[Ben Mugged]

Allow me to start off with the fact that I am not a Romney fan. Romney does seem to be the Republican candidate however and at this point we either get behind him by looking for redeeming values or we re-elect Obama. By posting negative articles and garnering popular bashing in the comments, we are delivering wheelbarrows of rocks to our opposition in the fall election. I guess for the rabid Romney-haters, Obama is better than Romney. What will they do if Romney becomes the candidate? Will they continue to bash him, refuse to vote and shove their heads in the sand until the 2016 election? Are they so sure that with another term of office for Obama that there will be a 2016 election? I think this election is for the very survival of the United States and Romney, while not perfect, is vastly better than Obama. Some are searching for the conservative idealist to be a candidate. We have an idealist for President now and look how that is working.

[12chachacha]

Thank You Ben. You are probably getting flamed like I am

[EternalVigilance]

Allow me to start off with the fact that I am not a Romney fan...however...

LOL...I'm pretty sure you don't know how funny that is beginning to sound.

[COBOL2Java]

So, let me get this straight: you would sell your soul to the devil to keep Obama from getting reelected? Because voting for Romney is an ends-justify-the-means thinking that is an on-ramp to that highway.

[presently no screen name]

LOL!! You sound like the rest of the parrots. You looking for a cracker or are you full from your propaganda pablum?

[Windflier]

Romney, while not perfect, is vastly better than Obama.

This is perhaps the most widespread and insidious propaganda now being pushed by Romney supporters. It simply isn't true.

Romney is Obama's near-identical twin, in all but name only, as is proven by his dismal governing record in Massachusetts, and his many public statements over the last decade or so.

Mitt Romney’s Dismal Record

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.

* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.

* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.

* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.

"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.

In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."

[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

Romney's "accomplishments".

1. Implemented/created Gay Marriage in MA

2. Supported and forced Gay Adoption in MA

3. Supported Abortion wholeheartedly

4. Raised taxes/fees over 300% while being Governor of MA

5. Implemented a state-level Cap and Trade system.

6. Supported Man-Made Global Warming

7. Supported the Brady Bill

8. Implemented a state level “Assault” Weapons Ban after the Federal AWB was allowed to expire.

9. Supported TARP

10. Supported Amnesty for Illegal Aliens (Citizenship for those already here)

11. Supported McCain-Kennedy (Amnesty)

12. Implemented a socialized medicine in MA called RomneyCare complete with an Individual Mandate and $50 abortions.

13. Nominated 27 Democrats (out of 36 nominations) for judgeships in MA, many of them extreme left-wingers.