Romney Meets Russert (Romney utterly Clintonian)

Spectator Blog ^ | 12/16/2007 | Philip Klien

[JRochelle]

I just got finished watching Mitt Romney's performance on "Meet the Press."

Snip..

--On guns, he may have gotten himself in trouble, in an attempt to diffuse the flip-flop label, by standing by his support for the Brady Bill and the 1994 assault weapons ban. He even said he would have signed an extension of the assault weapons ban when it expired in 2004. He also employed the odd phrase "weapons of unusual lethality" to describe the type of guns he would ban.

--On immigration, Romney was utterly Clintonian. He said that when in November 2005 he described the Bush/McCain approach to immigration as "reasonable" and "quite different" from amnesty, he wasn't endorsing the proposal, but just describing it. He hadn't formulated his own position on immigration at the time. That's right up there with Hillary Clinton saying in the debate that she didn't say she supported driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, but she just said that a proposal to do so "makes sense." Even if we were to get into the Christmas spirit and be extraordinarily generous by granting Romney that an elected official saying pending legislation is "reasonable" doesn't constitute support for the legislation, it still doesn't get him off the hook. His description of the proposal was that it was "quite different" from amnesty, and yet during this year he has ceaselessly leveled attacks on McCain by accusing him of supporting "amnesty."

Snip..

--On health care, I thought it was noteworthy that Romney hopes other states will follow the Massachusetts model so that insurance will be mandated nationwide (even if it isn't by the federal government). So philosophically, he still holds out hope that every American will be forced to purchase health insurance, but he just thinks that personal liberty should be violated on a state-by-state basis.

[Petronski]

I wonder if he would have forced the same on LDS hospitals?

I wonder if LDS hospitals would have to be forced.

[unspun]

Do you really fully trust any of the electable candidates?

[Petronski]

No.

But I have cause to distrust several of them.

[GLDNGUN]

At least Romney has publicly repented of most of his stupidity.

Has he? We've all heard of his sickingly phony "epiphany" on abortion. Can't recall him having any such moment in regards to all of his other liberal positions (gun control, gays, illegal immigration, etc.). Can you point me in the right direction?

[Diogenesis]

You hit them with so many facts, they have only
one option: More pro-Romney Spam threads.

[AnnaZ]

He also employed the odd phrase "weapons of unusual lethality" to describe the type of guns he would ban."

LOL!!

Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?

Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Lol, good catch.

Such autistic traits are usually expressed in attempt to compensate for an inadequacy.....

[Clara Lou]

At least Romney has publicly repented of most of his stupidity.
It's just a pity that there was so much he needed to repent of. Makes one question his judgement.

[SoConPubbie]

So’s Huckabee. Who’s left with executive experience?

You do realize that Abraham Lincoln had no executive experience, right?

[Lexi3130]

News flash! There are republicans & independents in this state. We’re not all liberal. And believe it or not, there is a LOT of support for Mitt Romney here. Try reading something that gives you the TRUTH!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Well I wouldn't call Romney a pathological liar. But he's just as good as one. Watching him on MTP, I'd swear he could have passed a lie detector test.

[monkapotamus]

"Buttercup: Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?

Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."

[Finny]

This is a MAJOR issue that, like Global Warming, is immediately dangerous to basic freedom and the free market. IMO, immigration and abortion pale in comparision. The only issue that's arguably more vital, in my opinion, is the 2nd Amendment.

Thompson's consistent philosophy of limited government fully addresses the 2nd, Global Warming, and health care. More important, when the Republican party is thus established, it creates a genuine alternative to liberal creep that makes cynics say easily, "There's no difference between Republicans and Democrats."

Standing up against radical environmentalist power grabs, government-controlled health service, and gun banning is a real alternative to The Left. Thompson's the one.

[Finny]

"Hillary Clinton is very much right, it does take a village, and we are a village and we need to work together in a non-skeptical, non-finger-pointing way..."

("For City Problems, Future Solutions," The Boston Globe, 3/1/98)

"Takes a village ..." *retch* That phrase is as repulsive and phony as "Compassionate conservate."

Hey Mitt and Hillary -- the "village" is a result of people working freely together. Government bureaucrats are byproducts of the "village." Not the other way around, you dipwads!

[SevenofNine]

ROFL that funny and cute

HEY MONK did you know Princess Bride got release on DVD in 20th anniversary edition MAN that make me feel so oldddd

[Finny]

Resist the temptation to be offended.

The world is so much more civil that way.

Tip: I read BBSx's first sentence, nod in agreement or frown in perplexity, read on, and the instant I recognize BBS's plug, my eye skips to the next post. Voila. I think of it as an extra-long tagline. I expect it from her and since I like Fred, I'm cool.

And if you don't like Fred, she could still be a lot worse. For example, she doesn't run a tagline with insipid piffle like "Improve the Shining Moment!" like one other poster did here for awhile (not you, CCW). So BBSx spams in her enthusiasm. Get over it.

[monkapotamus]

Wow it’s been that long? It holds up very well though, doesn’t it? Meathead did a good job.

[B Knotts]

Uhh...OK...but isn’t this writer a Giuliani shill?

Romney ain’t all that great, but Giuliani is worse.

[Finny]

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

Funny. This feels more like the "see them driven before you" part.

And certainly, "lamentations of the women" and "Mitt Romney" are meshing concepts!

[SHEENA26]

Did anyone actually watch the video?? I thought Mitt handled himself very well and his answers were right to the point. In fact, even Politico stated that he made no major blunders.