I promise to cut taxes for the rich, and use the poor as a cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel.
Posted on 07/12/2012 7:10:54 AM PDT by xzins
It seems every time presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gets conservatives looking his way, he does something to turn them off and remind them that one of the greatest concerns they had about him during the primary season was his soft record on the conservative social agenda.
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Romney’s speech to the NAACP was an otherwise unremarkable repetition of his standard campaign pitch until he got to this line, ... “…I hope to represent all Americans, of every race, creed and sexual orientation. From the poorest to the richest and everyone in between."
Of course, the President represents “all Americans,” but by including sexual orientation along with race and creed, Governor Romney undid a lot of the goodwill ...
Governor Romney and his inexperienced establishment Republican staff apparently failed to notice that by putting sexual orientation on the same plane as race and religion, Romney just undercut the rational and philosophical basis for opposition to same sex marriage. It also played right into the hands of supporters of the radical homosexual agenda.
Since Governor Romney and his speechwriters apparently haven’t figured this out, we will clarify it for them: social conservatives do not believe sexual orientation creates the same kind of constitutional rights that forbid discrimination based on race or religion.
That’s why we support the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), for example, and why social conservatives lead support for marriage amendments ...
By pandering to those who want to give sexual orientation the same status under the Constitution as race and religion enjoy, Mitt Romney put many social conservatives back on the sidelines of the presidential campaign, wondering whether what he said at Liberty University is what he really believes -- or if he was just pandering to us, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at conservativehq.com ...
This is a good example of how the Romney apologists are more concerned about getting Conservatives to vote for him than Romney is himself. He couldn’t care less if we vote for him, otherwise he wouldn’t be saying stuff like this.
Someone else? You think that Romney will actually beat Obama?
Yep, I was thinking the same thing.
Why would he even bring it up. It was dumb. On the plus side he didn't try to talk "black".
So, does that mean YOU support “sexual orientation” being viewed the same as ones race? I doubt it seriously.
Why can’t a conservative speak truth, G Larry?
Why do I have to pretend that Romney isn’t saying these things? I’m just not pretending with these guys anymore. They foist a freakin’ liberal on us, and I’m going to call it every time he says something from the radical liberal core that is him.
Not for one minute do I believe they would send Romney to the NAACP with a speech that hadn’t been gone over with a fine-toothed comb: parsed and re-parsed, strategized and re-strategized.
In short, they knew EXACTLY what they were saying, and they did so to send a “between the lines” message to their gay constituency. Any conservative who thinks otherwise is not being honest with himself. That’s the way these guys work.
This is NOT what you believe, G Larry. Join us. WE are the rebellion. WE are the resistance!
The homos have been trying to push “Gay is the new Black” for a long time,
and from what I’ve heard, blacks hate it.
You know, Romney went there and confronted the NAACP, told them Obama sucks, and got booed.
Then you have conservatives take one friggin sentence and come up with a whole article about how that one phrase yad yada yada....
It’s a bit ridiculous.
But for the life of me, I don't get this guy. He is so .... lifeless .... bland ... he makes me feel as if I ought to run up to him and hold a mirror under his nose before I call the Emergency Squad.
His lame ripostes to Team Obama's skillful lies are so namby-pamby "I am NOT, You are!" seem to be the limit of his commo skills.
Please advise.
I have no idea. I like to think he will.
Can we apply an ounce of logic? Saying you will represent all people does NOT say you support their agenda.
Romney does not support teh NAACP agenda, he got booed, but he still told them he will represent “all races.”
Saying he will represent gay people doesn’t equal support for gay marriage,etc. Any more than he is on the NAACP’s side on Obamacare or voter ID laws.
And neither do his supporters.
That is, one who actively (and politically) supports the radical homosexual-rights movement.
On the cultural front, radical homosexualism and Christian principle & morality are incompatible. They cannot co-exist.
Romney has made his bed; his position on this issue is clear.
He is my enemy.
Read my post #12 and quit your whining!
Why do you pretend the most important task in front of us isn’t getting rid of Obama?
This is a strange presidential race. Obama is campaigning for his extreme base to the exclusion of everyone else. Romney is campaigning for the undecided, to the exclusion of his base. Romney can’t win with this strategy. Perhaps, like McCain, he doesn’t really want to win.
I promise to cut taxes for the rich, and use the poor as a cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel.
I think Mitt will do a fine job of representing homosexuals.
You would have a really good point if this current statement were the first one, but added on top of years of political support of the homosexual agenda, you don’t.
Romney is a supporter of the gay agenda, G Larry. You either support that or you don’t.
If you Romney supporters don’t slam him on this, then you’re allowing it unchecked.
As for those of us not supporting the guy, we will slam his sorry butt every time he says or does something outside conservatism...which is just about daily.
So, do your work, man. Quit being a wimp.
I saw that. I said to the wife - “Now THAT’s the wrong thing to mention THERE! Obama’s love affair with the fags is turning off his black base, and Romney says this to them! What a dumbass!”
“Another Obama supporter on FR.”
Oh look, another asshat who calls people names if they don’t march in lockstep with the GOP.
Do the also wonder about the Pope's religious affiliation or where bears defecate?
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