Governor Romney Opposed Pardons,a Blanket Policy Challenged by Case of Iraq War Veteran(FLASHBACK)

ABC News ^ | Jun 12, 2007 | ap

[maui_hawaii]

Romney was too busy installing socialized medicine, gay marriage...

You sir are a lying piece of sh**.

Win or lose, this is not the case at all. Get your facts straight.

[Diogenesis]

"This is another Hit piece, and in Boston, it’s all about religion! "

[sageb1]

I think she learned her lesson.

[mdittmar]

Looking for the Bronze Star this soldier earned,huckabee said he did.

[wastedyears]

Gotcha

[Diogenesis]

Your own ad hominem describes what you are.

For here is the photo of Romney installing socialized medicine
which is none other than HillaryCARE.

Dictator Romney signs his RomneyCARE=HillaryCARE socialized medicine
surrounded by beaming Democrats. No vote was allowed - the Romney way.

Sen. John Kerry to Don Imus: "I like this health care bill".

Sen. Hillary Clinton: "To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable."

[maui_hawaii]

Go ahead and oppose whoever you will. No one can stop you. But at least have the common decency to do it based on some measure of fact.

[Diogenesis]

In the absence of your apology, and your inability to
either recognize facts or respond to them, your use
of ‘decency’ has as much basis as Clinton’s use of the
word, ‘faithful’.

[Leisler]

"But critics argue that the blanket policy is an abdication of a key power given governors and the president the ability to recognize how someone convicted of a past crime has turned their life around."

Just like Mitt turned his constitutional powers to nominate judges to a bureaucratic council he created.

He just doesn't have the stones to make a decision. Mr. Limpet.

[Beagle8U]

A pardon has nothing to do with a board. Romney could have pardoned him on the way out the door.

I think the war vet needed the pardon so he could get a job as a cop. Romney is a slime ball.

[acapesket]

Perhaps. You all are getting way too het up regarding your dislike for Mitt. I am not crazy about him. I don’t think he is a Bad person and my husband has met him as well.
Hubby is a smart dude, he thinks Mitt is okay.
I have mixed emotions regarding Mitt and his religion.
I can say however, that he is not a man that I would fear.
I cannot say the same for McQueeg, the Huckster, RuPaul etc.

[FastCoyote]

Why hasn’t this story already derailed Romney’s campaign?

[FastCoyote]

“Well, ABC is certainly doing its part to try and finish off Romney. This is a hit piece, pure and simple.”

An inconveniet truth is not a hit piece.

[FastCoyote]

inconvenient - don’t want the spelling police to send me to jail.

[NavVet]

The soldier should have told Romney that the pardon was necessary to qualify for an abortion, Romney would have signed it in a minute.

[americanophile]

Willie Horton.

[Tennessee Nana]

I dont think Romney has much respect for the military....

[El Gato]

No pardon is generally needed for a conviction as a 13 y/o. Juvenile records are sealed, unless he chose to tell his recruiter or others, about them. One exception is for security clearance, and even then you have to tell them, but you are required to do so. But since Circosta is an officer, presumably federally recognized, I think he had to have passed his background check, and probably has at least a confidential level clearance.

Something feels not quite right here. (FWIW, I'm far from a Romney supporter).

Of course the assault charge was a pretty bogus "only in the Peoples Republic" sort of thing in the first place. The article doesn't indicate if it was a misdemeanor assault or felony assault. Probably the former, but since it involved a "weapon", and it was in the PR of MA, who knows. Since it is the PR of MA, it may be that a "weapons" violation is a disqualification for police.

FWIW, I shot my cousin in the temple with a BB gun. Accidently, but the BB did lodge there, even though it did not break the skin.