Posted on 01/09/2007 6:41:03 PM PST by Reagan Man
With the 2008 presidential campaign looming just on the horizon, speculation about political fortunes abounds. On the Democrat side, Lady Hillary is waiting in the wings, and the media's profilers have found their fair-haired boy in Barack Obama. On the Republican side, the picture is murkier. Often the Vice-president would be the logical choice to carry the incumbent party's torch, but Dick Cheney won't be running and, even if he did, he wouldn't win. Of course, Arizona Senator John McCain is still around, but he arouses suspicion among conservatives. Seeming worn, tired, erratic and untrustworthy, many think the old soldier should just fade away.
Enter Mitt Romney. Inching ever closer to a presidential run, the former CEO and outgoing Governor of Massachusetts is emerging as the Barack Obama of the GOP. And the analogy is apt. He has the resonant voice, the good looks, the statesman-like bearing and, going Obama two better, great hair and unobtrusive ears.
But Romney shares another commonality with Obama: He's a liberal in his party masquerading as something more palatable. Yes, sugar and spice and dealing the deck twice, that's what little politicians are made of.
As to this point, another politico he can be compared to is Al Gore. Like Gore, Romney has flip-flopped on abortion, only in the other direction. While he now claims to be pro-life, he supported legalization of the "morning-after" abortion pill, RU-486. Moreover, as recently as his 2002 run for governor his platform stated,
"The choice to have an abortion is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not the government's."
Of course, Romney says that his views have "evolved." But I strongly suspect his adaptation relates more to the evolution of political ambitions than that of conscience. Call me cynical, but unless you've been cloistered in an ancient monastery for the duration, I'm very suspicious of deep personal growth occurring between ages 55 and 59.
According to Romney, unlike himself, the "paradigm" of marriage is not "evolving," and his high profile stand against anti-marriage has garnered him much publicity of late. But here, too, Romney has been about as consistent as March weather, with a track record that belies his newfound traditionalism.
In a letter to the Log Cabin Republicans, Romney hailed Bill Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a "step in the right direction" and "the first of a number of steps" toward homosexuals serving "openly" in the military.
Then, Brian Camenker points out the following in The Mitt Romney Deception:
- "Romney's campaign distributed pro-gay rights campaign literature during Boston's Gay Pride' events," issuing pink fliers stating, "Mitt and Kerry [running mate Kerry Healey] wish you a great Pride weekend! All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of their sexual preference."
- Romney advocated governmental recognition of homosexual adoption rights, domestic partnerships and homosexual civil unions.
- Romney opposed the Boy Scouts' policy prohibiting homosexuals from serving as scoutmasters and prevented the organization from participating publicly in the 2002 Olympics.
- The Boston Globe wrote in 2005, "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."
- Romney promoted homosexual propaganda in Massachusetts schools through the "Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth," funding this bureaucracy of social engineering instead of eliminating it.
Thus, it's no wonder that while campaigning against Ted Kennedy in 1994, Romney said that anti-marriage "is not appropriate at this time." My guess is that the time will be right when the electorate is left.
Equally damning, though, is that in a very ominous way he can be compared to yet another infamous poseur, Hillary Clinton. On April 12, 2006, Romney signed a bill into law that creates a universal health system intrusive enough to be the envy of socialists everywhere. The plan mandates that every Ma. resident must obtain health insurance by July 1, 2007, or face a fine that could exceed 1,200 dollars a year. Of course, this scheme includes the creation of a new bureaucracy, one that will, using Big Brother's infinite wisdom, determine how much you can afford to pay. Wow, thanks for the help, Mitt. Or, is it "Vinny the Chin"? I mean, this sounds like an offer you just can't refuse.
To justify his socialist brainchild, Romney uses the argument that it is no different from requiring people to carry car insurance. Ah, speciousness, thy name is Romney. Mr. Governor, you can choose not to own a car.
Everyone must have a body.
But remember this when Romney touts his credentials as a fiscal conservative. While he may boast of his steadfast refusal to raise taxes, it rings hollow when he turns around and mandates citizen expenditures and levies fines. But liberals are adept at revenue-raising sleight-of-hand; when another tax increase would raise voter ire, they simply deem it a toll, fine, fee or, I love this one, a "surcharge." I prefer honest theft myself.
