Posted on 01/28/2008 9:21:21 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
Government Mandates or Man Dates, Mitt’s your man!
On any side of any issue, Multiple Choice Mitt’s your man!
If a candidate that lacks of convictions (like the Clintons) don’t bother you, Mitt’s your man!
If raising taxes doesn’t bother you, Mitt’s your man! He’s experienced!
If $50 abortions for everyone do not bother you, Mitt’s your man!
The Joe Isuzu image is thrown in as a bonus!
That’s where I am, too. I don’t trust Romney but I really don’t trust McCain. I think the race for republican nom is between those two and I’m leaning towards Romney. Neither is a conservative. I won’t not vote or write in a name that is no longer running. I learned so much about Hunter and Fred Thompson on here and I wish they had stayed in the race. I vote in a week.
Please thank your son for his service.
“I just want a Republican to win. ...”
By your statement one could argue that any Republican is as good as another.
“...I believe Romney when he says he will nominate good judges. ...”
Then you are either intellectually dishonest or naive.
“...It must be difficult just always believe the worst in people. I don’t. ...”
The argument is not centered on “believing the worst” about an individual. The argument is about scrutinizing the objective facts that define the operating fundamental principles that a candidate for public office espouses... the highest national office in the US and arguably the most influential executive on Earth.
This discussion is not about whether this individual had a couple of bad days, we all do. Nor are we examining, in minutia, a man’s sincere change of heart, honestly developed; to wit: an organic process of reasoned thought, whose maturity may be readily observed over time.
This is about a man whose convictions change with the political season. This is about a man whose aspirations for power override his moral compass for integrity.
That smug look on his face comes accross as thus:
Look how completely I fool these morons... It’s almost too easy... Am I good or what?
Ping
Oh, ok...So...whom are YOU supporting?
I don’t see it that way.
Absolutely.
I feel the exact same way. It is beyond crazy to me, how everyone is whinging and freaking out, when there is a TRUE Republican and constitutionalist, who CAN beat Hillary. I almost hope he will run third party, but at the same time, I know that people here will hate him even more if he does, because they will blame him if Hillary wins. But even if Paul doesn't go third party, I'm convinced that if any of the status-quo RINOs get the nomination, Hildabeast will win anyway. I hope somehow (by some miracle) over the next few months more people will wake the hell up. lol
I agree. I don't think Hitlary and the Clintonistas will let Obama get the nomination. The democrats certainly do not want another four years of what we've had so if the Pubbies pick a business as usual Rino the Dems will come out in force to vote against him. However I do think enough of them hate Hitlary almost as much as we do to, (a) not vote, or (b)vote Pubbie if Paul was the alternative.
The media blackout on Paul, (except for the he's a kook, he can't win stories) and the virulent hatred of him by status quo big government Republicans are ensuring a Dem win in November.
Could you imagine a Paul/Hitlary debate? It would be like St. Michael vs. Lucifer part II.
So, this fantasy that Romney could win a two-man race (which he really isn't in as he has no chance of winning the nominaton) is nonsense.
I noticed who wrote the article the AFA, I receive mail off them and have signed petitions they have sent but they are truely in huckerbees corner and the mail I recieved from them was very much disorting Romney’s record.
If the AFA is reading this then I hope you actually start telling the truth, go after the person who is the real threat to conservatives i.e. Mc Cain and you might not start to disillusion people like me
Abortion
"Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. During a debate, Romney declared: 'I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.' " (NOTE: Romney has supported abortion since before the 1972 Roe v. Wade ruling!) - Boston Globe, 3/2/2006
"On a questionnaire Planned Parenthood gave to the gubernatorial candidates in 2002, Romney answered ''yes" to the question, 'Do you support the substance of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade?' Romney also professed support for state funding of abortion services for low-income women, [Erin] Rowland [spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood League
In 2002, Romney responded to the National Abortion Rights Action League's candidate survey: ''I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose. This choice is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the government's. The truth is, no candidate in the governor's race in either party would deny women abortion rights." Notably, Romney refused to answer the candidate questionnaire sent to him by Massachusetts Citizens for Life. - Boston Globe, 7/3/2005
Fact Check
· Romney's health care legislation provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a co-pay of just $50.
o Romney vetoed EIGHT provisions in his health care bill that he deemed objectionable, but he did not veto Planned Parenthoods' guaranteed position on the Advisory Board or ensure that abortions were covered only in medically necessary situations (as required by MA court ruling). All abortions are covered in the Commonwealth Care program with no medically necessary limitation.
