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This Is Why I Support Mitt Romney (Rep. Pete Hoekstra)
RedState.com ^ | 06/20/07 | Pete Hoekstra

Posted on 06/20/2007 8:38:55 AM PDT by Reaganesque

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To: KingLiberty

21 posted on 06/20/2007 9:24:11 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Mitt is not different. He is exactly like every other RINO.
That RINO brush of yours is getting broader by the day! :) Mitt is certainly no RINO, IMHO.
22 posted on 06/20/2007 9:24:14 AM PDT by Quicksilver (Mitt Romney 2008)
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To: Quicksilver

Congratulations!! You’ve deluded yourself!


23 posted on 06/20/2007 9:24:53 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: KingLiberty
The tape I’m referring to is one where Mitt comes out as personally pro-choice. This was said months after the time he now claims to have changed his mind during the stem cell debate. He could spin it as you have, and will probably have to do so. But one of the topics or motives on this thread concerns primary support, and he won’t have mine before August of next year.
The one where he went on to veto pro-choice legislation?
24 posted on 06/20/2007 9:28:25 AM PDT by Quicksilver (Mitt Romney 2008)
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To: Reaganesque

There is zero substance to this ringing endorsement.


25 posted on 06/20/2007 9:30:05 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: big'ol_freeper
I really like Romney highlighting a plan to reinvigorate our military. When respondents are asked if the candidate is conservative or some other label, the results are not statistically different than a candidate from a red state.

Forty percent of respondents consider Romney conservative while for example about forty-two percent consider a red state candidate conservative.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/more_people_see_romney_as_politically_conservative

Consider our recent crisis of immigration, threat of terrorism, and uncertainty of foreign affairs, I’m not too keen on what exactly a real conservative is.

When I look at the record of the newest Washington insider to enter the campaign for nomination, I see a candidate from a safe state that spent decades planning and executing poorly thought-out legislation of chain migration that pandered to the cronism of Washington.

Then you have some in leadership positions that ran away from confronting their state’s medicare problems. And the state had to call in a McKinsey or a Bain to tell them their system was broken.

I don’t even begin to understand those conservatives with their friend McCain that brought us campaign finance reform.

26 posted on 06/20/2007 9:30:10 AM PDT by ridge
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To: ridge
Yeah there is a BIG groundswell of support among conservatives for McCain. < /sarcasm>
27 posted on 06/20/2007 9:32:10 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: Quicksilver

No, before that but after he now claims to have changed his mind. You miss the point. He now says he changed his mind at a date certain, but a tape exists showing he still held the belief months later. This is damaging, and can’t be helped by a political action such as the veto. By that time he knew he would run for prez as a pro-lifer and acted accordingly. But for his true beliefs, a coin flip is as good a guess as any. (Sorry, have to exit this thread, going to go see Ocean’s 13)


28 posted on 06/20/2007 9:33:27 AM PDT by KingLiberty (As 12th Imam I declare 'Give me liberty or give me. . . twins would be nice.')
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To: Reaganesque
... sleep with little boys ...
I am so tired of all the presidential candidates who sleep with little boys. You can't bring your little boy to a political rally anymore without some national candidate hitting on him. /sarcasm. Seriously: what are you talking about!?
29 posted on 06/20/2007 9:35:29 AM PDT by Asclepius (the admin moderator ordered me to "lose" my tagline.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
Congratulations!! You’ve deluded yourself!
I don't think that I have. :)
30 posted on 06/20/2007 9:38:44 AM PDT by Quicksilver (Mitt Romney 2008)
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To: samtheman

(snip)
His plan calls for the addition of 100,000 troops, an increase in military spending to at least 4 percent of GDP, and eliminating pork-barrel spending and waste so that we can focus on providing the personnel, modern equipment, training and health care needed to support our troops.
(snip)

Looks like more detail then I’ve seen from some candidates. The newest one thinks that government spending equivalent to 20% of GDP spent on inconsequential projects for a decade makes them Reagan.


