From Justin Hart:
"Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated"
I knew it would happen when I pulled the trigger. I knew that Soren, Dotan, Flap and others would try to make hay out of the act. And they did. They did so for propaganda. They did so with a bit of vitriol. They did so without asking me to clarify why.
First know this, I am still very much here and will be blogging non-stop for Mitt. All I did was simply remove my name from the Faith and Values Steering Committee so that Soren, Dotan, Flap and others could not use it as a weapon against me.
You see again and again, they have implied that my efforts were campaign sanctioned, that I was an "agent of the Romney campaign" and a "campaign official". All of this was hyperbole to fashion clubs against Romney and belittle my hard hitting specifics negating all the silliness out there. So, now they used my self removal to imply:
1. I worked for the campaign (false)
2. I resigned because of the current controversy (false)
3. The Romney campaign kicked me out (false)
4. I'm part of some Romney cabal secretly positioning my candidate through deceit to take over the world (hilarious)
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So, opponents made up yet another story about the Romney campaign and you, being eager to put out anything negative on Romney, jumped at the chance to smear him with this email even though you had no idea if what you were posting had any basis in fact. No fact checking, just a rush to smear. If that's what you have to do to get your guy elected, is it worth it?
You say you won't vote for a RINO but you will throw ethics to the four winds to get a guy you will vote for. If he's such a wonderful candidate, why do you have to spend so much time and effort belittling his opponents? Maybe your familiar with the scripture "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26) Is your candidate worth it?
Smear him with what e-mail?
You don’t make any sense.
Are you talking about this FAKE e-mail that I posted on another thread?
NOTE: ITS A FAKE.
As most of you probably read in today’s National Review , our campaign has been tied to the anti-Mormom calls made here in Iowa attacking Gov. Romney for his faith. It appears our campaign’s chief strategist, who we have paid nearly $800,000 in fees, is behind the calls.
Our office has been swarmed with hundreds of phone calls since the National Review, the most respected national conservative publication, broke the story. Many Iowans are upset that our own campaign would smear our own candidate and Mormons and try to tie it to another campaign.
Because we were not able to answer all your phone calls, we’d like to issue a sincere apology. Our campaign believes that we must say and do anything to win — which sometimes gets us into trouble.
It has been a tough couple of months, as our staff has been under intense scrutiny because of our aggressiveness.
1. You probably read in the Washington Times that just 5 days ago, our top social conservative liaison, Paul Weyrich, accused National Right to Life of being bribed by the Fred Thompson campaign.
2. You probably read in the Washington Post about our consultants in South Carolina who made an offensive, anonymous website about Fred Thompson.
3. You probably heard from the Associated Press (AP) about how our campaign employed a director of operations who made fake police badges and would pull reporters over .
4. You probably read in The Hill, Washington’s leading newspaper, that our former Finance Co-Chairman, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for our campaign, has been sued for severe child abuse, specifically sexual abuse .
5. You probably read in the Boston Globe about another one of our chief fundraisers who defrauded companies by $32 Million Dollars.
6. You probably heard that one of our top Homosexual supporters, Senator Larry Craig of Idaho, will most likely not run for re-election. Luckily, we have found new support in the Homosexual Community by the endorsement of the Gay and Lesbian Log Cabin Republicans. You can view the endorsement by the Homosexual Gay and Lesbian Republican Group Here .
While we do not have the time to explain each and every of these offenses, including the newest one, we can assure you, our valued supporters, that the Team Romney campaign is 100% committed to saying anything and using any campaign tactics to win.
To Victory,
Iowa Team Romney
I have said all along that I don’t think Romney knew about this. He isn’t that dumb.
I suspect a rouge staffer or a crazy supporter.
If its not, I will take back everything I said!