Posted on 12/23/2007 9:09:56 AM PST by Sub-Driver
NH Newspaper Calls Romney "A Phony" Dec 23 12:47 PM US/Eastern By GLEN JOHNSON Associated Press Writer MILFORD, N.H. (AP) - The Concord Monitor broke with political tradition Sunday, telling readers in the state with the first presidential primary why they should not vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instead of whom they should support.
In a scathing anti-endorsement that called Romney a "disquieting figure," the New Hampshire newspaper's editorial board said he looks and acts like a presidential contender but "surely must be stopped" because he lacks the core philosophical beliefs to be a trustworthy president.
In particular, the newspaper noted the former Massachusetts governor's change of heart on such issues as abortion rights, stem-cell research and access to emergency contraception, as well as on signing an anti- tax pledge.
"When New Hampshire partisans are asked to defend the state's first- in-the-nation primary, we talk about our ability to see the candidates up close, ask tough questions and see through the baloney. If a candidate is a phony, we assure ourselves and the rest of the world, we'll know it," the newspaper said. "Mitt Romney is such a candidate. New Hampshire Republicans and independents must vote no."
Romney's campaign sloughed off the criticism and instead pointed to his endorsement Sunday by the Sioux City Journal in Iowa, the state whose Jan. 3 caucuses kick off the presidential nominating process. Romney also has been stumping hard in New Hampshire ahead of its Jan. 8 primary, including stops here and in two other communities on Sunday.
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Poor Slick Willard. That’s gonna leave a mark.
Whatever their history, everything they said can be supported by facts and videos.
and they would be right ...
Read that....he is Clintonian in his approach to politics.
Cracks in the juggernaut?
“You rubes, listen to me! I’ll tell you how to vote. That Mitt Romney is dangerous; he’ll be too hard for our Democrats to defeat. So, you stay away from him, you hear!”
Well, I’m no Romney supporter, but if I lived in NH, and it is a liberal rag, and I knew it, I’d probably vote for the person they told me not to vote for. I’m going to have trouble voting for most of the lot, not just Romney, so why did they single out Romney...why not Huckabee?
I’d be pretty suspicious of the motivation of a liberal newspaper telling a conservative who NOT to vote for.
Many of us here at FR have been saying the same thing for months, but Romney supporters (especially the mormon true believers) cannot be reasoned with.
LOL, a Rat newspaper says “don’t vote for Mitt,” so the Rats won’t vote for him... anyway.
Yawn.
I know the feeling.
Myth a phony!?
I live in NH and the Concord Monitor is a liberal rag. And I planned long before this article that Mitt is a RINO and would sell out the voters of this country just like he did in Massachusetts.
That’s a bunch of horse hockey if I’ve ever heard any. Do you know how laughable that argument is? I’m betting you can do better than that. How bout trying to sell your liberal candidate based on his merits. Now that would be funny.
Yeah. It is funny how a democratic party affiliated newspaper’s un-endorsement is used by some so called conservatives against Romney. The fact that liberals hate him should be a merit (at least among conservatives).
What next? DNC attack ads are used against Mitt in this forum? Wait..It is happening..
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