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The Real Romney
American Clarion ^ | January 18, 2012 | Bob Ellis

Posted on 04/29/2012 4:25:34 PM PDT by SoConPubbie

The Daily Caller reports a huge 200-page research document has hit the internet, and it reveals Mitt Romney utterly and damningly for the flip-flopping opportunistic liberal that he is.

The paper was compiled during the 2008 presidential race and is believed to be from the McCain campaign (not the most conservative source itself). Among some of the interesting tidbits that blow a hole in his claims about being pro-life, pro-marriage, and generally conservative:

Abortion

• Romney says he changed his mind on abortion meeting with Harvard stem cell researcher - Romney claims the doctor said scientists "kill" embryos after 14 days, but doctor later said Romney "mischaracterized my position."
• Months after his "conversion," Romney stated his commitment to upholding Massachusetts’ abortion laws and appointed pro-choice judge to state district court.
• In October 2005, Romney signed bill expanding family planning services, including abortion counseling and morning-after pill.
• In December 2005, Romney "abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course . . . and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims."
• Romney health insurance plan expanded access to abortion, required Planned Parenthood representative on state panel.
• Romney endorsed legalization of abortion pill RU-486 access during his 1994 Senate race and backed federal funding of abortion, saying "I think it’s important that people see me not as a pro-life candidate."
• In 1994 and 2002, Romney confirmed his support for Roe v. Wade decision and forcefully positioned himself as pro-choice in 1994 Senate race, saying "you will not see me wavering on that."
• Romney has refused to comment on bill pending in South Carolina legislature requiring that abortion doctors offer pregnant women option of viewing ultrasound.

Gay Rights

• Romney endorsed Rep. Barney Frank’s Employment Nondiscrimination Act in 1994.
• In 1994, Romney called "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy first step toward having gays and lesbians "able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military" and said he would provide "more effective leadership" on gay rights issues than Ted Kennedy.
• In 2003, Washington Times reported Romney "would support a Vermont-style civil union law in Massachusetts."
• As governor, Romney said health coverage benefits and hospital visitation rights should be provided to gay couples.
• Romney promised to make gay partnership benefits a "hallmark of my leadership as governor" and has said he would attend gay weddings if invited.
• Romney publicly opposed Boy Scouts’ ban on homosexuals in 1994 and 2002 campaigns.
• In 2002, Romney backed hate crimes legislation that included sexual orientation provisions.
• In 2007, Romney praised gay parent who confronted him over gay marriage issue, but in 2005 remarked to South Carolina audience that some gay couples "are actually having children" and called it "wrong."

Gun Control

• In 1994 Senate race, Romney backed Brady bill and assault weapons ban, saying "I don’t line up with the NRA" and "that’s not going to make me the hero of the NRA."
• Romney called Clinton crime bill "a big step forward."
• As governor, Romney quadrupled gun licensing fees and vowed not to "chip away" at tough gun laws
• In 2004, Romney signed permanent state-level ban on assault weapons that was mirrored after federal assault weapons ban. • In January 2006, Romney said he owned a gun - then two days later admitted he did not and the gun belonged to his son.
• Romney bragged about being member of the NRA but later revealed he didn’t join until August 2006, just before launching his presidential campaign.
• Romney recently said he’s "been a hunter pretty much all my life" but later admitted he hunted only twice in his life, later clarifying remarks by claiming he has hunted "small varmints . . . more than two times."
• In 2006 press conference, Romney claimed he had been hunting "many times" after returning from quail hunt in Georgia.

The paper also goes on to provide much greater details about these facts also. You should be sure to read the whole thing.

If Republicans allow themselves to be duped into believing Mitt "RomneyCare" Romney is a real Republican (much less a real conservative), they will be sorely disappointed if given a chance to find the truth once he’s in the White House.

If Republicans allow the "mainstream" media and RINO elites to scare them into settling for this poor excuse for a Republican, they are going to kick themselves later. With Americans having gotten a clear look at liberalism under Barack Obama and his Democrat Congress, there will never be a better time to elect a real Republican, a conservative who understands how America was designed to operate. With the damage done by liberals to our great nation, there has never been a time when we have more desperately needed a conservative who knows what makes this country tick . . . not one who will only reduce - but not stop - the level of liberal poison being injected into our society.

The truth is, Romney almost certainly will not get a chance to show his true face. Enough Republicans already understand that he’s nothing but a liberal with an "R" after his name, which means that even if people allow the "mainstream" media and the GOP establishment to fool them into supporting him in the primary, there will not be enough support from Republicans who know the truth to push him over the top in the general election. Principled Republicans will not vote for a fraud like Romney, and when "independents" are given a choice between a liberal with an "R" after his name and a liberal who proudly embraces the liberal Democrat Party, they’ll go for the genuine article every time.

Republicans, let’s throw this pretender onto the side of the road while there is still time, and choose a real Republican like Rick Santorum. Half-measures and "the lesser of two evils" will not be enough to save our ailing country; we must have decisive leadership that understands the need to return to the traditional American values that are PROVEN to work. Rick Santorum understands that; Mitt Romney just doesn’t get it.


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To: Deb
The report could have been made “exposing” Newt, Perry, Herman Cain or anyone. All ya need is dedication to distortion and misinformation. Its SOP for all you pro-Obama trolls.

Well, much like your lying accusation concerning me, you have no proof to prove your assertion that it is a distortion of his record.

All it is is another example of the excuses made by Romney supporters to cover-up how bad he really is.
181 posted on 05/01/2012 11:39:17 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Raider Sam
So you are saying you are not a troll? Because you post like one. Where are your anti-Obama threads? Or Pelosi or Reid? Why did you double down on Romney after everyone dropped out. You are trying to suppress Republican votes in order for your guy (Obama) to win. You know that if people dont go to vote for President, there is an extremely thin chance they will go to vote for down ballot candidates.

