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Posted on 02/24/2012 8:21:06 AM PST by Qbert
Having recognized that he cannot outflank Rick Santorum from the right, Mitt Romney is now mimicking Newt Gingrich’s anti-Romney strategy, moving to the left with populist economic rhetoric.
Here’s what he said in Arizona yesterday:
The transcript, in relevant part:
I am going to lower rates across the board for all Americans by 20%. And in order to limit any impact on the deficit, because I do not want to add to the deficit, and also in order to make sure we continue to have progressivity as we’ve had in the past in our code, I’m going to limit the deductions and exemptions particularly for high income folks. And by the way, I want to make sure you understand that, for middle income families, the deductibility of home mortgage interest and charitable contributions will continue. But for high income folks, we are going to cut back on that, so we make sure the top 1% pay the current share they’re paying or more.
Here’s what Romney doesn’t understand, and it’s the reason that he’s in serious trouble: conservatives don’t want him to be an economic liberal. They just want him to stop acting like a white collar Wall Street type.
Conservatives like politicians who seem down-home. But they don’t like Huey Long redistribution of wealth fanatics, or even a hint of such fanaticism. Romney’s language here is devastatingly anti-conservative: the “top 1%,” “current share they’re paying or more,” “high income folks,” etc. He’s cribbing straight from the Obama playbook. That ticks conservatives off, and for good reason.
The reason conservatives don’t trust Romney is because of moves like this. He seems to think that his problem is positioning rather than personality, when it’s precisely the opposite. Conservatives believe that we’ll win if we provide a winning personality who acts as a clear contrast to Obama. Romney seems to believe that conservatives will buy his mediocre personality without clear contrast. He’s wrong. And he will pay the price for his newfound Occupy Wall Street language.
The real creep that Romney is sneaks out by accident once and a while when he makes a mistake and lets his guard down.
This guy is an un-mitigated Lying, Progressive Liberal.
“. . . and also in order to make sure we continue to have progressivity as we’ve had in the past in our code, . . . “
That one sentence says it all about any conservative understanding or principles in Mitt Romney, there are none.
I don’t even know if it’s the personality so much as the idea that you can “tweak” your position a little and it will sway people. All we can get from these jokers now is their tendencies - Romeny can’t cut tax rates by 20%, only Congress can do that. I have to decide whether I believe that he even has a preference for lower taxes, and I don’t. I don’t want the 1% to pay more. I want the “underclass” to pay their fair share. You don’t get out of civic responsibilities just because your “po.” Or shouldnt.
FUMYTH
What a poser. He has no clue what true conservatism is.
This statement about taxes is revealing. He had to hire a coach to give him tips on acceptable conservative buzzwords. A few weeks ago he said we should raise the minimum wage. The potential does not exist for him to “get it”; conservatism isn’t in his genetic makeup. Dolt.
Well said. Your quote really does reveal what a vapid apparatchik he is.
Every day that passes shows me that we are getting closer and closer to Obama’s second term.
Brought to you by the worthless, useless, craptastic GOP.
Romney can write a check to the US Treasury any time he wants.
"What a poser. He has no clue what true conservatism is."
I don't think he cares in the least about true Conservatism. He wants to be president, and that's it. He thinks pandering is his ticket to the WH.
RINOmney - for when you just can’t quote stomach the Obamaloon - but you do want the same idiotic policies.
True. It also shows why Santorum is actually leading nationally, and why we are seeing everyone but Romney taking a commanding lead in race at one time or another. The combination of the right-leaning media and the hundreds of millions in marketing dollars is the only thing propping up the Romney candidacy. They simply pick off whoever takes the lead. Santorum is on his way to being picked off, and then Romney is left standing for Super Tuesday. It has been a disgusting process.
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