Posted on 01/20/2008 9:34:59 AM PST by barryg
Again, partially quoting people to misrepresent what they say is not an effective way to hide that you don’t have an argument.
You’re claiming Romney understood what “assault weapon ban” meant and then forgot about two seconds later?
Does all that spinning make you dizzy?
Quote the imaginary “endorsement”.
No. You seemed to be (I have to say that because it’s hard to tell exactly what your argument is) saying that because Romney said he signed an “Assault Weapons Ban”, I was incorrect in pointing out that the bill actually was a pro-gun bill.
So I pointed out that Russert used the same terminology, and it made sense that Romney would use that same name.
The problem is that it was a “ban” that actually left the state with fewer banned weapons than previously. So I guess in fact it’s still a “ban”, but the bill “unbanned” some weapons.
I guess if you decided to re-write the 1934 law, and removed some of the weapons from that bill, but left others in, and passed the measure, you could still call it a “gun control bill”, even though it’s passage would be pro-gun.
I’m not here to argue with you, just to correct the record.
Romney did not say the NRA endorsed him for Governor. He said the NRA endorsed the bill he signed as governor. That was “the action” he was talking about taking as Governor.
Then quote the imaginary “endorsement”.
I have said anyone can post that without having to credit me.
You too, Charles!
:)
Washington? Lovely state. Too bad you have morons for Senators.
It is indeed a great pity that some of the best places in the country are overrun by crazed LibDems.
Austin, Texas: Within 35 minutes, I can visit our state capitol and governor’s mansion, currently in Republican control. phew.
The full quote was “MSM bashing Mitt Romney, the only remaining credible candidate to go up against John McCain.”
Which is true.
You’ve got to partial quote a sentence to mock it?
Is this the level to expect from RINO-loving McCainiacs?
“How about Rick Santorum as McCain’s VP?”
Uh huh. ... Hell will freeze over first.
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/9e163793-59da-4b2c-88ae-be7f8f4ec09d
Rick Santorum on how awful the RINO John McCain was in the Senate:
“RS: Well, I mean, because John McCain was the leader on the other side of the aisle. John McCain was the guy who was working with Ted Kennedy to drive it down our throats, and lectured us repeatedly about how xenophobic we were, lectured us, us being the Republican conference, about how wrong we were on this, how we were on the wrong side of history, and that you know, this is important for his…because having come from Arizona, knowing the strength of the Hispanic community, that we were going to be seen as racists, and he wasn’t going be part of that, that he was not a racist, and that if we were for tougher borders, it was a racist thing. Look, John McCain looks at things through the eyes, on these kind of domestic policy issues, looks at it through the eyes of the New York Times editorial board, and accepts that predisposition that if you are not, if you stand for conservative principles, there’s some genetic defect.”
“RS: Well, number one, John McCain will not get the base of the Republican Party. I mean, there was a reason John McCain collapsed last year, and it’s because he was the frontrunner, and everybody in the Republican Party got a chance to look at him. And when they looked at him, they wait well, wait a minute, he’s not with us on almost all of the core issues of…on the economic side, he was against the President’s tax cuts, he was bad on immigration. On the environment, he’s absolutely terrible. He buys into the complete left wing environmentalist movement in this country. He is for bigger government on a whole laundry list of issues. He was…I mean, on medical care, I mean, he was for re-importation of drugs. I mean, you can go on down the list. I mean, this is a guy who on a lot of the core economic issues, is not even close to being a moderate, in my opinion. And then on the issue of, on social conservative issues, you point to me one time John McCain every took the floor of the United States Senate to talk about a social conservative issue. It never happened. I mean, this is a guy who says he believes in these things, but I can tell you, inside the room, when we were in these meetings, there was nobody who fought harder not to have these votes before the United States Senate on some of the most important social conservative issues, whether it’s marriage or abortion or the like. He always fought against us to even bring them up, because he was uncomfortable voting for them. So I mean, this is just not a guy I think in the end that washes with the mainstream of the Republican Party.”
Right, this was clarified by Romney campaign immediately afterward, as reported in WashPost:
“The NRA did not endorse in the 2002 campaign,” said spokesman Kevin Madden, when asked about Romney’s comments. “Mitt Romney as a candidate received a respectable B grade rating from the NRA, and when he was governor he had the support of the NRA and the Gun Owners Action League in relaxing some of the state’s burdensome licensing regulations.”
Right, this was clarified by Romney campaign immediately afterward, as reported in WashPost:
“The NRA did not endorse in the 2002 campaign,” said spokesman Kevin Madden, when asked about Romney’s comments. “Mitt Romney as a candidate received a respectable B grade rating from the NRA, and when he was governor he had the support of the NRA and the Gun Owners Action League in relaxing some of the state’s burdensome licensing regulations.”
Clarified? What a careful euphemism for reversal.
>Jrochelle did that a lot better than you did.
Yes, he did. - I sent him a thank you here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956808/posts?page=127#127
Actually, someone else is also reposting that gem, and I had no idea who the original poster was until I stumbled across it posted by him.
Mitt seems to be a likeable guy. Very well packaged.
Smooth, indeed.
And then you see these FR posts and it brings you back to reality.
My credit to Jrochelle. - Thanks again.
My guess is that you, CW, are a Mitt fan.
It fits what passes as conservative for many people, especially in the cobalt blue NE.
I can’t fault you for that.
And I have a theory about politicans who cannot even win their own state in the general.
Like Mitt and Rudy.
I don’t even have to write that out here. - You already know what point I am making.
Thank you for your post. - Bill
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