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8 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Is More Right Wing Than George W. Bush
americablog.com ^ | April 26 2012 | By Judd Legum and Alex Seitz-Wald

Posted on 04/26/2012 8:47:34 PM PDT by NoLibZone

1. Bush passed a huge tax cut plan, mostly benefiting the wealthy. Romney’s tax cut plan is four times larger, more heavily weighted to benefit ultra wealthy.

2. Bush signed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. Romney supports repealing virtually all campaign finance laws.

3. Bush supported comprehesive immigration reform, a path to citizenship for 12 million undocumented immigrants and provisions of the DREAM Act. Romney opposes all of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at americablog.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Extended News
KEYWORDS: 2012; bullcrap; romney
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To: greene66

21 posted on 04/26/2012 9:30:51 PM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: presently no screen name
I'm not suggesting anyone is responsible for Romney. I'm only saying that there is a dubious chance that he might act more conservative than we expected in order to secure votes. I'm not holding my breath though.

And what is it with you and Newt? Your boy is out. You don't have to like it, but you may as well accept it.

22 posted on 04/26/2012 9:34:06 PM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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To: presently no screen name

Sorry, I have no need to twist things. I am just amused at FReepers confirming the writings of Alex Seitz=Wald. The far left meets the far right and it turns out they are one and the same.


23 posted on 04/26/2012 9:35:10 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: EDINVA

LOL. I know. It is blowing my mind that folks here are openly discussing a talking point that a Regime loving site is pumping out like is is real news and info.

Doesn’t anyone check sources before posting anymore? Pretty soon we will be posting stuff from HuffPo like it is legit.


24 posted on 04/26/2012 9:36:35 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: NoLibZone

People actually get paid to write this drivel BS?


25 posted on 04/26/2012 9:40:43 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats are dangerous and evil. Republicans are just useless and useful idiots.)
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To: NoLibZone
BARF ALERT!

26 posted on 04/26/2012 9:42:37 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: NoLibZone

“Romney opposes all of it.”

Well I hope this is ture, but doesn’t Romney have a way of “evolving” after the election?


27 posted on 04/26/2012 9:43:40 PM PDT by garjog
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To: garjog
I hope its, ahh...ture, too.

But Romney is a political mercenary. IF he wins, conservatives need to hold his feet to a very big fire.

28 posted on 04/26/2012 9:45:30 PM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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To: EDINVA

Affirming the words of Alex Seitz=Wald? I missed it - did he call him a liar?

The ‘rats and rino’s are one - let’s keep it honest even though Romney is the topic.


29 posted on 04/26/2012 9:45:52 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: festusbanjo

GW Bush was a strong leader. We were fortunate to have him at the helm following 9/11. Maybe someday he’ll get the credit due him.


30 posted on 04/26/2012 9:46:10 PM PDT by upsdriver
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To: TheZMan

You will never get a man right wing enough to win in federal politics. Washington and the federal union is too corrupt and powerful to give up what it has taken.

For all the good that it will do, but I wont love him, and if he don’t back off when we take back our ground with State actions, Ill gladly feed him to the sharks.


31 posted on 04/26/2012 9:46:29 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: Drew68
But they're about as good as we're going to get.

Only as long as we allow ourselves to be manipulated by the DC elites.

I'm done with that game.
32 posted on 04/26/2012 9:47:02 PM PDT by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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To: Antoninus

Your right Washington has the game rigged in its favor and we need to stop playing their game. But that nessitates we also stop playing on their field. We have to ignore the presidency and undercut them from the outside. Nully and isolate Washington from the outside.

Send Mitt to Washington with one simple directive leave our States alone or we will find a democrat we can beat into doing that. We don’t have to expect him to do anything we just have to expect him to sit back and do nothing while we do the work.


33 posted on 04/26/2012 9:51:38 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: Monorprise
Send Mitt to Washington with one simple directive leave our States alone or we will find a democrat we can beat into doing that.

I do plan to ignore the presidency for another four years. However, there's not a chance in the world I'll ever vote for either of the liberal bums the DC elites have selected for us.


