More Mitt Malarkey

Newsweak ^ | 12/29/07 | Brooks Jackson

[freespirited]

My personal opinion: it would be a big mistake to nominate this guy.

[papasmurf]

Myth Romney and sHuckster. They deserve each other.

[NavVet]

I’m no Mitt fan, but when he says that McCain supported Amnesty for illegals, he is spot on. McCain wrote the Amnesty bill for Pete’s sake. And under McCain’s bill after a quick touch back and citizenship application illegals would have indeed been eligible for social security benefits. McCain is Mr. Amnesty plain and simple.

Of course, Romney is only a half step behind in his support of Amnesty.

[claudiustg]

Newsweek? The libs at Newspeak want to see Romney defeated so they can get someone they can dismantle in the general election, like Huckabee or Giuliani.

[Donnaplume]

McCain is an amnesty father. He is unfit to be President. Mitt is one I could easily support.

[TheLion]

Newsweek now shilling for McCain. Everthing Mitt sad is accurate. Why do you keep posting articles from the leftest MSM who obviously want McCain to derail Romney?

[freespirited]

Of course, Romney is only a half step behind in his support of Amnesty.

Nail on head here. Romney called the proposal reasonable and denied that it was amnesty late in 2005. Therefore attacking McCain is pure hypocrisy ... worse than all of his flip flopping.

I believe Mitt has alienated the press more than the average GOP candidate. This could make him a nightmare nominee.

[freespirited]

I don’t subscribe to your kind of censorship.

I don’t like either one of these guys but will vote for the GOP nominee. Of the two evils, it is pretty clear that only McCain has a prayer of defeating Hillary.

[freespirited]

The libs at Newspeak want to see Romney defeated so they can get someone they can dismantle in the general election, like Huckabee or Giuliani.

Have you looked at the head to head match ups? No one does worse than Romney.

[TheLion]

The left sure supports him! They support him and trash Mitt....that doesn’t tell you anything?

[NavVet]

Are you serious, at least Romney pretends to be conservative. McCain celebrates the fact that he has stabbed conservatives in the back at every opportunity.

[claudiustg]

Who are you supporting in this primary?

[lesser_satan]

I can't support either of them. McCain because of amnesty, Mitt because he's an unrepentant gun-grabber (the only position he never flip-flopped on).

Either of them would be better than that incompetent ass Huckabee, but I'm still supporting Fred.

[Neu Pragmatist]

The Dims would eat Flip Flop Romney for lunch . He is the Republican John Kerry, only worse ....

[Lancey Howard]

....but as we said before, the measure did not propose to pay Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants, not until and unless they become U.S. citizens or are granted legal status. Under current law, illegal immigrants who work and pay Social Security taxes may later receive credit toward future benefits for the amounts they have paid, if they become legal residents or citizens. The McCain measure wouldn't have changed that.

During the immigration fight Republicans proposed an amendment that would have prevented anyone who became a legal immigrant under the McCain bill from receiving credit toward future Social Security benefits for the taxes they paid and the time they had worked while in the U.S. without legal permission. McCain was one of 11 Republicans who voted to kill that amendment.

McCain was ready and willing to shell out the social security to freshly approved "immigrants" (which was basically all illegal aliens who applied for "Z visas" under his bill) and credit them for "time served" as illegal aliens.

McCain is a loser.

[Rudder]

AS far as the final outcome after the general election would go, Mitt and McCain would have, for most of the issues, the same federal policies as we had in place last week. Except both would give us national health care and illegal immigration amnesty. Abortion would be untouched and governance would follow a PC consensus whenever possible. e.g., same ol', same ol'.

Only Thompson and Hunter would give us a conservative approach to government.

[ansel12]

“Why do you keep posting articles from the leftest MSM who obviously want McCain to derail Romney?”

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You must not have noticed, but one of the goals here at freerepublic if I interpret JR and most freepers correctly is to derail Romney.

[TheLion]

Yep, and playing right into the Democrat plan.

[Domandred]

It implies McCain supported "amnesty" for illegal immigrants. That word isn't accurate.

Yea what word isn't accurate? Amnesty, illegal, supported, or immigrants? Cause McCain supported amnesty for illegal immigrants.

[Lancey Howard]

By the way, what is this bogus “factcheck.org”?
Is that a McCain outfit?