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Gov. Mitt Romney Speech at CPAC 2009 - Video 2/28/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | March 1, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 03/01/2009 5:59:10 PM PST by Federalist Patriot

In all the furor yesterday over Rush Limbaugh's tremendous speech at CPAC, I failed to post video of Gov. Mitt Romney's speech. So the video above is of Romney's speech at CPAC 2009. If you want to skip the introductions, Romney actually begins speaking at the 13:00 mark of the video.

Romney turned out to be the winner of the CPAC 2012 Straw Poll, getting 20% of the vote, with Jindal running second at 14%. So, it was a very good day for Romney, who is in a strong position to run again if he chooses to. . . . . . (Watch Mitt Romney's CPAC 2009 Speech)

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To: Federalist Patriot

Where is the guy with the “NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN” picture?


21 posted on 03/01/2009 6:33:09 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life is tough.It's even tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Two-faced Carpetbagger Romney: "Hit the phones today make all the promises you have to,
and…make sure that we get the funds that we need to keep on
propelling this campaign forward with power and energy."

Pres. Romney commenting on Mr. Romney's antics, dirty tricks and bad judgment.

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""

--  President Ronald Reagan



22 posted on 03/01/2009 6:34:41 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: GOP_Lady
Yes, it was good. This speech, especially the ending, was my favorite speech of the last campaign, if not the last decade.

Sad there are so many lunatics on here obsessed with tearing down a decent man rather than focusing on the real enemy. I am convinced a good deal of them have to be DU trolls sent to divide and conquer.

23 posted on 03/01/2009 6:34:41 PM PST by redgirlinabluestate
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To: txnativegop
Romney bought off a few of the 500 people, forced to vote
before even hearing the candidates!!!
How Romney is that?
Romney showed up. Gov. Palin did not.
Given the standard deviation
of the numbers, the votes for Palin, Jindal and Romney
were the same at 20, 14 and 13%.

Romney also cheated. How Romney is that?

To win this straw vote, RINO Romney has had TeamROMNEY attack many people in Feb 2009.
Connect the dots...... Just like in 2007 and 2008, all the HATE and dirty tricks lead back to TeamROMNEY.
Review the attacks this month, FReepers. HOW MANY MUST OCCUR BEFORE IT IS NOT CO-INCIDENCE?
The purpose was to influence this vote --- no matter who was hurt. No matter how much it cost.

Dan Gilgoff is a Romney supporter, fresh
off the bench and in to attack Gov. Palin this month, for backstabber Carpetbagger RINO Mitt Romney.
There are enough attacks against Gov. Palin that this effort is concerted (p < .0001)


Dan Gilgoff: "Bobby Jindal, Catholic, Draws the Same "Secret Muslim" Allegations That Haunted Obama"
February 24, 2009 - I'm surprised that a few comments on my post about Bobby Jindal as the new face of
Christian conservatism allege that he's got ancestral Muslim roots, in addition to the acknowledged
Hinduism of his Indian born parents.
Remind you of any other recent rumor campaigns against promising young minority politicians?
What's surprising is that some of the comments appear to be from pro-Sarah Palin conservatives."


BZZZZZZT: The Real Deal is otherwise.


Dan Gilgoff, May 8, 2007, "A seat at Romney's table"
"If the next Republican to occupy the White House must follow that same strategy,
Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, may be in much better shape than polls suggest.
..At last week's debate, Romney went furthest in speaking the language of the Christian Right, ...
Romney's also meeting with evangelical leaders,
even sending them wooden chairs mounted with plaques declaring,
"You are welcome at our table anytime."


Gilgoff: "Bigoted Redneck Evangelicals Stopped the Nomination of Marvelous Mitt
.... I’m so offended at the suggestion of Dan Gilgoff in USA Today
that the reason that Mitt Romney lost is because we Evangelicals just couldn’t bring ourselves to vote for a Mormon.
I’ve followed the national conversation among Conservative Christians about Mitt Romney.
Little of it centered on his Mormonism, much more on the fact of his shift on the issues."

Dan Gilgoff Romney propagandist: "("A Massachusetts Conservative," U.S. News & World Report, 2/12/07)
Romney ... (w)ith a Democratic-controlled state legislature, he managed to
balance the budget without raising taxes."
[Romney called the tax increases "fees", and even raised them in NH !!!]


