Posted on 03/13/2012 6:32:42 PM PDT by Kenny
What does Mitt Romney really think about Obamacare? Romney and his partisans would like you to think one thing – that he was and is a conservative; that he was and is opposed to big government; that, as Governor in Massachusetts, he was not an enthusiast for Romneycare; that he merely made the best of a bad situation; that he did not seek to rally the rest of us to follow Massachusetts’ example; that he always resolutely opposed enacting something similar at the federal level; and that he is and always has been a principled defender of federalism who regards Obamacare as unconstitutional.
None of this is, in fact, true. Romney is a managerial progressive on the model of Herbert Hoover, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, and John McCain. He is what Dewey called “a New-Deal Republican.” He was a consistent supporter of programs like Obamacare until this election campaign, and the minute he thinks that he can get away with it, he will once again show his true colors. We may find in the Fall that we have to vote for him because the other alternative is far, far worse (which it undoubtedly is), but we should not kid ourselves about what we are doing when we do it. Almost all of the men mentioned above posed as conservatives when they wanted our votes. Then, those who got elected sold us down the river.
What Does Mitt Romney Really Think?
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These people use us for votes. They never have been, nor will they ever be believers in limited government.
I’m really hoping I’m wrong but I don’t trust this guy and fail to see what folks like Nuge, Shark Colture, and other uppities see in him i.e., endorsing him.
If Romney should become president, it will be a one-term affair. The dems will have him off balance and confused before his desk chair is adjusted. He is shallow and not all that intelligent.
Preciously.
His only agenda is getting elected and being popular.
In 1994 that meant trashing Reagan and saying he’d be great for gays cause he thought he could beat Kennedy like that.
In 2002 and as Governor it meant being a moderate and going along with socialized medicine in the hopes it would be popular.
When he realized he couldn’t win reelection and had to move to the right to get the White House it meant saying he is a conservative.
Yep.
Also, this thread qualifies for an “EARTH PIMPS” Ping!!!
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