Romney on Iraq Study Group, gay-rights, and abortion: Interview with K Lo of NRO

National Review Online ^ | 12/14/06 | Mitt Romney and Kathryn Lopez

[CWOJackson]

Last I heard he hasn't declared one way or the other, while in his district it's not much of a secret that he's looking at it heavily.

[JSDude1]

I can respect your opinion CWOJackson, (and both you and I will be working hard in the 'trenches' to make sure Pence is our nominee)..I just can't see myself voting for a "moderate"/liberal wherever they're from that doesn't represent RR Smaller Gov, Social Conservative politics in office. I don't see that from Romney right now..

[xjcsa]

That is why McCain for all his flaws, has traction. What you see, is what you get.

[cough]bulls***[cough]

[Torie]

One can't please everybody. I once was an admirer of McCain, but managed to get out of his magic kingdom. But the guy does tell it like he sees it, no matter what, and I admire that. I admire that a lot. Pity that he is old, has poor judgment, lacks discipline, isn't that smart (or is superficial or both), and has a temperament problem. Such is life.

[CWOJackson]

"...I just can't see myself voting for a "moderate"/liberal wherever they're..."

I hate to use the old phrase but sometimes you have to step back and look at the big picture. For instance, if the two candidates end up being Edwards and Romney. If you close focus and qualify your Presidential vote simply on whether Romney may or may not represent smaller government, you loose sight of the many important things going on behind him such as winning the war on terror. We've seen how effective that approach is.

Another way to look at it, and I don't address this towards you but definitely towards some others, sometimes you have to rise above yourself. Look at it this way, every day our troops are rising above themselves for us...we should be able to rise above ourselves and our political purity one time for them.

[EternalVigilance]

And from that point forward, I said to the people of Massachusetts, “I will continue to honor what I pledged to you, but I prefer to call myself pro-life.” The state of Massachusetts is a pro-choice state and when I campaigned for governor I said that I would not change the law on abortion. But I do believe that the one-size-fits-all, abortion-on-demand-for-all-nine-months decision in Roe v. Wade does not serve the country well and is another example of judges making the law instead of interpreting the Constitution.

What a crock.

[EternalVigilance]

Gov. Romney: These old interviews and stories have frequently been circulated by my opponents ever since I took a stand against the Massachusetts supreme-court ruling on same-sex marriage. This being the political season, it is not surprising this old news has appeared again. But I have made clear since 2003, when the supreme court of Massachusetts redefined marriage by fiat, that my unwavering advocacy for traditional marriage stands side by side with a tolerance and respect for all Americans.

More BS. Romney didn't take any stand against the court's ruling on same sex marriage. In fact, he defied the law and used his executive power to coerce all of the state's justices of the peace into performing same sex ceremonies.

More proof that Mitt Romney is a complete fraud.

[EternalVigilance]

Someone could take the famous Kerry windsurfer pics, superimpose Romney's face onto them, and they would be quite accurate.

In fact, Mitt makes JF'nK look like a piker when it comes to blowing in the political winds...

[Torie]

Have you weighed in on Duncan (bounced House checks king) Hunter yet, you man without a POTUS candidate, you? Or is it Pence, or is it still the man behind the curtain?

[EternalVigilance]

The whole field sucks.

If this is the best the country, and the GOP, has to offer, we're in for decades of defeat and decline.

[BW2221]

"Ya, why is the only candidate with only one wife the Mormon? What's up with that?"

You're right, McCain is on wife #2, Rudy and Newt are on wife #3.

[Torie]

How Hobbsian of you. You would give me the Paul Ehrlich, Malthusian, Machiavellian (I am rather expert on him; he thought that the state was an entropic enterprise), Gibbonian blues, if I were not the proud Rudy fan that I am. :)

[sageb1]

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[fabian]

why not...I think Romney is wise enough to know that if his change of heart was not real people would see through it and he wouldn't come across as strong in a debate. Ronald Reagan was pro-choice and obviously really changed on that.

[EternalVigilance]

How Hobbsian of you. You would give me the Paul Ehrlich, Malthusian, Machiavellian (I am rather expert on him; he thought that the state was an entropic enterprise), Gibbonian blues, if I were not the proud Rudy fan that I am. :)

Well, of course you know that to me, and to any thinking conservative, Rudy sucks worse than all the rest put together. ;-)

[Torie]

Color me a tough sell I guess. Romney is a very smart and analytical man. He knew the ins and outs of all of these issues (which were hot and controversial issues, unlike in the Reagan era) a long time ago. His suggestion that he had a personal sojourn, akin to Odysseus, leading to new insights previously invisible to him, is a ludicrous proposition, at least to me.

[Torie]

That gives me a sense of virtu (in the ancient Greek sense of the word) in the righteousness of my cause. Let the games begin! :)

[EternalVigilance]

That gives me a sense of virtu (in the ancient Greek sense of the word) in the righteousness of my cause. Let the games begin! :)

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" - Isaiah 5:20,

[Torie]

And so it was written. And it was good. I agree with you, totally. In this instance, the Old Testament bumped into the truth.

[america-rules]

"like I've said repeatedly and been attacked for saying, Mitt Romney is pro-gay rights except for marriage."

I agree with this 100% !

I'm against gay marriage but they deserve the exact same rights as the rest of us with nothing special and that's what Romney is saying !

" Also, despite wanting to be called pro-life these days, Mitt STILL DOES NOT SUPPORT MAKING ABORTION ILLEGAL!!! After all this time he still insists on parsing words and trying to play both sides."

I also agree with this but the difference between myself/ Romney and the Left is we don't want activist judges making the ruling and we would support a law banning abortion if it was based on law and states rights and not activists !