President Bush is often excoriated for betraying his conservative base, a perception that contributes to poll numbers lower than Ted Kennedy's jowls. What is forgotten, however, is that while campaigning for the presidency in 2000, Bush accused the Republican Congress of trying ". . . to balance the budget on the backs of the poor," a line that could have been culled from Democrat talking points. Folks, the president never cast himself as anything but exactly what he is. We just weren't listening.
Are we listening now?
Ah, those Massachusetts liberals: Studds, Frank, Kennedy and Willard Mitt Romney. It just seems to roll off the tongue.
Bernie Sanders for veep, anyone?
I'd bet you didn't know there was a time when Reagan was pro-abortion?
Reagan never supported abortion on demand.
Just for the record.
The bill Ronald Reagan signed into law while Governor of California, was for the exceptions of rape, incest and to save the health/life of the mother. That accounts for roughly 5% of all abortions performed. It was the position Reagan held post Roe V Wade and for the rest of his public life. Its also the same position that PresBush holds TODAY. Reagan never supported abortion on demand or partial birth abortion. Reagan became America's first pro-life President, post Roe V Wade. Read Reagan's essay: "Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation", and get informed.
1967
California Therapeutic Abortion Act enacted. Allows a physicians' committee to approve abortions in cases where there is substantial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would gravely impair the physical or mental health of the woman, and in cases of rape and incest. Requires all abortions to be performed in accredited hospitals. Prohibits abortions after 20 weeks gestation. Also, causes Penal Code sections on abortion to be amended to exempt abortions which are in compliance with this act.
I wouldn't have a problem voting for Romney....I might even end up being enthusiastic about it. ... but, I'll let it simmer for a while before I plant myself too firmly in his corner,
You are nothing more than a shill for the liberals.
You post 24/7 articles detrimental to the GOP and conservatives.
You should be embarassed, but judging from some of the tripe you post, I know you don't have it in you.
> I'd bet you didn't know there was a time when Reagan was pro-abortion? <
Not only that. He also had been a staunch New Deal Democrat and a labor union organizer.
[Not to mention that during his first gubernatorial term, he had several gays on his staff. And he was a friend of Rock Hudson, the famous Hollywood gay.]
One big difference is that Romney has worked for a living, become a self-made multimillionaire and actually pulled the most liberal state in the nation halfway out of the toilet, though it seems determined to get right back in.
Meanwhile, Obama's career consists of being a "community activist", being handed a professorship and gliding from one elective office to the other.
While Duncan Hunter remains my first choice of the declared candidates, I'm willing to give Romney a look if only to slow the McCain trainwreck the party bosses seem headed for.
Ya gotta love it. They defend the liberal Romney by attacking Ronald Reagan. Pretty desperate for so early in the war.
Well Romney has a point. This is requiring people to have a certain type of insurance - health in this case. Not saying I am for forcing people to have health insurance but there is a big difference between this and Ted Kennedy's proposals where government pays for the health care. So lumping Romney in there with Kennedy is overkill.
Based on the sloppy agenda driven writing I completely dismiss this entire article as garbage. I'll get my information from other sources.
LOL...
LOL I posted this opposition article on Romney. Followed by a pro-Romney article. This one is getting more play. So far at least.
I find the whole concept absurd and invasive and unconstitutional.
I agree with what another poster wrote here on FR a while ago..."the Northeast is where political parties go to die." At this stage of the game, nominating anyone from the NE is suicide. How many times have Dims run a liberal (esp. from the NE) like this and lost?
The author put into words my exact reservations about Romney.
Great article.
Embarrassed? He's proud whenever he can humiliate Reagan, conservatives or Republicans. I contend that he's a fifth columnist, purposely being as disruptive as possible. He is not Reagan Man, he's Reagan Embarrassment!
The guy hands out fliers at gay events and opposes legislation to keep gay men from leading boys in the Boy Scouts.
I will investigate further, but this is abominable.
I believe you are sinning my friend, 11th Commandment correct?
A link to the pink fliers.
http://romneyisaliberal.com/gays/index.htm
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