· Romney included in his health care legislation a guarantee that Planned Parenthood would have a representative on his MassHealth Payment Policy Advisory Board. No such provision was included for a pro-life representative .
· Romney forced private Catholic hospitals to provide the morning-after-pill, a position applauded by Democrats and pro-abortions groups .
Romney's health care legislation provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a co-pay of just $50. Romney vetoed EIGHT provisions in his health care bill that he deemed objectionable, including the expansion of dental benefits to Medicaid recipients. He did not veto Planned Parenthoods' guaranteed position on the Advisory Board or ensure that abortions were covered only in medically necessary situations (as required by MA court ruling). All abortions are covered in the Commonwealth Care program with no medically necessary limitation. Under the program, abortions are available for a copay of $50. (Menu of Health Care Services: http://www.mass. gov/Qhic/docs/cc_benefits1220_pt234.pdf; "Romney's Health Care Vetoes," Associated Press, 4/12/06)
Romney included in his health care legislation a guarantee that Planned Parenthood would have a representative on his MassHealth Payment Policy Advisory Board. No such provision was included for a pro-life representative . "You cannot be personally opposed to abortion and then contribute money to an organization whose purpose is to provide abortions," said Jerry Zandstra. "Given the Romney family's support of Planned Parenthood, it now makes sense why he mandated that a member of the RomneyCare Policy board be appointed by the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts." (RepealRomneyCare.com, "Pro-Life Leaders Denounce Romney's Planned Parenthood Connections," Press Release, 5/10/07)
Romney forced private Catholic hospitals to provide the morning-after-pill, a position applauded by Democrats and pro-abortions groups . "Governor Mitt Romney reversed course on the state's new emergency contraception law yesterday, saying that all hospitals in the state will be obligated to provide the morning-after pill to rape victims. The decision overturns a ruling made public this week by the state Department of Public Health that privately run hospitals could opt out of the requirement if they objected on moral or religious grounds. Romney had initially supported that interpretation, but he said yesterday that he had changed direction after his legal counsel, Mark D. Nielsen, concluded Wednesday that the new law supersedes a preexisting statute that says private hospitals cannot be forced to provide abortions or contraception. 'And on that basis, I have instructed the Department of Public Health to follow the conclusion of my own legal counsel and to adopt that sounder view,' Romney said..." (Scott Helman, "Romney Says No Hospitals Are Exempt From Pill Law," Boston Globe, 12/9/05)
· Catholic leaders urged hospitals to reject Romney's mandate or risk "compromising their religious integrity and Catholic identity." "C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, a conservative Catholic organization, said Catholic hospitals should refuse to abide by the law. 'T he appropriate response for Catholic hospitals is noncompliance. Otherwise, they would be compromising their religious integrity and Catholic identity,' he said." (Steve LeBlanc, "Confusion Over New Emergency Contraception Law Deepens," Associated Press, 12/9/05)
Homosexual "Rights"
"During his 2002 gubernatorial run his campaign distributed bright pink flyers during Pride that declared 'Mitt and Kerry [running mate Kerry Healey] wish you a great Pride weekend! All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of their sexual preference.' Romney also argued that he would not only support gay friendly policies but would fight on behalf of the gay community to secure benefits such as domestic partner benefits and hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples." - Bay Windows 3/3/2005
"[Romney] did, however, pledge to support the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would ban job discrimination based on sexual orientation, and other civil rights protections for gays in the areas of housing and credit. He also promised to bring the initiatives begun in Massachusetts to protect gay and lesbian youth to the federal level." - Bay Windows, 3/28/2002
"There will be children born to same-sex couples, and adopted by same-sax couples, and I believe that there should be rights and privileges associated with those unions and with the children that are part of those unions." On another occasion, his spokesman "declined to state Romney's position on whether homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt, and declined to say whether the governor opposes gay adoptions." - State House press conference, 6/15/2005 - Boston Globe, 3/2/2006
Despite the over 2,500 pedophilia cases now on record involving homosexual scout leaders, Romney stated, "I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation." In the same article, a BSA official criticized Romney for opposing Scout policy. - Boston Globe, 10/27/1994
* The 2002 Olympics - run by Mitt Romney - was the only Olympics that restricted the Boy Scouts from participating. According to news reports, this was apparently because of pressure from homosexual activists. (But also, according to reports, homosexual groups participated fairly prominently.) Romney would not respond to reporters' questions about that action.