Joe Scarborough is yet another Romney supporter,
in to attack Gov. Palin this month, for backstabber RINO Mitt Romney.


"Pat Buchanan asks Ziegler who were the main culprits in the media attack against Palin,
and Joe Scarborough interrupted Ziegler and would not let him answer!"


"Scarborough: Romney Won Debate"
"Mitt Romney Absolutely Dominated"


"Joe Scarborough losing more and more sleep over McCain
"John McCain is ruining Joe Scarborough’s life. Joe can’t sleep or eat.
His man Romney is now showing 15 points behind McCain nationally.
Joe is sick over it. How could the good republicans of this nation vote for such a liberal.
He aims to do something about it. He doesn’t know what yet, but dammit,
Romney is going to be President if he has his way about it. He knows the real Mitt.
He knows Mitt simply lied to get elected in MA. He doesn’t know why he lied, and he doesn’t care."


More dots...... Carol Platt Liebau is yet another Romney supporter,
in to attack Gov. Palin this month, for backstabber Carpetbagger RINO Mitt Romney.
"Mitt Romney has been the most consistently excellent debater overall in the two meetings of the Republican candidates.
He is personable, clearly well informed, incredibly well-funded, and surrounded by a crack staff.
All that, taken together, goes far to explain why his numbers in Iowa -- and elsewhere -- are looking better and better."


"But the other candidate who's very compelling is Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney."


Even more dots...... Douglas Kmiec is yet another Romney supporter from the Romney Keep,
in to attack on the GOP, for backstabber Carpetbagger RINO Mitt Romney.
"Romney supporter turned Obama man Douglas Kmiec indulged in quite a litany of name-calling,
finger pointing and demagoguery against the GOP that would have been amazing from the same man only one year ago.
Kmiec has shown that he no longer cares much how he is viewed, going full Democrat Partisan at this point.
"

"Kmiec was named by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
to head the Romney for President Committee
on the Courts and the Constitution in 2007."


Surprise. Surprise. Connect the dots......
Cal Thomas is yet another Romney supporter,
in to attack Gov. Palin this month, for backstabber Carpetbagger RINO Mitt Romney.
"Cal’s Surprising Suggestion: ‘I Wish The Palins Would Leave The Stage For Awhile’"

"Romney obviously hopes that a growing number of Americans
accept the view of Cal Thomas, a popular journalist and an evangelical."

"Writing in his syndicated column, Cal Thomas commended Romney
for standing "on principle" and putting "more noble things ahead of self-interest." "


"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"


Similar to Romney's other scortched earth tactics:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson
."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."

[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

24 posted on 03/01/2009 6:41:32 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: redgirlinabluestate; greyfoxx39; Tennessee Nana; EternalVigilance; Reagan Man; Elsie; ...
"I'm not running as the Republican view or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race.

(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)


versus "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""

--  President Ronald Reagan


I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth
my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform.
"
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)


versus
"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
 which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."

--  President Ronald Reagan

25 posted on 03/01/2009 6:43:14 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Federalist Patriot

For those of us doubting the conservative credentials of the former Governor of Massoftwoshits, Mr. Romney - would someone post his CONSERVATIVE positions and acts BEFORE his last run for President.

Please hurry, I’m an old and tired man and can’t stay up too late....


26 posted on 03/01/2009 6:43:52 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: river rat
Great question. Fantastic.

"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced
,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005


and this

Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys.
He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>


and then this.....

"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!

Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006


And how about this?


“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”

- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006

"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

27 posted on 03/01/2009 6:47:39 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Diogenesis

At this point, REFORM is a preferable “R” word to Republican. Reagan would agree. Republicans have lost their way. It is not the party of Ronald Reagan. A conservative reformer is exactly what we need.


28 posted on 03/01/2009 6:49:20 PM PST by redgirlinabluestate
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To: river rat
Is this evidence of Romney's conservative behavior?


Probe: Mitt missed chance to keep Tavares jailed - Could have nixed killer’s early exit

Friday, December 28, 2007 - Boston Herald
"Former Gov. Mitt Romney’s administration failed to act on disciplinary recommendations
that would have kept ex-con killer Daniel Tavares locked up another year -
and behind bars at the time he was accused of killing a newlywed couple in Washington state."

"Despite Tavares’ long history of violence, the Romney-led Department of Correction
took no action on recommendations that he be stripped of “good time” because
of assaults on prison guards in 2003 and 2005, said sources familiar with a state probe into the case."

