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“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.” - Boston Globe 7/25/2005

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.” - U.S. Senate testimony, 6/22/2004

“Romney announces he won’t fill judicial vacancies before term ends Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that he won’t fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead leave them for his liberal Democrat successor! Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas, editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is “bucking tradition” by resisting the urge to fill all remaining judgeships. “It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges aggressively in the waning moments of their administration,” Yas said. He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments. “The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the Judicial Nominating Commission,” Yas said. - Boston Globe 11/2/2006

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Gentlemen and Ladies,

If you can cast your vote for Rotney despite an open record like this, you are no Republican, you are no Conservative, and you are no American.

Re: Romney's failure to appoint Republican judges.

36 judges and nine Republicans by every accounting. But Romney being Romney, he can't even tell the truth about how many judges he appointed.

In a February 2007 interview with National Journal Contributing Editor Marc Ambinder called "Romney Explains Himself" (and he'd have to do a lot less of that if he (a) told the truth and (b) stuck to an ideological position), Romney was asked:

You remember, though, in 1994, you said you'd be better for gay rights than Ted Kennedy?

As part of his answer, Romney said:

"I've appointed approximately 60 judges, one or two of whom... one of whom I'm quite confident is gay, the other may be gay as well. I think he probably is, and there may be more for all I know."

To me, 36 is approximately 40. But when you're trying to say "hey, there were only one or two gay judges; I'm a conservative," it sounds a lot better to say it was only one or two out of 60 than out of 36, or approximately 40, or approximately 50.

Romney may as well have said "I only appointed one or two gay judges out of approximately 239."

His mouth was moving; he was ~~lying~~ trying to be deceptive.