34 posted on 04/26/2012 9:57:34 PM PDT by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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To: Monorprise; Antoninus
The potential problem with not playing the house's rigged game is that we may lose our collective voice entirely and become politically irrelevant. The GOP, rather than moving back right to get us back on board, may very well just go full steam ahead with a bone in its teeth for the middle-left.

But at the same time, we have got to do something. Conservatives aren't making any headway, we are merely trying to hold ground and losing fast. The country is sinking under the sheer weight of illegals, welfare-saps, EBT-abusers, non-producers/non-taxpayers, and other assorted liberal gimme-gimmes.

The whole thing is just incredibly frustrating.

35 posted on 04/26/2012 10:00:29 PM PDT by Celtic Cross (The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
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To: upsdriver

He was a very good leader for the time. People forget that.

He didn’t do everything right...but what president has?

History will tell the tale.


36 posted on 04/26/2012 10:02:56 PM PDT by berdie
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To: NoLibZone

Wait, it gets better:

4. Bush enacted a historic expansion of Medicare. Romney wants to end Medicare as we know it.

GEORGE W. BUSH: Successfully pushed for a major expansion of Medicare, providing seniors with prescription drug benefits. [CNN, 12/08/03]

MITT ROMNEY: Would end Medicare as we know it by turning into a voucher sytem. [TNR, 12/9/11]

5. Bush signed a substantial increase to the minimum wage. Romney opposes increasing the minimum wage.

GEORGE W. BUSH: Signed legislation increasing the minimum wage from $5.85 an hour to $7.25 an hour [Employer Advisor, 5/30/07]

MITT ROMNEY: Opposes increasing the minimum wage. [CNBC, 3/5/12]

6. Bush created higher fuel efficiency standards. Romney says even current standards are too high.

GEORGE W. BUSH: Signed higher fuel efficiency standards for cars into law, raising CAFE standards to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020. [ThinkProgress, 3/25/08]

MITT ROMNEY: Opposes raising CAFE standards, saying existing standards have “hurt domestic automakers.” [Mitt Romney, 2/24/12]

7. Bush acknowledged global warming is caused by humans. Romney says “we don’t know.”

GEORGE W. BUSH: Acknowledged that carbon emissions by humans is causing global warming stating, “I recognize the surface of the earth is warmer and that an increase in greenhouse gases caused by humans is contributing to the problem.” [NYT, 1/10/07]

MITT ROMNEY: Refuses to acknowlege that carbon emmissions by humans is causing global warming, stating “we don’t know what’s causing climate change.” [CBS, 10/28/11]

8. Bush lauched one of the biggest land conservation programs in U.S. history. Romney says the federal government owns too much land.

GEORGE W. BUSH: Used his executive authority to create the world’s largest marine preserve and considered “launching one of the biggest conservation programs in U.S. history” without congressional approval. [NPR, 5/23/08]

MITT ROMNEY: Questions the value of federal conservation, saying, “I don’t know why the government owns so much of this land.” [ThinkProgress, 2/2/12]

Romney is positioning himself as the most conservative Republican nominee since Barry Goldwater in 1964.


37 posted on 04/26/2012 10:03:18 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Compared to this article, HuffPo IS legit !!!!


38 posted on 04/26/2012 10:03:34 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: NoLibZone

One reason why Romney is more Socialist than 0bama:

RomneyCare.


39 posted on 04/26/2012 10:07:46 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FOCUS ON FACTS: 0bamaCare Hated. Worst Recovery. Failed Stimulus. Worst Deficits.)
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To: presently no screen name

TITLE OF THE THREAD: “8 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Is More Right Wing Than George W. Bush” americablog.com ^ | April 26 2012 | By Judd Legum and Alex Seitz-Wald “

The topic is Romney According to Judd Legum and Alex Seitz-Wald. Do you even know who they are? Thumbnail: the far far, far left. Thus, FReepers obsessed with their hatred for Romney being in accord with them is amusing any way an objective person might want to look at it.


40 posted on 04/26/2012 10:11:50 PM PDT by EDINVA
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