As I said in my previous post, Mittens created the same kind of ill effects (as Massachusetts Governor), that the radical left-liberal machine has been foisting on us for decades.
Spin his alleged good intentions all you want, but facts are facts, and that's all any thinking conservative should go on, when judging a politician. His record shows what it shows, and it's a record that cuts across the grain of everything I believe and support.
To wit:
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.
It comes down to this:
We hold our noses and vote for a RINO squish.
Or we let the worst, most divisive, most destructive, most radically left, most pro-Marxist, most pro-muzzie, most pro-death, most anti-American, anti-free enterprise, anti-everything you love and care for administration have four more years.
You can continue to pretend they are the same, you can continue to post your talking points, but when it comes down to it, you are just plain wrong, and considering what it might achieve (four more destructive bamster years), squandering your vote for some kind of "purity" is one of the dumbest things I can think of.