Posted on 03/11/2007 11:00:12 AM PDT by wagglebee
Meaningless to some, but prior business experience in the private sector and proven executive management skill are something I put at the top of my long list of desirable attributes in a candidate for President of the U.S. Afterall, the President is the CEO of the largest organization on the planet. Prior experience as a Chief Executive in a large organization is the primary reason that Governors are elected President much more often than members of the House and Senate.
Mitt Romney's highly successful career in business is only one aspect of his leadership ability and résumé to examine that he developed further in public office (see my tagline). In comparison, Ross Perot was a one-dimensional candidate running on reducing the federal budget deficit, never elected to public office, and a bit of an eccentric to put it very kindly.
'Governor Romney, our records indicate that you gave more than three million dollars to what some would describe as an American religious cult based in Salt Lake City, and yet in the same time period you only contributed five hundred dollars to Save Darfur...'
'Are these the kinds of foreign policy blunders we should expect from a Romney Presidency?'
Why? The last person who could really run on this was Herbert Hoover and it's not like Romney can bring that up.
"Romney is the most successful 'self-made' candidate we've had in a long time."
GWB:"For that reason alone, he deserves a good hard look in consideration for the nomination.The GOP is still the party of business."
Indeed. We need candidates who can and have made it in the 'real world' of private enterprise, so they know what they are talking about there.
'Governor Romney, our records indicate that you gave more than three million dollars to what some would describe as an American religious cult based in Salt Lake City, and yet in the same time period you only contributed five hundred dollars to Save Darfur...'
'Are these the kinds of foreign policy blunders we should expect from a Romney Presidency?'
I am glad you brought that up Geronimo!
3- Welfare Services 2005 Fact Sheet
4- Humanitarian Services: In the News Humanitarian General Fund
5- Humanitarian Update from the Church
The Humanitarian offering through the Church gets to it's destiny and 100% is used on that service, plus volunteer labor!
Why don't you look at this FR thread: Romney Never was a "Liberal" . . . No, not even close.
It's Romney's campaign flyer from 1994. Out of 24 issues, Romney comes down on the conservative side for 23 of them. That's 95.8% conservative, 13 years ago.
Yes, one can correctly say Romney has 'changed his public position' on abortion. But, one is wrong in saying that Romney suddenly 'found' conservatism.
I think I knew that, but it is a good reminder. Bears repeating!
For the most part, I think Romney has been conservative all along. And, even on abortion, while he was governor he governed to the right and made decisions that were pro-life such as opposing embryonic stem cell research, vetoing a bill that provided for the "morning after pill" without a prescription, and fighting to promote abstinence education in public school classrooms with a program offered by faith-based Boston group Healthy Futures to middle school students.
I don't think they will be able to destroy him. He can take it directly to the people.
Romney is probably the best choice of all the candidates.
It's completely true. Romney's been conservative for all of six-to-eighteen months, depending on how you look at it. Until recently, he was a social liberal and an economic liberal. Ted Kennedy is right now pushing legislation that would bring Romney's Massachusetts Hillary-Care-Lite plan (which Romney authored) to the federal level. Can't wait!
I think the 'litmus test' is a relatively recent phenomenon. Paleo-conservatives had no such test. Neo-conservatives believe in using the power of the federal government to further their social causes (on up through foreign policy).
The Health Care plan is not single payer, and it is not universal. It is like what Workfare did for Wellfare reform. It does mandate that everyone must purchase their own healthcare.
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