Mitt Romney : A Republican Stimulus Plan

National Review ^ | Dec 19,2008 | Mitt Romney

[Diogenesis]

RomneyBOT cultist broncobilly: "The only way that has any meaning is if the state got better
when Romney left. Or did it get worse.
If it got worse, then Massachusetts is the problem, not Romney."

ROTFLOL This ignores that Romney tanked the state economically, as he did the GOP.
Here are two examples: Judges and the GOP itself.

"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

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and this

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 by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

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and then this.....

"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

Romney wiped out the Massachusetts GOP.
This is a warning to those who support RINOs, everywhere.

“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to New Hampshire Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006

"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

Let us let Mitt Romney destroy the GOP, just like he did in Massachusetts. [/s]

[big'ol_freeper]

FR is full of bigots.

Then why are you here?

[nmh]

And they might be trolls too.

No, they're not “trolls”. They are regulars on FR.

Look we need a leader. That’s what we need. Not a Rino; but a leader.

Mitt is a leader - one I wouldn't hesitate to vote for again! Mitt is not a RHINO. Huckabee, McPain they are the RHINO’s and remain in denial. Worse yet they truly believe they matter and are relevant. Sad excuses for a human being.

[FreeReign]

And they might be trolls too. Look we need a leader. That’s what we need. Not a Rino; but a leader.

The slot of leader is wide open to anyone out there willing to come forward and articulate common sense (a.k.a conservative) ideas.

[Jim Robinson]

With all due respect right back, his record as governor is that of an abortionist/socialist. His record means more than his words.

[Leisler]

"Drink that Koolaid!
"All new spending projects should be selected by the responsible federal agency according to published criteria, not by congresspersons and senators based upon favors and politics." --Mitt Romney

Willard explicitly proposed that new spending should be selected by the federal agencies. Handing the Congressional power of the purse over to the bureaucrats is both idiotic and unconstitutional."

Well, YOU can see that this just dumps on Republican Senators and Congressmen. But, that's the Mitt I know from living in Massachusetts. The old Mitt song of I can buy myself in, and F the low rent, scruff Republicans that have been getting shelled for years.

Mitt is a vampire for Republicans in general. He shows up, everybody starts dying off. We've already gone through two GOP big tent, no new taxes, compassionate conservatives and had our nation's finances trashed. We don't need another RINO to coup de grace what ever little brand image being a Republican has.

[big'ol_freeper]

McPain they are the RHINO’s and remain in denial. Worse yet they truly believe they matter and are relevant. Sad excuses for a human being.

McCain is a RINO, but labeling him a "sad excuse for a human being", considering his military service, makes you nothing short of an ass.

[fieldmarshaldj]

And here’s a prime example right here. They can see Huckster and Juan are RINOs, but refuse to recognize the same features of their Lord and Savior, Slick Willard.

[EternalVigilance]

Extremely apt post.

[Leisler]

Actually Deval Patrick is cutting more positions than Mitt ever did. Mitt never rocked a boat. All lovey dovey.

Looks like, in a little Nixon Goes To China Way, that Deval the Democrat has the cajones to cut positions. Something Mitt never did.

But, it's not that strange when you consider it took him over a year, to get someone else, to fire a couple of illegal Guatemalan lawncutters.

[Edit35]

Wish Mitt was our President ... he makes SENSE. The other Republicans running for President were LOSERS.

Romney would have made Obama look like a fool.

As it turned out, Obama made McCain look like a fool.

Which is why so many powerful conservative thinkers went apoplectic during the 2008 primaries when McCain fooled enough Republicans into believing HE would campaign as a conservative.

What a joke McCain is... was... and always will be.

Thanks for your Vietnam service, Mac, but please just go back to Arizona and hang out around the high-fallutin country club with your liberal buddies... which is where your brain has been the past 20 years.

No wonder Romney was supported or endorsed by nearly every strong conservative thinker in America during the primary. He's the only one with the balls to at least put forth proposals, be they perfect or not.

Romney may not be 100% correct in everything (who is?) but at least he has the gonads to fight the good fight with ideas>

All those on FR who are gonna flame me and/or Romney have NO solutions... only hatred and bitterness toward a man with a plan.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

FR is full of bigots.

Irony?

[ajay_kumar]

Thanks!

[engrpat]

One can only hope that Evangelicals and other bigots will get over themselves and vote for Mitt

Don't bet on it. Many have the same mind set of the Taliban, my way or no way.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“In the case of Gov. Romney, you know, maybe I should wait a couple of weeks and see if it changes, because it’s changed in less than a year from his position before, and maybe his solution will be to get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn. I don’t know.”

— McCain on Slick Willard’s Immigration Schtick (Yeah, Juan wasn’t much better, but he nailed the Slickster good)

[fieldmarshaldj]

We have a solution.

Palin in 2012.

Accept no Socialist losers.

[Edit35]

but I welcome his (Romney's) move to make our party the one with the ideas.

That's been the main thrust of Romney supporters like myself from the get go.

Romney has never been 100% perfect on everything (who is?), but he has been the only Republican with new supply-side ideas... and the only Republican (except Sarah Palin) with the gonads to fight the liberal machine.

McCain just rolled over like the old Republican-bashing liberal dog that he is.

[big'ol_freeper]

Reference my post #83...post #111 is a prime example.

[Deetes]

If only Rommey could have been on message

[ajay_kumar]

Here’s the thing. If all we are gonna do for the next 4 years is heckle from the back of the country, the GOP might as well hang it up as a political party. We better be out there putting our ideas up against the Dims’. Heckling without ideas to counter is just another way of giving up.

Well said!