The largest Boy Scout council in the country responded to the call for volunteers issued by the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee, but the welcome mat was rolled up and the door slammed in its face. Olympic spokesmen for the 2002 winter games say the exclusion has nothing to do with recent protests by gay activists. While the organizing committee for the Olympic event is prominently displaying a call for local volunteers, they have explicitly let it be known that the Boy Scouts need not apply. "For us not to be involved is discouraging, considering the Atlanta games. The Scouting council there was extremely involved," said Kay Godfrey, professional Scout executive for the Great Salt Lake Council of Boy Scouts. - NewsMax.com, Dec. 18, 2000
Judicial Appointments
"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans, has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found. Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show. In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters, and 14 registered Democrats."
Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
* Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate, but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ." Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court. Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which, in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
Press release from governor's office 5/4/2005
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004
* Stephen Abany testified at the State House in 1999 advocating a bill to repeal the sodomy laws in Massachusetts. This type of activism obviously did not bother Romney.
I am leaning toward Ron Paul... or else write in “Daffy Duck”. For certain I will not support Mittens Rubbery, John McAmnesty, or Mike Suck-n-Chuck. And I would rather drink cyanide than ever cast my lot with any creature from the Democrat swamp.
Great...then don’t come here crying and whining for the next 8 years...My Gosh, Conservatives have become the party of crybabies...man up and do what’s the best thing for your Country. Contributing to the election of Hillary Clinton is unforgivable...and you will be guilty of that. People like you make my blood boil...Totally selfish.
Hahaha!!! So true, and that's the best quote I've read today, btw. :-)
“Great...then don’t come here crying and whining for the next 8 years...”
Who is crying and whining? I am done with GOP betrayal. Every four years the establishment party predictably fields a cadre of phony Republicans, each having major liberal “baggage.” These then portray themselves as the epitome of conservatism: “Never mind my past record; I did not really believe those positions I took; Please excuse those votes I cast; I’ve changed...” blah, blah, blah.
After we whittle the RINO pack down to the least obnoxious, the nominee, once elected, immediately disowns every promise made during the campaign... AND SCREWS THE CONSERVATIVE BASE AGAIN. But do we learn the lesson? No. We act like battered wives and return for another beating.
“Conservatives have become the party of crybabies...man up and do what’s the best thing for your Country.”
A “man” votes his conscience, as informed by what he knows is morally sound, what rings in his soul as truth. Every good man knows the truth when he hears it, just as he knows a deception... unless he is willing to be deceived, because he no longer honors any principle, nor keeps any vow, nor stands steadfast in courage. Everything is “negotiable” The man who prostitutes himself thus has no integrity.
“Contributing to the election of Hillary Clinton is unforgivable...and you will be guilty of that.”
Spare me the drama... If conservatives would learn that compromising on principle is without honor... If just once they would actually BE WHO THEY PREACH THEY ARE... then perhaps the establishment GOP and their harem of RINO whores would die off... Then we might actually take our country back, rather than sink it a little deeper in the mud, because we keep buying that nonsense about choosing the lesser of evils.
Chosossing the lesser of evils does not advance the good, it just advances the evil a little more slowly... insideously with seemingly innocuous consequences, which is all the more devastating because men become comfortable with evil.
“People like you make my blood boil...”
Good... perhaps for once in your miserable life of compromise you might actually learn to draw a line somewhere.
“Totally selfish.”
No. It is called being “principled” ... You might try acting such for a change.
I hope you and your “principles” are pleased when you witness our military forced to salute President Hillary Clinton...and it will be your fault.
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