House?

HEEHAW, HEEHAW