31 posted on 06/20/2007 9:41:27 AM PDT by ridge
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To: Reaganesque

Mitt is in my top three...maybe top two. I really like Duncan Hunter and is my first choice. Fred was my second choice but is going to my third choice because I think he is too old to be President. He must be at least 75 and do we really want a President at that age with a 20 year old wife? Mitt Romney has moved to second place for me. He has executive experience, he looks Presidential, and has a great handle on the military. I saw a great clip of Mrs. Romney talking with the family. It was great! Can you imagine having a family that actually has family values as President. I don’t think that this country has seen that ever. Even Reagan’s family was a mess. Bush family has drinking problems. Clinton family has sexual problems. Kennedy family has numerous problems. Romney family has NO PROBLEMS! Quite refreshing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


32 posted on 06/20/2007 9:44:16 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: ridge

Ok. I misspoke. I guess I just don’t trust the guy and I read things like this with a jaundiced eye.


33 posted on 06/20/2007 9:44:40 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: big'ol_freeper
I didn’t read McCain in the polls. I read Fred Thompson. They’re easy to confuse since Fred is a friend that supported the same Washington insider legislation, chain migration and campaign finance reform.
34 posted on 06/20/2007 9:49:36 AM PDT by ridge
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To: KingLiberty
No, before that but after he now claims to have changed his mind. You miss the point. He now says he changed his mind at a date certain, but a tape exists showing he still held the belief months later. This is damaging, and can’t be helped by a political action such as the veto. By that time he knew he would run for prez as a pro-lifer and acted accordingly. But for his true beliefs, a coin flip is as good a guess as any. (Sorry, have to exit this thread, going to go see Ocean’s 13)
Okay, I'll see if I can find what you're referring to. Enjoy the movie, my wife and I are going to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer this afternoon. :)
35 posted on 06/20/2007 9:49:48 AM PDT by Quicksilver (Mitt Romney 2008)
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he has double digit leads in NH, IA and CA

Flat-out wrong.

Based on the latest reliable polls, Romney leads in New Hampshire by only 8 (UNH Survey Center, 6/12), Iowa by only 8 (Mason-Dixon 6/19), and is a distant 4th place in California (Survey USA, 6/4).

I know Mittwits like to refer to a bogus California poll that shows Romney in the lead, but it's methodology was horrible and sample size too small to be considered reliable -- the Survey USA poll is the most recent reliable poll taken and is consistent with Romney's results in other states where he isn't spending money like a drunken sailor.

The fact that Romney's lead in Iowa, especially, is shrinking despite the millions of dollars he's spending trying to buy votes tells me he's in trouble.

36 posted on 06/20/2007 9:51:35 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Government is too important to leave up to the government" - Fred Dalton Thompson)
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To: Reaganesque
“By working with the rest of the world to strengthen democratic institutions and human rights in the Middle East, young Muslims can have an optimistic vision for the future beyond the false call of violent jihad.”

Translation, Mitt, “I am a social worker” sounds like Jimmy Carter

“As President, Governor Romney would strengthen alliances such as NATO and unite the developed nations of the world with modern Muslim states to create a Partnership for Prosperity and Progress. The Partnership would support the efforts of these modern Muslim nations to turn back the jihadist movement both through stepped-up security and intelligence and through the introduction and improvement of basic services such as proper education, health care and economic growth.” Al Gore or John Edwards speak

I read the whole article, did I miss Mitt’s plan for the illegals??

37 posted on 06/20/2007 9:53:07 AM PDT by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: ridge
Bad Fred. I guess that was even before Mitt was supporting the murder of unborn children and enshrining the radical gay agenda in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. But hey, Mitt's ok now ain't he. *wink, wink*
38 posted on 06/20/2007 9:54:17 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: napscoordinator
Fred was my second choice but is going to my third choice because I think he is too old to be President. He must be at least 75 and do we really want a President at that age with a 20 year old wife?

You're being sarcastic, right? Thompson is 64 (only 4 years older than Romney) and his wife is 40, not 20.

39 posted on 06/20/2007 9:54:24 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Government is too important to leave up to the government" - Fred Dalton Thompson)
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To: jacknhoo

More MGC [Mitt Gun Control] will also help.


40 posted on 06/20/2007 9:55:22 AM PDT by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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