WELL DONE, MITT! As Governor Of Mass, Romney Banned The Assault Weapon Used In The Colorado Massacre

Business Insider ^ | Jul. 23, 2012, 10:26 AM | Henry Blodget

[SoConPubbie]

In 2004, as Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney banned the sale of assault weapons like the one used to spray 50-60 bullets a minute in the Colorado massacre.

On FOX News, Romney explained his position as follows:

"I believe the people should have the right to bear arms, but I don’t believe that we have to have assault weapons as part of our personal arsenal."

That seems like a perfectly reasonable position, no?

(Seriously: Do we really need to be able to buy and own these things? Is that really in the best interests of our society? Really?)

Unfortunately, in the intervening years, Romney has flip-flopped and now supports the sale of assault weapons like the one used in the Colorado massacre.

But the families of those who were shot and killed in the theater can presumably take some comfort from the fact that Romney was against these guns before he was for them.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-bans-assault-weapons-2012-7#ixzz223KrTavh

[mrsmel]

When you use rhetoric like “your boy Willie” after me posting that I vehemently disagree with Romney on a majority of issues and only consider that “possibly” he can be dealt with when I know “definitely” that Obama can’t, then I know there’s not going to be a serious discussion, so I will bow out.

[Little Bill]

Go oppress some more Maori. Do you support the NZ Blacks? I kind of doubt it.

[Innovative]

Henry Blodget is such a reliable reporter... (/SARC).

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[Norm Lenhart]

And I respect it’s your choice to make.

Just to be crystal and factually clear: You send money to a Tea party candidate supported by the woman Romney’s crew had done all they can to destroy - Palin and the TEA party alike - And intend to empower the man responsible for it by voting him into power - while hoping the Tea Party can rally and overcome the liberalism in the GOP.

All of the above is 100% factually correct. Do you see a problem with this ‘logic’?

[ncalburt]

That poster has a strnage hatred of Mormons .
Odd

[ansel12]

This isn’t about the past, this is about the Romneys being Mormon royalty and powerful religious leaders in a racist religion.

Mitt Romney was a religious leader teaching that stuff, spreading it around the world, he did not quit them, they merely sent down new orders one day, Romney never took a stand against them or changed his mind, he merely followed orders with no personal action whatsoever in one direction or the other.

While we were watching the movie Star Wars, Mitt Romney was teaching racism.

[Graybeard58]

That poster has a strnage hatred of Mormons . Odd

Which poster?

[NoLibZone]

Regan one of our nations greatest presidents lobbied congress to ban assault weapons.

You must really consider him in the same vein as Mitt.

in 1994, Reagan directly lobbied Members of Congress to pass the federal Assault Weapons Ban. The ban passed the U.S. House of Representatives 216-214, a margin of just two votes.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1153552/posts

[Pontiac]

Sorry I can’t give you details of a battle plan that does not exist in other than generalities. And as the saying goes no battle plan survives its first contact with the enemy. For my plan what there is of it see post # 50.

I would also note that one could argue that McCain is more conservative than both Bush’s. Neither Bush had a congressional record to compare to McCain so in reality a fair comparison is not possible.

[montag813]

Just to be crystal and factually clear: You send money to a Tea party candidate supported by the woman Romney’s crew had done all they can to destroy - Palin and the TEA party alike - And intend to empower the man responsible for it by voting him into power - while hoping the Tea Party can rally and overcome the liberalism in the GOP.

Did you pull the lever for Bush-Cheney? Did you see how that "crew" is bashing her too in the form of Cheney saying the Palin pick was a mistake? So what is your solution, hide in a cave?

[Norm Lenhart]

Show me where Bush and co bashed Palin prior to my votes for them. What they did after is out of my control.

So what part of my posts above was incorrect BTW?

Other than ‘fear’ there is no way to explain a vote for Romney outside of agreement with his history. And ‘fear’ is the stupidest reason ever invented to put someone unqualified into power. Or have we so quickly forgotten?

So does Mitt’s liberalism qualify him? Is that what we are FOR ? If so, then vote for him. But do NOT come back post vote and claim to be a conservative (since anyone claiming conservatives vote for liberals is insane), nor bitch when he rams down his liberal BS. It will be entirely the fault of the GOP and the ABO crowd. Not mine.

[Diogenesis]

You always bring up Romney's religion. GIVE IT A BREAK.

Here, how about this?

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Carville(D):
"It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing.
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Sen. John Kerry (D) to Don Imus on RomneyCARE:
"I like this health care bill".

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) on RomneyCARE:
"To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable."

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[Waryone]

I don’t know that Romney is anti-black, but he is more susceptible to the charge than any other republican running this year. If you don’t understand this, you don’t know anything about Romney’s background. The democrats are keeping that silver cannon round (way bigger than a silver bullet) under wraps until either Romney is the nominee and can’t be replaced or if Obama begins doing so poorly, they imagine blacks might start to consider voting for Romney.

The only way Mitt will be able to defend himself is by leaving the Mormon religion. He won’t do that and the dems won’t let him off the hook. So, if you think they can’t cry race on him, get ready, steel yourself.

[Tau Food]

The only way Mitt will be able to defend himself is by leaving the Mormon religion. He won’t do that

He will if he thinks it will help him win this election. He will do or say anything to win.

[Sirius Lee]

Are you folks aware that Henry Blodget, the author of this piece, and founder of Business Insider, is a die-hard liberal

Blodget and mitt have a lot in common.

[LibLieSlayer]

Progressive factoid number 578,328 used against mitt romney by obama. Wait until after the Convention and obama drops his nukes on romney. We warned the gop/e... but they hate us and marginalize us by not listening to us.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

He surely did Jim... he will ban semi auto pistols and rifles and shotguns... he is a progressive ted kennedy republican... a nelson rockefeller, blue blood, country club, limo riding, abortion loving, amnesty loving, big government socialist supporter of sodomites and their evil.

LLS

[Tennessee Nana]

Define liberty however you want. I define it as not being in a position of having my government tell me what I can or cannot do or think.
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So as Ansel said “that is one vote for the pro-abortion platform.”

[LibLieSlayer]

“FUMR!!”

Square in the arse!

LLS

[allblues]

“The ban passed the U.S. House of Representatives 216-214, a margin of just two votes. One of those votes was cast by former Rep.

Dick Swett (D-NH), who credited Reagan’s direct involvement for his “aye” vote. Swett told the Boston Globe, “he made up his mind after being lobbied by the idol of GOP conservatives, President Ronald Reagan.”

You are correct about the vote tally, but slightly off the mark. I was home from work due to an injury and watched the vote on C-Span. The bill initially failed and voting was held open by Tom Foley until some arms could be twisted to change votes to “aye.” In fact a local TV station (Bay Area) reported on a live broadcast that the bill had failed. I doubt that Swett was one of the vote switchers if he had made his mind up after being lobbied by Reagan.