Romney has had more "pro" and "con" opinions on the same issues than Joseph Smith and Brigham Young had wives, combined!
Posted on 05/25/2007 6:02:32 AM PDT by Rameumptom
Certainly in private discussions with non-performing peers or employees. And the "F" word has its' place and time for usage.
Unilike McCain and Guiliani, I am willing to vote for Romney in the General Election.
But I’m voting for Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson in the Primary...
Well, it depends on what your definition of RINO is, I guess. If it means you have to agree with him 100% then all the top tier (and some in the lower tier) are RINOs too, including Rudy (abortion,guns,gays), McCain (CFR,immigration,Gang of 14,Gitmo) and Fred Thompson(Immigration,CFR,tort reform,lobbyists).
The bottomline is that Mitt governed conservatively in Massachusetts in spite of some RINOish statements in the past.
Romney vetoed a bill in 2004 that would have permitted illegal aliens to pay the same in-state tuition rate paid by citizens at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts.("Romney Signs $22.402B Fiscal Year 2005 'No New Tax' Budget," Press Release, 6/25/04)
He vetoed the bill providing state funding for human embryonic stem cell research
He vetoed a bill that provided for the "morning after pill" without a prescription because it is an abortifacient and would have been available to minors without parental notification and consent
He vetoed legislation which would have redefined Massachusetts longstanding definition of the beginning of human life from fertilization to implantation
He used the line-item veto or program reduction power to cut spending by nearly $1 Billion. Over the course of four budgets, Governor Romney made over 300 line-item reductions, 350 line-item eliminations and struck language 150 times.
He supported parental notification laws and opposed efforts to weaken parental involvement
You must have no-fault car insurance, same as Romney Care.
The truth hurts my friend.
Hunter's record:
- YES on No Child Left Behind
- YES on Sarbanes-Oxley
- YES on the 2003 Medicare Drug Benefit
- YES on 2005 Highway Bill
- YES on the 527 bill (like most Republicans, he flip-flopped, having first voted NO on McCain-Feingold)
- Hunter also went 0 for 19 on the Flake anti-pork amendments.
- Yes - Internet gambling ban (Casino Protection act)
- 49% on the 2005 Club for Growth scorecard. That places him 187th within the House GOP conference, out of roughly 230 members.
- National Taxpayers Union shows a more telling trend. He was strong in the early 1990s, getting "B's" and one "A", but as time went by, like most politicians, his score dropped. For the past few years, he's been getting "C's".
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1798412/posts
Well, first, I think controlling government spending is very important and a very conservative principle that cannot be ignored. Second, I don’t see Mitt as a flip-flopper. Plenty of the other candidates have changed their positions on issues as well, but Mitt seems to get a bum rap for switching to pro-life. Hmmmm....wonder why? I see that as a conversion — an evolution in the right direction. He flipped and never flopped back.
The state of Mass is so overtaxed, as many states are and we are as a country, taxes are used to control peoples lives.
Mitt talks the talk but not the walk. He says we must secure the boarders, but what is his plan? He says similar things about illegals, but no action. Just read may posts where I quote Mitt and point out how they are words, not plans. Unlike Duncan Hunter McCain and Rudy are falling fast, Mitt is benefiting from this. Once they drop to low double digits, Mitt will be the focus. Another thing the Libs love Mitt, the MSNBC so called debate where Mitt got more time to answer puff questions is one example. Mitt is like your Gov but Mitt is eligible to be POTUS.
Forcing people to buy their own health insurance, rather than relying on the taxpayers to pay for them, is the OPPOSITE of government welfare.
You’ve contradicted yourself.
Spending is the least important thing? I think we have different priorities, my friend.
There is a reason our currency has been dropping like a rock...
Maybe, but protecting the Constitution is the most important in my book.
Romney has had more "pro" and "con" opinions on the same issues than Joseph Smith and Brigham Young had wives, combined!
He was always anti gun and still is. He said he supports an AWB in the 2nd debate.
>>>Then Mitt passed Romney Care where the public is forced to by medical insurance. A real conservative program, NOT.<<<
The public is not forced to buy medical insurance under the plan passed in Massachusetts. Do your homework next time.
How did Mitt Romney, a registered republican get elected in Massachusetts, a state whose majority of registered voters are Democrats, out numbering the registered republicans by 3 to one? Because he is a Liberal.
I see where Mitt lost his cool, not realizing the cameras were rolling..
Do you think Romcare pays for Romneys bleach trays?
The free-riders are still free riders under RomneyCare.
All that happens in RomneyCare is the people who would normally have private insurance directly subsidize the deadbeats and free-riders, because everyone is forced to certain (government approved!) health insurance policies.
Further, it creates a centralized government agency -— that has no business existing in the first place.
RomneyCare is the opposite of what a small government conservatives would ever want.
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