CBN News: Romney Scores Major Endorsement

This is a big one folks. In a Brody File exclusive, we've found out that Paul Weyrich, the former co-founder of The Moral Majority has endorsed Mitt Romney for President. The Brody File has the press release. Read below:

Today, Paul Weyrich, Chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, announced his support for Governor Mitt Romney and his campaign to be our country's next President. Paul Weyrich is one of the premier leaders in the conservative movement, having founded the Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council.

"As he travels across the country, Governor Romney has outlined a blueprint to build a stronger America rooted in our common conservative principles. With a clear conservative vision to move America forward, he will strengthen our economy, our military and our families. More importantly, he already has an exceptional record of putting conservative values to work. Because of his experience, vision and values, I am proud to support Governor Romney," said Paul Weyrich.

With today's announcement, Governor Romney said, "Paul Weyrich has put his stamp on the conservative movement in this country. It is an honor to have his support and counsel. Through our efforts, we can work to ensure that Washington always stands on the side of building stronger American families."

I liked this one too. But Mitt's hair is looking lately like he's been out on the campaign trail too much late at night. His hair needs to take a nap occasionally. But look how pretty Ann Romney is in this photo. She really looks like a First Lady, like she's ready to step into the role immediately.

The Romney family really is good in photos.

Hey, Ron Paul looks to beat Mitt's all-time GOP one-day fundraising total of $3.1M, possibly hitting $4M in one day. So what's Mitt gonna do about it? LOL. [No fair pulling out that checkbook again, Mitt.]

Anyway, I'm just kidding. If Mitt wants to write checks, it's fine with me. I think the Weyrich endorsement had to be pretty savory for Mitt's campaign. You can't help but notice that his campaign is a well-oiled machine, more so than Rudi's or Fred's or anyone else's except for Obama and Hitlery. The leadership and organizational ability to run a really effective national campaign could be key to Romney securing endorsements from the GOP establishment and from more social conservatives.

Romney does have a Plan. And the man has made a habit of success. He's as good as anyone among top corporate executives. I sure wouldn't bet against him for the nomination.

Mitt keeps a grueling schedule. He probably does need a nap now and then!

Here is more from the blog world on the Weyrich endorsement.

http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/735bb3a5-8920-45ed-b529-7b557421b8f6

Gary Marx, Mitt Romney’s social conservative outreach director is smiling somewhere.

... A day after Fred Thompson said he would not support the pro-Life plank in the Republican platform, David Brody reports conservative leader Paul Weyrich has endorsed Mitt Romney.

To me, this endorsement is very significant for two reasons:

1. Weyrich’s endorsement implies conservative leaders have finally given up hope of finding the perfect candidate, and have settled for Romney as the better alternative to Giuliani and Thompson.

2. Weyrich is a highly-respected conservative movement leader, and my guess is his endorsement will create a sort of domino effect. ... Could conservative heavy-weights like Richard Viguerie, Morton Blackwell, and Phyllis Schlafly be far behind?

Like him or not, Mitt Romney deserves kudos for pulling this endorsement off. Who would have predicted, a few years ago, that the then-pro-Choice Mormon from Massachusetts would get the endorsement of conservatives ranging from Bob Jones III to Paul Weyrich?

Clearly this is a well-run campaign that has also benefitted from a weak conservative field ...

“Another major social conservative leader supports Mitt Romney. There’s a pattern here. Could it be that Romney actually is a conservative and that he is the best positioned candidate (money, experience, organization, energy, appeal) to overtake Giuliani and to win the General Election?”

Come on Spiff, don’t fall for the obvious explanation.

The truth is that there was a seecret Bilderberg meeting in 1946 where they also invited the Masons, Illuminati, the Knights of Columbus, the Boy Scouts of America, the Shriners, the easter bunny, Santa and the Mormons to plot the downfall of the USA and domination of the world. Santa had the job of looking over his list for the next year to pick out the vessel of their ambitions and so soon after his birth, Mitt was selected and groomed from day one to rise to power and pave the way for their takeover. These endorsements are clearly just part of their plan.

I heard all about this from some fat, unshaved, poorly dressed guy. He said made documentaries and this would be the subject of his next one so it must be true.

I like both Romney and Thompson, but I want to know why he didn’t endorse Thompson? He wasn’t bought. Give me an honest answer to why you think he didn’t endorse Thompson.

I can't give you an answer why Mr. Weyrich endorsed Mitt Romney over Fred Thompson, but I can tell you why I prefer Mitt Romney over Fred Thompson. Maybe some of my reasoning is the same as his reasoning.

The first reason may be simple qualifications. The presidency is an executive office, and a good president must be able to function as a good executive. Mitt Romney has shown the ability to function as a good executive. Fred Thompson has not.

The second reason has to do with positions that they've taken in public. Mitt Romney has run all of his elections in Massachusetts where someone who clearly advocates uncompromising conservative positions on every social issue has zero chance of winning any statewide election. Instead of taking those stands, he ran on his competency as an executive and the idea that having government run more efficiently is something that benefits everyone regardless of his or her position on social issues. Once in office, he governed as conservatively as he was able.

Fred Thompson has done the opposite on many important issues. Winning the senate race in Tennessee in 1994, he could have come to Washington and taken the most conservative positions on every issue and received full support of those who elected him to office. Instead, he buddied up to John McCain and supported things like campaign finance reform. He allowed the Chinagate hearings to drift into a discussion of campaign finance reform, and he voted not guilty on one of the impeachment charges. He could have stood against the Lautenberg gun ban, but he didn't. He didn't do badly as a senator, but he wasn't the conservative stalwart that some of his supporters would have us believe. When I look at what Mitt Romney did with his situation and what Fred Thompson did with his situation, I believe that Mitt Romney would be just as conservative as Fred Thompson would if he were president.

A third reason is abortion. I believe that regardless of who is elected president, abortion will still be generally legal in four years. I don't believe that either Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney can move us that far forward on this issue. I believe that each will try to move us forward at least a little bit. Fred Thompson's comments about abortion on Sunday wouldn't cause me not to vote for him, and I don't think he'll lose that many votes from anyone else. However, I was disturbed that he didn't seem to support some nationalized effort to make abortion illegal someday. Ultimately, I think our country must find one definition of a living person that will be applicable in all states. That definition may not be what every pro-lifer wants, but fifty different definitions of who is a person seems too much like the way some states saw blacks as less than people in the days of slavery. Because Mitt Romney seems to be supporting this idea more strongly than Fred Thompson is, I can see pro-life leaders supporting him over Fred Thompson.

Fred Thompson won office in part because people were angry about the assault weapons ban, but I no longer believe that he'd fight against that ban as president. I'm not even sure that he would have voted to overturn the ban when he was in the Senate. Mitt Romney's support of the ban bothers me tremendously. If he had reversed his position on that issue a few years ago, he'd be my first choice now. As it is, I don't believe that he'd be any worse than Fred Thompson on Second Amendment issues. Therefore, that issue doesn't cause me to support Fred Thompson over Mitt Romney.

Finally, Mitt Romney has made a strong effort to show conservatives that he wants to represent us in the White House. He knows that we have good reasons to doubt him, and he's working to show that he is someone who can be good for us. Fred Thompson has also done things to make us skeptical, but he seems to take conservatives for granted. He seems to think that he is entitled to our unquestioning support. That attitude leaves me worried that he'd not be our friend if he were elected.

Bill

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