Romney: “Make all the promises you have to.”
Posted on 01/11/2008 6:44:45 PM PST by JRochelle
On Wednesday, after his loss in the New Hampshire primary, Gov. Mitt Romney returned to Boston to lick his wounds and conduct a telephone fundraiser before heading off to his next must win state of Michigan. ABC Radio microphones were there and they featured an audio quote from Romney in their top of the hour news broadcasts. Romney was encouraging his phone bank volunteers with a little pep talk when he unintentionally summed up his entire campaign; ironically hitting upon the reason why he has failed to gain any traction with conservatives despite spending the most money of any Republican. ABC News Radio was contacted by telephone and confirmed the following quote from their report.
Hit the phones today make all the promises you have to, and…make sure that we get the funds that we need to keep on propelling this campaign forward with power and energy.
“Make all the promises you have to.”
That’s Romney in a nutshell. Of all the Republicans running, he alone has sought to clarify, cover, and indeed change past positions in an attempt to curry favor with conservatives. In the process, Romney has developed a reputation not as a principled conservative, but as a politician who will say almost anything and take almost any position to win votes.
This was underscored by the shift in his messaging following the Iowa caucuses, which Romney also lost. All of a sudden, after fashioning himself as the candidate of traditional conservative values, Romney became the agent of change. It was a poor attempt to model himself after a liberal Democrat, Barack Obama, and the "change" message that had carried him to victory in Iowa. Romney hoped to capture New Hampshire Republicans by emulating a liberal Illinois Democrat. “Make all the promises you have to.”
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He will not get my vote.
A True Politician!
If this really was recorded, he’s in for a rough week. Possibly even looking at retirement.
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Romney: “Make all the promises you have to.”
“If this really was recorded, he’s in for a rough week. Possibly even looking at retirement.”
One can only hope.
Mutt is going to have a really bad day next Tues in Mi.
Love that Reagan photo ! Everytime the Mittbots post that photo of Romney standing in front of the Reagan mural , please post that pic .
Ditto on that. If he has been recorded saying this, he will tank. I wish Mitt could just keep his mouth shut and quit saying some of the ridiculous things I’ve heard him say.
Hmmmmmmmm. Place marker for what’s sure to be an interesting thread.
For some reason, I can't imagine Fred Thompson saying that. I think he'd more apt to say something like..."kick all the butt (or something like that) you have to.".
Mitt could pull it off is the Kossacks come out and vote for him.
I just read that Robert Bork supports Romney. When do we start trashing him? Has Romney bought him off? And Hugh Hewitt? And National Review? This is getting rediculous.
bookmarked for future reference.
I just lost half of my remaining respect for Romney.
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