Why would I waste my precious time on something that is already being done very effectively and very consistantly by other Freepers?

When I could be using my time doing something that not many others are doing, posting articles that truly expose what a rotten, lousy Republican poser and conservative poser Mitt ROmney really is?
182 posted on 05/01/2012 11:41:51 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Raider Sam
Why did you double down on Romney after everyone dropped out.

That's not true just by looking at my article posting history.

Perry (I believe), Newt, and Rick were all still in the race when I started posting regularly articles exposing Mitt Romney's real record.
183 posted on 05/01/2012 11:43:29 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Raider Sam
You are trying to suppress Republican votes in order for your guy (Obama) to win.

Another lie by a supporter of a liar.
184 posted on 05/01/2012 11:44:45 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie
hahahahahaha!!! Hey Virgil's doin' GREAT!!! Your campaign is totally working and you're making a real difference. Really. I'm not kidding. A HUGE difference. Vigil's a shoe-in. And we've never had a president named Virgil...I'm looking forward to the t-shirts!!

Well done, leftist hack.

185 posted on 05/01/2012 11:46:22 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Raider Sam
You keep posting the same old thread over and over hoping for a pat on the back or something.

No, I keep re-posting about 75 articles to expose the Real record of Mitt Romney's lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal record.

Another distortion of my posting history by a MittWitt.
186 posted on 05/01/2012 11:46:40 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Windflier

What’s ill-informed about it? Heavy on insults, light on facts is not a good debate technique.


187 posted on 05/01/2012 11:48:04 AM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam
But whats worse is, you name yourself SoConPubbie, in hopes to destroy the image of social conservatives by acting like an out of control, conspiracy raving lunatic.

No, what's worse are conservatives, compromising all of their values, to support a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal like Mitt Romney.



And what would you call continually posting in favor of or promoting a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal like Mitt Romney on a conservative site when the owner of the site has repeatedly stated that FreeRepublic won't be used to campaign for Mitt Romney?
188 posted on 05/01/2012 11:49:11 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Raider Sam
But whats worse is, you name yourself SoConPubbie, in hopes to destroy the image of social conservatives by acting like an out of control, conspiracy raving lunatic.

No, what's worse are conservatives, compromising all of their values, to support a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal like Mitt Romney.

Your trolling has been noticed.

And what would you call continually posting in favor of or promoting a lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberal like Mitt Romney on a conservative site when the owner of the site has repeatedly stated that FreeRepublic won't be used to campaign for Mitt Romney?
189 posted on 05/01/2012 11:49:25 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: Deb
Well done, leftist hack.

Well that's rich coming from a supporter of that lying, left-wing, Progessive Liberal Mitt Romney.
190 posted on 05/01/2012 11:50:54 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Yes, those real conservatives you called RINO’s before supporting them, like Newt.


191 posted on 05/01/2012 11:56:16 AM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: greyfoxx39

Probably tax purposes, potentially charity purposes. Why does it matter?


192 posted on 05/01/2012 11:59:13 AM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam
Yes, those real conservatives you called RINO’s before supporting them, like Newt.

Yes I did, until there was no-one left but Romney, a hard-left, lying, Progressive Liberal and Newt, who actually has a conservative record.

I stopped at that point and looked at what my available choices were and re-examined Newt's record, including his website which addressed many of the distortions of his record, and which also had his statements declaring how wrong he had been on several issues.

And after is was all said and done, the choice was clear, as it would be to any sincere conservative.

But I was already on record for being ready and able to vote for both Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich two conservatives for whom I had disagreements with, but were not out and out lying, left-wing, Progressive Liberals like Mitt Romney.

SO, I have to ask, have you never posted anything negative about Romney?

If so, why are you supporting him now?
193 posted on 05/01/2012 12:00:55 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: elpadre

Evil is not a toy.... By willingly joining the Romney ranks, you won’t change it... It will change you... And you will aid it’s rise and eventual fall... Forcing ‘socialists’ like Obama and Romney on the people of America is an evil act baited and played on the voters....


194 posted on 05/01/2012 12:05:25 PM PDT by caww
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To: SoConPubbie

Why would you waste your time telling people on FR that Mitt isnt a conservative when they already know that? Unless suppressing the vote is your goal.


195 posted on 05/01/2012 12:05:33 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: SoConPubbie

And after they dropped out, you began posting like 8 articles a day, reposting the same thing over and over.


196 posted on 05/01/2012 12:06:54 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam

This is a conservative site....not a republican site...there is a difference. Romney is not a conservative....he’s a liar and deceptive individual not worthy of the Presidency any more than Obama is. Conservatives don’t vote for socialists.


197 posted on 05/01/2012 12:08:06 PM PDT by caww
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To: Raider Sam
And after they dropped out, you began posting like 8 articles a day, reposting the same thing over and over.

Another distortion, I was doing that all along since I started. Some days more, some days less, some days not all.

Nothing has changed. It's all based on my schedule which can be erratic.

Why do you mittwits lie so much?
198 posted on 05/01/2012 12:09:37 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

You just admitted to doing what I said, then said I was distorting. We all know you keep posting the same things over and over, and that is where a lot of the problem comes from. What is your end goal? Why do you need to keep posting it?


199 posted on 05/01/2012 12:10:32 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam

You have fallen into a nest of (supposedly) Constitution Party loons. They trash Mormonism all day in the “Religion” forum and post any crazy “article” they can find against Romney in the main forum. But their main objective is to re-elect Obama.


200 posted on 05/01/2012 12:13:09 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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