There is no doubt that Romney's position on these and other issues important to conservatives is bad. It's terrible.
The issue to me is that Obama is far worse. Obama is imposing cap and trade by EPA fiat. He's appointing Marxist puppet judges. He's giving us single payer government mandated health care. He's forcing the Catholic church to pay for abortion pills for its employees. Romney's positions on these issues are simply not that extreme, in spite of what some write. With Obama, we will have $8 gasoline, no coal mines, paper mache' cars that will kill thousands annually, death panels, trillions in more deficits, and more. These will all happen by mandate, even with solid Republican majorities in the legislature. The most important issue to me in the 2012 election is to get rid of Obama.
Why did you include Jim and the moderator? Were you "telling on me"?
I included them because it was a discussion of FR posting policy with regard to Romney, and I wanted to know if I was correct, or if indeed you'd be zotted if you posted any to prove that Romney's record was being misrepresented here.
Turns out calling your bluff proved spot-on. There are no "lies" and "carefully shaded half-truths" here about Romney; even you admit it. Nobody is stopping you here from posting how terrible Obama is on these positions.
But here's the thing: you aren't asking me to vote for Obama. You're asking me to vote for Romney. You're asking me to let panic lead me to make a deal with the devil, Romney, to avoid Obama.
A deal with the devil is ALWAYS a losing proposition.
-- I feel entirely justified in breaking a protocol. Norwaypinesavage just sent me a FReep mail with the simple declaration:
"I don't debate with children."
It is an absolutely perfect example of the arrogant, superior dismissal ALL conservatives will get from the Romney camp if, God forbid, he wins. Take heed. Head's up. These are people who think of anyone who disputes them as "children," lower folks, less mature, contemptible.
Any honest reading of FR shows that we conservatives who reject Romney do not characterictically think of or refer to the folks we're trying to warn and see the light with regard to what a big mistake Romney would be, as "children." I for one see them as compatriots who are letting fear cloud their judgment, a perfectly human and understandable thing.
Romney people think of the rest of us as "children." And such would be the lot of conservatives in the GOP with Romney in the White House. They'd be eating on the card table in the kitchen while moderate Republicans got to eat with the big people.
To quote a great American hero: Piss on Mitt Romney.