Posted on 02/14/2010 5:45:16 PM PST by Welshman007
In light of a recent poll that shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leading the pack of possible 2012 GOP presidential contenders, 10 serious questions were presented that Romney must answer satisfactorily in order to gain the support of conservatives.
To answer these questions Romney supporters provided various explanations concerning the candidate's stance on key issues impacting conservative support, among these being gun rights, property rights, and healthcare.
Conservatives are individualistic voters who think independently. Unanimous agreement on the issues is an unrealistic expectation. However, in general conservatives can unite around several core principles:
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Whats’s troubling is that there is anybody left out there that considers him for consideration.
Conservatives are individualistic voters who think independently
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And since RINO Romney is NOT a Conservative, he hasnt got a s chance of getting the Conservative vote...
Given that the worthless RNC chief Michael Steele has done nothing to alter the order of GOP primaries, it is very likely that Mitt Romney could very easily gain the GOP nod in 2012. The fact that the architect of “0bamacare in MA” has this chance is more of a reflection on the internal workings of the GOP than on Romney himself.
Answering questions is BS. Anyone who would accept “conservative” answers from a politician with a decisively liberal/socialist record is a moron.
it is very likely that Mitt Romney could very easily gain the GOP nod in 2012.
Oh great, four more years of Obama.
I don’t care if he answers a thousand serious questions,he ain’t getting my vote..
He will not win the primary unless he runs as a democrat.
I don't know what poll they are referring too. A straw poll at the Republican Caucus I attended over the weekend clearly had Palin way out in front.
Steele is still working on the premise of “where else can they go?”. He’d best not ask me where I want him to go!
See my tagline...
Exactly. There's no real difference between 0bama and Romney in almost any issue. I know my wife and I couldn't vote for either one of these clowns.
Romney needs to step aside. He’s no friend of conservatives.
Romney has better hair!
Sigh.... will the GOP ever learn.
No wonder the rats win.
We have idiots up against gangsta types.
This RomneyBOT posted this already ONCE!!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2450367/posts
Personally I don’t think Mitt is a bad guy - he is just not a good guy either.
1. Why did you impose RomneyCARE=ObamaCARE=HillaryCARE
on the Massachusetts taxpayers to coverup your company's
removing peoples' lost medical insurances
after you wiped out their businesses and companies
for your personal profit?
2. Why did you coverup the BIG DIG for campaign donations?
3. Why did you not help Gov. Palin against the slurs from Team Romney during Election 2008?
4. Why did you skip GOP candidates for judges?
5. Why did you usurp the Massachusetts Constitution,
to impose by improper executive authority, your personal (carpetbagger) whim
rather than the peoples' will?
Romney imposed gay marriage by his fiat against the Mass. Constitution by using improper executive authority.
"While former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney claims he did everything possible to throttle homosexual marriage in his state – his campaign now saying he took "every conceivable step within the law to defend traditional marriage" – several constitutional experts say that just isn't so.
"What Romney did [was] he exercised illegal legislative authority," Herb Titus said of the governor's actions after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court released its opinion in the Goodridge case in 2003. "He was bound by what? There was no order. There wasn't even any order to the Department of Public Health to do anything."
Titus, a Harvard law graduate, was founding dean of Pat Robertson's Regent University Law School. He also worked with former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, ...
Romney's aides have told WND that after four of the seven court members reinterpreted the definition of marriage, he believed he had no choice but to direct clerks and others to change state marriage forms and begin registering same-sex couples.
Some opponents contend that with those actions, Romney did no more or less than create the first homosexual marriages recognized in the nation. And Titus agrees."
"....But the court's decision conflicts with the constitutional philosophy of three co-equal branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial, Titus said. It also violates with the Massachusetts Constitution, which states: "The power of suspending the laws, or (suspending) the execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature..."
And it cannot even be derived from the opinion itself, asserts the pro-family activist group Mass Resistance, which says the decision did four things:
* First, it acknowledged that the current law does not permit same-sex marriage.
"The only reasonable explanation is that the Legislature did not intend that same-sex couples be licensed to marry. We conclude, as did the judge, that G.L. c. 207 may not be construed to permit same-sex couples to marry."
* Second, it said it is NOT striking down the marriage laws (among other things, the Massachusetts Constitution forbids a court to change laws)
"Here, no one argues that striking down the marriage laws is an appropriate form of relief."
* Third, it declared that not allowing same-sex marriages is a violation of the Massachusetts Constitution.
"We declare that barring an individual from the protections, benefits, and obligations of civil marriage solely because that person would marry a person of the same sex violates the Massachusetts Constitution."
* And fourth, given that the court is not changing any laws, the SJC gave the Legislature 180 days to "take such action as it may deem appropriate."
"We vacate the summary judgment for the department. We remand this case to the Superior Court for entry of judgment consistent with this opinion. Entry of judgment shall be stayed for 180 days to permit the Legislature to take such action as it may deem appropriate in light of this opinion."
After the Legislature did nothing during the 180 days, Romney then took action "on his own," the group said.
"Gov. Romney's legal counsel issued a directive to the Justices of the Peace that they must perform same-sex marriages when requested or 'face personal liability' or be fired," the group said."
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