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In his own words: Mitt Romney 1.0
Conscience of a Conservatarian ^
| November 11, 2007
| Josh Painter
Posted on 11/11/2007 5:26:20 AM PST by Josh Painter
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To: Josh Painter
Excellent! How will Romney supporters defend his own words?
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posted on
11/11/2007 5:49:55 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
(Thompson '08)
To: Josh Painter
I will never vote for another RINO again, and go out of my way to convience
others not too. If anything, the 2006 election should have taught the republican
party it's time to rid ourselves of the moderate/rino faction of this party because
they bring nothing but defeat to conservative principled stands.
Romney is nothing but a fallacious repub knowing the only way he gets picked is
by ACTING conservative and fools enough people.
NO MORE RINO'S!!
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posted on
11/11/2007 6:09:05 AM PST
by
sirchtruth
(No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
To: Clara Lou
Excellent! How will Romney supporters defend his own words?Uh...He was a "conver5" on each of those issues. (Yeah, that's the ticket)
To: Josh Painter
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posted on
11/11/2007 6:32:57 AM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
To: Josh Painter
Mitt Romney’s slam against Jesse Helms is beyond the pale. Jesse Helm’s office was the leader in the introduction of new technologies that ushered in the modern era, and the victory in the Cold War. In his memoir, “Day after Roswell” Lt. Jerome Corso, a high level staffer in Helms’ Washington office, detailed how he fed American corporations pieces of Alien hardware recovered at Roswell in 1947. From these seeds sprang lasers, micro circuits, kevlar and much more.
This proves that Mitt is out of the loop, when in comes to inside the beltway skulduggery.
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posted on
11/11/2007 6:34:51 AM PST
by
mission9
To: Josh Painter
I think it’s great that you’re creating these threads where verifiable facts and information are at hand for referencing. Posts like this help me to be able to respond to deniers of the truth.
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posted on
11/11/2007 6:43:11 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
(Thompson '08)
To: Josh Painter
"My hope is that, after this election, it will be the moderates of both parties who will control the Senate, not the Jesse Helmses." - The true words of "Mitt the Rino".
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posted on
11/11/2007 8:27:23 AM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: Josh Painter
From this
source:
But Paul M. Weyrich, who is head of the Free Congress Foundation, said Romney should not underestimate the problem he may face as he prepares to launch his campaign. "I think it's very serious," he said. "Our position is that, if a candidate can change his position sort of overnight, what would he do once he got in office? Would he do the same thing?"
Didn't Weyrich just endorse Romney? I always had respect for Weyrich, but it seems he's another who will sell his principles for political influence.
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posted on
11/11/2007 8:32:58 AM PST
by
jellybean
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=dailyfread Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
To: jellybean
if a candidate can change his position sort of overnight, what would he do once he got in office? Would he do the same thing?" Yes.
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posted on
11/11/2007 9:02:29 AM PST
by
HerrBlucher
(He's the coolest thing around, gonna shut HRC down, gonna turn it on, wind it up, blow em out, FDT!)
To: Josh Painter
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posted on
11/11/2007 9:05:52 AM PST
by
Petronski
("Willard, you can’t buy South Carolina. You can’t even rent it.”)
To: Josh Painter
To: Clara Lou
Where are the pro-mitt people?
*looks around...* *cricket sound*
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posted on
11/11/2007 10:19:29 AM PST
by
Rick_Michael
(The Anti-Federalists failed....so will the Anti-Frederalists)
To: Josh Painter; All
This is an excellent post. This would be a great reminder to the pro-mitt threads....or pro-mitt forums...where ever they might be.
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posted on
11/11/2007 10:25:52 AM PST
by
Rick_Michael
(The Anti-Federalists failed....so will the Anti-Frederalists)
To: Josh Painter
Perhaps the real question for Mitt Romney is: If he is elected, whom would he regard as his constituency, and what does he see as the job of a politician?
Some people would see the job of a politician as finding a group of people whose view reasonably-well match his own, and then--if elected by those people--putting his own view in office. Other people see the politicians' job as finding a group of people whose views are at least somewhat in line with his own, putting forth a collection of views in line with what the people want, and then--if elected--pushing those same views in office that he advocated prior to election.
Ideally, of course, the politician's views would match those of his constituents. In practice, though, that's unlikely to happen perfectly. As to what should happen when the politicians' and constituents' views don't perfectly coincide, I think there are sound arguments to be made both ways.
Lawyers, after all, are ethically and legally required to support their clients' positions regardless of what they think of them personally. That's their job. While some people might look upon dubiously the concept of politicians act like lawyers in that regard, I think the idea would have merit with one caveat: lawyers are required to be open about who their clients are.
Unfortunately, it seems today we often have the worst of both worlds--politicians advocate for positions based upon political expediency rather than belief, but feel little obligation to reveal on whose behalf they're really acting.
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posted on
11/11/2007 10:36:09 AM PST
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: Rick_Michael
You hear those crickets too?
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posted on
11/11/2007 10:41:30 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
(Thompson '08)
To: Josh Painter
My favorite quote from Massachusetts Mitt Boy.
"Look, I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush."
That about says it all.
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posted on
11/11/2007 12:14:13 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: Josh Painter
you forgot about the quote where Romney says that Reagan was pro-choice.
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posted on
11/11/2007 1:50:21 PM PST
by
RatsDawg
(Hsu out the Democrats in 2008!, Go Hsu-less vote GOP)
To: Josh Painter
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posted on
11/11/2007 4:07:11 PM PST
by
papasmurf
(sudo apt - get install FRed Thompson)
To: Josh Painter
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posted on
11/11/2007 4:08:21 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
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