Posted on 04/02/2009 8:17:33 AM PDT by MaestroLC
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney praised President Obama at a GOP fundraising dinner Wednesday in front of a crowd that might have been expecting a heavy dose of rally-the-troops conservatism.
"I also think it's important for us to nod to the president when he's right," Romney said, after chiding the president's budget. "He will not always be wrong, and he's done some things I agree with."
Romney, who spoke at a dinner for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he's pleased with the president's plans to "finish the job" in Iraq and Afghanistan -- lines that drew applause from the partisan audience. He also applauded the president for standing up to the auto industry.
"I hope he continues to be tough and shows some backbone because that industry is not going to make it unless we have real backbone and get those guys to fundamentally restructure all of their obligations," he said.
The former businessman even offered faint praise for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, saying that after a series of initial missteps, "I think he's finally getting close to the right answer."
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Standing up to it? I thought he gave it zillions of dollars, then fired the CEO and took it over on behalf of his gold-chained union thug supporters?
We tried that, bragged about that, for 8 long years.
This is obviously the WRONG strategy, especially for the current political environment.
Romney is conceding defeat...any Republican with this attitude and tone shows their hunger for good press.
We are being blackmailed, and Romney is paying the ransom.
I prefer a ruthless SOB, and will take nothing less.
Romney haters at it again. They never listen to what he is saying and most don’t have the intelligence to understand. I’m really surprised we still have so many closed minds on FR.
LLS
No wonder Romney broke out his pompoms.
Yes, but Bush was gracious to Kennedy even when Kennedy
would call him a nazi. I don’t want rudeness but I do want
a tough leader!
And Romney did really well on LK the other night.
I just don't like the lecturing by ANY candidate, to his audience that we have to be “nice” to the UnAmerican Democrat Party who are in the process RIGHT NOW of trying to destroy this country.
I think it is the wrong tact.
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
Similar to Romney's other scortched earth tactics:
Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"
LLS
Yes, we’re too stupid to glean his superiority. Silly us. Why wouldn’t we love a Liberal ex Govenor of MASS?
Guess we’re also too stupid to understand what he’s advocating here....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220664/posts
...As well.
His branch of conservatisism” matches the enligntenment fellow visionaries such as Peggy Noonan, David Frum, Kahleen Parker, and David Brooks would support. Count me out.
LLS
I tried really hard to keep an open mind about Mitt for a long time(- to the point of thinking at least he wasn’t McCain).
These recent remarks have lifted that burden from my mind.
Buh Bye Romney! Spine of jello.
Where are all the Romneybots when you need them. But his hair is nice and he is soooo much smarter than Palin.
“and most don’t have the intelligence to understand”
I have an IQ of 158 and I despise the rat bastard.
LLS
SO, are you against finishing the job in Iraq and Afghanistan?
I’ve decided not to bother anymore. These are the people who gave us John McCain as our nominee, although they didn’t support him at all either, and gave us Obama, because they never could come up with a candidate they all could support.
They believe that just attacking others will somehow win elections next time around.
Ditto!! Sarah Palin 2012!!!
Yes, Mr. 1% will be the solution.
Yep, a bunch of links to people who simply “ask the questions” implicating Romney with no evidence.
In fact, it was the Romney haters who gave us McCain (because they couldn’t align behind any other candidate either), and then they didn’t support McCain and we ended up with Obama.
I don’t know if Romney would have beaten Obama, but he wouldn’t have tanked on the Economy like McCain did, and he wouldn’t have run out of money.
And he probably would have picked a more serious running mate, so as to not lose the biggest advantage we had over Obama — experience.
The idea that McCain lost for any reason other than he was John McCain and tried to look conciliatory during the September meltdown and had no clue what to do with the economy is silly.
Sorry, I got it wrong up above in the thread. It's CRFs, not CRTs. It's froofers, not troofers.
Coulter supported Romney's 2008 GOP presidential run. Ann, fights back calling the critics "crazy Romney froofers," (whatever that is), "fanatics" and "on the order of 9-11 conspiracy theorists."
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