RINO Romney let it slide, and the Maucks had to die.

29 posted on 03/01/2009 6:50:38 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: river rat
And what conservative politician does not use criminal illegal alien servants over years and years?

"According to the Globe, the landscaping company's owner, Ricardo Saenz,
. "said he met Romney through the Mormon Church and said Romney has used his company's services for a decade."
. The Globe added that "Saenz said Romney never asked him if his workers are legal immigrants."
. Noorani also accused Romney of hypocrisy in the wake of a Boston Globe report
. last week that illegal immigrants worked on the crew that manicured the grounds of his mansion in Belmont.
. "His family directly benefited from the labor of undocumented immigrants," Noorani said."

"More immigrant woes for Romney"
. "Romney's account differs from that of landscape company owner Ricardo Saenz,
. who said that Romney didn't press the issue
of whether his workers were in the country illegally."

Romney caught lying again? How Romney is that?

30 posted on 03/01/2009 6:53:21 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: river rat
What 'conservative' politician has been exposed buying and awarding himself an 'award'?


"Behind the empty gestures and deceptive rhetoric, Romney was not pro-life
or a defender of marriage by any stretch of the imagination.
He was a disaster," said O'Gorman, of the board for Massachusetts Citizens for Life.
He said Romney "deceptively" claims to have been awarded
a pro-life award from the group.

"The award Romney arranged for himself with the local Pioneer Valley Chapter
was the Mullins Award for Political Leadership, not a pro-life award
and not approved by MCFL's state board of directors," he said.
"We're blowing the whistle to warn voters…
"

[Family leaders call Romney 'disaster' - Letter criticizes 'deceptive rhetoric' around candidate]

Buying a fake endorsement. How Romney is that?

31 posted on 03/01/2009 6:55:15 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Federalist Patriot

32 posted on 03/01/2009 6:58:46 PM PST by EternalVigilance ( "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." - G. Washington)(Listen to him, Republicans)
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To: Diogenesis

STOP SPAMMING.


33 posted on 03/01/2009 7:00:20 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: Diogenesis

Thank you for the effort — but I already doubted his credentials.

I was hoping someone would present information justifying his consideration in the future — and sadly, none received yet..

Is that because there ISN’T ANY?

He has always struck me as a too rich, too pretty, country club Rockefeller small r republican.


34 posted on 03/01/2009 7:16:02 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: GOP_Lady

STOP SPAMMING????

Is material in conflict with your position considered spam?

Can you provide material supporting the consideration of Romney as a Conservative LEADER?

If so, please hurry - it’s approaching my bed time...


35 posted on 03/01/2009 7:18:46 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: GOP_Lady; greyfoxx39; Tennessee Nana; EternalVigilance; Reagan Man; Elsie; MeanWestTexan; ...
GOP_Lady: "STOP SPAMMING."

I gather that is a promise from you, to FReepers, that
you will henceforth, from this time on, never again post
your spam propaganda, your spam rants,
or your spam videos, on Romney, your tin-god superman.

[from "Mitt Romney as Tarantino's Superman", New Republic]:
"Whereas most superheroes' secret identities (Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker) are their true identities
--the people they were before their parents were murdered or they were bitten by radioactive spiders
or exposed to gamma rays or what have you--Superman was born Superman.
It's Clark Kent that is the invented alias, the pose, the "costume."
And in the way Superman plays Kent--weak, self-doubting, cowardly--
we can see what he thinks of the human race overall.
It occurred to me that the same is true of Mitt Romney's desperate,
if never terribly persuasive, impersonation of a conservative Republican."

36 posted on 03/01/2009 7:22:10 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: river rat

There is a difference between DISCUSSING and SPAMMING.


37 posted on 03/01/2009 7:22:10 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: Diogenesis

THIS IS SPAM.


38 posted on 03/01/2009 7:22:42 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

Any questions?


39 posted on 03/01/2009 7:24:18 PM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: GOP_Lady

Carpetbagger Romney: "Any criticism of me, or even posting of my actual record, will not be tolerated.
Don't even bother to try. You will not be answered; only attacked.
Anyone even daring to criticize my past actions will
be labeled a 'hater', 'liar', 'spammer' and, of course, "antiMormon."

40 posted on 03/01/2009 7:24:59 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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