Must be something in the water in Mass.
Posted on 01/14/2007 1:45:09 PM PST by JRochelle
ORLANDO , Fla. -- Former governor Mitt Romney, who once described himself as a supporter of strong gun laws, is distancing himself from that rhetoric now as he attempts to court the gun owners who make up a significant force in Republican primary politics.
In his 1994 US Senate run, Romney backed two gun-control measures strongly opposed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups: the Brady Bill, which imposed a five-day waiting period on gun sales, and a ban on certain assault weapons.
"That's not going to make me the hero of the NRA," Romney told the Boston Herald in 1994.
At another campaign stop that year, he told reporters: "I don't line up with the NRA."
And as the GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2002, Romney lauded the state's strong laws during a debate against Democrat Shannon O'Brien. "We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts; I support them," he said. "I won't chip away at them; I believe they protect us and provide for our safety."
Today, as he explores a presidential bid, Romney is sending a very different message on gun issues, which are far more prominent in Republican national politics than in Massachusetts.
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On Wednesday, Romney said on an Internet podcast, "The Glenn and Helen Show," that he hopes states would continue to ease regulations on gun owners, and he expressed enthusiasm for guns and hunting. "I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I'm a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms," Romney said.
Asked by reporters at the gun show Friday whether he personally owned the gun, Romney said he did not. He said one of his sons, Josh, keeps two guns at the family vacation home in Utah,....
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Mein Gott in Himmel, does Romney think he has a chance?
Not with me--
Oh boy.
Some people are deluded enough to think he has a chance.
The same way they believe gun grabbing rudy has a chance.
Whatever happens with my support for Mitt, it has never, will not, and will never, be influences one IOTA by the Boston Glob. The Boston Glob has been out of my life since terminating my subscription some umpteen years ago, and won't ever even crawl its way back in.
How does he explain this one?
And blaming the Boston Globe won't due. :)
...and I should vote for this guy...why?
The Boston Globe wants him to be a RINO now so that republicans don't nominate him.
If nominated, the Globe will want him to seem as radically right-wing as possible.
Must be something in the water in Mass.
Mistake, pandering or lies?
lol...I've heard of a cow with two faces...but now a horse.
No serious candidate, Democrat or Republican, is going to run on a pro-gun control platform, period.
I'm on a fools errand. I'm still pulling for Duncan Hunter.
Anyone who frames his comments with "hunting" has a long way to go to become convincing.
What a turd. Why does the RNC give these thpes of turds any money?!!?
"Mistake, pandering or lies?"
All of the above?
These that is.
Note to self-use spellcheck
"Anyone who frames his comments with "hunting" has a long way to go to become convincing."
I don't hunt or own a gun. Can you explain what you mean?
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