I’m really rather surprised by the responses so far. I realize that Romney is not the candidate of choice for the Right, but the reaction makes me wonder about the kind of people here. I have already experienced a few mean-spirited attacks by people who don’t want bloggers on this site. I’m beginning to think that most of you are not serious.
I thought that it would be self-evident that anyone who loves his country would be preferable to Obama – who does not. Forced to choose between Obama and Carter, I would choose Carter (who until Obama held the title as the worst president in the last 100 years). Between Obama and Clinton I would choose Clinton, for the same reason although Clinton was a lying whoremonger. Forced to choose between Obama, Carter, Clinton and Romney it’s Romney by a mile. He may not have the ideological purity and common touch of Sarah Palin but he’s a proven turn-around artist and the good Lord knows we need to turn this country around. That’s why I’m going to a rally for a man I didn’t support in the primaries. This is a choice between good and evil and I’m choosing sides.
"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.